2019 US Poker Open

USPO #9 - $50,000 NLH
Day: 1
12
Event Info
2019 US Poker Open
Final Results
Winner
Koray Aldemir
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$738,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Total Entries
41
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Left 1 / 41
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Davies Three-Bets The Flop

Level 7 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Seth Davies opened under the gun to 6,500 and he was called by Dan Smith on the button and Sean Winter in the big blind.

The flop was {8-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} and action checked to Smith who bet 8,000. Winter then check-raised, making it 20,000. Davies dropped into the tank. He thought for about 25 seconds before three-betting and making it 50,000. Smith folded and Winter flicked his cards into the muck as well.

"You tricked us," Winter said. "You had no hand, then you had a three-betting the flop hand."

Tags: Dan SmithSean WinterSeth Davies

Petrangelo Sits Down and Pulls in a Pot

Level 7 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The flop read {4-Clubs}{5-Spades}{10-Hearts} and the pot contained around 50,000. Nick Petrangelo bet 13,000 and Koray Aldemir called. A {6-Spades} landed as the turn card and Petrangelo pushed in a bet of 45,000.

Aldemir took a few moments to think, in the end he would fold and send the pot to Petrangelo.

Tags: Koray AldemirNick Petrangelo

Get to Know the Red-Hot Sean Winter

Level 7 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 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.

Tags: Poker Central

Katz Wakes Up with a Hand

Level 7 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Cary Katz
Cary Katz

Nick Petrangelo moved all in for around 30,000, Cary Katz was in the big blind when he looked down at his hand and snap-called, turning over jacks.

Cary Katz: {j-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Nick Petrangelo: {a-Hearts}{4-Spades}

The board ran out {8-Spades}{q-Spades}{5-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} and Katz took down the pot with his jacks, sending Petrangelo out the door.

Tags: Cary KatzNick Petrangelo

Level: 7

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Kempe Hits the Tank Before Sending Chips to Blieden

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Dennis Blieden opened to 6,500 from the cutoff, Rainer Kempe called on the button and the flop fell {10-Spades}{q-Clubs}{8-Spades}. Blieden bet 13,500, Kempe called and the {8-Diamonds} landed on the turn.

Both players checked, a {10-Diamonds} hit the felt as the river and Blieden threw in 36,500. Kempe hit the tank and used a full time extension before he made the call. Blieden tabled {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} for kings up and Kempe mucked, sending the pot to Blieden.

Tags: Dennis BliedenRainer Kempe

Foxen Takes Some From Kempe

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Alex Foxen opened from the cutoff with a raise to 7,000. Brandon Adams called on the button and Rainer Kempe called from the big blind.

The flop was {10-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} and all three players checked to see the {6-Clubs} on the turn. There, Kempe probed and led for 19,000. Foxen called while Adams went away.

The river was the {5-Clubs} and Kempe led again, making it 23,000. Foxen dropped into the tank, using a time extension. Near the end of his minute and a half, Foxen popped it up, making it 84,000. Kempe quickly folded so Foxen took down the pot.

Tags: Alex FoxenBrandon AdamsRainer Kempe

Kempe Snaps Off Shak on the Turn

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Rainer Kempe
Rainer Kempe

The board read {6-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} when Rainer Kempe bet 33,000 and Dan Shak moved all in for around 140,000. Kempe snap called and turned over {j-Spades}{j-Clubs} for top set.

Shak flipped over {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} for a pair of tens with a flush draw. The dealer burned and flipped over the {4-Spades} on the river, missing Shak and sending the pot to Kempe.

Tags: Dan ShakRainer Kempe

Petrangelo Pitches a New Tournament Idea

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Nick Petrangelo
Nick Petrangelo

Nick Petrangelo and several others at his table are discussing a new event to add to a future high roller stop they are attending.

"$25k, Six-Max, Tag-Team, Case Race," Petrangelo said. "You have to drink 30 beers before you finish the tournament."

"How does the tag team component work?" Isaac Haxton asked. "Do you just have one guy drink and one guy play poker?"

"No you both have to drink 15," Petrangelo said. "I think I would be the favorite in that field. I wouldn't take any of you guys though. I'd take Connor," he said, talking about who we assumed was Connor Drinan.

"Oh with this field?" Haxton asked. "If you could take this field over there, you'd definitely crush 40% ROI."

"In LA I played and I couldn't find anyone to swap with," Petrangelo said. "And I just got blackout drunk because I didn't have to answer to anyone. I got second and it was so liberating."

Players at the table continued to discuss the tournament format as well as drinking exploits as play continued on.

Tags: Connor DrinanIsaac HaxtonNick Petrangelo

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