Event #9: $800 NLH
Day 1c Started
Event #9: $800 NLH
Day 1c Started
Day 1c of Event #9: $750K GTD NLH gets underway this morning at 11:00 am here at The Lodge Poker Club. This tournament has an exciting $750,000 guarantee up for grabs, and players can enter on six different flights, including another flight this evening at 5:00 pm.
Yesterday's first two flights saw 205 combined entries so far. Aden Salazar earned the spot of overall chip leader when he bagged 722,000 chips at the end of Day 1a. Benjamin Anderson led the way for Day 1b bagging an impressive 592,000 himself.
The $800 entry gets you a 30,000 chip stack. Levels are 30 minutes long on Day 1 and 40 minutes on Day 2. The second day will be held on Wednesday, May 18 when all players from Day 1 flights combine to battle for the win. Late registration is open until the start of Level 9 for each flight.
Each Day 1 flight works the same way; players will play to the final 12% of the field, and all those players will bag chips for Day 2 and be in the money.
PokerNews will be here to cover every flight, so tune in for up-to-the-minute coverage.
The Lodge Championship Series is going strong here at The Lodge Poker Club in Round Rock, Texas. This series runs from May 4-24, having over $5 million in guarantees, including a $2 million guaranteed main event that begins on May 19.
Here is a look at some of the events that have been completed thus far, along with prize pools and winners.
Date | Tournament | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Hometown | Prize |
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May 4 | Event #1 - NLH $300 Seniors | 172 | $43,000 | John Skrovan | Granger, TX | $9,557 |
May 4 | Event #2 – PLO $500 | 119 | $50,575 | Pejman Niyati | Plano, TX | $15,173 |
May 4 | Event #3 - NLH $1,000 Six Max | 125 | $110,000 | Badr Imejjane | Frisco, TX | *$24,673 |
May 5 | Event #4 - NLH $400 Multi-Flight | 1,556 | $526,640 | Rudy Cadenas | Las Vegas, NV | *$54,231 |
May 8 | Event #5 – NLH $600 Mystery Bounty | 528 | $300,000 | Mohammad Bagheri | Dallas, TX | $40,024 |
May 10 | Event #6 – NLH $500 Tag Team | 34 | $20,000 | Matthew Sottek & Walter Glasier | Texas | $4,837 |
May 10 | Event #7 – NLH $300 Veterans Charity Event | 47 | $15,000 | Roger Pettit | Killeen, TX | *$2,507 |
May 11 | Event #8 - NLH $1600 Mystery Bounty | 659 | $1,000,000 | Zachary Hambric | San Antonio, TX | $96,408* |
The clock is started and cards are in the air for flight C. Stay tuned to PokerNews for live coverage all day.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Action started on the river with a board of and Johnathan Morrell lead into James Allen for 1,400. Allen didn't think too long before putting in the river raise to about 5,400. Morrell called fairly quickly.
Allen flipped over the for the full house and Morrell mucked. Allen picked up about 70 big blinds in level one to start his tournament off hot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
James Allen |
33,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
Johnathan Morrell |
17,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
Chaim Appel bet 4,000 chips on the river into a nearly 7,000 chip pot. The board read . Hot off a full house of his own, James Allen tossed in the call with his table chip lead.
Unfortunately for Allen, this time it was Appel that had the goods. Appel showed the for trips and scooped the early pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chaim Appel |
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
James Allen |
32,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
5 players saw the flop of for 600 per man. Appel checked it from early position and Warwick bet 2,200 into the pot of 3,100. Action folded back to Appel who elected to check-raise to 6,500 and Warwick called.
The turn brought the and Appel now slowed down and checked. Warwick bet 17,000, just over the size of the pot. Appel sprung the rare double check-raise and went all in for 23,000 total. Warwick called but felt he was behind.
"I have a full house," said Appel as he showed .
"That's alright, I can still suck out," said Warwick with hope as he turned over .
The turn brought the and secured Appel's victory as he jumped to an early chip leader spot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chaim Appel |
64,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
Michael Warwick
|
8,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Willie Hendrix raised to 600 from middle position and saw two callers. The flop came and Hendrix checked to Robert Marks who bet 1,200. The big blind folded and Hendrix called.
The turn came the and Hendrix checked again. Marks bet 1,200 again, but this time Hendrix check-raised to 3,100 which got a quick call.
The river fell the and Hendrix now led for 5,000. After thinking for some time, Marks let his hand go and Hendrix scooped a nice-sized pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Willie Hendrix
|
34,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
Robert Marks
|
19,000
19,000
|
19,000 |