$535 Event #10: $75K GTD Sunday Special 8-Max
Day 1 Completed
BetMGM MI Inaugural Online Poker Series
$535 Event #10: $75K GTD Sunday Special 8-Max
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Players Info - Day 1
BetMGM MI Inaugural Online Poker Series
Buy-in
$535
Prize Pool
$108,500
Entries
217
Entries
217
Players Left
1
The BetMGM Online Series Poker Michigan is now in the books after the latest champion was crowned in Event #10: $75,000 GTD Sunday Special 8-Max. The final event of the series saw an outstanding 217 runners and when the last chance saloon had closed for business it was "dpg123" sitting alone in the winner's circle, pulling in an impressive $20,073 for their victory.
A final table that never slowed down had "dpg123" to thank. The champion started with the lead and instantly lost most of their stack at the start of the last table. That small hurdle did not phase them for even a second as they were instantly blasting during the next pot. "dpg123" fired every chance possible and ran pure enough to back their style. They dropped six people from the final table, absolutely slaughtering their competition without remorse en route to victory.
Once the heads-up portion of this event began, it was a one-sided affair that saw "dpg123" have about 20 times more chips than "Buckho555". The short-stack took their million in chips and quickly began to run it up, hitting over six million in chips in just a few hands to start bridging the gap. That is as far as "Buckho555" could get before "dpg123" started to heat up once more, slapping chips around. "Buckho555" dropped back down and finally picked a spot with sevens versus queen-jack. A queen instantly fell on the flop and "Buckho555" was eliminated, having to settle for runner-up.
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dpg123 | United States | $20,073 |
| 2 | Buckoh555 | United States | $15,570 |
| 3 | georgejanssen | United States | $11,664 |
| 4 | sportfreak25 | United States | $8,697 |
| 5 | Jerry85 | United States | $6,944 |
| 6 | Coolriver84 | United States | $5,317 |
| 7 | Scotty2012 | United States | $4,015 |
| 8 | Jason711 | United States | $2,821 |
Action of the Day
An incredible turnout saw the $75,000 guarantee surpassed in the first level of play and by the time the late registration period had ended, a total prize pool of $108,500 was up for grabs, having 217 runners taking part in the battle. Once late registration ended there were 85 players left in contention and just 40 of those were to find a payday. Two hours later and it was "Cuz1455" being dubbed the bubble boy, locking up at least $779 for all the remaining players who surely had their eyes set on the $20,073 first-place prize.
The bubble popping created a vortex, sucking people from the field at an extremely quick rate. Before they knew it, a final table of eight was forged and "dpg123" was leading the way. The first elimination of the final table was "Jason711" when they ran their pocket sixes into the dimes of "dpg123", dropping in eighth place. Just hands later it was "Scotty2012" taking a shot at the champ with pocket treys. "dpg123" had big slick and the board ran out clean for "Scotty2012" until the river, hitting "dpg123" with a cowboy to send another to the rail.
"Jerry85" then took charge, opening with jacks and "Coolriver84" three-bet jammed, holding ace-king. A jack on the flop saw "Coolriver84" to the door and only five were left. "Jerry85" took their newly acquired chips and elected to go for it all with the chipleader. It was the big slick of "Jerry85" versus pocket nines of the champ and not a bit of paint hit the board, sending a monster chip lead to "dpg123" as "Jerry85" was eliminated.
It was not the biggest pot, but it was the biggest hand of the night when "sportfreak25" shoved king-queen. "dpg123" called with queen-jack of clubs and turned a flush to have "sportfreak25" drawing dead to the river. But to add insult to injury a ten of clubs landed to give "dpg123" a royal flush. Three-handed play was two tiny stacks and one big monster. "georgejanssen" was the first to take a stand, shoving with ace-six only for "dpg123" to snap with ace-king, and the rest is history.
"Buckho555" began the heads-up match faced with a massive chip deficit as "dpg123" had around 20 times their chips. A one-sided heads-up match to start quickly began to get interesting when "Buckho555" ran their million stack up to six before "dpg123" caught fire once more. The chips quickly funneled from the stack of "Buckho555" who moved what they had left in with a pair of sevens versus the queen-jack of "dpg123". A queen-high flop was enough to scoop the final pot of the night for "dpg123" and "Buckho555" was eliminated as the runner-up, taking home a respectable $15,570 for their efforts.
BetMGM Online Series Michigan Winners
The weeklong series wound up catering to a combined 2,229 entries across its 10 events while awarding $374,102 in prize money.
