Hill Leads as 67 Return For Day 2 of the $440 Mini Main Event
From 409 starting entrants between two flights, just 67 players will return today at Noon at Peppermill Reno for Day 2 of the $440 Mini Main Event at Run It Up Reno IX. Leading the pack is Lucas Hill, and his 521,000 in chips give him a sizable lead over the pack to start the day. The rest of the top 5 consists of Tyler Burke (430,000), Day 1b chip leader Andrew Karkenny (389,000), Vanessa Kade (383,000) and Nick Kiley (378,000).
John Boriolo, who won the $440 Mini Main Event at Run It Up Reno VIII is in contention with a stack of 283,000, while four-time WSOP Bracelet winner Loren Klein (145,000) is also in the hunt. Joining them are DJ Fenton (303,000), Jon Turner (221,000), Jordan Spurlin (90,000) and Ricky "ratedGTO" Guan (82,000).
Day 2 will start with 6:49 left on the clock in Level 15. The Run It Up dynamic live stream (that means breaks and other downtimes will be edited out for an action-packed broadcast) will begin at 5 p.m. local time, but you can tune back into PokerNews straight away for live updates.
This marks the first of six tournaments that PokerNews will live report here at Run It Up Reno. Others include $235 Progressive Knockout (October 14), $235 Black Chip Bounty (October 15), $175 Moneymaker Tour Event with a PokerStars Platinum Pass added (October 16), $1,100 Thursday Thrilla (October 17-18), and the $600 buy-in, $300K GTD Main Event (October 18-21).
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