2026 PokerStars Open Philadelphia

$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2026 PokerStars Open Philadelphia
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$500,000
Total Entries
125
Players Left
16
Average Chip Stack
312,500
Total Chips
5,000,000
Level Info
Level
16
Blinds
3,000 / 6,000
Ante
6,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
125
Players Left
16
Players Left 16 / 125

Shapiro Scores a Triple

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Aaron Shapiro
Aaron Shapiro

Abel Gebeyehu opened to 9,000 before Aaron Shapiro three-bet to 30,000 on his left. Louis Lu made the call, and Joseph Grodowski slid out a four-bet to 87,000.

Gebeyehu folded, while Shapiro moved all in for 121,000. Lu took some time before sliding in a call, and Grodowski moved his covering stack all in.

Lu took some more time before folding, leaving Shapiro at risk heads up.

Aaron Shapiro: AA All in
Joseph Grodowski: QQ

Lu indicated to the table that he folded pocket jacks, watching as the 931010A runout saw Shapiro improve to a full house to claim the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Abel Gebeyehu us
Abel Gebeyehu
748,000
136,000
136,000
Day 1A Chip Leader
Profile photo of Aaron Shapiro us
Aaron Shapiro
375,000
326,000
326,000
Profile photo of Joseph Grodowski us
Joseph Grodowski
345,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Louis Lu us
Louis Lu
94,000
92,000
92,000

Tags: Aaron ShapiroAbel GebeyehuJoseph GrodowskiLouis Lu