$1,060 Heads-up Bracket Battle NJ
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2022 BetMGM March Poker Mania
$1,060 Heads-up Bracket Battle NJ
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Players Info - Day 1
2022 BetMGM March Poker Mania
Buy-in
$1,060
Prize Pool
$39,000
Entries
29
Entries
29
Players Left
1
March Poker Mania Goes Heads-Up
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.
29 Entries With about 10 Minutes till Cards are in the Air
The field is at 29 players with about 10 minutes to go till the action gets underway. Among them, of course, are the New Jersey headliner for this festival, Darren "Darren_Elias" Elias, but Michael “Gags30” Gagliano and Matt “MattEMenz” Mendez are among the other NJ notables in the field today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 |
Action Underway
Level 1, Blinds: 250/500 (75)
Cards are now in the air for Mania #15 HU Bracket Battle. Among the round 1 games in action now are Darren "Darren_Elias" Elias vs "MBohmerwald23", Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken vs "sorryman", Michael “Gags30” Gagliano, vs "Got_Steam", and Drew "maniacalmonk" O'Connell vs "Wjc80".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 |
Gagliano Gets Big Pot
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 |
|---|---|---|
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59,664 | 9,664 |
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57,833 | 7,833 |
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40,336 | -9,664 |
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39,497 | -10,503 |
Two Matches Done
Level 3, Blinds: 350/700 (105)
There are two matches already finished with "Scuba" and "ZenRead" advancing to the next level, while "StyleBender" and "Luckbox" are on the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Two More Player Advance
Level 3, Blinds: 350/700 (105)
Two more matches are finished now with Josh “layitdown08” Rothberg and "keefvanh0rn" advancing to Round 2, while Derek "pompii" Sudell and John "Slapshot1085" Forlenza are done for the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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100,000 | 50,000 |
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100,000 | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano Advances
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 |
|---|---|---|
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100,000 | |
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Busted |
Stack Updates
Level 4, Blinds: 400/800 (120)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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80,000 | 30,000 |
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72,000 | 22,000 |
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63,000 | 63,000 |
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60,000 | |
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57,000 | -833 |
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52,000 | 2,000 |
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48,000 | -2,000 |
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43,000 | 3,503 |
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37,000 | -13,000 |
Drew "maniacalmonk" O'Connell Advances
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 |
|---|---|---|
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100,000 | 52,000 |
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Busted |