Ryan Bruner raised under the gun to 3,500 and the player on his left called before the big blind ended up shoving for 8,100. Bruner gave it some thought before four-betting, and that got the player on his left to quickly fold.
Bruner:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Bruner's pair of aces held up to give him the bounty and a the big stack.
After the player in the cutoff seat raised to 2,300, Michael Trivett pushed all in from the button for 14,725. In the big blind was Brian Lerner, and he called all in for 11,375. The original raiser also called, and he had the . Trivett had the , and Lerner had the .
The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Lerner tripled up. Trivett took the side pot and was left with under 7,000 in chips.
Randy Codd just managed to get his money in good for 10,675 but he was up against two other players that had some outs.
Cold:
Short stack:
Big stack:
The board ran out and Codd's queens held up giving him a stack worth around 31,000 while collecting the bounty of the shortest stack in the process. The bounties in this event are worth $25 each, and create a nice bonus for the aggressive and fortunate players.
Here's a batch of updated chip counts, which includes Valerie Hanley with over three starting stacks already. Hanley has already found success at the 2015 Run It Up Reno series, taking second place to Roy Peters in the first event — $125 Tuesday Takeoff No-Limit Hold'em — for $3,420.