Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2015 RunGood Poker Series Council Bluffs
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 RunGood Poker Series Council Bluffs
Buy-in
$675
Entries
283
Level
24
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Tepen Bags Day 1a Lead as 15 Advance
Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Day 1a of 2015 RunGood Poker Series Council Bluffs Main Event, the first stop of four on the Road to the RunGood Cup, drew 80 runners for $675 apiece. When it was all said and done, 15 of them advanced to Sunday's Day 2 after 13 levels of play.
Tour-sponsored pro Ryan Tepen bagged the biggest stack with 176,500. Tepen has accumulated more than $688,000 in cashes over a live poker career stretching back to 2008. His home tour has been kind to him as he finished 10th at a different RunGood event here earlier this year for $4,298 and got fifth at RunGood Downstream a month prior to that for $9,635.
Jon Lawson raced out to an early lead, amazingly running his 20,000 starting stack up nearly 120,000 by the first break. He looked a strong favorite to bag the lead for much of the day, but a brutal beat late derailed his efforts.
On a board of 
, Mike Tang bet from the cutoff seat and snap-called when Lawson check-shipped all in from the blinds to put Tang at risk for about his last 60,000 or so. Tang had the 
, and Lawson had .
Tang, who finished second at RunGood Downstream in 2014, got the help he needed when he spiked quads on the river.
Lawson still managed to put 95,500 in the bag, while Tang ended the night with 137,500. Other notables to advance included Josh Reichard (154,000), RunGood Pro Michael Sanders (136,500), Nick Manganaro (122,500), Terry Karn (110,500), Clint Lilienthal (101,000), and RunGood Pro Jamie Kerstetter (77,000).
Eric Rodawig, Bryan Campanello, Mike Lang, Mark Fink, Jeff Bryan, Brandon Fish, plus RunGood Pros Jonathan Gaviao, Jose Montes, Justin Gardenhire, Chris Conrad, and Ross Bybee were some of the notables who busted during the course of play.
Bybee, who already has a RunGood main event win to his credit, had ran up a nice early stack before his aces got cracked. He then lost the rest with 
all in preflop against Tang's 
.
Eliminated players have plenty more chances to qualify for Day 2, as Saturday will feature 12 p.m. and 7 p.m. starting flights here at the Horseshoe.
Be sure to stay tuned for continued live coverage right here on PokerNews.com.
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
176,500 | 66,500 |
|
154,000 | 33,000 |
|
|
148,500 | 43,500 |
|
137,500 | -54,500 |
|
136,500 | 80,500 |
|
122,500 | 84,800 |
|
110,500 | -19,500 |
|
101,000 | 40,000 |
|
98,500 | 98,500 |
|
98,000 | 98,000 |
|
95,500 | -17,500 |
|
89,500 | 89,500 |
|
77,000 | 9,700 |
|
|
51,500 | 51,500 |
|
6,000 | 6,000 |
That's All
Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Play has ended for the night.
Quads Over a Boat
Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
On a board of , Mike Tang bet from the cutoff and snap-called when Jon Lawson check-shipped all in from the blinds to put Tang at risk for about his last 60,000 or so.
Tang:
Lawson:
"Come on, dude," Tang urged upon seeing he was behind.
The dealer burned and turned the last nine in the deck, giving Tang quads and causing him to celebrate.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
192,000 | 87,000 |
Photos: RunGood Poker Series Council Bluffs Day 1a
Ewen Eliminated
Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Mike Tang opened to 7,000 under the gun, and Dai Ong shipped it from the hijack for 61,800. Paul Ewen called off roughly 33,000 in the big blind, and Tang folded after some thought.
Ewen: 
Ong: 
Ong hit a jack as the board ran out 
, eliminating Ewen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
105,000 | -36,000 |
|
|
105,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Karn's Click-Back Scares Away Reichard
Level 12
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
A player under the gun made it 6,000, and Josh Reichard three-bet to 16,400. Terry Karn cold-called in the big blind, and the opener came along as well. Everyone checked the flop, and Reichard bet 21,000 after it checked to him with the board reading 
on fourth. Karn put 40,000 in and the dealer told him he needed 2,000 more for a proper raise. The preflop opener mucked, and Reichard tanked a couple of minutes.
"I never know what you have," he said as he finally mucked.
Karn mucked as well, but Reichard said after the hand he saw an 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000 | 55,000 |
|
|
121,000 | 6,000 |
Photos: RunGood Poker Series Council Bluffs Day 1a
