$3,500 Main Event Day 2 | 2023 BetMGM Poker Championship

06-11-2023 21:50 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Anatoly Nikitin	1,440,000 -10,000	-10,000
Jonathan Pastore	1,300,000 50,000	50,000

Erfan Geula	1,150,000 -150,000	-150,000
Paul Gunness	1,130,000 160,000	160,000
Stephen Song	1,000,000 300,000	300,000

Justin Young	865,000 716,000	716,000

John McMurry	830,000 30,000	30,000
Danny DeJesus	715,000 15,000	15,000

Mario Navarro	700,000 -750,000	-750,000
Nadya Magnus	600,000 160,000	160,000
Brian Hastings	450,000 150,000	150,000

Clemen Deng	365,000 -635,000	-635,000
Martin Jacobson	325,000 -25,000	-25,000

Anthony Hu	270,000 -150,000	-150,000
Jeremy Ausmus	150,000 -310,000	-310,000

Last Level of the Night

Kirk Brown

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

The Tournament Director has just confirmed that this will be the last level of the night and the remaining players will bag up at its completion. The target goal is 64 players remaining so that these players will fit comfortably in the PokerGO Studio for tomorrow's restart.

Level: 19

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

06-11-2023 21:33 UTC-7

More Bust Outs

Calum Grant

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yue Liu	Busted
Mark Ioli	Busted

Michael Jozoff	Busted
Andrew Swenson	Busted
Jesus Castro-Reyes	Busted

Stephen Cooper	Busted

Aaron Motoyama	Busted
Jason Mann	Busted
Chance Kornuth	Busted

Victoria Livschitz	Busted
Fernando Zuliani	Busted
Rakesh Bedi	Busted

Keven Stammen	Busted

Eric Blair	Busted
Halil Tasyurek	Busted
Connor Rash	Busted

Linh Le	Busted
Dennis Zeigler	Busted

William Paholak	Busted

Aleksei Istomin	Busted
Rami Boukai	Busted

Wasim Mahfooth	Busted

Johan Schumacher	Busted
Aleks Dimitrov	Busted
Adrian Bertini	Busted

06-11-2023 21:20 UTC-7

Break Time and Color-Up

Kirk Brown

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The remaining 71 players are now on their final break of the night and will return shortly to play the final level. The red 1,000 chips will also be raced off and colored up at this time.

06-11-2023 21:16 UTC-7

Ibanez Rivers a Full House to Bust Rosen

Calum Grant

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Johann Ibanez opened to 27,000 from under the gun. Steven Rosen called from the small blind and the big blind also tagged along.

Ibanez continued for 30,000 on the A♥10♦6♥ flop. Steven Rosen jammed for 185,000, which folded out the big blind. Ibanez made the call after about 20 seconds.

Steven Rosen: A♠7♠
Johann Ibanez: A♣3♣

Rosen was ahead with his seven kicker playing and it stayed that way on the A♦ turn. The 3♠ river spiked the felt to improve Ibanez to a full house.

The pair, as expected, had different reactions to the river card. Rosen slammed his fists onto the rail of the poker table while Ibanez cheered when the pot was pushed his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johann Ibanez	1,300,000 150,000	150,000
David Stamm	1,150,000 100,000	100,000
Steven Rosen	Busted

Tags: Johann Ibanez Steven Rosen

06-11-2023 21:10 UTC-7

Lonis Checks With Top Set

Kirk Brown

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Jesse Lonis was first to act on a heads-up flop of 2♣K♦3♠ and he decided to check it over to big stack Johann Ibanez who bet 20,000.

Lonis made the call and the two went to the turn Q♠, which saw another check-call from Lonis after Ibanez bet 60,000.

On the river 5♠, Lonis checked for a third time and after some thought, Ibanez checked back. Lonis then flipped over K♠K♥ for top set of kings and Ibanez quickly mucked.

"Eh, bad river," Lonis shrugged as he pulled in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johann Ibanez	1,150,000 -125,000	-125,000
Jesse Lonis	490,000 -200,000	-200,000

Tags: Jesse Lonis Johann Ibanez

06-11-2023 21:00 UTC-7

Savir Stays Alive

Calum Grant

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Owen Savir raised to 80,000 from the cutoff, leaving just 12,000 behind. Anuj Agarwal jammed from the button and action folded back to Savir.

Savir used up his five-time banks before making his decision as he was looking to make the next pay jump, which increases when 72 are left.

As his time nearly ticked away, he called for his tournament life.

Owen Savir: Q♠J♣
Anuj Agarwal: A♦Q♣

Savir was dominated but it didn't matter as he paired his jack on the K♣J♠2♥ flop to take the lead. The 3♥9♥ runout ensured his survival.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anuj Agarwal	700,000 -100,000	-100,000

Owen Savir	210,000 84,000	84,000

Tags: Anuj Agarwal Owen Savir

06-11-2023 20:55 UTC-7

BIg Stacks Around the Room

Kirk Brown

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Anatoly Nikitin	1,450,000 785,000	785,000
Erfan Geula	1,300,000 50,000	50,000
Johann Ibanez	1,275,000 -5,000	-5,000
Jonathan Pastore	1,250,000 -80,000	-80,000

Leo Taffe	1,200,000 849,500	849,500

David Stamm	1,050,000 882,000	882,000
Michael Stashin	1,000,000 -255,000	-255,000
Nolan King	980,000 80,000	80,000
Anuj Agarwal	800,000 20,000	20,000

Fabrice Bigot	685,000 -175,000	-175,000
Nadya Magnus	440,000 130,000	130,000
Jared Jaffee	410,000 95,000	95,000

06-11-2023 20:35 UTC-7

Galinec Rips on Boulton

Calum Grant

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Joshua Boulton opened to 24,000 from the middle position. Ivan Galinec three-bet to 56,000 on his direct left. Action folded back to Boulton who called.

Boulton quickly checked the Q♦J♠3♠ flop over to Galinec who continued for 30,000. Boulton made it 115,000 and was called.

The K♠ turn prompted Boulton to check and he let go of his hand when Galinec jammed for around 400,000.