$1,100 Main Event Day 1d | 2026 PokerStars Open Philadelphia

03-21-2026 12:12 UTC-4

Hill Doubles Through Porter

Josh Noy

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

David Porter opened to 2,500 in early position, and Christopher Hill defended his big blind to the A♠6♥7♠ flop.

Both players checked to see the 8♥ turn, where Hill led out for 1,500. Porter promptly raised to 8,000, and the call was made.

Hill checked the 9♣ river, and Porter moved all in. After taking a moment, Hill committed the rest of his stack and the cards were turned up.

Christopher Hill: A♥4♥ All in
David Porter: Q♠Q♦

Porter tabled his pocket queens, while Hill showed his pair of aces to earn the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Hill	49,000
David Porter	18,000

Tags: Christopher Hill David Porter

03-21-2026 12:01 UTC-4

Broadway for Boatwright

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Josh Noy

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Altai Kalatschinow led out for 6,000 from the small blind on the A♠3♥Q♠K♦ flop, and Daryl Boatwright raised to 17,000 in the cutoff.

Kalatschinow then announced all in, and Boatwright snapped it off.

Daryl Boatwright: J♦10♦ All in
Altai Kalatschinow: A♥Q♥

Boatwright tabled his straight, and Kalatschinow could not improve on the 7♠ river to send the chips across the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daryl Boatwright	78,000 78,000	78,000
Altai Kalatschinow	37,000 37,000	37,000

Tags: Altai Kalatschinow Daryl Boatwright

03-21-2026 11:55 UTC-4

Chen Makes a Move

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Josh Noy

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Robert McGarry opened to 800 from under gun, finding calls from Gary Bowker in the cutoff and Hussain Shaik in the small blind. Yingxin Chen tossed in a call from the big blind, and the 4♦10♦8♦ flop was checked around.

Shaik led out for 2,200 on the 7♥ turn, and Chen replied with a raise to 5,300. McGarry and Bowker quickly folded, while Shaik followed with a fold while flashing the 8♣ to see the pot shipped to Chen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert McGarry	64,000 64,000	64,000
Yingxin Chen	43,000 43,000	43,000
Gary Bowker	34,000 6,000	6,000
Hussain Shaik	22,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Gary Bowker Hussain Shaik Robert McGarry Yingxin Chen

03-21-2026 11:45 UTC-4

Flashback: Edward Leonard Wins 2025 PokerStars Open Philadelphia Main Event

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Josh Noy

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

As the grind of the final day at the 2025 PokerStars Open Philadelphia series wore on, 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 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

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Level: 3

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

03-21-2026 11:36 UTC-4

Waybright Bets Out Veliu

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Josh Noy

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Alida Veliu limped in the cutoff, and Jose Waybright followed with a call on the button. Jiandong Xu slid in a call from the small blind, with Adrian Muraru checked his big blind option.

Xu and Muraru checked the J♦7♠8♦ flop, and Veliu fired 400 into the middle. Waybright promptly raised to 1,500, and only Veliu called to see the A♣ turn.

Veliu checked and made the call after Waybright continued for 2,200. Another check from Veliu on the 6♠ river was met with a bet of 6,500 from Waybright.

After taking some time, Veliu let her hand go and Waybright picked up the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alida Veliu	68,000 26,000	26,000
Adrian Muraru	43,000 43,000	43,000
Jose Waybright	41,000 1,000	1,000
Jiandong Xu	34,000

Tags: Adrian Muraru Alida Veliu Jiandong Xu Jose Waybright

03-21-2026 11:31 UTC-4

Banks Gets Paid

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Josh Noy

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Action was heads up to the K♠A♠7♦3♠5♥ river, where Marcus Banks led out from the small blind with a bet of 4,500.

Sokhen Pin went into the tank on the button, opting to toss in the call. Banks tabled A♠5♠ for two pair, chipping up at the hands of Pin.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcus Banks	54,000 11,000	11,000
Sokhen Pin	37,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Marcus Banks Sokhen Pin

03-21-2026 11:21 UTC-4

Aqareva Leads the River

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Josh Noy

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Charles Bryant opened to 600 in the hijack, and Bruce Stone made the call on the button. Shaip Aqareva came along in the big blind, and checked the 7♥10♠5♣ flop.

Bryant also checked, and Stone tossed out a bet of 1,200. Only Aqareva called to the Q♠ turn, where both players checked. Aqareva then led out for 2,200 on the A♣ river.

That produced a fold from Stone, with Aqareva indicating that he made two pair while taking down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaip Aqareva	47,000
Jordan Ludwick	40,000 40,000	40,000
Bruce Stone	38,000 38,000	38,000
Charles Bryant	36,000

Tags: Bruce Stone Charles Bryant Shaip Aqareva

03-21-2026 11:05 UTC-4

Recent Additions to the Field

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Josh Noy

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Carey (US)	40,000 40,000	40,000
Raghav Shukla	40,000 40,000	40,000
Eric Riley	40,000 40,000	40,000
Russ Dunlevy	40,000 40,000	40,000
Errat Katyrdzhyogly	40,000 40,000	40,000
Luis Garcia	40,000 40,000	40,000
Gary Bowker	40,000 40,000	40,000
Barry Gibbon	40,000 40,000	40,000
Kohsuke Kimura	40,000 40,000	40,000
Eric Yu	40,000 40,000	40,000
Michael Manno	40,000 40,000	40,000
Alexander Kartveli	40,000 40,000	40,000
Zachary Hubbard	40,000 40,000	40,000
Sean Bian	40,000 40,000	40,000
Suwit Kaewphanat	40,000 40,000	40,000
Christopher Caruso	40,000 40,000	40,000
Sawyer Swanson	40,000 40,000	40,000
Cemil Senler	40,000 40,000	40,000

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200