The 2022 U.S. Poker Open was the fourth edition of the U.S. Poker Open, a series of high-stakes poker tournaments held at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The series ran from March 16–28, with 12 scheduled events culminating in the $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em tournament finale.[1]

2022 U.S. Poker Open
VenuePokerGO Studio at Aria Resort and Casino
LocationLas Vegas, Nevada
DatesMarch 16–28, 2022
Champion
Sean Winter
(USPO Champion);
Sean Winter (Main Event winner)
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Sean Winter, runner-up in the previous two U.S. Poker Opens, won the last two events to earn the $50,000 championship and Golden Eagle trophy.[2][3][4]

Final tables were streamed on PokerGO.[5]

Schedule edit

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# Event Entrants Winner Prize Winning hand Runner-up Losing hand Results
1 $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 93   Shannon Shorr $213,900 A K   Ren Lin K J Results
2 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 77   Justin Young $200,200 A Q J 5   Tommy Le J J 7 3 Results
3 $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 88   Adam Hendrix $211,200 8 8   Jonathan Little A 2 Results
4 $10,000 Big Bet Mix 53   Tamon Nakamura $169,600 9 5   Rok Gostisa 10 7 Results
5 $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 66   Jeremy Ausmus $178,200 10 10   Chris Brewer A Q Results
6 $15,000 8-Game 47   Tamon Nakamura $239,700 A 3   Phil Hellmuth K 7 Results
7 $15,000 No-Limit Hold'em 70   Alex Foxen $283,500 8 8   David Rheem 10 7 Results
8 $15,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 67   David Rheem $271,350 K 9 9 3   Scott Seiver K J 10 6 Results
9 $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em 63   Erik Seidel $472,500 Q J   Phil Hellmuth J 9 Results
10 $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 49   Dylan Weisman $416,500 A 8 5 5   Cary Katz Q J 3 3 Results
11 $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em 55   Sean Winter $440,000 Q J   Ali Imsirovic 10 8 Results
12 $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em 42   Sean Winter $756,000 A 6   Masashi Oya Q Q Results

Series leaderboard edit

 
Series champion Sean Winter
Final Standings
Rank Name Points Earnings Wins Cashes
1   Sean Winter 718 $1,196,000 2 2
2   Tamon Nakamura 588 $669,400 2 6
3   Alex Foxen 488 $576,600 1 4
4   David Rheem 481 $481,350 1 2
5   Phil Hellmuth 464 $589,200 0 4

Series Stats edit

Cashes
Rank Name Cashes
1   Tamon Nakamura 6
2   Jeremy Ausmus 4
  Alex Foxen
  Phil Hellmuth
  Adam Hendrix
  Alex Livingston
  Shannon Shorr
  Dylan Weisman
Final Tables
Rank Name Final Tables
1   Tamon Nakamura 4
  Dylan Weisman
3   Stephen Chidwick 3
  Alex Foxen
  Phil Hellmuth
  Ali Imsirovic
  Ren Lin
  Erik Seidel
  Shannon Shorr

Results edit

Event #1: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em edit

 
Shannon Shorr won Event #1
  • 2-Day Event: March 16–17
  • Number of Entries: 93
  • Total Prize Pool: $930,000
  • Number of Payouts: 14
  • Winning Hand: A K
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st   Shannon Shorr $213,900
2nd   Ren Lin $148,800
3rd   Masashi Oya $111,600
4th   Daniel Negreanu $93,000
5th   Erik Seidel $74,400
6th   Joseph Cheong $55,800

Event #2: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha edit

  • 2-Day Event: March 17–18
  • Number of Entries: 77
  • Total Prize Pool: $770,000
  • Number of Payouts: 11
  • Winning Hand: A Q J 5
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st   Justin Young $200,200
2nd   Tommy Le $146,300
3rd   Dan Shak $100,100
4th   Damjan Radanov $77,000
5th   Dylan Weisman $61,600
6th   Alex Foxen $46,200

Event #3: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em edit

  • 2-Day Event: March 18–19
  • Number of Entries: 88
  • Total Prize Pool: $880,000
  • Number of Payouts: 13
  • Winning Hand: 8 8
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st   Adam Hendrix $211,200
2nd   Jonathan Little $149,600
3rd   Jeremy Ausmus $105,600
4th   Shannon Shorr $88,000
5th   Erik Seidel $70,400
6th   Nitis Udornpim $52,800

Event #4: $10,000 Big Bet Mix edit

  • 2-Day Event: March 19–20
  • Number of Entries: 53
  • Total Prize Pool: $530,000
  • Number of Payouts: 8
  • Winning Hand: 9 5 (No-Limit Hold'em)
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st   Tamon Nakamura $169,600
2nd   Rok Gostisa $111,300
3rd   Daniel Negreanu $74,200
4th   Stephen Chidwick $53,000
5th   Dylan Weisman $42,400
6th   John Riordan $31,800

