Katie Lindsay Holds Commanding Final Table Chip Lead
The biggest buy-in tournament of the Run It Up Reno VIII – the $1,100 Thursday Thrilla – started with 178 entries battling it out at the Peppermill Casino. After 10 hours of play, the field was whittled down to the final eight with Katie Lindsay and her stack of 1.104 million leading the way.
That’s nearly a third of the chips in play, more than double her next closest competition. You might recall that earlier this year Lindsay, the wife of poker pro and online poker’s winningest tournament player Chris Moorman, was a guest on the LFG Podcast, which you can listen to here.
Joining her at the final table are Timothy Guilford (497,000), Frank Lagodich (413,000), Fintan “Easy with Aces” Hand (127,000), and Max Brown (140,000), who has already improved upon his 15th-place finish in this same event last year.
Thursday Thrilla Final Table
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feature | 1 | Katie Lindsay | 1,104,000 |
| Feature | 2 | Jeff Newman | 335,000 |
| Feature | 3 | Adin Cota | 328,000 |
| Feature | 4 | Timothy Guilford | 497,000 |
| Feature | 5 | Frank Lagodich | 413,000 |
| Feature | 6 | Derek Frye | 386,000 |
| Feature | 7 | Jerry White | 190,000 |
| Feature | 8 | Fintan Hand | 127,000 |
| Feature | 9 | Max Brown | 140,000 |
The tournament offered $500 bounties on each player, meaning a regular prize pool of $82,720 was up for grabs. After Andrew Lok bubbled in 19th place, 10 more players exited in the money short of the final table including Patrick Tardif (10th - $2,400), Joel Danforth (13th - $1,500), Noel Rodriguez (16th - $1,500), and David Thomas (18th - $1,500).
Others to fire the Thursday Thrilla but fail to cash were Chris Moneymaker, Benjamin “Spraggy” Spragg, Brad Owen, Adam Owen, Jason Somerville, Evan Jarvis, Ricky “ratedGTO” Guan, Jesse Sylvia, Arlie Shaban, Tyson Apostol, and Kevin Martin.
The Thursday Thrilla final table will begin at 2 p.m. local time on Friday and play down to a winner. Action will resume with 28:11 remaining on the clock in Level 18. The live stream will kick off at 5 p.m., and the PokerNews live updates will coincide with that stream.
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turn meant a chop was in store barring either a seven or eight on the river, and one of them did come.
! Lagodich made two pair and send Manuel to the rail.
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river improved Guilford further to a flush, and he collected another bounty.
