2018 US Poker Open

USPO #04 – $25,000 Mixed Game Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2018 US Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj753
Prize
$382,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$26,000
Entries
45
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Negreanu Closing in on a Milly

Level 9

Stud

Daniel Negreanu: {x-}{x-}/{6-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{3-Spades}{6-Spades}/{x-}
Stephen Chidwick: {x-}{x-}/{a-Spades}{2-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{7-Spades}/{x-}

On fourth street, Stephen Chidwick and Daniel Negreanu put in three bets with Negreanu flatting the third. Negreanu led with bets on fifth and sixth getting a call from Chidwick on both streets.

Negreanu bet again on seventh street putting Chidwick in the tank. A timebank chips was needed but Chidwick ended up making a fold.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
820,000
140,000
140,000
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
275,000
125,000
125,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Daniel NegreanuStephen Chidwick

Level: 9

LIMIT FLOP / DRAW 0 6000 12000 12,000-24,000
STUD GAMES 3000 3000 12000 12,000-24,000
NO-LIMIT & POT-LIMIT 1500 3000 6000

The Rest of the Counts

Level 8
Player Chips Progress
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
680,000
435,000
435,000
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
585,000
388,000
388,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Michael Glick us
Michael Glick
300,000
185,000
185,000
Minh Ly us
Minh Ly
290,000
130,000
130,000
WPT 1X Winner
Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
275,000
-123,000
-123,000
$25K Fantasy
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
215,000
105,000
105,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
200,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Ralph Perry us
Ralph Perry
170,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
150,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Cary Katz us
Cary Katz
111,000
-109,000
-109,000
$25K Fantasy
Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
93,000
-37,000
-37,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
55,000
-95,000
-95,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 3X Winner

Assorted Stack Sizes

Level 8
Player Chips Progress
Aaron Katz us
Aaron Katz
575,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Eric Rodawig us
Eric Rodawig
495,000
310,000
310,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
475,000
-115,000
-115,000
Illya Trincher us
Illya Trincher
310,000
220,000
220,000
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
285,000
-230,000
-230,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
280,000
40,000
40,000
$25K Fantasy
Chris Vitch us
Chris Vitch
260,000
-55,000
-55,000
Randy Ohel us
Randy Ohel
205,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
175,000
99,000
99,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
170,000
-27,000
-27,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
David Oppenheim us
David Oppenheim
75,000
75,000
75,000
Poker Hall of Famer
John Monnette us
John Monnette
70,000
-135,000
-135,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner

Level: 8

LIMIT FLOP / DRAW 0 5000 10000 10,000-20,000
STUD GAMES 2000 3000 10000 10,000-20,000
NO-LIMIT & POT-LIMIT 1500 2500 5000

Yu Doubles Through Kassela

Level 7

No-Limit Hold'em

We arrived at the table to see Ben Yu's stack being cut down and Frank Kassela having to pay the price. It appears to have been a blind-vs-blind battle where Kassela may have misjudged the size of Yu's stack. Regardless, the money went all in preflop with Yu having the {a-Hearts}{8-Spades} and Kassela having the {6-}{6-}.

Yu was able to spike an eight on a {2-}{2-}{8-}{j-}{4-} board and score the double up.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
197,000
114,000
114,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
Frank Kassela us
Frank Kassela
92,500
-67,500
-67,500
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Benjamin YuFrank Kassela

Battle of the Big Stacks

Level 7

PLO

With a {q-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{4-Spades} board sitting in front of them, Benjamin Pollak bet 29,000 and Aaron Katz made the call. David Oppenheim folded and the {9-Clubs} fell on the turn.

Pollak checked this time and Katz took advantage firing a bet worth 65,000. Pollak took a moment before releasing his cards to the muck.

The two big stacks are seated right next to each other with Katz on Pollak's left so expect some more clashes between them.

Player Chips Progress
Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
590,000
120,000
120,000
Aaron Katz us
Aaron Katz
525,000
140,000
140,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Benjamin PollakDavid OppenheimAaron Katz

Kenney's Stack's Skyrockets

Level 7

Stud

David Oppenheim: {x-}{x-}/{5-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{10-Clubs}/{x-}
Randy Ohel: {x-}{x-}/{a-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}/folded on sixth
Bryn Kenney: {x-}{x-}/{j-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{3-Clubs}{j-Hearts}/{x-}

We picked up the action on sixth street with David Oppenheim already all in and Randy Ohel check-folding to a bet from Bryn Kenney.

Both Oppenheim and Kenney received their final down card and Oppenheim's {2-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} was only good for a pair missing his flush draw and Kenney took it down making trips with the {j-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
515,000
406,000
406,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Randy Ohel us
Randy Ohel
180,000
-67,000
-67,000
WSOP 1X Winner
David Oppenheim us
David Oppenheim
Busted
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Bryn KenneyDavid OppenheimRandy Ohel