$800 Main Event | 2025 Oklahoma State Championship of Poker

08-31-2025 19:13 UTC-6

Count Update

Brett Slezak

Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Grant Hinkle	3,875,000 1,175,000	1,175,000

Terry Harrell	3,500,000 850,000	850,000
Anthony Finley	2,750,000 875,000	875,000
Sarah Renko	1,200,000 150,000	150,000
Rehman Zahid	1,100,000 100,000	100,000

Level: 27

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

08-31-2025 18:50 UTC-6

Finley Picks Off a Bluff to Take the Lead

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Brett Slezak

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Rehman Zahid opened the hijack to 250,000 and Anthony Finley called on the button.

On the 8♣5♥3♣ flop, Zahid led for 250,000 and Finley put in the call.

The 8♠ turn checked through to the 2♦ river which Zahid lead for just 250,000 into a pot of 1,200,000 and Finley called.

Rehman Zahid: K♣10♥
Anthony Finley: A♣Q♥

Finley made the right call with just ace-high to pick off Zahid's bluff and take the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Finley	3,625,000 1,095,000	1,095,000
Rehman Zahid	1,200,000 1,175,000	1,175,000

Tags: Anthony Finley Rehman Zahid

08-31-2025 18:36 UTC-6

Johnnie Place Eliminated in 6th Place ($11,820)

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Brett Slezak

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Terry Harrell opened the button to 170,000 and Johnnie Place defended his big blind.

On the J♥9♥6♠ flop, Place checked to Harrell who bet 190,000. Place then check-jammed for 575,000 and Harrell snapped it off.

Johnnie Place: 9♣8♣ All in
Terry Harrell: K♣J♣

Place was behind with second pair against the top pair of Harrell. The 10♣ turn gave him more outs before the 2♠ completed the board, ending his day in sixth.

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Harrell	2,650,000 740,000	740,000
Johnnie Place	Busted

Tags: Johnnie Place Terry Harrell

08-31-2025 18:23 UTC-6

Finley Doubles Through Harrell

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Brett Slezak

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Grant Hinkle opened the hijack to 160,000 and was called by Terry Harrell in the small blind and Anthony Finley in the big blind.

The K♦J♥2♦ flop checked through to the Q♠ turn which saw Harrell check once more to Finley who bet 300,000. Hinkle quickly got out of the way before Harrell check-jammed for 985,000 effective as the covering stack and Finley called.

Anthony Finley: K♥7♣ All in
Terry Harrell: J♣9♠

Finley was ahead with top pair but had to fade many outs which he was able to do on the 6♣ river as he got the full double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Grant Hinkle	2,700,000 800,000	800,000

Anthony Finley	2,530,000 580,000	580,000
Terry Harrell	1,910,000 740,000	740,000

Tags: Anthony Finley Grant Hinkle Terry Harrell

08-31-2025 18:07 UTC-6

Play Resumes

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Brett Slezak

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

The players have returned from dinner break and the action is back underway with six left.

Level: 26

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

08-31-2025 17:11 UTC-6

Dinner Break

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Brett Slezak

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The final six players are going on a 60-minute dinner break with play set to resume at 7:06 p.m.

Action continues in Level 26 with blinds of 40,000/80,000 with an average stack of 2,085,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Grant Hinkle	3,500,000 400,000	400,000

Terry Harrell	2,650,000 575,000	575,000
Rehman Zahid	2,375,000 475,000	475,000
Anthony Finley	1,950,000 175,000	175,000
Sarah Renko	1,050,000 75,000	75,000
Johnnie Place	980,000 195,000	195,000

08-31-2025 17:06 UTC-6

John Smith Eliminated in 7th Place ($9,146)

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Brett Slezak

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

John Smith jammed for 490,000 from the cutoff and Sarah Renko called in the big blind with the slightly larger stack.

John Smith: A♠2♦ All in
Sarah Renko: J♥J♦

Renko woke up with the goods in the big blind as the board ran out K♥Q♦3♠7♦6♠ which was no help to Smith as he hit the rail shortly before dinner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sarah Renko	1,125,000 75,000	75,000
John Smith (MO)	Busted

Tags: John Smith Sarah Renko

08-31-2025 16:49 UTC-6

Eric Salazar Eliminated in 8th Place ($7,181)

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Brett Slezak

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Eric Salazar jammed for 510,000 from middle position and Rehman Zahid called in the small blind.

Eric Salazar: A♦K♦ All in
Rehman Zahid: Q♥Q♣

It was the most classic of races as the J♥4♠4♣ flop kept the queens in front. Nothing changed on the 7♥9♦ runout as Salazar wished his opponents farewell after an impressive run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rehman Zahid	1,900,000 945,000	945,000
Eric Salazar	Busted

Tags: Eric Salazar Rehman Zahid