$3,500 Main Event Day 2 | 2022 BetMGM Poker Championship

06-24-2022 13:55 UTC-7

place	prize	place	prize	place	prize
1	$224,236	7	$34,026	19-21	$12,074
2	$159,152	8	$28,538	22-24	$10,208
3	$104,272	9	$24,147	25-27	$8,781
4	$65,856	10-12	$19,757	28-35	$7,683
5	$51,587	13-15	$16,464	36-40	$6,586
6	$41,709	16-18	$14,269	41-44	$6,256

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Price	220,000 220,000	220,000
Jesse Lonis	Busted

Uselis Spikes River to Double

Calum Grant

Level 11 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Gediminas Uselis opened to 5,500 from middle position and was called by Vladimir Alexandrov from the cutoff. Ludovic Geilich three-bet to 23,000 from the button before Uselis moved all in for 95,000. Alexandrov mucked but Geilich called.

Gediminas Uselis:
Ludovic Geilich:

Geilich made a set and had Uselis just drawing to Broadway following the flop. The was a brick but the river saved the at risk player.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ludovic Geilich	380,000 172,000	172,000
Gediminas Uselis	215,000 -18,500	-18,500

Vladimir Alexandrov	125,000 26,000	26,000

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

06-24-2022 14:36 UTC-7

Sena Binks Gutshot to Crack McKeehen's Aces

Connor Richards

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Joe McKeehen was in the big blind in a heads-up pot against the under-the-gun player, Nick Sena.

McKeehen checked on the flop of and Sena bet 7,000. McKeehen check-raised to 22,000 and Sena took about a minute before calling.

The turn brought the and McKeehen bet 36,000. Sena raised all in and McKeehen snap-called with the effective stack.

Joe McKeehen:
Nick Sena:

McKeehen's aces were drawing dead against the turned straight of Sena, and the 2015 WSOP Main Event champion pushed his stack to Sena before the dealer could put out the meaningless river.

Sena has heaps in front of him and appears to have the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Sena-Hopkins	560,000 560,000	560,000
Joe McKeehen	Busted

06-24-2022 14:47 UTC-7

Hart Doubles Through Geilich

Calum Grant

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

With 22,500 in the middle, action was caught on the flop. Ludovic Geilich checked in the small blind before Raul Martinez bet 16,000. Taylor Hart called from the button and then Geilich raised to 66,000.

Martinez mucked his cards but Hart moved all in for 75,500. Geilich chucked in the extra chips to set up the all-in showdown.

Taylor Hart:
Ludovic Geilich:

Hart was ahead but Geilich added some extra pair outs to go along with his open-eded straight draw following the turn. The completed the board meaning Hart's aces remained best.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ludovic Geilich	225,000 -155,000	-155,000
Taylor Hart	200,000 200,000	200,000
Raul Martinez	200,000 29,500	29,500

06-24-2022 14:55 UTC-7

A Round of Counts

Connor Richards

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dejuante Alexander	300,000 161,500	161,500

Jake Daniels	225,000 17,500	17,500
Michael Gathy	160,000 160,000	160,000

Anton Wigg	145,000 15,000	15,000

Marius Gierse	135,000 135,000	135,000
Darren Elias	100,000 50,000	50,000

Kevin Rabichow	95,000 -35,000	-35,000
Ethan Yau	85,000 35,000	35,000

James Romero	65,000 2,500	2,500

Steve Zolotow	32,500 32,500	32,500

Upeshka De Silva	32,000 -32,500	-32,500

06-24-2022 15:02 UTC-7

Notable Stacks

Calum Grant

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Linus Richter	405,000 109,000	109,000
Albert Nguyen	350,000 88,000	88,000
Todd Ivens	300,000 100,000	100,000
Nick Schulman	200,000 170,000	170,000

Jake Schwartz	200,000 150,000	150,000

Sylvain Loosli	130,000 76,000	76,000
Rafael Moraes	75,000 75,000	75,000

Kenny Hallaert	61,000 61,000	61,000