Event #8: $1,600 Mystery Bounty
Day 1a Completed
2022 The Lodge Championship Series
Event #8: $1,600 Mystery Bounty
Day: 1a
Matthew Meyer Leads Seven Advancing Players After Day 1a of Event #6
Level 14
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Day 1a of Event #6: 1M GTD Mystery Bounty is in the books after over ten hours of play. This first of eight flights attracted 53 entries, which played down to just seven players (12%) at the end of the day.
Bagging the chip lead amongst the surviving seven was Matthew Meyer who finished the day with 581,500. He was spotted as a chip leader within the first few levels as he had the highest count on the first chip count collection of the day. He carried that lead throughout and ended the day with another boon when he busted Jeremy Bocka as the bubble boy.
Day 1a Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Hometown | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
| 1 | Matthew Meyer | Temple, TX | 581,500 | 116 |
| 2 | Justin Jones | Arlington, TX | 476,500 | 95 |
| 3 | Adrian Garduno | Austin, TX | 470,000 | 94 |
| 4 | John Driver | Houston, TX | 216,000 | 43 |
| 5 | Andrew Dennis | Austin, TX | 182,500 | 37 |
| 6 | Shlomi Skriki | Austin, TX | 103,500 | 21 |
| 7 | Kevin Garosshen | Las Vegas, NV | 80,500 | 16 |
Second in chips at the day’s conclusion was Justin Jones with 476,500 who really started to accumulate chips close to the end of the night when the players joined together at one table.
Adrian Garduno finished the night in third place with 470,000 after getting a bunch after a wild three-way all in when he went runner runner full house to crack a flush and a nut flush draw.
Kevin Garosshen hung on and found a bag and a cash after he was the short stack on the bubble and ended with 80,500.
The seven players will move on to Day 2 which is not until Sunday. There are still seven more flights to go to determine who will join these seven In advancing.
PokerNews will continue with coverage of Day 1b which is now underway.
End of Day 1a Chip Counts (full)
Level 14
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
581,500 | |
|
476,500 | 11,500 |
|
470,000 | 65,000 |
|
216,000 | 34,000 |
|
182,500 | -52,500 |
|
103,500 | -6,500 |
|
80,500 | -4,500 |
Brocka Bubbles Day 1a
Level 14
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Jeremy Bocka was all in and at risk with the 
and ahead against the 
of Matthew Meyer.
But the board would be cruel to Bocka as a king came on the flop and a queen on the turn and the broadway draw would not connect on the river as he became the last elimination of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
581,500 | 106,500 |
|
Busted |
Jones Flops Quads and Collects
Level 14
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Action was on the river as Justin Jones bet 75,000 on a board of 
. Shlomi Shirki considered it for a few moments before he called.
Jones turned over the 
for quads which was of course the best hand as Shirki mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
465,000 | 190,000 |
|
|
110,000 | -30,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Garosshen Hanging On as Play Slows
Level 13
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Play has slowed down with the $1,600 money bubble looming as Kevin Garosshen is the shortest stack and is trying to stay afloat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
85,000 | -21,000 |
Shirki Shakes Off Bubble Threat
Level 13
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Shlomi Shirki was all in on the bubble after he jammed from the button and got called by Andrew Dennis in the big blind.
Shirki had the lead with the 
vs the 
of Dennis.
A queen was in the window to spook Shirki but there was a king as well as the flop came 
. The turn brought more sweat with the flush draw when the came off but the river was the to the relief of Shirki and to the chagrin of everyone else who wanted ot make the money right then.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
235,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
140,000 | 35,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Bubble Chip Counts (full)
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
475,000 | 269,000 |
|
|
405,000 | 55,000 |
|
|
275,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
230,000 | 99,000 |
|
|
182,000 | 88,000 |
|
|
125,000 | -20,000 |
|
|
106,000 | -59,000 |
|
|
105,000 | -165,000 |