Main Event Day 1b | 2015 RunGood Poker Series Council Bluffs

Main Event

Day 1b Completed

08-30-2015 02:30 UTC-5

Late Cooler Ships Meyer Huge Overall Lead After Day 1b/c

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Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

RunGood Poker Series Council Bluffs continued on Saturday with the second and third Day 1 flights at the Horseshoe, which drew 125 and 78 runners, respectively, pushing the total to 283 after registration ended. Day 1b chip leader Shawn Meyer finished with 350,000 after his 13-level flight played out. That put him well in the lead ahead of Day 1c leader Ryan Phan (243,000).

A classic aces-over-kings confrontation with fellow big stack Jeff Epstein in Level 13 (1,500/3,000/500) enabled Meyer to rocket to the lead. We didn't see when the money went in, but both players flopped sets and turned boats on a board. Epstein was forced to send Meyer 130,800.

Epstein found himself on the wrong end of the cooler after initially dragging a monstrous pot at his previous table when he opened aces under the gun and saw Joel Wahlert three-bet from the small blind. Colin Perry shoved for 82,000 from the big blind, Epstein moved all in as well, and Wahlert called off with jacks. Perry tabled kings and nobody improved from there.

Epstein still managed to put 130,000 in the bag despite the late setback to Meyer.

Other players surviving Day 1b included former World Series of Poker Main Event final table finisher Stan Schrier (146,000), Jeff "mrrain" Banghart (124,500), Brandon Fish (103,000), and Matt Sztamburski (67,500).

Phan, meanwhile, found the third bullet to be the charm on Day 1c after busting both Day 1a and Day 1b. He was joined by Jim Devaney (215,000), Tim Killday (196,500), and Kelly Vandemheen (178,000) atop the Day 1c counts.

Notable players who took shots and failed to advance included Ross Bybee, Justin Gardenhire, Jose Montes, Jeff Bryan, Mike Lang, Mark Fink, Dustin Dirksen, Bernard Lee, and former RunGood Council Bluffs champ Henry Gingerich.

In total between the two flights, 34 players advanced to Sunday's Day 2. They'll join the 15 survivors of Day 1a to create a 49-player field, of which 36 will be paid a minimum of $1,117. The final day of the tournament will see a winner crowned who will take home $34,267 and a $2,000 Blaycation package to the season-ending RunGood Championship Cup. All players who advance to the final table will also receive a package.

Cards are scheduled to be in the air noon local time, and since Day 1c reached a hard stop at 12 players, the clock will roll back to 11 minutes and 25 seconds left in Level 13 for everyone.

Be sure to return to PokerNews to see who emerges as champion as this event plays down to a winner.

Tags: Ryan Phan Shawn Meyer

08-30-2015 01:53 UTC-5

End-of-Day Chip Counts

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Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Phan	243,000	-22,000
Jim Devaney	215,000	-3,000
Tim Killday	196,500	196,500
Kelly Vandemheen	178,000	178,000
Thaddeus Wolff	138,500	3,500
Chuck Marty	133,000	17,200
Don Boyer	123,000	46,200
David Wintroub	78,000	-9,000
Robbie Stubbs	70,000	70,000
Lee Borrall	69,500	69,500
Sue Warner	66,500	66,500
Yash Mudireddy	54,500	-56,000

08-30-2015 01:47 UTC-5

Devaney Snaps Attebery Off

mnuwwarah

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Darren Attebery shoved all in for over pot, about 70,000, on an flop out of the small blind. Jim Devaney snapped from the cutoff with and Attebery showed for a gutshot. The turn was an and the river a , and the tournament has reached a hard stop with 12 players left.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jim Devaney	218,000
Darren Attebery	Busted

Tags: Darren Attebery Jim Devaney

08-30-2015 01:30 UTC-5

Jennings Eliminated

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Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

The eliminations continue to roll in. This time, Greg Jennings got his last ten big blinds or so in with and ran into a player holding . He did not catch up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Jennings	Busted

Tags: Greg Jennings

08-30-2015 01:28 UTC-5

Phan Holds; Vanier Busted

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Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Ryan Phan opened to 7,000 and called the shove of a player in the cutoff who had about 25,000.

Phan:
Opponent:

Phan held as the community rolled out .

At another table, Mike Vanier busted with in the cutoff when the big blind woke up with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Phan	265,000	60,000
Mike Vanier	Busted

Tags: Mike Vanier Ryan Phan

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

08-30-2015 01:20 UTC-5

Wintroub Eliminates Bybee

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Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Three players checked to the button, where David Wintroub bet 8,500 on a flop. The small blind called, and Ross Bybee shoved all in for about 27,000 in the big blind. Wintroub called for slightly less and the small blind folded.

Wintroub:
Bybee:

Wintroub was left shaking his head after a turn but the river saved the day for him. Bybee was left with less than a big blind and busted the next hand.