Level: 32
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
2023 BetMGM Poker Championship
$3,500 Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 4
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
7
Players Left
1
Level 31
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Mike Vanier and Leo Taffe are now on a short five-minute break and will return to heads-up battle shortly.
Level 31
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Mike Vanier open- shoved for 4,175,000 with A?7? and Mo Zhou snap-called with A?K? for his tournament life.
Zhou was in great shape to get a double up here but the flop of A?7?Q? immediately gave Vanier the lead with two-pair.
The turn 10? gave Zhou some extra outs to a chop but the 4? on the river sealed his fate and he was eliminated in 3rd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,300,000
-2,225,000
|
-2,225,000 |
|
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15,500,000
5,650,000
|
5,650,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level 31
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Mike Vanier opened to 550,000 from the button, and Leo Taffe defended his big blind with 10?2?.
Taffe check-called for 300,000 on the A?7?2? flop, which brought in the J? turn. Taffe checked his bottom pair and flush draw before Vanier fired out another 1,200,000 with his top two pair.
Vanier filled up on the 7? river, and Taffe checked. Vanier bet 2,800,000 and Taffe went into the tank. He used up two time banks before deciding to concede the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
27,525,000
-3,625,000
|
-3,625,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
9,850,000
3,000,000
|
3,000,000 |
|
|
3,425,000
625,000
|
625,000 |
Level 31
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Mike Vanier limped in from the small blind and and snap-called when Mo Zhou jammed from the big blind as the covering stack.
Mike Vanier: 10?10?
Mo Zhou: A?K?
The Q?9?7? flop kept Vanier ahead and the 4? turn meant he was likely to overtake Zhou in the chip counts. The 3? river ensured Vanier's survival and Zhou became the short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
31,150,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
6,850,000
3,550,000
|
3,550,000 |
|
|
2,800,000
-3,550,000
|
-3,550,000 |
Level 31
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Mike Vanier limped in with 5?6? from the button and surprisingly, Leo Taffe checked his option with K?10?.
On the flop 8?3?3?, Taffe led out for 250,000 and Vanier made the call to see the 5? on the turn.
Taffe continued for 950,000 and Vanier made the call and the duo went to the river 9?.
Taffe then fired again for 2,400,000 and Vanier went into the tank before deciding to lay down the best hand and Taffe was shipped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
31,150,000
2,700,000
|
2,700,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
6,350,000
975,000
|
975,000 |
|
|
3,300,000
-3,675,000
|
-3,675,000 |
Level 31
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Stephen Song moved all in for 3,200,000 from the button, before Leo Taffe reshoved from the small blind.
Stephen Song: A?2?
Leo Taffe: Q?Q?
"Queens!" cried Song as the cards were tabled. It was the third situation where a player had moved all in on Taffe while he had a premium hand.
Song, an all-in specialist, still had some hope with his one overcard. The J?9?6? flop kept Taffe ahead, as did the 8? turn. The 10? river improved Taffe to a straight, and Song's pursuit of his tenth live tournament win was over.
Stephen Song (@songstephen11) is eliminated in 4th place from the @BetMGMPoker Championship.
— PokerGO (@PokerGO)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
28,450,000
3,325,000
|
3,325,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
6,975,000
475,000
|
475,000 |
|
|
5,375,000
-475,000
|
-475,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Level 31
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Leo Taffe open-shoved with A?6? under-the-gun and Mo Zhou wasted no time to make the call from the small blind with A?8?.
The cards were then tabled, with Zhou at risk of elimination.
Zhou was already ahead going into this battle, and the flop of K?10?9? immediately gave him the win with the nut flush.
The meaningless 5?2? completed the board and secured Zou's victory for the double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
25,125,000
-2,675,000
|
-2,675,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
6,500,000 | |
|
|
5,850,000
3,175,000
|
3,175,000 |
|
|
3,325,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
|
|
||
Level 31
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Leo Taffe opened with 5?2? from the button and Mo Zhou defended his big blind with 8?7?.
Taffe paired up on the A?J?2? flop for the lead and Zhou check-folded when Taffe bet 250,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
27,800,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
6,500,000
-625,000
|
-625,000 |
|
|
3,825,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
2,675,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
Level 31
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Mike Vanier opened to 550,000 under-the-gun with J?J? and Leo Taffe decided to three-bet to 1,350,000 from the big blind with J?5?.
Vanier then decided this wasn't quite enough and put in the cold four-bet to 2,550,000 and Taffe quickly let it go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
27,050,000
-350,000
|
-350,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
7,125,000
1,725,000
|
1,725,000 |
|
|
3,825,000
-625,000
|
-625,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,800,000
-750,000
|
-750,000 |