2023 BetMGM Poker Championship

$3,500 Main Event
Day: 2
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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 2
Entries
307
Players Left
56
Players Left 1 / 1,026
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Good Run for Kipnis

Kirk Brown
Kirk Brown
Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Jason Kipnis
Jason Kipnis

PokerNews missed the hand, but Jason Kipnis informed the team of his bust out. He relayed that he got it all in preflop against Paul Gunness who covered.

Jason Kipnis: AxKx
Paul Gunness: AxQx

The flop came out Ax10x10x to give both players an ace with Kipnis in the lead, and the turn 3x changed nothing, but the Qx on the river gave Gunness superior two-pair to eliminate the former MLB player.

Tags: Jason KipnisPaul Gunness

Updated Counts; Kipnis Busts in the Money

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Ausmus Ousts Papazyan

Kirk Brown
Kirk Brown
Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Art Papazyan
Art Papazyan

Jeremy Ausmus opened to 17,000 but then Art Papazyan moved all in for around 130,000 and Ausmus called to put him at risk.

Art Papazyan: A♣K♠
Jeremy Ausmus: 6♣6♦

Ausmus was a favorite going into this flip, and the flop of Q♥Q♦6♠ put him lightyears ahead with his flopped full house. The 4♦ on the turn left Papazyan drawing dead and the 7♥ completed the board and sent him to the payout desk.

Tags: Art PapazyanJeremy Ausmus

End of Day Info Confirmed

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Per one of the tournament directors, today's plan is to stop playing at the end of Level 19.

The hopes are that the field will be reduced to around 64 players by this time, so Day 3 will begin with eight full tables inside the PokerGO studio. If there are more than 64 remaining by the end of Level 19, play will resume until the TD calls it a day.

Of course, this is all subject to change but as it stands, this is the current aim.

Current Chip Leaders

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Deng Folds Out Song

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Stephen Song opened to 17,000 from the cutoff and called when Clemen Deng three-bet to 70,000 from the small blind.

Deng continued for 50,000 on the K♣6♣7♥ flop and Song conceded the pot.

Tags: Clemen DengStephen Song

Yau Finds an Ace to Double

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Ethan Yau
Ethan Yau

Ethan Yau opened to 16,000 from under the gun before Petar Kalev made it 45,000 from the hijack. Yau responded with a four-bet jam to 131,000 and Kalev called to put the vlogger at risk.

Ethan Yau: A♦K♥
Petar Kalev: 9♥9♣

Yau seemed unfazed about the situation and continued to focus on his iPad where he was taking part in some WSOP online events.

The A♥J♥5♦ flop gave him a reason to look up as he paired up to take the lead and held out to double after the 2♠ turn and 5♠ river.

Tags: Ethan YauPetar Kalev

Miller and Lavenburg Flushed Out on Bubble

Kirk Brown
Kirk Brown
Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Adam Miller
Adam Miller

Raul Martinez and short-stacked Adam Miller got all the chips in preflop on the stone bubble and after the other tables completed their action the cards were tabled.

Adam Miller: K♠Q♣
Raul Martinez: 9♥3♥

The flop came out 9♣K♥10♥ for a huge sweat, as Miller had the superior pair but Martinez also had a flush draw to go with his three. The turn 10♠ took away some of Martinez's outs but the 6♥ on the river was a gut punch to Miller as it gave his opponent the flush to eliminate him.

Across the room, another all-in-hand was unfolding:

Johann Ibanez opened to 16,000 from under the gun before Michael Lavenburg three-bet to 44,000. Ibanez called.

On the Q♥6♥4♣ flop, Ibanez checked and Lavenburg continued for 25,000, leaving around 250,000 behind. Ibanez moved all in as the big stack and was quickly called.

Michael Lavenburg: AxQx
Johann Ibanez: 10♥7♥

Coincidentally, Ibanez took a chunk off Lavenburg earlier on with the same hand and had the chance to do the same again. The J♣ turn was a brick but Ibanez made his flush on the A♥ river to oust Lavenburg.

Since both of these players were eliminated at the same time, they will be splitting the 128th Place min-cash for $2,396 each.

Tags: Adam MillerJohann IbanezMichael LavenburgRaul Martinez

Lonis Busts Dudani to Set Up Stone Bubble

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Shiva Dudani
Shiva Dudani

Jesse Lonis just elimiminated Shiva Dudani to set up the stone bubble, he briefly recapped the hand to PokerNews.

Jesse Lonis opened to 18,000 from middle position before Shiva Dudani three-bet to 50,000 from the hijack. Lonis jammed as the bigger stack and Dudani called for his tournament life.

Shiva Dudani: AxKx
Jesse Lonis: AxQx

Lonis spiked a queen on the flop and held out on the turn and river to deliver the bad beat to Dudani.

Tags: Jesse LonisShiva Dudani

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