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

04-13-2019 19:16 UTC-7

Ivan Zarate Bags RIU Reno VIII Mini Main Day 1b Chip Lead; Spraggy & Kevin Martin Advance

Chad Holloway

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

On Saturday, Day 1b of the Run It Up Reno VIII Event #1: $440 Mini Main Event played out inside the Peppermill Casino. The second of two starting flights attracted 158 runners, which along with Day 1a’s 127 entrants brought the total field up to 285 entries.

That means the top 46 players with a min-cash being worth $720. The eventual winner, who will be crowned on Sunday, will walk away with a $26,065 first-place prize.

The player from 1b best positioned to make a run at it is Ivan Zarate, who after 12 levels led the surviving 38 players with a stack of 185,000. That is well behind Day 1a chip leader Alan Mastic, who bagged 310,000.

Zarate, who hails from Arkansas, has $69,748 in lifetime tournament earnings including a career-high $7,779 for winning the 2015 $330 Holiday Hangover Tournament at Mohegan Sun. Two years ago he also finished sixth in the Run It Up Reno IV Main Event for $5,525.

Others to make it through Day 1b with big stacks were Michael Trivett (184,000), Kyle Keating (181,500), Jovanny Jayme (166,500), and Stanley Wang (148,500), who round out the top five. They were joined by Ben “Spraggy” Spragg (126,500), Patrick Tardif (117,000), former RIU Reno Main Event champ DJ Fenton (106,500), Albert Ng (85,00), and Kevin Martin (49,500).

Of course, not everyone was so lucky. Among those to fire and fall on Saturday were Jason Somerville, Brad Owen, Jimmy Cappucci, Fintan Hand, Holly Brightly, Abraham Meyers, Sung Song, Joe Brandenburg, Vincent Newland, Jamie Kerstetter, Arlie Shaban, and Paul Sampson.

Day 2 will get underway at Noon local time on Sunday with 64 returning players (26 from 1a and 38 from 1b). The RunItUp.TV live stream will begin at 5 p.m. local time, but you can tune back into PokerNews straight away for live updates straight from the tournament floor.

Tags: Ivan Zarate

04-13-2019 17:41 UTC-7

What a Hand for Jayme

Chad Holloway

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The player in the cutoff opened for 3,100 and Fintan Hand three-bet all in for roughly 30,000 from the button. Jovanny Jayme was in the small blind and isolated by moving all in over the top for around 70K.

Jayme:
Hand:

Hand was in a bad spot and paid for it with his tournament life after he failed to connect with the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jovanny Jayme	110,000
Fintan Hand	Busted

Tags: Jovanny Jayme Fintan Hand

04-13-2019 13:43 UTC-7

Don't Forget About Tonight's “Fight Night 236” Cash Game Hangout

Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Lists are now open in the Peppermill Poker Room for our “Fight Night 236” Cash Game Hangout!

Sign up and play some cash games tonight and you can watch the fights on TVs throughout the poker room.

Due to capacity expectations, we will need you to be in the Peppermill Cash Poker Room downstairs at 6 p.m. to guarantee a seat.

04-13-2019 13:39 UTC-7

Sleeth Off to a Good Start

Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Recent WSOP Circuit ring winner Ashley Sleeth raised to 600 under the gun and Donald McCormick called from the button. Both blinds folded and it was heads-up action to the flop, which came down .

Both players checked and the dealer burned and turned the . Sleeth bet 1,000 and that did the trick as McCormick laid down his hand.

It wasn't too exciting but it gave us a good excuse to update you on Sleeth's count, which is about double the starting stack. She's looking to follow in the footsteps on her fiance, 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up Jesse Sylvia, who bagged on the 1a flight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashley Sleeth	40,000	20,000

Tags: Ashley Sleeth Donald McCormick

04-13-2019 12:07 UTC-7

Sherman Mah Wins RIU Reno Event #2: $125 Short Deck Hold’em

Chad Holloway

Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be focused on five events here at the RIU Reno VIII, but there are plenty of side events throughout including last night's Event #3: $125 Short Deck Hold’em. That tournament attracted 113 entries and created a $10,961 prize pool.

