Justin Young Eliminated by Anthony Alberto
Justin Young was all in for roughly 225,000 against Anthony Alberto.
Young: [AhAc5h4d]
Alberto: [KsKc9s2h]
The board ran out [Th8cKh6dTd] and Young was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Anthony Alberto | 655,000 |
235,000  |
| Justin Young | Busted |
-252,000  |
Martin Zamani Picks Off Sean Winter’s River Bluff
With a board reading [2sTd6d3s3h] Sean Winter lead out for 140,000.
Martin Zamani went into the tank before using a time extension, before eventually making the call.
“I have a deuce,” Winter said, before tabling [Ah2d]. “Wait that’s it?” Zamani said as he tabled [KsQcTc5s] for top pair with a king kicker.
Winter still had not reveled the other two cards in his hand and waited a few seconds before tossing them into the muck.
“I thought you were going to slow roll me,” Zamani said as he pulled in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Winter | 717,000 |
-213,000 |
| Martin Zamani | 526,000 |
113,000 |
Larry Wright Eliminated by Sean Winter
Sean Winter opened to 30,000 in the hijack before Larry Wright potted the button to 120,000. Winter called, and on the [5sAc2h] flop, he checked to Wright who bet his last 4,000.
Winter called and then tabled his [AhQdJc6h] to be trailing Wright’s [AdKs9h9d].
Wright faded the turn, but when the [6c] completed the board on the river, he would be eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Winter | 930,000 |
310,000 |
| Larry Wright | Busted |
-191,000 |
Player Spotlight: Brandon Adams
Brandon Adams might be the most interesting man in poker.
Aside from cashing out $3.6 million in live poker earnings, the 40-year old has authored multiple books since graduating from Harvard when he was just 19 years old. That’s a lot of accomplishments to fit in one sentence.
There’s clearly much more to him than check-raising and c-betting, but this week, poker’s Renaissance Man remains focused on playing his best game at the 2019 U.S. Poker Open.
“I’ve been working hard on my game and for me, the U.S. Poker Open has displaced the World Series of Poker prelim events on the poker calendar,” Adams told Poker Central earlier this month.
The tournament, Adams said, embodies the sort of player-friendly structure that the industry as a whole should embrace. For instance, this year’s USPO will feature a $100,000 bonus for the series’ top player.
“It’s exactly the direction the poker world needs to move,” he said.
On the second day of the open, Adams seems comfortable as he is enjoying a spot among the dominant chip leaders of the PLO $10,000 buy-in Event #2. As players played down to the final two tables, Adams sat comfortably with more than 800,000 chips from the 125,000 starting-stack.
Adams once published a book about poker entitled Broke: A Poker Novel, but it must not be an autobiography. Last year, he had five top-five finishes in high roller tournaments, including a victory in Event #2 of the 2018 Poker Masters – a No-Limit Hold’em $25,000 buy-in that won him $400,000. That result was sandwiched between a 4th and 5th place finish in Events #1 and #2 of the Poker Masters, respectively. He also boasts a Poker Masters victory in a $50,000 buy-in during the 2017 series.
To reach that same level of success at this year’s USPO – a series which attracts some of the best tournament poker players in the world – Adams said he will need to “maintain unpredictability.”
Here’s a prediction: 2019 will have lots of final tables and deep runs in store for Brandon Adams.
When he’s not on the felt, Adams is currently writing a book for serious amateur players titled “Advanced Poker in Two Hours”. Watch Adams in action during the U.S. Poker Open, exclusively on Poker exclusively on PokerGO. Check out the full schedule right here. Listen to a lengthy podcast with Brandon Adams right here. Follow Brandon Adams on Twitter.
Justin Young Doubles Through Anthony Alberto
Justin Young raised to 40,000 from under the gun and Anthony Alberto called on the button.
The flop landed [9h3c8c] and Young bet his last 71,000 and Alberto called.
Young: [AhKcKd6d]
Alberto: [AcQdJc2s]
The turn and river landed the [2d] and [3h] and Young held on for the double.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Anthony Alberto | 420,000 |
-55,000 |
| Justin Young | 252,000 |
79,000 |
Brent Roberts’ River Shove Gets Through
Justin Young opened from the cutoff to 24,000. Brent Roberts and Anthony Alberto called from the blinds.
The flop came [AcJc8d] and the action checked through.
The turn was the [Td] and the action checked to Young who bet 55,000. Roberts made the call and Alberto folded.
The river brought the [Tc] and Roberts lead for 200,000 sending Young into the tank.
“I’m gonna need a minute guys,” Young said before tossing in a time extension about 10 seconds into his shot clock.
After mulling it over for the length his extension Young folded [Kc2c] face up and Roberts collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Brent Roberts | 755,000 |
145,000 |
| Justin Young | 173,000 |
-74,000 |
Adam Hendrix Flops Straight and Doubles Through Brandon Adams
Adam Hendrix opened the button to 25,000 and Brandon Adams called from the big blind.
The flop landed [9c6s7c] and Adams checked to Hendrix who bet 45,000. Adams used one of his time extension banks, and then announced a raise of pot totaling 200,000.
Hendrix announced he was all in for 322,000, and Adams called.
Adams: [AcJh9s2c]
Hendrix: [9d8s5d3s]
The turn and river landed the [Jd] and [5h], and Hendrix doubled through with his flopped straight.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Hendrix | 709,000 |
329,000 |
| Brandon Adams | 640,000 |
-290,000 |
Chip Counts From Table 1
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Brandon Adams | 930,000 |
100,000 |
| Justin Bonomo | 385,000 | - |
| Adam Hendrix | 380,000 |
20,000 |
| Jordan Cristos | 300,000 |
117,000 |
| George Wolff | 270,000 |
-140,000 |
| Stephen Chidwick | 120,000 |
-65,000 |
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