Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
2025 PokerStars Open Maryland
$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2025 PokerStars Open Maryland
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$581,030
Entries
599
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
60
Players Left
9
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Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Mariya Persanova limped under the gun, Daniel Cosner raised to 6,500 under the gun, and Z Stein called in the small blind. Persanova decided to stick around and the trio saw a flop of J♦5♥10♥.
It checked to Cosner who bet 11,000 and only Stein continued to the 4♥ turn where action went check-check.
On the 5♦ river, Stein checked and Cosner bet 12,000. Stein then came over the top and moved all in for 57,500 to put himself at risk.
"I might be nit rolling," said Cosner as he took some time before making the call with K♦K♠.
Stein turned over 5♠5♣ for quad fives to secure the big double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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156,500
99,000
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99,000 |
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152,000 | |
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135,000
56,500
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56,500 |
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Action picked up on the turn on a board of 8♦9♣4♥5♣ with Yaser Al-Keliddar all in and at risk against William Beer.
Yaser Al-Keliddar: J♠J♦ 
William Beer: 4♠4♦
When the cards were tabled, Al-Keliddar saw the bad news that his overpair was behind as Beer had flopped a set.
The 5♠ rolled off on the river, improving Beer to a full house, fours full of fives, and Al-Keliddar was sent packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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140,000
72,500
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72,500 |
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Busted | |
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Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Aaron Pinson raised to 3,500 under the gun and was three-bet by Sharman Olshan to 8,000 in middle position.
Action folded back around to Pinson who four-bet to 19,000. Olshan took some time to think through her decision, ultimately arriving at a fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
94,000
68,800
|
68,800 |
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82,000
500
|
500 |
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Gabriel Leost raised to 4,000 in the hijack and was three-bet by Charles Furey on the button to 11,000. Leost made the call.
The flop came 10♣3♣9♥ and Leost check-folded when Furey put out a bet of 5,000. Furey showed pocket jacks as he pulled in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
11,800
|
11,800 |
|
94,000
43,500
|
43,500 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Level 10
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
The remaining 20 players have been sent on a 60-minute dinner break and will return to blinds at 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 big blind ante.
Play will resume at approximately 7:45 p.m. local time.
Level 10
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Thomas Karle limped under the gun, Sharman Olshan completed in the small blind, and Yaser Al-Keliddar checked in the big blind.
The flop came A♠3♦4♠, Olshan checked, Al-Keliddar bet 1,200, Karle called, as did Olshan.
On the 4♦ turn, it checked to Karle who bet 2,200 and only Olshan called.
Action went check-check on the Q♥ river and Karle tabled the winner with 5♥3♠ for two pair, fours and treys with an ace kicker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
82,500
52,500
|
52,500 |
|
80,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
58,000
23,900
|
23,900 |
|
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Level 10
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Alvin Anton got it all in preflop for 14,500 against Paul Hunter who had the covering stack.
Alvin Anton: A♠9♠
Paul Hunter: A♣Q♦
Hunter pulled ahead further on the K♠5♣Q♥ flop, pairing his queen. Anton still had outs with backdoor possibilities but the K♥ turn and 5♦ river offered him no help.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
88,000
32,500
|
32,500 |
|
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|
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40,000
13,000
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13,000 |
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Busted | |
Level 10
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Action picked up on the flop of Q♥8♠K♥ in a hand between Gabriel Leost in the cutoff and John Scavo in the big blind.
Scavo checked and Leost bet 2,000 into a pot of almost 8,000. Scavo raised to 6,700 and Leost responded with a reraise to 20,000. Scavo called and the K♣ fell on the turn.
Scavo checked and Leost bet 20,000 which was enough to put Scavo at risk who had 19,600 behind. Scavo thought for a brief moment before folding and Leost flashed 8♦8♥ for a full house, eights full of kings as he pulled in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
94,000
1,400
|
1,400 |
|
19,600
11,600
|
11,600 |
