Joshua Mammen Wins BetMGM $3,500 Championship in Five-Way Chop

The $3,500 BetMGM Championship at the Aria Poker Classic drew 1,512 entries. The final five players agreed to an even chop of $431,180 each, with an additional $50,000 in prize money to play for. The last handful of players remaining agreed to an even chop of $431,180, leaving the title and an additional $50,000 in prize money to play for. This deal slashed the scheduled $801,000 first-place prize down to $481,180, distributing the extra funds to flatten the payouts for the rest of the final five, which included Nicholas Palma (4th).

Joshua Mammen won the BetMGM $3,500 Championship with a prize of $481,180. The victory secured the San Diego resident his largest recorded payday ever, shattering his previous career-best score of $19,300 from a 25th-place finish at the 2025 North American Poker Tour Las Vegas main event. In addition to the title and the money, Mammen also scored 1,620 Card Player Player of the Year points as the champion.

Nicholas Palma, who finished fourth, has more than $4.1 million in lifetime cashes after adding this career-best payday.