$235 Black Chip Bounty | Run It Up Reno VIII

04-16-2019 18:00 UTC-7

A Round of Chip Counts

Chad Holloway

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tyson Apostal	250,000	182,000
Jovanny Jayme	241,500	136,500
Michael Trivett	230,000	10,000
Don McCormick	230,000	130,000
Dan Brown	208,000	208,000
Teresa Whelan	200,000
Jason Daniele	170,000	105,000
Michael Madan	110,000	-30,000
Andrew Neeme	100,000	40,000
John Boriolo	95,000	-55,000
Ron Shephard	80,000	5,000
Jamie Kerstetter	75,000	48,000
Ryan Bredenberg	60,000	39,500
Kevin Adcock	Busted
Jon Cockey	Busted
Chris Lindner	Busted

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

04-16-2019 17:45 UTC-7

RIU Reno Rewind: Andrew Neeme vs. John Snyder Quads Over Quads

Chad Holloway

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

04-16-2019 17:38 UTC-7

Tune Into the Live Stream Now

Chad Holloway

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

The live stream of this event, the RIU Reno VIII $235 Black Chip Bounty, just got underway. If you want to watch some poker action you can do so at RunItUp.TV or simply by clicking the "Live Stream" tab above.

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

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

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 17:20 UTC-7

Madan Sets Up Opponent for $100 Bounty

Chad Holloway

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

Jon Cockey opened for 8,000 from early position and Michael Madan called from the hijack. The player in the cutoff flatted, the big blind came along, and it was four-way action to the flop.

Two checks saw Madan bet 20,000, the cutoff folded, and the player in the big blind check-raised all in for roughly 30,000. Cockey got out of the way and Madan made a quick call.

Madan:
Big Blind:

It was a brutal set-over-set flop and Madan had the best of it. All he had to do was dodge the case three, which he did when the appeared on the turn followed by the on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Madan	140,000

Tags: Michael Madan

04-16-2019 17:18 UTC-7

Acosta Stays Alive

Chad Holloway

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

The under-the-gun player opened with a raise and then called when Julian Acosta three-bet all in for 28,000 from the small blind.

Acosta:
UTG:

Acosta was out in front and held the better kicker when the flop paired both players. The turn gave the UTG player a straight draw, but the river was safe for Acosta.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julian Acosta	60,000

Tags: Julian Acosta