A complete of three,646 entries have been made previously two editions of the Arizona State Poker Championships $1,100 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion on the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, AZ. There have been 1,580 that turned out in 2022, and a couple of,066 this 12 months. Incredibly, one participant managed to come back out on prime of each large fields: Ryan Stiner.
The hometown hero has now earned $483,592 {dollars} on this occasion over the previous two years, accounting for the solid majority of his $542,057 in lifetime match cashes. He secured $221,200 for his inaugural title run final 12 months, and topped that with new career-best payday of $262,392 this 12 months.
This was Stiner’s second title of the 12 months, having additionally gained a $500 buy-in occasion on the similar venue again in March for one more $39,992. These two wins this 12 months have been sufficient to place him inside attain of the highest 250 within the 2023 Card Player Player of the Year race standings, that are introduced by Global Poker.
Stiner advised Tiffany Michelle, who was protecting the occasion for Talking Stick Resort, that he predicted this title protection earlier on on this 12 months’s match.
On Day 1C of this 12 months’s match, the Arizona State Poker Championship’s defending champion, Ryan Stiner, advised #poker room supervisor (Tom) that he’d be right here shaking his hand on the ultimate day (once more)….. and he by no means stopped believing he might… and would.
@TS_Resort pic.twitter.com/a43f7bMEc2
— The Arena Poker Room (@ArenaPokerRoom) August 22, 2023
This occasion featured three beginning flights from Aug. 18-20, after which two extra days of motion to play all the way down to a champion. At the top of day 2, the sphere had been narrowed to simply ten contenders with Stiner within the lead.
Stiner solely added to that lead, scoring the primary 5 knockouts on the remaining desk in response to social media posts from the venue. He took a large chip lead into heads-up play with Mark Graffius, who managed to mount a comeback early, solely to run right into a monster within the remaining hand.
He held Q
9 on a board of 855
3
6 for a queen-high flush. All of the chips went in, and Stiner confirmed 8
8 for a flopped full home to earn the pot and the title.
Graffius earned $203,501 because the runner-up finisher, far and away the most important rating but on his match resume.
Another social media publish from Talking Stick Resort confirmed a vocal rail for Stiner. They chanted his title as he unleashed some celebratory dance strikes after efficiently defending his title.
Scottsdale’s Ryan Stiner does the unimaginable and beats a subject of two,066 to WIN the Arizona State Poker Championship BACK TO BACK years @the_real_stiner scores a $262,392 payday from the $1100 buy-in match.#pokernews #poker #scottsdale pic.twitter.com/DpAT9pxqx1
— The Arena Poker Room (@ArenaPokerRoom) August 22, 2023
Here is a take a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the remaining desk:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Ryan Stiner | $262,392 | 1080 |
| 2 | Mark Graffius | $203,501 | 900 |
| 3 | Ben Landowski | $147,719 | 720 |
| 4 | Richard Alati | $107,432 | 540 |
| 5 | Ryan Jacobs | $76,442 | 450 |
| 6 | Joshua Curtis | $61,980 | 360 |
| 7 | Jeff Dumas | $48,551 | 270 |
| 8 | Peter Stenseth | $36,155 | 180 |
| 9 | Anthony Dianaty | $25,825 | 90 |
