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

06-24-2022 20:02 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Kempton	1,200,000
William McCracken	800,000 100,000	100,000
Jake Daniels	750,000 20,000	20,000
Edward Leonard	610,000 180,000	180,000

Kevin Rabichow	600,000 120,000	120,000

David Botcowsky	270,000 25,000	25,000
Michael Gathy	170,000 280,000	280,000

Anton Wigg	Busted

BetMGM Poker Qualifer Felson Doubles Through Pillai

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Calum Grant

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Action was caught with Benji Felson and Shankar Pillai all-in preflop, with the former at risk of elimination.

Benji Felson:
Shankar Pillai:

Felson paired up on the flop and held to double up after the runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Wang	1,280,000 80,000	80,000

Albert Nguyen	900,000 150,000	150,000
Benji Felson	793,000 473,000	473,000

Shankar Pillai	600,000 300,000	300,000

Jake Schwartz	255,000 25,000	25,000
Oliver Price	210,000 30,000	30,000
Brandon Caputo	170,000 180,000	180,000

06-24-2022 20:15 UTC-8

Botcowsky and Destafano Eliminated

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Calum Grant

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

David Botcowsky was the next player to fall after Anton Wigg's departure. Hot on his heels was Dylan Destefano, who left the tournament in 36th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Botcowsky	Busted
Dylan Destefano	Busted

06-24-2022 20:22 UTC-8

Rabichow Takes a Few from Kempton

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Connor Richards

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Kevin Rabichow opened to 22,000 on the button and Isaac Kempton flat-called out of the small blind to get the hand heads-up.

Kempton checked on the flop of and Rabichow checked back. Kempton checked again on the turn and Rabichow also checked.

Kempton checked once more on the river and Rabichow fired a meaty bet of 42,000. Kempton sent his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Kempton	1,350,000 150,000	150,000
Kevin Rabichow	560,000 40,000	40,000

06-24-2022 20:29 UTC-8

Sullivan and Schwartz Become Latest Departures

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Calum Grant

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Eldridge	700,000 170,000	170,000

Paul Hoefer	670,000 120,000	120,000

Gediminas Uselis	560,000 340,000	340,000

Duff Charette	477,000 23,000	23,000
Cody Wiegmann	300,000 90,000	90,000
Alex Goulder	260,000 75,000	75,000
Zachary Donovan	250,000 35,000	35,000
Angel Lopez	250,000 90,000	90,000

Graham Matthews	235,000 25,000	25,000

Raul Martinez	203,000 3,000	3,000
Ryan Shinevare	185,000 65,000	65,000

Taylor Hart	120,000 95,000	95,000
RJ Sullivan	Busted
Jake Schwartz	Busted

06-24-2022 20:32 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Todd Ivens	1,100,000 340,000	340,000
Noel Rodriguez	870,000

Joey Weissman	580,000 460,000	460,000

Joe Kuether	485,000 255,000	255,000
Nick Sena-Hopkins	450,000 80,000	80,000
Steve Bayyouk	320,000 200,000	200,000

Ankush Mandavia	220,000 480,000	480,000

Mark Dickstein	207,000 7,000	7,000

Hoefer Sends Obreshkov Packing

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Connor Richards

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Stoyan Obreshkov open-jammed a stack of 80,000 from the button and Paul Hoefer flat-called out of the small blind with a bigger stack.

Stoyan Obreshkov:
Paul Hoefer:

Obreshkov was in good shape to double as he had his opponent dominated and he kept the lead after the flop came . However, the on the turn gave Hoefer Broadway to send the Bulgarian to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Hoefer	920,000 250,000	250,000

Stoyan Obreshkov	Busted

Level: 18

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

06-24-2022 20:55 UTC-8

Caputo Spikes Two-Outer; Busts Shortly After

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Connor Richards

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Brandon Caputo got his stack of around 120,000 in the middle in a heads-up pot against Kevin Rabichow, who had him covered.

Brandon Caputo:
Kevin Rabichow:

It looked like game over for Caputo as he was pipped by the pocket nines of Rabichow and received little help from the flop of . But the on the turn catapulted him ahead with a set and the on the river improved him to a full house to stay alive.