US Poker Open 2019

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The US Poker Open 2019 was the second edition of this poker tournament series and was hosted by Poker Central . The ten high roller tournaments with buy-ins of at least US $ 10,000 were played from February 13 to 23, 2018 at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas .

structure

Aria Resort & Casino (2013)

Six of the ten tournaments were played in the No Limit Hold'em variant . There were also two events in Pot Limit Omaha as well as a tournament each in No Limit Hold'em Short Deck and 8-Game . Due to the high buy-in, only the world's best poker players and wealthy businessmen could be found at the tournaments. David Peters was the most successful player across all tournaments and won the US Poker Open Championship and US $ 100,000. All events were broadcast on the paid platform PokerGO .

Tournaments

Overview

The tournament fee did not have to be paid if you bought something at the start of the tournament or if you missed the punctual registration by reaching the final day in the direct pre-tournament.

#	Tournament start	Buy-in (in $ )	Fee (in $)	competition	Attendees	winner	origin	Prize money (in $)
1	Feb 13, 2019	010,000	0500	No Limit Hold'em	90	Stephen Chidwick		0.216,000
2	Feb. 14, 2019	010,000	0500	Pot Limit Omaha	64	Jordan Cristos		0.179,200
3	Feb 15, 2019	010,000	0500	No Limit Hold'em	91	Lauren Roberts		0.218,400
4th	16 Feb 2019	010,000	0500	Short deck poker	42	Sean Winter		0.151.200
5	17th Feb 2019	025,000	1000	No Limit Hold'em	59	Almedin Imširović		0.442,500
6th	Feb. 18, 2019	025,000	1000	Pot Limit Omaha	39	Stephen Chidwick		0.351,000
7th	19th Feb 2019	025,000	1000	No Limit Hold'em	60	Bryn Kenney		0.450,000
8th	Feb. 20, 2019	025,000	1000	Mixed game	20th	Nick Schulman		0.270,000
9	Feb. 21, 2019	050,000	2000	No Limit Hold'em	41	Koray Aldemir		0.738,000
10	Feb 22, 2019	100,000	3000	No Limit Hold'em Main Event	33	David Peters		1,320,000

# 1 - No Limit Hold'em

Stephen Chidwick (2014)

The first event was played in No Limit Hold'em on February 13-14, 2019 . 90 participants paid the buy-in of $ 10,000 plus a $ 500 tournament fee.

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $)	Points
1		Stephen Chidwick	216,000	200
2		Sean Winter	157,500	140
3		Joseph Cheong	112,500	100
4th		Joseph Cappello	090,000	080
5		Lazaro Hernandez	072,000	060
6th		Joseph Orsino	054,000	040
7th		Jerry Robinson	045,000
8th		Maxx Coleman	036,000
9		Jake Schindler	027,000
10		Bryn Kenney
11		Jordan Cristos
12		Daniel Weinand	018,000
13		Erik Seidel

# 2 - Pot Limit Omaha

The second event was played in Pot Limit Omaha on February 14th and 15th, 2019 . 64 participants paid the buy-in of $ 10,000 plus a $ 500 tournament fee.

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $)	Points
1		Jordan Cristos	179,200	200
2		Manig solver	128,000	140
3		Martin Zamani	083,200	100
4th		Adam Hendrix	064,000	080
5		Cary Katz	051,200	060
6th		Sean Winter	038,400	040
7th		Brent Roberts	032,000
8th		Dan Shak	025,600
9		Ben Yu	019,200
10		Anthony Alberto

# 3 - No Limit Hold'em

The third event was played in No Limit Hold'em on February 15-16, 2019 . 91 participants paid the buy-in of $ 10,000 plus a $ 500 tournament fee.

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $)	Points
1		Lauren Roberts	218,400	200
2		Koray Aldemir	159,250	140
3		Stephen Chidwick	113,750	100
4th		Brandon Adams	091,000	080
5		Sean Winter	072,800	060
6th		Ralph Wong	054,600	040
7th		Rodger Johnson	045,500
8th		Jerry Robinson	036,400
9		Alex Foxen	027,300
10		Seth Davies
11		Erik Seidel
12		Sean Perry	018,200
13		Manig solver

# 4 - Short Deck Poker

Sean Winter (2018)

The fourth event was played in No Limit Hold'em Short Deck on February 16-17, 2019 . 42 participants paid the buy-in of $ 10,000 plus a $ 500 tournament fee.

