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.
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.