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Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
2026 Maryland State Poker Championship
$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2026 Maryland State Poker Championship
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$1,700
Prize Pool
$570,000
Total Entries
380
Places Paid
49
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000
Entries
63
Players Left
8
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Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Marcia Kuntz and Michael Zenone went to the turn on a board of 6♣A♣7♥10♥ when Zenone bet 10,000 from under the gun. Kuntz called in the cutoff.
Zenone bet another 20,000 on the J♥ river, and Kuntz quickly called. Zenone showed 7♦7♠ for a set, but Kuntz turned over K♣Q♣ for a rivered straight to win the big pot.
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Chad Loube raised to 1,500 under the gun and was called by four players.
The flop came 3♠5♥K♥ and Loube bet 4,000. Only Alvin Anton called on the button. Both players then checked the 3♣ turn.
The river was the 6♠ and Loube bet 5,500. Anton called, and Loube showed 3♥3♦. "Quadzilla," the dealer announced, and Anton mucked.
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Valentin Lita bet 5,100 from early position on a board of 6♦3♣9♥7♠ and Michael Zenone raised to 12,000 on the button. Lita called, and the K♣ fell on the river.
Zenone then bet 15,000, and Lita folded 8♥8♠. Zenone showed him 9♣9♦ for a flopped set as he took the pot.
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Russ Dunlevy raised to 1,600 under the gun and Josh Mischel three-bet to 4,500 in middle position. Dunlevy then four-bet to 11,000, and Mischel called.
Both players checked the Q♦Q♥2♦ flop. Dunlevy then bet 3,200 on the 6♥ turn, and Mischel called.
Dunlevy slowed down and checked the 3♥ river, and Mischel moved all in. "I don't think I can get away, dude. This would be such a douchebag fold," Dunlevy mused as he went deep into the tank.
"What are you bluffing with? I let this happen," Dunlevy added as he eventually called for his last 20,000. Mischel showed A♥K♥ for a rivered flush, and Dunlevy sent K♠K♦ into the muck as he headed to the exit.
"He runs as good at poker as I do in life. Just every week, kicking people's teeth in. And they keep coming back for more," tablemate Thomas Karle said about Mischel.
Joan Bousman was also recently eliminated at this table.
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Matthew Zambanini raised to 1,500 under the gun and was called by each of the other five players at the table.
The flop came 3♦8♥4♥ and action checked to Robert Marquette in the hijack, who bet 4,000. Only Ronald Hunt called in the small blind.
Marquette bet another 6,000 on the 8♣ turn, and Hunt again called. Both players checked the 3♥ river, and Marquette showed J♠J♦ for two pair to win the pot.
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Level 4
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Clint Houck raised to 1,300 under the gun and Thomas Brandt called in middle position. Josh Mischel then three-bet to 5,500 in the cutoff, and both opponents called.
The flop came 9♠6♠4♥ and Brandt bet 7,000. Mischel then moved all in for 27,000 and Houck folded, while Brandt took a few minutes before also sending his cards into the muck.
Level 4
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Alvin Anton bet 2,100 from the hijack on a flop of K♥2♥J♣ and Ronald Hunt called on the button, as did Matthew Zambanini in the big blind.
All three players checked the J♦ turn. Zambanini then bet 2,500 on the A♦ river and Anton folded, while Hunt raised to 7,500. Zambanini quickly called.
Hunt showed A♣J♦ for a full house, and Zambanini mucked Q♣10♦ for a beaten straight.
