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2021 U.S. Poker Open
2021 U.S. Poker Open
Venue	PokerGO Studio at Aria Resort and Casino
Location	Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates	June 3–15, 2021
Champion
	David Peters; (USPO Champion);; Sean Winter; (Main Event winner)
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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

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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

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

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

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

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