Katz Shoves the River With 6 High
Cary Katz limped [6s5s] and Nick Petrangelo raised to 120,000 next to act. Katz called.
The flop came [QsQh7h] and Katz checked. Petrangelo bet 40,000 and Katz called.
Both players checked the turn when the [Kd] came.
The river was the [Qd], putting three queens on the board. Katz used a time extension and eventually shoved 320,000 into the pot of 340,000. Petrangelo folded and Katz showed him the six-high.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Petrangelo | 1,200,000 |
-450,000  |
| Cary Katz | 720,000 |
230,000  |
Joseph Cappello Eliminated in 6th Place ($88,500)
Nick Petrangelo raised to 60,000 and Joseph Cappello reraised all in with [AcKh] for his remaining 175,000. Cary Katz looked at [AhJd] and thought for a moment before folding. Petrangelo quickly called tabling [KsJc].
Cappello asked if anything folded a jack and Katz said that he did.
“I’ll just go for the straight then,” Petrangelo said awaiting the run out.
The board came [QhTs7hKcAs] and Petrangelo did indeed make a straight and eliminate Cappello in sixth place. He will take home another $88,500 and his second cash of the 2019 U.S. Poker Open.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Petrangelo | 1,650,000 |
235,000 |
| Joseph Cappello | Busted |
-235,000 |
Cappello Doubles Through Shak
Joseph Cappello moved all in for his remaining 95,000 with [KhJd] Dan Shak looked at [8s2h] in the big blind.
He put both hands on his head, and got very close to his 30-second time limit before eventually calling.
The board ran out [7s4c3h9dTc].
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Shak | 1,435,000 |
-125,000 |
| Joseph Cappello | 235,000 |
140,000 |
Katz Doubles Through Imsirovic On the First Hand
Cary Katz correctly predicted that chip leader Ali Imsirovic would put him and Joseph Cappello all in on the first hand, and Imsirovic raised enough to cover both of them with [Kd8s]. Cappello folded and Katz called with [Ac8d].
The board ran out [Tc9s6s8c5c] and Katz earned a quick double, leaving Cappello as the lone short stack with just under three big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Imsirovic | 2,275,000 |
-230,000 |
| Cary Katz | 490,000 |
230,000 |
Here We Go
Ali Imsirovic is rocking his trademark Dragon Ball Z hoodie and carrying the chip lead as the final table for Event #5 – $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em kicks off.
Imsirovic Leads Event #5 – $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em With 6 Left
The reigning Poker Masters champion has made his first U.S. Poker Open final table and holds the chip lead with six left. Ali Imsirovic enters the day almost one million chips in front of the next closest player, Dan Shak.
Cary Katz and Joseph Cappello are both making their second 2019 USPO final table appearances. Katz finished fifth in Event #2 ($51,200). Cappello finished fourth in Event #1 for $90,000.
Nick Petrangelo, Kristen Bicknell, and Shak are making their first final table appearances of this series. They all have roughly the same stack entering the day and will be looking to stop Imsirovic from carrying the start-of-day chip lead to a victory. Shak cashed for $25,600 when he finished eighth in Event #2. This is Bicknell’s first ever cash in a Poker Central event and Petrangelo’s first cash since he finished sixth in the 2018 Super High Roller Bowl.
Cappello enters the day as a very short stack, and Katz is close behind him. Imsirovic, who made a majority of his $3,459,237 in career winnings last year, and won the Poker Masters in the process, hadn’t cashed a tournament in 2019 before now. He’s positioned himself to possibly put a dent in Sean Winter’s overall USPO lead, as Winter finally managed to miss a final table at this year’s USPO.
Here’s a look at the final table seating chart.
Event #5 Final Table Line-Up
Seat 1: Cary Katz – 260,000
Seat 2: Nick Petrangelo – 1,415,000
Seat 3: Kristen Bicknell – 1,545,000
Seat 4: Dan Shak – 1,560,000
Seat 5: Ali Imsirovic – 2,505,000
Seat 6: Joseph Cappello – 95,000
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Ali Imsirovic Leads Event #5 Final Table
Event #5 – $25,000 No Limit Hold’em kicked off inside the PokerGO studios and saw a field of 59 entrants generating a prize pool of 1.475 million with a first place prize of $442,500. Ali Imsirovic leads the final six players with 2,505,000 in chips.
Imsirovic is all to familiar with the PokerGO studios as he is coming off a seventh-place finish in the Super High Roller Bowl V for $540,000 and he is the reigning Poker Masters Champion cashing for over $1.2 million while capturing the Poker Masters Purple Jacket.
