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)

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]

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

Series leaderboard

Standings
Rank Name Points Earnings
1 United States David Peters 646 $832,950
2 United States Sean Winter 484 $785,700
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina Ali Imsirovic 483 $482,000
4 United Kingdom Stephen Chidwick 427 $628,700
5 United States 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
1stUnited States Jake Daniels$218,500
2ndUnited States Dan Shak$152,000
3rdUnited States Barry Hutter$114,000
4thUnited Kingdom Stephen Chidwick$95,000
5thUnited States Steve Zolotow$76,000
6thSpain Sergi Reixach$57,000
7thUnited States 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
1stUnited States Sam Soverel$175,500
2ndUnited States Jordan Cristos$130,000
3rdUnited States Marc Brody$84,500
4thUnited States Dylan Weisman$65,000
5thUnited States Maxx Coleman$52,000
6thUnited States 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
1stUnited States Joe McKeehen$200,200
2ndUnited States Ray Qartomy$146,300
3rdBosnia and Herzegovina Ali Imsirovic$100,100
4thUnited States Steve Zolotow$77,000
5thUnited States Jake Schindler$61,600
6thUnited States Justin Saliba$46,200
7thUnited States 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
1stUnited States John Riordan$163,200
2ndUnited States Sean Perry$105,600
3rdUnited States Alex Foxen$72,000
4thUnited States Maxx Coleman$52,800
5thUnited States Brian Okin$38,400
6thUnited States 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
1stUnited States Joey Weissman$204,000
2ndUnited States Adam Hendrix$144,500
3rdUnited States Joe McKeehen$102,000
4thUnited States Cary Katz$85,000
5thUnited States Frank Funaro$68,000
6thUnited States Brock Wilson$51,000
7thSpain 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
1stIsrael Eli Elezra$183,600
2ndUnited States Steve Zolotow$136,000
3rdCanada Daniel Negreanu$88,400
4thUnited States Richard Sklar$68,000
5thSweden 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
1stUnited States David Peters$217,800
2ndUnited States Jared Jaffee$158,400
3rdUnited States Andrew Lichtenberger$118,800
4thUnited States Brock Wilson$89,100
5thUnited States Alex Foxen$79,200
6thCroatia Ivan Zufic$59,400
7thUnited States 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
1stUnited States Jared Bleznick$189,000
2ndUnited States Maxx Coleman$126,000
3rdUnited States Christopher Usude$88,200
4thBosnia and Herzegovina Ali Imsirovic$63,000
5thUnited States Joseph Sanders$50,400
6thUnited States 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
1stBosnia and Herzegovina Ali Imsirovic$217,800
2ndUnited States Andrew Lichtenberger$158,400
3rdUnited States Cary Katz$118,800
4thCanada Vanessa Kade$94,050
5thUnited States Erik Seidel$74,250
6thUnited States Thomas Winters$59,400
7thUnited States 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
1stUnited States David Peters$124,200
2ndBosnia and Herzegovina Ali Imsirovic$75,600
3rdUnited States Cary Katz$43,200
4thUnited States 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
1stUnited States David Peters$465,750
2ndCroatia Ivan Zufic$345,000
3rdUnited States Dan Shak$224,250
4thUnited States Jake Daniels$172,500
5thCanada Vanessa Kade$138,000
6thUnited States 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
1stUnited States Sean Winter$756,000
2ndUnited Kingdom Stephen Chidwick$504,000
3rdUnited States Jason Koon$336,000
4thUnited States Jonathan Little$231,000
5thUnited States Sam Soverel$168,000
6thUnited States Bill Klein$105,000

Leaders

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

References

  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.
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