2022 The Lodge Championship Series

Event #8: $1,600 Mystery Bounty
Day: 1h
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 1h
Entries
151
Players Left
19

Event #8: $1,600 Mystery Bounty

Day 1h Completed

Ian Tang Bags Close to a Million in Day 1h of Event #6

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

Day 1h of Event #6: 1M GTD Mystery Bounty is through for the night after 11 hours of play. The final flight attracted 151 entries, which played down to just 19 players (12%) at the end of the day.

Bagging the chip lead was Ian Tang, who finished with a humongous stack of 964,000, which is the second-largest amongst all eight flights. He started to sun run late in the night as he took out several players and hit multiple huge value hands which his opponents could not beat, including one where he rivered queens full to crack flopped trip aces.

Day 1h Top 5 Chip Counts

RankPlayerHometownChip CountBig Blinds 
1Ian TangToronto, ON, Canada964,000193 
2Chan PeltonCollege Station, TX749,000150 
3Brandon LulovNew York, NY682,000136 
4Jason GoochVidor, TX675,000135 
5Wojciech BarzantnyKaiserslautern, Germany500,000100 

Second in chips at the day’s conclusion was Chan Pelton with 749,000. He won a key hand where his wheel straight took down the set of aces of Andres Abad to win a huge pot. It was not all bad for Abad however as he was still able to find a bag despite the cooler.

Sitting third in chips was Brandon Lulov with 682,000 and Jason Gooch was the only other player to eclipse 600,000 bar with his stack of 675,000 as his night included the elimination of none other than Doug Polk who decided to max late reg and ran his stack up to a decent amount before eventually succumbing to Gooch.

Of the nineteen players who bagged, Barbara Sargent was the only women to do so with a stack of 204,500.

Jonathan Pardy (43,500) and Leonardo Valenzuela (39,000) were the most relieved people in the room when the bubble was popped around 4 a.m. local time as they will be able to advance their few big blind stacks onto Day 2 in the money.

The nineteen players will move on to Day 2, on Sunday and join all the other advancing players to make for what promises to be a scintillating day of mystery bounty action. The prize pool, payouts, and seating chart will be posted prior to the start of play

PokerNews will be on hand for Day 2 of this event as well as for the first flight of Event #8: 750K GTD NLH

Tags: Andres AbadBarbara SargentBrandon LulovChan PeltonDoug PolkIan TangJason GoochJonathan PardyLeonardo ValenzuelaWojciech Barzantny

End of Day 1h Chip Counts (full)

Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Ian Tang ca
Ian Tang
964,000 -1,000
Chan Pelton us
Chan Pelton
749,000 -21,000
Brandon Lulov us
Brandon Lulov
682,000 272,000
Jason Gooch us
Jason Gooch
675,000 20,000
Wojciech Barzantny at
Wojciech Barzantny
500,000 -80,000
Thierry Quintin us
Thierry Quintin
399,000 309,000
Garry Henricks us
Garry Henricks
306,500 16,500
Jorgio Castro us
Jorgio Castro
279,000 66,000
Matthew McDowell us
Matthew McDowell
265,000 120,000
Barbara Sargent us
Barbara Sargent
204,500 -11,500
Andres Abad us
Andres Abad
202,000 112,000
Vannmony Sun us
Vannmony Sun
183,000 -62,000
Dipanjan Chattopadhyay us
Dipanjan Chattopadhyay
174,000 49,000
Salim Salem us
Salim Salem
126,000 -64,000
Ghith Alrestom us
Ghith Alrestom
91,500 13,500
Madhu Dittakavi us
Madhu Dittakavi
85,000 -38,000
William Mattison us
William Mattison
63,000 3,000
Jonathan Pardy ca
Jonathan Pardy
43,500 -76,500
Leonardo Valenzuela us
Leonardo Valenzuela
39,000 -66,000

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Manikos Bubbles Day 1h

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

David Manikos was all in with the {a-Hearts}{10-Clubs} and at risk vs the {q-Clubs}{9-Clubs} of Salim Salem who was not covering Manikos by very much.

