The final table of the 2018 US Poker Open #02 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha is set. Just six players remain after a 17 level Day 1 which saw 64 entries piled up. Leading the pack is American Richard Kirsch but an elite field stands in his way.
Final Table Line-Up:
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Mike Gorodinsky
United States
1,275,000
2
Cary Katz
United States
770,000
3
Anthony Zinno
United States
580,000
4
Andjelko Andrejevic
Serbia
1,405,000
5
Richard Kirsch
United States
2,530,000
6
Rainer Kempe
Germany
1,440,000
Kirsch held the chip lead for the latter part of Day 1 but saw a huge spike in his stack on the final hand of the night. Kirsch collided with Dan Shak and the two found themselves in a ridiculous cooler spot. Kirsch called a big three-bet preflop from Shak with kings to Shak's aces. After a dry flop fell, Kirsch immediately bet pot and Shak inst-shoved getting a snap-call from Kirsch. A more than 2 million chip pot was formed, over 25% of the chips in play, and Kirsch spiked a straight on the turn to eliminate Shak on the official final table bubble.
Day 1 kicked off at 2 PM local time inside the Aria Resort & Casino. The likes of Daniel Negreanu, Bryn Kenney, Justin Bonomo, Stephen Chidwick, Brian Rast, and Erik Seidel all tested their luck but didn't have the right ingredients to make a deep run.
Just the top 10 spots made the money and after leading the field for most of the day, a cruel cooler left Sam Soverel in the danger zone and the man that iced him, Mike Gorodinsky, returned for the rest of Soverel's stack moments later.
Ben Yu (10th - $19,200), Joshua Ladines (9th - $19,200), and Benjamin Pollak (8th - $25,600) were the only players other than Shak to leave with some consolation, though with the re-entries, none of them would feel much better than the rest.
Here's what the finalists have left to fight for:
Place
Prize
1
$179,200
2
$128,000
3
$83,200
4
$64,000
5
$51,200
6
$38,400
The final table is set to kick off around noon local time on Saturday afternoon and the stream will begin on PokerGo at 1 PM (4 PM EST). Follow along with the action here on the blog as it plays out on stream all the way down until a champion is crowned.
A preflop three-bet by Dan Shak to 260,000 was called by the original opener Richard Kirsch. The flop came down and Kirsch announced "pot", making the bet 555,000. Shak quickly moved all-in for 190,000 more and Kirsch snap-called to put him at risk.
Dan Shak:
Richard Kirsch:
Shak was ahead with his aces but Kirsch had some big outs. The on the turn quickly turned the tables giving Kirsch a straight and the didn't improve Shak's hand as he bubbled the official final table, leaving with $32,000 and a bad beat.
Looking down at a flop, Joshua Ladines bet 30,000 into a pot of 50,000. Rainer Kempe raised to 85,000 and back-to-back pot bets between the two saw both player's cards on their backs with Ladines at risk.
Joshua Ladines:
Rainer Kempe:
Ladines was drawing slim and found no help from the run out. Ladines banked $19,200.
After leading the field for a large portion of the day and being a top stack moments after he fired his second bullet, Sam Soverel has busted on the money bubble.
We didn't catch Soverel's hand but he was short stacked following a huge cooler against Mike Gorodinsky. Gorodinsky came back for the rest of his stack and on a board, Gorodinsky won the pot tabling the .
With about 160,000 in the pot and a completed board reading , Sam Soverel checked and Mike Gorodinsky bet 110,000. Soverel took no time announcing "pot", making it 483,000 and a stunned Gorodinsky quickly called.
Soverel tabled a full house with the but Gorodinsky had better revealing the , making a better full house.
Richard Sklar opened to 35,000 on the button and Isaac Haxton three-bet to 119,000 in the small blind. Andjelko Andrejevic called out of the big blind and Sklar called behind.
The flop fanned out and Haxton moved all-in for about 90,000 more. Andrejevic raised all-in and Sklar folded.
Isaac Haxton:
Andjelko Andrejevic:
The board ran out and Andrejevic made a flush to win the pot and eliminate Haxton.
With registration offcially closed, the prize pool and payout details have been announced. Today's field gathered total of 64 entries creating a prize pool worth $640,000.
The top 10 players will earn a prize with anyone making the money guaranteed $19,200. Awaiting the eventual champion is a top prize worth $179,200.
Gjergj Sinishtaj opened to 22,000 on the button and called a pot-bet of 95,000 by Richard Kirsch. The flop fanned out and Kirsch bet pot again. Sinishtaj moved all-in for slightly more and Kirsch put him at risk.
Gjergj Sinishtaj:
Richard Kirsch:
The board ran out and Kirsch eliminated Sinishtaj raking in a huge pot in the process.
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and Kirsch announced "pot", making the bet 555,000. Shak quickly moved all-in for 190,000 more and Kirsch snap-called to put him at risk.
on the turn quickly turned the tables giving Kirsch a straight and the 
didn't improve Shak's hand as he bubbled the official final table, leaving with $32,000 and a bad beat.
against Andrejevic's 
. The board ran out 
and Pollak fell in 8th place earning a score of $25,600.
flop, Joshua Ladines bet 30,000 into a pot of 50,000. Rainer Kempe raised to 85,000 and back-to-back pot bets between the two saw both player's cards on their backs with Ladines at risk.
and Yu was unable to best it when the board ran out 
.
board, Gorodinsky won the pot tabling the 
, Sam Soverel checked and Mike Gorodinsky bet 110,000. Soverel took no time announcing "pot", making it 483,000 and a stunned Gorodinsky quickly called.
