$440 Mini Main Event Day 1a | Run It Up Reno VIII

04-12-2019 14:42 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts from Half the Room

Chad Holloway

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Newland	52,000	32,000
Ricky Guan	30,000
Sandra Morse	30,000	10,000
Steven Dorval	25,000	5,000
Donald Van Patten	24,000
Jesse Lonis	20,000	-15,000
Jimmy Cappucci	16,000	-6,000
Robert Brown	14,500	-5,500
Ashley Sleeth	13,600	-5,800
Jason Somerville	12,800	-7,200

04-12-2019 14:46 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts from the Other Half of the Room

Chad Holloway

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Tardif	32,000	12,000
Steve Roselius	28,000	4,000
Sabir Rasulov	20,000
Jason Daniele	18,000	-2,000
Michelle Nastasis	18,000	-2,000
Adam Owen	17,500	-500
Jesse Capps	13,000
Maxwell Brown	5,700	-10,300

04-12-2019 14:48 UTC-7

Run It Up Reno - Scavenger Hunt

Chad Holloway

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

To participate in the Run It Up Reno Scavenger Hunt, please pick up your card from the Run It Up Merch booth or at the Tournament Registration desk on Monday, April 15th at or after 7pm. If the Run It Up Merch Booth is closed, we will have Scavenger Hunt cards available at the Tournament Registration desk until they run out. Please pick up your card at 7pm so you don’t miss out.

Scavenger Hunt Objectives:

Play three hands of each of the following games:

Blackjack
Ultimate Texas Holdem
Fortune Pai Gow Poker

Place one bet at each of the following games:

Craps
Roulette

And finally…

Play two full orbits in the Peppermill Poker Room
Place a bet at the Sportsbook
Purchase one Keno ticket
Spend $10 at Run It Up Merch Booth

Return your completed scavenger hunt card to the Run It Up merch booth on Tuesday, April 16th between 10am-1pm.

Drawing will take place at 2pm on April 16, 2019. Qualifiers must be present to win. Upon name being drawn and called, the winner will have 30 seconds to claim their prize or it will be forfeited and another name will be drawn.

First Place Prize package includes Dinner with Chris Moneymaker at Bimini Steakhouse at Peppermill Resort and Casino ($300) Entry in the Run It Up Reno Main Event Day 1A ($600.00), and a PokerStars Chip Set ($250) 2nd and 3rd Place winners will be awarded one $125 Main Event Satellite Seat + PokerStars bag and shirt set. Prize Package is non-transferable and awarded by the Peppermill Hotel & Casino.

_{Dealers, Run It Up Employees, and Peppermill Employees are exempt from the promotion and are not eligible to participate. Management reserves all rights.}

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

04-12-2019 15:06 UTC-7

Nastasis Done and Dusted

Chad Holloway

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

We missed the elimination of Michelle Nastasis but as she swung by the media desk she informed us it was the result of a cooler.

It was the classic tale of running pocket kings smack dab into aces.

Yesterday Nastasis won roughly $450 in a local Reno tournament and was hoping to parlay that into an even bigger payday here in the Mini Main Event. Unfortunately, that's not going to happen as she finds herself on the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michelle Nastasis	Busted

Tags: Michelle Nastasis

04-12-2019 15:28 UTC-7

Capps and the Three Ladies

Chad Holloway

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

In the last hand of Level 6, Vincent Newland, who is sitting on a big stack, opened for 1,200 under the gun and the player in the cutoff called. Jesse Capps, who had just moved to the table into the big blind, came along and it was three-way action to the flop.

Capps checked, Newland bet 1,600, and both his opponents called. All three players then checked the turn before the completed the board on the river.

Capps led out for 2,500 and Newland called. The player in the cutoff got out of the way and Capps tabled the for trip queens. It was good as Newland sent his hand to the muck unseen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Newland	60,000	-5,000
Jesse Capps	40,000	5,000

Tags: Jesse Capps Vincent Newland

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

04-12-2019 15:32 UTC-7

Get Ready to Tune Into RunItUp.TV

Chad Holloway

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Starting on Sunday with the final table of this event, poker fans will be able to catch eight days of action on RunItUp.TV as footage from several events and final tables will be live streamed worldwide.

Here’s a look at the streaming schedule:

Date	Time (PDT)	Event
Sunday, April 14	5 p.m.	Mini Main Event Day 2
Monday, April 15	5 p.m.	$235 NLH Pro Bounty
Tuesday, April 16	5 p.m.	$235 NLH Black Chip Bounty
Wednesday, April 17	5 p.m.	$235 6-Max 8-Game Championship
Thursday, April 18	5 p.m.	$1,100 Thursday Thrilla Day 1
Friday, April 19	4:30 p.m.	Thursday Thrilla Day 2 (Final Table)
Saturday, April 20	12:30 p.m.	Twitch Cash Game
Sunday, April 21	3 p.m.	Main Event Day 2
Monday, April 22	2:30 p.m.	Main Event Day 3 (Final Table)

04-12-2019 15:44 UTC-7

Owen Busts Lonis

Chad Holloway

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

With 4,200 in the pot and a flop of , Jesse Lonis got his last 14,000 or so all in against Adam Owen.

Owen:
Lonis:

Lonis went with his open-ended straight draw and needed some help to crack Owen's aces.

The turn gave Owen a set and left Lonis looking to complete his straight draw, but that proved easier said than done as the bricked on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Owen	34,000	16,500
Jesse Lonis	Busted

Tags: Adam Owen Jesse Lonis

04-12-2019 15:54 UTC-7

Somerville Busts His First Bullet of RIU Reno VIII

Chad Holloway

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Jason Somerville, the man responsible for Run It Up Reno and all its glory, has been nursing a short stack for a while.

In a recent hand, action folded to him in the small blind and he jammed his short stack holding . Adam Owen was in the big and called with .

"King-jack is better than king-five," Somerville explained. Indeed it is, and his failure to get lucky sent him to the rail.

The silver lining is he'll now be available to attend the Welcome Party at 6 p.m. local time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Owen	42,000	8,000
Jason Somerville	Busted

Tags: Jason Somerville Adam Owen