2026 U.S. Poker Open

Event #3: $5,000 NLH
Event #3: $5,000 NLH Event #4: $10,000 NLH Show All Events
Day: 1
12
Event Info
2026 U.S. Poker Open
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
99
Prize
$143,750
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$575,000
Total Entries
115
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
115
Players Left
6
Players Left 1 / 115

Justin Saliba Eliminated in 17th Place ($8,625)

Level 16 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Justin Saliba
Justin Saliba

Yang Zhou opened in middle position and Andrew Lichtenberger three-bet to 200,000 from the next seat. Sam Laskowitz then min-clicked to 300,000 from the button and Zhou folded before Lichtenberger four-bet jammed. Laskowitz called off with a stack of 1,100,000.

Sam Laskowitz: 1010 All in
Andrew Lichtenberger: AK

The board ran out 75867 as Laskowitz made a flush to double up. At the same time, Justin Saliba was eliminated in 17th place at the next table.

Player Chips Progress
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Sam Laskowitz
2,300,000
1,400,000
1,400,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
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Andrew Lichtenberger
250,000
1,250,000
1,250,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Justin Saliba
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Andrew LichtenbergerJustin SalibaSam LaskowitzYang Zhou