Seat 4: Sean Winter (375,000 in chips)
Prior to this 10-days stretch of U.S. Poker Open events, Sean Winter was just one of the guys playing high stakes poker at a very high level. That all changed for poker fans with Winter dominating in this stretch of events by making five final tables and holding the Championship lead coming into the $100,000 Main Event final table.
Barring a massive run from either David Peters or Nick Schulman, Winter will have a tremendous shot at crowing himself U.S. Poker Open champion, taking home the massive trophy and $100,000.
Earlier this week, Winter spoke about his career, his drive and work ethic to perform at the highest level.
“I’m always working on my game in a bunch of different areas. Mentally as well, both at and away from the tables I’m trying to do the right things in life. Right now though, everything just seems to be flowing well,” Winter said in reference to his recent streak of massive scores.
To date, Winter has won $12 million in live tournaments putting him 56th on the all-time money list. Winter’s biggest two results have come in the last eight months, as he finished second in the WSOP $50k High Roller for $1 million and second in the partypoker Caribbean Poker Party $250k Super High Roller for $2.4 million.
U.S. Poker Open Championship Update: Sean Winter is the current leader in the U.S. Poker Open Championship and will hold on to the title if he doesn’t cash and David Peters finishes 2nd or worse and Nick Schulman finishes 4th or worse.
