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.

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.

Schedule

# Event Entrants Winner Prize Winning hand Runner-up Losing hand Results1$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em95 Jake Daniels$218,500 Dan ShakResults2$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha65 Sam Soverel$175,500 Jordan CristosResults3$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em77 Joe McKeehen$200,200 Ray QartomyResults4$10,000 Big Bet Mix48 John Riordan$163,200 Sean PerryResults5$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em85 Joey Weissman$204,000 Adam HendrixResults6$10,000 8-Game68 Eli Elezra$183,600// Steve Zolotow//Results7$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em99 David Peters$217,800 Jared JaffeeResults8$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha63 Jared Bleznick$189,000 Maxx ColemanResults9$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em99 Ali Imsirovic$217,800 Andrew LichtenbergerResults10$10,000 Short Deck27 David Peters$124,200 Ali ImsirovicResults11$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em69 David Peters$465,750 Ivan ZuficResults12$50,000 No-Limit Hold'em42 Sean Winter$756,000 Stephen ChidwickResults

Series leaderboard

+ Standings Rank Name Points Earnings1 David Peters646$832,9502 Sean Winter484$785,7003 Ali Imsirovic483$482,0004 Stephen Chidwick427$628,7005 Dan Shak371$459,750

Results

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

2-Day Event: June 3–4 Number of Entries: 95 Total Prize Pool: $950,000 Number of Payouts: 14 Winning Hand:

+ 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

2-Day Event: June 4–5 Number of Entries: 65 Total Prize Pool: $650,000 Number of Payouts: 10 Winning Hand:

+ 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

2-Day Event: June 5–6 Number of Entries: 77 Total Prize Pool: $770,000 Number of Payouts: 11 Winning Hand:

+ 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

2-Day Event: June 6–7 Number of Entries: 48 Total Prize Pool: $480,000 Number of Payouts: 7 Winning Hand: (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

2-Day Event: June 7–8 Number of Entries: 85 Total Prize Pool: $850,000 Number of Payouts: 13 Winning Hand:

+ 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

2-Day Event: June 8–9 Number of Entries: 68 Total Prize Pool: $680,000 Number of Payouts: 10 Winning Hand: / / (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

2-Day Event: June 9–10 Number of Entries: 99 Total Prize Pool: $990,000 Number of Payouts: 15 Winning Hand:

+ 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

2-Day Event: June 10–11 Number of Entries: 63 Total Prize Pool: $630,000 Number of Payouts: 9 Winning Hand:

+ 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

2-Day Event: June 11–12 Number of Entries: 99 Total Prize Pool: $990,000 Number of Payouts: 15 Winning Hand:

+ 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

2-Day Event: June 12–13 Number of Entries: 27 Total Prize Pool: $270,000 Number of Payouts: 4 Winning Hand:

+ 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

2-Day Event: June 13–14 Number of Entries: 69 Total Prize Pool: $1,725,000 Number of Payouts: 10 Winning Hand:

+ 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

2-Day Event: June 14–15 Number of Entries: 42 Total Prize Pool: $2,100,000 Number of Payouts: 6 Winning Hand:

+ 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

+Final Tables Rank Name Final Tables1 Ali Imsirovic4T2 Maxx Coleman3 Cary Katz David Peters Dan Shak Steve Zolotow +Cashes Rank Name Cashes1 Ali Imsirovic5T2 Alex Foxen4 Cary Katz David Peters John Riordan Dan Shak Sam Soverel

References

External links Official website