2019 US Poker Open

USPO #7 - $25,000 NLH
Day: 1
12
Event Info
2019 US Poker Open
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$450,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Entries
60
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
60,000
Players Left 1 / 60
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Get to Know the Red-Hot Sean Winter

Level 5 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Sean Winter
Sean Winter

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?

Learn more about this mysterious poker pro over on Poker Central.

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Kempe Doubles Up Through Mathis

Level 5 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Rainer Kempe moved all in from under the gun and action folded around to Evan Mathis in the small blind. He called the shove for 26,000 and Seth Davies folded in the big blind.

Rainer Kempe: {A-Spades}{K-Spades}
Evan Mathis: {A-Hearts}{8-Hearts}

The flop was {9-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{7-Clubs} giving Mathis a huge amount of outs and the {10-Diamonds} on the turn gave him even more. Unfornutely for the former NFL player, it was too many outs syndrome and the {5-Clubs} came on the river bricking out for Mathis, so Kempe took down the pot to double to about 60,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Evan Mathis
245,000
10,000
10,000
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Rainer Kempe
60,000
65,000
65,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Evan MathisRainer KempeSeth Davies

Level: 5

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Imsirovic Fires, Loeser Pushes Back

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The turned board read {a-Spades}{8-Spades}{6-Spades}{2-Hearts} and there was around 25,000 in the pot. Action checked to Ali Imsirovic, he bet 22,000 and Manig Loeser check-called the bet.

A {2-Diamonds} hit the felt on the river, Loeser checked again to Imsirovic who pushed in a bet of 45,000. Loeser took a moment before he moved all in for 148,000.

Imsirovic looked of frustration as he threw in a time extension, but ultimately would fold to the all in, sending the pot to Loeser.

Player Chips Progress
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Manig Loeser
260,000
175,000
175,000
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
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Ali Imsirovic
206,000
229,000
229,000

Tags: Ali ImsirovicManig Loeser

Imsirovic Applying Immense Pressure

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Bill Klein opened with a raise to 4,500 from the hijack seat before Manig Loeser made it 15,000 from the button. Next to act, Ali Imsirovic dropped into the tank. He thought through nearly his entire timebank before moving all in with a covering stack on both players. The shove was for roughly 110,000, what Klein had left in his stack. Klein wasted no time folding and Loeser didn't waste any time either. Imsirovic's shove was enough to take down the pot and he chipped up over 400,000 which looks to be the biggest stack im the room at this point.

Player Chips Progress
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Ali Imsirovic
435,000
45,000
45,000
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Bill Klein
110,000
24,000
24,000
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Manig Loeser
85,000
45,000
45,000
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Ali ImsirovicBill KleinManig Loeser

Roberts Sent Out by Johnson

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The turned board showed {3-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{3-Hearts} and Lauren Roberts checked to Rodger Johnson who threw in a bet. Roberts check-raised all in and Johnson called.

Roberts showed {a-Spades}{4-Spades} for a straight draw and Johnson tabled {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds} for an over pair of ladies. The dealer flipped over a {10-Spades} on the river and Johnson took down the pot with his queens, eliminating Roberts.

Player Chips Progress
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Rodger Johnson
170,000
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Lauren Roberts
Busted

Tags: Lauren RobertsRodger Johnson

Level: 4

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Break Time

Level 3 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The remaining players will now be taking a 10-minute break.

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Mathis Starting to Climb Early

Level 3 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Rainer Kempe opened to 3,500 from under the gun, Koray Aldemir called in the hijack, Evan Mathis called in the small blind and Sethe Davies defended his big blind.

The flop fell {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} and all players checked to the {10-Hearts} on the turn. Mathis threw in a bet of 4,000, only Davies called and the {4-Clubs} hit the felt on the river.

Mathis bet 15,000 and Davies mucked, sending another pot early in the day to Mathis.

Player Chips Progress
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Evan Mathis
235,000
110,000
110,000

Tags: Evan MathisKoray AldemirRainer Kempe