Event #3: $5,000 NLH Day 1 | 2026 U.S. Poker Open

1 day ago

Stamm Pays Off Foxen

Connor Richards

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Alex Foxen completed in the small blind and David Stamm raised to 30,000 in the big blind. Foxen called.

Foxen checked on the flop of K♦2♠6♦ and Stamm continued for 20,000. Foxen called. Both players then checked on the 10♣ turn.

Foxen bet 115,000 on the 5♣ river and Stamm snapped him off, only to muck as Foxen showed K♥9♣ for top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Foxen	620,000

David Stamm	225,000 105,000	105,000

Tags: Alex Foxen David Stamm

1 day ago

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Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

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Level: 11

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

1 day 1 hour ago

Silver Runs Into It

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Connor Richards

Level 10 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

In a battle between the blinds, Bin Duan was all in for 190,000 against Nate Silver.

Bin Duan: K♣K♥ All in
Nate Silver: 9♣9♦

Duan had the better pair as the flop landed J♠6♦Q♠, and you don't need to be Nate Silver to know the K♠ turn increased the statistician's outs before the 3♠ bricked off on the river to earn Duan a double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nate Silver	400,000 275,000	275,000
Bin Duan	400,000 400,000	400,000

Tags: Bin Duan Nate Silver

1 day 1 hour ago

Some Updated Counts

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Connor Richards

Level 10 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Berk	680,000 180,000	180,000
Adam Hendrix	600,000 475,000	475,000
Sam Laskowitz	520,000 520,000	520,000

Drake Kemper	355,000 115,000	115,000
Erik Seidel	350,000 90,000	90,000

Brock Wilson	300,000 175,000	175,000
Peter Mugar	300,000 110,000	110,000
Brandon Wilson	270,000 270,000	270,000
Shannon Shorr	255,000 5,000	5,000

Jeremy Becker	250,000 200,000	200,000
Francis Anderson	220,000 95,000	95,000

Ebony Kenney	130,000 130,000	130,000
Landon Tice	101,000 24,000	24,000
Michael Wang	90,000 35,000	35,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

1 day 1 hour ago

Foxen Gets There for Big Double

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Connor Richards

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Dylan Linde opened to 13,000 on the button and Alex Foxen three-bet to 52,000 in the big blind. Linde four-bet jammed and Foxen snapped him off with a stack of 309,000.

Alex Foxen: A♣Q♠ All in
Dylan Linde: A♥K♠

Foxen was dominated but took a big lead on the flop of 3♣Q♥9♥ as the board finished out 8♣5♠ to earn him a big double and to deny Linde a chip-lead pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Linde	650,000 200,000	200,000

Alex Foxen	620,000 170,000	170,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Dylan Linde

1 day 1 hour ago

A Look at the Day 1 Field

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1 day 2 hours ago

Prize Pool Information

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Connor Richards

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The final $5,000 event of the USPO drew 115 runners for a prize pool of $575,000. There will be 17 places paid with a minimum cash being worth $8,625 and $143,750 reserved up top for the winner.

Place	Prize
1	$143,750
2	$89,125
3	$63,250
4	$48,875
5	$37,375
6	$28,750
7-8	$23,000
9-10	$17,250
11-12	$14,375
13-16	$11,500
17	$8,625

Level: 9

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000