$3,500 Main Event Day 1a | 2023 BetMGM Poker Championship

06-09-2023 16:16 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Yanovsky	181,000 16,000	16,000
Patrick Hensley	140,000 95,000	95,000

Hao Tian	118,000 17,000	17,000
Harry Lodge	73,000 36,000	36,000

Nadya Magnus	69,000 9,000	9,000
Jared Jaffee	66,000

Laura Church	55,000 7,000	7,000

Kyriakos Papadopoulos	50,000 10,000	10,000

Natalie McCauley	Busted

Mahfooth Can't Find a Fold with Eights

Calum Grant

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The button was all in for his last 12,300 and was at risk to Wasim Mahfooth, who called from the cutoff. During his decision time, Mahfooth was in the tank, debating whether to call or fold.

"I have snowmen, I like snowmen, I am from Michigan," said Mahfooth.

"You can fold eights," the button replied.

In the end, Mahfooth called.

Button: A♣J♦
Wasim Mahfooth: 8♦8♠

Mahfooth did indeed have pocket eights, and they held out to scoop the spot and secure the KO following the Q♠3♣6♥K♥6♣ runout.

"I'm from Michigan, I can't fold snowmen" repeated Mahfooth.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wasim Mahfooth	82,000

Tags: Wasim Mahfooth

06-09-2023 16:00 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Basile	49,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Coan	214,000 4,000	4,000

Eric Yanovsky	165,000 30,000	30,000
Adam Hendrix	83,000 21,000	21,000
Albert Nguyen	65,000
Nadya Magnus	60,000
Landon Tice	38,000 1,000	1,000
Lori Persinger	23,000 11,000	11,000
Uri Reichenstein	6,200 1,800	1,800

Andrews Cracks Queens to Double

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Calum Grant

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Shiva Dudani opened to 600 from middle position and Cherish Andrews called from the cutoff. The button then made it 8,000 and only Andrews called.

Andrews, with 27,200 behind, checked the K♥7♥4♠ flop and the button moved all in as the bigger stack. Andrew quickly made the one-chip snap-call.

Cherish Andrews: KxQx
Button: Q♠Q♣

Andrews had her opponent drawing to one out and the case queen never came as the board ran out with the 5♦2♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shiva Dudani	115,000 115,000	115,000
Cherish Andrews	70,000 14,000	14,000

Tags: Cherish Andrews Shiva Dudani

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

06-09-2023 15:19 UTC-8

Second Break

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Kirk Brown

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

The remaining players in the BetMGM Main Event are now on their second 15-minute break of the afternoon and will return to the felt shortly. As of now, there are 288 players remaining from a total field of 361.

06-09-2023 15:10 UTC-8

Khavin Calls the Bluff

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Kirk Brown

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

On a heads-up completed board of K♣2♦J♠4♣3♥, Filipp Khavin checked to his opponent who then moved all in for 12,400 into the pot of around 24,500.

After sitting in the tank for a good minute, Khavin made the call and his opponent hung his head as he tabled A♦Q♠ for ace-high while Khavin flipped over J♦10♦ for a pair of jacks to take down the considerable pot