Level: 6
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
2019 US Poker Open
USPO #6 - $25,000 PLO
Day: 1
Event Info
2019 US Poker Open
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$975,000
Entries
39
Level
24
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Left 1 / 39
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Level 5
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Prior to the 2019 US Poker Open, Sean Winter was squeezed in-between former World Series of Poker Main Event winners Greg Merson and Peter Eastgate ranking 59th on the all-time money list with $11.5 million in career earnings. Can we possibly describe him as an unknown player with all that he’s accomplished? It’s hard not to, but what do you really know about Sean Winter and the best poker face in the game?
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Level 5
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Phil Galfond raised on the button, making it 7,000. In the big blind, Tom Marchese raised, making it 22,000. Galfond called.
The flop was 
and Marchese checked. Galfond put out a bet of 15,000 and Marchese called.
The turn was the 
and that prompted checks from both players. On the 
river, Marchese thought about it for a bit, before piling all in, putting out a stack that was enough to put Galfond at risk for his 71,500. Galfond dropped into the tank. He used a time extension and thought all the way through it before he eventually decided to call.
Marchese flashed his hand quickly revealing 
as his playing cards, but Galfond had it beat, making the call with 
for two pair. Galfond would take down the pot and double while Marchese dropped under starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
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105,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
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Level 5
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The flop showed 
, Chance Kornuth had a bet of 12,000 in front of him and Alex Foxen raised to 37,000. Kornuth called, the 
hit the turn and both players checked to the 
on the river.
Kornuth took almost the entire 30-second shot clock before he announced pot and pushed in 81,000. Foxen took a moment, ultimately he hit the fold button, sending the pot to Kornuth.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
315,000
77,500
|
77,500 |
|
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278,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
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Level 5
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Justin Bonomo opened to 6,000 from the cutoff, Sean Rafael called in the big blind and the flop came down 
. Both player checked, the came on the turn and Rafael bet 8,000.
Bonomo called, a hit the felt on the river and Rafael announced pot, putting in 31,000 and Bonomo quickly folded, sending the chips to Rafael.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
249,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
|
||
|
86,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Level 4
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The flop showed 
and the pot had 14,000 in the middle. Ben Yu bet 10,000 and was quickly raised to 33,000 by Cary Katz. Yu announced pot for 113,000 and Katz snap-folded, sending another pot to Yu.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
315,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
||
|
162,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
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Level 4
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
378,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
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|
275,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
237,500
72,500
|
72,500 |
|
|
||
|
214,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
|
||
|
|
205,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
198,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
||
|
185,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
182,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
171,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
170,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
165,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
160,000 | |
|
|
140,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
||
|
140,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
125,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
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|
115,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
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|
|
88,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
68,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
|
66,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
|
||
|
55,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
||
|
39,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
32,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
||
Level 4
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Sean Winter opened with a raise to 6,000 and he was called by Martin Zamani in the big blind.
The flop was 
and Zamani checked. Winter checked as well and the 
rolled off of the turn. There, Zamani checked and Winter put out a bet of 12,000. Zamani called.
The river was the and Zamani checked for a third time. Winter announced a bet of 22,000. Zamani thought it over for a few seconds then called.
"I have a jack-high flush," Winter said, revealing his 
then his 
just a bit after. He pointed to the cards, then said, "That's what dreams are made of."
Zamani mucked and Winter took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
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41,000
50,500
|
50,500 |
|
|
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Level 4
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Poker Central's Remko Rinkema spoke to Jordan Cristos about his win in Event #2: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha and his jump into some of the high roller events at the U.S. Poker Open.
