2022 BetMGM March Poker Mania

$1,060 Heads-up Bracket Battle NJ
Day: 1
Event Info

2022 BetMGM March Poker Mania

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♣k♦
Prize
$14,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,060
Prize Pool
$39,000
Entries
29
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
29
Players Left
1
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Three Matches Still in Play

Lyle Bateman
Lyle Bateman

Level 3, Blinds: 350/700 (105)

There are still three matches in play, and Michael "Gags30" Gagliano just got a double to stay alive when his ace-queen held over the king-ten of Jerrad "bbissick" Pawar to even that one back up a bit.

Player Chips Progress
Scuba us
Scuba 		72,147 14,334
MBohmerwald23 us
MBohmerwald23 		62,746 1,456
Jerrad "bbissick" Pawar us
Jerrad "bbissick" Pawar
62,726 -28,678
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano us
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano
WSOP 1X Winner
37,274 28,006
ALLINONBLUE us
ALLINONBLUE
37,254 -1,456
Jamestown11 us
Jamestown11
27,153 -15,034

Brandon "DoorKnob" Shane First into Round 4

Lyle Bateman
Lyle Bateman

Level 2, Blinds: 300/600 (90)

It was a bit of a heads-up cooler when Drew "maniacalmonk" O'Connell got his sixes in against the kings of Brandon "DoorKnob" Shane in Level 2. The board gave no help to O'Connell, and Shane was the first player to guarantee himself money.

Player Chips Progress
Brandon "DoorKnob" Shane us
Brandon "DoorKnob" Shane 		100,000 50,000
Jerrad "bbissick" Pawar us
Jerrad "bbissick" Pawar
91,404 41,404
MBohmerwald23 us
MBohmerwald23 		61,290 11,290
Scuba us
Scuba 		57,813 7,813
Jamestown11 us
Jamestown11
42,187 -7,813
ALLINONBLUE us
ALLINONBLUE
38,710 -11,290
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano us
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano
WSOP 1X Winner
9,268 -40,732
Drew "maniacalmonk" O'Connell us
Drew "maniacalmonk" O'Connell
Busted

Final Eight in Bubble Round (full)

Lyle Bateman
Lyle Bateman

Level 1, Blinds: 250/500 (75)

The final round before the money features:

  • Drew "maniacalmonk" O'Connell vs Brandon "DoorKnob" Shane
  • "Scuba" vs "Jamestown11"
  • Michael "Gags30" Gagliano vs Jerrad "bbissick" Pawar
  • ALLINONBLUE vs MBohmerwald23
Player Chips Progress
ALLINONBLUE us
ALLINONBLUE
50,000 -50,000
Jerrad "bbissick" Pawar us
Jerrad "bbissick" Pawar
50,000 -50,000
Brandon "DoorKnob" Shane us
Brandon "DoorKnob" Shane 		50,000 10,416
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano us
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000 -50,000
Jamestown11 us
Jamestown11
50,000 -36,692
Drew "maniacalmonk" O'Connell us
Drew "maniacalmonk" O'Connell
50,000 -50,000
MBohmerwald23 us
MBohmerwald23 		50,000 -50,000
Scuba us
Scuba 		50,000 -50,000
Matt "MattEMenz" Mendez us
Matt "MattEMenz" Mendez 		Busted
ZenRead us
ZenRead 		Busted

"Jamestown11" Cracks Queens to Survive

Lyle Bateman
Lyle Bateman

Level 8, Blinds: 1,000/2,000 (300)

It limped into the {7-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} flop and "Jamestown11" check-called for 4,000. They checked again on the {5-Clubs} turn, and called off with less when Matt "MattEMenz" Mendez shoved more than 78k.

"Jamestown11": {8-Spades}{6-Clubs}
Matt "MattEMenz" Mendez: {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}

The river was {8-Diamonds} but "Jamestown11" already had a straight on the turn to get the double.

Player Chips Progress
Matt "MattEMenz" Mendez us
Matt "MattEMenz" Mendez 		67,544 7,848
Jamestown11 us
Jamestown11
32,456 -7,848

Mendez Back on Top

Lyle Bateman
Lyle Bateman

Level 7, Blinds: 800/1,600 (240)

Matt "MattEMenz" Mendez regained the lead in his match against "Jamestown11" after he shoved over an open to 4,000 and got the call.

Matt "MattEMenz" Mendez: {a-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}
"Jamestown11": {k-Clubs}{9-Clubs}

"Jamestown11" flopped flush and straight draws on {q-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{j-Hearts}, but bricked for the ace-high to win it and give Mendez a double.

Player Chips Progress
Matt "MattEMenz" Mendez us
Matt "MattEMenz" Mendez 		59,696 27,752
Jamestown11 us
Jamestown11
40,304 -27,752

Michael "Gags30" Gagliano Into Round 3

Lyle Bateman
Lyle Bateman

Level 6, Blinds: 600/1,200 (180)

Josh "layitdown08" Rothberg was down to just under 21,000 chips, and open-shoved from the small blind. Michael "Gags30" Gagliano tank-called.

Josh "layitdown08" Rothberg: {q-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano: {a-Clubs}{3-Clubs}

Gagliano held with ace-high when the board ran out {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{7-Spades}{8-Hearts}{5-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano us
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano
WSOP 1X Winner
100,000 24,729
Josh "layitdown08" Rothberg us
Josh "layitdown08" Rothberg 		Busted

Chips at Break (full)

Lyle Bateman
Lyle Bateman

Level 6, Blinds: 600/1,200 (180)

There are three matches from Round 2 still in play at the break.

Player Chips Progress
ALLINONBLUE us
ALLINONBLUE
100,000
Jerrad "bbissick" Pawar us
Jerrad "bbissick" Pawar
100,000
Drew "maniacalmonk" O'Connell us
Drew "maniacalmonk" O'Connell
100,000
MBohmerwald23 us
MBohmerwald23 		100,000
Scuba us
Scuba 		100,000
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano us
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano
WSOP 1X Winner
75,271 13,999
Jamestown11 us
Jamestown11
68,056 12,795
ZenRead us
ZenRead 		60,416 -9,247
Brandon "DoorKnob" Shane us
Brandon "DoorKnob" Shane 		39,584 9,247
Matt "MattEMenz" Mendez us
Matt "MattEMenz" Mendez 		31,944 -12,795
Josh "layitdown08" Rothberg us
Josh "layitdown08" Rothberg 		24,729 -13,999

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Drew "maniacalmonk" O'Connell On to Round 3

Lyle Bateman
Lyle Bateman

Level 3, Blinds: 350/700 (105)

All the money went in on the {10-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} flop after "keefvanh0rn" bet 4,819 then called off with less when Drew "maniacalmonk" O'Connell shoved.

"keefvanh0rn": {a-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}
Drew "maniacalmonk" O'Connell: {k-Hearts}{10-Spades}

O'Connell flopped top pair and that was enough against the second pair for "keefvanh0rn".

Player Chips Progress
Drew "maniacalmonk" O'Connell us
Drew "maniacalmonk" O'Connell
100,000 35,000
keefvanh0rn us
keefvanh0rn 		Busted
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