Seat 6: Martin Zamani (805,000 in chips)
Martin Zamani may be the least accomplished and least known player that took a seat in the U.S. Poker Open $100,000 Main Event, but that hasn’t stopped him from making a run to the top of the leaderboard before eventually settling in at third place heading into the final day of play.
So far during the 2019 U.S. Poker Open, Zamani has collected a third-place Event #2 – $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha for $83,200 and followed that up with an eighth-place finish in Event #7 – $25,000 No Limit Hold’em for $60,000.
Zamani’s poker career is a short one compared to the players that he has been battling with during the U.S. Poker Open. Zamani’s first career result dates back to 2014 as he collected results in his native state of Florida. Zamani collected consistent results around the country before his two biggest scores came during the 2018 WSOP. Zamani finished 239th in the WSOP Main Event for $42,980 before bubbling the final table of Event #74 for $74,162.
Then, with 2019 upon him, Zamani made the trip to the Bahamas to play in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure where he would be victorious in the $25,000 No Limit Hold’em PCA High Roller for $895,110 on a final table consisting of Dominik Nitsche, Thomas Muehloecker, Sean Winter, and Davidi Kitai. With that score, his career tournament earnings climbed to over $1.3 million, and with his two U.S. Poker Open cashes this week, he now sits at $1.5 million.
Although known as the younger brother of two-time WSOP bracelet winner and WPT Player of the Year Benjamin Zamani, Martin is making a name for himself this year, and if he can top of this past month with a victory in the U.S. Poker Open $100,000 Main Event, the next family home game will be more intense then ever.
U.S. Poker Open Championship Update: Martin Zamani cannot win the U.S. Poker Open Championship.
