2022 The Lodge Championship Series

Event #4: $400 NLH
Day: 1f
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 1f
Entries
360
Players Left
44

Day 1f Registration Closed

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Registration is now over on Day 1f, meaning that the field has been completed. 360 entries were added to the mix in Day 1f making the total number of entries equal 1,556.

DayEntriesPlayers AdvancingChip LeaderChip Count
1a14117David Ashkenasi379,000
1b17722Justus Glover381,000
1c23128Michael Jozoff407,000
1d27033Eider Da Cruz506,000
1e37746Cosmic Medrano487,000
1f36044TBD--

Urbanovsky Forces Fold

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Morgan Urbanovsky
Morgan Urbanovsky

The board read {8-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{9-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}. There was a decent pot of about 35,000 in the middle. From middle position, Morgan Urbanovsky bet 17,000. Caleb Rife was under the gun and had to consider his options.

He stewed it over for several moments, putting his head down. Eventually he tossed in his cards for a fold and Urbanovsky gathered the new chips to her stack.

Player Chips Progress
Morgan Urbanovsky us
Morgan Urbanovsky
85,000 85,000
Caleb Rife us
Caleb Rife
56,000 56,000

Tags: Caleb RifeMorgan Urbanovsky

Level: 10

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

Ruffin Wielding Power

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Elijah Ruffin
Elijah Ruffin

The dealer dealt the river to complete the board {7-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{6-Hearts}{9-Hearts}. Eric Tang checked from the hijack. Big stack Elijah Ruffin bet 20,000 which was for almost all of Tang's stack.

Tang played with his small remaining amount and weighed the decision before ultimately folding to preserve his tournament life.

Player Chips Progress
Elijah Ruffin us
Elijah Ruffin
241,000 15,000
John Clancy us
John Clancy
195,000 120,000
Michael Reisman us
Michael Reisman
165,000 165,000
Eric Tang us
Eric Tang
23,000 -99,000

Tags: Elijah RuffinEric Tang

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Ruffin Shows Bluff

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

Action arrived on the river as the board read {9-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{6-Spades}{6-Diamonds}. The pot was about 33,000 and from the button, Elijah Ruffin jammed all in to force a decision from Joseph Leung for his tournament life.

Leung had about 57,000 behind and struggled with what to do for several moments. Eventually he folded.

Ruffin tabled the {8-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} for nothing and collected the pot to add more to his growing stack.

Player Chips Progress
Elijah Ruffin us
Elijah Ruffin
270,000 29,000
Joseph Leung ca
Joseph Leung
57,000 57,000

Tags: Elijah RuffinJoseph Leung

Juntunen Gets Paid With Set

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

Three players saw a flop of {8-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{4-Hearts}. From the button John Juntunen bet 15,000, Ben Thomas called the small blind and Morgan Urbanovsky folded the big blind.

The turn was the {j-Clubs}. Juntunen jammed all in after a check from Thomas who then went into the tank. The shove was for about 27,000 and Thomas took about 2 minutes before he called.

Juntunen showed the {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds} set which was ahead of the {a-Spades}{3-Hearts} of Thomas. The river was the {7-Clubs} to secure a double up for Juntunen.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Thomas us
Ben Thomas
105,000 27,000
John Juntunen us
John Juntunen
85,000 48,200
Morgan Urbanovsky us
Morgan Urbanovsky
77,000 -8,000

Tags: Ben ThomasJohn JuntunenMorgan Urbanovsky

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000