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $)	Points
1		Sean Winter	151.200	200
2		David Peters	100,800	140
3		Seth Davies	067,200	100
4th		Ben Lamb	042,000	080
5		Ben Yu	033,600	060
6th		Stephen Chidwick	025,200	040

# 5 - No Limit Hold'em

Almedin Imširović (2018)

The fifth event was played on February 17 and 18, 2019 in No Limit Hold'em . 59 participants paid the buy-in of $ 25,000 plus a $ 1,000 tournament fee.

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $)	Points
1		Almedin Imširović	442,500	200
2		Cary Katz	295,000	140
3		Dan Shak	206,500	100
4th		Nick Petrangelo	147,500	080
5		Kristen Bicknell	118,000	060
6th		Joseph Cappello	088,500	040
7th		Brandon Adams	073,750
8th		Chris Hunichen	059,000
9		Justin Bonomo	044,250

# 6 - Pot Limit Omaha

The sixth event was played in Pot Limit Omaha on February 18-19, 2019 . 39 participants paid the buy-in of $ 25,000 plus a $ 1,000 tournament fee.

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $)	Points
1		Stephen Chidwick	351,000	200
2		Cary Katz	234,000	140
3		Tom Marchese	156,000	100
4th		Ben Lamb	097,500	080
5		Sean Rafael	078,000	060
6th		Anthony Zinno	058,500	040

# 7 - No Limit Hold'em

Bryn Kenney (2015)

The seventh event was played in No Limit Hold'em on February 19 and 20, 2019 . 60 participants paid the buy-in of $ 25,000 plus a $ 1,000 tournament fee.

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $)	Points
1		Bryn Kenney	450,000	200
2		Jake Schindler	300,000	140
3		Ben Yu	210,000	100
4th		Keith Tilston	150,000	080
5		Nick Schulman	120,000	060
6th		Nick Petrangelo	090,000	040
7th		Dan Shak	075,000
8th		Martin Zamani	060,000
9		Lauren Roberts	045,000

# 8 - Mixed game

Nick Schulman (2018)

The eighth event was played in 8-Game on February 20 and 21, 2019 . 20 participants paid the buy-in of $ 25,000 plus a $ 1,000 tournament fee.

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $)	Points
1		Nick Schulman	270,000	200
2		Brandon Adams	150,000	140
3		Christopher Vitch	080,000	100

# 9 - No Limit Hold'em

Koray Aldemir (2017)

The ninth event was played in No Limit Hold'em on February 21 and 22, 2019 . 41 participants paid the buy-in of $ 50,000 plus a $ 2,000 tournament fee.

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $)	Points
1		Koray Aldemir	738,000	200
2		Ryan Riess	492,000	140
3		Sean Winter	328,000	100
4th		Alex Foxen	205,000	080
5		David Peters	164,000	060
6th		Seth Davies	123,000	040

# 10 - No Limit Hold'em Main Event

The main event was played in No Limit Hold'em on February 22nd and 23rd, 2019 . 33 participants paid the buy-in of $ 100,000 plus a $ 3,000 tournament fee.

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $)	Points
1		David Peters	1,320,000	350
2		Chris Hunichen	0.858,000	245
3		Keith Tilston	0.528,000	175
4th		Martin Zamani	0.330,000	140
5		Ryan Riess	0.264,000	105

trophy

Point system

Unlike in the previous year, when the winner of the US Poker Open Championship trophy was determined solely by the prize money won in the tournaments, a points system was introduced for this event, so that every player who is in the prize ranks in one of the ten tournaments ended up collecting points in addition to the prize money. These were distributed as follows:

space	Tournaments 1-9	Main Event
1	200	350
2	140	245
3	100	175
4th	080	140
5	060	105
+6+	040	070

Final score

David Peters (2018)

