In recent days, the PokerGO studio has hosted a series of U.S. Poker Open, which featured 8 tournaments in NLH format. We've already informed you about the top five winners, so today, after the event, we have a duty to introduce you to the remaining names.
Second career PGT title
The sixth edition of the tournament had a buy-in of $15,100, produced 62 entries and took the prizepool to $930,000. A $297,600 prize awaited the winner here and the top 6 players battled it out in the final table.
In the final heads-up, the players negotiated an ICM deal, after which they matched up for $20,000 for the winner and the trophy. The winner in the end was Aram Zobian, who won his second career PGT title and $264,290 in prize money.
| Place | Name | Country | Prize |
| 1. | Aram Zobian | USA | 264.290$ |
| 2. | Sam Laskowitz | USA | 219.310$ |
| 3. | Brock Wilson | USA | 130.200$ |
| 4. | Joey Weissman | USA | 93.000$ |
| 5. | Dan Shak | USA | 69.750$ |
| 6. | John Andress | USA | 51.150$ |
Eric Afriat and his first PGT title
The seventh tournament in the standings also had a buy-in of $15,100. But now the entries count had reached 64, so the $960,000 prizepool was being distributed.
Stephen Chidwick kicked off the final table here as the chipleader. However, he took the final third place, and it was Eric Afriat and Joey Weissman who made it to the final heads-up. Eric Afriat finished as the winner here, for whom it was the first PGT title of his career.
| Place | Name | Country | Prize |
| 1. | Eric Afriat | Canada | 288.000$ |
| 2. | Joey Weissman | USA | 187.200$ |
| 3. | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 129.600$ |
| 4. | Sam Laskowitz | USA | 96.000$ |
| 5. | Sean Winter | USA | 72.000$ |
| 6. | Bill Klein | USA | 52.800$ |
Tenth PGT title for Chidwick
The last tournament had a buy-in of $25,200, produced 52 entries and a prizepool worth $1,300,000. The highest prize of the entire USPO series, $429,000, awaited the winner here.
This amount was contested by 7 players in the final table, where Stephen Chidwick was the massive chipleader. He held up to 40 percent of all the chips in play and now gave his opponents no chance of success. He took home the trophy along with the $429,000 prize, his tenth career PGT title.
| Place | Name | Country | Prize |
| 1. | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 429.000$ |
| 2. | Andrew Lichtenberger | USA | 273.000$ |
| 3. | Brandon Wittmeyer | USA | 182.000$ |
| 4. | Dan Smith | USA | 130.000$ |
| 5. | Cary Katz | USA | 104.000$ |
| 6. | Aram Zobian | USA | 78.000$ |
| 7. | Jesse Lonis | USA | 52.000$ |
Zobian overall champion
As usual, this series had its own leaderboard, where players earned points. A special Golden Eagle trophy and an extra $25,000 PGT Passport awaited the winner for winning the leaderboard. Aram Zobian earned the most points here, taking home money from four tournaments and earning a total of $613,540 during the USPO. This gave Aram 616 points, overtaking Stephen Chidwick who finished in second place with 427 points. Congratulations!
Source - PGT.com
