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2021 U.S. Poker Open

The 2021 U.S. Poker Open was the third edition of the U.S. Poker Open, a series of high-stakes poker tournaments held at Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The series was held from June 3–15, with 12 scheduled events culminating in a $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em tournament. The player who earned the most points throughout the series was crowned the champion, earning $50,000 and the Golden Eagle trophy.[1]

2021 U.S. Poker Open
VenuePokerGO Studio at Aria Resort and Casino
LocationLas Vegas, Nevada
DatesJune 3–15, 2021
Champion
United States David Peters
(USPO Champion);
United States Sean Winter
(Main Event winner)
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David Peters won three events and cashed four times to win the series championship for the second consecutive time. Sean Winter won the Main Event and finished second in the overall standings, also for the second straight time.[2]

Schedule edit

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# Event Entrants Winner Prize Winning hand Runner-up Losing hand Results
1 $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 95   Jake Daniels $218,500 A♠ 3♠   Dan Shak K♥ 7♣ Results
2 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 65   Sam Soverel $175,500 10♥ 9♣ 7♦ 4♦   Jordan Cristos A♣ J♣ 4♠ 2♦ Results
3 $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 77   Joe McKeehen $200,200 J♥ J♦   Ray Qartomy 5♠ 5♦ Results
4 $10,000 Big Bet Mix 48   John Riordan $163,200 9♣ 8♥ 7♣ 6♠ 6♦   Sean Perry J♠ J♥ 10♦ 7♦ 2♦ Results
5 $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 85   Joey Weissman $204,000 Q♥ 2♥   Adam Hendrix A♣ J♣ Results
6 $10,000 8-Game 68   Eli Elezra $183,600 A♦ 7♦/3♥ 2♦ Q♠ 7♠/9♠   Steve Zolotow K♥ 5♠/5♦ 10♣ 4♣ 8♦/J♣ Results
7 $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 99   David Peters $217,800 A♥ 8♣   Jared Jaffee K♠ 2♣ Results
8 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 63   Jared Bleznick $189,000 A♠ 8♠ 8♥ 7♣   Maxx Coleman 9♦ 7♦ 6♣ 2♣ Results
9 $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 99   Ali Imsirovic $217,800 J♣ 6♦   Andrew Lichtenberger K♥ J♠ Results
10 $10,000 Short Deck 27   David Peters $124,200 J♣ 10♠   Ali Imsirovic Q♦ 8♣ Results
11 $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em 69   David Peters $465,750 10♠ 10♦   Ivan Zufic 9♥ 9♣ Results
12 $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em 42   Sean Winter $756,000 10♣ 6♣   Stephen Chidwick Q♠ 4♣ Results

Series leaderboard edit

Standings
Rank Name Points Earnings
1   David Peters 646 $832,950
2   Sean Winter 484 $785,700
3   Ali Imsirovic 483 $482,000
4   Stephen Chidwick 427 $628,700
5   Dan Shak 371 $459,750

Results edit

Event #1: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em edit

  • 2-Day Event: June 3–4[4]
  • Number of Entries: 95
  • Total Prize Pool: $950,000
  • Number of Payouts: 14
  • Winning Hand: A♠ 3♠
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st   Jake Daniels $218,500
2nd   Dan Shak $152,000
3rd   Barry Hutter $114,000
4th   Stephen Chidwick $95,000
5th   Steve Zolotow $76,000
6th   Sergi Reixach $57,000
7th   Tim McDermott $47,500

Event #2: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha edit

  • 2-Day Event: June 4–5[5]
  • Number of Entries: 65
  • Total Prize Pool: $650,000
  • Number of Payouts: 10
  • Winning Hand: 10♥ 9♣ 7♦ 4♦
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st   Sam Soverel $175,500
2nd   Jordan Cristos $130,000
3rd   Marc Brody $84,500
4th   Dylan Weisman $65,000
5th   Maxx Coleman $52,000
6th   Matthew Ploof $39,000

