2023 BetMGM Poker Championship

$3,500 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2023 BetMGM Poker Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$560,442
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,500
Prize Pool
$3,283,200
Entries
1,026
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
307
Players Left
56

Pryor Folds Out Gathy & Oliver

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

Alexander Pryor opened to 6,000 from early position and was called by Michael Gathy and Jack Oliver from the blinds.

On the Q82 flop, Pryor continued for 6,000 and only Oliver called. The latter then check-folded to a bet of 17,500 on the 2 turn.

Player Chips Progress
Jack Oliver gb
Jack Oliver
145,000
-18,000
-18,000
Alexander Pryor us
Alexander Pryor
120,000
13,500
13,500
Michael Gathy be
Michael Gathy
68,000
-15,000
-15,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Alexander PryorJack OliverMichael Gathy

Gonzalez Applies Pressure

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

Jon Gisler opened to 5,500 from the cutoff but was then raised by David Gonzalez to 15,000 from the button. Action folded back to Gisler who made the call, commenting that he wasn't good enough to fold.

The flop came out 28J. Gonzalez continued for 9,500 and Gisler check-called to see the turn 9.

Gisler checked once more to Gonzalez who fired again for 30,000, but this time it got the job done as Gisler quickly surrendered his cards.

Player Chips Progress
David Gonzalez us
David Gonzalez
225,000
62,500
62,500
Jon Gisler us
Jon Gisler
142,000
73,500
73,500

Tags: David GonzalezJon Gisler

Farnes Runs Into Aces

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Jeffrey Farnes
Jeffrey Farnes

Bob Shao opened to 5,500 from under the gun before Jeffrey Farnes three-bet to 14,500 from the big blind. Shao reraised to 33,500 after some thinking time and Farnes called.

Farnes check-called for 14,500 on the 774 flop which brought in the Q turn. Farnes checked and, after a minute, Shao sized up to 28,000. Farnes went into the tank before announcing his all-in for around 115,000. Shao snap-called and the cards were tabled.

Jeffrey Farnes: KK
Bob Shao: AA

It was a sick cooler for Farnes and the 8 river confirmed his exit.

Player Chips Progress
Bob Shao us
Bob Shao
350,000
227,000
227,000
Jeffrey Farnes us
Jeffrey Farnes
Busted

Tags: Bob ShaoJeffrey Farnes

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Qualifier Castro-Reyes Spinning It Up

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

BetMGM Poker qualifier Jesus Castro-Reyes has had quite the spin-up on Day 2. He came into the day near the bottom of the chip counts with just 33,500. He now has a stack of 200,000 and just collected the small stack that once belonged to Elliott Kampen.

Player Chips Progress
Jesus Castro-Reyes us
Jesus Castro-Reyes
200,000
166,500
166,500
Elliott Kampen us
Elliott Kampen
Busted
Junqiang Lyu cn
Junqiang Lyu
Busted

Jaffee Climbing the Counts

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Jared Jaffee
Jared Jaffee

Jared Jaffee opened to 6,000 from early position and was called by Tuan Phan, Bahbak Oboodi and David Lee from the hijack, button and big blind respectively.

Lee led out for 6,000 on the 1053 flop which prompted Jaffee to raise to 21,000. Phan and Oboodi folded before Lee jammed for around 30,000. Jaffee quickly called.

David Lee: QJ
Jared Jaffee: KK

Jaffee would need to dodge Lee's flush outs to score the knockout and he managed to do so as the board ran out with the 65.

Player Chips Progress
Erfan Geula us
Erfan Geula
550,000
5,000
5,000
Jared Jaffee us
Jared Jaffee
315,000
115,000
115,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
David Lee us
David Lee
Busted
Taylor Black us
Taylor Black
Busted

Tags: David LeeJared Jaffee