2022 BetMGM Poker Championship
$3,500 Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
2022 BetMGM Poker Championship
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$3,500
Prize Pool
$1,097,600
Entries
343
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
210
Players Left
90
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Level 7
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Nick Schulman moved all-in with his remaining stack of around 26,000 and Austin Bursavich re-shoved as one of the tournament chip leaders to get the hand heads-up.
Nick Schulman: 
Austin Bursavich: 
Schulman needed an ace or a king to stay alive and he couldn't hit as the board ran out 
to mark his elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Level 8
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Jake Daniels was in a three-way pot on a board reading 
. A player bet 5,000 and the next player to act called, while Daniels check-raised to 17,000.
The initial bettor re-raised all-in for 49,800 and Daniels snap-called with less when the action folded to him.
Jake Daniels: 
Opponent: 
Daniels was in front with trips but still needed to dodge a diamond. The turn brought the 
to give the opponent the flush and Daniels stood up from his seat in defeat.
"I'm always losing — Oh! Look at that!" he said as the dealer put out the 
to improve him to a full house.
"Don't say I stood up. Say 'Jake said a three is always coming.' That sounds better!" Daniels instructed PokerNews.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Level 8
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Atul Sehgal limped from under the gun before Darren Elias raised to 4,400 from the next seat over. David Botcowsky made it 13,800 from the button and only Elias called.
The 
flop checked through to the 
turn and and Elias bet 32,000. Botcowsky called.
Elias then checked on the 
river. His opponent bet 41,000 and Elias went into the tank. He eventually called and then mucked after Botcowsky turned over his 
for two pair, aces and queens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000 | |
|
30,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
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Level 8
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Matt Berkey was seen leaving the tournament room with late entrant Raul Martinez raking in the last of his chips.
Elsewhere, Duff Charette (also a late entrant) has more than doubled his stack while Kevin Rabichow and Anton Wigg are on their second bullet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
117,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
|
110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
|
41,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
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Level 8
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Sonia-Veronika Shashikhina was eliminated by Anton Wigg when she held 
against the 
of Wigg on a board of 
and was unable to hit her flush.
Shashikhina pushed her stack over to Wigg in the next seat, but there was some debate as to whether Wigg had covered her as the stacks had been pushed together. The floor determined that Wigg had in fact covered her and the dealer pushed him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 8
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Yuriy Garifoulline opened to 2,600 from the button and then called the 11,100 three-bet from big blind Vladimir Alexandrov.
Alexandrov continued for 6,200 and then called off the rest of his stack when his opponent moved all in on the 
flop.
Vladimir Alexandrov: 
Yuriy Garifoulline:
Both players would make a full house on the 
runout but Alexandrov's hand remained best.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
28,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
|
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Level 8
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Sonia-Veronika Shashikhina recently bought back into the tournament and found herself already playing a big heads-up pot on a board reading 
.
Shashikhina bet a big 25,000 on the river with less than that behind and her opponent called. Shashikhina turned over a bluff with 
for king-high and the opponent showed 
to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
22,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Level 8
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Players are on their final 15-minute break of Day 1. They will play one more 60-minute level when they return and then will bag for the evening.
