2025 Oklahoma State Championship of Poker
Level: 27
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
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.
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♣
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.
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♣
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.
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
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.
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♦
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.
Eric Salazar jammed for 510,000 from middle position and Rehman Zahid called in the small blind.
Eric Salazar: A♦K♦
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.