It's Almost Time for the Second $10,000 No-Limit Hold'Em Event; Event #3 Starts at 2 PM
It's almost time for Event #3: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em here at the Aria Resort and Casino, the second of three $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em events at the US Poker Open. The first event was won by Stephen Chidwick on Thursday, February 14th, putting him in the lead for top player of the series and putting him in pole position to win the $100,000 prize.
This event will have the same structure and run the same as the first event did. Players will begin with 125,000 in chips and will play down to the final six players here on Day 1. Blinds will start at 500/1000 with a big blind ante of 1,000 and levels will be 30 minutes with a break after every three levels.
The first event drew out 90 entrants and saw players such as Justin Bonomo, Joseph Cheong, Jared Jaffee, Chris Hunichen, Bryn Kenney, and David Peters come out to play to name a few. For his eventual victory, Chidwick walked away with $216,000. Thirteen players of the 90 entrants walked away with a cash. For this event, 9 players will make it to the final table, but play for most of the day will be seven handed.
Event Schedule
| Date | Event | Buy-in |
|---|---|---|
| February 13-14, 2019 | USPO #01 – $10,000 No Limit Hold'em | Buy-in: $10,500 |
| February 14-15, 2019 | USPO #02 – $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha | Buy-in: $10,500 |
| February 15-16, 2019 | USPO #03 – $10,000 No Limit Hold'em | Buy-in: $10,500 |
| February 16-17, 2019 | USPO #04 – $10,000 No Limit Hold'em | Buy-in: $10,500 |
| February 17-18, 2019 | USPO #05 – $25,000 No Limit Hold'em | Buy-in: $26,000 |
| February 18-19, 2019 | USPO #06 – $25,000 Pot Limit Omaha | Buy-in: $26,000 |
| February 19-20, 2019 | USPO #07 – $25,000 No Limit Hold'em | Buy-in: $26,000 |
| February 20-21, 2019 | USPO #08 – $25,000 Mixed-Game | Buy-in $26,000 |
| February 21-22, 2019 | USPO #09 - $50,000 No Limit Hold'em | Buy-in: $52,000 |
| February 22-23, 2019 | USPO #10 - $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em | Buy-in $103,000 |
Play is set to begin here in this event at 2 p.m. local time. Remember, you can also watch today’s Event #1: $10,000 PLO final table exclusively on PokerGO right now. 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.
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and Alan Schein was first to act from the big blind. He checked to Ben Yu who was under the gun and Yu fired a bet of 5,000. Schein then check-raised, making it 10,000. Yu thought for nearly all of his 30 seconds before three-betting and making it 30,000. Schein called. 
and Schein checked. Yu jammed all in and Schein quickly called. 
and Yu would hold on to take all of Schein's chips on one of the very first hands of the day.
and Adams collected all of Imsirovic's chips, eliminating him from the tournament.
and Foxen paired his queen to take the lead and send Peters packing. 
and the pot had around 250,000 in it. Sean Perry bet 90,000, Rodger Johnson moved all in and Perry called his remaining stack of around 325,000.
for three ducks. A 
came on the river and Johnson took down the pot with his three of a kind, sending Perry out.
and Winter took down the pot with his nines, eliminating Seidel from the tournament.
and Davies was unable to catch up, sending him home in 10th place. For his run he'll take down $27,300. 
