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

Mar 26, 2022

"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.

Mar 26, 2022

Jerrad "bbissick" Pawar Into Round 3

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Lyle Bateman

Level 2, Blinds: 300/600 (90)

Jerrad "bbissick" Pawar was one of the three players to get a free ride during Round 1, and he's now booked a seat in Round 23

Mar 26, 2022

"ALLINONBLUE" First to Advance to Round 3

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Lyle Bateman

Level 2, Blinds: 300/600 (90)

"ALLINONBLUE" was the first player to advance to Round 3 with a win over Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd.

Mar 26, 2022

Stacks Early in Round 2

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Lyle Bateman

Level 1, Blinds: 250/500 (75)

Among the matches in Round 2 are Matt "MattEMenz" Mendez vs "Jamestown11" and Drew "maniacalmonk" O'Connell vs "keefvanh0rn".

Mar 26, 2022

"audidriver" Advances to Round 2

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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.

Mar 26, 2022

Elias Out in Round 1

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Lyle Bateman

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

The headliner for the NJ Festival, Darren "Darren_Elias" Elias, is now out, falling to "MBohmerwald23". Elias was short-stacked after the break, and got his near-30k stack in shortly after the break with pocket threes, and had to race against the king-queen suited for "MBohmerwald23". The over-cards turned a flush, and Elias was on the rail after the first round.

There is still one match left in play, with "audidriver" leading "Chupacabra" about 60k to 40k.

Mar 26, 2022

Two Matches Left in Round 1 at Break

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Lyle Bateman

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

Players are on the first break of the data, and there are two games still in action for Round 1. Matt "MattEMenz" Mendez took down his match just before the break, while Darren "Darren_Elias" Elias is in tough against "MBohmerwald23" and "audidriver" is leading "Chupacabra" in the final two opening-round matches.

Mar 26, 2022

Three More Players Through

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Lyle Bateman

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

Angel "chromeking" Lopez is out in Round 1, but three other players have advanced through to Round 2.

Mar 26, 2022

"sorryman" Through to Round 2 with Quads

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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.