$235 Black Chip Bounty | Run It Up Reno VIII

04-16-2019 17:35 UTC-7

John Lewis is the Bomb

Chad Holloway

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is focused on five events at the RIU Reno VIII, but there are plenty of side events throughout including Monday’s $125 NL Bomb Pot, a tournament played like traditional no-limit hold’em but requires players to each put up an ante and action starts on the flop.

The tournament attracted 124 runners which surpassed the guarantee by creating a $12,028 prize pool. The top 20 players got a piece of it including Michael Holmes (20th - $200), Kyle Anderson (15th - $250), Carlos Pal (9th - $390), Twitch streamer Arlie Shaban (7th - $570), Adam Owen (4th - $970), and former RIU Reno Main Event champ DJ Fenton (3rd - $1,228).

In the end, John Lewis of Portland, Oregon defeated Michael Wood in heads-up play to win the title and a $2,440 first-place prize.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	John Lewis	Portland, OR	$2,440
2	Michael Wood	Jackson, CA	$1,670
3	Dale Fenton	Las Vegas, NV	$1,228
4	Adam Owen	United Kingdon	$970
5	Anthony Lombard	Las Vegas, NV	$800
6	Derrick Jann	Oakley, CA	$670
7	Arlie Shaban	Stouffville, ON	$570
8	Nicolo Audannio	Las Vegas, NV	$480

Tags: John Lewis

04-16-2019 17:25 UTC-7

Koo Sends His $100 Black Chip Bounty to Shephard

Chad Holloway

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

John Koo got his stack of 34,000 all in preflop and he was at risk against Ron Shephard, who had him covered by just a single T500 chip.

Koo:
Shephard:

Koo was looking for a high five but he was left hanging as the board ran out . Ship the $100 bounty to Shephard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ron Shephard	75,000
John Koo	Busted

Tags: John Koo Ron Shephard

04-16-2019 14:33 UTC-7

Corey Novak Wins Main Event Seat as Scavenger Hunt Winner

Chad Holloway

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Starting last night and going up until 1 p.m. today, players had the opportunity to participate in the RIU Reno VIII Scavenger Hunt.

In order to be entered into the drawing, players had to complete a set of tasks throughout the Peppermill Casino. They included play three hands of each of the blackjack, Ultimate Texas Hold'em, and Fortune Pai Gow Poker; place a bet at craps and roulette; and finally play two orbits in the poker room, place a sportsbook bet, purchase a keno ticket, and spend $10 at the RIU merch booth.

Three winners were selected with two players receiving a Nike PokerStars duffle bag and a $125 seat. Those went to Michael Holmes and Ryan Schoonbaert.

Up top awaiting the winner was a $600 Main Event seat, dinner at the steakhouse with 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Chris Moneymaker, and a PokerStars chip set. The final name pulled and the winner of the RIU Reno VIII Scavenger Hunt was Corey Novak, who let loose a "Let's go, baby," after his name was draw.

We'll see you in the Main Event Corey!

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04-16-2019 13:00 UTC-7

Trivett Collects $100 for Eliminating Prebag

Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

The under-the-gun player raised to 700 and Michael Trivett called from the button. The player in the small blind came along and then Chance Prebag three-bet all in for approximately 11,000 from the big blind.

The original raiser folded, Trivett jammed over the top, and the small blind got out of the way.

Trivett:
Prebag:

It was a flip and the flop made things interesting by giving Prebag bottom set and Trivett a flush draw.

The turn was of no consequence but the river was as Trivett made his flush to send Prebag to the rail and cash in on his $100 bounty.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Trivett	47,000 32,000	32,000
Chance Prebag	Busted

Tags: Michael Trivett Chance Prebag

04-16-2019 10:33 UTC-7

Welcome to the RIU Reno VIII $235 Black Chip Bounty

Chad Holloway

Welcome to the fifth day of the RIU Reno VIII! Today PokerNews will be offering live updates for its third event of the series – the $200+$35 Black Chip Bounty. This tournament features a $35K GTD and a $100 bounty on each player.

Among those we expect to see in action today is Survivor champ Tyson Apostol, Jason Somerville, Joe “Stapes” Stapleton, Fintan Hand, Arlie Shaban, Jimmy Cappucci, Patrick Tardif, and Benjamin “Spraggy” Spragg, among others.

The tournament is played with a big blind ante, 20-minute levels, and a 15,000-starting stack. Registration and re-entries will be open through the first nine (9) levels. When heads-up is reached blind levels change to 10 minutes. There will also be a 60-minute dinner break at the end of Level 18.

Here's a look at the structure up to the dinner break:

Level	Ante	Small Blind	Big Blind	Time
1	100	100	100	20 Minutes
2	100	100	200	20 Minutes
3	200	100	200	20 Minutes
4	300	100	300	20 Minutes
5	400	200	400	20 Minutes
6	500	300	500	20 Minutes
7	600	300	600	20 Minutes
8	800	400	800	20 Minutes
9	1,000	500	1,000	20 Minutes
10	1,200	600	1,200	20 Minutes
11	1,600	800	1,600	20 Minutes
12	2,000	1,000	2,000	20 Minutes
13	2,500	1,500	2,500	20 Minutes
14	3,000	1,500	3,000	20 Minutes
15	4,000	2,000	4,000	20 Minutes
16	5,000	2,500	5,000	20 Minutes
17	6,000	3,000	6,000	20 Minutes
18	8,000	4,000	8,000	20 Minutes

Cards will be in the air at Noon local time, with a live stream beginning at 5 p.m. PDT. Stay tuned as we bring you all the action straight from the tournament floor of the Peppermill Casino.