John Koo got his stack of 14,100 all in preflop and Patrick Carroll had him covered and dominated.
Koo: 
Carroll: 
Carroll was primed to collect the first $100 bounty of the day, but it was snatched away when the 
flop gave Koo a set. The 
turn put out some diamond chop options, but the 
river was a brick.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,500 | |
|
3,000 |
With 9,700 in the pot and a board reading 
, the player in the hijack moved all in for around 10,000 and action was on Survivor champ Tyson Apostal.
"I just got here," he said as he considered what to do. "I call. Show me the king-queen."
The hijack didn't have that hand but instead had flopped a straight with the 
. Fortunately for Apostal, he turned the same straight with his 
.
Chop it up!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
|
15,000 |
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Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Welcome to the fifth day of the RIU Reno VIII! Today PokerNews will be offering live updates for its third event of the series – 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.
$235 Black Chip Bounty
Day 1 Started
