$675 Main Event
Day 1c Completed
$675 Main Event
Day 1c Completed
Issac "Rungood" Tucker may spend most of his time running the iNinja poker series, but every now and then, he takes time out of his schedule to fire a tournament or two himself. So far, so good for Tucker in the 2016 RunGood Horseshoe Council Bluffs Main Event, where he bagged the overall chip lead with 237,000 at the conclusion of Day 1b.
Tucker will be first among 43 survivors of the three starting flights, with a total of 209 entries having been logged. Other players to bag piles on Day 1b and 1c included Mike Fick (236,500) and Chris Wicks (221,500), who led the 16 survivors of Day 1c.
Chunlei Yuan and Tucker were both mixing it up playing plenty of pots, and they had a huge clash late on Day 1b that sent the chip lead to Tucker, which he never relinquished. It went down during Level 9 (600/1,200/200), when the two saw a flop of . Yuan shipped it from the big blind for 62,500 into a pot of just 22,000, and Tucker looked pained.
"I don't see how I don't," he said.
After only a bit more thinking, he made the call.
Tucker:
Yuan:
Tucker was way ahead, and he faded Yuan's two outs on the last two streets.
As for Wicks, a late heater sent him rocketing up the counts, and he won a huge pot without a sweat late when Kyle McKinney pushed all in with the against him on a board of , with Wicks holding the . The river was a , and Wicks collected a pot of 165,000 during Level 11 (1,000/2,000/300).
Some of the players who failed to bag: RunGood pros Ryan Tepen and Bernard Lee, as well as defending champ Brandon Fish, Duane Gerleman, "Farmer" Phil Mader, and Terry Karn.
Day 2 gets underway Sunday at noon local time, with $31,443 up top and 21 places paid. Levels move up to 45 minutes, and the winner will also claim a $2,000 World Series of Poker package. Things will kick off with about 12 minutes left in Level 13 (1,500/3,000/500), and all of the live updates will be available right here on PokerNews.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chris Wicks |
221,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
Yinglong Yang
|
152,500
8,300
|
8,300 |
Jim Devaney |
141,000
96,000
|
96,000 |
Duma Lowery |
130,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Dong Nguyen |
127,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
Alex Gunhus |
115,500
-1,900
|
-1,900 |
Jose Montes |
98,000
16,600
|
16,600 |
Jerry Moore |
76,500
76,500
|
76,500 |
Troy Sheets
|
64,500
64,500
|
64,500 |
Andre Pnewski
|
64,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
Julie Anna Cornelius
|
63,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Yash Mudireddy |
61,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
Eric Polson |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Kyle McKinney |
39,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Ryan Phan |
33,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
Jack Armstrong |
21,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
On the last hand of the night, the big blind requested a walk, and Rich Arndt immediately shoved all in for about 45,000.
"Call," Jim Devaney announced after peeking at his cards.
Everyone else mucked.
Devaney:
Arndt:
The board ran out , and Arndt was dead by the turn.
Players are bagging up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Rich Arndt
|
Busted |
Julie Anna Cornelius put her last 28,500 in from a middle position, and Kyle McKinney isolated all in from the small blind.
McKinney:
Cornelius:
Cornelius was behind but that changed fast on the flop, and her trips turned to quads on the turn.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Julie Anna Cornelius
|
66,000
26,400
|
26,400 |
Kyle McKinney |
40,000
-49,000
|
-49,000 |
Doc Hanson pushed all in for about 24,000, and Andre Pnewski shoved all in over the top.
Pnewski:
Hanson:
Hanson asked for a flush, but the flop left him drawing almost dead. The turn and river made it official.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andre Pnewski
|
75,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
Doc Hanson
|
Busted |
Doc Hanson opened to 8,000 in the cutoff and called the shove of Andre Pnewski, who had 11,200 more in the big blind.
Pnewski:
Hanson:
"King-jack coming," Hanson said.
Not so on the . The river did deliver what he promised, but it was the to give Pnewski the nuts.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andre Pnewski
|
44,000
21,900
|
21,900 |
Doc Hanson
|
24,600
-17,800
|
-17,800 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chris Wicks |
219,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
Yinglong Yang
|
144,200 | |
Duma Lowery |
120,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Alex Gunhus |
117,400
8,400
|
8,400 |
Jose Montes |
81,400
36,500
|
36,500 |
Rich Arndt
|
67,600
27,600
|
27,600 |
Yash Mudireddy |
50,000
-19,400
|
-19,400 |
Jim Devaney |
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Doc Hanson
|
42,400
-4,100
|
-4,100 |
Julie Anna Cornelius
|
39,600
32,400
|
32,400 |
Ryan Phan |
37,000
1,900
|
1,900 |
Bernard Lee |
35,000
-10,200
|
-10,200 |
Andre Pnewski
|
22,100
-3,300
|
-3,300 |
Kyle McKinney and Brandon Fish were in a battle of the blinds, and the former fired 8,000 on an flop. Fish called, and McKinney bet 10,500 more on the turn. Fish called once more. The river brought a and a jam from McKinney. It put Fish at risk for about 24,000.
"What a set-up," Fish said. "Blind versus blind..."
A couple of minutes later, he came to a decision.
"This would be the worst bluff spot ever," he said. "I fold."
Someone invited McKinney to show the bluff, and he obliged: .
"It was the only move I had," he said simply.
Fish busted out a couple of hands later.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kyle McKinney |
89,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
Brandon Fish | Busted |