2024 Maryland State Poker Championship
Maryland LIVE! Highlights
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With the PokerStars 2024 Maryland State Poker Championship underway, excitement is already building for the first-ever Pennsylvania State Poker Championship taking place Aug. 21-Sept. 8.
The series, taking place at Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia, will feature over $1.1 million in guarantees and will culminate with a $2,200 buy-in Main Event with a $500,000 guarantee.
PokerNews will be on-site covering the Main Event and will also be providing updates from other events including a $550 buy-in event with six starting flights and a $200,000 guarantee attached and a $1,100 guaranteed four-flight event with a $300,000 guarantee.
Other highlights of the series include a $10,000 guaranteed Pot-Limit Black Chip Bounty event and a $10,000 guaranteed Big O event.
Best of all, the Pennsylvania State Poker Championship gives players a chance to win seats into NAPT Las Vegas in November as PokerStars returns to Sin City.
During yesterday's Day 1c flight of the $600 Kickoff Event, PokerNews happened to be walking by a table when Riva Arthur got all in with pocket kings against another player with kings. A chop seemed imminent, but that is not how it went down.
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Arthur held the K♦ and a two-diamond flop of 8♦Q♥Q♦ left her freerolling. The 3♦ turn upped the suspense factor, and the dramatic 6♦ river gave her the flush to put a tough beat on the now-eliminated opponent.
Arthur, who is from Massachusetts, has already amassed $91,207 in Hendon Mob earnings despite her first cash being a little over a year ago.
She's had success at Live! before, taking down a $200k guaranteed Multi-Flight event in March for $29,300.
Arthur also made a deep run in last year's NAPT Las Vegas $5,300 NAPT High Roller with a tenth-place finish worth $16,295.