Event #10: $5,000 NLH High Roller | 2022 The Lodge Championship Series

05-19-2022 17:02 UTC-5

Rapid Eliminations Continue

Jeff McMillan

Level 12 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

With the stack depth being quite deep, the amount of elimination thus far in the day has been a surprise as nearly half the field has been trimmed before the first break has arrived.

After Christopher Sparks and Maxwell Young were eliminated, Jennifer Abad would follow them out the door as she shoved all in from the small blind. Soheb Porbandarwala had her sweat his cards with him and it was not what she wanted to see as he peeled the and called, while she had the .

The board ran out to miss the ace and send her out and bring the field to 19, and the average stack now even deeper at 81 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Soheb Porbandarwala	592,000 337,000	337,000
Jennifer Abad	Busted
Maxwell Young	Busted
Christopher Sparks	Busted

Tags: Jennifer Abad Maxwell Young Soheb Porbandarwala

05-19-2022 17:13 UTC-5

Table 41 Chip Heavy

Jeff McMillan

Level 12 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Bin Weng just joined table 41 to create a dynamic where that table has significantly more chips than the other two tables as five of the six players have big stacks. The total amount of chips at table 41 accounts for about 45% of the chips remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Ferro	805,000 49,000	49,000
Philip Shing	550,000 75,000	75,000
Bin Weng	515,000 -135,000	-135,000

Badr Imejjane	460,000 -15,000	-15,000
Alain Bauer	415,000 -10,000	-10,000
Ryan Riske	85,000 -95,000	-95,000

05-19-2022 17:21 UTC-5

Nguyen Eliminated

Jeff McMillan

Level 12 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Wendy Nguyen moved all in preflop and was called by Drew Abbadessa.

Nguyen had the while Abbadessa had the .

The board ran out and Nguyen was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Drew Abbadessa	316,000 226,000	226,000
Wendy Nguyen	Busted
Adrian Garduno	Busted

Tags: Drew Abbadessa Wendy Nguyen

05-19-2022 17:24 UTC-5

Foxen Makes the Call

Jeff McMillan

Level 12 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Action was at the river with the board reading . Andrew Ivers bet 20,000. Alex Foxen thought it out for a good while before calling.

Ivers had nothing with the while Foxen had the which was the winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Foxen	205,000 52,000	52,000

Andrew Ivers	105,000 -60,000	-60,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Andrew Ivers

05-19-2022 17:35 UTC-5

Weng Sends Imejjane Into the Blender

Jeff McMillan

Level 12 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

From early position Badr Imejjane raised to 9,000, Alain Bauer called in the small blind. Bin Weng three-bet to 46,000 from the big blind. Imejjane then four-bet to 115,000, Bauer tanked a bit before he folded and Weng came along for the ride.

The flop came . Both players checked. The turn was the , Weng led for 114,000 which sent Imejjane into the blender. He looked uncomfortable and stewed over the decision while shaking his head. After a couple a minutes he folded and sent Weng the big pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bin Weng	715,000 200,000	200,000

Badr Imejjane	295,000 -165,000	-165,000

Tags: Alain Bauer Badr Imejjane Bin Weng

05-19-2022 17:36 UTC-5

First Break of the Day

Jeff McMillan

Level 12 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The 17 remaining players are now on a 15-minute break after an action-packed first two levels of play.

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

05-19-2022 17:59 UTC-5

Lulov Clawing

Jeff McMillan

Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

The flop read . From the big blind Brandon Lulov bet 15,000, he was min-raised to 30,000 by Soheb Porbandarwala, Lulov called.

The turn was the , both players checked. The river was the . Lulov led out for 75,000, leaving himself with just 10,000 behind. Porbandarwala thought for about a minute before he slid his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Soheb Porbandarwala	397,000 -195,000	-195,000
Brandon Lulov	161,000 -68,000	-68,000

Tags: Brandon Lulov Soheb Porbandarwala

05-19-2022 18:08 UTC-5

Shing Spikes River to Shift the Chips From Ferro

Jeff McMillan

Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Action came in hot on the turn as it read . From the small blind Philip Shing bet 125,000 into an already large pot. Jacob Ferro spiked forward a full stack of big chips and announced all in, Shing snap-called.

Ferro had the nuts with the beating the of Shing who needed the board to pair. And it did as the dealer procured the on the river to dramatically give Shing the massive pot and deny Ferro what would've been a crushing chip lead well over a million.

"We chose violence" said Shing as the huge pot was pushed toward him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Shing	816,000 266,000	266,000
Jacob Ferro	301,000 -504,000	-504,000

Tags: Jacob Ferro Philip Shing

05-19-2022 18:20 UTC-5

Lulov Passes Foxen's Test

Jeff McMillan

Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Action was on the river as the board had been completed to read . From the small blind, Alex Foxen shoved all in into a pot of 71,000 to put Brandon Lulov to the test in the big blind for his remaining 64,000.

Lulov struggled with the decision, playing with his chips and cards. It looked like he was on the verge of calling by holding hs chips and the next moment, the verge of folding by holding his cards. The inner turmoil continued for about three minutes before he slid the chips forward to call.

Foxen tabled the for nothing and Lulov showed the for the winner and reeled in his new chips in relief.