2019 US Poker Open

USPO #3 - $10,000 NLH
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 US Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Lauren Roberts
Winning Hand
a4
Prize
$218,400
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
91
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000

USPO #3 - $10,000 NLH

Day 1 Started

It's Almost Time for the Second $10,000 No-Limit Hold'Em Event; Event #3 Starts at 2 PM

Stephen Chidwick
Stephen Chidwick

It's almost time for Event #3: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em here at the Aria Resort and Casino, the second of three $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em events at the US Poker Open. The first event was won by Stephen Chidwick on Thursday, February 14th, putting him in the lead for top player of the series and putting him in pole position to win the $100,000 prize.

This event will have the same structure and run the same as the first event did. Players will begin with 125,000 in chips and will play down to the final six players here on Day 1. Blinds will start at 500/1000 with a big blind ante of 1,000 and levels will be 30 minutes with a break after every three levels.

The first event drew out 90 entrants and saw players such as Justin Bonomo, Joseph Cheong, Jared Jaffee, Chris Hunichen, Bryn Kenney, and David Peters come out to play to name a few. For his eventual victory, Chidwick walked away with $216,000. Thirteen players of the 90 entrants walked away with a cash. For this event, 9 players will make it to the final table, but play for most of the day will be seven handed.

Event Schedule

DateEventBuy-in
February 13-14, 2019USPO #01 – $10,000 No Limit Hold'emBuy-in: $10,500
February 14-15, 2019USPO #02 – $10,000 Pot Limit OmahaBuy-in: $10,500
February 15-16, 2019USPO #03 – $10,000 No Limit Hold'emBuy-in: $10,500
February 16-17, 2019USPO #04 – $10,000 No Limit Hold'emBuy-in: $10,500
February 17-18, 2019USPO #05 – $25,000 No Limit Hold'emBuy-in: $26,000
February 18-19, 2019USPO #06 – $25,000 Pot Limit OmahaBuy-in: $26,000
February 19-20, 2019USPO #07 – $25,000 No Limit Hold'emBuy-in: $26,000
February 20-21, 2019USPO #08 – $25,000 Mixed-GameBuy-in $26,000
February 21-22, 2019USPO #09 - $50,000 No Limit Hold'emBuy-in: $52,000
February 22-23, 2019USPO #10 - $100,000 No-Limit Hold'emBuy-in $103,000

Play is set to begin here in this event at 2 p.m. local time. Remember, you can also watch today’s Event #1: $10,000 PLO final table exclusively on PokerGO right now. Subscribe to PokerGO for just $10 a month or $99 a year to watch nine straight days of U.S. Poker Open final table action plus PokerGO’s full catalog of programming.

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Tags: Bryn KenneyChris HunichenDavidJared JaffeeJoseph CheongJustin BonomoStephen Chidwick

Level: 1

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Yu Bust Schein on One of the First Hands

Level 1 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Ben Yu
Ben Yu

The pot was 7,500 on the flop with the board showing {J-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} and Alan Schein was first to act from the big blind. He checked to Ben Yu who was under the gun and Yu fired a bet of 5,000. Schein then check-raised, making it 10,000. Yu thought for nearly all of his 30 seconds before three-betting and making it 30,000. Schein called.

The turn was the {K-Spades} and Schein checked. Yu jammed all in and Schein quickly called.

Ben Yu: {6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}
Alan Schein: {K-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}

The river was the {5-Hearts} and Yu would hold on to take all of Schein's chips on one of the very first hands of the day.

Player Chips Progress
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Ben Yu
250,000
WSOP 4X Winner
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Alan Schein
Busted

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Early Players in the Field

Level 1 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Larry Greenberg us
Larry Greenberg
125,000
Profile photo of Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
125,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Sean Perry us
Sean Perry
125,000
Profile photo of Ralph Wong us
Ralph Wong
125,000
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Rainer Kempe
125,000
Profile photo of David Peters us
David Peters
125,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
125,000
Profile photo of Tim Reilly us
Tim Reilly
125,000
Profile photo of Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
125,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Joseph Orsino us
Joseph Orsino
125,000
Profile photo of Sean Winter us
Sean Winter
125,000
Profile photo of Ryan Laplante us
Ryan Laplante
125,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jake Schindler us
Jake Schindler
125,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Justin Young us
Justin Young
125,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
125,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching
Profile photo of Barry Hutter us
Barry Hutter
125,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Dylan Wilkerson us
Dylan Wilkerson
125,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ricky Guan us
Ricky Guan
125,000
Profile photo of Jared Jaffee us
Jared Jaffee
125,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
125,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching
Profile photo of Kristina Holst us
Kristina Holst
125,000
Profile photo of Ryan Leng us
Ryan Leng
125,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
125,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 3X Winner
Profile photo of Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
125,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Lauren Roberts us
Lauren Roberts
125,000

Weinand Scoops a Pot Earlier Against Chidwick

Level 1 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

A player in the hijack opened to 2,500, Daniel Weinand called from the small blind and Stephen Chidwick three-bet to 12,500. The initial raiser folded to Weinand who called and the dealer flipped over {6-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{10-Spades} on the flop.

Action checked to Chidwick, he bet 10,000, Weinand called and a {3-Hearts} fell on the turn. Both players checked, the {j-Diamonds} came on the river and Weinand pushed in a bet of 30,000.

Chidwick used one of his 60-second time extensions, before ultimately folding his hand and sending the pot to Weinand.

Player Chips Progress
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Daniel Weinand
165,000
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Stephen Chidwick
100,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Zamani Doubles Through Kaverman

Level 1 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action was on the river with a board showing {9-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} and Byron Kaverman led out with a bet of 14,000 into a pot that was right around 50,000. Martin Zamani was his opponent and he moved all in for a bit over 55,000. Kaverman called and their hands were turned up.

Zamani showed {J-Spades}{J-Hearts} for a full house and Kaverman was forced to turn up his {A-Spades}{9-Spades} for a lesser full house as well. With that, Zamani was able to double to right around 160,000 chips while Kaverman was left with just about 40,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Martin Zamani
160,000
160,000
160,000
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Byron Kaverman
40,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Byron KavermanMartin Zamani

Early Players to Take a Seat

Level 1 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
260,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching
Profile photo of Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
125,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Jeremy Ausmus us
Jeremy Ausmus
125,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Koray Aldemir de
Koray Aldemir
125,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Rodger Johnson us
Rodger Johnson
125,000
Profile photo of Martin Zamani us
Martin Zamani
125,000
-35,000
-35,000
Profile photo of Cary Katz us
Cary Katz
125,000
$25K Fantasy
Profile photo of Sam Soverel us
Sam Soverel
125,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Jerry Robinson us
Jerry Robinson
125,000
Profile photo of Ankush Mandavia us
Ankush Mandavia
125,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ron Minnis us
Ron Minnis
125,000
Profile photo of James Romero us
James Romero
125,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Elio Fox us
Elio Fox
125,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of George Wolff us
George Wolff
125,000
Profile photo of Randall Emmett us
Randall Emmett
125,000
Profile photo of Ricky Guan us
Ricky Guan
125,000
Profile photo of Maxx Coleman us
Maxx Coleman
125,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ali Imsirovic ba
Ali Imsirovic
125,000
Profile photo of Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
125,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Brock Wilson us
Brock Wilson
125,000
Profile photo of Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
125,000
85,000
85,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
125,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching
Profile photo of Ryan Murphy us
Ryan Murphy
125,000

Level: 2

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000