Inaugural BetMGM $3,500 Poker Championship Kicks Off at 12 P.M. PDT

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Welcome to Day 1 of the first-ever $1 million guaranteed BetMGM $3,500 Poker Championship, which begins at 12 p.m. at the ARIA Resort & Casino.

The BetMGM Poker Championship is scheduled to take place over four days (June 23-26) and has one starting flight, which is then followed by Days 2, 3 and 4. The event itself is also the headliner for the currently underway 2022 ARIA Poker Classic.

Days 1, 2, and 3 all kick off at 12 p.m. The Day 4 Final Table will be streamed from the PokerGO Studio, and the start time for that will be determined based on the Day 3 end time.

BetMGM ambassadors Darren Elias and Matt Berkey will be in attendance along with a host of the biggest names poker has to offer.

For the $3,500 buy-in, players receive a 50,000 starting stack and will need to navigate nine 60-minute levels to advance to Day 2. The tournament has unlimited reentries and registration will be open through the break after Level 10 on Day 2 (approximately 1:15 p.m.) on Saturday, June 24. Players will receive a 15-minute break every two levels.

Day 1 will play nine-handed while from Day 2, all tables will be eight-handed. The unofficial final table will start when nine players remain but that will become the official final table when the tournament is down to its last six entrants.

A 30-second shot clock will be introduced one full table outside the posted payouts. The number of time extensions given to the players will be based on field size. Approximately 1 in 8 entries (12.5%) will make the money.

BetMGM Poker Championship Day 1 Schedule

LEVEL	DURATION	BLINDS	BIG BLIND ANTE
1	60	100/200	200
2	60	200/300	300
		15-minute break
3	60	200/400	400
4	60	300/500	500
		15-minute break
5	60	300/600	600
6	60	400/800	800
		15-minute break
7	60	500/1,000	1,000
8	60	600/1,200	1,200
		15-minute break
9	60	800/1,600	1,600