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The Maryland State Poker Championship Main Event is set to begin later today at Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland, with PokerNews providing live reporting throughout. The $1,700 buy-in tournament carries a $500,000 guarantee and features three starting flights running from today through Saturday. The series is sponsored by PokerStars Exclusively on FanDuel.
Ahead of the Main Event, several preliminary titles have already been decided. Joshua Mischel, who finished eighth in last year’s Main Event for $14,000, claimed victory in Event #2: $600 NLHE, which drew 728 entries across six starting flights.
Mischel defeated fellow Maryland player Alvin Anton in heads-up play to secure the $63,400 top prize. Anton, who reached the final table again after finishing fourth in the same event in 2025, settled for the runner-up spot.
The win marks the second-largest cash of Mischel’s career, trailing only his runner-up finish in the WSOP Circuit Baltimore Main Event last October. Celebrating on Instagram, Mischel shared a photo of his trophy and remarked on how well the cards had run for him throughout the tournament.
Elsewhere in the series, Filippos Stavrakis, a 2018 WSOP bracelet winner in the $1,000 PLO event, added another Omaha title by winning the $400 Mixed Omaha event for $6,431.
Brian Fuchs also had a standout showing, taking down the $400 Six-Max event for $13,050, marking the second-largest cash of his career.
