2018 US Poker Open

USPO #02 – $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info

2018 US Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a1077
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$640,000
Entries
64
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0

Richard Kirsch Holds Massive Lead as the $10,000 PLO Reaches Final Table

Level 16 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
Richard Kirsch
Richard Kirsch

The final table of the 2018 US Poker Open #02 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha is set. Just six players remain after a 17 level Day 1 which saw 64 entries piled up. Leading the pack is American Richard Kirsch but an elite field stands in his way.

Final Table Line-Up:

SeatPlayerCountryChip Count
1Mike GorodinskyUnited States1,275,000
2Cary KatzUnited States770,000
3Anthony ZinnoUnited States580,000
4Andjelko AndrejevicSerbia1,405,000
5Richard KirschUnited States2,530,000
6Rainer KempeGermany1,440,000

Kirsch held the chip lead for the latter part of Day 1 but saw a huge spike in his stack on the final hand of the night. Kirsch collided with Dan Shak and the two found themselves in a ridiculous cooler spot. Kirsch called a big three-bet preflop from Shak with kings to Shak's aces. After a dry flop fell, Kirsch immediately bet pot and Shak inst-shoved getting a snap-call from Kirsch. A more than 2 million chip pot was formed, over 25% of the chips in play, and Kirsch spiked a straight on the turn to eliminate Shak on the official final table bubble.

Day 1 kicked off at 2 PM local time inside the Aria Resort & Casino. The likes of Daniel Negreanu, Bryn Kenney, Justin Bonomo, Stephen Chidwick, Brian Rast, and Erik Seidel all tested their luck but didn't have the right ingredients to make a deep run.

Just the top 10 spots made the money and after leading the field for most of the day, a cruel cooler left Sam Soverel in the danger zone and the man that iced him, Mike Gorodinsky, returned for the rest of Soverel's stack moments later.

Ben Yu (10th - $19,200), Joshua Ladines (9th - $19,200), and Benjamin Pollak (8th - $25,600) were the only players other than Shak to leave with some consolation, though with the re-entries, none of them would feel much better than the rest.

Here's what the finalists have left to fight for:

PlacePrize
1$179,200
2$128,000
3$83,200
4$64,000
5$51,200
6$38,400

The final table is set to kick off around noon local time on Saturday afternoon and the stream will begin on PokerGo at 1 PM (4 PM EST). Follow along with the action here on the blog as it plays out on stream all the way down until a champion is crowned.

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Tags: Anthony ZinnoBenjamin PollakBenjamin YuBrian RastBryn KenneyCary KatzDan ShakDaniel NegreanuErik SeidelJoshua LadinesJustin BonomoMike GorodinskyRainer KempeRichard KirschSam SoverelStephen Chidwick