2022 BetMGM Poker Championship

$3,500 Main Event
Day: 2
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 2
Entries
253
Players Left
26

Wigg Doubles to Survive; Szecsi Busts

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Anton Wigg
Anton Wigg

Anton Wigg had his 130,000 stack in the middle from under the gun and he was at risk to Oliver Price.

Anton Wigg: {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}
Oliver Price: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

Wigg had three immediate outs and found one of them on the {a-Spades}{j-Hearts}{9-Spades} flop. The {6-Spades} was of no help to Price and Wigg secured the double up following the {10-Diamonds} river.

As that hand finished, Norbert Szecsi was seen leaving the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
270,000
115,000
115,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Oliver Price gb
Oliver Price
180,000
-35,000
-35,000
Norbert Szecsi hu
Norbert Szecsi
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner

Final Two Levels

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The final 39 players have returned to their seats to play out the rest of Day 2. Today's proceedings will come to a close upon the completion of Level 18.

For the surviving players, they will return to the PokerGO Studio at 12 p.m. PT on Saturday, June 25 to play out Day 3.

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

Saderne Eliminated by Pillai on Money Bubble

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Jeremy Saderne
Jeremy Saderne

Jeremy Saderne moved all in from under the gun with less than a big blind and Shankar Pillai raised to get the hand heads-up.

"F*** you, Shankar!" yelled Jake Schwartz in friendly banter. "Look at this freak show!"

As Saderne and Pillai waited for hands to finish on the other tables, Schwartz redirected his banter to Isaac Kempton, who recently busted Fabian Gumz.

"By the way, f*** you! That was my horse you just busted!" Schwartz told Kempton, who merely shrugged.

The cards were then flipped on their backs to reveal Saderne holding {a-Hearts}{9-Clubs} to be ahead of the {j-Hearts}{7-Hearts} of Pillai. Saderne looked to be safe from bubbling on the {q-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} board, but the {j-Clubs} on the river gave Pillai the best hand to eliminate Saderne on the money bubble.

"Oh, Shank. You asshole!" Schwartz yelled in his continued tirade.

Jeremy Saderne
Jeremy Saderne
Player Chips Progress
Shankar Pillai us
Shankar Pillai
680,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Jeremy Saderne fr
Jeremy Saderne
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Mandavia Not Afraid to Bubble

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action was caught on the turn with the board reading {k-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{a-Spades}.

Norbert Szecsi bet 72,000 from early position and was called by Ankush Mandavia from the cutoff.

On the {4-Spades} turn, Szecsi moved all in as the covering stack. Despite being on the stone bubble, Mandavia quickly called off his 220,000 stack.

Szecsi just had a pair of sevens with his {10-Clubs}{7-Clubs} while Mandavia turned two pair, aces and kings, with his {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Noel Rodriguez us
Noel Rodriguez
870,000
510,000
510,000
Todd Ivens us
Todd Ivens
760,000
-115,000
-115,000
Jake Daniels us
Jake Daniels
730,000
280,000
280,000
Ankush Mandavia us
Ankush Mandavia
700,000
485,000
485,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Mark Dickstein us
Mark Dickstein
200,000
10,000
10,000
RJ Sullivan us
RJ Sullivan
150,000
40,000
40,000
Norbert Szecsi hu
Norbert Szecsi
135,000
-225,000
-225,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Kempton Flops Set to Bubble Gumz

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Isaac Kempton
Isaac Kempton

Picking up the action on the turn on a board reading {5-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{8-Spades}{2-Diamonds}, Fabian Gumz led out with a bet and Isaac Kempton raised to 85,000. Gumz used up a time bank before calling.

Gumz checked on the {10-Hearts} river and Kempton moved all-in with Gumz significantly covered. Gumz let out a sigh and shuffled a handful of chips as he thought through his decision. Eventually, he called with his remaining stack of around 260,000.

Kempton tabled {5-Spades}{5-Hearts} for a flopped set and Gumz nodded in defeat as he left the tournament area just two players away from the money.

Despite the all in and call, the dealer never exposed Gumz' hand.

Player Chips Progress
Isaac Kempton us
Isaac Kempton
1,200,000
600,000
600,000
StakeKings
William McCracken us
William McCracken
700,000
250,000
250,000
David Botcowsky us
David Botcowsky
245,000
-105,000
-105,000
Dejuante Alexander us
Dejuante Alexander
85,000
-78,000
-78,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Iakov Onuchin ru
Iakov Onuchin
80,000
-140,000
-140,000
Fabian Gumz de
Fabian Gumz
Busted

Charette Climbing

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Paul Hoefer opened to 16,000 from early position and was called by Duff Charette and David Eldridge from middle position and the cutoff, respectively.

Action checked through on the {k-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{2-Spades} flop to the {j-Clubs} turn. Charette took the lead and bet 27,000. Only Eldridge called.

Both players checked the {4-Hearts} river and Charette scooped in the pot thanks to his {j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Hoefer de
Paul Hoefer
550,000
270,000
270,000
WSOP 1X Winner
David Eldridge us
David Eldridge
530,000
396,000
396,000
Duff Charette ca
Duff Charette
500,000
170,000
170,000
Zachary Donovan us
Zachary Donovan
285,000
-70,000
-70,000
Graham Matthews us
Graham Matthews
260,000
-140,000
-140,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
Cody Wiegmann us
Cody Wiegmann
210,000
30,000
30,000
Stoyan Obreshkov bg
Stoyan Obreshkov
200,000
8,000
8,000
Run It Once
Mario Navarro es
Mario Navarro
50,000
-100,000
-100,000