Chip Counts from Table 1
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Winter | 665,000 |
450,000  |
| Jake Schindler | 500,000 |
175,000 |
| Joseph Cappello | 430,000 |
140,000 |
| Brandon Adams | 340,000 |
155,000 |
| Jeremy Ausmus | 200,000 | - |
| Ryan Riess | 129,000 |
-31,000  |
| Christian Soto | 116,000 |
-24,000 |
Chip Counts from Table 4
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Erik Seidel | 460,000 |
180,000 |
| Joseph Cheong | 410,000 |
98,000 |
| James Romero | 320,000 |
-130,000 |
| Eli Berg | 220,000 |
145,000 |
| Larry Wright | 180,000 |
-132,000 |
Sam Simmons Eliminated by James Romero
Poker Central President Sam Simmons was all in preflop for his last 96,000 against James Romero.
Simmons held pocket jacks against Romero’s pocket aces, and when the board brought all blanks, Simmons was eliminated from Event #1.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| James Romero | 450,000 |
200,000 |
| Sam Simmons | Busted |
-125,000 |
Phil Hellmuth Eliminated by Chris Hunichen
Action folded to Chris Hunichen in the small blind and he pushed forward a stack of chips to effectively put his opponent Phil Hellmuth all in from the big blind. Hellmuth instantly splashed his chips totaling roughly 40,000 forward, and the cards were tabled.
Hunichen: [Jh8s]
Hellmuth: [As9h]
The board ran out [4d8c4s7cQh] and Hellmuth was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Hunichen | 300,000 |
175,000 |
| Phil Hellmuth | Busted |
-125,000 |
Chance Kornuth Eliminated by Alex Foxen
Sam Soverel limped the button for 6,000 and Alex Foxen completed the small blind. From the big blind, Chance Kornuth shoved for roughly 56,000, and after Soverel folded, Foxen called.
Kornuth was at-risk holding ace-eight against Foxen’s ace-nine.
Unfortunately for Kornuth, he was unable to connect and was eliminated by Foxen.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Foxen | 730,000 |
400,000 |
| Sam Soverel | 300,000 |
86,000 |
| Chance Kornuth | Busted |
-90,000 |
Farid Jattin Eliminates Rainer Kempe
The action folded to Rainer Kempe in the cutoff and he opened to 11,000. Action folded to Farid Jattin in the small blind who 3-bet shoved for 180,000. The big blind folded, Kempe called and the cards were tabled.
Kempe [7d7c]
Jaka [KdQh]
The flop ran out [6s3dQc] giving Jattin top pair. The turn brought the [6h] and the river was the [Jc] as Kempe could not find a seven and was left with 27,000 chips.
The next hand Kempe open-shoved his last 27,000 and Jattin called on the button. The blinds folded, Kempe tabled [JcTc] and Jattin tabled [Ac9s].
The board ran out [AsQh5c4s6s] to give Jattin top pair and eliminated Kempe.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Rainer Kempe | Busted | - |
Lazaro Hernandez Climbs Into the Chip Lead
Barry Hutter raised to 10,000 from the cutoff and Kristen Bicknell called on the button. From the small blind, Lazaro Hernandez three-bet to 33,000 before Hutter responded by making it 78,000 total.
Bicknell folded, and Hernandez shoved all in for roughly 400,000 and Hutter called.
Hutter: [KsKc]
Hernandez: [AdAs]
The dealer spread the [Th9s3c8s2c] board and Hernandez doubled through into the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Lazaro Hernandez | 822,000 |
-438,000 |
| Barry Hutter | 27,000 |
27,000 |
Prize Pool for Event #1 Announced; $216,000 for the Winner
The prize pool for Event #1: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em of the U.S. Poker Open has been announced with the 90-entrant field creating a $900,000 prize pool.
The top 13 players will finish in-the-money with $18,000 the minimum payout.
Reaching Day 2 of Event #1 will see players guaranteed $54,000, while $216,000 will be awaiting the eventual Event #1 Champion.
To see the complete Event #1 payouts, click here.
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