Event #10: $5,000 NLH High Roller Day 1 | 2022 The Lodge Championship Series

Event #10: $5,000 NLH High Roller

Day 1 Completed

05-19-2022 00:40 UTC-5

Weng Wrecks Field On Day 1 of Event #10: $5,000 NLH High Roller

Jeff McMillan

Level 10 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Day 1 of Event #10: $5,000 NLH High Roller has ended for the day after an exciting Day 1 which saw ten hours of play whittle a field of 82 down to 30 in this very deep stack tournament.

The chip leader at the end of the day was Bin Weng who had quite an eventful day and finished with 760,500 which is a full 250,000 more than second place. He started off the day busting before the first break but he loaded up his second bullet quickly and started to surge at once. He caught headlines when he flopped a royal flush in the mid part of the day but that was only an asterisk to his day as he only collected a few chips from that pot. Later in the day, he took out Doug Polk when he called his river bluff with king-high. From there it was only onwards and upwards as he won several big pots to end the night with his impressive haul.

Top 5 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Hometown	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Bin Weng	Philadelphia, PA	760,500	254
2	Farid Jattin	Miami, FL	441,000	147
3	Mahesh Rathi	Austin, TX	409,500	137
4	John Gallaher	Lebanin, TN	349,000	116
5	Badr Imejjane	Frisco, TX	311,000	104

In second place at the end of the day was Farid Jattin with 441,000 and Mahesh Rathi was third with 409,500 to be the only other two players to bag over 400,000.

John Gallaher bagged fourth place with 349,000, a large portion of his stack coming in a huge pot where he flopped top set over second set which became boat over boat on the turn to win the largest pot of the day to that point to put him at the chip lead for a bit, which he would dip from but still finish in the top five.

Badr Imejjane catapulted into the top five in stacks on one of the last hands of the night when he made the correct river call with his tournament life at stake.

One of the themes of the day was huge hands, as there were several big full houses, quads in the first level and the aforementioned flopped royal flush. Another beneficiary of a monster was Soheb Porbandarwala who flopped the top of a straight flush shortly after dinner and then ended up finishing the night in sixth place with 267,500.

Several big names entered the fray, including Chance Kornuth who continued his on-fire tournament form by bagging 213,500. Other notables to bag were Adam Hendrix with 74,000 and Alex Foxen who had a large stack for most of the day but lost most of it to finish with the third shortest stack with 51,500.

The 30 players will move on to Day 2, where levels elongate to 75-minutes. Play will get underway at 3 p.m. and PokerNews will have all the action as it unfolds.

Tags: Adam Hendrix Alex Foxen Badr Imejjane Bin Weng Chance Kornuth Doug Polk Farid Jattin John Gallaher Mahesh Rathi Soheb Porbandarwala

05-19-2022 00:23 UTC-5

End of Day 1 Chip Counts

Jeff McMillan

Level 10 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bin Weng	760,500 -4,500	-4,500

Farid Jattin	441,000 277,000	277,000
Mahesh Rathi	409,500 134,500	134,500
John Gallaher	349,000 4,000	4,000
Badr Imejjane	310,000 4,000	4,000
Soheb Porbandarwala	267,500 200,500	200,500
Michael Perrone	256,500 66,500	66,500

Jacob Ferro	249,000 166,000	166,000
Brandon Lulov	247,000 12,000	12,000
Alain Bauer	238,000 93,000	93,000
Andrew Ivers	225,000 -84,000	-84,000
Chance Kornuth	213,500 -111,500	-111,500

Winston Djonli	210,500 -5,500	-5,500
Blake Barousse	193,500 79,500	79,500
Philip Shing	176,500 -26,500	-26,500
Ryan Riske	175,500 13,500	13,500
Noel Rodriguez	173,500 -3,500	-3,500
Maxwell Young	170,000 20,000	20,000
Jeremy lyons	142,500 -17,500	-17,500
Wendy Nguyen	142,000 -1,000	-1,000
Drew Abbadessa	125,500 80,500	80,500
Adrian Garduno	110,000 10,000	10,000
Jennifer Abad	99,500 -26,500	-26,500
Christopher Sparks	97,500 -37,500	-37,500
Jonathan Wang	97,000 33,000	33,000

