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Matt Stout, Bernard Lee, and Jeff Gross Find Winner’s Circle

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The World Series of Poker Europe is not the only event that’s been going on in poker recently. As always, there are poker events underway all around the world and some poker pros take on these alternative events rather than trying to run up a huge bill to travel to Europe to chase bracelets.

Recently, several prominent poker pros have taken down events around the country. Run It Up Reno VII has recently concluded and both Matt Stout and Jeff Gross took down events during the series. Stout took down the Main Event while Gross took down a $550 PLO Six-Max Event.

Meanwhile, Bernard Lee recently won his second career WSOP Circuit ring, taking down a $400 Single Day NL Hold’em event at the Harvey’s Lake Tahoe stop.

Father to Be Stout Wins Run It Up Reno Main Event

Matt Stout is well known to the poker community for his success in live events, including WSOP and WPT final tables. He’s perhaps best known presently for his work running the Charity Series of Poker charity events around the country.

Stout has been winding down his live tournament play as of late as he and his girlfriend are expecting their first child soon. However, Stout came out to Run It Up Reno VII at his girlfriend’s request and managed to turn that trip into a Main Event title.

Stout and girlfriend Brittany Barnes both cashed in this event with Barnes finishing in 87th place for $1,020. Stout did significantly better, ultimately taking down the event after defeating Kevin Martin heads-up and earning $70,000.

Stout told Run It Up that he’s been moving away from tournaments in anticipation of becoming a dad. He told them, “I’ve been in Vegas working on Charity Series of Poker stuff more. I’m expanding that a lot. We are working with the Vegas Golden Knights and St. Jude now. And we have a lot of events going on and a lot to focus on in Vegas. I split my time kind of in Vegas between PLO cash and working on my charity. Other than that, I’m just kind of squeezing in a tournament here or there.”

Jeff Gross Wins Run It Up PLO

Another notable to take down a Run It Up Reno VII event was Jeff Gross. Gross won his fourth career live tournament in this event, defeating Kevin Gerhart heads-up for the massive trophy and $8,075.

Gross admitted afterwards that winning any tournament is tough, and this was no exception. Four-handed he was the short stack and managed to make a monster comeback to take down the event. He’s taking it all in stride though as his primary objective is to have a good time.

Gross is not focusing on trying to win a Platinum Pass in the Platinum Pass freeroll that’s sponsored by PokerStars. It would be a nice additional bonus on top of the insanely huge trophy he got for winning the event.

Bernard Lee Wins Second Career Circuit Ring

Bernard Lee may be best known for his 13th place run at the 2005 WSOP Main Event, but he is very active in the poker community. Not only does he host his own radio show, but he has a reasonable live tournament resume with over $2.3 million in live tournament earnings.

Lee added to that resume over the weekend after winning his second career WSOP Circuit ring at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe. He won a $400 Single-Day NL Hold’em Event for the gold and $11,456. This was his first ring win since 2014 and after the event, he said that he was dedicating the victory to his son.

His two circuit ring wins is as close as he’s gotten to a major title to date. In 2017, he just missed out on winning his first WSOP bracelet after finishing runner-up to Frank Kassela in the $1,500 NL 2-7 Lowball event.

Lee continues to work on his game and it is just a matter of time before he takes down a major title. Even if he doesn’t, he will still play the game with a passion and congeniality that you rarely see in poker players.

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