In the event of a tie, the prize money won was decisive. Winner David Peters made it into the money in three of the events and won the main event, collecting a total of ten points more than Sean Winter and defending champion Stephen Chidwick .

space	origin	player	Points	Prize money (in $)	Cashes
01		David Peters	550	1,584,800	3
02		Sean Winter	540	0.747,900	5
03		Stephen Chidwick	540	0.705.950	4th
04th		Koray Aldemir	340	0.897.250	2
05		Cary Katz	340	0.580.200	3
06th		Chris Hunichen	285	0.917,000	2
07th		Martin Zamani	280	0.473.200	3
08th		Nick Schulman	260	0.390,000	2
09		Brandon Adams	260	0.314,750	3
10		Keith Tilston	255	0.678,000	2
11		Ryan Riess	245	0.736,000	2
12		Bryn Kenney	240	0.477,000	2
13		Lauren Roberts	240	0.263,400	2
14th		Jordan Cristos	240	0.206.200	2
15th		Almedin Imširović	200	0.442,500	1
16		Ben Yu	200	0.262,800	3
17th		Jake Schindler	180	0.327,000	2
18th		Dan Shak	180	0.307.100	3
19th		Seth Davies	180	0.217,500	3
20th		Manig solver	180	0.128,000	2
21st		Ben Lamb	160	0.139,500	2
22nd		Nick Petrangelo	120	0.237,500	2
23		Alex Foxen	120	0.232,300	2
24		Joseph Cappello	120	0.178,500	2
25th		Tom Marchese	100	0.156,000	1
26th		Joseph Cheong	100	0.112,500	1
27		Christopher Vitch	100	0.080,000	1
28		Jerry Robinson	080	0.081,400	2
29		Adam Hendrix	080	0.064,000	1
30th		Erik Seidel	080	0.045,300	2
31		Kristen Bicknell	060	0.118,000	1
32		Sean Rafael	060	0.078,000	1
33		Lazaro Hernandez	060	0.072,000	1
34		Anthony Zinno	040	0.058,500	1
35		Ralph Wong	040	0.054,600	1
36		Joseph Orsino	040	0.054,000	1
37		Rodger Johnson	040	0.045,500	1
38		Justin Bonomo	040	0.044,250	1
39		Maxx Coleman	040	0.036,000	1
40		Brent Roberts	040	0.032,000	1
41		Anthony Alberto	040	0.019,200	1
42		Sean Perry	040	0.018,200	1
43		Daniel Weinand	040	0.018,000	1

Web links

• Official website (English)
• US Poker Open 2019 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database
• US Poker Open 2019 on pokernews.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} 2019 US Poker Open® on uspo.com, accessed on February 20, 2019 (English; PDF).
2. ↑ The 2019 US Poker Open is Right Around The Corner! on pokercentral.com January 4, 2019, accessed February 21, 2019.
3. ↑ USPO # 1 - $ 10,000 NLH on pokernews.com, accessed February 15, 2019.
4. ↑ USPO # 2 - $ 10,000 PLO on pokernews.com, accessed February 15, 2019.
5. ↑ USPO # 3 - $ 10,000 NLH on pokernews.com, accessed February 16, 2019.
6. ↑ USPO # 4 - $ 10,000 Short Deck on pokernews.com, accessed February 17, 2019.
7. ↑ USPO # 5 - $ 25,000 NLH on pokernews.com, accessed February 18, 2019.
8. ↑ USPO # 6 - $ 25,000 PLO on pokernews.com, accessed February 19, 2019.
9. ↑ USPO # 7 - $ 25,000 NLH on pokernews.com, accessed February 20, 2019.
10. ↑ USPO # 8 - $ 25,000 8-Game Mix on pokernews.com, accessed February 21, 2019.
11. ↑ USPO # 9 - $ 50,000 NLH on pokernews.com, accessed February 22, 2019.
12. ↑ USPO # 10 - $ 100,000 Main Event on pokernews.com, accessed February 23, 2019.
13. ↑ David Peters Wins 2019 US Poker Open Main Event and Overall Championship Title on pokernews.com, accessed February 24, 2019.