2026 Arizona State Poker Championship
Chip Counts
Level: 30
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
The final 25 players are taking another 15-minute break.
Play resumes in Level 30 with blinds of 100,000/200,000 and an average stack of 6,428,000 (32 bb).
Play will continue today until ten players remain.
George Stojic from the big blind and Jared Rogers on the button were heads-up to a completed board of 10♣9♦8♠J♦5♠ with only about 1,700,000 in the middle.
Stojic led for 1,100,000 before Rogers announced all in as the covering stack, and Stojic stood up from his chair and threw his arms in the air before eventually calling off his roughly 5,600,000 stack.
He got the bad news as Rogers tabled K♣Q♥ for the nut straight. Stojic flipped over the Q♣ for the lower straight to the queen, and he was eliminated in brutal fashion.
On the first hand after the redraw, Tong Shao was eliminated in 27th.
Brett Dolin also hit the rail on the last hand before the break in 26th.
Three-ways to the turn, there was roughly 1,800,000 in the middle on a board of K♠7♠6♦9♣. Erik Gault led from the small blind, before Jose Garcia jammed for 1,955,000 from the big blind. In the hijack, John Phan rejammed for 3,100,000, and Gault called to put both players at risk.
Jose Garcia: A♥7♥
John Phan: 10♦8♦
Erik Gault: A♠8♠
Garcia had third pair while Phan turned the nut straight Gault had an open-ender with the nut flush draw.
The river bricked off with the 4♣, giving a massive pot to Phan as Garcia hits the exit.
Nathaniel Spivey jammed for his final 1,050,000 from early position and Sang Ha flatted on the button.
Nathaniel Spivey: A♣4♦
Sang Ha: A♠A♥
Spivey ran into the bullets and needed some major help to survive. The 6♦3♦2♥ flop gave him a gutshot and backdoor flush draw, but the board ran out 2♣10♣, ending his run.
Shortly after at another table, Toby Price's run came to an end in 30th after he lost with pocket tens against the ace-ten of Ton Shao.
It folded to Peter Fox in the small blind who raised to 420,000. In the big blind, Hill Kerby announced all in as the covering stack, and Fox called off his roughly 3,850,000 stack after a short deliberation.
Peter Fox: K♦Q♦
Hill Kerby: A♥8♥
Fox was behind but held live cards as the K♠J♠7♠ flop vaulted him into the lead with top pair. The 9♣ turn added a gutshot for Kerby, but it was the A♦ that landed on the river to give Kerby the win as Fox jumped out of his chair and angrily headed to the payout desk.
John Misirian and Daniel Chuprun were eliminated shortly before this hand.
Level: 29
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 160,000