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Level 25
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
2024 Maryland State Poker Championship
$600 Kickoff Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2024 Maryland State Poker Championship
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$456,704
Total Entries
892
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
115
Players Left
1
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Level 25
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Players have been sent on Dinner Break and play will resume at 6:30 p.m. local time.
Level 25
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Pennsylvania's Daniel Bellis outlasted Michael Lavin to be the last online qualifier standing in the $600 Kickoff Event to win a coveted Gold Pass package to NAPT Las Vegas in November.
Bellis had his first live cash earlier this year in Las Vegas and is now guaranteed a payday of at least $5,049 as he heads to dinner break with 14 players remaining.
Level: 26
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Level 26
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Z Stein was all in preflop on the button versus John Wilson in the small blind, who had Stein covered.
Z Stein: A♥J♥ 
John Wilson: 9♥9♣
Stein pulled ahead on the A♦8♠K♦ flop, pairing his ace. The K♠ turn and Q♦ river earned him the double up.
Level 26
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Lara Eisenberg raised to 130,000 from the hijack, when Michael Zazzera in the cutoff called, as did Eric Florczak in the big blind.
The flop came K♠J♠5♠ and Eisenberg bet 125,000, Zazzera folded, and Florczak called.
Both players checked after the 10♦ on the turn.
The river was the 5♣ and Eisenberg bet out 250,000, which Florczak called.
Eisenberg showed K♣10♣ for two pair, which was good enough to take the pot.
Level 26
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Alex Altman raised to 130,000 on the button and Eric Florczak defended in the big blind.
The flop came J♠5♦2♣ and Florczak led out for 130,000. Altman called, bringing the A♠ turn.
Florczak led out again, this time for 225,000. Altman called and the river landed the 7♥.
Action went check-check and Florczak tabled the winner with A♦10♥ for a pair of aces.
Level 26
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.
In the 13th episode, Connor speaks with 888poker ambassador and Twitch streamer Ian Simpson, who talked about first learning poker as a kid, getting a degree in biotechnology and becoming a biology teacher, poker streaming and his breakout year of live poker in 2013 that saw him winning the Irish Poker Open for $339,604.
Simpson also discussed the importance of being a responsible poker ambassador and how science can change the world for the better.
The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Ian Simpson by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.
Level 26
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Alan Gendelman raised to 130,000 on the button and Justin Arnwine three-bet to 530,000 in the small blind.
Gendelman then four-bet all in, putting Arnwine to the test. Arnwine thought for a moment before eventually folding and showing pocket eights. Gendelman showed ace-king suited.
Level: 27
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
