Two six-figure event overlays over the weekend noticed poker gamers getting a whole bunch of hundreds of {dollars} in worth at The Lodge in Austin, Texas and Borgata in Atlantic Metropolis.
The $3,000 buy-in Lodge Championship Collection Primary Occasion supplied a $2 million assure however got here up quick for an overlay of $417,000. In the meantime, the $2,700 buy-in Borgata Poker Open Championship (BPOC) fell in need of its $2 million assure by a couple of quarter million.
California’s Michael Liang wound up profitable The Lodge Championship for $428,000, whereas Florida’s Joel Deutsch shipped the BPOC for a career-best $347,000.
Doug Polk’s Texas Poker Plans Hit a Wall
“Scheduling Errors” and “Logistical Nightmares”
The Championship occasion at The Lodge, which ran Might 8-14, supplied seven beginning flights with 40-minute ranges on Day 1 and limitless re-entry. On Might 9, The Lodge introduced it was projecting a $500,000 overlay for the occasion.
The following day, issues hit a snag because the poker membership discovered that “a big portion of parking spots in entrance of Lodge Card Membership are unavailable right this moment.” To accommodate its inconvenienced patrons, The Lodge offered golf cart shuttles from numerous areas.
“We made some scheduling errors and handled some logistical nightmares,” Lodge co-owner Doug Polk wrote on X on Might 12. “Powerful week, however as all the time, we study and get stronger. We are going to proceed pushing Texas poker ahead.”
In a later put up, Polk stated he believed the occasion might be a hit however “we simply must make some modifications.”
“If Choctaw can run one in all these in the midst of no the place we should always have the ability to as properly in Austin.”
A number of poker gamers praised Polk and The Lodge for the way they dealt with the state of affairs and for honoring the assure, which does not all the time occur.
“Thanks for honoring the assure, surprisingly not everybody within the business does,” wrote high-stakes professional Adam Hendrix.
Final 12 months’s Lodge Championship Collection Primary Occasion surpassed the $2 million assure with a prize pool of $2,134,000.
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