Ali Imsirovic Leads the Final Table of Event #9: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’Em
Ali Imsirovic leads the final table of Event #9 $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em after an epic final hour and a half of play, in which he scooped separate pots of two million and four million chips holding [KhKc] to end the night with 41 percent of the chips in play.
Joining Imsirovic at the final table are Jake Schindler, Vanessa Kade, Cary Katz, Andrew Lichtenberger, Thomas Winters, and Erik Seidel. Schindler, Katz, and Lichtenberger are all headed to the final table for the second time this series, while Imsirovic is at his third final table for the 2021 U.S. Poker Open.
The 99-entrant field created a prize pool of $990,000, and each player at the final table is guaranteed $49,500, with the winner receiving $217,800.
With 12 players remaining, Imsirovic was sitting at just 675,000 but slowly built his stack to over a million in chips to set him up for his first massive pot of the evening, in which he took over one million chips from Kade, who had rivered the nut flush against his flopped full house.
Imsirovic’s second huge hand of the evening came on the first shuffle of the unofficial final table when he got it, all-in preflop holding kings, against the aces of Mazen Abdallah for a four million chip pot. Imsirovic would flop a set of kings to crack the aces of Abdallah, eliminating him in eighth place.
Other players to finish in the money included Matthew Ploof, Stephen Chidwick, Jesse Sylvia, Alex Foxen, Steven Veneziano, Jim Collopy, and Nick Petrangelo.
Jared Jaffee was eliminated on the money bubble by Foxen when he got it all-in from the small blind holding ace-jack against the pocket nines of Foxen. Other notables to finish just off the money included Seth Davies, Shannon Shorr, Jonathan Little, and Sam Soverel.
| Event #9 Final Table | |||
| Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count |
| 1 | Jake Schindler | United States | 440,000 |
| 2 | Vanessa Kade | Canada | 1,715,000 |
| 3 | Cary Katz | United States | 1,455,000 |
| 4 | Ali Imsirovic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5,075,000 |
| 5 | Andrew Lichtenberger | United States | 1,315,000 |
| 6 | Thomas Winters | United States | 970,000 |
| 7 | Erik Seidel | United States | 1,405,000 |
The button will be in seat seven and there is 35:51 left in level 15.
The final seven players will return to the PokerGO Studio on Saturday, June 12, at 12 p.m. PT with the final table airing on PokerGO.com at 1 p.m. PT.
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End of Night Chip Counts
The play has been suspended for the evening, and the final seven players will return to the PokerGO Studio, June 12, at 12 p.m.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Imsirovic | 5,075,000 | - |
| Vanessa Kade | 1,715,000 |
-585,000  |
| Cary Katz | 1,455,000 |
-370,000 |
| Erik Seidel | 1,405,000 |
190,000  |
| Andrew Lichtenberger | 1,315,000 |
-55,000 |
| Thomas Winters | 970,000 |
85,000 |
| Jake Schindler | 440,000 | - |
Jake Schindler Doubles Through Ali Imsirovic
On the last hand of the night, Ali Imsirovic opened to 100,000. Action folded to Jake Schindler in the big blind, and he called, leaving himself 85,000 behind.
The board fell [6c5s2s], and Schindler fired for 80,000, leaving himself 5,000 behind. Imsirovic called.
The [As] fell on the turn, and action checked through.
The river [Js] completed the board, and action checked through again.
Schindler tabled [8s6h] for a rivered flush, and Imsirovic mucked.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Imsirovic | 5,075,000 |
475,000 |
| Jake Schindler | 440,000 |
-25,000 |
Vanessa Kade Shoves the River on Andrew Lichtenberger
With a board reading [QdQs4s3c9c] Andrew Lichtenberger fired a bet of 450,000.
Vanessa Kade was the only other player in the hand, and she announced all-in for 765,000.
Lichtenberger went deep into the tank and used four time extensions before saying “Nice hand” and tossing his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Vanessa Kade | 2,300,000 |
615,000 |
| Andrew Lichtenberger | 1,370,000 |
-1,080,000 |
Mazen Abdallah Eliminated in 8th Place ($39,600)
Mazen Abdallah was all-in for approximately 2.05 million, and Ali Imsirovic had called.
Abdallah: [AsAc]
Imsirovic: [KcKh]
The board ran out [Ks6h3d8cTs], and Imsirovic flopped a set of kings to crack Abdallah’s aces for approximately a four million chip pot.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Imsirovic | 4,600,000 |
1,900,000 |
| Mazen Abdallah | Busted |
-1,565,000 |
Alex Foxen Eliminated in 9th Place ($39,600)
With a flop reading [QsQh4c], Alex Foxen checked, and Ali Imsirovic moved all in. Foxen called for his last 60,000.
Foxen: [Kc7c]
Imsirovic: [JhJc]
The board ran out the [Ts] on the turn and the [Qs] on the river, and Foxen was eliminated in ninth place for $39,600.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Imsirovic | 2,700,000 |
450,000 |
| Alex Foxen | Busted |
-355,000 |
Ali Imsirovic Doubles Through Vanessa Kade
With the board complete and reading [Ks2h2c7h9h], Ali Imsirovic was all-in and had been called by Vanessa Kade.
Kade tabled the [Ah8h] for the nut flush, but Imsriovic tabled the [KcKh] for a flopped full house to rake in an over a two million chip pot.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Imsirovic | 2,250,000 |
1,515,000 |
| Vanessa Kade | 1,685,000 |
-665,000 |
Jesse Sylvia Eliminated in 10th Place ($29,700)
Jesse Sylvia opened to 200,000 from early position with roughly 30,000 behind.
Action folded to Erik Seidel in the small blind, and he moved all-in. Sylvia called.
Sylvia: [Ac9s]
Seidel: [JsJh]
The board ran out [Ks4sJd6cKc] and Seidel made a full house to eliminate Sylvia in 10th place for $29,700.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Erik Seidel | 1,215,000 |
305,000 |
| Jesse Sylvia | Busted |
-305,000 |
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