Shannon Shorr or Matthew Wantman among new U.S. champions Poker Open

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The PokerGO Studio at the ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas is currently running the U.S. Poker Open, featuring 8 NLH tournaments. The first tournament was dominated by Kristen Foxen, for whom it was the third PGT title of the year.

Event number two had a buy-in of $10,100 and produced 108 entries, which meant a prizepool of $1,080,000. Names like David Peters, Erik Seidel, Nacho Barbero, and Nick Schulman sat at the final table here, but none of them emerged victorious. Japanese player Kazuomi Furuse won his first PGT title, taking home $275,400.

Place Name Country PGT Points Prize
1st Kazuomi Furuse Japan 275 275.400$
2nd Nacho Barbero Argentina 173 172.800$
3rd Eric Blair United States 124 124.200$
4th Erik Seidel United States 97 97.200$
5th Nick Schulman United States 70 70.200$
6th David Peters United States 54 54.000$

 

Among the champions there are also well-known names

 

The third tournament of the series also had a buy-in of $10,100 and this time brought 109 entries with a prizepool of $1,090,000. Italian player Michael Rossitto won his first PGT title here and bagged a cash prize of $277,950.

Place Name Country PGT Points Prize
1st Michael Rossitto Italy 278 277.950$
2nd Jim Collopy United States 174 174.400$
3rd Andrew Moreno United States 125 125.350$
4th Christian Roberts Venezuela 98 98.100$
5th Isaac Kempton United States 71 70.850$
6th Matthew Wantman United States 55 54.500$

The fourth tournament also had a buy-in of $10,100 and a prizepool of $1,030,000 thanks to 103 entries. Names like Patrick Leonard and Stephen Chidwick were sitting at the final table, but the winner was Matthew Wantman, for whom this is the fourth PGT title. He also earned $231,300 to go along with it, surpassing the $8.1 million mark in live tournament winnings.

Place Name Country PGT Points Prize
1st Matthew Wantman United States 263 231.300$
2nd Yifu He United States 170 201.300$
3rd Stephen Chidwick United Kingdom 118 118.450$
4th Masato Yokosawa Japan 93 92.700$
5th Isaac Kempton United States 67 66.950$
6th Patrick Leonard United Kingdom 52 51.500$
7th Chino Rheem United States 41 41.200$

The freshest winner is Shannon Shorr, who became the champion of the fifth tournament of the U.S. series. Poker Open. With the buy-in still the same at $10,100, the entry count here is now down to just 76, making the prizepool worth $760,000. Shannon Shorr won his fifth PGT title, along with a $220,400 bounty that put his live tournament earnings over the $15.1 million mark.

Place Name Country PGT Prize Prize
1st Shannon Shorr United States 220 220.400$
2nd Eric Blair United States 144 144.400$
3rd Yifu He United States 103 102.600$
4th Isaac Haxton United States 72 72.200$
5th Brock Wilson United States 53 53.200$

 

Sixth tournament to see the champion today

 

Following the success of Shannon Shorr, the first day of the sixth tournament, which already had a buy-in of $15,100, was played. The tournament attracted 98 entries, bringing the prizepool to $1,470,000. There is a prize of $382,200 awaiting the winner, which will be contested by the top seven players tonight. Leading them is Sean Winter with a stack of 3,560,000. There are also names like Martin Zamani, Matthew Wantman, David Coleman and Alex Foxen.

Seat Player Country Chip Count
1 David Coleman United States 1.625.000
2 Sean Winter United States 3.560.000
3 Martin Zamani United States 1.860.000
4 Alex Foxen United States 1.270.000
5 Brandon Wilson United States 2.025.000
6 Darren Elias United States 210.000
7 Matthew Wantman United States 1.750.000

 

 

Source - pgt.com, hendonmob