Justin Saliba raised to 3,500 from under the gun and was called by Vinny Lingham on his left. It then folded to Sam Soverel on the button, who three-bet to 15,000. It folded back to Saliba who made the call, and Lingham got out of the way.
After the flop came 6♣Q♥10♠ Saliba check-called a bet of 11,000 from Soverel.
Both players checked after the 3♦ on the turn, and the 2♦ on the river.
Saliba announced "nines" which Soverel responded with "nice hand" and mucked after Saliba tabled 9♠9♥ to take the pot.
The 2026 U.S. Poker Open (USPO) in Las Vegas is in its final stretch, and the final event of series gets underway today with Day 1, of Event #10: $25,000 NLH, an event that kicks off at 1 p.m. local time inside the PokerGO Studio.
Event #10 is the biggest buy-in of the series, which featured three 5ks, fours 10ks, two 15ks and concludes with this $25,000 finale, which will likely play a determining factor in the series leaderboard race.
Brock Wilson is currently leading the standings for the U.S. Poker Open player of the series after winning his second title of the series in Event #6. Here are the standings coming into the final event, with event #9 still wrapping up.
USPO
USPO Current Leaderboard Standings
Rank
Player
PGT Points
Wins
Cashes
PGT Earnings
1
Brock Wilson
495
2
4
$434,900
2
Jeremy Ausmus
399
0
4
$354,175
3
Clemen Deng
284
1
3
$215,025
4
Cherish Andrews
282
1
3
$183,807
5
Joao Simao
266
1
2
$324,800
6
Alex Foxen
245
1
3
$233,750
7
Justin Zaki
242
0
3
$239,900
8
Qinghai Pan
239
0
2
$238,500
9
Peter Placey
224
1
1
$224,000
10
Kristen Foxen
219
1
2
$211,950
The event will start off with blinds of 500/1,000/1,000 and players having 150,000 starting stacks. Levels will be 45 minutes in duration, with late registration open until the start of level 7. The two-day event will play down to a final table and then to a winner on Wednesday.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is on-site and ready to provide coverage of Event #10. Check out our coverage of the rest of the series in the meantime.