Abou the U.S. Poker Open, which took place at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas, we have already brought you two articles. The first one was about Kristen Foxen's victory, who dominated the first tournament of the whole series, and the second one was about names like Shannon Shorr, Michael Rossitto and Matthew Wantman.
Today we have the third article in the series, which last night got to know its most recent champions. Event number six had a buy-in of $15,100 and produced 98 entries, which meant a prizepool of $1,470,000. Seven players made it to the final table, led by Sean Winter. He eventually finished in third place and the winner was Brandon Wilson, who took home his third PGT title and $382,200.
| Place | Name | Country | PGT Points | Prize |
| 1st | Brandon Wilson | United States | 306 | $382,200 |
| 2nd | Matthew Wantman | United States | 194 | $242,550 |
| 3rd | Sean Winter | United States | 141 | $176,400 |
| 4th | Martin Zamani | United States | 106 | $132,300 |
| 5th | Alex Foxen | United States | 82 | $102,900 |
| 6th | David Coleman | United States | 59 | $73,500 |
| 7th | Darren Elias | United States | 47 | $58,800 |
Alex Foxen follows his wife
Tournament number seven also had a buy-in of $15,100, and in this case brought 81 entries, representing a prizepool of $1,215,000. Once again, seven players made it to the final table and Alex Foxen was the chip leader. He also won the entire tournament, which earned him his ninth career PGT title along with a $340,200 prize. As mentioned above, Alex's wife Kristen dominated the first U.S. Poker Open, winning her third PGT title of the year.
| Place | Name | Country | PGT Points | Prize |
| 1st | Alex Foxen | United States | 272 | $340,200 |
| 2nd | Neil Warren | United States | 175 | $218,700 |
| 3rd | John Riordan | United States | 126 | $157,950 |
| 4th | Nick Seward | United States | 92 | $115,425 |
| 5th | Justin Zaki | United States | 68 | $85,050 |
| 6th | David Coleman | United States | 49 | $60,750 |
| 7th | Cherish Andrews | United States | 39 | $48,600 |
Shannon Shorr Triple Champion
The last tournament of the entire series had a buy-in of $25,200 and produced 73 entries, representing a prizepool of $1,825,000. Of that amount, $529,250 awaited the winner, and it went to Shannon Shorr, who thus won two U.S. tournaments in the series Poker Open 2025.
| Place | Name | Country | PGT Points | Prize |
| 1st | Shannon Shorr | United States | 318 | $529,250 |
| 2nd | Nacho Barbero | Argentina | 208 | $346,750 |
| 3rd | Landon Tice | United States | 148 | $246,375 |
| 4th | Nick Petrangelo | United States | 104 | $173,375 |
| 5th | Justin Saliba | United States | 77 | $127,750 |
| 6th | Sam Laskowitz | United States | 55 | $91,250 |
| 7th | Clemen Deng | United States | 44 | $73,000 |
As is customary in PGT tournaments, players collected valuable points for the final leaderboard, where the Golden Eagle trophy and a PGT Passport worth $25,000 awaited the winner. Shannon Shorr took home the most points with $749,650 from the series, bringing his live tournament winnings to over the $15.6 million mark. Shannon joins the likes of Stephen Chidwick (2018), David Peters (2019, 2021), Sean Winter (2022), Martin Zamani (2023), and Aram Zobian who have won the U.S. Poker Open in previous years.
| Rank | Player | Country | Winnings | Points |
| 1st | Shannon Shorr | United States | $749,650 | 538 |
| 2nd | Matthew Wantman | United States | $528,350 | 512 |
| 3rd | Nacho Barbero | Argentina | $540,150 | 402 |
| 4th | Eric Blair | United States | $385,725 | 364 |
| 5th | Alex Foxen | United States | $443,100 | 354 |
| 6th | Brandon Wilson | United States | $418,650 | 335 |
| 7th | Yifu He | United States | $350,500 | 319 |
| 8th | Kazuomi Furuse | Japan | $285,075 | 285 |
| 9th | Michael Rossitto | Italy | $277,950 | 278 |
| 10th | Jim Collopy | United States | $244,225 | 244 |
Source - pgt.com
