The Largest Buy-In So Far, USPO #9: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em Starts at 2 PM
Things are starting to wind down at the 2019 US Poker Open, but that doesn't mean that there's nothing left to watch. The final two buy-ins of the series are the two largest to date, which means some of the biggest names in poker should be coming out to play, along with the grinders we've seen all week.
An interesting points race for US Poker Open champion is also starting to shape up as well with Sean Winter and Stephen Chidwick each battling for the top spot and everyone else trying to catch up. Players like Cary Katz, Bryn Kenney, Jordan Cristos, and Ali Imsirovic are right there in contention as well. Whoever wins the title at the end of 10 events will walk away with a $100,000 prize courtesy of PokerGO.
Here's a look at the standings after the first seven events:
| Place | Player | Cashes | Points | Money Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Chidwick | 4 | 540 | $705,950 |
| 2 | Sean Winter | 4 | 440 | $419,900 |
| 3 | Cary Katz | 3 | 340 | $580,200 |
| 4 | Bryn Kenney | 2 | 240 | $477,000 |
| 5 | Lauren Roberts | 2 | 240 | $263,400 |
| 6 | Jordan Cristos | 2 | 240 | $206,200 |
| 7 | Ali Imsirovic | 1 | 200 | $442,500 |
| 8 | Ben Yu | 3 | 200 | $262,800 |
| 9 | Jake Schindler | 2 | 180 | $327,000 |
| 10 | Dan Shak | 3 | 180 | $307,100 |
For this event, the winner will receive 200 points towards the standings while a cash will earn at least 40 points and more for each ladder up past 6th place.
Last year, the $50,000 event was the Main Event and was won by Keith Tilston, who bested a field of 33 to take down the first place prize of $660,000. Tilston has been in action this year as well, but not with much success, with only one cash through the first eight events. Another thing to note is that this year, the Main Event for the USPO will be a $100,000 buy-in, which is sure to draw out at least a few more faces. A $10,000 Super Satelite for the Main Event will also take place today, so players who are interested and nearby will have a chance to qualify into the $100,000 event.
Players in Event #9: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em will start today off with 150,000 in tournament chips and the plan is to play down until the final table of six is reached. Action will start off with blinds of 500/1,000 with an ante of 1,000 and the structure will be the same as the rest of the USPO events up until this point. Starting tomorrow, the event will be streamed live on PokerGo with hole cards.
This event will play alongside Event #8: $25,000 Eight-Game Mix which will live stream today on PokerGo starting at 2 p.m. local time. Remember, you can watch all USPO final tables exclusively on PokerGO. Subscribe to PokerGO for just $10 a month or $99 a year to watch nine straight days of U.S. Poker Open final table action plus PokerGO’s full catalog of programming.
PokerNews will be here all day covering the action, so make sure you stay tuned.