Who Will Walk Away With the $27,000 Top Prize?
The biggest buy-in tournament of Run It Up Reno IX – the $1,100 Thursday Thrilla – has seen a 224 player field reduce down to the final table of nine here at Peppermill Casino. Valerie Hanley bring almost a third of the chips in play to the table today, and her 1,316,000 chip leading stack sits over 800,000 above her next closest competitor.
Lucas Hill (399,000) and Max Young (262,000) are both hoping that the second time's a charm with their second Run It Up Reno IX Final Table appearance. Phil Beesley, Adam Johnson, Ashley Sleeth, and Jeremy Pekarek are all bunched up in the middle of the pack. And Patrick Preston and Ryan Meyer, though at the bottom of the chip counts, still have plenty of play to navigate their way to the trophy.
Remember, each player at the table has a $500 bounty on their head.
Thursday Thrilla Final Table
| Table | Seat | Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feature | 1 | Adam Johnson | 490,000 |
| Feature | 2 | Ashley Sleeth | 490,000 |
| Feature | 3 | Jeremy Pekarek | 483,000 |
| Feature | 4 | Ryan Meyer | 259,000 |
| Feature | 5 | Patrick Preston | 282,000 |
| Feature | 6 | Lucas Hill | 399,000 |
| Feature | 7 | Valerie Hanley | 1,316,000 |
| Feature | 8 | Max Young | 262,000 |
| Feature | 9 | Phil Beesley | 501,000 |
The final table begins at 2 p.m. local time. However, with the RunItUp.TV live stream starting at 5 p.m., we're delaying our PokerNews updates to coincide with that stream.