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05-19-2022 00:20 UTC-5

Day 2 Seat Draw

Jeff McMillan

Level 10 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
37	1	Maxwell Young	170,000	57
	2	Wendy Nguyen	142,000	47
	3	Jennifer Abad	99,500	33
	4	Soheb Porbandarwala	267,500	89
	5	Charles Alex-Barton	38,500	13
	6	John Gallaher	349,000	116
	7	Alex Foxen	51,500	17
	8	Jonathan Wang	97,000	32
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38	1	Winston Djonli	210,500	70
	2	Andrew Ivers	225,000	75
	3	Alain Bauer	238,000	79
	4	-
	5	Ki Rector	34,000	11
	6	Badr Imejjane	311,000	104
	7	Blake Barousse	193,500	65
	8	Michael Jozoff	69,000	23
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41	1	Mahesh Rathi	409,500	137
	2	Adrian Garduno	110,000	37
	3	Philip Shing	176,500	59
	4	Chance Kornuth	213,500	71
	5	Adam Hendrix	74,000	25
	6	Christopher Sparks	97,500	33
	7	Jacob Ferro	249,000	83
	8	-
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41	1	Jeremy Lyons	142,500	48
	2	Michael Perrone	256,500	86
	3	Farid Jattin	441,000	147
	4	Bin Weng	760,500	254
	5	Drew Abbadessa	125,500	42
	6	Ryan Riske	175,500	59
	7	Noel Rodriguez	173,500	58
	8	Brandon Lulov	247,000	82

05-18-2022 23:59 UTC-5

Day 1 Over

Jeff McMillan

Level 10 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Day 1 has come to an end. Full chip counts, recap and seat assignments for Day 2 to follow relatively shortly.

05-18-2022 23:54 UTC-5

Imejjane Makes Right Call

Jeff McMillan

Level 10 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Action was joined on the river with the board reading . Bady Imejjane bet 35,000 from the button, Noel Rodriguez turned up the pressure and jammed all in to force a big decision.

Imejjane thought it out for a while before he arrived a the decision to call.

Rodriguez showed the , and Imejjane tabled the for the winner as he gathered the big pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Badr Imejjane	306,000 222,000	222,000
Noel Rodriguez	177,000 -208,000	-208,000

Tags: Noel Rodriguez

05-18-2022 23:43 UTC-5

Six More Hands

Jeff McMillan

Level 10 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

There will be six more hands played before the remaining players bag for the night.

05-18-2022 23:39 UTC-5

Foxen Wins Flip

Jeff McMillan

Level 10 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Alex Foxen's once big stack had been cut down considerably over the last couple levels and he was all in for his tournament life preflop with against the of Michael Jozoff.

The came out safe for the jackrabbits as it ran out and Foxen survived while Jozoff was sent to the lower end of the chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Foxen	75,000 -290,000	-290,000

Michael Jozoff	35,000 -118,000	-118,000

Tags: Michael Jozoff

05-18-2022 23:31 UTC-5

Shing Shows

Jeff McMillan

Level 10 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Action arrived on the river with a pot of about 95,000 resting in a heap in the middle. The board read .

Philip Shing moved all in from the hijack for around 105,000. Maxwell Young went deep into the tank before eventually folding after a couple of minutes.

Shing took in the pot while a few tablemates prompted him to show which he obliged and flipped over the for the measly pair of threes, an underpair to all cards on the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Shing	203,000 1,000	1,000
Maxwell Young	150,000 -5,000	-5,000

Tags: Maxwell Young Philip Shing

05-18-2022 23:27 UTC-5

Cohen Carves More From Hendrix

Jeff McMillan

Level 10 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The flop was . From the big blind, Nir Cohen check-raised Adam Hendrix's early position bet of 9,000 to 20,000 which was called.

The turn was the . Action went check-check. The river was the . Cohen led for 29,000. Hendrix took his time before eventually hitting the call button.