We found Josh Reichard leading a three-way preflop all in with . Michael Sanders had and David Wintroub had . Nobody improved on the community cards, and Reichard busted Wintroub and collected 159,000 from Sanders.
Stan Schrier opened to 15,000 and called a three-bet to 45,000 from Curtis Edens. The flop came and Schrier shoved all in. Edens called off his stack of about 40,000 more after thinking briefly.
Edens:
Schrier:
Edens held as the turned and the completed the board. He began the day with just 6,000 but has turned that stack of two big blinds into a solid 185,000.
At another table, Nick Manganaro busted. He said he shoved 13 big blinds over a Michael Sanders open with and lost to .
All three starting flights have wrapped up for RunGood Poker Series Council Bluffs, and that means it's time for Day 2, when a champion will be crowned. Forty-nine players have put chips in a bag and will come back to contend for the crown and over $34,000 in first-place prize money, along with a $2,000 Blaycation package to the RunGood Cup Championship.
The leader among them will be Shawn Meyer, who comes back with 350,000 courtesy of a monster aces-over-kings clash late on Day 1b. Other top contenders include Ryan Phan (243,000), Ryan Tepen (176,500), Josh Reichard (154,000), and Stan Schrier (146,000). Phan and Tepen are looking for repeat final table appearances after finishing fifth and 10th, respectively, the last time the tour stopped here at the Horseshoe.
Plays kicks off at Level 14 (2,000/4,000/500) and continues with 45-minute levels until the final table has been reached. At that point, levels move to an hour.
Stay tuned to see who the latest RunGood champion will be.