$1,060 Heads-up Bracket Battle NJ | 2022 BetMGM March Poker Mania

03-26-2022 19:36 UTC-4

"Scuba" Defeats "audidriver"

Lyle Bateman

Level 3, Blinds: 350/700 (105)

"Scuba" raised to 1,600 and got the call to see on the flop with about 10k more behind than their opponent "audidriver". "Scuba" bet again for 3,200 on the flop and got a call to on the turn.

"audidriver" check-raised the turn from 2,432 to 8,400 and "Scuba" called to on the river. "audidriver" shoved for just over 34,000 and got the call.

"audidriver":
"Scuba":

The turned pair of aces was good for "Scuba" and they were on to Round 3. Elsewhere "MBohmerwald23" also defeated David "TheKing411" Coleman for a Round 3 spot.

Player	Chips	Progress
MBohmerwald23	100,000
Scuba	100,000 45,000	45,000
audidriver	Busted
David "TheKing411" Coleman	Busted

03-26-2022 19:14 UTC-4

"audidriver" Advances to Round 2

Lyle Bateman

Level 9, Blinds: 1,200/2,400 (360)

The final Round 1 match ended with an all-in before the flop.

"Chupacabra":
"audidriver":

The board ran clean for the ace-high, and "audidriver" moved on to the next round.

Player	Chips	Progress
audidriver	100,000 41,405	41,405
Chupacabra	Busted

03-26-2022 18:45 UTC-4

"sorryman" Through to Round 2 with Quads

Lyle Bateman

Level 5, Blinds: 500/1,000 (150)

It limped to the flop of and "sorryman" called a bet of 4,300 from Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken. They both checked the turn and Vanauken called when "sorryman" shoved the biggest stack on the river. "sorryman" turned over for the running quads and the win.

Player	Chips	Progress
sorryman	100,000 63,000	63,000
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken	Busted

03-26-2022 18:40 UTC-4

Drew "maniacalmonk" O'Connell Advances

Lyle Bateman

Level 5, Blinds: 500/1,000 (150)

Drew "maniacalmonk" O'Connell raised to 7,000 and got called to see a flop of . O'Connell check-called when "Wjc80" shoved for about 27,000.

"Wjc80":
Drew "maniacalmonk" O'Connell:

O'Connell flopped the best pair, then turned two pair when the board completed , sending "Wjc80" to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Drew "maniacalmonk" O'Connell	100,000 52,000	52,000
Wjc80	Busted

03-26-2022 18:27 UTC-4

Michael "Gags30" Gagliano Advances

Lyle Bateman

Level 3, Blinds: 350/700 (105)

Michael "Gags30" Gagliano took a huge lead on a hand where he flopped two pair and chipped up to about 85k. The rest of it went in when "Got_Steam" flopped top pair with king-ten, but ran into the jacks of Gagliano for the rest of their stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano	100,000

Got_Steam	Busted

03-26-2022 18:14 UTC-4

Gagliano Gets Big Pot

Lyle Bateman

Level 1, Blinds: 250/500 (75)

Michael “Gags30” Gagliano three-bet pre-flop, and the flop came . Gagliano bet 4,379 and got the call. He bet 6.500 on the turn and got called again to the river. They both checked the river, and Gagliano took it down with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano	59,664 9,664	9,664
Darren "Darren_Elias" Elias	57,833 7,833	7,833
Got_Steam	40,336 -9,664	-9,664
MBohmerwald23	39,497 -10,503	-10,503

03-26-2022 16:35 UTC-4

March Poker Mania Goes Heads-Up

Lyle Bateman

March Poker Mania is nearing its conclusion across the BetMGM USA network this weekend, and the highlight of the day in all states is Mania #15: $1,060 HU 32-Max +$10,000 Added to 1st. This is the chance for players to get a heads-up shot at their ambassador, and in New Jersey, Darren Elias is the man in the hot seat.

Players start the day with 50,000 chips, with each opponent facing one villain across the tables. The HU action starts off at 250/500 with an ante of 75 and increases every 8 minutes until the winner is decided.

The action gets going today at 6 pm ET and because of the format of the event, there is no late registration or rebuys allowed in this one. Total entries are capped at 32, so there will be five rounds of action to play down to a winner later tonight.

The winner in this game will get an added bonus. In addition to the prize for first place from the prize pool, BetMGM Poker NJ has added a $10,000 ticket to the top prize, so there is a lot of added value up top tonight for the winner.

Stay tuned here at PokerNews for some of the exciting action from Mania #15: $1,060 HU and find out if end boss Elias can take down this heads-up battle.