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Level 12
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
The players are being sent on another 15-minute break.
Roughly 370 players remain, with 137 advancing to Day 2.
Play resumes in Level 13 with blinds of 2,000/4,000.
2026 Arizona State Poker Championship
$1,100 Arizona State Poker Championship
Day: 1d
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Level 12
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
There was roughly 100,000 in the middle already in a hand between Yarron Bendor from early position and Jean Gaspard in middle position.
With the completed board reading A♦Q♥5♥Q♣3♥, Bendor led all in with a 2x pot overbet of 210,000, sending Gaspard deep into the tank.
After a couple minutes, he opted to let his hand go, prompting Bendor to kindly reveal Q♠Q♦ for quad queens, showing "Prince" that he made the right fold.
Despite losing a sizeable pot, Gaspard has accumulated a stack of over 500,000.
Level 12
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Three-ways to a 5♠4♣3♦ flop, Jonathan Roeder bet 13,000 from middle position and the player on the button called. In the small blind, Jonah Labranche check-raised to 32,000, and both opponents called.
The A♥ turn would then check through to the Q♥ river which saw the action check to the button who bet 47,000. Labranche quickly got out of the way but Roeder snapped it off.
"You're good," the button announced.
Button: 9♠6♠
Jonathan Roeder: 5♦4♦
The button was bluffing with a missed open-ended straight draw while Roeder made the right call with his flopped two pair to scoop a substantial pot.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
After losing a massive pot with jack-ten against pocket jacks on a flop of Jx10x6x, Will "The Phoenix" Givens was down to his final 17,000.
Following an open from the hijack, Will Givens jammed for 17,000 from the small blind, and his opponent called.
Will Givens: Q♥Q♦ 
Hijack: J♥J♦
Givens was in great shape to double with the overpair, and he even covered both of his opponent's suits.
However, the J♠9♠7♥ flop gave his opponent top set. Nothing changed on the K♦5♣ runout, and Givens was sent to the rail in brutal fashion.
"They just can't let me win here!" Givens lamented as he shared some sporting handshakes with the table on his way out.
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Robbi Jade Lew opened from middle position and was called by both the hijack and the big blind.
On the K♦Q♣3♠ flop, Lew continued for 6,000 and only the hijack called.
Lew led again for 11,000 on the 4♣ turn, and her opponent called once again.
On the Q♠ river, Lew slowed down with a check before her opponent bet enough to put her all in, and she snapped off her 25,500 remaining stack.
Robbi Jade Lew: Q♥Q♦
Hijack: 4♠4♦
It was the worst possible turn for the hijack, who floated the flop and turned a set of fours before filling up on the river. However, he was always in bad shape against the set of queens, which made quads on the river to secure the full double for Lew.
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Action picked up three-ways to a J♥8♣7♣ flop with just under 30,000 in the middle already.
Michael Luna checked from middle position to the hijack who bet 10,000. The player on the button then raised to 30,000, and Luna cold-called. The hijack then moved all in for 48,000. Despite it not being a full raise, the button was allowed to rejam their 90,500 stack. After a minute's tank, Luna called as the covering stack to put both players at risk.
Hijack: A♠A♦
Button: 8♠8♥
Michael Luna: 10♣4♣
The hijack had his aces cracked by the flopped middle set of the button, while Luna had the only flush draw.
The 10♠ turn changed nothing, but the 6♣ landed on the river, completing Luna's flush as he dragged a massive pot to become the largest stack in the room.
At another table, two-time champion Ryan Stiner was eliminated, and his bid for a trilogy of titles here will have to wait another year.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
The first-place prize of $627,050 has been announced to the room, while the top four players will all secure six-figure payouts. Not too shabby for an $1,130 buyin!
The minimum cash will be $2,200 for all who advance to Day 2.
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
