Hancock Bags Top Stack to Conclude Day 1b

Day 1b concluded the first day of play in the RunGood Poker Series Grand Prix Reno $800 Main Event. The second flight of the tournament attracted a total of 44 players, which permitted five players to advance to Day 2 on Sunday.

Robert Hancock finished as the chip leader of Day 1b (579,000). Victor Paredes (352,00) followed second in chips, and Eugene Chun (233,000) bagged the third most of any player during the flight.

Hancock shared that he rarely plays No-Limit Hold’em tournaments and often plays PLO 8 cash games as his preferred format. When he does play tournaments, No-Limit Hold’em is the variant he enjoys most.

When asked about how it felt to finish Day 1b as he chip leader, Hancock brushed it off and revealed his mindset is already focused on Day 2.

Hancock stated, “It’s fine, but it doesn’t mean anything until Sunday.”

Hancock was active throughout Day 1b, scoring eliminations down the stretch. Most notably, Hancock secured a knockout of Rudy Wusstig that saw him soar to the quarter-million chip mark. His work was not done as he would go on to double that before the end of the flight, which culminated with a knockout to burst the bubble against Tibor Horvath to end the night.

Hancock and the other four players who bagged on Day 1b will return to play on Day 2 on Sunday, August 31, at 12 p.m.

Top 10 Chip Counts Flights 1ab

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Thomas Phillips	United States	977,000	122
2	Robert Hancock	United States	579,000	72
3	Denis Lee	United States	418,000	52
4	Victor Paredes	United States	352,000	44
5	Mike Sippola	United States	320,000	40
6	Eugene Chun	United States	233,000	29
7	Joshua Prager	United States	201,000	25
8	Hemant Kathuria		187,000	23
9	Roger Van Valkenburg	United States	180,000	23
10	Michael Pearson	United States	165,000	21