Two six-figure event overlays over the weekend noticed poker gamers getting tons of 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 Important 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 few quarter million.
California’s Michael Liang wound up successful 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 at present.” To accommodate its inconvenienced patrons, The Lodge offered golf cart shuttles from varied areas.
“We made some scheduling errors and handled some logistical nightmares,” Lodge co-owner Doug Polk wrote on X on Might 12. “Robust week, however as at all times, we study and get stronger. We’ll proceed pushing Texas poker ahead.”
In a later submit, Polk stated he believed the occasion may very well be a hit however “we simply have to make some adjustments.”
“If Choctaw can run one among these in the midst of no the place we should always have the ability to as nicely in Austin.”
A number of poker gamers praised Polk and The Lodge for a way they dealt with the state of affairs and for honoring the assure, which does not at all times occur.
“Thanks for honoring the assure, surprisingly not everybody within the trade does,” wrote high-stakes professional Adam Hendrix.
Final 12 months’s Lodge Championship Collection Important Occasion surpassed the $2 million assure with a prize pool of $2,134,000.
