Another player who qualified for the $3,500 buy-in, $1,000,000 GTD BetMGM Poker Championship at ARIA is Michigan's Corey Paggeot, a two-time WSOP Circuit ring winner with $127,816 in Hendon Mob-reported live earnings.

Paggeot's greatest poker achievements have been online, including winning a $400 buy-in WSOP.com Circuit event in 2019 for his first Circuit ring and $15,447, and later winning a $250 buy-in WSOP.com Circuit event for a second ring and $24,204.

Paggeot's biggest score came in 2021 WSOP.com Event #24: $400 No Limit Hold'em MonsterStack, where he finished second for $47,840. The very next day Paggeot, earned his second-best score in WSOP.com Event #26: $500 No Limit Hold'em The BIG 500 Encore, finishing in third for $40,952.

Paggeot is also the head of marketing for Solve For Why, a poker training and content site founded by Matt Berkey.