Live at 5pm ET: Commanding Lead for Ben Yu Over Kenney, Schindler, Schulman.
Ben Yu is way in front of the remaining six players in Event #7 – $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em. This is Yu’s second final table at the U.S. Poker Open and he’s will have a solid chance to jump into the conversation about who can win the overall points leaderboard.
Currently, Stephen Chidwick leads the 2019 USPO with two wins and four final tables. Sean Winter made the first four final tables of the USPO and is currently in second. Cary Katz is in third, after making three final tables.
Jake Schindler, Bryn Kenney, Nick Schulman, and Keith Tilston are all making their 2019 USPO final table debuts. While Nick Petrangelo joins Yu with two final tables so far.
Here is a look at the seating chart for the start of play today.
| Seat | Player | Chips |
| 1 | Jake Schindler | 1,215,000 |
| 2 | Nick Schulman | 515,000 |
| 3 | Keith Tilston | 1,055,000 |
| 4 | Ben Yu | 3,055,000 |
| 5 | Nick Petrangelo | 620,000 |
| 6 | Bryn Kenney | 1,045,000 |
The final table will resume on the PokerGO live stream at 5 p.m. EST. The six remaining players can jump right into the overall USPO race with a win today and Yu seems to have the fast track. Earlier in the USPO, Ali Imsirovic started the day with a big lead, and took a little more than two hours to dispatch his opponents and take down the Event #5 – $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em.
Yu will be hard pressed to duplicate those exact results, but Yu does enter with a similar lead.
Here are the full standings of the 2019 USPO.
| 2019 U.S. Poker Open Standings | |||
| Name | Points | Cash | |
| 1 | Stephen Chidwick (4) | 540 | $705,950 |
| 2 | Sean Winter (4) | 440 | $419,900 |
| 3 | Cary Katz (3) | 340 | $580,200 |
| 4 | Jordan Cristos (2) | 240 | $206,200 |
| 5 | Ali Imsirovic | 200 | $442,500 |
| 6 | Lauren Roberts | 200 | $218,400 |
| 7 | Manig Loeser (2) | 180 | $146,200 |
| 8 | Ben Lamb (2) | 160 | $139,500 |
| 9 | Dan Shak (2) | 140 | $232,100 |
| 10 | Koray Aldemir | 140 | $159,200 |
PokerCentral.com will be bringing you live updates and photos from now until the conclusion of the USPO. You can also watch all the final table action on PokerGO.
