Event #13: $3,000 Main Event Day 1f | 2022 The Lodge Championship Series

05-21-2022 23:45 UTC-5

PN Podcast: PokerNews Cup, Hellmuth Wins, & Bekavac Talks Midway Poker Payout Debacle

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Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

In the latest edition of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen discuss Phil Hellmuth's victory over Scott Seiver in Round 4 of High Stakes Duel III, announce the upcoming PokerNews Cup June 24-28 at Golden Nugget Las Vegas, and preview the WPT Choctaw final table, which includes Chance Kornuth.

Speaking of Kornuth, he pledged 1% of his winnings to Randy Gordon, a poker dealer battling cancer, and he is also selling Las Vegas mansion for $3.5 million, two stories also discussed in this episode. Chad and Jesse then talk about Jaret Villarreal winning a WSOP Main Event seat on ClubGG for the second year in a row, remember noted poker author and columnist Bob Ciaffone, and preview this weekend's CSOP St. Jude “Against All Odds” charity event.

Finally, Chad sits down with Midway Poker Tour co-founder Dan Bekavac, who 19 months after a controversial payout debacle made affected players whole. Bekavac, a controversial figure himself who recently captured a record fourth MSPT title, talks openly about the situation for the first time.

Listen to those stories and more on the latest PokerNews Podcast!

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Level: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

05-21-2022 23:24 UTC-5

Polk Peels Nines and Pips Compton

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Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Frank Russo limped under the gun for 1,000 before John Compton raised to 3,000 from the cutoff.

Doug Polk looked interested from the button and decided to three-bet to 8,000.

John Compton asked, "how much do you have?" and Doug lifted his hands up. "Not you, I'm not worried about you," said Russo. "I'm looking at him," talking about Compton, who had about 20,000.

"What about this, this could go in?" said Doug, pointing out his over 100,000 chip stack.

"His is going in before yours," rationalized Russo. Ultimately, though, he released his cards and let the other two battle it out.

Compton's chips did indeed go in first, but Doug also called relatively quickly.

Compton exposed , but Doug had him beat with his own . The board ran out and Doug made an unneeded set to take down the pot and oust Compton.

Player	Chips	Progress
Doug Polk	172,000	49,000
John Compton	Busted

Tags: Doug Polk Frank Russo John Compton

05-21-2022 23:16 UTC-5

"Big Tuna" Adam Garcia Back on the Felt

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Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Adam Garcia is taking a shot at the main event today.

The Lodge Card Club local is coming off of a deep run in Event #9: $800 NLH 750,000 Guaranteed. He finished eleventh in that event and took home over $10,000.

Garcia will look to continue his success in this series and take home a chunk of the $2,000,000 prize pool that the main event offers.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Garcia	52,000	52,000

Tags: Adam Garcia

05-21-2022 23:15 UTC-5

Lulov Calls a Massive Four-Bet and Wins

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Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Chan Pelton opened in middle position and was raised by Brandon Lulov to 8,600. A fairly standard start to the hand was about to get much more interesting.

Pelton decided to go all in for about 90,000, over 10 times the size of Lulov's bet.

Lulov went into the tank. Pelton grew impatient and started to talk to his opponent. "Come on man, I don't have time for this #$@&."

Eventually, Lulov made the call and saw he was in a great spot. Pelton flipped over the and Lulov had the .

The flop came king high and that was all she wrote for Pelton.

"I have a lot of chips and I can't rebuy," Lulov explained why he didn't make the call quicker. Regardless, he made the right play in the hand and added a healthy pot to his growing stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Lulov	205,000	84,000
Chan Pelton	Busted

Tags: Brandon Lulov Chan Pelton

05-21-2022 22:53 UTC-5

Hays Throws a Haymaker and Gets a Knockout

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Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Nathan Hays opened under the gun and found one caller immediately on his left. The action made its way to Jonathan Wang in middle position who liked what he saw and decided to go all in for about 22,000 with blinds at 500-1000.

Hays made the call and the in-the-middle player got out of the way.

Cards on their back revealed that Hays had Wang in a bad spot with Wang's tournament life on the line. Hays had while Wang had the .

The flop came clean for Hays who took down the sizeable pot and added to his growing chip stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nathan Hays	185,000	135,000
Jonathan Wang	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Wang Nathan Hays

05-21-2022 22:40 UTC-5

Assorted Stacks Out of the Final Break

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Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dale Roesel	242,000
Scott Griffiths	172,000
Doug Polk	165,800	-5,200
Charles Wardlaw	160,000
Andrew Neeme	84,000	-1,000
Nakia Strazzera	50,000	50,000

Tags: Andrew Neeme Charles Wardlaw Dale Roesel Doug Polk Nakia Strazzera Scott Griffiths

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

05-21-2022 22:25 UTC-5

Break Time

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Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

Players are on their last 15-minute break of the day. When they return, they'll play three more levels before bagging up for Day 2.

05-21-2022 22:12 UTC-5

Neeme Flops Clubs in his Club and Clubs Opponent

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Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

Three players had limped for 800 before action got to Robert Franco on the button. He bumped up the price to play to 2,000. Andrew Neeme made the call from the big blind and all three limpers also called to build a good-sized pot preflop.

The players all saw a board of show up. The wet board resulted in all four players checking the flop and bringing the turn.

Neeme took control of the betting lead on the turn and led for 3,000 into the field. Only Franco called on the button.

The landed on the river, about as blank as it gets as far as changing the board at all. Neeme again fired, this time with a bet of 8,000. Franco called after a little thought.

Neeme showed his for the flopped flush and his opponent mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Neeme	85,000	35,000
Robert Franco	34,000	34,000

Tags: Andrew Neeme Robert Franco