2022 BetMGM March Poker Mania

$1,060 Main Event - New Jersey
Day: 1
Event Info

2022 BetMGM March Poker Mania

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♠q♠
Prize
$29,330
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,060
Prize Pool
$100,000
Entries
80
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
80
Players Left
1
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Himpele Gets There for Double

Lyle Bateman
Lyle Bateman

Level 16, Blinds: 3,000/6,000 (750)

It was blind on blind when Don "dhimp20" Himpele shoved 64,390 from the small and Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd called it off with heaps from the big.

Don "dhimp20" Himpele: {6-Clubs}{5-Clubs}
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd: {k-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

Dodd was well ahead before the flop, and held the lead through the turn of the {j-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{5-Spades} board before Himpele spiked a five to take it down.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd us
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd 		231,889
-39,287
 -39,287
Don "dhimp20" Himpele us
Don "dhimp20" Himpele 		134,030
17,222
 17,222

Chin With Huge Chip Up

Lyle Bateman
Lyle Bateman

Level 15, Blinds: 2,500/5,000 (625)

"MYSTICMOUNTAIN" shoved the cutoff for 47,196 and table boss "Moedawg99" called from the small blind before big blind Anthony "supremetny" Chin re-shoved 118,125.

"Moedawg99" called to a three-way hand where Chin and "MYSTICMOUNTAIN" were at risk.

"MYSTICMOUNTAIN": {q-Hearts}{10-Clubs}
Anthony "supremetny" Chin: {a-Clubs}{j-Hearts}
"Moedawg99": {k-Spades}{j-Clubs}

The board of {4-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{8-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{8-Spades} ran clean for Chin's ace-high and he got a huge chip up to almost 300k.

Player Chips Progress
Moedawg99 us
Moedawg99
318,044
-51,297
 -51,297
Anthony "supremetny" Chin us
Anthony "supremetny" Chin 		288,446
152,546
 152,546
MYSTICMOUNTAIN us
MYSTICMOUNTAIN 		Busted

"Fitzgerald" Takes One Out

Lyle Bateman
Lyle Bateman

Level 14, Blinds: 2,000/4,000 (500)

"odo23" shoved 37,570 over an under-the-gun open to 8,800 from "PhuneeeMuneee". "Fitzgerald" re-shoved for almost 100k from the small blind, forcing "PhuneeeMuneee" out of the hand.

"odo23": {a-Spades}{q-Clubs}
"Fitzgerald": {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}

"odo23" flopped a queen, but "Fitzgerald" spiked a jack as well for a set, and held to take the pot down. "odo23" rebought for a new stack.

Player Chips Progress
PhuneeeMuneee us
PhuneeeMuneee 		281,726
-10,853
 -10,853
Fitzgerald us
Fitzgerald
152,951
-7,926
 -7,926
odo23 us
odo23 		100,000
-11,710
 -11,710

Top Ten Stacks

Lyle Bateman
Lyle Bateman

Level 14, Blinds: 2,000/4,000 (500)

"njpokeraa" currently leads the way as the only player over 400k, while "MBohmerwald23" is fresh off their win in the HU Bracket Battle last night.

Player Chips Progress
njpokeraa us
njpokeraa 		431,463
70,000
 70,000
Moedawg99 us
Moedawg99
369,341
100,095
 100,095
RobertJordan us
RobertJordan 		307,740
60,855
 60,855
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken us
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken 		304,707
-124,916
 -124,916
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo us
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo 		300,184
-38,550
 -38,550
PhuneeeMuneee us
PhuneeeMuneee 		292,579
53,518
 53,518
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd us
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd 		271,176
17,775
 17,775
Core4 us
Core4 		208,137
208,137
 208,137
MBohmerwald23 us
MBohmerwald23 		204,103
204,103
 204,103
DonkyKing us
DonkyKing 		202,180
86,880
 86,880

Vanauken Back on Top

Lyle Bateman
Lyle Bateman

Level 12, Blinds: 1,600/3,200 (400)

Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken is back in the chip lead again with a riverboat against "pay4medsch00l". "pay4medsch00l" opened the button to 6,720 and Vanauken called from the big blind. The flop was {7-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{3-Diamonds} and Vanauken check-raised from 4,560 to 9,120.

"pay4medsch00l" called to the {q-Hearts} turn where they called a bet of 14,592. The {7-Spades} hit the river and Vanauken bet the pot, 65,664. "pay4medsch00l" called with just fumes behind, but mucked when Vanauken showed {7-Clubs}{5-Clubs} for the boat on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken us
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken 		429,623
101,696
 101,696
pay4medsch00l us
pay4medsch00l 		3,904
-96,096
 -96,096

Lupo Straightens Out Kings

Lyle Bateman
Lyle Bateman

Level 11, Blinds: 1,400/2,800 (350)

Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo raised under the gun to 5,600, and big stack Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken re-popped it to 15,400 from his left. Lupo called to the {8-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{4-Clubs} flop where he check-called for 28,087.

The turn was the {5-Diamonds} and both players checked it, but when the river came {3-Diamonds} Lupo over-shoved the pot for 122,555. Vanauken called but his pocket kings were behind the turned straight for the pocket sevens of Lupo.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo us
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo 		338,734
264,223
 264,223
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken us
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken 		327,927
-166,742
 -166,742

Vanauken Takes Big Lead

Lyle Bateman
Lyle Bateman

Level 10, Blinds: 1,200/2,400 (300)

Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken jumped into a huge lead when they forced "pay4medsch00l" to rebuy. "pay4medsch00l" raised to 5,250 from the button, and Vanauken defended the big blind with a call, then checked the flop of {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}.

"pay4medsch00l" bet 4,302, and Vanauken check-raised to 21,510. "pay4medsch00l" called to {8-Clubs} on the turn where Vanauken led for 43,020, then called when his opponent shoved for 139,618.

"pay4medsch00l": {a-Clubs}{9-Hearts}
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken: {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}

The {q-Spades} gave Vanauken a river boat, but he didn't need it with the flopped two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken us
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken 		420,887
288,595
 288,595
pay4medsch00l us
pay4medsch00l 		100,000
-29,122
 -29,122

"PhuneeeMuneee" Chips Up

Lyle Bateman
Lyle Bateman

Level 10, Blinds: 1,200/2,400 (300)

"njpokeraa" raised early to 4,800 and "PhuneeeMuneee" called from the button as did "Earthcloud" from the big blind. The flop came {k-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{4-Clubs} and when it checked to "PhuneeeMuneee" they fired 8,800. "Earthcloud" was the only caller to the {4-Hearts} turn.

Both players checked to the {2-Spades} river, where "Earthcloud" bet 8,865. "PhuneeeMuneee" called quickly, showing {k-Spades}{j-Clubs} against {q-Clubs}{10-Clubs} to take down the pot with a flopped two pair.

Player Chips Progress
PhuneeeMuneee us
PhuneeeMuneee 		239,061
77,435
 77,435
njpokeraa us
njpokeraa 		170,729
29,675
 29,675
Earthcloud us
Earthcloud 		123,370

Busts and Rebuys

Lyle Bateman
Lyle Bateman

Level 9, Blinds: 1,000/2,000 (250)

"Wjc80" busted and has so far chosen not to rebuy, while "Wyeth" is on their third bullet and "ScarletRaptor" just fired a second. There are now 42 entries with 37 players at the virtual felt.

Player Chips Progress
ScarletRaptor us
ScarletRaptor 		100,000
-27,890
 -27,890
Wyeth us
Wyeth 		100,000
125
 125
Wjc80 us
Wjc80
Busted