Aces for Elias
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
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2023 BetMGM Poker Championship
$3,500 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2023 BetMGM Poker Championship
Buy-in
$3,500
Prize Pool
$3,283,200
Entries
1,026
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
307
Players Left
56
Martinez Fires All Three Streets
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Raul Martinez opened to 8,000 under-the-gun and action folded around to the small blind who made the call but then Pratik Mehta in the big blind three-bet to 25,000.
Martinez made the call while the small blind got out of the way and the two players went heads-up to flop of J♣7♦10♠.
Mehta checked to Martinez who thought for a bit before putting out a continuation-bet of 13,000, which Mehta called.
On the turn 9♣, Martinez bet again, this time for 37,000, and Mehta check-called once more to see the 5♠ appear on the river.
Mehta quickly checked for a third time and Martinez went into the tank and counted his chips before firing a bet of 58,000. Mehta then promptly surrendered his hand to award Martinez the substantial pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
265,000
114,000
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114,000 |
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112,000
-4,500
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-4,500 |
Elias Picks Up Momentum
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Adrian Buckley opened to 8,000 before Darren Elias defended his big blind from middle position.
Elias check-raised to 16,000 after Buckley made a continuation bet on the K♦K♥3♣ flop. Buckley called.
Elias fired another 18,000 into the middle on the 4♣ turn and Buckley folded after some brief thinking.
The next hand, Anthony Bellino jammed for 33,000 from the cutoff and Elias called from the small blind.
Anthony Bellino: J♠3♠
Darren Elias: A♣5♠
Bellino's jam was mistimed and he was still behind following the Q♠Q♣2♦ flop. Elias locked up the hand on the A♥ turn and the 8♥ completed the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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300,000
110,500
|
110,500 |
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220,000
88,500
|
88,500 |
|
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185,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
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80,000
-59,500
|
-59,500 |
|
|
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80,000
-75,500
|
-75,500 |
|
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Busted | |
Nikitin Puts Jacobson in the Blender
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The under-the-gun player limped in before Anatoly Nikitin raised to 15,000 from middle position. Martin Jacobson called from the hijack and the limper also called.
Nikitin continued for 20,000 on the 8♦2♥2♣ flop and only Jacobson called. Nikitin then check-raised to 75,000 after Jacobson bet 25,000 on the 6♦ turn. The 2014 WSOP Main Event champion called.
Nikitin then jammed as the big stack on the 7♠ river which put Jacobson into the tank. He had around 150,000 behind and thought over the spot for some time.
Jacobson ended up conceding the pot and Nikitin crossed the 500,000 mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
540,000
279,500
|
279,500 |
|
150,000
-61,500
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-61,500 |
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Big Stacks and Notables
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
735,000
281,500
|
281,500 |
|
||
|
720,000
466,000
|
466,000 |
|
600,000
510,000
|
510,000 |
|
|
||
|
447,000
399,000
|
399,000 |
|
345,000
152,000
|
152,000 |
|
||
|
335,000
49,500
|
49,500 |
|
|
||
|
265,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
258,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
|
230,000
16,500
|
16,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
140,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
92,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
88,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
|
||
|
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60,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
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Wang and Waigel Exchange Pots
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Ezequiel Waigel, who was super short earlier, had managed to boost his stack to around the 275,000 mark, and he put some of those newly founds chips to use by opening to 9,000 from middle position. Josue Aguirre called on the button before chip leader Jing Wang three-bet to 56,000 from the big blind. Waigel called while Aguirre returned his cards to the dealer.
Wang continued for 40,000 on the A♥4♥2♠ flop and Waigel called, leaving around 175,000 behind. Wang then quickly bet 200,000 on the J♦ turn to put his opponent all in.
Waigel puffed out his cheeks several times over the next few moments and was clearly stuck on what to do. He eventually folded, and Wang extended his chip lead.
Waigel opened to 9,000 again the following hand and was called by Wang from the small blind.
The J♥8♠3♥ flop checked through to the 6♠ turn. Wang led for 7,000 but folded when Waigel made it 28,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
790,000
122,500
|
122,500 |
|
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|
360,000
221,500
|
221,500 |
|
198,000
186,500
|
186,500 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Scary Board for Pocket Kings
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Connor Rash opened to 8,000 from the button but then Ivan Galinec put in a rather large three-bet to 42,000 and Rash made the call.
When the flop came out 8♥Q♣10♠ Galinec continued for 50,000 and Rash called once again to see the 9♥ appear on the turn.
The players then decided to check through to the river A♣ where they checked once again. Galinec then showed K♠K♥ which was apparently good as Rash quickly folded to award him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
405,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
|
215,000
-165,000
|
-165,000 |
|
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BetMGM Qualifiers Battle
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Dennis Zeigler open-jammed for 28,000 from early position, and Mario Arribas called from the cutoff.
Dennis Zeigler: K♦2♦
Mario Arribas: 8♣8♥
Arribas made a set on the Q♠J♦8♦ flop and had Zeigler on the brink following the 3♥ turn. The 6♦ hit the river giving Zeigler the flush and a double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
22,500
|
22,500 |
|
|
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|
30,000
-53,000
|
-53,000 |
|
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Weng's Kings Can't Survive Linde's Jacks
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Dylan Linde opened to 11,000 from the hijack before Bin Weng made it 41,500 from the small blind. Action folded back to Linde, who moved all in as the slightly bigger stack. Weng, who had just shy of 200,000 total, snap-called after confirming with the dealer that Linde had shipped in his stack.
Bin Weng: K♦K♠
Dylan Linde: J♠J♥
Weng, the No.1 player on the GPI Rankings thanks to numerous major wins this year, was way ahead until Linde leapfrogged him on the J♣6♥5♦ flop. The 5♣9♣ runout confirmed his exit and he wished the players good luck as he left.
"Kings not nice to me today, I can't win with these," he laughed as he exited the poker room.
Caught up with @BinWeng88, winner of The Return @BorgataPoker back in Jan. It’s been a life changing year for Weng… https://t.co/D3lU9qvO3r
— BetMGM Poker (@BetMGMPoker)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
430,000
291,000
|
291,000 |
|
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Busted | |
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