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

06-11-2023 20:27 UTC-7

DeVore Doubles Up

Kirk Brown

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

Sundiata DeVore opened to 20,000 but was then three-bet by Raul Martinez to 70,000. DeVore made the call and the two went heads-up to a flop of 3♠5♥J♦.

DeVore checked over to Martinez, who continued for 30,000 but then DeVore moved all in for around 160,000. Martinez quickly made the call and the cards were tabled, with DeVore at risk of elimination.

Sundiata DeVore: A♠J♠
Raul Martinez: J♥10♥

DeVore was a big favorite to double up with his superior holding, and the runout of 5♦Q♥ was pure for him to secure the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raul Martinez	560,000 40,000	40,000
Sundiata DeVore	475,000 416,000	416,000

Tags: Raul Martinez Sundiata DeVore

Level: 18

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

06-11-2023 20:20 UTC-7

Geula Catches Kornuth Out

Calum Grant

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

Erfan Geula opened to 20,000 from early position and Chance Kornuth defended his big blind.

On the K♥Q♠J♥ flop, Kornuth check-called for 20,000 before the 10♥ turn checked through to the 5♦ river.

Kornuth checked for a third time, and Geula bet 20,000. Kornuth made it 150,000 and was snap-called.

Kornuth had two pair with his Qx10x but Geula had Broadway with his A♥A♠.

Tags: Chance Kornuth Erfan Geula

06-11-2023 20:04 UTC-7

Updated Stacks

Calum Grant

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Mario Navarro	1,450,000 250,000	250,000
Jonathan Pastore	1,330,000 1,009,000	1,009,000

Johann Ibanez	1,280,000 -470,000	-470,000
Michael Stashin	1,255,000 -35,000	-35,000
Erfan Geula	1,250,000 150,000	150,000
Clemen Deng	1,000,000 270,000	270,000
Nolan King	900,000 709,500	709,500
John McMurry	800,000 575,000	575,000
Michael Jozoff	385,000 155,000	155,000
Brian Hastings	300,000 151,000	151,000

Samuel Laskowitz	Busted

Ethan Yau	Busted

Joe Wilson	Busted

Petar Kalev	Busted

06-11-2023 19:55 UTC-7

Gunness Eliminates Elias

Kirk Brown

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

Short-stacked Darren Elias moved all in preflop and big stack Paul Gunness re-shoved for more. The other players quickly got out of the way and the cards were tabled.

Darren Elias: A♦3♣
Paul Gunness: K♦K♠

Elias was going to need some help from the board to stay alive, but the runout of 6♥4♥Q♥9♣5♠ did him no favors and he was sent to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Gunness	970,000 160,000	160,000
Darren Elias	Busted

Tags: Darren Elias Paul Gunness

06-11-2023 19:55 UTC-7

Aksoy Holds to Double

Calum Grant

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

Peter Turmezey opened to 20,000 from the hijack and called when Tinay Aksoy jammed for 120,000 from the small blind.

Tinay Aksoy: 7♥7♦
Peter Turmezey: A♣J♣

Aksoy scooped in the pot following the Q♦3♣2♦Q♠4♥ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Turmezey	476,000 -194,000	-194,000
Tinay Aksoy	260,000 232,000	232,000

Tags: Peter Turmezey Tinay Aksoy

06-11-2023 19:41 UTC-7

Livschitz Fades Everything to Double

Calum Grant

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

Victoria Livschitz jammed for 115,000 from the cutoff and Fabrice Bigot called from the small blind. The big blind folded and flashed the A♦.

"I didn't want to see that," said Bigot.

Victoria Livschitz: A♥10♥
Fabrice Bigot: A♠6♠

Livschitz had Bigot dominated but the latter had outs to the straight and the flush following the 5♠3♣2♠ flop. The 8♣9♥ turn and river kept Livschitz ahead and she collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabrice Bigot	860,000 -140,000	-140,000
Victoria Livschitz	250,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: Fabrice Bigot Victoria Livschitz

06-11-2023 19:33 UTC-7

Tentnowski Misses on the Runout

Calum Grant

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

Stanton Tentnowski opened to 20,000 from the button before Peter Turmezey jammed as the bigger stack from the small blind. The big blind folded, and Tentowski called off the 135,000 he had behind.

Stanton Tentnowski: A♣K♦
Peter Turmezey: 8♣8♦

"That's not even fun," commented Tentnowski as his opponent made a set on the 8♠7♣6♦ flop. The 9♣ turn then drew some "ooh's" from the table as there were some chop possibilities. However, the J♥ river completed the board, and Tentnowski bowed out.

The pair exchanged some nice words as they had been table neighbours for all of Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Turmezey	670,000 482,500	482,500
Stanton Tentnowski	Busted

Tags: Peter Turmezev Stanton Tentnowski

06-11-2023 19:23 UTC-7

Recent Eliminations

Calum Grant

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Oliver	Busted
Lander Lijo	Busted
Chad Lipton	Busted
Peter Lombardo	Busted

Luis Faria	Busted
Arsenii Karmatckii	Busted

Alexander Pryor	Busted
Justin Lett	Busted

Beau Winn	Busted
Tyng Low	Busted
Alfred Atamian	Busted
Michael Arellano	Busted
Michael Gathy	Busted

Lorenc Puka	Busted
Gregory Caubet	Busted
Adam Kharman	Busted
Sergio Fernandez	Busted
Dylan Linde	Busted

Frank Lagodich	Busted
Giovani Torre	Busted
Aram Oganyan	Busted

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000