On Sunday, two other winners were crowned as "ivegotstylekid" topped a 519-entry field to win Event #8: $5K GTD 8-Max Mini NLH for $1,618.43, while "Zzulran" bested a 501-entry field to win Event #9: $20K GTD Sunday 1/2 Price 8-Max for $8,442.20.
| Date | Buy-in | Tournament | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, April 18, 2021 | $215 | Event #1: $75K GTD Sunday Special 8-Max | 339 | $75,000 | TinCap | $10,342.17 |
| Monday, April 19, 2021 | $215 | Event #2: $20K GTD PKO 8-Max Bounty | 91 | $20,000 | marioparty | $6,776.84 |
| Tuesday, April 20, 2021 | $109 | Event #3: $10K GTD PLO 6-Max | 143 | $14,300 | MiSkins | $3,888.20 |
| Wednesday, April 21, 2021 | $215 | Event #4: $25K GTD 8-Max NLHE | 133 | $26,600 | Snicklefritz | $6,177.50 |
| Thursday, April 22, 2021 | $215 | Event #5: $20K GTD 40 Stack 8-Max | 92 | $20,000 | HiImKAD | $4,800 |
| Friday, April 23, 2021 | $320 | Event #6: $25K GTD PKO 8-Max Bounty | 80 | $25,000 | BlewHueSpew | $6,890.06 |
| Saturday, April 24, 2021 | $215 | Event #7: $25K GTD 6-Max | 114 | $25,000 | BiggY Blains | $6,358.04 |
| Sunday, April 25, 2021 | $20 | Event #8: $5K GTD 8-Max Mini NLH | 519 | $9,602 | ivegotstylekid | $1,618.43 |
| Sunday, April 25, 2021 | $109 | Event #9: $20K GTD Sunday 1/2 Price 8-Max | 501 | $50,100 | Zzulran | $8,442.20 |
| Sunday, April 25, 2021 | $535 | Event #10: $75K GTD Sunday Special 8-Max | 217 | $108,500 | dpg123 | $20,072.54 |
That wraps it up for the PokerNews coverage of this series but make sure to tune in for live updates on all upcoming events.
On blinds of 60,000/120,000, "dpg123" opened from the button for enough to put "Buckoh555" all-in and they obliged, shoving their 3,178,284 stack into the middle for what was the last hand of the series.
"Buckoh555": 
"dpg123": 
A flip saw "dpg123" take a massive lead when the 
flop landed on the virtual felt, giving them a pair of ladies. A 
turn card meant "Bucko555" had one last chance for romance but the 
river gave them no love.
"dpg123" took down the last hand of the night and "Buckoh555" had to settle for runner-up, taking home a respectable $15,570 for their efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,700,000
6,630,000
|
6,630,000 |
|
|
Busted |
When heads-up began it was a one-sided affair that had "dpg123" holding about 20 times as many chips as "Buckoh555" but after a few hands the chips stacks are beginning to even out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
15,070,000
-5,640,000
|
-5,640,000 |
|
|
6,100,000
4,950,000
|
4,950,000 |
On blinds of 50,000/100,000, "georgejanssen" shoved 1,433,078 from the button and "dpg123" instantly raised it up. "Buckoh555" folded and the two tabled their hands.
"georgejanssen": 
"dpg123": 
The flop came down 
and big slick looked to be in a dominant position. A 
turn left "georgejanssen" in need of a six but the 
river was not it and they were sent packing in third place by the steamrolling chipleader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,710,000
1,660,000
|
1,660,000 |
|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
19,050,000
4,950,000
|
4,950,000 |
|
|
1,450,000
-4,410,000
|
-4,410,000 |
|
|
1,150,000
-570,000
|
-570,000 |
On blinds of 45,000/90,000, "dpg123" opened from the button and "sportfreak25" three-bet shoved 1,744,423 in the big blind. "dpg123" called and players tabled their hands.
"sportfreak25": 
"dpg123": 
A 
flop brought something for each player as "sportfreak25" paired their king but "dpg123" did pick up a flush draw. The 
turn instantly hit the flush and "sportfreak25" was then drawing dead. A 
river added insult to injury as "dpg123" smashed a royal flush in the process of eliminating "sportfreak25" from the event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
14,100,000
1,735,000
|
1,735,000 |
|
|
Busted |
On blinds of 45,000/90,000, "dpg123" opened from the button for 225,000 and "Jerry85" made it 765,000 to go in the small blind. "dpg123" shoved and "Jerry85" snap-called their 2,772,844 stack into the middle.
"Jerry85": 
"dpg123": 
A 
left nines sitting pretty and an 
turn was of no scare for the chipleader. "Jerry85" needed to hit but the 
river was not it and they were knocked out in fifth by the red-hot "dpg123".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
12,365,000
3,040,000
|
3,040,000 |
|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,325,000
3,100,000
|
3,100,000 |
|
|
5,860,000
709,400
|
709,400 |
|
|
2,740,000
-2,673,200
|
-2,673,200 |
|
|
1,950,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
1,720,000
-330,000
|
-330,000 |
On blinds of 40,000/80,000, "Jerry85" opened to 280,000 from the hijack and "Coolriver84" three-bet shoved 858,367 from the big blind. "Jerry85" instantly called and they turned over their hands in what was a classic flip.
"Coolriver84": 
"Jerry85": 
The flop came down 
and a flopped set left "Coolriver84" in need of some help. A turn and river failed to send them any love. "Coolriver84" was eliminated and "Jerry85" moved up to second on the totem pole.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,413,200
408,200
|
408,200 |
|
|
Busted |