Event #9: $15,000 NLH Day 1 | 2026 U.S. Poker Open

16 hours 17 minutes ago

Wilson Leads (full)

Connor Richards

Level 13 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Wilson	1,250,000 50,000	50,000
Aram Zobian	850,000 100,000	100,000

Nicholas Seward	600,000 200,000	200,000

Clemen Deng	600,000 50,000	50,000
Chino Rheem	550,000 30,000	30,000

Marius Gierse	500,000 200,000	200,000
Bill Klein	450,000 80,000	80,000
Natalie Ferguson	440,000 130,000	130,000
Cary Katz	425,000 75,000	75,000

Vinny Lingham	400,000 150,000	150,000
Alex Foxen	360,000 50,000	50,000

Justin Zaki	315,000 205,000	205,000
Sam Soverel	310,000 100,000	100,000

Kristen Foxen	300,000 50,000	50,000

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Level: 13

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

16 hours 41 minutes ago

Break Time

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Connor Richards

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

The remaining 14 players have been sent on a 12-minute break.

16 hours 43 minutes ago

"I Should've Folded"

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Connor Richards

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

Cary Katz put Chino Rheem in the blender as he moved all in for 155,000 on the board of A♠10♠5♠Q♠Q♥.

Rheem eventually called as Katz showed Q♣10♣ for a full house as Rheem was forced to show K♠Q♦ for the nut flush.

"I just pulled a Foxen on you!" Katz said, possibly referencing a similar hand involving queen-ten and two players with trip queens from a few days ago.

"I should've folded the river," Rheem said glumly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chino Rheem	580,000 120,000	120,000

Cary Katz	500,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Cary Katz Chino Rheem

17 hours ago

Chao, Joao

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Connor Richards

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

Joao Simao, who earlier today took down Event #8: $15,000 NLH, was eliminated by Vinny Lingham.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vinny Lingham	550,000 280,000	280,000
Joao Simao	Busted

17 hours 1 minute ago

"You're Scaring the Women in the Man Cave"

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Connor Richards

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

Cary Katz started screaming as action heated up in the final minute of the NBA playoff game between the New York Knicks and Atlanta Hawks and apologized to the other players.

"This is my man cave," said Katz, who has an ongoing bet about who will win the Eastern Conference finals.

"You're scaring the women in the man cave!" said Aram Zobian.

Around the same time, Cherish Andrews opened to 24,000 in the cutoff and called as Brandon Wilson three-bet jammed in the big blind.

Cherish Andrews: K♠K♣ All in
Brandon Wilson: A♥4♥

The flop of 7♦6♦A♦ put Wilson in front and the runout of 2♥10♠ confirmed Andrews' elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Wilson	1,200,000 800,000	800,000
Cary Katz	350,000 160,000	160,000

Cherish Andrews	Busted

Tags: Aram Zobian Brandon Wilson Cary Katz Cherish Andrews

Level: 12

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

17 hours 23 minutes ago

Foxen Raises Ferguson

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Connor Richards

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

Natalie Ferguson opened to 22,000 in the hijack and Kristen Foxen called on the button as Sam Soverel defended his big blind.

Soverel checked on the flop of Q♦2♦Q♣ and Ferguson continued for 10,000. Foxen raised to 35,000 and both opponents folded.

Elsewhere, Poker Hall of Famer Nick Schulman was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristen Foxen	350,000 75,000	75,000

Natalie Ferguson	310,000 10,000	10,000
Sam Soverel	210,000 60,000	60,000

Nick Schulman	Busted

Tags: Kristen Foxen Natalie Ferguson Nick Schulman Sam Soverel

17 hours 38 minutes ago

Foxen Cracks Queens

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Connor Richards

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

Kristen Foxen open-jamemd for 124,000 in the cutoff and Vinny Lingham re-shoved on the button with a bigger stack.

Kristen Foxen: A♥10♠ All in
Vinny Lingham: Q♠Q♦

The flop of 5♠A♦8♦ put Foxen in front before the board finished out K♠K♥ to earn her a double.

A few hands earlier, David Coleman was eliminated from the same table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristen Foxen	275,000 125,000	125,000

Vinny Lingham	270,000 50,000	50,000
David Coleman	Busted

Tags: David Coleman Kristen Foxen Vinny Lingham

17 hours 56 minutes ago

Updated Counts (full)

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Connor Richards

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Aram Zobian	750,000 450,000	450,000

Chino Rheem	700,000 575,000	575,000

Clemen Deng	650,000 150,000	150,000
Justin Zaki	520,000 170,000	170,000
Cary Katz	510,000 10,000	10,000

Nick Schulman	430,000 70,000	70,000

Alex Foxen	410,000 80,000	80,000

Nicholas Seward	400,000 300,000	300,000

Brandon Wilson	400,000 55,000	55,000
Bill Klein	370,000 300,000	300,000
Vinny Lingham	320,000 40,000	40,000
Natalie Ferguson	320,000 205,000	205,000
Joao Simao	301,000

Marius Gierse	300,000 100,000	100,000
Cherish Andrews	250,000 180,000	180,000
Matthew Wantman	225,000 225,000	225,000

David Coleman	160,000

Sam Soverel	150,000

Kristen Foxen	150,000 35,000	35,000

Peter Placey	Busted

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