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

10-19-2019 17:38 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Jed Hoffman	130,000 -5,000	-5,000
Chad Garyet	98,000 18,000	18,000
Patrick Tardif	87,000 71,000	71,000

Jesse Capps	72,500 500	500
Phil Beesley	46,000
Tyson Apostol	44,000 -38,000	-38,000
Dan O'Brien	41,600 4,100	4,100
Jamie Kerstetter	30,000 26,000	26,000
Ashley Sleeth	24,500 24,500	24,500
Steve Nahm	24,400 2,500	2,500
Kami Hudson	1,400 -25,600	-25,600

Epstein Commanding a Stack

BrandonTemple

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

2019 $10,000 WSOP Short Deck Bracelet winner Alex Epstein's stack just zoomed up over the six-figure mark, and a player at the table shared the events leading up to his chip stack increasing to its current point.

Epstein held against an opponent with . A flop and a turn led to all the chips getting in the pot with the straight flush draw up against trip tens. A on the river sent Epstein's stock soaring and his opponent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Epstein	145,000

Tags: Alex Epstein

10-19-2019 17:34 UTC-7

Mann Fills Up on the River

GeoffFisk

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Four players went to the flop. Action checked to David Mann under the gun, who bet 3,000. Jamie Kerstetter called in the small blind, as did Albert Sanchez in the big blind.

The turn came , action checked to Mann again, and he stayed the aggressor with an 8,000 bet. Kerstetter called, and Sanchez folded.

The river came , and Kerstetter check-called an 11,600 bet from Mann. Mann turned over , good for aces full of nines.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Mann	52,000
Jamie Kerstetter	4,000 -33,500	-33,500

Tags: Albert Sanchez David Mann Jamie Kerstetter

10-19-2019 17:31 UTC-7

Brown's River Bet Folds Out Zhang

GeoffFisk

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

With the board showing , Doug Brown put in a river bet for 12,000.

Hong Zhang went deep into the tank contemplating the decision, eventually making a frustrated fold. The pot puts Brown up to two times the starting stack on the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Doug Brown	60,000
Hong Zhang	25,000 -13,000	-13,000

Tags: Doug Brown Hong Zhang

10-19-2019 17:24 UTC-7

More Chip Counts

BrandonTemple

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Newland	200,000 70,000	70,000
Lucas Hill	175,000 20,000	20,000
Michelle Nastasis	125,000 35,000	35,000
Matthew Osorio	110,000 110,000	110,000
Katie Lindsay	88,000 41,000	41,000
Patrick Preston	68,000
Garry Gates	65,100 -4,900	-4,900
Max Brown	65,000 3,000	3,000
Adam Dawson	55,000 -26,000	-26,000
John-Paul Portal	52,000 -22,000	-22,000
Dan Coen	43,000 5,500	5,500
Leyla Rogers	37,000 22,200	22,200
Melissa Bryne	37,000 10,000	10,000
Johnnie Moreno	32,000 2,000	2,000
Scott Janik	32,000 -6,000	-6,000
Brandon Carl	30,000 -40,000	-40,000
Ricky Guan	24,000
Adam Owen	19,500
Josh Prager	17,000 -13,000	-13,000
Jim Petzing	14,800 -9,800	-9,800

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

10-19-2019 17:11 UTC-7

Morrell Binks His Draw Twice

BrandonTemple

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Gerald Morrell got his last 32,300 in chips in from the big blind on a flop, and was at risk against Marty Gorenc in the hijack.

Gerald Morrell:
Marty Gorenc:

Gorenc's top pair needed to fade a bunch of outs from Morrell's straight and flush draws to hold on, but the turn filled Morrell's straight. Gorenc could chop the pot with a nine on the river, but the actually improved Morrell further to a flush and earned him the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marty Gorenc	100,000 45,900	45,900
Gerald Morrell	75,000 53,700	53,700

Tags: Gerald Morrell Marty Gorenc

10-19-2019 17:10 UTC-7

A Round of Chip Counts

BrandonTemple

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Gerhart	66,000 5,000	5,000

Jeremy Pekarek	59,000 29,000	29,000

Jimmy Cappucci	58,100 -13,900	-13,900
Lexy Gavin	58,000 -5,000	-5,000
Timothy Guilford	53,000 -17,000	-17,000
Brandon King	41,000 11,000	11,000
Glenn Uchibori	35,000 5,900	5,900
Matthew Moreno	32,000 -3,000	-3,000
Domonic Finks	30,300 -18,700	-18,700
Jerod Smith	29,000 -8,000	-8,000
Chris Lindner	27,000 -2,000	-2,000
Heather Hardie	21,600 7,600	7,600
Sarah Sherman	21,000
Aubrey Williams	18,500 2,500	2,500
Bill Richter	15,000 -27,000	-27,000
Albert Ng	11,300

10-19-2019 17:09 UTC-7

Burton at 2x Starting Stack

GeoffFisk

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

An under-the-gun player limped, Jaman Burton completed on the small blind, and the big blind checked.

Burton checked the flop, the big blind led out for 3,000, the under-the-gun player folded, and Burton called.

The big blind bet 6,000 on the turn, and Burton folded. Despite losing a few chips in that pot, the poker vlogger Burton has more than two times the starting stack as Level 8 plays on.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaman Burton	62,000 7,000	7,000

10-19-2019 17:02 UTC-7

Sanchez Snaps Off Triple Barrel Bluff

GeoffFisk

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Four players went to a flop. The under-the-gun player bet, Albert Sanchez called on his direct left, and the other two players folded.

The under-the-gun player continued with another bet on the turn, and Sanchez called again. Sanchez' opponent got his last 30,000 chips in on the river, and Sanchez went into the tank.