2026 Arizona State Poker Championship

$1,100 Arizona State Poker Championship
Day: 1a
1a1b
Event Info
2026 Arizona State Poker Championship
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$816,000
Total Entries
1,767
Players Left
368
Average Chip Stack
45,761
Total Chips
16,840,000
Level Info
Level
12
Blinds
1,500 / 2,500
Ante
2,500
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
816
Players Left
98
Players Left 368 / 1,767

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: 96 All in
John Riordan: AQ

Chitwood paired on the 886 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: AK All in
Jeremy Brown: 1010

The 542 flop added a gutshot for the big blind, but the board ran out 74, ending his run on the stone bubble as Brown collected the last of his chips.

Tags: Big BlindJeremy BrownJohn RiordanRebecca Chitwood