Event #3: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em edit

 
Joe McKeehen won Event #3
  • 2-Day Event: June 5–6[6]
  • Number of Entries: 77
  • Total Prize Pool: $770,000
  • Number of Payouts: 11
  • Winning Hand: J♥ J♦
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st   Joe McKeehen $200,200
2nd   Ray Qartomy $146,300
3rd   Ali Imsirovic $100,100
4th   Steve Zolotow $77,000
5th   Jake Schindler $61,600
6th   Justin Saliba $46,200
7th   Barry Hutter $38,500

Event #4: $10,000 Big Bet Mix edit

  • 2-Day Event: June 6–7[7]
  • Number of Entries: 48
  • Total Prize Pool: $480,000
  • Number of Payouts: 7
  • Winning Hand: 9♣ 8♥ 7♣ 6♠ 6♦ (2-7 Single Draw)
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st   John Riordan $163,200
2nd   Sean Perry $105,600
3rd   Alex Foxen $72,000
4th   Maxx Coleman $52,800
5th   Brian Okin $38,400
6th   Jim Collopy $28,800

Event #5: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em edit

  • 2-Day Event: June 7–8[8]
  • Number of Entries: 85
  • Total Prize Pool: $850,000
  • Number of Payouts: 13
  • Winning Hand: Q♥ 2♥
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st   Joey Weissman $204,000
2nd   Adam Hendrix $144,500
3rd   Joe McKeehen $102,000
4th   Cary Katz $85,000
5th   Frank Funaro $68,000
6th   Brock Wilson $51,000
7th   Vicent Bosca $42,500

Event #6: $10,000 8-Game edit

 
Eli Elezra won Event #6
  • 2-Day Event: June 8–9[9]
  • Number of Entries: 68
  • Total Prize Pool: $680,000
  • Number of Payouts: 10
  • Winning Hand: A♦ 7♦ / 3♥ 2♦ Q♠ 7♠ / 9♠ (Stud 8)
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st   Eli Elezra $183,600
2nd   Steve Zolotow $136,000
3rd   Daniel Negreanu $88,400
4th   Richard Sklar $68,000
5th   Erik Sagstrom $54,400

Event #7: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em edit

  • 2-Day Event: June 9–10[10]
  • Number of Entries: 99
  • Total Prize Pool: $990,000
  • Number of Payouts: 15
  • Winning Hand: A♥ 8♣
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st   David Peters $217,800
2nd   Jared Jaffee $158,400
3rd   Andrew Lichtenberger $118,800
4th   Brock Wilson $89,100
5th   Alex Foxen $79,200
6th   Ivan Zufic $59,400
7th   Dan Shak $49,500

Event #8: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha edit

  • 2-Day Event: June 10–11[11]
  • Number of Entries: 63
  • Total Prize Pool: $630,000
  • Number of Payouts: 9
  • Winning Hand: A♠ 8♠ 8♥ 7♣
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st   Jared Bleznick $189,000
2nd   Maxx Coleman $126,000
3rd   Christopher Usude $88,200
4th   Ali Imsirovic $63,000
5th   Joseph Sanders $50,400
6th   Frank Crivello $37,800

Event #9: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em edit

 
Ali Imsirovic won Event #9
  • 2-Day Event: June 11–12[12]
  • Number of Entries: 99
  • Total Prize Pool: $990,000
  • Number of Payouts: 15
  • Winning Hand: J♣ 6♦
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st   Ali Imsirovic $217,800
2nd   Andrew Lichtenberger $158,400
3rd   Cary Katz $118,800
4th   Vanessa Kade $94,050
5th   Erik Seidel $74,250
6th   Thomas Winters $59,400
7th   Jake Schindler $49,500

Event #10: $10,000 Short Deck edit

  • 2-Day Event: June 12–13[13]
  • Number of Entries: 27
  • Total Prize Pool: $270,000
  • Number of Payouts: 4
  • Winning Hand: J♣ 10♠
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st   David Peters $124,200
2nd   Ali Imsirovic $75,600
3rd   Cary Katz $43,200
4th   Thomas Kysar $27,000

