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Joe Wegner Takes Yet Another Taiwanese Title Back to the RIU Offices

By |2018-10-30T07:55:46+00:00October 30th, 2018|Blog, Run It Up Reno VII, Winners|

The Run It Up employees are pretty good at Taiwanese poker. There have only been three in the history of the RIU Reno series and two of the trophies have been brought back to the RIU offices in Las [...]

On the Verge of Fatherhood, Matt Stout Wins RIU Reno Main Event

By |2018-10-29T12:19:13+00:00October 29th, 2018|Blog, Run It Up Reno VII, Winners|

For the last decade and then some, Matt Stout spent most of his time playing poker tournaments. The poker pro based in Las Vegas was one of the original crushers online in the early and mid 2000's before transitioning [...]

Team RIU Ambassador Jeff Gross Takes Gold in $550 PLO Championship

By |2018-10-29T11:14:34+00:00October 29th, 2018|Blog, Run It Up Reno VII, Winners|

Jeff Gross is already a member of Team Run It Up, but now he's joins the group of team members that have RIU Reno trophies. The streamer, vlogger, poker pro and whatever you else want to label the Michigan [...]

Jesper Olsen Takes a Trophy In His First RIU Event, $125 3-Card Super No-Limit Hold’em

By |2018-10-29T09:57:28+00:00October 29th, 2018|Blog, Run It Up Reno VII, Winners|

Jesper Olsen's got the sweet taste of victory in his first-ever Run It Up Reno event. Olsen, a local player from Reno took down the $125 3-card super no-limit hold'em event. He defeated Sarah Kenyon heads-up finish off his [...]

William ‘Igotabanana’ Lousa Alvin Satellites Into RIU Reno for $55, Takes $125 Short Deck Title Back to Sweden

By |2018-10-28T19:13:03+00:00October 28th, 2018|Blog, Run It Up Reno VII, Winners|

William Lousa Alvin's trip to Northern Nevada was long and improbable. The native of Stockholm won a $55 satellite on PokerStars to win a $2,500 package to Run It Up Reno. The package included $1,200 for travel expenses, a [...]

After Close Call in PLO KO, Sarah Sherman Wins $125 NORSE

By |2018-10-27T10:18:22+00:00October 27th, 2018|Blog, Run It Up Reno VII, Winners|

On Thursday, Sarah Sherman came so very close to the sweet taste of victory before finishing runner-up to Jim Brundige in the $150 six-max pot-limit Omaha bounty event. On Friday, however, she returned to the tournament area with a [...]

Mark Mazza Tops a Stacked Final Table, Takes Thursday Thrilla Title

By |2018-10-26T12:37:12+00:00October 26th, 2018|Blog, Run It Up Reno VII, Winners|

Mark Mazza is pretty good at bounty tournaments. Just a few months after an eighth-place finish in last summer's World Series of Poker $1,500 no-limit hold'em bounty event, he tops a stacked final table to win the $1,100 no-limit [...]

Jim Brundige Changes Travel Plans After Victory in $150 Six-Max PLO KO

By |2018-10-26T12:36:51+00:00October 26th, 2018|Blog, Run It Up Reno VII, Winners|

Jim Brundige is a first-timer at Run It Up Reno. Having made the trip out here from Charlotte, he scheduled his flight back on Monday morning. After his in the early hours of Friday morning, he's planning on pushing [...]

Adam Owen Wins First RIU Trophy At First RIU Reno With Win the Button Title

By |2018-10-24T10:25:26+00:00October 24th, 2018|Blog, Run It Up Reno VII, Winners|

Adam Owen's first trip to Run It Up Reno resulted in an RIU trophy in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The poker pro came to Reno all the way from England and took down the $125 win the [...]

Nathan Manuel Achieves Platinum Pass Dream With Moneymaker Tour Victory

By |2018-10-28T22:26:21+00:00October 24th, 2018|Blog, Run It Up Reno VII, Uncategorized, Winners|

This year, Nathan Manuel set a very specific poker goal for himself. Win a Platinum Pass. He took this year and did everything he possibly could to achieve that goal. He traveled to different continents to play in tournaments [...]