Event #4: $400 NLH
Day 1f Completed
2022 The Lodge Championship Series
Event #4: $400 NLH
Day: 1f
Quinzzy Pratt Bags the Lead in the Final Starting Flight of Event #4
Level 14
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Day 1f of Event #4: $400 NLH $500,000 Guaranteed has now come to an end here at The Lodge Poker Club in Round Rock, Texas after seven and a half hours of play. Day 1f attracted 360 entries and ended with 44 players remaining (12% of the field).
Quinzzy Pratt of Washington DC ended up as the chip leader with 441,000. He was spotted with a large stack toward the last few levels of the night and rode that momentum to the end of day chip lead.
Top 10 Chip Counts of Day 1f
| Place | Player | Hometown | Chip Count |
| 1 | Quinzzy Pratt | Washington DC | 441,000 |
| 2 | John Whitemarsh | Harrisburg,TX | 401,000 |
| 3 | Jimmy Lujan | San Antonio,TX | 355,000 |
| 4 | Michael Reisman | Austin,TX | 332,000 |
| 5 | Benjamin Thomas | Baton Rouga,LA | 326,000 |
| 6 | Hector Rivera | Las Vegas,NV | 286,000 |
| 7 | Stephen Decker | Denver,CO | 258,000 |
| 8 | Alejandro Armas | ------ | 258,000 |
| 9 | John Clancy | Austin,TX | 253,000 |
| 10 | Se Pak | Austin,TX | 250,000 |
Right on his heels in second was John Whitemarsh with 401,000. Jimmy Lujan won a big all in in the final few hands of the night when he flopped an ace to crack kings which catapulted him to third in chips to end the night with 355,000.
The Lodge Poker Club’s own Michael Reisman, finished the night with a fourth place stack of 332,000 and Benjamin Thomas rounded out the top five stacks with 326,000.
One notable to bag was Lorenzo Adams, who is a local youtuber in the Austin area who has started playing poker regularly recently. He bagged 142,000.
The 44 players who remained alive at the end of the night will now join those from previous flights who survived to create 190 total players advancing to Day 2, which is on Sunday at 2 p.m. local time.
Final official prizepool information will be released early in the morning before Day 2.
PokerNews will be back at it tomorrow with Day 2 starting at 2 p.m. local time where a winner will be played down to.
Day 1f End of Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 14
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
441,000 | 121,000 |
|
401,000 | 401,000 |
|
355,000 | 60,000 |
|
332,000 | 167,000 |
|
326,000 | 221,000 |
|
286,000 | 286,000 |
|
258,000 | 258,000 |
|
258,000 | -12,000 |
|
253,000 | 58,000 |
|
250,000 | 190,000 |
|
243,000 | 176,000 |
|
215,000 | 50,000 |
|
|
198,000 | 113,000 |
|
170,000 | 170,000 |
|
169,000 | -21,000 |
|
|
167,000 | 167,000 |
|
165,000 | 45,000 |
|
165,000 | 100,000 |
|
159,000 | 142,000 |
|
155,000 | 155,000 |
|
152,000 | 32,000 |
|
|
147,000 | 115,000 |
|
142,000 | 142,000 |
|
|
140,000 | 140,000 |
|
137,000 | 104,600 |
Day 1f Concluded
Level 14
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Day 1f has come to an end. Full chip counts and recap is to follow.
Lux Bubbles Day 1f
Level 14
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
John Lux was all in and at risk during hand for hand play against Charlemagne Benjamin.
Th players waited until all hands completed, creating the ultimate sweat for Lux. Eventually the cards were turned over.
Lux had the 
against the 
of Benjamin.
The board ran out a full house 
but Benjamin was the winner with the kings and the bubble was burst to conclude the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
190,000 | 190,000 |
|
Busted |
Hand For Hand Play Begins
Level 14
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Play has now gone into the hand for hand portion as the field is one elimination away from the money and the end of the night.
Lujan Commits Midnight Regicide
Level 14
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
There was a big preflop all in happening as Jimmy Lujan held the 
against the 
of his opponent.
Lujan called for an ace in the window and he was close as it came the door card 
as he shouted "Yes!" and pumped his fist.
The turn was the 
and the river came the 
to kill the kings of Lujan's busted opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
295,000 | 295,000 |
Nguyen Uses Ladies
Level 14
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Robert Nguyen was all in preflop holding the 
against the 
of Alejandro Armas.
The flop came 
, the turn was the 
and the river came the as Nguyen survived and took a chunk from the large stack of Armas.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
270,000 | 270,000 |
|
|
120,000 | 73,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Pratt Among Big Stacks
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
On a flop of 
big stack Quinzzy Pratt bet 31,000 which got a swift fold from his opponent.
Pratt has been on a tear in the last few levels and is now amongst the largest stacks in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
320,000 | -40,000 |