USPO #10 - $100,000 Main Event
Day 2 Started
USPO #10 - $100,000 Main Event
Day 2 Started
The final day of the 2019 U.S. Poker Open is upon us. In less than an hour, the US Poker Open $100,000 Main Event, a tournament that began with 33 entries (the same number as last year's Main Event despite doubling the buy-in), will get underway with the final nine players, each looking to capture the first-place prize of $1,320,000.
Leading the way is Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen, who hasn't had the most impressive series so far — just one cash for $59,000 — he's in a prime position to increase that number by at least five times, as a min-cash is worth $264,000.
Here's a look at how everyone stacks up in the final 9:
Seat | Player | Chip Count |
---|---|---|
1 | Jason Koon | 630,000 |
2 | Keith Tilston | 1,300,000 |
3 | Chris Hunichen | 1,790,000 |
4 | Sean Winter | 375,000 |
5 | Ryan Riess | 340,000 |
6 | Martin Zamani | 805,000 |
7 | Nick Schulman | 125,000 |
8 | David Peters | 640,000 |
9 | Justin Bonomo | 595,000 |
Additionally, David Peters, Nick Schulman, and Sean Winter are all still in it as well and are in contention for the US Poker Open Championship title, which comes with a trophy and $100,000 to the player who accumulates the most High Roller of the Year Points over the course of the series.
Winter currently leads that race and would lock up the title with a fifth-place finish or better, while Schulman needs at least second and Peters would need to win to secure the prize. Stephen Chidwick currently is tied with Winter for the lead, but Winter holds the tiebreaker over Chidwick with most money won.
Here's how things look on the overall leaderboard heading into the final day of play:
Place | Player | Cashes | Points | Winnings |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sean Winter | 5 | 540 | $747,900* |
2 | Stephen Chidwick | 4 | 540 | $705,950 |
3 | Nick Schulman | 2 | 410 | $390,000 |
4 | Brandon Adams | 3 | 365 | $314,750 |
5 | Koray Aldemir | 2 | 340 | $897,200 |
6 | Cary Katz | 3 | 340 | $580,200 |
7 | Bryn Kenney | 2 | 240 | $477,000 |
8 | Lauren Roberts | 2 | 240 | $263,400 |
9 | Jordan Cristos | 2 | 240 | $206,200 |
10 | Ali Imsirovic | 1 | 200 | $442,500 |
11 | David Peters | 2 | 200 | $264,800 |
12 | Ben Yu | 3 | 200 | $262,800 |
*Winter holds the tiebreaker by virtue of having won more money over the course of the series.
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Level: 15
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
Here are the overall series championship scenarios as laid out by Poker Central:
Sean Winter - Will hold on to the title if he doesn’t cash and David Peters finishes 2nd or worse and Nick Schulman finishes 4th or worse.
David Peters - Can win the U.S. Poker Open Championship if he finishes 1st and Sean Winter doesn’t cash, and Nick Schulman finishes 4th or worse.
Nick Schulman - Can win the U.S. Poker Open Championship if he finishes 1st and Sean Winter finishes 3rd or worse, if he finishes 2nd and Winter finishes 5th or worse, if he finishes 3rd and Winter doesn’t cash, if he finishes 4th and Winter doesn’t cash and David Peters doesn’t win.
Martin Zamani opened for 35,000 holding the in middle position. David Peters then three-bet to 105,000 from the hijack with the and action folded back to Zamani, who moved all in. Peters snap-folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Martin Zamani | 935,000 | 130,000 |
David Peters
|
570,000 | -70,000 |
Justin Bonomo opened for 35,000 from middle position with the and Sean Winter three-bet to 105,000 holding the on the button. Ryan Riess then four-bet jammed for 250,000 from the small blind with the , Bonomo got out of the way and Riess was looking to hold.
That's just what he did as the board ran out to give him a turned boat and the guaranteed win.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ryan Riess
|
565,000 | 225,000 |
Sean Winter | 295,000 | -80,000 |
Chris Hunichen raised to 35,000 from the hijack and Nick Schulman defended his big blind to see a flop.
Schulman checked, Hunichen bet 25,000, and Schulman check-raised all in for 115,000. Hunichen called and the hands were turned up.
Hunichen:
Schulman:
Schulman went with his flush draw but missed it as the bricked the turn followed by the on the river.
With that, Sean Winter just needs to cash to lock up the 2019 USPO Championship regardless of where David Peters finishes. If Winter doesn't cash then Peters can take it with a win in the Main Event.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chris Hunichen | 1,890,000 | 100,000 |
Nick Schulman
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Busted |
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.
Level: 16
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000