2022 The Lodge Championship Series

Event #8: $1,600 Mystery Bounty
Day: 1f
Event Info

2022 The Lodge Championship Series

Event Info
Buy-in
$1,600
Prize Pool
$1,000,000
Entries
659
Players Left
3
Average Chip Stack
8,786,667
Total Chips
26,360,000
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Players Info - Day 1f
Entries
86
Players Left
11

Michael Reisman Leads After Long Day 1f of Event #6

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Michael Reisman
Michael Reisman

Day 1f of Event #6: 1M GTD Mystery Bounty is through for the night after almost twelve hours of play that went until 4:30 a.m. local time. This sixth of eight flights attracted the largest amount yet with 86 entries, which played down to just eleven players (12%) at the end of the day.

Bagging the chip lead was the Lodge Poker Club’s own Michael Reisman who put a gargantuan amount of 717,000 into his bag at the end of the night. He added the large majority of his chips in the last couple of levels including one of the final eliminations in the double-elimination bubble burst.

Second in chips at the day’s conclusion was Dale Roesel with 626,000 after he also started to lean on the field late to accumulate most of his stack.

Day 1f Chip Counts

RankPlayerHometownChip CountBig Blinds
1Michael ReismanAustin, TX712,000142
2Dale RoeselHixon, TN626,000125
3Richard ChevalierSan Antonio, TX514,000103
4Hieu DangDallas, TX350,50070
5William LahtiHutto, TX306,50061
6Uriah JonesSalem, OR246,00049
7Latif NanjiAustin, TX173,50035
8Ian VertefuilleCopperas Cove, TX153,50031
9Benjamin PerezPlainview, TX153,00031
10Eric TangAustin, TX109,00022
11Elijah RuffinChandler, AZ96,00019

Richard Chevalier finished third in chips with 514,000 as he had the lead a couple of levels before the end and coasted to a comfortable finish.

Hieu Dang launched himself into fourth in chips with 350,500 when he made the final elimination of the day after a dramatic rivered wheel finally burst the long bubble just seconds after the thirteen-handed stalemate had been broken by Reisman.

William Lahti rounded out the top five counts as he bagged 306,500, a somewhat modest amount after he had been the big chip leader earlier in the night with double the second largest stack, but his finishing amount will still be plenty moving forward.

The eleven players will move on to Day 2, on Sunday and join all the other advancing players.

PokerNews will continue with coverage of the final starting flights with Days 1g and 1h tomorrow at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Tags: Benjamin PerezDale RoeselElijah RuffinEric TangHieu DangIan VertefuilleLatif NanjiMichael ReismanRichard ChevalierUriah JonesWilliam Lahti

Dang Dramatically Ends the Night

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Hieu Dang
Hieu Dang

On the table adjacent following the thirteenth place elimination, there was a chance to make it consecutive knockouts on consecutive hands as Wai Mak was all in with the {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} against the {2-Spades}{2-Diamonds} of Hieu Dang.

The flop make the rest of the players groan as it came {a-Clubs}{5-Spades}{8-Clubs} hitting the ace. The turn was the {4-Diamonds} to open up the wheel possibility and the river did just that as the {3-} came off to burst the bubble and end the night dramatically.

"I want to thank all my fans" said Dang as everyone was celebrating making the money at 4:30 a.m. local time.

Player Chips Progress
Hieu Dang us
Hieu Dang
350,500 87,500
Wai Mak us
Wai Mak
Busted

Tags: Dang Dramatically EndsHieu DangNight OnWai Mak

Tang Beats Dang

Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Eric Tang
Eric Tang

Hieu Dang raised to 25,000 from the button, Eric Tang jammed all in from the big blind and Dang called.

It was a flip as Tang had the {a-Spades}{8-Spades} vs the {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} of Dang.

Everybody in the room except Tang was pulling for the sevens to hold as the flop came {4-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{q-Hearts}. But the turn was the {8-Diamonds} to pair the eight of Tang. The river was the {q-Clubs} and Tang survived to extend thirteen-handed play further.

Player Chips Progress
Hieu Dang us
Hieu Dang
263,000 128,000
Eric Tang us
Eric Tang
194,000 94,000

Tags: Hieu DangEric Tang

Reisman Raises and Gets Paid

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Michael Reisman
Michael Reisman

Action came hot in at the river as the board read {7-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{3-Spades}{a-Clubs}{9-Hearts}. From the button, Uriah Jones bet 26,000 into a pot of about 70,000.

Michael Reisman was in the hijack. He waited for a while before jamming all in for about 85,000. Jones called after about 10 seconds.

Reisman tabled the {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} for two pair and Jones tossed his cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Reisman us
Michael Reisman
295,000 116,000
Uriah Jones us
Uriah Jones
160,000 -81,000

Tags: Uriah JonesMichael Reisman

Chevalier Charging

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Richard Chevalier
Richard Chevalier

Richard Chevalier has caught fire in the last couple of levels and is threatening to chip lead as he took out two players from his table shortly after the field got down to two tables.

Justin Belforti and Kyrylo Kobzyev were the two who were caught in the tracks of the upward charge of Chevalier, meanwhile Jason Gooch was cut down on the adjacent table.

Player Chips Progress
Richard Chevalier us
Richard Chevalier
505,000 225,000
Justin Belforti us
Justin Belforti
Busted
Kyrylo Kobzyev us
Kyrylo Kobzyev
Busted
Jason Gooch us
Jason Gooch
Busted

Ruffin Gets Max From Top Set

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Elijah Ruffin
Elijah Ruffin

Elijah Ruffin raised to 8,000 from the cutoff. Damion Richardson three-bet to 23,000 from the big blind, Ruffin came along.

The flop came {4-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{5-Hearts}. Richardson led for 30,000, Ruffin called.

The turn was the {8-Spades}. Richardson jammed all in and stepped into it as Ruffin snap-called and tabled the {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades} for the nuts, while Richardson had the {k-Spades}{8-Hearts}. The {6-Diamonds} completed the board and Ruffin collected the big pot.

Player Chips Progress
Elijah Ruffin us
Elijah Ruffin
265,000 120,000
Damion Richardson us
Damion Richardson
130,000 15,000

Tags: Damion RichardsonElijah Ruffin

Day 1f Starting at 5 p.m.

cards, chips, branding
cards, chips, branding

It is time for the sixth starting flight of 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 Day 1e ongoing as the largest one yet and the upcoming weekend is expected to bring in the largest portion of registrants.

Matthew Mayer is on top of the field after bagging 581,500 in the Day 1a flight as that will be the mark to aim for in the subsequent flights.

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. 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.