Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
2015 RunGood Poker Series Horseshoe Council Bluffs
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 RunGood Poker Series Horseshoe Council Bluffs
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$251,340
Entries
426
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Rodawig Busts; Promptly Reenters
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Before the break, we happened upon a big hand with around 16,000 in the pot and a flop reading 
. Joe Thornton had checked from the big blind and Mac McMillen bet 2,000 from middle position. World Series of Poker bracelet winner Eric Rodawig then raised all in for 11,675, and Thornton made the call. McMillen gave it up and the cards were turned on their backs.
Thornton: 
Rodawig: 
Rodawig seemed surprised Thornton called with a gutshot, which wouldn't come in. Instead, it'd be brutal running diamonds – the 
turn and 
river – that'd give Thornton a come-from-behind flush and eliminate Rodawig, who opted to reenter before the end of registration.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
130,000 | |
|
20,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
||
"You Going to Buy Me a Beer?
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Chip leader Joe Thornton limped from the hijack and RunGood Ambassador Jonathan Gaviao moved all in from the small blind for 5,900. Thornton made the call and the cards were turned up.
Gaviao: 
Thornton: 
"That's not a good start," Gaviao chimed after the 
flop delivered his opponent two pair. The 
turn paired Gaviao, but he needed a little more help to stay alive. He got it too as the 
river spiked on the river.
"Pump fake," Gaviao said as he sat back down with a big smile on his face. Thornton took it in stride.
"You going to buy me a beer for that?" Thornton cracked.
Meanwhile, Gaviao's fellow RunGood Ambassador, Michael Sanders, has been eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
Busted |
Quick Second Exit for Rodawig
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Eric Rodawig reentered right before the start of Level 9, but his second bullet missed the mark. We missed his elimination, but Rodawig offered the following.
"There's not as many chips when you rebuy that late."
Of course the chips are the same, but indeed the amount of big blinds it constitutes is much smaller. Rodawig said there's a good chance he'll give it another go tomorrow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
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Monster Pot for Tepen; Baker Busted
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
A big hand just went down at Table 31, one that sent RunGood Ambassador Ryan Tepen into the chip lead.
We missed the early part of the hand, but we do know Justin Baker got his short stack all in preflop against Tepen, who was in the big blind, and the player in the small blind. The 
flop inspired back-and-forth raising from the two active players, and when all was said and done Tepen was all in and at risk for his stack of 80,700.
Tepen: 
Small Blind: 
Baker:
Tepen had flopped a set to crack aces, and he was awarded the pot after the blanked on the turn followed by the on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
211,500
161,500
|
161,500 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 300
Arndt Sends a Shorty to the Rail
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 300 ante
A short-stacked player moved all in for 5,500 from early position and received a call from the player to his direct left. Joe Thornton then called from the cutoff before Rich Arndt three-bet all in for 24,500. That isolated and Arndt got the short stack all to himself.
Arndt: 
Opponent: 
The 
flop gave Arndt a set, while the turn gave his opponent a useless pair. The 
turn gave the shorty a brief moment of excitement, but he soon realized his trips were no good against the full boat of Arndt.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
43,000 |
Gaviao On a Tear
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 300 ante
I had 6000 chips in this @RunGoodGear main 12 minutes and 37 seconds ago. I'm up to almost 100,000 betting units now #whaaaattttFollow @GaviaoJ
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
Get in the RunGood Spirit
A Round of Chip Counts
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
240,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
150,000
-61,500
|
-61,500 |
|
130,000 | |
|
100,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
|
90,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
85,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
|
80,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
75,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
75,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
70,000
47,500
|
47,500 |
|
|
65,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
60,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
50,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |