$3,500 Main Event Day 1 | 2022 BetMGM Poker Championship

06-23-2022 15:21 UTC-7

Main Event Champ Joe McKeehen Among Latest Entries

Connor Richards

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

2015 World Series of Poker Main Event champion and Pennsylvania native Joe McKeehen is among the latest to take a seat in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vineet "Vinny" Pahuja	120,000 65,000	65,000

Sylvain Loosli	85,000 40,000	40,000
Anton Wigg	85,000 31,000	31,000

Tim McDermott	80,000 80,000	80,000
Matthew Wantman	70,000 70,000	70,000

Niall Farrell	50,000 -3,500	-3,500

Joe McKeehen	50,000 50,000	50,000
James Romero	48,000 -2,000	-2,000

Nate Silver	37,000 -23,000	-23,000
Matt Berkey	35,000 -40,400	-40,400

Jake Daniels	13,000 -37,000	-37,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

06-23-2022 15:28 UTC-7

Sehgal Limps in with Jacks

Calum Grant

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

Atul Sehgal limped in from under the gun with David Carapella (middle position), Vincent Lestingi (cutoff) and Connor Drinan (small blind) doing the same. The big blind checked and the five players saw the flop.

Sehgal bet 2,400 and only Lestingi called before both players checked back on the turn.

Sehgal bet 3,000 and was quickly called. Sehgal rolled over his and his oppenent mucked to concede the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Atul Sehgal	43,000 -1,500	-1,500

Vincent Lestingi	33,000 33,000	33,000

06-23-2022 15:40 UTC-7

Alexander Chips Up

Connor Richards

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

A player in early position opened to 1,200 and Dejuante Alexander flat-called from the cutoff to get the hand heads-up.

The opponent checked on the flop of and Alexander fired a bet of 2,500. The opponent laid it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dejuante Alexander	110,000 25,000	25,000

06-23-2022 15:42 UTC-7

Berkey Gives It Up

Calum Grant

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

Matt Berkey opened to 1,500 from middle position before Kevin Allebach made it 4,000 from the hijack.

Berkey called to see the flop which both players checked back.

Berkey bet 7,000 on the turn and was called.

The completed the board and Berkey check-folded after Allebach bet 10,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Allebach	165,000 165,000	165,000

Matt Berkey	39,000 4,000	4,000

Dylan Boyer	25,000 -12,000	-12,000

06-23-2022 15:53 UTC-7

Farrell Downs Opponent

Calum Grant

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

Niall Farrell opened to 1,200 from under the gun and action folded around to the big blind who raised to 3,000.

Farrell called and then called a bet of 5,000 on the flop. The big blind, with around 9,000 behind, then checked on the turn. Farrell put his opponent all-in and he began to writhe in his seat.

The big blind eventually flicked in the rest of his chips and tabled his but saw he was behind Farrell's .

The river confirmed the big blind's exit and Farrell raked in the pot.

Ludovic Geilich, who joined the event at the same time as Farrell has had a better start than his fellow Scotsman and his seen his stack soar to 85,000.

Geilich seems to be enjoying himself with table mate Matthew Wantman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ludovic Geilich	85,000 35,000	35,000
Niall Farrell	45,000 -5,000	-5,000

06-23-2022 15:54 UTC-7

Berkey Busted By Wigg; Returns to Table

Connor Richards

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

Anton Wigg was seen stacking a pile of chips after busting BetMGM Poker ambassador Matt Berkey, who left the table and went straight to the payout counter.

Before another hand could be dealt, Berkey was back at the table after buying back in on a second bullet and, by the luck of the draw, he was seated to the immediate left of Wigg.

"Did you choose that seat?" someone at the table laughed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Wigg	140,000 55,000	55,000

Matt Berkey	50,000 11,000	11,000

06-23-2022 15:59 UTC-7

Daniels on Fumes

Calum Grant

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

Michael Cannon from under the gun and was only called by Jake Daniels from middle position.

Daniels called a bet of 1,000 on the flop and a bet of 4,000 on the turn.

Cannon barrelled a third time, putting Daniels at risk of elimination. The latter quickly folded and was left with a short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Cannon	77,000 77,000	77,000

Jake Daniels	5,000 -8,000	-8,000

06-23-2022 16:05 UTC-7

Daniels Out; Back In

Connor Richards

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

Jake Daniels had just lost most his stack and open-shoved for 7,000 from under the gun. John Goodin flat-called in middle position and the action folded to the small blind, who re-shoved with Goodin covered. Goodin made the call.

Jake Daniels:
John Goodin:
Small Blind:

The board ran out for the queens of Goodin to hold to win the side and main pots, while Daniels was eliminated after finding no success with his second bullet.

Third time may be the charm for Daniels as he is back in the tournament and seated at the same table as 2015 WSOP Main Event champ Joe McKeehen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jake Daniels	50,000 45,000	45,000
John Goodin	40,000 40,000	40,000

06-23-2022 16:18 UTC-7

Alexander Check-Raises Drinan

Connor Richards

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

Dejuante Alexander was out of position in a pot against Connor Drinan on a board reading that checked through on the turn.

Alexander checked on the river and Drinan fired a small bet of 2,000. Alexander check-raised to 8,500 and Drinan folded to leave himself with around 20,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dejuante Alexander	90,000 -20,000	-20,000

Connor Drinan	20,000 -35,000	-35,000