Level 8
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Players have been sent on another 15-minute break and will return to blinds at 600/1,200 with a 1,200 big blind ante.
2025 PokerStars Open Maryland
$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
2025 PokerStars Open Maryland
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$581,030
Entries
599
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
135
Players Left
20
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Level 8
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Thomas Brandt raised to 2,000 in the cutoff and Joe McKeehen three-bet shoved for just over 20,000 in the small blind.
Brandt took some time to think through his decision, ultimately electing to give up his hand, and the pot was pushed to the 2015 WSOP Main Event winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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27,500
92,500
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92,500 |
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27,000
7,000
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7,000 |
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Level 8
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
As the grind of the final day at the PokerStars Open Philadelphia series wore on back in April, Edward Leonard insisted that winning was not his focus in the $1,100 Main Event.
All 146 returning players were looking to make a deep run at Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia, and it took more than 18 hours of play to reach the final three contenders. The trio paused the clock to look at a deal, one that left Leonard finally realizing what he had just accomplished.
After reaching an agreement with Guan Huang and Frank Funaro, it was time to let all of that exhaustion and emotion out.
“I feel pretty great,” the newly crowned champion told PokerNews after the deal was concluded. “It’s been a pretty sick start to the year for me, definitely didn’t expect this one but I mean, I ran pretty pure.”
$1,100 PokerStars Open Philadelphia Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edward Leonard | United States | $147,806* |
| 2 | Guan Huang | United States | $126,507* |
| 3 | Frank Funaro | United States | $125,708* |
| 4 | William Beer | United States | $62,760 |
| 5 | Adam Agaev | United States | $47,415 |
| 6 | Norman Rogers | United States | $38,330 |
| 7 | Dan McGinnis | United States | $31,660 |
| 8 | Michael Bohmerwald | United States | $25,095 |
| 9 | Norman Rodriguez | Dominican Republic | $18,625 |
*Denotes Three-Way Deal
Level 8
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Aaron Pinson was in the small blind and got it all in preflop against the player in the big blind who had just over ten big blinds to start the hand.
Big blind: 4♠4♣ 
Aaron Pinson: A♥6♥
The flop came 5♥5♠7♣ with the big blind still in the lead. The turn landed the J♦ and the river fell the 7♥ with the big blind getting counterfeited.
Pinson scooped the pot with two pair, sevens and fives with an ace kicker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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160,000
93,000
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93,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 7
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Frankie Zeta got it all in preflop from under the gun with the covering stack against John Petro in the small blind.
John Petro: Q♦Q♥
Frankie Zeta: A♠A♦
The flop came 10♠J♣K♥ with Petro picking up an open-ender. He got there on the A♥ turn but wasn't out of the woods yet as Zeta could still improve to a full house or quads on the river to take it.
Zeta did in fact fill up on the river when the 10♣ completed the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000 | |
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Busted |
Level 7
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Action went four-ways to a flop of 8♠10♥10♣ where Jeffrey Chang led out for 1,500 in the small blind. Only the under-the-gun Gregory Chill made the call.
The turn landed the Q♦ and Chang led out again, this time for 3,000. Chill called once more and the 8♦ landed on the river.
Both players checked and Chang tabled J♦9♣ for the straight, besting the A♠A♣ of Chill.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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57,500
3,000
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3,000 |
|
56,000
26,000
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26,000 |
Level 7
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Christopher Caruso limped under the gun, the player in the hijack jammed for 5,400 to put herself at risk, and Dinesh Purohit called in the big blind. Caruso decided to tag along as well.
The flop of 10♦10♠9♣ went check-check, as did the 7♠ turn. On the 6♦ river, Purohit check-called a bet of 6,000 from Caruso.
Caruso tabled 8♦5♣ for the straight, besting the A♦7♦ of Purohit and the K♣4♣ of the hijack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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110,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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55,000
55,000
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55,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Level 6
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Players have been sent on the second break of the day and will return to blinds at 400/800 with an 800 big blind ante.
