The 2019 U.S. Poker Open was the second season of the U.S. Poker Open, a series of high-stakes poker tournaments. It took place from February 13–23 at the Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. There were ten scheduled events with buy-ins ranging from $10,000 to $100,000. A short deck tournament was added to the schedule, while the buy-in for the Main Event was increased from $50,000 to $100,000.

Like the first season, the series was sponsored by Poker Central and all events were streamed live on PokerGO.

David Peters won both the Main Event for $1,320,000 and the $100,000 series championship with a total of one win and three final tables.

Schedule

# Event Entrants Winner Prize Winning hand Runner-up Losing hand Results1$10,000 No Limit Hold'em90Stephen Chidwick$216,000Sean WinterResults2$10,000 Pot Limit Omaha64Jordan Cristos$179,200Manig LöserResults3$10,000 No Limit Hold'em91Lauren Roberts$218,400Koray AldemirResults4$10,000 Short Deck42Sean Winter$151,200David PetersResults5$25,000 No Limit Hold'em59Ali Imsirovic$442,500Cary KatzResults6$25,000 Pot Limit Omaha39Stephen Chidwick$351,000Cary KatzResults7$25,000 No Limit Hold'em60Bryn Kenney$450,000Jake SchindlerResults8$25,000 Eight-Game Mix20Nick Schulman$270,000Brandon AdamsResults9$50,000 No Limit Hold'em41Koray Aldemir$738,000Ryan RiessResults10$100,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event33David Peters$1,320,000Chris HunichenResults

Series leaderboard + Standings Rank Name Points Earnings1 David Peters550$1,584,0002 Sean Winter540$747,9003 Stephen Chidwick540$705,9504 Nick Schulman410$390,0005 Brandon Adams365$314,750

Results

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

2-Day Event: February 13–14 Number of Entries: 90 Total Prize Pool: $900,000 Number of Payouts: 13 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Stephen Chidwick $216,000 2nd Sean Winter $157,000 3rd Joseph Cheong $112,500 4th Joseph Cappello $90,000 5th Lazaro Hernandez $72,000 6th Joseph Orsino $54,000

Event #2: $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha

2-Day Event: February 14–15 Number of Entries: 64 Total Prize Pool: $640,000 Number of Payouts: 10 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Jordan Cristos $179,200 2nd Manig Löser $128,000 3rd Martin Zamani $83,200 4th Adam Hendrix $64,000 5th Cary Katz $51,200 6th Sean Winter $38,400

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

2-Day Event: February 15–16 Number of Entries: 91 Total Prize Pool: $910,000 Number of Payouts: 13 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Lauren Roberts $218,400 2nd Koray Aldemir $159,250 3rd Stephen Chidwick $113,750 4th Brandon Adams $91,000 5th Sean Winter $72,800 6th Ralph Wong $54,600

Event #4: $10,000 Short Deck

2-Day Event: February 16–17 Number of Entries: 42 Total Prize Pool: $419,900 Number of Payouts: 6 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Sean Winter $151,200 2nd David Peters $100,800 3rd Seth Davies $67,200 4th Ben Lamb $42,000 5th Ben Yu $33,600 6th Stephen Chidwick $25,200

Event #5: $25,000 No Limit Hold'em

2-Day Event: February 17–18 Number of Entries: 59 Total Prize Pool: $1,475,000 Number of Payouts: 9 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Ali Imsirovic $442,500 2nd Cary Katz $295,000 3rd Dan Shak $206,500 4th Nick Petrangelo $147,500 5th Kristen Bicknell $118,000 6th Joseph Cappello $88,500

Event #6: $25,000 Pot Limit Omaha

2-Day Event: February 18–19 Number of Entries: 39 Total Prize Pool: $975,000 Number of Payouts: 6 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Stephen Chidwick $351,000 2nd Cary Katz $234,000 3rd Tom Marchese $156,000 4th Ben Lamb $97,500 5th Sean Rafael $78,000 6th Anthony Zinno $58,500

Event #7: $25,000 No Limit Hold'em

2-Day Event: February 19–20 Number of Entries: 60 Total Prize Pool: $1,500,000 Number of Payouts: 9 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Bryn Kenney $450,000 2nd Jake Schindler $300,000 3rd Ben Yu $210,000 4th Keith Tilston $150,000 5th Nick Schulman $120,000 6th Nick Petrangelo $90,000

Event #8: $25,000 Mixed Game

2-Day Event: February 20–21 Number of Entries: 20 Total Prize Pool: $500,000 Number of Payouts: 3 Winning Hand: (Limit Hold'em)

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Nick Schulman $270,000 2nd Brandon Adams $150,000 3rd Chris Vitch $80,000

Event #9: $50,000 No Limit Hold'em

2-Day Event: February 21–22 Number of Entries: 41 Total Prize Pool: $2,050,000 Number of Payouts: 6 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Koray Aldemir $738,000 2nd Ryan Riess $492,000 3rd Sean Winter $328,000 4th Alex Foxen $205,000 5th David Peters $164,000 6th Seth Davies $123,000

Event #10: $100,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event

2-Day Event: February 22–23 Number of Entries: 33 Total Prize Pool: $3,300,000 Number of Payouts: 5 Winning Hand:

+ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st David Peters $1,320,000 2nd Chris Hunichen $858,000 3rd Keith Tilston $528,000 4th Martin Zamani $330,000 5th Ryan Riess $264,000

References

External links Results Poker Central coverage