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

03-26-2022 19:46 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
ALLINONBLUE	100,000
Jerrad "bbissick" Pawar	100,000
Drew "maniacalmonk" O'Connell	100,000
MBohmerwald23	100,000
Scuba	100,000
ZenRead	69,663 24,663	24,663
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano	61,272 -38,728	-38,728

Jamestown11	55,261 30,261	30,261
Matt "MattEMenz" Mendez	44,739 -30,261	-30,261
Josh "layitdown08" Rothberg	38,728
Brandon "DoorKnob" Shane	30,337 -24,663	-24,663

Player	Chips	Progress
ALLINONBLUE	100,000
Jerrad "bbissick" Pawar	100,000
Drew "maniacalmonk" O'Connell	100,000
MBohmerwald23	100,000
Scuba	100,000
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano	75,271 13,999	13,999

Jamestown11	68,056 12,795	12,795
ZenRead	60,416 -9,247	-9,247
Brandon "DoorKnob" Shane	39,584 9,247	9,247
Matt "MattEMenz" Mendez	31,944 -12,795	-12,795
Josh "layitdown08" Rothberg	24,729 -13,999	-13,999

Michael "Gags30" Gagliano Into Round 3

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:
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano:

Gagliano held with ace-high when the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano	100,000 24,729	24,729

Josh "layitdown08" Rothberg	Busted

03-26-2022 20:12 UTC-4

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

"Jamestown11" Cracks Queens to Survive

Lyle Bateman

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

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

"Jamestown11":
Matt "MattEMenz" Mendez:

The river was but "Jamestown11" already had a straight on the turn to get the double.

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

03-26-2022 20:24 UTC-4

"Jamestown11" Gets Back on Top

Lyle Bateman

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

"Jamestown11" hit another straight for a huge double, this time hitting the wheel with ace-king in a race against the tens of Matt "MattEMenz" Mendez on a board of .

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamestown11	86,692 54,236	54,236
Matt "MattEMenz" Mendez	13,308 -54,236	-54,236

03-26-2022 20:27 UTC-4

Final Eight in Bubble Round (full)

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	50,000 -50,000	-50,000
Jerrad "bbissick" Pawar	50,000 -50,000	-50,000
Brandon "DoorKnob" Shane	50,000 10,416	10,416
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano	50,000 -50,000	-50,000

Jamestown11	50,000 -36,692	-36,692
Drew "maniacalmonk" O'Connell	50,000 -50,000	-50,000
MBohmerwald23	50,000 -50,000	-50,000
Scuba	50,000 -50,000	-50,000
Matt "MattEMenz" Mendez	Busted
ZenRead	Busted

03-26-2022 20:38 UTC-4

Brandon "DoorKnob" Shane First into Round 4

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	100,000 50,000	50,000
Jerrad "bbissick" Pawar	91,404 41,404	41,404
MBohmerwald23	61,290 11,290	11,290
Scuba	57,813 7,813	7,813
Jamestown11	42,187 -7,813	-7,813
ALLINONBLUE	38,710 -11,290	-11,290
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano	9,268 -40,732	-40,732

Drew "maniacalmonk" O'Connell	Busted

03-26-2022 20:50 UTC-4

Three Matches Still in Play

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	72,147 14,334	14,334
MBohmerwald23	62,746 1,456	1,456
Jerrad "bbissick" Pawar	62,726 -28,678	-28,678
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano	37,274 28,006	28,006

ALLINONBLUE	37,254 -1,456	-1,456
Jamestown11	27,153 -15,034	-15,034

03-26-2022 20:57 UTC-4

"Scuba" Books Seat in Semi-Finals Just Before Break

Lyle Bateman

Level 4, Blinds: 400/800 (120)

There are just two matches left in the quarter-finals at the break. Jerrad "bbissick" Pawar leads Michael "Gags30" Gagliano in a close one, while "MBohmerwald23" is well ahead of "ALLINONBLUE"

Player	Chips	Progress
Scuba	100,000 27,853	27,853
MBohmerwald23	87,129 24,383	24,383
Jerrad "bbissick" Pawar	64,369 1,643	1,643
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano	35,604 -1,670	-1,670

ALLINONBLUE	12,871 -24,383	-24,383
Jamestown11	Busted