Randy Ohel Eliminated in 4th Place, Bubbles
Stud Hi/Lo
Nick Schulman: [7c5h] – [4c7s5c4d] – [8h]
Randy Ohel: [6s6c] – [AcQdJc3c] – [Xx]
Brandon Adams: [8c2d] – [5c4sTh] – fold
Randy Ohel bursted the bubble when he was eliminated by Nick Schulman after getting all in on fifth street.
Ohel completed the bring in and raised on fourth, making it two bets to continue. Schulman and Adams both called.
When Schulman bet on fifth after hitting the [5c], Ohel put in his remaining 1,000 and Adams folded, after hitting the [Th].
Schulman quickly made three pair on sixth and hit the [8h] on seventh. Ohel was live but he could not find a second pair on seventh and was eliminated. He is the bubble for the event, and the final three players are guaranteed $80,000.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Schulman | 1,124,000 |
449,000  |
| Brandon Adams | 1,002,000 |
-215,000  |
| Chris Vitch | 375,000 |
95,000 |
| Randy Ohel | Busted |
-239,000 |
Cards in the Air
The cards are in the air in the Event #8 – $25,000 8-game mix. The players will restart with one hand of Limit Hold’em.
Brandon Adams Leads a Few Mixed Game Specialists in Event #8
Brandon Adams has an almost two-to-one chip lead over Nick Schulman with four players remaining in the $25,000 8-game mix tournament. Chris Vitch and Randy Ohel are behind Schulman, but Adams may have his work cut out for him with such a collection of mixed game proficient players set against him.
Here is the seating chart with chip counts for the start of play today at 5 p.m. EST.
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | Randy Ohel | 239,000 |
| 2 | Brandon Adams | 1,217,000 |
| 3 | Chris Vitch | 280,000 |
| 4 | Nick Schulman | 675,000 |
Vitch, Ohel, and Schulman have five bracelets between them and they are all in non-Hold’em events. Adams is obviously more than capable, bringing in a big lead with four remaining. Vitch finished second in this event last year. He lost heads up to Stephen Chidwick, who was on his way to the overall title.
Chidwick still leads the overall title this year with Sean Winter and Cary Katz behind him. There are two more events after this one and Chidwick stands to be at the top going into the final table of Event #9 – $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em. However, with 350 points going to the winner this event and the winner of Event #10 – $100,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event, several players have a shot at overtaking him and becoming the next USPO Champion.
The U.S. Poker Open Championship standings are as follows.
| 2019 U.S. Poker Open Championship Standings | |||
| Name | Points | Cash | |
| 1 | Stephen Chidwick (4) | 540 | $705,950 |
| 2 | Sean Winter (4) | 440 | $419,900 |
| 3 | Cary Katz (3) | 340 | $580,200 |
| 4 | Bryn Kenney (2) | 240 | $477,000 |
| 5 | Lauren Roberts (2) | 240 | $263,400 |
| 6 | Jordan Cristos (2) | 240 | $206,200 |
| 7 | Ali Imsirovic | 200 | $442,500 |
| 8 | Ben Yu (3) | 200 | $262,800 |
| 9 | Jake Schindler (2) | 180 | $327,000 |
| 10 | Dan Shak (3) | 180 | $307,100 |
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