Jason Koon Eliminated by Seth Davies
The final board read [9d8c7sJsAc] and Jason Koon was leaving his seat as Seth Davies was being pushed the pot.
Koon held [QsQc], but it would be Davies’ [9s9c] that would earn him the pot after flopping top set.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Seth Davies | 263,000 |
69,500  |
| Jason Koon | Busted |
-102,500  |
Isaac Haxton Bets the River
In a limped blind versus blind pot Ryan Riess, in the small blind, and Isaac Haxton, in the big blind, checked to river on a board of [Ad5c2hJhKd].
Reiss checked again and then called the 7,500 bet from Haxton, who tabled [Kh7d] for second pair, which was good enough because Riess folded his hand.
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| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Ryan Riess | 175,500 |
-10,500 |
| Isaac Haxton | 112,500 |
10,500 |
Chris Hunichen Raises Out Dennis Blieden
On a board of [Qs5h5s3d] with 27,500 in the middle, Dennis Blieden bet out 20,000 from middle position and Chris Hunichen called on the button.
The river landed the [Qh] and Blieden cut out a bet of 55,500.
Hunichen announced 130,000, and Blieden mucked.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Hunichen | 705,000 |
93,500 |
| Dennis Blieden | 130,000 |
-85,000 |
Updated Chip Counts from Table 5
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Seth Davies | 193,500 |
-6,500 |
| Ryan Riess | 186,000 |
-14,000 |
| Nick Petrangelo | 181,000 |
-36,000 |
| Stephen Chidwick | 117,000 |
117,000 |
| Isaac Haxton | 102,000 |
29,000 |
Updated Chip Counts from Table 4
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Hunichen | 611,500 |
136,500 |
| Nick Schulman | 259,000 |
-1,500 |
| Dennis Blieden | 215,000 |
-15,000 |
| Martin Zamani | 191,500 |
1,500 |
| Jason Koon | 102,500 |
-39,500 |
| Ali Imsirovic | 95,500 |
-3,500 |
Updated Chip Counts from Table 3
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Keith Tilston | 444,000 |
70,500 |
| Justin Bonomo | 435,000 |
-35,000 |
| Koray Aldemir | 232,000 |
32,000 |
| Dan Smith | 119,500 |
-33,500 |
| Brandon Adams | 73,000 |
-5,000 |
Player Spotlight: Ryan Riess
Ryan Riess entered the 2019 U.S. Poker Open eager and ready for another big win. Regardless of his performance, however, the results will take a back seat to what else is approaching in his life: the birth of his second child.
Riess and his girlfriend are expecting their second child next month.
“2019 is going to be awesome,” the 2013 Main Event champ wrote on Twitter to ring in the new year. So far, he’s right.
A runner-up finish in the $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em at this year’s U.S. Poker Open netted 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Ryan Riess the third largest payday of his career. He took home $492,000 with his 2nd place finish to Koray Aldemir.
He’s in Las Vegas now, but Riess makes sure to represent his Michigan roots on the felt. He took 2nd place Friday donning his trademark look: Michigan State Spartans apparel.
Since the “poker boom” every Main Event winner spends the rest of their career trying to show the world it wasn’t a fluke. For Riess, he’s already shown he’s the real deal.
Since his $8.3 million win nearly six years ago, Riess has logged results in tournaments across the globe., with career winnings that exceed $14 million. Most notably, a $716,000 score by winning first place at the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Finale.
A strong showing at last year’s World Series of Poker Europe helped Riess climb to seventh place on the Global Poker Index player rankings.
Right now, things are good for “The Beast” – as he became known during his Main Event run. The only thing that could make life better would be a USPO Main Event title.
Updated Chip Counts from Table 1
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Foxen | 451,000 |
1,000 |
| Rainer Kempe | 338,000 |
-50,000 |
| Sean Winter | 281,500 |
1,500 |
| David Peters | 230,000 |
-22,000 |
| Jake Schindler | 70,000 |
-7,500 |
| Cary Katz | 46,500 |
10,500 |
Nick Schulman Wins the Preflop War
Action folded to Nick Schulman, and he raised it to 7,000 from the button.
Jason Koon folded his small blind, but Dennis Blieden re-raised it to 51,000 from his big blind.
Schulman then announced “All in.”
Blieden asked for a count, and once the dealer confirmed the amount of 202,500, Blieden then used one of his time extensions before folding his hand.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Schulman | 260,500 |
-29,500 |
| Dennis Blieden | 230,000 |
-75,000 |
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