Daily Recap: "MBohmerwald23," "georgejanssen" & "CleggsOnGG" Big Winners in Event #6: $500 7-Max PKO
Another day of online poker action in the inaugural BetMGM Poker Online Championships wrapped up on Sept. 19 with the completion of Event #6: $500 7-Max PKO in New Jersey, Michigan and Pennsylvania, a progressive bounty event where nearly half the prize pool went toward bounties.
The biggest bounty winner was "MBohmerwald23" in New Jersey, who dominated the field of 44 runners and defeated heads-up opponent Daniel “leinad” Buzgon to win the top prize of $3,037, while also picking up $5,484 in bounties.
The New Jersey event generated a prize pool of $30,080 to just squeak past the guaranteed $30,000. BetMGM Poker ambassador Darren Elias was in on the action but fell just short of the money in 13th place, though the "End Boss" did pick up $250 in bounties.
In Michigan, the PKO event drew 44 runers to generate $20,680 in prize money, and it was "georgejanssen" who collected the top prize of $3,242, while also collecting $4,328 in bounties. "coNNB" finished runner-up to take home $3,239 and another $1,625 in bounties.
The event in Pennsylvania, meanwhile, attracted 37 entrants to generate a prize pool of $17,390. "CleggsOnGG" took down the event $2,852 and also earned $4,500 in bounties.
Next up on the schedule is Event #7: $1,000, a No-Limit Hold'em event featuring one of the higher buy-ins of the series.
The final table results for Event #6: $500 7-Max PKO in each state are available below.
NJ #6: $500 7-Max PKO
| PLACE | PLAYER | BOUNTY (IN USD) | MAIN PRIZE (IN USD) | |
| 1 | "MBohmerwald23" | $5,484 | $3,037 | |
| 2 | Daniel “leinad” Buzgon | $2,219 | $3,034 | |
| 3 | Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski | $1,016 | $1,928 | |
| 4 | Anthony “Flawlessbinkage” Maio | $500 | $1,274 | |
| 5 | "ZenRead" | $1,000 | $988 | |
| 6 | Michael “Gags30” Gagliano | $1,188 | $804 | |
| 7 | Angel "chromeking" Lopez | $125 | $559 |
MI #6: $500 7-Max PKO
| PLACE | PLAYER | BOUNTY (IN USD) | MAIN PRIZE (IN USD) | |
| 1 | "georgejanssen" | $4,328 | $3,242 | |
| 2 | "coNNB" | $1,625 | $3,239 | |
| 3 | "Influencer" | $531 | $2,079 | |
| 4 | "FreeTupan" | $672 | $1,339 | |
| 5 | "Bonita_Applebum" | $250 | $1,033 | |
| 6 | "Provie69" | $250 | $878 | |
| 7 | "HereFisheFishe" | $594 | $768 |
PA #6: $500 7-Max PKO
| PLACE | PLAYER | BOUNTY (IN USD) | MAIN PRIZE (IN USD) | |
| 1 | "CleggsOnGG" | $4,500 | $2,852 | |
| 2 | "TheTunaMan" | $906 | $2,850 | |
| 3 | "Coconutsmom" | $125 | $1,580 | |
| 4 | "mpmill" | $594 | $1,140 | |
| 5 | "MuckLavin" | $875 | $885 | |
| 6 | Edward "Hisoka" Leonard | $500 | $767 | |
| 7 | "esotericwisdom" | $500 | $676 |