2022 The Lodge Championship Series

Event #4: $400 NLH
Day: 1c
Event Info

2022 The Lodge Championship Series

Event Info
Buy-in
$400
Prize Pool
$526,640
Entries
1,556
Players Left
5
Average Chip Stack
6,224,000
Total Chips
31,120,000
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
231
Players Left
28

Level: 10

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

Simmons Catapults Near the Top

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Seth Simmons
Seth Simmons

The flop showed {5-Spades}{4-Clubs}{3-Clubs} and there were roughly 23,000 chips in the pot. Brian Ellison bet 12,000 and Rafael Sa'adah called.

Seth Simmons pushed his stack into the middle, totaling 62,100 and Ellison quickly folded. Sa'adah called the shove and they turned over their cards.

Seth Simmons: {5-Clubs}{4-Hearts}
Rafael Sa'adah: {j-Clubs}{7-Clubs}

The top two were leading the way but Sa'adah had outs to hit. An {a-Spades} rolled out on the turn, leaving Simmons in front and he held on when the {8-Diamonds} completed the board.

Simmons pulled in the pot, catapulting him near the top of the field, while Sa'adah was left short in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Seth Simmons us
Seth Simmons
159,200 159,200
Brian Ellison us
Brian Ellison
58,000 -32,000
Rafael Sa'adah us
Rafael Sa'adah
13,500 13,500

Tags: Brian EllisonRafael Sa'adahSeth Simmons

Cramer Picking Up Steam

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
John Cramer
John Cramer

John Cramer moved all in for his remaining 7,000 and Randall Bott was the only player to stick around for a showdown.

John Cramer: {a-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}
Randall Bott: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

The board came down {a-Spades}{10-Clubs}{7-Spades}{8-Clubs}{2-Spades} and Cramer took down the pot with a flopped ace to double.

Cramer then took down two more pots, the latter being against Marcus Hsia who pushed his 25,700 stack into the middle. Cramer called and had Hsia covered.

Marcus Hsia: {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}
John Cramer: {6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}

The flop came down {10-Spades}{8-Hearts}{5-Hearts} and Hsia was well in front with his pair of nines. A {q-Hearts} brought forth the possibility of runner-runner flush for Cramer and he slapped it on the {k-Hearts} river to pull in the pot.

Hsia looked shocked as he took a walk out the door and Cramer laughed at this fortuitous run of cards to end the level.

Player Chips Progress
John Cramer us
John Cramer
68,000 26,000
Randall Bott us
Randall Bott
49,000 7,000
Marcus Hsia us
Marcus Hsia
Busted

Tags: John CramerMarcus HsiaRandall Bott

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Hughes Puts Siddik to the Test

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The board was complete and showed {q-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{3-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}. Nada Siddik checked to David Hughes who looked at the pot, which was around 45,000, and he then bet 30,000.

Siddik only had 20,400 behind and hit the tank. In the end, she called for her tournament life, tabling {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds} for top two and Hughes laughed when he showed {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds}, giving him just a pair of hockey sticks.

Siddik took down the healthy-sized pot, doubling her stack in the process and Hughes was left on the shorter side of things.

Player Chips Progress
Nada Siddik ca
Nada Siddik
85,800 37,800
David Hughes us
David Hughes
8,700 -27,300

Tags: David HughesNada Siddik

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000