“It’s kind of interesting I have 2.5 million and I think 2 or 3 players have 1.5 million, so they aren’t that far behind but it’s kind of an awkward spot them cause there are some real short stacks,” Imsirovic said. “So I think I’m going to get to raise a bunch of hands and hopefully it works out.”
Kristen Bicknell, Nick Pertangelo, Dan Shak, Joseph Cappello, and Cary Katz round out the final table.
Katz and Cappello are making their second final tables of the series, while Shak is the only other player to cash one of the first five events. Pertangelo and Bicknell secured their first final tables and first cashes of the USPO.
Bicknell is looking to make it back-to-back women winners in No-Limit Hold’em events after Lauren Roberts captured Event #3 – $10,000 No Limit Hold Saturday afternoon. Bicknell used a couple of key calls in big moments throughout the day to finish third in chips. Shak and Pertangelo are the only other players at the final table with over one million chips.
Event #5 Final Table Line-Up
Seat 1: Cary Katz – 260,000
Seat 2: Nick Petrangelo – 1,415,000
Seat 3: Kristen Bicknell – 1,545,000
Seat 4: Dan Shak – 1,560,000
Seat 5: Ali Imsirovic – 2,505,000
Seat 6: Joseph Cappello – 95,000
Watch the final table of that event live and exclusively on PokerGO starting at 5 p.m. EST or follow along with the coverage on PokerCentral.com.
Earlier in the day Event #4 – $10,000 Short Deck Poker winner Sean Winter was looking to make it five-for-five in final tables but was eliminated when his pocket eights fell to the ace-nine of Justin Bonomo. Bonomo spiked an ace on the river to send the overall U.S. Poker Open points leader home.
With Winter out early, Stephen Chidwick was looking to gain some ground in the point standings as he sat 100 points behind Winter for the extra $100,000 dollar overall first place prize. Chidwick made it to the final two tables of the day but could not gain ground as he was ultimately eliminated in 13th place when he ran his ace-eight into the trip sevens of Katz.
None of the remaining six players can overtake Winter or Chidwick in points, but Cappello or Katz could move into the top five with a win.
The players reached the money when Jake Schindler ran his [AdQc] into the [AhTc] of Imsirovic as the board ran out [JcTd3s5h7s] sending Schindler out in tenth-place. The elimination secured a slight chip lead for Imsirovic as the players combined into the final table.
It wasn’t long at the final table before Bonomo moved all in over the top of Pertangelo’s under the gun open. When the action folded back to Pertangelo, he was quick to make the call as he held [KdKh]. Bonomo tabled [AhQh]. The board ran jack high and Bonomo was eliminated in ninth-place for $44,250.
Shak moved over the one million chip mark when he eliminated Chris Hunichen in eighth-place holding pocket jacks to Hunichen’s ace queen. “I can’t believe I actually won a flip,” Shak exclaimed as he raked in the pot.
With Cappello sitting at 110,000 in chips Imsirovic opened the button and Brandon Adams moved all in for his last 560,000 from the big blind. Imsirovic made the call with pocket eights and was well of ahead of the pocket sevens of Adams. The board ran out ace-high and Adams was eliminated in seventh-place for $73,750.
You can follow the final table action on PokerGO Monday beginning at 5 p.m. EST with cards in the air at 4 p.m. EST. We’ll also have live updates for Day 1 of Event #6 – $25,000 Pot Limit Omaha right here at PokerCentral.com from 5 p.m. EST.
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Event #5 Final Table
Seat 1: Cary Katz – 260,000
Seat 2: Nick Petrangelo – 1,415,000
Seat 3: Kristen Bicknell – 1,545,000
Seat 4: Dan Shak – 1,560,000
Seat 5: Ali Imsirovic – 2,505,000
Seat 6: Joseph Cappello – 95,000
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Imsirovic | 2,505,000 | - |
| Dan Shak | 1,560,000 |
15,000 |
| Kristen Bicknell | 1,545,000 |
5,000 |
| Nick Petrangelo | 1,415,000 |
-55,000 |
| Cary Katz | 260,000 |
-80,000 |
| Joseph Cappello | 95,000 |
-85,000 |
Brandon Adams Eliminated in 7th Place ($73,750)
Ali Imsirovic opened to 75,000 from the button and Brandon Adams moved all in from the big blind for 560,000 and Imsirovic called.
Imsirovic: [8h8d]
Adams: [7h7c]
The board ran out [6sQdKsJhAc] and Adams was eliminated in seventh-place for a $73,750 payday.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Imsirovic | 2,505,000 |
555,000 |
| Brandon Adams | Busted |
-730,000 |
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