2018 US Poker Open

USPO #08 – $50K NLH Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2018 US Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k4
Prize
$660,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$52,000
Prize Pool
$1,650,000
Entries
33
Level Info
Level
16
Blinds
7,000 / 14,000
Ante
14,000

Keith Tilston Holds Big Lead at US Poker Open Main Event Final Table

Level 13 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Final Table chipleader Keith Tilston
Final Table chipleader Keith Tilston

On the last hand of the night, Brian Rast ran into Daniel Negreanu's aces to bubble the $50,000 US Poker Open Main Event and halt play on Day 2. The penultimate day of the Main Event lasted just three and a half levels as the field was reduced from 13 to the final five.

Keith Tilston returns on Day 3 with the chip lead, chased by Negreanu, Jake Schindler, Dan Smith, and Tom Marchese. Tilston, who is making his third final table of the festival, also led the USPO #03 $25,000 NLHE into the final table before finishing runner-up to Stephen Chidwick.

SeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Keith TilstonUnited States2,273,000227
2Daniel NegreanuCanada1,146,000114
3Jake SchindlerUnited States669,00067
4Dan SmithUnited States299,00030
5Tom MarcheseUnited States564,00056

Day 2 kicked off with 13 players as US Poker Open Champion Stephen Chidwick, who had locked up the title when registration closed on Day 1, Poker Central founder Cary Katz, and Marchese all chose to re-enter and return to play when Day 2 got underway.

Chidwick was the first player to exit coming in with just 25 big blinds. Benjamin Pollak,Justin Bonomo, and Adrian Mateos were the next to depart leaving the field one elimination away from the unofficial final table. Ultimately, it would be Bryn Kenney running pocket sevens into Tilston's pocket aces to consolidate the field to the feature table.

Once the action got back underway, the field still needed to lose two players before the end of play as just the top fives spots would get paid. Katz nursed a short stack for the majority of play on Day 2 and the slump continued on the final table. Katz finally picked up a big hand and found a caller in Negreanu. Unfortunately, for Katz, Negreanu caught an ace on the flop with his ace-jack and Katz's jacks could not improve.

Play ended for the night not long after when Brian Rast three-bet shoved on Negreanu with ace-queen running right into Negreanu's pocket rockets. Though Rast did find some additional outs on the flop, the two aces held and the clock on Day 2 was paused.

The final table action will resume at noon local time at the Aria Resort & Casino and play down to a winner. Every hand will be streamed live with hole cards on PokerGO beginning at 1 PM and you can follow along with the PokerNews blog starting then.

Main Event Payouts

PlacePrize (USD)
1st$660,000
2nd$429,000
3rd$264,000
4th$165,000
5th$132,000

Some of the game's best are clashing at this final table of the $50,000 Main Event at the US Poker Open, starting Sunday at 4pm ET on PokerGO. Live updates will be provided by PokerNews in case you can't watch it all, but if you have the time, sign up for PokerGO and see the first big televised mixed game final table of the year!

Tags: Adrian MateosBenjamin PollakBrian RastBryn KenneyCary KatzDan SmithDaniel NegreanuJake SchindlerJustin BonomoKeith TilstonStephen ChidwickTom Marchese