Main Event Day 1b | 2014 RunGoodGear.com Downstream Casino

Main Event

Day 1b Completed

10-05-2014 00:52 UTC-5

Team Pro Reason Books Day 1b Lead

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Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 1,000 ante

Benjamin Reason will be tied for the lead when Day 2 begins.

Benjamin Reason finished Day 1b of RunGoodGear.com Downstream Casino Main Event with 277,500 in chips to lead the 17 surviving players. The second starting flight saw a big spike in numbers as 172 entries were tallied, compared to just 90 on Day 1a. Reason's stack is identical to that bagged by Day 1a leader Terry Presley, and the tour pro will seek to add to more than $418,000 in career live cashes to date.

Michael Beaty (270,500), Shannan Roberts (266,500), Terry Karn (221,000), and Grady Suneson (220,500) bagged more than 200,000 to end the night, while others to make it to Sunday's Day 2 included Reason's fellow sponsored pros Michael Sanders (193,000) and Ryan Tepen (56,500).

Reason grinded uneventfully for a while before getting things going in a pot against aggressive wild card Rodney Spriggs. Reason got it all in preflop with the and was able to hold against Spriggs' as the board came . That pot put Reason at 64,800 in Level 10 (600/1,200/200), and he quickly built up over 100,000 from there — a stack he maintained for a few hours.

Reason was over 200,000 by the time he three-bet to 35,000 after Shawn McCracken made it 15,000 from under the gun. McCracken moved all in for about 60,000, and Reason called with the , dominating McCracken's . The ace-king held despite an all-heart flop.

Sanders, a fellow RunGood Pro, sent a player packing with swear words on his lips late in the night during Level 13 (1,200/2,400/400), when he checked a board to a player on the button, who bet 25,000. Sanders shoved for 47,300, and his opponent called.

Sanders:
Button:

"God, that's so f***ing sick," the player on the button said in distress.

Sanders had an unbeatable hand, and the completed the board.

Vince Pironti, Ross Bybee, Brady Bullard, and Eric Bunch, all of whom made the final table of the last RunGoodGear.com event in September, were among those to fall during the approximate 10 hours of play. Others who took shots and failed were Amanda Baker, Lauren Kling, Jonathan Gaviao, Daniel Hughes, Joe Hebda, and Will Berry. After busting on the bubble in Day 1a, Berry was one of the last players sent packing on Day 1b, another painful close call.

Day 2 play commences at 11 a.m. local time on Sunday, and that will be when the 17 players who made it through Day 1b will join the nine survivors of Day 1a and play down to a winner. That winner will take home $36,218. PokerNews will be on hand to provide more live coverage, so be sure to come back and see the conclusion of this tournament.

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10-05-2014 00:08 UTC-5

End of Day 1b Counts

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Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Reason	277,500	-2,500
Michael Beaty	270,500	20,500
Shannan Roberts	266,500	80,500
Terry Karn	221,000	158,000
Grady Suneson	220,500	133,500
Samuel Mayo	196,500
Mike Tang	196,000	26,000
Michael Sanders	193,000	59,000
Richard Moore	145,500	-31,500
Mark Martin	132,500	-65,900
Julie Walker	111,500	26,500
Nick McAtee	93,500	13,500
Rickey Lomon	74,500
Matthew Magee	63,000
Ryan Tepen	56,500	-18,500
Jason Joerling	56,000
Chris Battaglia	53,500	1,500

10-04-2014 23:46 UTC-5

Karn Busts Bubble

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Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 1,000 ante

A player opened for 12,000, and Terry Karn made it 32,500 to go in the small blind. The opener called, and the flop came . Karn bet 25,000, and his opponent pushed for 33,500. Karn called.

Karn:
Opponent:

It was a flush draw against top pair, but the turn brought a , completing Karn's flush, and that will do it for Day 1b. Players are now bagging.

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10-04-2014 23:35 UTC-5

Hand-for-Hand

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Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 1,000 ante

The tournament is hand-for-hand as one more elimination is needed to get to the money and end Day 1b.

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 1,000

10-04-2014 23:11 UTC-5

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10-04-2014 23:09 UTC-5

Reason Busts McCracken

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Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Shawn McCracken raised to 15,000 under the gun, and Ben Reason made it 35,000. Action folded back to McCracken, who shoved for about 60,000. Reason called.

Reason:
McCracken:

Reason's dominating hand hit a pair of kings on the flop, but McCracken now had a flush draw. The turn and river were bricks, though.