US Poker Open
The US Poker Open is a poker tournament series that has been played annually in February at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas since 2018 . The played tournaments have buy-ins of at least 10,000 US dollars and are of Poker Central organized.
structure
In the tournaments, the variants No Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha are primarily played. Due to the buy-in of at least 10,000 US dollars are to be found only the world's best poker players as well as rich businessmen in the tournaments. The most successful player in a tournament wins a trophy and the US Poker Open Championship . At the first event, this was determined by the amount of prize money and the Briton Stephen Chidwick secured the award. A point system was introduced for the 2019 event, with the help of which David Peters was determined as the winner. The third playout of the tournament series scheduled for March 2020 has been postponed to an unknown time due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
All events are broadcast on the pay platforms NBC Sports and PokerGO .
Previous events
| # | year | Tournaments | US Poker Open Championship trophy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| player | origin | Prize money (in $) | |||
| 1 | 2018 | 8th | Stephen Chidwick |
|
1,216,650 |
| 2 | 2019 | 10 | David Peters |
|
1,584,800 |
Web links
- Official website (English)
- US Poker Open in the Hendon Mob Poker Database
- US Poker Open on pokernews.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stephen Chidwick Wins Inaugural US Poker Open on cardplayer.com on February 12, 2018, accessed on January 31, 2019.
- ↑ 2019 US Poker Open® , uspo.com, accessed January 31, 2019 (PDF).
- ↑ Statement from Poker Central on the 2020 US Poker Open on pokercentral.com on March 12, 2020, accessed on March 13, 2020.
- ↑ Poker Central: Start of the US Poker Open on pokerfirma.com on January 31, 2018, accessed on January 31, 2019.
