$600 Main Event Day 2 | Run It Up Reno VIII

04-21-2019 12:36 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Truong	419,000 52,000	52,000
Ricky Guan	340,000 64,500	64,500
Andy Pokrivnak	195,000 5,000	5,000
Andrew Neeme	170,000 53,000	53,000
Katie Lindsay	143,000 39,500	39,500
Johnnie Moreno	140,000 20,000	20,000
Patrick Tardif	127,000 7,000	7,000

Jim Petzing	115,000 4,000	4,000
Timothy Guilford	108,000 29,000	29,000
Jason Somerville	90,000 6,500	6,500

Arlie Shaban	78,000 16,500	16,500

Adin Cota	78,000 16,500	16,500
Kevin Martin	65,000 500	500

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Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

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Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000

04-21-2019 12:33 UTC-7

Prager Sends Mazza to the Rail

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Chad Holloway

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

Mark Mazza got his last 35,000 or so all in preflop and found himself in a bad spot against Joshua Prager.

Prager:
Mazza:

Mazza had the inferior ace but the flop did give him a flush draw. The turn added some chop outs, but the river was a brick and Mazza headed to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Prager	300,000 161,000	161,000
Mark Mazza	Busted

Tags: Joshua Prager Mark Mazza

04-21-2019 12:25 UTC-7

Blomberg Rivers JohnnieVibes

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Brandon Temple

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

Colton Blomberg jammed for 46,000 from UTG+1, and Johnnie "JohnnieVibes" Moreno called in the cutoff.

Blomberg:
Moreno:

Moreno's kings held on the flop and turn, but Blomberg spiked a ten on the river to earn the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johnnie Moreno	160,000 67,500	67,500
Colton Blomberg	98,500 46,000	46,000

Tags: Colton Blomberg Johnnie Moreno

04-21-2019 12:22 UTC-7

Pokrivnak Busts Barry

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Chad Holloway

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

Action folded around to Andy Pokrivnak in the small blind and he raised to 6,500. Dan Barry then three-bet all in for 48,000 from the big and Pokrivnak made the call.

Pokrivnak:
Barry:

Barry had a kicker problem and things got worse when the flop paired Pokrivnak. Barry was looking for a jack to chop but neither the turn nor river was what he needed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Pokrivnak	190,000 37,500	37,500
Dan Barry	Busted

Tags: Andy Pokrivnak Dan Barry

04-21-2019 12:17 UTC-7

Epstein Fades A Big Draw To Double Through Wang

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Brandon Temple

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

From the small blind, Alex Epstein checked a board over to Stanley Wang in the hijack, who bet 30,000 into a pot of around 40,000. Epstein check-raised all in for 86,000, and Wang called.

Epstein:
Wang:

Epstein's two pair had to fade the Royal Flush draw of Wang, and the was safe for Epstein to earn the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Epstein	202,000 129,500	129,500

Stanley Wang	85,000 84,500	84,500

Tags: Alex Epstein Stanley Wang

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

04-21-2019 12:02 UTC-7

Schedule for the Day

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Chad Holloway

Schedule of Events for Day 10 of #RunItUpReno:
— Run It Up Reno (@runitupreno)

04-21-2019 11:06 UTC-7

The March to the Main Event Final Table Begins Today!

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Chad Holloway

The Run It Up Reno VIII $600 Main Event attracted 629 entries (267 on 1a and 362 on 1b), making it the largest spring event in RIU history. Today, 143 players will return for Day 2 action, each looking to make the money at the top 101. If they do, they'll lock up a min-cash of $970, while the eventual winner will walk away with a $46,681 first-place prize.

Starting today as chip leader is Patrick Truong, who made it through Friday night with 471,000. Robert Valdez was the Day 1b chip leader with 326,500. Others returning today are Andy Camou (200,500), Ryan Schoonbaert (191,000), Joe Brindle (171,500), Stanley Wong (169,500), Vito Distefano (140,000), Max Brown (130,000), Ashley Sleeth (111,000), Jason Somerville (83,500), Kevin Martin (65,500), two-time Survivor contestant Shirin Oskooi (63,500), Adam Owen (34,000), Jesse Sylvia (25,000), James Brundige (281,500), Ricky “RatedGTO” Guan (275,500), Johnnie “JohnnieVibes” Moreno (227,500), and Kevin Gerhart (221,000), Dan O’Brian (141,000), Andrew Neeme (117,000), 2003 WSOP champ Chris Moneymaker (109,500), LFG co-host Jamie Kerstetter (107,000), Katie Lindsay (103,500), former champ DJ Fenton (82,000), and WSOP bracelet winner Ryan Laplante (46,500).

Action will resume at 26:32 remaining in Level 12 at Noon local time to play down to the final table. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to capture all the action, so stay tuned!