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Jason Somerville (introducing event in 2015)
Welcome to the Peppermill Resort Hotel in Reno for the 2016 Run It Up Reno festival hosted by Jason Somerville and Event 1: $235 Tuesday Takeoff!
Kicking off a 16-event schedule here in "The Biggest Little City in the World" is the $235 Tuesday Takeoff. Players will begin with 16,000 in starting chips and endure 20-minute levels until registration closes after Level 12 (approximately 4:20 p.m. PT) before the tournament eases into 30-minute levels.
And although there will be no dinner break scheduled, the tournament will play down to a winner, and as a bonus for the players, there are four added Main Event seats worth $565 each.
Also on the schedule today is the Turkey Burger Welcome Party at 6 p.m. followed by the Event 2: $85 ALL IN or Fold with $50 rebuys at 8 p.m.
Play in the Tuesday Takeoff will start at 12:00 p.m. PDT with PokerNews providing continuous live updates of this, and all the Run It Up Reno festival events throughout the week live from the Peppermill Resort Hotel.
On a flop of , Brent Harrington bet 2,000 from the cutoff and got action from the player on the button. Brandon King was in the small blind and shoved all in for 9,250. A fourth player tanked awhile and mucked, and Harrington followed suit. The player on the button called, however.
King:
Button:
King was fading just the that would give his opponent a straight flush, but the turn and river were clean for him.
Last year at Run It Up Reno, King took down the $85 All In Or Fold tournament, topping 112 players for a $4,748 first-place prize. He's looking to add to his RIU hardware here in 2016.
We found Steve Nevius in the small blind, putting an opponent at risk for around 10,000 on a board of . Nevius held for queens up, and his opponent had and was in need of help in the form of an eight or a ten. The river missed him, and Nevius appears to be the chip leader at this early juncture.
Brandon King moved all in from middle position, and Jason Somerville peeked at his cards and called off right away for 55,000 in the small blind.
"A double-up or a turkey burger," he declared of his near-future.
Somerville:
King:
It looked like a double after the flopped missed King, but a turkey burger looked imminent after the turn. Somerville still had outs to nines and eights, and the river was a .
Phillip Stumbo opened to 30,000 from the hijack only to have Jason Somerville three-bet all in for his last 107,000 from the big blind. Stumbo called having Somerville covered by just 4,000.
Somerville:
Stumbo:
With Stumbo holding the heavy advantage, the furthered his lead before the and completed the board and ensured Somerville's elimination in 15th place for a $365 payday.
On the first hand of the unofficial final table, Phillip Stumbo open shoved his last 128,000 from under the gun and Andy Camou moved all in for roughly 235,000 next to speak.
Stumbo:
Camou:
The flop of thrust Stumbo squarely in the lead, but when the landed on the turn it opened the door for Camou.
The river fell the and Stumbo doubled to 300,000 as Camou slipped to 105,000 in chips.
The action folded to Jeff Newman on the button and he moved all in for 117,000. Michael Cooper followed suit from the small blind for roughly 130,000 and the cards were tabled.
Newman:
Cooper:
The board ran out and Newman hit the rail in 8th place for a $628 payday.
Phillip Stumbo opened to 60,000 early, and Lindsey Fross called in the cutoff. Small blind Andy Peplinski jammed for 250,000 or so, and Stumbo and Fross followed him into the pot.
Stumbo:
Fross:
Peplinski:
Every had paint but it was Stumbo in front. The board kept him there, and Fross was left with just 32,000 after sending 302,000 to Stumbo.
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, Brent Harrington bet 2,000 from the cutoff and got action from the player on the button. Brandon King was in the small blind and shoved all in for 9,250. A fourth player tanked awhile and mucked, and Harrington followed suit. The player on the button called, however.
that would give his opponent a straight flush, but the turn and river were clean for him. 
. Nevius held 
for queens up, and his opponent had 
and was in need of help in the form of an eight or a ten. The 
river missed him, and Nevius appears to be the chip leader at this early juncture.
flop would see her rendered to a big underdog as Gomez flops Broadway.
to see Gomez improve to a royal flush as the 
on the river completed the board.
turn. Somerville still had outs to nines and eights, and the river was a 
.
furthered his lead before the 
and Stumbo doubled to 300,000 as Camou slipped to 105,000 in chips.
