Jason Somerville Reaches Final Table of Run It Up Reno Main Event; Blake Vincent Leads

Blake Vincent won a huge pot off former PokerNews Managing Editor Chad Holloway, busting him on the official final table bubble in the process at the 2016 Run It Up Reno $535 Main Event. Since they were two of the top three stacks at the time, that makes Vincent the overwhelming chip leader heading into the final day, which will see the final eight players battle for a $46,410 first-place prize.

The real headliner of the final table, however, is tournament host and Run It Up architect Jason Somerville, who continued his winning ways in his own tournament series. He’s put together a number of cashes and final table runs already, and now he finds himself in contention for the Main Event win, albeit with a short stack that has him in sixth place.

Final Table Seat Draw

Day 2 dawned with 136 players opening up bags and 56 places set to be paid. “Boston” Rob Mariano of Survivor fame, PokerStars Team Online member Kevin Martin, and Run It Up Reno regulars Andy Peplinski, Kevin Barrett, and Zac Dowhower were some of the players falling short of cashing.

Garry Gates (53rd), Jesse Capps (50th), World Series of Poker bracelet winner Leo Wolpert (36th), and PokerStars Team Online member Randy “nanonoko” Lew (35th) …

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