Event #13: $3,000 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2022 The Lodge Championship Series
Event #13: $3,000 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2022 The Lodge Championship Series
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$2,000,000
Entries
617
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Entries
78
Players Left
28
Raymond Brint Holds the Chip Lead After the First Flight of the Main Event
Level 9
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Day 1a of the Main Event: $2,000,000 GTD NLH is through for the day after nearly eight hours of play here at The Lodge Poker Club. The first flight brought in 78 entries, which played through nine levels as planned for all Day 1 flights. 28 players bagged up for Day 2, which will resume at 2 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.
Raymond Brint ended the day as the tournament chip leader with an impressive 401,500 chips. Brint jumped to an early chip lead and stayed near the top all day long. He made an early hero call against Jeremy Bowman and later flopped trips against Cameron Mixson to accumulate some of his chips.
Just behind him are Anthony Hu and Elliot Smith with 348,000 and 264,000, respectively. Smith gathered up most of his chips when he three-bet from the small blind and was four-bet from the button by Henry Porcaro. Smith had aces and doubled through Porcaro early.
Day 1a Top 5 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Hometown | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raymond Brint | Whitehouse, OH | 401,500 | 201 |
| 2 | Anthony Hu | Las Vegas, NV | 348,000 | 174 |
| 3 | Elliot Smith | Vancouver, CAN | 264,000 | 132 |
| 4 | Shlomi Shriki | Austin, TX | 241,500 | 122 |
| 5 | Joe Rogers | Mckinney, TX | 228,000 | 114 |
The Main Event promises to be a spectacular event, the largest prize pool for a $3,000 buy-in in Texas history. There is $2,000,000 Guaranteed up for grabs in the prize pool and plenty of flights remaining to get in on the action.
The 28 players from today's flight will move on to Day 2, on Sunday, and join all of the other advancing players from the upcoming five flights.
PokerNews will continue with coverage of Day 1b tonight and Days 1c and 1d tomorrow.
Day 1a Chip Counts (full)
Level 9
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
401,500 | 31,500 |
|
348,000 | 348,000 |
|
264,000 | -38,000 |
|
241,500 | 19,500 |
|
228,000 | 228,000 |
|
206,500 | 206,500 |
|
192,000 | 17,000 |
|
177,000 | 100,000 |
|
167,000 | -44,000 |
|
160,500 | 73,800 |
|
147,500 | 147,500 |
|
138,500 | 138,500 |
|
135,000 | 106,000 |
|
128,000 | -54,000 |
|
119,000 | 119,000 |
|
96,000 | 31,000 |
|
93,000 | 41,000 |
|
92,500 | 29,500 |
|
89,000 | 89,000 |
|
75,000 | 75,000 |
|
69,000 | 14,000 |
|
68,000 | 68,000 |
|
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
54,000 | -48,000 |
|
48,000 | 16,000 |
Day 1a Has Ended
Level 9
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
After nine levels of play, the Day 1a flight is over and players are bagging their chips.
PokerNews will have chip counts and a full recap shortly right here.
Jozoff Get a River Fold
Level 9
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Action picked up on the river with a board reading 
. Michael Jozoff had all of his chips in the middle. His opponent, Joshua Lien, was the effective stack at about 52,000.
Lien went into the tank as he studied the board and thought with his tournament life at stake.
"I have a blocker to the straight, but I'll lay it down to you," and he showed 
for top pair and a blocker to the straight. "That was the perfect card to bluff on...or you just had it," said Lien.
"One of the two," said Jozoff, as he scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
182,000 | 96,000 |
|
|
52,000 | 7,000 |
Henry Wins a Flip
Level 9
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Action picked up with Jesse Solano going all in over an open for about 32,000. His shove didn't make it far, Dean Henry also went all in behind for 120,000 and all other players folded.
Solano showed his 
and Henry flipped the 
. The board came out all low cards, but with two diamonds. The turn and river both brought diamonds as well, and Henry made a four-card flush to eliminate Solano.
"Weird way to win it," said Henry, but he didn't complain as he scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000 | 120,000 |
|
Busted |
Brint Has His Opponent All Mixed Up
Level 9
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Raymond Brint raised to 5,000 from late position and got one caller, Cameron Mixson, from the small blind.
The flop came 
. Mixson started with a check and Brint checked behind.
The turn was the 
and Mixson now led for about 4,500. Brint decided to call.
On the river 
, Mixson again led, this time for 8,500. Brint didn't call, instead, he raised it up to 20,000. This sent Mixson into the tank. After about a minute, he made the call only to see the bad news.
Bring rolled over 
for flopped trips and he added to his large stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
370,000 | 94,900 |
|
|
65,000 | 3,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Smith's Bullets Gun Down the Button
Level 8
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Henry Porcaro raised on the button to 5,500 before immediately getting three-bet by Elliot Smith to 20,000.
Porcaro eyed up Smith's stack. He decided to go all in, and had his opponent covered. Unfortunately for him. his opponent snap called and said, "I have aces."
Smith did have 
. Porcaro revealed that he made the move with 
from the button. "I only make that move once per tournament," said Porcaro.
This time, the board gave him not much with 
. The turn brought in a gutshot with the 
, but the missed him.
"That play would have worked almost all the time," said Smith. "I admire the effort."
Smith scooped the massive pot that catapults him to one of the day's chip leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
302,000 | 232,000 |
|
|
29,000 | -181,000 |
Calderaro Makes a Play and Smith Makes a Call
Level 8
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Action picked up on the river with a scary board of 
. James Calderaro had position and made a bet of 30,000 into a pot of about 60,000 after action had checked to him.
Elliot Smith went deep into the tank.
"Can I look at my phone?" asked Calderaro, and the dealer shook his head.
Smith eventually landed on a call for a large portion of his remaining chips.
Calderaro flipped up the .
"Nice hand, sir," said Smith who also flipped up .
"That is a bad player. Bad," said Calderaro with a smile and both players shared a laugh. "Jesus Christ, man, everything beats you."
Everything except Calderaro's hand, which resulted in a chop and a few laughs.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
70,000 | 70,000 |