Event #8: $1,600 Mystery Bounty
Day 1e Started
2022 The Lodge Championship Series
Event #8: $1,600 Mystery Bounty
Day: 1e
Day 1E Rolls Past Halfway Point in Mystery Bounty 1M GTD
The first four flights have now come and gone in Event #8: $1,600 Mystery Bounty 1 Million Guaranteed here at The Lodge Poker Club in Round Rock, Texas. There have been a total of 121 entries thus far, with the upcoming weekend expected to haul in the largest portion of registrants to hit that monster guarantee.
Matthew Mayer is on top of the field after bagging 581,500 in the Day 1a flight, and will be the stack all are looking to surpass headed forward. Nipping at his heels is Jeremy Kenter who advanced from the third flight, having 581,000 to start Day 2.
All registrants will sit down to 40,000 in chips for the first day and will play down until just 12% of the field is left standing. There will be unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 7 for anyone who takes an unlucky exit or wants to jump in for the first time. Blinds will begin at 100/200 with 40-minutes to play each level.
All survivors of the Day 1 flights will return on Sunday, May 15, to battle it out for a shot at the title. Anyone who bags more than once will get a bounty chip for each extra bag, playing their highest-valued stack moving forward. Each bounty can be redeemed on the second day for an envelope that contains a prize that ranges from $1,000 all the way up to the $100,000 first-place prize.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be here throughout the day, so pop in for all of the updates.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
The tournament director has now informed dealers to shuffle up and start pitching the cards.
Early Runners in Day 1e
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
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Weis Leaves Shumard in Shambles, Al-Saden Finishes Him Off
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
James Galloway opened to 600 from the hijack and Felix Weis three-bet to 1,600 on the button. Caleb Shumard looked down at his cards in the big blind and then elected to four-bet, making it 4,500 to go.
Galloway folded to Weis who called and the dealer spread out a queen-high flop. Shumard and Weis each put in 3,000 on the flop with Shumard tapping to Weis on the turn.
Weis bet 7,500 and Shumard called to see the board pair on the river. Shumard jammed and Weis snapped it off. Shumard tabled an overpair of kings but they were not enough when Weis turned over his pocket queens for a boat to scoop the pot, leaving Shumard with just 1,110.
Shumard shoved the next hand with a pair of nickels, Iman Al-Saden raised and the rest of the table respectively declined.
Caleb Shumard: 
Iman Al-Saden: 
The board rolled out 
and Shumard hit the rail early, sending the rest of his chips to Al-Saden.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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84,000 | 44,000 |
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27,000 | -13,000 |
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Busted |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Field Grows Early Here on Day 1e
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
The first level is in the books and the field has already accumulated 30 entries in what looks to be the biggest flight thus far.
Lodge Championship Series Results Thus Far
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
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.
| 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 |