$85 Big Antes
Day 1 Completed
2016 Run It Up Reno
$85 Big Antes
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 Run It Up Reno
Buy-in
$85
Entries
106
Level
24
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
10,000
Linn "Grumpy" Sayre Wins Run It Up Reno $85 Big Antes ($2,224)
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 10,000 ante
Linn "Grumpy" Sayre was anything but that after he won the 2016 Run It Up Reno $85 Big Antes event for $2,224. He had to grind until nearly 5 a.m. to do it, but he was still all smiles after shipping his first recorded live tournament win.
Early on, Sajid Zaidi was one of the chip leaders, and he looked like he might be a threat to repeat his win from the previous night in the turbo event. However, he saw his run end in 12th. He did walk away with some cash for his troubles as it was after the money bubble burst to pay the final 16 finishers.
Jesse Capps, who finished runner-up in last year's Run It Up Reno Main Event, also made the money, following Zaidi out the door in 11th.
The structure, which called for antes that were half of the size of the small blind, still allowed for a decent amount of play until a major pinch occurred when the blinds and antes doubled at the final table in Level 21 (8,000/16,000/4,000). With just over 1 million in play and eight left, that made for an average stack of about eight big blinds and things got wild.
Brett Gordon and Mungu Baterdene busted in quick succession, and then Sayre held with the 
against the shove of Derek Gomez, who had the 
.
Harrison Olberd busted fifth and then Sayre found a key double with sixes against the 
of Brian Ebert, who bowed out fourth in short order after Sayre three-outed him.
At that point, less than 30 big blinds were in play and more big aces started to find their way to all of the players, making for fast action. Sayre busted Rodrigo Moreira with the 
against the 
to take a big lead into heads-up play with Jon Martin.
Martin was happy to call off his last eight big blinds with the 
, only to see Sayre had yet another big ace to dominate him, the 
. A board of 
later, Sayre had little reason at all to be grumpy as he had a shiny new trophy and $2,224.
Jon Martin Eliminated in 2nd Place ($1,484)
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 10,000 ante
Linn Sayre shoved on the button and Jon Martin called instantly in the big blind for 315,000.
Martin:
Sayre:
Another hand, another dominating ace for Sayre. The board improved neither, and Sayre's kicker gave him the pot and the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Rodrigo Moreira Eliminated in 3rd Place ($965)
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 10,000 ante
Linn Sayre shoved on the button and Rodrigo Moreira snap-called in the big blind for his stack of 275,000.
Sayre:
Moreira:
Moreira had to love his hand but was amazed to see he was dominated. The 
flop made things worse, and a 
turn ended his chances.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
840,000 | 290,000 |
|
|
220,000 | -80,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 24
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 10,000
Brian Ebert Eliminated in 4th Place ($631)
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 8,000 ante
Linn Sayre opened on the button and called big blind Brian Ebert's big blind shove for 170,000.
Sayre: 
Ebert: 
Sayre binked an eight on the turn and scored the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
550,000 | 161,000 |
|
Busted |
Sayre Doubles Through Ebert
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 8,000 ante
Linn Sayre shoved in from the button for 175,000, and Brian Ebert snap-called in the big blind with . Sayre had sixes and flopped a set.
The next hand, Ebert put the last of his stack in and doubled up through Rodrigo Moreira with 
against 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
389,000 | 194,000 |
|
|
170,000 | 9,000 |
|
|
100,000 | -300,000 |
Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 8,000
Harrison Olberd Eliminated in 5th Place ($438)
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 5,000 ante
Rodrigo Moreira shoved in from the small blind for 145,000 effective and got snap-called by big blind Harrison Olberd.
"F***," said Olberd, seeing the bad news:
Moreira: 
Olberd: 
He was dominated, and the 
flop brought him little. The turn gave him a straight draw and Moreira a flush draw. The river completed both draws but the flush trumped.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
400,000 | 313,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Derek Gomez Eliminated in 6th Place ($297)
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 5,000 ante
Derek Gomez moved in for his last 60,000 on the button, and big blind Linn Sayre called.
Sayre:
Gomez:
Gomez's rags were live but a 
flop left him in dire straits. The turn meant he was done in sixth.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
195,000 | 20,000 |
|
Busted |