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Level 4
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
2025 fourth-place finisher Hayley Hanna is among the latest to join the field as the 600 entry mark is crossed today.
2026 Arizona State Poker Championship
$1,100 Arizona State Poker Championship
Day: 1b
Players Left 462 / 2,881
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849,000
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786,000
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645,000
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Level 3
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
The players in the second starting flight of the Arizona State Championship have been sent on their first 15-minute break of the day.
The clock currently reads 577 entries, bringing the running total to 1,393.
Play resumes in Level 4 with blinds of 200/400.
Level 3
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Local Classic Rock FM radio station DJs Dave Farra and Jason Mahoney of 100.7 KSLX were spotted in the tournament this morning, and they actually were seated at the exact same table.
Mahoney took an unfortunate early exit after getting all his chips into the middle with a flopped top pair against a flush draw, but he was not able to hold.
On the other hand, Farra is still in the mix, sitting just over starting stack as the first break draws near.
Level 3
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
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Level 3
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Krystle O'Reilly limped in early position and another player limped in middle position. On the button, Heath Yuzuik raised to 1,500, and only O'Reilly called.
The 9♣4♣2♣ flop checked through to the 8♦ turn which saw O'Reilly lead for 2,500. Yuzuik quickly tossed A♠K♦ face up into the muck, lamenting his bad luck with big slick.
In return, O'Reilly tabled J♣3♣ for the flopped flush, showing her opponent that he made a good fold.
"You called me preflop with a jack high?" Yuzuik joked as he conceded the pot to O'Reilly.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Daniel Circu from under the gun and Skye Gwin from middle position saw a flop of 9♥8♥5♦ with a little over 3,500 in the middle preflop.
Circu had check-raised a bet from Gwin, who responded by moving all in for his 30,500 stack, and Circu snapped it off as the covering player.
Skye Gwin: 8♠8♦ 
Daniel Circu: 9♠9♦
It was a brutal cooler set-over-over with Circu the beneficiary. Gwin could not find the one-outer or running chop on the 4♣6♥ runout, leaving Circu's top set best for a brutal elimination in the early proceedings.
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Last summer, Brandon Mitchell beat a record-setting field to win life-changing money in the 2025 Arizona State Poker Championship.
The $1,100 buy-in tournament at Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale attracted 3,546 entries. A former police officer took it down for $525,700 by effectively protecting and defending his chip stack. Mitchell, competing in his home state, overcame a deep deficit to secure a career-best score. He was one of six players who booked a six-figure win in Arizona's biggest poker tournament of the year.
2025 Arizona State Poker Championship Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brandon Mitchell | $525,700 |
| 2 | David Levy | $310,000 |
| 3 | Nicholas Rogers | $210,500 |
| 4 | Hayley Hanna | $157,900 |
| 5 | Zachary Powers | $131,600 |
| 6 | Christopher Collins | $105,300 |
| 7 | Senh Cong | $78,900 |
| 8 | James Pausch | $65,800 |
| 9 | Mark Evangelista | $52,600 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
