On the fourth day of the US Poker Open at the PokerGO Studios in the ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, the next decision was made and another tournament was started.
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Event #2, $5.100 No-Limit Hold‘em
The final of Event #2, the next $5.100 No-Limit Hold’em, began with five players.
98 entries had created a prize pool of $490.000, which was distributed among the top 14.
All finalists were guaranteed $34.300, but everyone, and especially chip leader Michael Rossito, had their eye on the $127.400 top prize.
In the end, Clemen Deng secured his fourth US Poker Open title, reinforcing his claim to victory in the POY competition.
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Here is the result: Payouts:
Place | Name | Prize Money (USD) |
1 | Clemen Deng | $127,400 |
2 | Peter Mugar | $80,850 |
3 | Michael Rossito | $58,800 |
4 | Justin Vaysman | $44,100 |
5 | Yifu He | $34,300 |
6 | Vlastimil Putina | $24,500 |
7 | Aaron Messmer | $19,600 |
8 | Craig Mason | $19,600 |
9 | Erik Seidel | $14,700 |
10 | Ebony Kenney | $14,700 |
11 | Sam Laskowitz | $14,700 |
12 | Jeremy Ausmus | $12,250 |
13 | Thomas Winters | $12,250 |
14 | Alex Foxen | $12,250 |
Event 3, $5.100 No-Limit Hold‘em
A total of 115 entries and thus $575.000 in prize money were recorded for Event #3, another $5.100 No-Limit Hold’em.
This meant 17 players finished in the money, and the winner will receive $143.750.
Currently, American Sam Laskowitz is in the lead, closely followed by Ethan “Rampage” Yau.
Here is a video of the bubble:
🫧 We’ve reached the bubble in Event 3 of the USPO at @PokerGO. Kertland is dominated and is desperately hunting for a King. Will he find one, or is this the end of his run? @PokerGOTour pic.twitter.com/YqWTwvvRVq
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Here is the current standings:
# | Name | Chips |
1 | Sam Laskowitz | 2,600,000 |
2 | Ethan Yau | 2,200,000 |
3 | Yifu He | 2,100,000 |
4 | Cherish Andrews | 1,100,000 |
5 | Michael Berk | 1,000,000 |
6 | Adam Hendrix | 800,000 |
7 | David Stamm | 500,000 |
8 | Dylan Linde | 500,000 |
9 | Yang Zhou | 500,000 |
10 | Craig Mason | 400,000 |
Here are the (previous) payouts:
Place | Player | Prize (USD) |
1 | $143,750 | |
2 | $89,125 | |
3 | $63,250 | |
4 | $48,875 | |
5 | $37,375 | |
6 | $28,750 | |
7 | $23,000 | |
8 | $23,000 | |
9 | $17,250 | |
10 | $17,250 | |
11 | Rodger Johnson | $14,375 |
12 | Jim Collopy | $14,375 |
13 | Brandon Hamlet | $11,500 |
14 | Alex Foxen | $11,500 |
