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

06-12-2023 13:38 UTC-8

Good Flop for Guela

Kirk Brown

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

On a heads-up flop of 5♣K♣Q♣ Erfan Geula bet 75,000 and Kenny Deffrasnes made the call to see the 6♣ turn.

Both players decided to check and went straight to the river Q♦. Guela then fired for 140,000 and Deffrasnes went into the tank for a bit before he decided to make the call.

He was then shown A♣J♣ for the flopped nut flush by Guela and he hastily sent his cards into the muck to award the pot to Guela.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erfan Geula	1,475,000 435,000	435,000
Kenny Deffrasnes	250,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Erfan Geula Kenny Deffrasnes

06-12-2023 13:34 UTC-8

Wu Holds in Big Pot

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Calum Grant

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Yilu Yuan jammed for 250,000 from the hijack. Jun Hao Wu then shipped in his 880,000 stack from the small blind. Anuj [Removed:550] called in the big blind to put both players at risk.

Yilu Yuan: A♥7♥
Jun Hao Wu: 10♣10♥
Anuj [Removed:550]: A♠K♠

The Q♦5♦3♠ flop kept Wu ahead as did the J♥ turn. Yuan was drawing dead but [Removed:550] had Broadway outs as well as his overcards.

The 8♦ river ensured the pocket pair remained best and Wu dragged in the massive pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jun Hao Wu	2,100,000 1,690,000	1,690,000
Anuj Agarwal	135,000 815,000	815,000

Yilu Yuan	Busted
Melanie Pittard	Busted

Tags: Anuj Agarwal Jun Hao Wu Yilu Yuan

06-12-2023 13:22 UTC-8

Deng Doubles to Dent Magnus' Stack

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Calum Grant

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Clemen Deng started the hand with 345,000 and opened to 50,000 from under the gun. Nadya Magnus called from the big blind.

On the A♦K♥10♦ flop, Magnus checked which prompted Deng to bet 30,000. Magnus made it 130,000 and called when Deng jammed.

Clemen Deng: A♥K♦
Nadya Magnus: A♠J♣

Deng was ahead with his two pair but Magnus had a draw to Broadway as her most likely route to victory. The 6♣ turn and 5♥ river were safe and Deng doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nadya Magnus	1,050,000 590,000	590,000
Clemen Deng	570,000 230,000	230,000

Tags: Clemen Deng Nadya Magnus

06-12-2023 13:18 UTC-8

Ibanez Scoops Three-Way All In

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Kirk Brown

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

After a preflop betting war, Johann Ibanez, Fernando Garcia, and Yong Kwon got all the chips in the middle, with Garcia covering.

Yong Kwon: 10♥10♦
Johann Ibanez: J♣J♦
Fernando Garcia: 8♥8♣

Ibanez was in a prime position to scoop the huge pot, and the runout was pure as it came 9♠Q♣4♦K♣3♦ for his jacks to hold.

He was pushed the massive pot to jump his stack up tp 1,900,000 while Kwon was eliminated. Garcia was left with only 75,000 after this exchange and ended up busting a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johann Ibanez	1,900,000 945,000	945,000
Yong Kwon	Busted

Fernando Garcia	Busted

Tags: Johann Ibanez Fernando Garcia Yong Kwon

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

06-12-2023 13:07 UTC-8

Lambrecht Gets a Triple Then a Double

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Calum Grant

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Justin Young opened to 40,000 from under the gun and was called by Nolan King from the small blind. Matthew Lambrecht had just 10,000 behind after he paid the big blind and ante and called off his stack blind.

Young and King were rooting for Lambrecht but declared they would gun for each other for the side pot.

King check-called for 40,000 on the J♣5♠2♣ pot and then claimed the side pot after his 65,000 bet on the Q♠ turn as Young folded.

"I don't have a pair yet," said Nolan as he tabled his A♦3♦.

Lambrecht peeled his first card, which was an unhelpful 8♦, but the second was the Q♦ to give a pair of queens for the lead. The J♦ completed the board and Lambrecht saw his stack rise to 110,000.

The next hand, King opened to 45,000 and called when Lambrecht moved all in again.

Matthew Lambrecht: A♥7♦
Nolan King: Q♠3♠

Neither player connected on the 8x9♦2♥6♥K♣ runout and Lambrecht raked in a double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Young	1,640,000 440,000	440,000

Nolan King	815,000 95,000	95,000
Matthew Lambrecht	260,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Justin Young Matthew Lambrecht Nolan King

06-12-2023 12:55 UTC-8

Rough Ride for Eychenne

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Calum Grant

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Thomas Eychenne had just doubled up Mark Dickstein to bring his stack down to 300,000 and his chips were in the middle soon after.

David Stamm opened the action by raising to 45,000 from under the gun. Kenny Deffrasnes called on the button before Anuj [Removed:550] made it 175,000 from the small blind. Eychenne then jammed for 300,000 and only [Removed:550] called.

Thomas Eychenne: KxKx
Anuh [Removed:550]: AxAx

It was a huge cooler for Eychenne and he left the PokerGO Studio after failing to improve on the Jx7x5x4x3x runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Dickstein	1,260,000 675,000	675,000
Anuj Agarwal	950,000 80,000	80,000

Thomas Eychenne	Busted

Tags: Anuj Agarwal David Stamm Kenny Deffrasnes Mark Dickstein Thomas Eychenne

06-12-2023 12:55 UTC-8

Stellwagon Makes the Call

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Kirk Brown

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

On a heads-up completed board of 9♥10♠4♥A♦2♦, the pot had around 300,000 in it when Nick Yunis moved all in to cover his opponent, Jeffrey Stellwagon.

After tanking for a bit, Stellwagon shrugged and set out his chips, putting himself at risk of elimination.

Yunis then tabled Q♠J♥ for a bricked straight draw and queen-high and Stellwagon proudly flipped over A♣2♣ for two-pair to scoop the pot for a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffrey Stellwagon	1,020,000 395,000	395,000
Nick Yunis	125,000 220,000	220,000

Tags: Jeffrey Stellwagon Nick Yunis

06-12-2023 12:46 UTC-8

Pittard Turns an Ace to Felt Sullivan

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Calum Grant

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Ronald Sullivan started the hand with 215,000 and opened to 50,000 from the button. Jun Hao Wu, in the small blind, used up a time bank before folding. Melanie Pittard was in the big blind and jammed as the bigger stack. Sullivan snap-called.

Ronald Sullivan: Q♣Q♠
Melanie Pittard: A♣Q♦

The K♣9♥5♠ flop was safe for Sullivan, but a look of despair crossed his face as the A♥ turn hit the felt. The K♦ completed the board, and Sullivan bowed out in 51st place.