Notable New Entries
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Landon Tice | 50,000 | |
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Ethan Yau | 50,000 | |
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Jeremy Ausmus | 50,000 | |
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Hossein Ensan | 50,000 | |
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Joseph Cheong | 50,000 | |
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Michael Wang | 50,000 | |
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Player | Chips | Progress |
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Landon Tice | 50,000 | |
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Ethan Yau | 50,000 | |
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Jeremy Ausmus | 50,000 | |
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Hossein Ensan | 50,000 | |
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Joseph Cheong | 50,000 | |
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Michael Wang | 50,000 | |
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Jacob Ferro and Steven Zazaian got their stacks in the middle preflop from the blinds with the latter at risk of elimination.
Steven Zazaian:
Jacob Ferro:
Day 2 entrant Zazaian essentially locked up a first-hand double up after the flop. Zazaian collected the pot after the runout.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Steven Zazaian |
100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
Jacob Ferro |
34,500
-50,000
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-50,000 |
Cards are in the air and action is underway in Day 2 of the BetMGM Poker Championship.
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
There are several players exercising the option to register the event on Day 2. There is a slight delay to the tournament start time to give people time to get to their seats.
Day 2 of the 2022 BetMGM Poker Championship $3,500 Main Event at ARIA Resort and Casino in Las Vegas is slated to get underway today at noon PST. A total of 90 players survived Day 1 and more are certain to join the field as late registration remains open for the first level of Day 2.
The inaugural BetMGM Poker Championship has attracted many of the biggest names in poker, and some of those who made it to Day 2 include Jake Daniels, Anton Wigg, Nick Schulman, Kevin Rabichow, Isaac Kempton, Dejuante "DJ" Alexander, Matthew Wantman, James Romero and 2015 WSOP Main Event champion and Pennsylvania native Joe McKeehen.
RANK | PLAYER | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS | |
1 | Graham Matthews | 380,000 | 190 | |
2 | Michael McNicholas | 346,000 | 173 | |
3 | Anthony Bruscia | 306,000 | 153 | |
4 | Linus Richter | 296,000 | 148 | |
5 | Edward Leonard | 287,500 | 144 | |
6 | Iakov Onuchin | 265,000 | 133 | |
7 | Jeremy Saderne | 263,000 | 132 | |
8 | Albert Nguyen | 262,000 | 131 | |
9 | David Botcowsky | 250,000 | 125 | |
10 | Gediminas Uselis | 233,000 | 117 |
There were also quite a few online qualifiers who made it to Day 2, including Michael McNicholas, Vincent Lestingi, Larry Lucci, Daniel Sewnig, Kevin Allebach and Val Arzunian. BetMGM Poker ambassador Darren Elias also found a bag as he looks for his next big tournament score.
Day 2 will kick off with blinds at 1,000/2,000/2,000. Like the previous day, Day 2 will play for nine 60-minute levels with players taking a 15-minute break every two levels.
The PokerNews live reporting team is on-site and ready to bring you continued coverage of this exciting inaugural event.
