2022 BetMGM March Poker Mania

$1,060 Main Event - New Jersey
Day: 1
Event Info

2022 BetMGM March Poker Mania

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$29,330
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,060
Prize Pool
$100,000
Entries
80
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
80
Players Left
1

BetMGM March Poker Mania Main Event is Set to Go

The 2022 BetMGM March Poker Mania is into the final leg now, with the final day of play scheduled for today. Among the marquee events on-deck is Mania #17: $1,060 Main Event with $100,000 guaranteed.

Action for the Main Event gets going at 5 pm ET, and players will start the day with 100,000 in chips. Blinds increase every 10 minutes while registration is still open in this 8-Max game, but when it closes after Level 18, the game will move to 12-minute levels.

That means players will have about 3 hours to get into the game late or rebuy if they lose all their chips. There are unlimited rebuys in this one during the first 18 levels, so players may be inclined to fire multiple times in search of Main Event glory and the biggest share of the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Among the players who will be in action today is New Jersey's headliner for the March Poker Mania series, Darren "Darren_Elias" Elias. Elias was on hand for the HU event on March 26 but failed to make it past the first round of play. He'll no doubt be hoping for a better showing in today's Main Event.

Stay tuned here for all the Main Event action as PokerNews will be on the virtual floor all day until a winner is decided.

"Fitzgerald" Chips Up on River

Level 2, Blinds: 200/400 (60)

"Fitzgerald" limped under the gun, and "PhuneeeMuneee" raised to 3.200 from the button. "Wyeth" called from the big blind, as did "Fitzgerald". The flop came {q-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and after a couple of checks "PhuneeeMuneee" bet 3,200.

Both players called to the {10-Spades} turn where it checked around to the {k-Hearts} river. After a check from "Wyeth", "Fitzgerald" bet 7,200, and got two folds and the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Fitzgerald us
Fitzgerald
124,965
24,965
24,965
PhuneeeMuneee us
PhuneeeMuneee
93,785
-6,215
-6,215
Wyeth us
Wyeth
89,820
-13,780
-13,780

Elias Gets Some Back

Level 6, Blinds: 500/1,000 (125)

It's been a rough start for series headliner Darren "Darren_Elias" Elias as he was down to less than 50,000 chips at one point, but he got some chips back at the end of Level 6 with a river shove. It was blind on blind against Anthony "supremetny" Chin. Elias raised to 4,000 and Chin called to see {j-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{6-Spades} on the flop.

Both players checked to the {5-Clubs} turn where Elias potted for 8,875. Chin called and the river was the {9-Spades}. Elias potted again for 26,625, and Chin gave up his hand after some time in the tank.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony "supremetny" Chin us
Anthony "supremetny" Chin
143,100
11,180
11,180
Darren "Darren_Elias" Elias
Darren "Darren_Elias" Elias
78,535
-21,465
-21,465

"PhuneeeMuneee" Chips Up

Level 10, Blinds: 1,200/2,400 (300)

"njpokeraa" raised early to 4,800 and "PhuneeeMuneee" called from the button as did "Earthcloud" from the big blind. The flop came {k-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{4-Clubs} and when it checked to "PhuneeeMuneee" they fired 8,800. "Earthcloud" was the only caller to the {4-Hearts} turn.

Both players checked to the {2-Spades} river, where "Earthcloud" bet 8,865. "PhuneeeMuneee" called quickly, showing {k-Spades}{j-Clubs} against {q-Clubs}{10-Clubs} to take down the pot with a flopped two pair.

Player Chips Progress
PhuneeeMuneee us
PhuneeeMuneee
239,061
77,435
77,435
njpokeraa us
njpokeraa
170,729
29,675
29,675
Earthcloud us
Earthcloud
123,370

Vanauken Takes Big Lead

Level 10, Blinds: 1,200/2,400 (300)

Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken jumped into a huge lead when they forced "pay4medsch00l" to rebuy. "pay4medsch00l" raised to 5,250 from the button, and Vanauken defended the big blind with a call, then checked the flop of {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}.

"pay4medsch00l" bet 4,302, and Vanauken check-raised to 21,510. "pay4medsch00l" called to {8-Clubs} on the turn where Vanauken led for 43,020, then called when his opponent shoved for 139,618.

"pay4medsch00l": {a-Clubs}{9-Hearts}
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken: {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}

The {q-Spades} gave Vanauken a river boat, but he didn't need it with the flopped two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken us
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken
420,887
288,595
288,595
pay4medsch00l us
pay4medsch00l
100,000
-29,122
-29,122

Lupo Straightens Out Kings

Level 11, Blinds: 1,400/2,800 (350)

Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo raised under the gun to 5,600, and big stack Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken re-popped it to 15,400 from his left. Lupo called to the {8-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{4-Clubs} flop where he check-called for 28,087.

The turn was the {5-Diamonds} and both players checked it, but when the river came {3-Diamonds} Lupo over-shoved the pot for 122,555. Vanauken called but his pocket kings were behind the turned straight for the pocket sevens of Lupo.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo us
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo
338,734
264,223
264,223
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken us
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken
327,927
-166,742
-166,742

Chin With Huge Chip Up

Level 15, Blinds: 2,500/5,000 (625)

"MYSTICMOUNTAIN" shoved the cutoff for 47,196 and table boss "Moedawg99" called from the small blind before big blind Anthony "supremetny" Chin re-shoved 118,125.

"Moedawg99" called to a three-way hand where Chin and "MYSTICMOUNTAIN" were at risk.

"MYSTICMOUNTAIN": {q-Hearts}{10-Clubs}
Anthony "supremetny" Chin: {a-Clubs}{j-Hearts}
"Moedawg99": {k-Spades}{j-Clubs}

The board of {4-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{8-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{8-Spades} ran clean for Chin's ace-high and he got a huge chip up to almost 300k.

Player Chips Progress
Moedawg99 us
Moedawg99
318,044
-51,297
-51,297
Anthony "supremetny" Chin us
Anthony "supremetny" Chin
288,446
152,546
152,546
MYSTICMOUNTAIN us
MYSTICMOUNTAIN
Busted

Chin Over One Million

Level 18, Blinds: 4,000/8,000 (1,000)

Just before the end of the last level, Anthony "supremetny" Chin became the first player over one million chips when his {7-Clubs}{4-Clubs} turned a straight to crack the pocket kings of "RobertJordan", who even rivered trips on the {5-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{k-Hearts} board.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony "supremetny" Chin us
Anthony "supremetny" Chin
1,282,795
508,785
508,785
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken us
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken
115,605
-189,102
-189,102
RobertJordan us
RobertJordan
Busted

Ten Places Paid

Level 19, Blinds: 5,000/10,000 (1,250)

The final numbers are in, and ten players will share in the prizes today. The winner can expect to get $32,830 of the $100,000 final prize pool.

PlacePrize
1$32,830
2$18,500
3$13,100
4$10,100
5$7,600
6$5,650
7$4,350
8$3,250
9$2,310
10$2,310