USPO #9 - $50,000 NLH
Day 1 Started
2019 US Poker Open
USPO #9 - $50,000 NLH
Day: 1
The Largest Buy-In So Far, USPO #9: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em Starts at 2 PM
Things are starting to wind down at the 2019 US Poker Open, but that doesn't mean that there's nothing left to watch. The final two buy-ins of the series are the two largest to date, which means some of the biggest names in poker should be coming out to play, along with the grinders we've seen all week.
An interesting points race for US Poker Open champion is also starting to shape up as well with Sean Winter and Stephen Chidwick each battling for the top spot and everyone else trying to catch up. Players like Cary Katz, Bryn Kenney, Jordan Cristos, and Ali Imsirovic are right there in contention as well. Whoever wins the title at the end of 10 events will walk away with a $100,000 prize courtesy of PokerGO.
Here's a look at the standings after the first seven events:
| Place | Player | Cashes | Points | Money Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Chidwick | 4 | 540 | $705,950 |
| 2 | Sean Winter | 4 | 440 | $419,900 |
| 3 | Cary Katz | 3 | 340 | $580,200 |
| 4 | Bryn Kenney | 2 | 240 | $477,000 |
| 5 | Lauren Roberts | 2 | 240 | $263,400 |
| 6 | Jordan Cristos | 2 | 240 | $206,200 |
| 7 | Ali Imsirovic | 1 | 200 | $442,500 |
| 8 | Ben Yu | 3 | 200 | $262,800 |
| 9 | Jake Schindler | 2 | 180 | $327,000 |
| 10 | Dan Shak | 3 | 180 | $307,100 |
For this event, the winner will receive 200 points towards the standings while a cash will earn at least 40 points and more for each ladder up past 6th place.
Last year, the $50,000 event was the Main Event and was won by Keith Tilston, who bested a field of 33 to take down the first place prize of $660,000. Tilston has been in action this year as well, but not with much success, with only one cash through the first eight events. Another thing to note is that this year, the Main Event for the USPO will be a $100,000 buy-in, which is sure to draw out at least a few more faces. A $10,000 Super Satelite for the Main Event will also take place today, so players who are interested and nearby will have a chance to qualify into the $100,000 event.
Players in Event #9: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em will start today off with 150,000 in tournament chips and the plan is to play down until the final table of six is reached. Action will start off with blinds of 500/1,000 with an ante of 1,000 and the structure will be the same as the rest of the USPO events up until this point. Starting tomorrow, the event will be streamed live on PokerGo with hole cards.
This event will play alongside Event #8: $25,000 Eight-Game Mix which will live stream today on PokerGo starting at 2 p.m. local time. Remember, you can watch all USPO final tables exclusively on PokerGO. 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.
PokerNews will be here all day covering the action, so make sure you stay tuned.
Aria to Host $10K Satellite for U.S. Poker Open $100,000 Main Event Tonight
The 2019 U.S. Poker Open is rapidly approaching its epic finale with the $50,000 No Limit Holdem event kicking off today followed by the $100,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event on Friday. Tonight at 8:00 pm local Las Vegas, ARIA is putting on a $10,000+$200 satellite inside the PokerGO Studio.
Level: 1
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The tournament director informed the dealers to shuffle up and start pitching the cards.
Players Active
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: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
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Smith Pulls in an Early Pot
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The flop showed 
and there was around 10,500 in the pot. Dan Smith bet 4,000 from the hijack position and Nick Petrangelo raised to 9,500 on the button.
Smith called and the dealer flipped over the 
on the turn. Action checked to Petrangelo, he pushed in a bet of 12,000 and Smith called.
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hit the felt on the river, both players checked and Smith tabled 
for two pair. Petrangelo mucked his hand, sending the early pot to Smith.
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Cooler Earns Yu a Double and Puts Greenberg on Peanuts
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Bryn Kenney opened with a raise to 3,000 and was called by Larry Greenberg in the small blind and Ben Yu in the big blind.
The flop was 
and Greenberg checked. Yu put out a bet of 6,500 and Kenney folded. Greenberg then thought about it for a bit and raised, making it 20,000. Yu thought himself, then moved all in for 123,000. Kenney folded and Greenberg called quickly, putting Yu at risk with his bigger stack.
Ben Yu: 
Larry Greenberg: 
The board completed with the 
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on the river so Yu held on to double through Greenberg.
"I was on the other end of one of these the last time I busted," Greenberg said after the hand.
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Run It Back with Remko - Can Stephen Chidwick Make The Correct Fold?
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
They met during Poker Masters and have continued to battle ever since! Check out Ali Imsirovic's analysis of this throwback hand against USPO winner Stephen Chidwick on the latest "Run It Back with Remko" exclusive from the PokerGO Studio.
Chidwick Over Bets, Foxen Pushes
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Stephen Chidwick opened to 2,500 from under the gun, Alex Foxen raised to 7,000 in the cutoff and Chidwick called. The flop came down 
, action checked to Foxen who bet 5,000 and Chidwick called.
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fell on the turn and both players checked to the on the river. Chidwick pushed in a bet of 45,000 and Foxen went into the tank, he took his whole shot clock, but in the end moved all in for around 130,000.
Chidwick thought for almost 30-second before he chucked his cards into the muck, sending the pot to Foxen.
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