Table | Seat | Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
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24 | 1 | William | McCracken | 50,500 |
24 | 3 | Bob | Shao | 61,500 |
24 | 4 | Nick | Schulman | 18,000 |
24 | 6 | Yuriy | Garifoulline | 35,000 |
24 | 7 | Kevin | Allebach | 62,000 |
25 | 1 | Duff | Charette | 140,500 |
25 | 3 | Keegan | Smith | 46,500 |
25 | 4 | Vincent | Lestingi | 127,000 |
25 | 6 | Timothy | Carey | 38,000 |
25 | 7 | Graham | Matthews | 380,000 |
26 | 1 | Albert | Nguyen | 262,000 |
26 | 3 | Jonathan | Lessin | 131,500 |
26 | 4 | Benji | Felson | 117,500 |
26 | 6 | Daniel | Buzgon | 67,500 |
26 | 7 | Sylvian | Loosli | 54,000 |
27 | 1 | David | Botcowsky | 250,000 |
27 | 3 | Santiago | Plante | 12,000 |
27 | 4 | Scott | Szurek | 99,000 |
27 | 6 | Cliff | Hodgman | 57,000 |
27 | 7 | Linus | Richter | 296,000 |
28 | 1 | Angel | Lopez | 51,500 |
28 | 3 | Steven | Filipovic | 102,500 |
28 | 4 | Matthew | Wantman | 107,000 |
28 | 6 | Michael | McNicholas | 346,000 |
28 | 7 | Craig | Mason | 136,000 |
29 | 1 | Anton | Wigg | 95,500 |
29 | 3 | Barry | Hutter | 4,500 |
29 | 4 | Upeshka | De Silva | 64,500 |
29 | 6 | Brian | Frasca | 145,500 |
29 | 7 | Tse | Shing | 95,500 |
30 | 1 | Juris | Kaps | 60,000 |
30 | 3 | Nicholas | Dennis | 118,500 |
30 | 4 | Jacob | Ferro | 84,500 |
30 | 6 | James | Romero | 62,500 |
30 | 7 | Edward | Leonard | 287,500 |
31 | 1 | Hal | Rotholz | 214,000 |
31 | 3 | Markus | Gonsalves | 60,500 |
31 | 4 | John | Goodin | 172,000 |
31 | 6 | Larry | Lucci | 122,000 |
31 | 7 | Noel | Rodriguez | 70,000 |
32 | 1 | Anthony | Bruscia | 306,000 |
32 | 3 | Lander | Lijo | 80,000 |
32 | 4 | Oleg | Bondar | 115,500 |
32 | 6 | Mark | Dube | 63,000 |
32 | 7 | Jeremy | Saderne | 263,000 |
33 | 1 | Steve | Bayyouk | 44,000 |
33 | 3 | Jennifer | Tesch | 132,500 |
33 | 4 | Charlton | Lin | 135,000 |
33 | 6 | Matthew | Lefey | 130,500 |
33 | 7 | Tim | McDermott | 108,500 |
34 | 1 | Val | Arzunian | 62,000 |
34 | 3 | Raul | Martinez | 170,500 |
34 | 4 | Gediminas | Uselis | 233,500 |
34 | 6 | Vladimir | Alexandrov | 99,000 |
34 | 7 | Ludovic | Geilich | 208,000 |
35 | 1 | Alexandre | Vuilleumier | 59,000 |
35 | 3 | Mark | Dickstein | 223,000 |
35 | 4 | Javier | Gomez | 106,500 |
35 | 6 | Jake | Daniels | 207,500 |
35 | 7 | Kevin | Rabichow | 73,000 |
36 | 1 | Austin | Bursavich | 135,500 |
36 | 3 | Dejuante | Alexander | 138,500 |
36 | 4 | Iakov | Onuchin | 265,000 |
36 | 6 | Tony | Valiente | 82,000 |
36 | 7 | Joey | Weissman | 50,000 |
37 | 1 | Ian | Ivers | 185,000 |
37 | 3 | Randall | Brooks | 220,000 |
37 | 4 | Shankar | Pillai | 40,500 |
37 | 6 | Millard | Hale | 103,500 |
37 | 7 | Gregory | Hadden | 68,500 |
38 | 1 | Ryan | Shinevare | 53,500 |
38 | 3 | Mario | Navarro | 23,000 |
38 | 4 | Josh | Koetje | 93,000 |
38 | 6 | Anuj | Sethi | 47,500 |
38 | 7 | Jonan | Schultz-Pedersen | 64,000 |
39 | 1 | Salim | Khouiy | 160,000 |
39 | 3 | Darren | Elias | 37,000 |
39 | 4 | Daniel | Sewnig | 117,000 |
39 | 6 | Jared | Koppel | 101,500 |
39 | 7 | Joseph | McKeehen | 202,500 |
40 | 1 | Tim | Gilberti | 32,000 |
40 | 3 | Connor | Boyle | 11,500 |
40 | 4 | Sam | Panzica | 51,000 |
40 | 6 | Clemen | Deng | 83,000 |
40 | 7 | Isaac | Kempton | 46,500 |
41 | 1 | Maxwell | Young | 208,500 |
41 | 3 | Edgar | Varas | 52,000 |
41 | 4 | Arthur | Gulbinowicz | 54,500 |
41 | 6 | George | Rakitzis | 73,000 |
41 | 7 | Michael | Cannon | 194,000 |
$3,500 Main Event
Day 2 Started