Event #3: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em

Adam Hendrix Goes from Worst To First in Event #3, Winning $211,200

Posted March 19, 2022 at 8:27 pm ET by Donnie Peters

Adam Hendrix was nowhere near the chip lead entering the final table of Event #3: $10,000 No-Limit at the 2022 U.S. Poker Open, but he turned the tables and came out on top for what was a $211,200 victory. Hendrix also picked up 211 points for the series leaderboard and is now second in that race with 234 points total.

Hendrix topped a field of 88 entries in Event #3. He now has one victory and two cashes through three 2022 U.S. Poker Open events. Prior to this win, Hendrix placed 11th in Event #2: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha for $23,100.

2022 U.S. Poker Open Event #3 Results

Event #3: $10,000 NL Hold’em drew a field of 88 entries to the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas, creating an $880,000 prize pool. The top 13 players finished in the money and earned both U.S. Poker Open and PGT leaderboard points.

Hendrix’s Road To Victory in Event #3

After registration closed, Adam Hendrix found himself with fewer than 100,000 in chips in Level 8 of the tournament. He found a double up through Erik Seidel in Level 9 when his pocket sevens held against Seidel’s ace-nine of diamonds. Hendrix continued to chip up from there.

Kristina Holst busted on the money bubble in 14th place, Michael Lang went out in 13th place, and then Hendrix took out Scott Seiver in 12th place. When he busted Seiver, Hendrix had pocket jacks against Seiver’s ace-five and held.

Following Alex Foxen’s bust in 11th place and Benjamin Miner’s exit in 10th place, the last nine players combined to one table. At the time, Hendrix was sitting in fourth chip position with a seven-figure stack.

With the exits of Sean Perry in ninth place, Seth Davies in eighth place, and Rok Gostisa in seventh place, Day 1 was in the books and Hendrix bagged up 1,030,000 in chips. That put him six out of six on the leaderboard entering Day 2.

Early on Day 2, Hendrix found himself all in against Nitis Udornpim. Hendrix had ace-jack and was dominating Udornpim’s ace-ten. The board was clean for Hendrix and he doubled to more than 2,000,000 in chips.

Udornpim spun his short stack up but ultimately fell in sixth place to Jonathan Little when his ace-king lost to Little’s ace-ten.

Erik Seidel was ousted next, and it was Hendrix who sent him packing. Seidel was all in with ten-nine and dominated by Hendrix’s jack-ten. No help came for Seidel and he was gone.

Four-handed play was between Hendrix, Little, Shannon Shorr, and Jeremy Ausmus. Shorr found his way out the door next, getting all in with queen-ten against Ausmus’ pocket tens. Shorr, who won Event #1 at the 2022 U.S. Poker Open for $213,900, couldn’t find the help he needed and was sent home with a fourth-place payday of $88,000.

During three-handed play is when Hendrix worked himself into the chip lead, but then he lost it when Ausmus surged to the top of the pack. Then it was Little finding himself back in the lead as the jockeying continued.

The leaderboard shifting continued when Hendrix picked up two queens and doubled through Little’s king-nine. It wasn’t as easy as it sounds, though. Hendrix flopped a set of queens on the queen-jack-five flop, but then Little turned a straight thanks to a ten rolling off. The river was another ten to give Hendrix a full house and the double up.

Eventually, Ausmus busted in third place. Hendrix shoved on him from the small blind with ten-three and Ausmus called all in for 8.6 big blinds with king-queen of hearts. The flop came ace-three-three to put Ausmus in a world of hurt. A five on the turn left Ausmus drawing dead, and Event #3 was heads up between Hendrix and Little.

Heads-up play started with Hendrix in the lead. He had 7,175,000 in chips to Little’s stack of 3,825,000. The match didn’t take long to come to a conclusion.

On the button, Hendrix raised to 300,000 with the blinds at 75,000-150,000 with a 150,000 big blind ante. Little moved all in for 3,225,000. Hendrix called with pocket eights and was in good shape against Little’s ace-two. Despite a very sweaty turn card, Hendrix’s eights held up and he was crowned champion.

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