The flop sent Salem into the lead as it came {q-Spades}{3-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}, the turn was the {j-Diamonds} and the river the 10s] to end the night and bring the field to its desired threshold number of 19.

Player Chips Progress
Salim Salem us
Salim Salem
190,000 110,000
David Manikos us
David Manikos
Busted

Tang Brutally Eliminates Harrington

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

JB Harrington was all in for his tournament life, two away from the bubble with the {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} vs the {q-Spades}{q-Hearts} of Ian Tang.

Everyone was pulling for Tang to shrink the field by one more but the flop came {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}{3-Clubs} to hit gin for Harrington. The turn was the {j-Hearts} and the river was the {q-Diamonds} to give Tang the boat and brutally end the night for Harrington.

Player Chips Progress
Ian Tang ca
Ian Tang
965,000 405,000
JB Harrington us
JB Harrington
Busted

Tags: Ian Tang

Level: 15

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

Three Table Chip Counts (full)

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jason Gooch us
Jason Gooch
655,000 365,000
Wojciech Barzantny at
Wojciech Barzantny
580,000 78,000
Ian Tang ca
Ian Tang
560,000
Chan Pelton us
Chan Pelton
540,000 -15,000
Peter Park us
Peter Park
415,000 265,000
Brandon Lulov us
Brandon Lulov
410,000 224,000
Andres Abad us
Andres Abad
315,000 45,000
Garry Henricks us
Garry Henricks
290,000
Vannmony Sun us
Vannmony Sun
245,000 115,000
Chris Staats us
Chris Staats
233,000 118,000
Barbara Sargent us
Barbara Sargent
216,000 73,000
Jorgio Castro us
Jorgio Castro
213,000 -97,000
Matthew McDowell us
Matthew McDowell
145,000 -250,000
Dipanjan Chattopadhyay us
Dipanjan Chattopadhyay
125,000 82,000
Madhu Dittakavi us
Madhu Dittakavi
123,000 28,000
Jonathan Pardy ca
Jonathan Pardy
120,000 60,000
Leonardo Valenzuela us
Leonardo Valenzuela
105,000 -92,000
Thierry Quintin us
Thierry Quintin
90,000 -175,000
Salim Salem us
Salim Salem
80,000 -36,000
Ghith Alrestom us
Ghith Alrestom
78,000 -7,000
JB Harrington us
JB Harrington
75,000 22,000
David Manikos us
David Manikos
65,000 -18,000
William Mattison us
William Mattison
60,000 -20,000
Colby Kinder us
Colby Kinder
55,000 -65,000
Alcides Gomez us
Alcides Gomez
40,000 -90,000

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Tang Tanks With Set to Tank Arnold

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Ian Tang
Ian Tang

Action was on the turn as the board read {8-Spades}{2-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{9-Spades}. Bryan Arnold made a big jam all in which sent Ian Tang into the tank. He thought for close to 30 seconds before he called.

Arnold tabled the {q-}{q-} to which Tang exclaimed "Yes!" and showed the {8-Hearts}{8-Spades} set. The river was a harmless {3-Hearts} and Tang celebrated more. He later said that he had been worried that Arnold had a set of nines, hence the tank as he collected the big pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ian Tang ca
Ian Tang
560,000 270,000
Bryan Arnold us
Bryan Arnold
Busted

Tags: Bryan ArnoldIan Tang

Henricks Turns Stein Out the Door

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

Action was picked up on the flop as it read {7-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}. All the chips ended up in the middle as Jake Stein had the {a-Clubs}{10-Spades} lead vs the {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs} of Garry Henricks.

But Henricks took the commanding lead on the turn as the {9-Diamonds} came off. The river was the {5-Spades} and Stein was busted.

Player Chips Progress
Garry Henricks us
Garry Henricks
290,000 150,000
Jake Stein us
Jake Stein
Busted

Tags: Garry HendricksJake Stein