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

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

Elias Takes Another Big One

Level 8, Blinds: 800/1,600 (200)

Anthony "supremetny" Chin raised to 4,000 early, and Jaime "mooseman1710" Reyes called from the middle. Big blind Darren "Darren_Elias" Elias defended with a call to the flop of {k-Spades}{4-Spades}{10-Diamonds}.

Elias checked, and Chin bet 10,800. Both players called to the {6-Spades} turn. It checked around to the {8-Spades} river where it checked through again, and despite four spades on the board, Elias took it down with {k-Clubs}{j-Hearts} for flopped top pair as apparently, no one had a spade.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony "supremetny" Chin us
Anthony "supremetny" Chin
135,900
-7,200
-7,200
Darren "Darren_Elias" Elias
Darren "Darren_Elias" Elias
125,115
46,580
46,580
Jaime "mooseman1710" Reyes us
Jaime "mooseman1710" Reyes
89,825
-17,490
-17,490

Busts and Rebuys

Level 9, Blinds: 1,000/2,000 (250)

"Wjc80" busted and has so far chosen not to rebuy, while "Wyeth" is on their third bullet and "ScarletRaptor" just fired a second. There are now 42 entries with 37 players at the virtual felt.

Player Chips Progress
ScarletRaptor us
ScarletRaptor
100,000
-27,890
-27,890
Wyeth us
Wyeth
100,000
125
125
Wjc80 us
Wjc80
Busted

"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

Vanauken Back on Top

Level 12, Blinds: 1,600/3,200 (400)

Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken is back in the chip lead again with a riverboat against "pay4medsch00l". "pay4medsch00l" opened the button to 6,720 and Vanauken called from the big blind. The flop was {7-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{3-Diamonds} and Vanauken check-raised from 4,560 to 9,120.

"pay4medsch00l" called to the {q-Hearts} turn where they called a bet of 14,592. The {7-Spades} hit the river and Vanauken bet the pot, 65,664. "pay4medsch00l" called with just fumes behind, but mucked when Vanauken showed {7-Clubs}{5-Clubs} for the boat on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken us
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken
429,623
101,696
101,696
pay4medsch00l us
pay4medsch00l
3,904
-96,096
-96,096