2022 BetMGM Poker Championship

$3,500 Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2022 BetMGM Poker Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a4
Prize
$224,236
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,500
Prize Pool
$1,097,600
Entries
343
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
210
Players Left
90

Last Level of the Day

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The players have returned from their break and are now playing one more level. Upon Level 9's completion, Day 1 will close.

Late Registration is upon until the start of Level 11, which will be around 1:15 p.m. PT on Friday, 24 June.

Level: 9

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

Updated Stacks at the Break

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Player Chips Progress
David Botcowsky us
David Botcowsky
280,000
-20,000
-20,000
Joe McKeehen
Joe McKeehen
230,000
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
150,000
80,000
80,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Vincent Lestingi us
Vincent Lestingi
140,000
33,500
33,500
Duff Charette ca
Duff Charette
140,000
30,000
30,000
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
132,000
-11,500
-11,500
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
130,000
-27,000
-27,000
Jaka Coaching
Raul Martinez es
Raul Martinez
120,000
3,000
3,000
Dejuante Alexander us
Dejuante Alexander
101,000
21,000
21,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
100,000
-35,000
-35,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Noel Rodriguez us
Noel Rodriguez
78,000
40,000
40,000
Kevin Allebach us
Kevin Allebach
77,000
-73,000
-73,000
Tim McDermott us
Tim McDermott
70,000
-3,000
-3,000
Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
50,000
20,000
20,000
Anatoly Filatov ru
Anatoly Filatov
47,000
-68,000
-68,000
Kevin Rabichow us
Kevin Rabichow
35,000
-6,000
-6,000
Run It Once
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
32,000
32,000
32,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner
WPT 2X Winner

Shashikhina Hops Back In, Loses Some

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Sonia-Veronika Shashikhina recently bought back into the tournament and found herself already playing a big heads-up pot on a board reading {a-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{2-Hearts}.

Shashikhina bet a big 25,000 on the river with less than that behind and her opponent called. Shashikhina turned over a bluff with {k-Clubs}{10-Clubs} for king-high and the opponent showed {a-Spades}{4-Spades} to take the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Sonia-Veronika Shashikhina ru
Sonia-Veronika Shashikhina
22,000
22,000
22,000

Aces for Alexandrov

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Vladimir Alexandrov
Vladimir Alexandrov

Yuriy Garifoulline opened to 2,600 from the button and then called the 11,100 three-bet from big blind Vladimir Alexandrov.

Alexandrov continued for 6,200 and then called off the rest of his stack when his opponent moved all in on the {q-Spades}{8-Spades}{6-Clubs} flop.

Vladimir Alexandrov: {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}
Yuriy Garifoulline: {q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}

Both players would make a full house on the {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} runout but Alexandrov's hand remained best.

Player Chips Progress
Vladimir Alexandrov us
Vladimir Alexandrov
110,000
110,000
110,000
Yuriy Garifoulline us
Yuriy Garifoulline
28,000
-62,000
-62,000

Wigg Eliminates Shashikhina

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Anton Wigg
Anton Wigg

Sonia-Veronika Shashikhina was eliminated by Anton Wigg when she held {a-Hearts}{4-Hearts} against the {q-Hearts}{q-Spades} of Wigg on a board of {4-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{9-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} and was unable to hit her flush.

Shashikhina pushed her stack over to Wigg in the next seat, but there was some debate as to whether Wigg had covered her as the stacks had been pushed together. The floor determined that Wigg had in fact covered her and the dealer pushed him the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
135,000
85,000
85,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Sonia-Veronika Shashikhina ru
Sonia-Veronika Shashikhina
Busted

Martinez Downs Berkey; Charette Buys In as Rabichow and Wigg Reenter

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Matt Berkey
Matt Berkey

Matt Berkey was seen leaving the tournament room with late entrant Raul Martinez raking in the last of his chips.

Elsewhere, Duff Charette (also a late entrant) has more than doubled his stack while Kevin Rabichow and Anton Wigg are on their second bullet.

Player Chips Progress
Raul Martinez es
Raul Martinez
117,000
117,000
117,000
Duff Charette ca
Duff Charette
110,000
110,000
110,000
Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
50,000
50,000
50,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Kevin Rabichow us
Kevin Rabichow
41,000
41,000
41,000
Run It Once
Matt Berkey us
Matt Berkey
Busted

Elias Loses Most of Stack

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Darren Elias
Darren Elias

Atul Sehgal limped from under the gun before Darren Elias raised to 4,400 from the next seat over. David Botcowsky made it 13,800 from the button and only Elias called.

The {q-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{8-Clubs} flop checked through to the {4-Hearts} turn and and Elias bet 32,000. Botcowsky called.

Elias then checked on the {a-Diamonds} river. His opponent bet 41,000 and Elias went into the tank. He eventually called and then mucked after Botcowsky turned over his {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds} for two pair, aces and queens.

Player Chips Progress
David Botcowsky us
David Botcowsky
300,000
Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
30,000
-95,000
-95,000

Rollercoaster Runout Keeps Daniels Afloat

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Jake Daniels
Jake Daniels

Jake Daniels was in a three-way pot on a board reading {3-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}. A player bet 5,000 and the next player to act called, while Daniels check-raised to 17,000.

The initial bettor re-raised all-in for 49,800 and Daniels snap-called with less when the action folded to him.

Jake Daniels: {q-Clubs}{6-Spades}
Opponent: {k-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}

Daniels was in front with trips but still needed to dodge a diamond. The turn brought the {10-Diamonds} to give the opponent the flush and Daniels stood up from his seat in defeat.

"I'm always losing — Oh! Look at that!" he said as the dealer put out the {3-Clubs} to improve him to a full house.

"Don't say I stood up. Say 'Jake said a three is always coming.' That sounds better!" Daniels instructed PokerNews.

Player Chips Progress
Jake Daniels us
Jake Daniels
60,000
-5,000
-5,000