Event #5: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em edit

  • 2-Day Event: March 20–21
  • Number of Entries: 66
  • Total Prize Pool: $660,000
  • Number of Payouts: 10
  • Winning Hand: 10 10
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st   Jeremy Ausmus $178,200
2nd   Chris Brewer $132,000
3rd   Ren Lin $85,800
4th   Ali Imsirovic $66,000
5th   Nick Petrangelo $52,800
6th   David Peters $39,600

Event #6: $15,000 8-Game edit

  • 2-Day Event: March 21–22
  • Number of Entries: 47
  • Total Prize Pool: $705,000
  • Number of Payouts: 7
  • Winning Hand: A 3 (Limit Hold'em)
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st   Tamon Nakamura $239,700
2nd   Phil Hellmuth $155,100
3rd   Ben Yu $105,750
4th   Bryan Micon $77,550
5th   Damjan Radanov $56,400
6th   Scott Seiver $42,300

Event #7: $15,000 No-Limit Hold'em edit

 
Alex Foxen won his first USPO title in Event #7
  • 2-Day Event: March 22–23
  • Number of Entries: 70
  • Total Prize Pool: $1,050,000
  • Number of Payouts: 10
  • Winning Hand: 8 8
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st   Alex Foxen $283,500
2nd   David Rheem $210,000
3rd   Stephen Chidwick $136,500
4th   Thomas Boivin $105,000
5th   Joseph Cheong $84,000
6th   Dan Smith $63,000

Event #8: $15,000 Pot-Limit Omaha edit

 
David "Chino" Rheem was runner-up in Event #7, then won Event #8 a day later
  • 2-Day Event: March 23–24
  • Number of Entries: 67
  • Total Prize Pool: $1,005,000
  • Number of Payouts: 10
  • Winning Hand: K 9 9 3
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st   David Rheem $271,350
2nd   Scott Seiver $201,000
3rd   Isaac Kempton $130,650
4th   Phil Hellmuth $100,500
5th   Adam Hendrix $80,400
6th   Dylan Weisman $60,300

Event #9: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em edit

 
Hall of Famer Erik Seidel won Event #9
  • 2-Day Event: March 24–25
  • Number of Entries: 63
  • Total Prize Pool: $1,575,000
  • Number of Payouts: 9
  • Winning Hand: Q J
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st   Erik Seidel $472,500
2nd   Phil Hellmuth $315,000
3rd   Alex Foxen $220,500
4th   Sam Soverel $157,500
5th   Tamon Nakamura $126,000
6th   Ren Lin $94,500

Event #10: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha edit

  • 2-Day Event: March 25–26
  • Number of Entries: 49
  • Total Prize Pool: $1,225,000
  • Number of Payouts: 7
  • Winning Hand: A 8 5 5
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st   Dylan Weisman $416,500
2nd   Cary Katz $269,500
3rd   Ali Imsirovic $183,750
4th   Matthew Wantman $134,750
5th   Stephen Chidwick $98,000
6th   Isaac Kempton $73,500

Event #11: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em edit

  • 2-Day Event: March 26–27
  • Number of Entries: 55
  • Total Prize Pool: $1,375,000
  • Number of Payouts: 8
  • Winning Hand: Q J
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st   Sean Winter $440,000
2nd   Ali Imsirovic $288,750
3rd   Jake Schindler $192,500
4th   Nick Schulman $137,500
5th   David Peters $110,000
6th   Tamon Nakamura $82,500

Event #12: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em edit

  • 2-Day Event: March 27–28
  • Number of Entries: 42
  • Total Prize Pool: $2,100,000
  • Number of Payouts: 6
  • Winning Hand: A 6
Final Table
Place Name Prize
1st   Sean Winter $756,000
2nd   Masashi Oya $504,000
3rd   Zhuang Ruan $336,000
4th   Vikenty Shegal $231,000
5th   Shannon Shorr $168,000
6th   Dan Smith $105,000

References edit

  1. ^ "U.S. Poker Open 2022 Schedule: March 16-28 | PGT". PokerGO Tour. March 9, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  2. ^ "The U.S. Poker Open Returns in March 2022!". US Poker Open. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  3. ^ Richards, Connor (March 28, 2022). "Sean Winter Goes Back-to-Back to Snatch USPO Championship from Tamon Nakamura". PokerNews.com. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
  4. ^ Peters, Donnie (March 28, 2022). "SEAN WINTER CROWNED 2022 U.S. POKER OPEN CHAMPION". Poker Centra. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
  5. ^ "PokerGO". www.pokergo.com. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  6. ^ "PokerGO Tour - US Poker Open (USPO): Hendon Mob Poker Database". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved March 14, 2022.

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