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
David Peters
(USPO Champion);
Sean Winter
(Main Event winner)

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

[3]

# 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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

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

  • 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

  • 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

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

  • 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

  • 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

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

  • 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

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

  • 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

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

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