Welcome to the fifth day of the RIU Reno VIII! Today PokerNews will be offering live updates for its third event of the series �C the $200+$35 Black Chip Bounty. This tournament features a $35K GTD and a $100 bounty on each player.
Among those we expect to see in action today is Survivor champ Tyson Apostol, Jason Somerville, Joe ��Stapes�� Stapleton, Fintan Hand, Arlie Shaban, Jimmy Cappucci, Patrick Tardif, and Benjamin ��Spraggy�� Spragg, among others.
The tournament is played with a big blind ante, 20-minute levels, and a 15,000-starting stack. Registration and re-entries will be open through the first nine (9) levels. When heads-up is reached blind levels change to 10 minutes. There will also be a 60-minute dinner break at the end of Level 18.
Here's a look at the structure up to the dinner break:
Level | Ante | Small Blind | Big Blind | Time |
1 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 20 Minutes |
2 | 100 | 100 | 200 | 20 Minutes |
3 | 200 | 100 | 200 | 20 Minutes |
4 | 300 | 100 | 300 | 20 Minutes |
5 | 400 | 200 | 400 | 20 Minutes |
6 | 500 | 300 | 500 | 20 Minutes |
7 | 600 | 300 | 600 | 20 Minutes |
8 | 800 | 400 | 800 | 20 Minutes |
9 | 1,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 20 Minutes |
10 | 1,200 | 600 | 1,200 | 20 Minutes |
11 | 1,600 | 800 | 1,600 | 20 Minutes |
12 | 2,000 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 20 Minutes |
13 | 2,500 | 1,500 | 2,500 | 20 Minutes |
14 | 3,000 | 1,500 | 3,000 | 20 Minutes |
15 | 4,000 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 20 Minutes |
16 | 5,000 | 2,500 | 5,000 | 20 Minutes |
17 | 6,000 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 20 Minutes |
18 | 8,000 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 20 Minutes |
Cards will be in the air at Noon local time, with a live stream beginning at 5 p.m. PDT. Stay tuned as we bring you all the action straight from the tournament floor of the Peppermill Casino.