Event #9: $800 NLH
Day 1f Started
2022 The Lodge Championship Series
Event #9: $800 NLH
Day: 1f
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1f
2022 The Lodge Championship Series
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$756,480
Entries
1,116
Level
29
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
40,000
Entries
344
Players Left
41
Cards Fly at 5 p.m. for Event #9: $800 NLH Flight 1f with $750,000 Guaranteed
The sixth and final flight of Event #9: $800 NLH begins at 5:00 pm here at The Lodge Card Club in beautiful Round Rock, Texas. The first five flights saw 772 entrants battle for a piece of the $750,000 guarantee prize pool that offers excellent value with the chance of an overlay.
Entrants today will be chasing Aden Salazar, who still carries the chip lead from Day 1a with an impressive 722,000 chips.
Players will start with 30,000 in chips and play down to 12% of the field, with those players all making the money and bagging for Day 2. Blinds will be 30-minutes long, and late registration is open until the start of the ninth level.
This is the last Day 1 flight of this tournament and the last chance for hopefuls to find a bag for Day 2, which will begin at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, May 18th with 40-minute levels.
For those that have already bagged and want the chance to carry a larger stack into Day 2, each additional bag pays $1,200 and players can carry their largest bag into Wednesday.
The PokerNews team will be here reporting all day and the rest of the series, so stay tuned for updates and follow along with all the action.
Shuffle Up and Deal!
The final flight for Event #9 will be in the Austin Room here at The Lodge Card Club. The tournament director has announced the start of flight f and cards are in the air. Stay tuned for updates all evening long.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Notable Stacks in Play
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Yusuf Lies in Wait with Full House
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
About 4,000 chips sat in the pot in the blind-versus-blind battle between Katherine Mersiovsky and Kamoru Yusuf.
The full board read 
and Mersiovsky assembled a bet of about 2,600 and slid it across the line. Yusuf flicked in one chip and nearly beat her into the pot.
Mersiovsky tabled her 
for the rivered full house, but Yusuf had her beat with his 
for the bigger boat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36
36
|
36 |
|
|
24
24
|
24 |
Whittington Overbets the River
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
The board read 
and Blake Whittington bet about 2,600 into a pot of around 4,000. Ravitej Garlapati called with position.
The turn came the 
, bringing in the front-door flush draw and action checked through.
The 
landed on the river. Whittington didn't check that card, he overbet the pot to the tune of 15,000. Garlapati thought for about 45 seconds before releasing his hand and Whttington scooped the nice-sized early pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
22,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
More Notable Stacks Join the Flight
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
33,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
28,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
28,000
-55,900
|
-55,900 |
|
|
27,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
|
||
Fullmer Makes a Set and Gets Turn Value
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Action picked up on the turn when Chad Fullmer bet 4,500 into a pot of about 6,000. The board showed 
. Peter Walsworth called with position.
The river brought the 
and after thinking briefly, Fullmer decided to check. Walsworth checked quickly behind and Fullmer showed his to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
44,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
26,000
26,000
|
26,000 |