2023 BetMGM Poker Championship

$3,500 Main Event
Day: 1b
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Event Info
2023 BetMGM Poker Championship
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♦a♣
Prize
$560,442
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,500
Prize Pool
$3,283,200
Total Entries
1,026
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
541
Players Left
157
Players Left 1 / 1,026
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Lambrecht Knocks out Munroe

Kirk Brown
Kirk Brown
Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Gavin Munroe had 14,500 left in his stack when he decided to wager it all preflop. Action folded around to Matthew Lambrecht who shrugged and made the call to put Munroe at risk.

Gavin Munroe: A♦8♥
Matthew Lambrecht: K♠Q♣

Munroe was ahead going in with his ace-high but the flop of K♦3♣8♠ gave Lambrecht the lead with his pair of kings.

Munroe needed to catch another eight or an ace to stay alive, but the 4♦J♦ runout did not do it for him, and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Updated Stacks

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Givens Folds to Norik

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Will Givens opened to 4,000 from the hijack. Alfie Norik called on his direct left and the big blind also called.

The A♣8♣8♠ flop checked to Norik who bet 5,000. Only Givens called.

The J♣ turn then checked through to the 3♣ river. Givens led out for 20,000 and quickly folded when Norik made it 48,000.

Tags: Alfie NorikWill Givens

More Counts

Kirk Brown
Kirk Brown
Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Moreno Jams River

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The action picked up on the turn with 14,500 in the pot and the 9♥2♥Q♠K♥ board on show.

Andrew Moreno checked from the big blind and the early position player bet 4,000. Moreno raised to 18,500 and was called.

Moreno then jammed for 54,500 on the 9♣ river and after some time in the tank his opponent mucked.

Tags: Andrew Moreno

The Tanking Epidemic

Kirk Brown
Kirk Brown
Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Roman Rogovskyi opened to 2,700 from the button but was then three-bet to 14,500 by the big blind.

After thinking about it for a second, Rogovskyimade the call and the two went to a flop of Q♠7♣10♦ and the big blind continued for 11,000.

After some deep thought, Rogovskyi called once more and the duo went to the turn 10♠.

After taking 30 seconds for the big blind to check, Rogovskyi also went deep into the tank only to check back to see the 9♥ fall on the river.

The big blind then tanked yet again, for almost a full minute this time before checking it over to Rogovskyi, who also sat there for a full two minutes.

He finally announced he was all in, and the big blind didn't spend any more time thinking before he made the fold, and the pot was pushed to Rogovskyi.

Meanwhile, at a neighboring table, Dan Shak was complaining about how slow his table was with so many people tanking.

Late Registration Closes; Huge Prize Pool Created

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
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The late registration period for Day 1b of the BetMGM Poker Championship has closed, with 541 entrants recorded from today's session. As it stands, 243 of those remain. Those players must survive the next two levels to make it through to tomorrow's Day 2, which begins at noon local time.

Overall, there have been 1,026 entries, which has created the $3,283,200 prize pool, almost triple the value from 2022.

Payout information will be shared once available.

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