Event #11: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em edit

 
David Peters won three events
  • 2-Day Event: June 13–14[14]
  • Number of Entries: 69
  • Total Prize Pool: $1,725,000
  • Number of Payouts: 10
  • Winning Hand: 10♠ 10♦
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st   David Peters $465,750
2nd   Ivan Zufic $345,000
3rd   Dan Shak $224,250
4th   Jake Daniels $172,500
5th   Vanessa Kade $138,000
6th   Frank Funaro $103,500

Event #12: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em edit

  • 2-Day Event: June 14–15[15]
  • Number of Entries: 42
  • Total Prize Pool: $2,100,000
  • Number of Payouts: 6
  • Winning Hand: 10♣ 6♣
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st   Sean Winter $756,000
2nd   Stephen Chidwick $504,000
3rd   Jason Koon $336,000
4th   Jonathan Little $231,000
5th   Sam Soverel $168,000
6th   Bill Klein $105,000

Leaders edit

Final Tables
Rank Name Final Tables
1   Ali Imsirovic 4
T2   Maxx Coleman 3
  Cary Katz
  David Peters
  Dan Shak
  Steve Zolotow
Cashes
Rank Name Cashes
1   Ali Imsirovic 5
T2   Alex Foxen 4
  Cary Katz
  David Peters
  John Riordan
  Dan Shak
  Sam Soverel

References edit

  1. ^ Duckworth, Tim (May 12, 2021). "U.S. POKER OPEN 2021 SCHEDULE: JUNE 3-15". Poker Central. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  2. ^ Walsh, Jeff (June 15, 2021). "Sean Winter Wins USPO Event #12 for $756K, Peters Wins Overall Title". PocketFives.com. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  3. ^ "2021 U.S. Poker Open results". Hendon Mob. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  4. ^ Glatzer, Jason (June 5, 2021). "Jake Daniels Wins the U.S. Poker Open Event #1: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em ($218,500)". PokerNews. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  5. ^ Walsh, Jeff (June 5, 2021). "Sam Soverel Takes Down U.S. Poker Open 2021 Event #2 for $175,500". PocketFives.com. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  6. ^ Sofen, Jon (June 6, 2021). "Quad Alert: Four Jacks Does it For Joe McKeehen in US Poker Open". Cardschat.com. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  7. ^ Glatzer, Jason (June 8, 2021). "John Riordan Wins U.S. Poker Open $10K Big Bet Mix ($163,200)". PokerNews. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  8. ^ Rinkema, Remko (June 8, 2021). "JOEY WEISSMAN MOUNTS EPIC COMEBACK & WINS U.S. POKER OPEN EVENT #5 FOR $204,000". Poker Central. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  9. ^ Bradley, Lance (June 10, 2021). "Eli Elezra Defeats Steve Zolotow to Grab U.S. Poker Open 8-Game Win". PocketFives.com. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  10. ^ Rinkema, Remko (June 10, 2021). "REIGNING U.S. POKER OPEN CHAMPION DAVID PETERS WINS EVENT #7 FOR $217,800". Poker Central. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  11. ^ Glatzer, Jason (June 12, 2021). "Jared Bleznick Wins USPO Event #8: $10K PLO ($189,000)". PokerNews.com. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  12. ^ Fast, Erik (June 12, 2021). "Ali Imsirovic Wins U.S. Poker Open $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller For His Sixth Title of 2021". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  13. ^ Sofen, Jon (June 13, 2021). "Bluff Doesn't Get Through for Ali Imsirovic, David Peters Wins USPO Short Deck". Cardschat.com. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  14. ^ Glatzer, Jason (June 15, 2021). "David Peters Wins Third USPO Title in Five Days in the Event #11: $25K NLHE ($465,750)". PokerNews.com. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  15. ^ Rinkema, Remko (June 15, 2021). "SEAN WINTER WINS U.S. POKER OPEN EVENT #12: $50,000 NO LIMIT HOLD'EM FOR $756,000". Poker Central. Retrieved June 15, 2021.

External links edit

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