Event #5: $10,000 NLH | 2026 U.S. Poker Open

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Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Lichtenberger	125,000 125,000	125,000

Alex Foxen	125,000 125,000	125,000

Cherish Andrews	125,000 125,000	125,000
Aram Zobian	125,000 125,000	125,000

Brandon Wilson	125,000 125,000	125,000
Qinghai Pan	125,000 125,000	125,000

Shannon Shorr	125,000 125,000	125,000

Chino Rheem	125,000 125,000	125,000

Marius Gierse	125,000 125,000	125,000
Nicholas Seward	125,000

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Connor Richards

Level 1 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Cards are in the air and action is underway in Day 1 of Event #5.

Level: 1

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

37 minutes ago

Slight Delay

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There's a slight delay in the action as players make their way into the PokerGO Studio.

1 hour 49 minutes ago

Second $10,000 Event of 2026 USPO Kicks Off Today

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The second $10,000 buy-in event at the 2026 U.S. Poker Open (USPO) in Las Vegas kicks off today with Day 1 of Event #5: $10,000 NLH, an event that kicks off at noon local time inside the PokerGO Studio.

Event #5 will be followed by two more $10,000 events before two $15,000 events and a $25,000 finale, which will likely play a determining factor in the series leaderboard race. Cherish Andrews is currently in front after her victory in Event #3, a tournament that she wasn't even going to play amid a "big sad downswing."

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USPO Current Leaderboard Standings

Rank	Player	Points	Wins	Cashes	Winnings
1	Cherish Andrews	216	1	1	$117,407
2	Clemen Deng	208	1	2	$139,025
3	Brock Wilson	181	1	1	$120,900
4	Peter Mugar	155	0	3	$103,975
5	Yifu He	146	0	2	$97,550
6	Adam Hendrix	134	0	1	$115,468
7	Jeremy Ausmus	133	0	2	$88,975
8	Sam Laskowitz	95	0	2	$63,575
9	Michael Rossitto	88	0	1	$58,800
10	Justin Zaki	84	0	1	$55,800

_{Table courtesy of PokerGO}

The event will start off with blinds of 500/1,000/1,000 and players having 125,000 starting stacks. Levels will be 30 minutes in duration through Level 12, at which point they will increase to 40 minutes. The two-day event will play down to a five-handed final table and then to a winner on Thursday.

Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is on-site and ready to provide coverage of Event #5. Check out our coverage of the rest of the series in the meantime.

Tags: Adam Hendrix Brock Wilson Cherish Andrews Clemen Deng Jeremy Ausmus Justin Zaki Michael Rossitto Peter Mugar Sam Laskowitz Yifu He