Among those to get a piece of it by finishing in the top 18 but fall short of the final table were Andy Camou (12th - $220), Eric Goldstein (15th - $180), Patrick Tardif (16th - $180), and Jon Wallace (18th - $180).

At the final table were some familiar faces such as 2012 World Series of Poker runner-up Jesse Sylvia, RIU Reno stalwart Vincent Newland, and poker pro Adam Owen. However, it was Sherman Mah of Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania who emerged victorious to win the trophy and $3,153 first-place prize.

Short Deck Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Sherman Mah	Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania	$3,153
2	Adam Owen	Folkestone, UK	$1,877
3	Ciprian Tutu	New York, New York	$1,195
4	Sarah Sherman	Ashland, Oregon	$829
5	Jesse Sylvia	Las Vegas, Nevada	$621
6	Vincent Newland	Pine Plains, New York	$492
7	Andre Hengchua	Las Vegas, Nevada	$402
8	Kenyah Harris	Spring, Texas	$332

Tags: Sherman Mah

04-13-2019 10:30 UTC-7

Welcome to Day 1b of the RIU Reno VIII Mini Main Event!

Chad Holloway

Welcome to Day 2 of the 11-day long Run It Up Reno VIII at the Peppermill Resort Hotel. With $700,000 in guarantees spread over a wide variety of games and buy-ins, it's shaping up to be Jason Somerville's biggest series yet.

Among those slated to attend the festival are Somerville, Fintan Hand, Benjamin “Spraggy” Spragg, Kevin Martin, Arlie Shaban, Ricky Guan, Andrew Neeme, Brad Owen, Joe “Stapes” Stapleton, 2003 World Series of Poker champ Chris Moneymaker, LFG Podcast co-host Jamie Kerstetter, Marle Cordeiro, Johnnie Vibes, David Tuchman, and Survivor legend Tyson Apostol.

Today is the second of two starting flights in the $440 Mini Main Event will get underway at Noon local time. The tournament features a big blind ante (it becomes the size of the small blind when four-handed or less) and starts players with 20,000 in tournament chips. Registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 12, at which point the length of each level will increase from 30 to 40 minutes.

There will be 15-minute breaks every two hours with a one-hour dinner break at the end of Level 11. The plan for each starting flight is to end when the first flight did, which was with 4:42 left on the clock in Level 12.

Speaking of Day 1a, that flight attracted 127 runners and played down to 20 percent of the field. Leading the surviving 26 players was Alan Mastic, who bagged up 310,000. Others to bag big stacks were Andy Pokrivnak (242,000), Jesse Capps (194,000), Glenn Uchibori (155,500), and Jason Pease (144,000), who round out the top five.

Among those to fire and fall on 1a, who will have another chance to fire today if they so choose, are Jason Somerville, Michael Trivett, Jimmy Cappucci, Ashley Sleeth, LFG co-host Jamie Kerstetter, and Joe Brindle.

Here’s a look at the structure for the day:

Level	BB Ante	Small Blind	Big Blind	Level Length
1	100	100	100	30 Minutes
2	100	100	200	30 Minutes
3	200	100	200	30 Minutes
4	300	100	300	30 Minutes
5	400	200	400	30 Minutes
6	500	300	500	30 Minutes
7	600	300	600	30 Minutes
8	800	400	800	30 Minutes
9	1,000	500	1,000	30 Minutes
10	1,200	600	1,200	30 Minutes
11	1,600	800	1,600	30 Minutes
12	2,000	1,000	2,000	40 Minutes

PokerNews will be on hand to live report five events including today's $440 Mini Main Event (April 12-14). Other events that will be live reported over the next week and a half are the $235 Pro Bounty (April 15), $235 Black Chip Bounty (April 16), $1,100 Thursday Thrilla (April 18-19), and the $600 buy-in, $250K GTD Main Event (April 19-22).

Stay tuned as PokerNews brings you all the action straight from the tournament floor. Also, be sure to follow @runitupreno on Twitter and runituptv on Instagram for more behind-the-scenes covereage of the eight edition of Run It Up Reno!