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

06-23-2022 16:19 UTC-7

Updated Counts Before Break

Connor Richards

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	145,000 5,000	5,000

Anton Wigg	120,000 -20,000	-20,000

Matthew Wantman	90,000 20,000	20,000

Vineet "Vinny" Pahuja	80,000 -40,000	-40,000

Niall Farrell	75,000 30,000	30,000

Sylvain Loosli	70,000 -15,000	-15,000
Joe McKeehen	55,000 5,000	5,000
Matt Berkey	45,000 -5,000	-5,000

Ryan Laplante	30,000 -14,000	-14,000

06-23-2022 16:21 UTC-7

Players on Second Break

Connor Richards

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

Players are on their second 15-minute break of Day 1 with 161 entrants showing on the tournament clock.

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

06-23-2022 16:45 UTC-7

Loosli Rips It In

Calum Grant

Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante

Sylvain Loosli opened 1,500 from the hijack. Kevin Rabichow three-bet to 6,700 from the small blind and Loosli called.

Rabichow continued for 3,500 on the flop and was called.

Rabichow then check-called a bet of 14,000 on the turn.

Rabichow checked the river before his opponent moved all in for around 52,000.

Rabichow went into the tank for several minutes, deciding whether to call off the rest of his stack. He eventually let his hand go and Loosli raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sylvain Loosli	103,000 33,000	33,000
Kevin Rabichow	45,000 -5,000	-5,000

06-23-2022 17:02 UTC-7

Updated Stacks and New Entries

Calum Grant

Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Allebach	135,000 -30,000	-30,000

Darren Elias	120,000 -25,000	-25,000

Ludovic Geilich	115,000 30,000	30,000
Tim McDermott	92,000 12,000	12,000
Atul Sehgal	56,000 13,000	13,000

Nick Schulman	50,000 50,000	50,000

Anatoly Filatov	50,000 50,000	50,000
Ryan Laplante	28,000 -2,000	-2,000

Ryan Hagerty	25,000 -38,500	-38,500

Dylan Boyer	25,000

Connor Drinan	23,000 3,000	3,000

06-23-2022 17:02 UTC-7

Rabichow Takes Pot Off McKeehen

Connor Richards

Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante

Joe McKeehen opened from under the gun and Kevin Rabichow flat-called from the small blind.

Rabichow checked on the flop of and McKeehen fired for 1,400. Rabichow called. Rabichow check-called again on the turn when facing a bet of 4,500 from McKeehen.

Rabichow checked a third time on the river and McKeehen checked back. Rabichow showed for a pair of jacks and McKeehen shot his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Rabichow	60,000 15,000	15,000
Joe McKeehen	57,000 2,000	2,000

06-23-2022 17:07 UTC-7

Elias Gets Some Value From Carapella

Calum Grant

Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante

In a hand between Darren Elias and David Carapella, action was caught on the turn with the board showing the .

Both players checked which brought in the river. Carapella checked from the big blind and then called Elias' bet of 2,400.

Elias exposed his and took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	128,000 8,000	8,000

David Carapella	90,000 -60,000	-60,000

06-23-2022 17:16 UTC-7

Berkey Four-Bet Jams

Calum Grant

Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante

A player in middle position opened to 1,500 before Anton Wigg three-bet to 5,000 from the cutoff.

Matt Berkey, now moved to Wigg's left, moved all in for 22,100. Both of his opponents quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Wigg	81,000 -39,000	-39,000

Matt Berkey	30,000 -15,000	-15,000

06-23-2022 17:21 UTC-7

Carapella Wins One Off Elias

Connor Richards

Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante

Darren Elias opened to 1,500 on the button and David Carapella called out of the big blind.

Carapella checked on the flop of and Elias checked back. Carapella led out for 1,600 on the turn and Elias called. Carapella then checked on the river and Elias checked back.