Event #9: $800 NLH Day 1a | 2022 The Lodge Championship Series

Event #9: $800 NLH

Day 1a Started

05-15-2022 10:15 UTC-5

Welcome to Day 1a of Event #9: $650K GTD NLH

Jeff McMillan

It is time for another exciting tournament here in Round Rock at the Lodge Poker Club as Day 1a of Event #9: $750K GTD NLH gets underway. This tournament boasts a guarantee of $750,000 and will be held over six starting flights, the first two of which are being held today at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m, with coverage of Day 1a beginning around 1 p.m.

The $800 entry will garner a 30,000 chip stack. Levels are 30 minutes in length on Day 1 before elongating to 40 minutes on Day 2, which will be held on Wednesday May 18 between all of the surviving Day 1 players from each flight. Late registration is open until the start of Level 9 for each flight.

Each Day 1 flight has the same drill. They will play down until the money which is the final 12% of the field where those players will bag up their chips for Day 2.

PokerNews will cover each and every one of these flights. So tune in each day for the journey.

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

05-15-2022 12:24 UTC-5

Day 1a Underway

Jeff McMillan

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Day 1a is underway with 42 entries currently at their seats.

05-15-2022 12:34 UTC-5

Lodge Championship Series Results So Far

Jeff McMillan

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

The Lodge Championship Series is underway here at The Lodge Poker Club in Round Rock, Texas. This series runs from May 4-24, having over $5 million in guarantees, including a $2 million guaranteed main event that begins on May 19.

Here is a look at some of the events that have been completed thus far, along with prize pools and winners.

Date	Tournament	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Hometown	Prize
May 4	Event #1 - NLH $300 Seniors	172	$43,000	John Skrovan	Granger, TX	$9,557
May 4	Event #2 – PLO $500	119	$50,575	Pejman Niyati	Plano, TX	$15,173
May 4	Event #3 - NLH $1,000 Six Max	125	$110,000	Badr Imejjane	Frisco, TX	*$24,673
May 5	Event #4 - NLH $400 Multi-Flight	1,556	$526,640	Rudy Cadenas	Las Vegas, NV	*$54,231
May 8	Event #5 – NLH $600 Mystery Bounty	528	$300,000	Mohammad Bagheri	Dallas, TX	$40,024
May 10	Event #6 – NLH $500 Tag Team	34	$20,000	Matthew Sottek & Walter Glasier	Texas	$4,837
May 10	Event #7 – NLH $300 Veterans Charity Event	47	$15,000	Roger Pettit	Killeen, TX	*$2,507

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

05-15-2022 12:46 UTC-5

Players in the Early Stages

Jeff McMillan

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Caitlin Comeskey	60,000 60,000	60,000
Trey Valkenaar	37,000 37,000	37,000
Andrew Ostapchenko	35,000 35,000	35,000
John Clancy	30,000 30,000	30,000
JB Harrington	25,000 25,000	25,000
Nicholas Getzen	25,000 25,000	25,000
Jimmy Lujan	24,000 24,000	24,000

05-15-2022 13:09 UTC-5

Getzen Takes From Lujan

Jeff McMillan

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

Jimmy Lujan raised to 1,000 from the cutoff. John Clancy was on the button and called. Nicholas Getzen was the big blind and three-bet to 4,200. Lujan called and Clancy folded after a bit of thought.

The flop came . Action went check-check. The turn was the Getzen bet 3,300 and Lujan called.

The river was the . Both players checked again and Getzen tabled the for the pair of sevens which was the winning hand as Lujan showed the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Getzen	32,000 7,000	7,000
Jimmy Lujan	27,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Jimmy Lujan John Clancy Nicholas Getzen

05-15-2022 13:14 UTC-5

Ostapchenko Gets Paid

Jeff McMillan

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

Action was picked up on the turn with the board reading and a pot of about 9,000 in the middle. Andrew Ostapchenko and Jesse Cantu both checked to the river which came the .