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

06-10-2023 15:30 UTC-7

Yue Liu Has a Big Heart

Kirk Brown

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

On a heads-up turn of J♥8♥5♥9♥, Yue Liu bet 12,000 into the pot of 24,000 and Aleksei Istomin went into the tank for a bit before making the call.

The river then came the 8♠, pairing the board, and both players decided to check and the cards were tabled.

Istomin flipped over 7♥7♦ for a seven-high flush but Liu tabled A♥6♣ for the nut flush to win the pot, boosting him to 90,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yue Liu	90,000 28,000	28,000
Aleksei Istomin	48,000

Tags: Aleksei Istomin Yue Liu

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

06-10-2023 15:20 UTC-7

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Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

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06-10-2023 15:05 UTC-7

McMurry Leads Three Streets

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Calum Grant

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

John McMurry opened to 1,000 from under the gun before a middle position player three-bet to 3,300. McMurry called.

McMurry then led for 6,000 on the 9♣5♠3♦ flop and was called. He continued for 10,000 on the 9♥ turn and was called again.

McMurry emptied the clip on the J♠ river and jammed for 21,500. His opponent quickly folded and conceded the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
John McMurry	60,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: John McMurry

06-10-2023 14:50 UTC-7

No Fear for Farrell

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Kirk Brown

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

On a heads-up turn of 9♠A♣5♠6♠, Ben Farrell led out for 3,000 but was then raised to 8,000 by Vahid 'Alex' Jalali.

Farrell made the call and the two went to the river 2♦ which saw both players check. Farrell then flipped over A♠Q♥ for top pair and Jalali mucked to award him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vahid Jalali	49,000 49,000	49,000
Ben Farrell	46,000 46,000	46,000

Tags: Ben Farrell Vahid Jalali

06-10-2023 14:49 UTC-7

Botez Wakes Up with Aces Again!

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Calum Grant

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

For the third time today, Alexandra Botez was in another pocket aces versus ace-king showdown.

The first time around, she was the one coolered, but she held the rockets on the last two occasions and was good on both runouts

This is insane. I got AA versus AK again. LETS GO. - @alexandrabotez https://t.co/0M2kdolwfQ
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Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandra Botez	117,000 40,000	40,000

06-10-2023 14:40 UTC-7

Updated Counts and New Entries

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Calum Grant

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Brannan	78,000 2,000	2,000

Eric Baldwin	56,500 16,500	16,500

Michael Wang	55,000 15,000	15,000

Eric Afriat	55,000 5,000	5,000

Uri Reichenstein	52,000 12,000	12,000
Michael Gathy	46,000 6,000	6,000

Cliff Josephy	41,000 1,000	1,000

Joey Weissman	40,000 40,000	40,000

Aliaksandr Shylko	40,000 40,000	40,000
Robbi Jade Lew	40,000 40,000	40,000
Mustapha Kanit	40,000

Ethan Yau	40,000 40,000	40,000

Andrew Moreno	37,500 2,500	2,500
Dylan Linde	35,000 5,000	5,000

Matthew Hunt	31,500 6,500	6,500
Julien Sitbon	17,600 22,400	22,400