A Look Back at Last Year's US Poker Open
As the second annual US Poker Open gets underway at Aria Resort and Casino, we want to take a quick look back at last year’s event, which was comprised of eight tournaments. It had a unique texture to it with a couple of different tournament formats and buy-ins ranging from $10,000 - $50,000.
The player who earned the most throughout the series was crowned the USPO champion, and that man was Stephen Chidwick. With a total of four final tables, Chidwick amassed a whopping $1,256,650 to become the first ever US Poker Open Champion. Along the way, Chidwick was victorious in two of the $25,000 events and put a lock on the title after Day 1 of the Main Event.
Here’s a look at the top five players from the 2018 USPO. Many of them expected to return for this year’s edition, and this time they’ll have more events and variants, as well as bigger buy-ins, to get the job done.
| Position | Player | Country | Cashes | Wins | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 5 | 2 | $1,256,600 |
| 2 | Keith Tilston | United States | 4 | 1 | $1,047,100 |
| 3 | Jake Schindler | United States | 4 | 0 | $693,400 |
| 4 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 5 | 0 | $621,500 |
| 5 | Benjamin Pollak | France | 3 | 1 | $554,600 |