Event #4: $400 NLH
Day 1f Completed
Event #4: $400 NLH
Day 1f Completed
Day 1f of Event #4: $400 NLH $500,000 Guaranteed has now come to an end here at The Lodge Poker Club in Round Rock, Texas after seven and a half hours of play. Day 1f attracted 360 entries and ended with 44 players remaining (12% of the field).
Quinzzy Pratt of Washington DC ended up as the chip leader with 441,000. He was spotted with a large stack toward the last few levels of the night and rode that momentum to the end of day chip lead.
Place | Player | Hometown | Chip Count |
1 | Quinzzy Pratt | Washington DC | 441,000 |
2 | John Whitemarsh | Harrisburg,TX | 401,000 |
3 | Jimmy Lujan | San Antonio,TX | 355,000 |
4 | Michael Reisman | Austin,TX | 332,000 |
5 | Benjamin Thomas | Baton Rouga,LA | 326,000 |
6 | Hector Rivera | Las Vegas,NV | 286,000 |
7 | Stephen Decker | Denver,CO | 258,000 |
8 | Alejandro Armas | ------ | 258,000 |
9 | John Clancy | Austin,TX | 253,000 |
10 | Se Pak | Austin,TX | 250,000 |
Right on his heels in second was John Whitemarsh with 401,000. Jimmy Lujan won a big all in in the final few hands of the night when he flopped an ace to crack kings which catapulted him to third in chips to end the night with 355,000.
The Lodge Poker Club’s own Michael Reisman, finished the night with a fourth place stack of 332,000 and Benjamin Thomas rounded out the top five stacks with 326,000.
One notable to bag was Lorenzo Adams, who is a local youtuber in the Austin area who has started playing poker regularly recently. He bagged 142,000.
The 44 players who remained alive at the end of the night will now join those from previous flights who survived to create 190 total players advancing to Day 2, which is on Sunday at 2 p.m. local time.
Final official prizepool information will be released early in the morning before Day 2.
PokerNews will be back at it tomorrow with Day 2 starting at 2 p.m. local time where a winner will be played down to.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Quinzzy Pratt |
441,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
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John Whitemarsh |
401,000
401,000
|
401,000 |
Jimmy Lujan |
355,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Michael Reisman |
332,000
167,000
|
167,000 |
Ben Thomas |
326,000
221,000
|
221,000 |
Hector Rivera |
286,000
286,000
|
286,000 |
Stephen Decker |
258,000
258,000
|
258,000 |
Alejandro Armas |
258,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
John Clancy |
253,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
Se Pak |
250,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
John Mullarky |
243,000
176,000
|
176,000 |
Sergei Pefrushevskii
|
215,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
John Juntunen |
198,000
113,000
|
113,000 |
Daniel Zambrano |
170,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
Charlemagne Benjamin |
169,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
Darren Rew |
167,000
167,000
|
167,000 |
Robert Nguyen |
165,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Ricardo Eyzaguirre |
165,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Tad Macaraeg |
159,000
142,000
|
142,000 |
Jared Eberly |
155,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
Nicholas Burnett |
152,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
Carlos Caldas |
147,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
Lorenzo Adams |
142,000
142,000
|
142,000 |
Phillip Thweatt |
140,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
Matthew Thompson |
137,000
104,600
|
104,600 |
Day 1f has come to an end. Full chip counts and recap is to follow.
John Lux was all in and at risk during hand for hand play against Charlemagne Benjamin.
Th players waited until all hands completed, creating the ultimate sweat for Lux. Eventually the cards were turned over.
Lux had the against the of Benjamin.
The board ran out a full house but Benjamin was the winner with the kings and the bubble was burst to conclude the night.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Charlemagne Benjamin |
190,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
John Lux | Busted |
Play has now gone into the hand for hand portion as the field is one elimination away from the money and the end of the night.
There was a big preflop all in happening as Jimmy Lujan held the against the of his opponent.
Lujan called for an ace in the window and he was close as it came the door card as he shouted "Yes!" and pumped his fist.
The turn was the and the river came the to kill the kings of Lujan's busted opponent.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jimmy Lujan |
295,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
Robert Nguyen was all in preflop holding the against the of Alejandro Armas.
The flop came , the turn was the and the river came the as Nguyen survived and took a chunk from the large stack of Armas.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alejandro Armas |
270,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
Robert Nguyen |
120,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
On a flop of big stack Quinzzy Pratt bet 31,000 which got a swift fold from his opponent.
Pratt has been on a tear in the last few levels and is now amongst the largest stacks in the room.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Quinzzy Pratt |
320,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
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