$2,200 Main Event Day 2 | 2024 Maryland State Poker Championship

5 days 7 hours ago

Liu Wakes Up with Aces

Nick Becker

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Nicholas Banyas raised to 45,00 in the cutoff and Parker Talbot three-bet to 130,000 in the small blind. Xiaoqiong Liu then cold four-bet shoved all in for 383,000, putting herself at risk. Banyas reshoved to isolate and Talbot folded.

Xiaoqiong Liu: A♠A♥ All in
Nicholas Banyas: A♦Q♠

The board ran out 3♣8♠3♦Q♦2♣ and Liu's pair of aces held to earn her the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Banyas	1,125,000 -400,000	-400,000
Xiaoqiong Liu	916,000 454,000	454,000

Parker Talbot	260,000 -86,000	-86,000

Tags: Nicholas Banyas Xiaoqiong Liu Parker Talbot

5 days 7 hours ago

Joseph Crowley Eliminated in 11th Place ($8,955)

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Tyler Boyer

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Joseph Crowley raised to 45,000 from the cutoff, and when he folded to the small blind Michael Bills, he three-bet to 175,000. After the big blind folded, Crowley four-bet all in for 700,000, and Bills quickly called.

Joseph Crowley: K♦K♣ All in
Michael Bills: A♠A♥

Crowley ran his kings right into the aces of Bills, and Crowley would need to improve to stay in the tournament. But when the board ran out 3♥5♣10♠7♠J♦ the pocket aces of Bills were still best, and Crowley was eliminated in 11th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Bills	1,550,000 835,000	835,000

Joseph Crowley	Busted

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Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

5 days 7 hours ago

Break Time

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Tyler Boyer

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The 11 remaining players have been sent on a 15-minute break.

5 days 7 hours ago

Banyas And Verderamo Battle Blind Versus Blind

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Nick Becker

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Action picked up on the river with a sizable pot brewing in a hand between Nicholas Banyas in the small blind and Nicholas Verderamo in the big blind.

With over 200,000 in the middle and the board reading 6♦3♣J♦10♣8♠, Banyas led out with a bet of 175,000 and Verderamo min-raised to 350,000. Banyas then came over the top and reraised to 600,000.

Verderamo went into the tank, eventually tossing his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Verderamo	1,870,000 -480,000	-480,000

Nicholas Banyas	1,525,000 375,000	375,000

Tags: Nicholas Banyas Nicholas Verderamo

5 days 7 hours ago

Dale Capuano Eliminated in 12th Place ($8,955)

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Tyler Boyer

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Nicholas Verderamo raised to 35,000 in the cutoff, when Dale Capuano three-bet to 125,000 on the button. Once it folded back to Verderamo, he four-bet all in for Capuano's stack of 800,000. Capuano did make the call, to put himself at risk.

Dale Capuano: A♠Q♣ All in
Nicholas Verderamo: A♥K♦

Capuano was dominated by Verderamo's ace-king, but when the board came 8♠4♣A♣ on the flop, and 8♣ on the turn, Capuano had a flush draw and chop outs to go along with a queen. But the river was the K♥ to give Verderamo two pair, aces and kings to knockout Capuano.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Verderamo	2,350,000 1,070,000	1,070,000

Dale Capuano	Busted

5 days 8 hours ago

Propst Heating Up

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Nick Becker

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Tim Faro raised to 35,000 on the button and Edgar Propst three-bet to 90,000 in the big blind. Faro called, bringing the A♥3♣4♠ flop.

Propst continued with a bet of 55,000 and Faro thought for a moment before giving up his hand.

Propst has been very active this past orbit, having won several small pots to chip up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tim Faro	845,000 95,000	95,000

Edgar Propst	720,000 170,000	170,000

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5 days 8 hours ago

Talbot Gets River Bet Through

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Tyler Boyer

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Action folded to the small blind Edgar Propst who limped in, and Parker Talbot checked his option in the big blind.

The flop came K♠4♦8♣ and Talbot called a bet of 16,000 from Propst.

After the 6♦ on the turn, Propst bet out 55,000, which Talbot called.

The river was the 7♠ and Propst checked to Talbot, who bet 141,000, which got a quick fold from Propst to give the pot to Talbot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Edgar Propst	550,000 -30,000	-30,000
Parker Talbot	346,000 46,000	46,000

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5 days 8 hours ago

Banyas Flops a Set to Double Up

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Nick Becker

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Nicholas Banyas raised from under the gun, getting calls from Dale Capuano in the cutoff and Xiaoqiong Liu in the small blind.

The flop came 9♦J♣10♥, Liu checked, Banyas bet 55,000, and Capuano raised to 200,000. Liu got out of the way and Banyas came over the top with an all-in shove of 524,000, putting himself at risk. Capuano thought for a moment before making the call.

Nicholas Banyas: 9♥9♣ All in
Dale Capuano: J♠10♠

The turn landed the A♦ and the river brought the 2♦, and the sizable pot was pushed Banyas' way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Banyas	1,150,000 675,000	675,000
Dale Capuano	515,000 -835,000	-835,000

Tags: Dale Capuano Nicholas Banyas Xiaoqiong Liu

5 days 8 hours ago

Gazzola Turns a Boat Against Faro's Trips

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Tyler Boyer

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Tim Faro raised to 25,000 on the button, when the small blind Ben Gazzola three-bet to 85,000. The big blind folded, and Faro made the call to see a flop.

After the J♣J♠9♣ flop, Gazzola bet out 40,000, before Faro raised to 150,000. Gazzola made the call to head to a turn.

After the A♠ on the turn, Gazzola check-called a bet of 175,000 from Faro.

The river was the 10♦ and after Gazzola checked to Faro, he gave his decision some thought before checking as well.

Gazzola then turned over A♥A♦ for a turned full house, aces full of jacks. Faro showed J♦8♦ for trip jacks before tossing his cards into the muck, as Gazzola took in a huge pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Gazzola	1,400,000 600,000	600,000
Tim Faro	750,000 -575,000	-575,000

Tags: Ben Gazzola Tim Faro