Event #8: $15,000 NLH Day 1 | 2026 U.S. Poker Open

2 days 5 hours ago

Berk Putting on the Pressure

Tyler Boyer

Level 12 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Marius Gierse raised to 24,000 on the button, and was called by the big blind Michael Berk.

After the 4♠7♥K♦ flop, Berk checked to Gierse, who bet out 16,000. Berk then raised to 45,000, which was called by Gierse.

The turn was the K♥, and Berk fired another bet, this time 115,000. That was enough to chase out Gierse, who mucked his hand to give the pot to Berk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Berk	805,000 115,000	115,000
Marius Gierse	370,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Marius Gierse Michael Berk

Level: 12

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

2 days 5 hours ago

Top Pair No Good for Lichtenberger

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Tyler Boyer

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

Action picked up on the flop with Andrew Lichtenberger all in and Paul Roy putting him at risk, with the board showing Q♦2♣4♠.

Andrew Lichtenberger: Q♠7♣ All in
Paul Roy: K♥Q♥

Both players flopped top pair, but Roy had Lichtenberger dominated. The board ran out 6♠4♥ and the king-queen of Roy was best, giving him the pot and knocking out Lichtenberger.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Roy	555,000
Andrew Lichtenberger	Busted

Tags: Andrew Lichtenberger Paul Roy

2 days 5 hours ago

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Soverel	1,050,000 115,000	115,000

Michael Berk	920,000 60,000	60,000
Dylan Linde	710,000 60,000	60,000

Aram Zobian	685,000 75,000	75,000

Matthew Wantman	673,000 123,000	123,000

Zach Bruch	620,000 175,000	175,000
Shannon Shorr	600,000 15,000	15,000

Paul Roy	478,000
Marius Gierse	450,000 80,000	80,000
Justin Zaki	425,000 240,000	240,000
Jeremy Becker	360,000 65,000	65,000
Brandon Wilson	240,000 50,000	50,000
Nick Schulman	175,000 55,000	55,000

Qinghai Pan	140,000 116,000	116,000

Andrew Lichtenberger	120,000 110,000	110,000

Joao Simao	105,000 5,000	5,000

Wilson Can't Hit

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Tyler Boyer

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

Action was picked up on the flop with the board showing J♦6♠3♦, with Brock Wilson all in and Dylan Linde putting him at risk.

Brock Wilson: K♦7♦ All in
Dylan Linde: A♠J♠

Linde flopped top pair, but would need to fade the flush draw of Wilson. He was able to do that when the board ran out 7♣5♥ to give the pot to Linde and knock out Wilson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Linde	650,000 425,000	425,000

Brock Wilson	Busted

Tags: Brock Wilson Dylan Linde

Level: 11

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

2 days 6 hours ago

Break Time

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Tyler Boyer

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

The 17 remaining players have been sent on another 10-minute break.

2 days 6 hours ago

Ladies for Pan

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Tyler Boyer

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

Sam Soverel raised to 16,000 from middle potion and was called by Aram Zobian in the cutoff. It then folded to the small blind Qinghai Pan who three-bet all in for 208,000. It folded back to Soverel, who took all of his time bank, before announcing fold, and Zobian followed behind.

As Pan took in the pot, he showed QxQx, with Soverel telling the table he mucked A♦J♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Soverel	935,000 485,000	485,000

Aram Zobian	610,000 30,000	30,000

Qinghai Pan	256,000 136,000	136,000

Tags: Aram Zobian As Pan Qinghai Pan Sam Soverel

2 days 6 hours ago

Krpan Can't Hit

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Tyler Boyer

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

Action was picked up with a short-stacked John Krpan all in and Marius Gierse putting him at risk.

John Krpan: A♠K♥ All in
Marius Gierse: 8♠8♦

Krpan woke up with a premium but could not hit on the 6♦7♥3♣5♥J♦ runout to send the pot Gierse, and eliminate Krpan.

At a nearby table, Cherish Andrews was seen leaving the tournament area after being eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Gierse	370,000 30,000	30,000
John Krpan	Busted
Cherish Andrews	Busted

Tags: John Krpan Marius Gierse Cherish Andrews

2 days 6 hours ago

Updated Chip Counts with Three Tables Left (full)

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Tyler Boyer

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Berk	980,000
Zach Bruch	795,000 795,000	795,000
Shannon Shorr	585,000

Aram Zobian	580,000 580,000	580,000

Matthew Wantman	550,000 375,000	375,000

Sam Soverel	450,000 85,000	85,000

Jeremy Becker	425,000 90,000	90,000
Cherish Andrews	420,000 185,000	185,000
Jeremy Ausmus	340,000 340,000	340,000

Marius Gierse	340,000 40,000	40,000
Paul Mugar	330,000
Nick Schulman	230,000 85,000	85,000

Andrew Lichtenberger	230,000 230,000	230,000

Dylan Linde	225,000 105,000	105,000

Brock Wilson	205,000 80,000	80,000
Brandon Wilson	190,000 95,000	95,000
Justin Zaki	185,000 20,000	20,000
John Krpan	150,000 62,000	62,000
Sam Laskowitz	145,000 20,000	20,000
Qinghai Pan	120,000 120,000	120,000

Joao Simao	110,000 15,000	15,000