Joon Park had all of his chips in the middle with a pair of aces and Andrew Robinson was the caller, holding jack-ten. The flop was to give Robinson a pair of dimes, but the pair became three on a turn. Park failed to improve on the river and was eliminated in 20th place.
On the other table, Kenneth Neyerlin and Brandon Lulov were looking down at the flop. Lulov and Neyerlin found the chips go in, Lulov having the smaller stack of the two.
Lulov rolled over his and tabled , bringing a smile to Lulov's face in what was a cooler of a spot. The runout cemented it for Neyerlin and Lulov was sent out the door in 19th place.
Jamey Hendrickson opened to 120,000 from under the gun and found a caller in Brian Lee who had position. The dealer fanned out on the flop and Hendrickson continued for 170,000.
Lee called to see the peel off on the turn, and Hendrickson fired again, this time for around 210,000. An completed the board after Lee called and Hendrickson quickly moved his stack into the middle.
Lee hit the tank but in the end, he threw his hand into the muck and claimed he let a pair of kings go.
The Lodge Championship Series is underway 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.
Daniel Allen saw the rest of his stack head into the middle and Nir Cohen was the lone caller, putting the start-of-day chipleader at risk of elimination.
Allen tabled a pair of fours and was flipping versus the ace-nine of Cohen. The flop rolled out with a nine, hitting Cohen to take the lead and Allen failed to catch up.
Allen took a walk in 22nd place, shipping a bounty over to Cohen.