2026 Arizona State Poker Championship

$1,100 Arizona State Poker Championship
Day: 1a
Event Info
2026 Arizona State Poker Championship
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j♣8♣
Prize
$627,050
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$4,018,000
Total Entries
4,018
Level Info
Level
40
Blinds
1,200,000 / 2,400,000
Ante
2,400,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
816
Players Left
98
Players Left 1 / 4,018

Four All Ins and Two Eliminations; Play Concludes

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Bubble
Bubble

There were four all in and calls on the second hand of hand-for-hand.

One table saw aces beat kings in a cooler scenario for 375,000 chips.

The second one occurred when Rebecca Chitwood was forced all in for 9,000 from the big blind. Following a limp, John Riordan raised to 95,000 with 1,000 behind, and the limper folded.

Rebecca Chitwood: 9♥6♣ All in
John Riordan: A♥Q♦

Chitwood paired on the 8♦8♣6♠ flop. However, her lead was short-lived as the A♦ fell on the turn, and the K♥ river sealed her fate.

The third showdown was a preflop all in for 82,000 which saw aces hold against ace-king for the double.

On the final table, there was a coinflip between Jeremy Brown in the cutoff and the big blind who held the effective stack of 153,000.

Big Blind: A♦K♠ All in
Jeremy Brown: 10♠10♦

The 5♦4♠2♣ flop added a gutshot for the big blind, but the board ran out 7♠4♣, ending his run on the stone bubble as Brown collected the last of his chips.

Tags: Big BlindJeremy BrownJohn RiordanRebecca Chitwood