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

06-23-2022 19:55 UTC-8

Updated Stacks at the Break

Calum Grant

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Botcowsky	280,000 20,000	20,000
Joe McKeehen	230,000
Niall Farrell	150,000 80,000	80,000

Vincent Lestingi	140,000 33,500	33,500

Duff Charette	140,000 30,000	30,000
Ludovic Geilich	132,000 11,500	11,500

Sylvain Loosli	130,000 27,000	27,000

Raul Martinez	120,000 3,000	3,000
Dejuante Alexander	101,000 21,000	21,000

Anton Wigg	100,000 35,000	35,000

Noel Rodriguez	78,000 40,000	40,000

Kevin Allebach	77,000 73,000	73,000

Tim McDermott	70,000 3,000	3,000
Darren Elias	50,000 20,000	20,000

Anatoly Filatov	47,000 68,000	68,000
Kevin Rabichow	35,000 6,000	6,000

Nick Schulman	32,000 32,000	32,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

06-23-2022 20:08 UTC-8

Last Level of the Day

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Calum Grant

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The players have returned from their break and are now playing one more level. Upon Level 9's completion, Day 1 will close.

Late Registration is upon until the start of Level 11, which will be around 1:15 p.m. PT on Friday, 24 June.

06-23-2022 20:18 UTC-8

Daniels Makes a Full House; Farrell Besotted

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Calum Grant

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Jake Daniels opened to 3,200 from early position and was called by the button and the big blind.

Daniels bet 5,100 on the flop and only the button called.

Daniels then fired for 9,800 on the turn and again the button called.

The river checked through and Daniels tabled his for a full house.

Niall Farrell, who is sat next to Daniels, seemed to enjoy Daniels check on the river.

"I've never been more attracted to you," said the Scotsman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jake Daniels	200,000 140,000	140,000

06-23-2022 20:26 UTC-8

Valiente Comes Back From Dregs

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Calum Grant

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Anthony Valiente, who was down to just 4,000 at one point in the last level, has made quite the comeback. He was also seen dragging in another pot after he doubled up through an opponent.

With 9,000 in the middle on the flop, Valiente checked in the big blind before the middle position player bet 6,000. Valiente moved all in for 29,600 and his opponent went into the tank. Eventually he called.

Antony Valiente:
Middle Position:

Valiente flopped a flush but his opponent still had outs to make a full house. The at risk player managed to find the full double after the runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Valiente	70,000 70,000	70,000

06-23-2022 20:28 UTC-8

Bruscia Sends Elias to Rail; Elias Hops Back In

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Connor Richards

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Darren Elias was in the big blind in a heads-up pot against Anthony Bruscia on the button on a board of .

Elias checked on the flop and Bruscia bet 7,500. Elias check-raised to 23,000 and Bruscia called. Elias then moved all-in on the turn and Bruscia quickly called.

Darren Elias:
Anthony Bruscia:

Bruscia was ahead with a better two pair and he improved to a full house on the river the send the BetMGM Poker ambassador to the rail as the night winds down.

Elias was seen taking a seat at a nearby table shortly after on another bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Bruscia	265,000 265,000	265,000
Darren Elias	Busted

06-23-2022 20:50 UTC-8

Biggest Stacks in the Room; Farrell Gone

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Calum Grant

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael McNicholas	360,000 360,000	360,000

Anthony Bruscia	326,000 61,000	61,000
Linus Richter	300,000 300,000	300,000
Austin Bursavich	300,000 20,000	20,000
Edward Leonard	276,000 17,000	17,000

Jeremy Saderne	260,000 260,000	260,000

Niall Farrell	Busted

06-23-2022 20:58 UTC-8

Final Three Hands Called

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Calum Grant

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The tournament clock has stopped and the final three hands of Day 1 have been called.

06-23-2022 21:07 UTC-8

Day 1 Closes

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Calum Grant

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Day 1 of the inaugural BetMGM Poker Championship has come to a close. The tournament has seen 210 entries and just 99 players have survived the first day of action.

Late registration is open until the start of Level 11 on Day 2, which will be around 1:15 p.m. on Friday, June 24.

Chip counts and recap of the day to follow.

06-23-2022 21:23 UTC-8

Official End of Day Chip Counts (full)

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Matthew Pitt

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Graham Matthews	380,000 380,000	380,000

Michael McNicholas	346,000 14,000	14,000

Anthony Bruscia	306,000 20,000	20,000
Linus Richter	296,000 4,000	4,000
Edward Leonard	287,500 11,500	11,500

Iakov Onuchin	265,000 265,000	265,000
Jeremy Saderne	263,000 3,000	3,000

Albert Nguyen	262,000 262,000	262,000
David Botcowsky	250,000 30,000	30,000
Gediminas Uselis	233,500 233,500	233,500

Mark Dickstein	223,000 223,000	223,000
Randall Brooks	220,000 220,000	220,000
Hal Rotholz	214,000 214,000	214,000

Maxwell Young	208,500 208,500	208,500
Ludovic Geilich	208,000 76,000	76,000

Jake Daniels	207,500 7,500	7,500
Joe McKeehen	202,500 27,500	27,500
Michael Cannon	194,000 117,000	117,000

Ian Ivers	185,000 185,000	185,000
John Goodin	172,000 132,000	132,000

Raul Martinez	170,500 50,500	50,500
Salim Khoury	160,000
Brian Frasca	145,500 145,500	145,500

Duff Charette	140,500 500	500
Dejuante Alexander	138,500 37,500	37,500

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