2019 US Poker Open

USPO #9 - $50,000 NLH
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 US Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Koray Aldemir
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$738,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Entries
41
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000

Smith, Davies, and Schulman Stuck in a Wormhole

Level 8 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

There was around 30,000 chips in the pot on the flop of {8-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{4-Spades} when action checked to Seth Davies on the button. He put out a bet of 8,000. Dan Smith was next to act in the big blind and he dropped into the tank.

During this time, the dealer called over the tournament director, claiming that she thought the shot clock was moving too fast. Sean Winter decided to pull out his phone to test this theory and found that the shot clock was in fact moving at the correct speed.

Smith, who was in the tank during this time then raised to 28,000. Nick Schulman called from middle position and Seth Davies called as well.

The turn was the {q-Hearts} and Smith went into the tank again. He thought for a bit, then moved all in for 112,000. Schulman used a time bank and eventually folded and Davies folded quickly as well so Smith took down the pot.

After the hand, Sean Winter apologized for his actions during the hand. Smith said it was fine, and that he'd never been in a hand where time stopped moving in a three-bet pot.

"Yeah we were kind of stuck in a wormhole there for a bit," Davies said.

Player Chips Progress
Seth Davies us
Seth Davies
320,000
-25,000
-25,000
WPT 1X Winner
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
245,000
70,000
70,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
130,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 2X Winner

Tags: Dan SmithNick SchulmanSean WinterSeth Davies