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2023 WSOP Main Event Runner-Up and Arizona native Steven Jones has been in the field since the early levels. During a walkthrough, he won two consecutive pots after raising preflop and getting heads-up with the big blind, taking down the pot with a postflop bet. He takes a healthy stack into the break.
2022 and 2023 Arizona State Champion Ryan Stiner has accumulated a stack of around 160,000.
Jared Jaffee recently joined the field but has not been able to spin up his stack. In a recent hand, he opened from the cutoff and then called a three-bet from the button. On the flop, the button shoved as the covering stack, forcing Jaffe to concede with around 30,000 behind.
Mixed game specialist Fu "Grasshopper" Wong has joined in on the action. Most recently, he jammed his 26,000 stack over a 3,000 open and a call, taking down the pot without showdown. Another common name in the mixed streets Mike Wattel has also taken his seat.
WSOP Bracelet Winner Nicholas Julia, despite telling the media team that he is "going to make this a 10k", has spun up his stack to over 175,000.
Arizona crushers Jonah Labranche and Colton Blomberg are still in the mix, while UFC Champion Sean O'Malley's stack has been on a rollercoaster all day as he sits on around 25,000.
Michael Kelleher still holds the largest stack in the room with over 350,000.