Adin Cota Collects a Dozen Bounties on Way to Winning RIU Reno VIII Thursday Thrilla
The biggest buy-in tournament of the Run It Up Reno VIII – the $1,100 Thursday Thrilla – began with 178 entries each with a $500 bounty on their head.
After two days of play, Adin Cota finished as the last player standing at the Peppermill Casino. It was good for a $20,400 top prize and a dozen $500 bounties along the way for an additional $6,000.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Adin Cota | $20,400 |
| 2nd | Timothy “VaderNader” Guilford | $13,020 |
| 3rd | Katie Lindsay | $8,940 |
| 4th | Max Brown | $6,650 |
| 5th | Derek Frye | $5,250 |
| 6th | Frank Lagodich | $4,310 |
| 7th | Jeff Newman | $3,580 |
| 8th | Finton Hand | $2,970 |
| 9th | Jerry White | $2,400 |
The tournament offered $500 bounties on each player, meaning a regular prize pool of $82,720 was up for grabs. Among those to cash on Day 1 of the tournament were partypoker pro Patrick Tardif (10th - $2,400), Joel Danforth (13th - $1,500), Noel Rodriguez (16th - $1,500), and David Thomas (18th - $1,500).
When the final table began Katie Lindsay held a large chip lead with approximately a third of the chips in play. It didn’t take long for Derek Frye to collect the $500 bounty of Jerry White after queens held against Big Slick, and then Timothy “VaderNader” Guilford sent Fintan “Easy with Aces” Hand to the rail in eighth place.
Frye proceeded to collect the bounties of both Jeff Newman and Frank Lagodich before busting himself in fifth place. It happened when he jammed jack-ten suited and failed to get there against Max Brown’s ace-queen.
The very next hand, Brown busted with the same hand against Cota’s pocket queens. That gave Cota a huge chip lead that he used to collect the bounties of Lindsay and Guilford, who finished in third and second place for $8,940 and $13,020 (plus 11 and 12 bounties) respectively.
The Thursday Thrilla is in the books but our coverage of the RIU Reno is still ongoing. Click here to follow live updates from Day 1a of the $600 RIU Reno VIII Main Event.
flop gave Cota a gutshot straight draw, which he needed to hit when the 
turn gave Guilford a pair of aces.
did spike on the river to give Cota the win and the final $500 bounty of the tournament (plus he got to keep his own).
and raised to 75,000. Adin Cota was in the big with the 
and three-bet it to 180,000, which Lindsay called.
turn made things interesting by giving her a club flush draw.
. Lindsay missed and had to settle for third place and $8,940 in prize money, plus the 11 $500 bounties she collected along the way.
and Guilford wound up with a flush to triple while Cota collected Brown's $500 bounty. It marked back-to-back Thursday Thrilla cashes for Brown, who finished 15th in this tournament last year.
flop paired Brown and left Frye looking for runner-runner, but the 
flop gave Lagodich a little help but he needed more to stay alive. The 
turn didn't do it and neither did the 
to give Frye the first $500 bounty of the final table.
