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Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2016 RunGood Poker Series Horseshoe Council Bluffs
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2016 RunGood Poker Series Horseshoe Council Bluffs
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$144,000
Total Entries
144
Level
25
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 144
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Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Another Day 1 flight of RunGood Poker Series Council Bluffs led to another hard as 13 players bagged a couple of levels before things were scheduled to end. The 76 who turned out pushed the two-flight total to 144 for the first $1,100 Main Event on the tour.
Tom Leto was the leader with an overwhelming stack of 328,800, far ahead of Day 1a leader Russell Licking's 240,500. Andre "Aces" Allen (229,900) and Thomas Houston (225,400) also finished with piles. RunGood Pro and two-time RunGood champ Ryan Tepen (133,700) also made it through, as did Phil Mader (83,200), Jeff Brin (71,400), and Terry Karn (32,400).
Allen is looking for another RunGood final table after making eighth place at RunGood North Kansas City for $1,595. He won a big race late when he raised to 7,500 at blinds of 600/1,200/200 and called the shove of a player in the big blind who had 35,700. Allen had 
and won against 
when the board came 
.
The last few levels were very good to Tepen, who is looking to add a trophy here to his wins at North Kansas City and RunGood Cup Championship in 2015. He won with 
all in preflop against 
, then took another race with 
against the sixes of former RunGood Council Bluffs champ Henry Gingerich. Then, Tepen flopped trip threes with 
and held against an opponent with 
on a 
flop to reach the hard stop for the night.
Players firing at least once and finding themselves busto included Ray Henson, Jeff Banghart, Greg Jennings, Aaron Johnson, Jamie Kerstetter, and Ryan Phan.
The 26 remaining runners gather Sunday at 11 a.m. to play to a winner who will claim $40,320.
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Two players went bust, so everyone left is bagging with two minutes left in the level.
At one table, a player was all in preflop for a short stack and called in two spots. Thomas Houston bet 20,000 into a dry side pot on a 
flop and his lone live opponent folded. The short stack had 
and Houston 
. Houston turned his opponent dead with the 
.
At the other table, Ryan Tepen was in the blinds and got a player with 41,000 in on a flop. Tepen had for trips and was fading the of his opponent. The combo draw bricked out, leaving Tepen's disgusted opponent busto.
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
We didn't see the action, but a player got all in for what looked like around 60,000 on a 
flop from the small blind in a single-raised pot. Thomas Houston put him at risk from the big blind with 
and saw he was miles ahead of 
. The turn was a , ending the small blind's slim chances.
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Mark Fink opened and got three-bet by cutoff Kipp Smith to 10,500. Fink jammed to put Smith at risk for 33,500, and the Nebraskan quickly called with . Fink had and the 
board was clean for Smith. Fink was left with 3,100 and went bust in short order.
At the other table, Shawn Meyer went bust.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Kipp Smith shoved in 15,900 from the small blind and Dash Saenz, who had opened early, called.
Smith: 
Saenz: 
The 
runout paired Smith for a double.
Players are on break for 15 minutes.
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Jeff Brin shoved all in from the big blind for 35,200 after Ryan Tepen bet 12,000 in middle position with the board reading 
on the turn. Tepen splashed in a call after about 15 seconds, and his 
was in need of help against 
, good for a flush. The river paired the board but it was the , and Tepen sent Brin a double.
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
According to Phil Mader, Ryan Tepen opened the button to 3,000 and got three-bet to 8,000 by Henry Gingerich. Tepen shoved all in and Gingerich called off about 50,000.
Gingerich:
Tepen:
The flop was clean for Gingerich but a hit the turn to give Tepen the pot and the knockout.
