2022 BetMGM Poker Championship

$3,500 Main Event
Day: 1
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Event Info
2022 BetMGM Poker Championship
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a4
Prize
$224,236
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,500
Prize Pool
$1,097,600
Entries
343
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
210
Players Left
90
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Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Updated Stacks and Recent Bust Outs

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Joe McKeehen
210,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Kevin Allebach us
Kevin Allebach
163,500
28,500
28,500
BetMGM Poker
Profile photo of Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
150,000
35,000
35,000
Grosvenor Poker
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Sylvain Loosli
140,000
65,000
65,000
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Kevin Rabichow us
Kevin Rabichow
90,000
20,000
20,000
Run It Once
Profile photo of Connor Boyle us
Connor Boyle
87,500
37,500
37,500
BetMGM Poker
Profile photo of Tim McDermott us
Tim McDermott
73,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
70,000
11,000
11,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
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Vincent Lestingi
70,000
37,000
37,000
BetMGM Poker
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Anatoly Filatov
65,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
52,000
7,000
7,000
WSOP 7X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of Atul Sehgal us
Atul Sehgal
45,000
11,000
11,000
BetMGM Poker
Profile photo of Noel Rodriguez us
Noel Rodriguez
38,000
57,000
57,000
$25K Fantasy
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Thomas Muehloecker
20,500
Profile photo of Shaan Yuhas us
Shaan Yuhas
Busted
Profile photo of Ryan Hagerty us
Ryan Hagerty
Busted
BetMGM Poker
Profile photo of Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Garifoulline Doubles Through Leonard

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante
Yuriy Garifoulline
Yuriy Garifoulline

With 20,000 in a three-bet pot on the {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} flop, a big hand was brewing between chip leader Edward Leonard and Yuriy Garifoulline.

Leonard checked in the hijack and Garifoulline bet 7,500 from the cutoff. Leonard called.

Leonard then check-called Garifoulline's 40,000 jam on the {2-Spades} turn.

Yuriy Garifoulline: {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}
Edward Leonard: {q-Hearts}{q-Spades}

The at risk player was in a great position and then secured the double up after the {3-Spades} completed the board.

Player Chips Progress
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Edward Leonard
294,000
294,000
294,000
BetMGM Poker
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Yuriy Garifoulline
115,000
115,000
115,000
BetMGM Poker

Carapella Doubles Through Elias

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante
David Carapella
David Carapella

David Carapella was in a three-way pot against Darren Elias and Dejuante Alexander on a board of {j-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}.

Elias bet 1,200 on the flop and Alexander called. Carapella moved all-in for around 35,000 and only Elias called.

David Carapella: {6-Spades}{4-Spades}
Darren Elias: {k-Spades}{j-Hearts}

Elias' top pair was no good against the trips of Carapella, whose hand held up as the board ran out {5-Spades}{k-Hearts} to improve Elias to a worthless two pair.

Player Chips Progress
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Dejuante Alexander
120,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Darren Elias
80,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 4X Winner
BetMGM Poker
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David Carapella
80,000
45,000
45,000
BetMGM Poker

McKeehen Keeps Climbing

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante
Joe McKeehen
Joe McKeehen

Joe McKeehen opened on the button and called a three-bet from the player in the big blind.

The big blind bet 9,000 on the flop of {5-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} and McKeehen called. The big blind checked on the {k-Spades} turn and McKeehen checked back.

The big blind checked again on the {8-Spades} river and McKeehen fired a sizable bet of 28,000. The big blind snap-called, only to muck {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} face-up when McKeehen showed the winner with {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} for a pair of kings.

Player Chips Progress
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Joe McKeehen
200,000
50,000
50,000

Latest Counts

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
120,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 4X Winner
BetMGM Poker
Profile photo of Dejuante Alexander us
Dejuante Alexander
115,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Matthew Wantman
85,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
75,000
28,000
28,000
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Kevin Rabichow us
Kevin Rabichow
70,000
10,000
10,000
Run It Once
Profile photo of Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
70,000
5,000
5,000
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Tim McDermott us
Tim McDermott
60,000
32,000
32,000
Profile photo of Sonia-Veronika Shashikhina ru
Sonia-Veronika Shashikhina
50,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
45,000
26,500
26,500
WSOP 7X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
40,000
17,000
17,000
WSOP 1X Winner

McKeehen Cracks Queens for Chip Lead

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante
Joe McKeehen
Joe McKeehen

For a pot worth around 50,000, Joe McKeehen had the button player all in and at risk preflop from the big blind.

Button Player: {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
Joe McKeehen: {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

McKeehen was the underdog but immediately leapfrogged his opponent following the {10-Spades}{3-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} flop. McKeehen secured the elimination after the {a-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} runout.

Player Chips Progress
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Joe McKeehen
150,000
93,000
93,000

Daniels Rakes in a Small One

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante
Jake Daniels
Jake Daniels

Jake Daniels opened to 1,700 from middle position and was called by the big blind.

On the {j-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{5-Clubs} flop, the big blind checked and Daniels bet 1,700. Daniels tried to return his cards to the dealer thinking his opponent had folded but that wasn't the case.

As Daniel's cards had not touched the muck, he was able to retrieve them and the big blind called.

"I should have raised there but I would've felt bad," said the big blind.

Action then checked through on the {a-Hearts} turn and {5-Diamonds} river.

The big blind turned over his {10-Spades}{9-Diamonds} for ten-high. Daniels saw his opponent's cards but did not say whether he had better.

"No way," echoed Farrell, who thought the big blind was going to win with his missed straight draw.

The big blind began to stand up but then sat down after Daniels turned over his {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs} to win the pot. The table then eruoted with laughter before the next hand was dealt.

Player Chips Progress
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Jake Daniels
71,000
21,000
21,000