2022 The Lodge Championship Series

Event #9: $800 NLH
Day: 1b
Event Info

2022 The Lodge Championship Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k9
Prize
$130,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$756,480
Entries
1,116
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
40,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
93
Players Left
12

Event #9: $800 NLH

Day 1b Completed

Anderson and Nguyen Lap the Remaining 12 in Day 1b of Event #9

Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Benjamin Anderson
Benjamin Anderson

Day 1b of Event #9: 750K GTD NLH has come and gone after 8 hours of play here in Round Rock. The second flight attracted 83 entries, which played down to just twelve players (12%) at the end of the night

Bagging up at the top of the heap was Benjamin Anderson who finished with 592,000 as he took the sword to several players late to shrink the field, including slicing the bubble when he eliminated Peter Fellows as the bubble boy on the final hand of the night.

Day 1b Top 5 Chip Counts

RankPlayerHometownChip CountBig Blinds
1Benjamin AndersonKileen, TX592,00074
2Vy NguyenSan Pablo, CA535,00069
3Michael KhatibiAustin, TX363,00045
4Alejandro MadrigalUmatilla, OR341,00043
5Mahesh RathiAustin, TX258,00032

On his heels in second place was Vy Nguyen who bagged 535,000. He also would eliminate many players in the final levels as he and Anderson lapped the field, combining for almost 40% of the chips between just the two of them.

Michael Khatibi was the best of the rest as he finished in third with 363,000, Alejandro Madrigal was in fourth with 341,000 and Mahesh Rathi rounded out the top five with 258,000 as he is looking to add to what has already been a successful Lodge Championship Series for him.

Another notable player to bag was Denise Pratt who finished with 164,000, which was good for sixth in chips.

Two of the happiest players, when the bubble burst and bag their chips, were, Jesse Crenan with 159,000 and Victoria Luna with a short stack of 79,000 as she wrote “The drought is over” on her chip bag, indicating the end of a long stretch without cashing in the series.

The twelve players will move on to Day 2, on Wednesday and join all the other advancing players from the upcoming five flights.

PokerNews will continue with coverage of Days 1c and 1d tomorrow at 11 a.m. and 5 a.m.

Tags: Alejandro MadrigalBenjamin AndersonDenise PrattJesse CrenanMichael KhatibiNguyen LapPeter FellowsVy Nguyen

End of Day 1b Chip Counts

Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Benjamin Anderson us
Benjamin Anderson
592,000
Vy Nguyen us
Vy Nguyen
535,000 130,000
Michael Khatibi us
Michael Khatibi
363,000 2,000
Alejandro Madrigal us
Alejandro Madrigal
341,000 16,000
Mahesh Rathi us
Mahesh Rathi
258,000 16,000
Denise Pratt us
Denise Pratt
164,000 54,000
Jesse Crenan us
Jesse Crenan
159,000 81,000
Michael Merisier us
Michael Merisier
104,000 -116,000
William Mattison us
William Mattison
84,000 -51,000
Victoria Luna us
Victoria Luna
79,000 27,000
Michael Paddack us
Michael Paddack
66,000 -19,000
Richard Winters us
Richard Winters
46,000 -30,000

Khatibi Outduels Brabham

Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Thomas Brabham shoved all in from early position for about 110,000 over an under the gun raise. Michael Khatibi called in the hijack and everyone else folded.

Brabham was at risk with the {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts} vs the {a-Clubs}{j-Spades} of Khatibi.

The board ran out {q-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{9-Spades}{8-Hearts}{q-Spades} and Brabham was gone to bring the field to the bubble.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Khatibi us
Michael Khatibi
361,000 101,000
Thomas Brabham us
Thomas Brabham
Busted

Tags: Michael Khatibi

Level: 15

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

Quinton and Fujiwara Sent Away

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Thierry Quinton and Shino Fujiwara were sent away most recently as Quinton was taken out by Alejandro Madrigal when all the chips got in on the flop in a set vs a flush situation.

Meanwhile, Fujiwara was eliminated by Vy Nguyen in a preflop all in.

Player Chips Progress
Vy Nguyen us
Vy Nguyen
405,000 75,000
Alejandro Madrigal us
Alejandro Madrigal
325,000 215,000
Thierry Quintin us
Thierry Quintin
Busted
Shino Fujiwara us
Shino Fujiwara
Busted

Level: 14

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

Two Table Chip Counts (full)

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Benjamin Anderson us
Benjamin Anderson
405,000 -5,000
Vy Nguyen us
Vy Nguyen
330,000 33,000
Michael Khatibi us
Michael Khatibi
260,000 218,000
Mahesh Rathi us
Mahesh Rathi
242,000 108,000
Michael Merisier us
Michael Merisier
220,000 57,000
Thomas Brabham us
Thomas Brabham
165,000 165,000
William Mattison us
William Mattison
135,000 42,000
Thierry Quintin us
Thierry Quintin
127,000 -78,000
Peter Fellows us
Peter Fellows
125,000 -5,000
Alejandro Madrigal us
Alejandro Madrigal
110,000 35,000
Denise Pratt us
Denise Pratt
110,000 81,000
Michael Paddack us
Michael Paddack
85,000 15,000
Jesse Crenan us
Jesse Crenan
78,000 -6,000
Ari Katz us
Ari Katz
77,000 -3,000
Richard Winters us
Richard Winters
76,000 -9,000
Jeffrey Fielder us
Jeffrey Fielder
54,000 -1,000
Victoria Luna us
Victoria Luna
52,000 -3,000
Shino Fujiwara us
Shino Fujiwara
45,000 -31,000

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