$600 Main Event Day 1a | Run It Up Reno IX

10-18-2019 20:01 UTC-7

Gir's Queens Send Opponent Packing

GeoffFisk

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Chance Gir continues to stay in the upper echelon of the chip counts, adding more chips to his stack in a recent blind versus blind hand.

Preflop action folded around to the small blind, who went all in preflop. Gir made the call.

Small Blind:
Chance Gir:

Board:

The flop left the small blind drawing virtually dead, and Gir took in yet another pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chance Gir	163,000 43,000	43,000

Tags: Chance Gir

10-18-2019 20:22 UTC-7

Full Gambit of Emotions for Anderson

GeoffFisk

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

John Gribben opened to 3,500 from the hijack, Kyle Anderson three-bet to 10,500, and Gribben called.

The flop came , and Gribben checked. Anderson bet 13,000, Gribben raised all in, and Anderson snap called.

Anderson was visibly upset, however, when the cards turned over.

Kyle Anderson:
John Gribben:

On the brink of elimination, Anderson's next expression was a hand slammed on the table, but the move was done in elation. The change in attitude came as the result of the hitting the board, which now put Anderson ahead with kings full against Gribben's sevens full.

Gribben had just one out to draw to, and it didn't come as the was the river card.

The hand doubled Anderson up to 135,000, while Gribben moved down to 60,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Anderson	135,000 105,000	105,000
John Gribben	60,000 -111,700	-111,700

Tags: Kyle Anderson John Gribben

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

10-18-2019 20:35 UTC-7

Layne Leaves Hale Empty Handed

GeoffFisk

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Kevin Hale went all in from the small blind, and Tim Layne made the call from the big blind. Hale's tournament life was at risk going to the showdown.

Kevin Hale:
Tim Layne:

Board:

Hale was one card away from the double up, but the river gave Layne top pair, and sent Hale to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tim Layne	160,000 160,000	160,000
Kevin Hale	Busted

Tags: Kevin Hale Tim Layne

10-18-2019 20:39 UTC-7

Ivanovski Takes Four-Way Pot

GeoffFisk

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Four players went to the flop on a board.

Voislav Ivanovski, from the small blind bet 17,000. Scott Janik folded in the big blind, a player in middle position folded, and John Gribben, in the cutoff, also folded.

The pot puts Ivanovski over the 100k mark as Level 11 plays on.

Player	Chips	Progress
Voislav Ivanovski	108,000 22,000	22,000
John Gribben	68,000 8,000	8,000
Scott Janik	17,000 -41,000	-41,000

Tags: John Gribben Scott Janik Voislav Ivanovski

10-18-2019 20:55 UTC-7

Mouawad Scores a Knockout

GeoffFisk

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The player in the hijack shoved preflop, and Jerry Mouawad called from the cutoff.

Hijack:
Jerry Mouawad:

Board:

The ace on the turn all but sealed the win for Mouawad, who's sitting on around 65 big blinds in the latter stages of Day 1a.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerry Mouawad	130,000 73,000	73,000

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

10-18-2019 21:10 UTC-7

Quads Are Good for Knapp

GeoffFisk

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Aaron Knapp gave PokerNews the details of a big hand that has him approaching the 200k mark in the aftermath.

A player in the cutoff limped, Knapp called on the button, the small blind called, and the big blind checked.'

The flop came , and the small blind led out for 6,000. The big blind folded, the cutoff called, and Knapp made the call.

The turn came the , the small blind bet 11,000, the cutoff called, and Knapp raised to 45,000. The small blind called, and the cutoff folded.

The river came , the small blind checked, and Knapp went all in for his last 55,000.

The small blind folded, and Knapp told PokerNews he held , for quad fours.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Knapp	176,500

Tags: Aaron Knapp

10-18-2019 21:10 UTC-7

Late Registration Over

GeoffFisk

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

The late registration period is over, and the Run It Reno IX Main Event drew 340 entries for Day 1a.

The tournament is well on it's way toward surpassing the $300,000 guarantee, with an even bigger turnout expected for Day 1b Saturday.

10-18-2019 21:15 UTC-7

RIU Reno Dealer Marcio Peixoto Nabs Himself a Trophy in 8-Game Mix

Chad Holloway

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

While PokerNews is focused on bringing you live updates from the $600 Main Event, we also wanted to share some winner news from earlier in the Run It Up Reno IX. There have been several champions crowned at the Peppermill, and tens of thousands of dollars awarded.

Event #17: $125 8-Game Mix saw 157 runners create a $15,229 prize pool – well ahead of the $10K guarantee – and paid out the top 25 finishers.

Among those to cash but fall short of making the final table were Casey Martin (9th - $320), Andy Camou (11th - $320), Jim Petzing (19th - $200), and Jesper Olsen (23rd - $200).

John Paul Portal was looking for his second title of the series after winning $235 NL Progressive Knockout for $5,111, but he had to settle for second place for $2,500 after a heads-up deal with Marcio Peixoto, who is actually at the Peppermill to deal the RIU Reno IX. The Brazilian took some time away from slinging cards to play some, and it paid off as he claimed the trophy and $2,682 in prize money.

Final Table Results

Place	Winner	Hometown	Prize
1	Marcio Peixoto	Ocee, FL	$2,682
2	John Paul Portal	Pembroke Pines, FL	$2,500
3	Ryan Meyer	N/A	$1,967
4	Dustin Panoff	Tempe, AZ	$1,140
5	Vanessa Kade	Kelowna, BC	$895
6	Patrick Tardif	London, ON	$715
7	Cory Tardy	Las Vegas, NV	$530
8	Michael Trivett	Las Vegas, NV	$410

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