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Attention All Players: ARIA to Host $10k Satellite for U.S. Poker Open $100,000 Main Event
The 2019 U.S. Poker Open is rapidly approaching its epic finale with the $50,000 No Limit Holdem event kicking off today followed by the $100,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event on Friday. Tonight at 8:00 pm local Las Vegas, ARIA is putting on a $10,000+$200 satellite for this event inside the PokerGO Studio, and here’s all you need to know.
Hosted inside the PokerGO Studio, this satellite will award one seat for every 10 entries and prize money that doesn’t result in a seat will be paid as one sum to the highest finisher that didn’t get a $100,000 seat. Seats won are non-transferrable, non-refundable and have no cash value.
Players that win their way into the U.S. Poker Open Event #10 $100,000 Main Event will be automatically registered and their chips will be in play from the start of the event at 2:00 pm PT on Friday.
This event will be played with a big-blind ante and players start with 125,000 chips. Unlimited re-entries are available through the first eight 20-minute levels after which there will be a 10-minute break. This event has a 20-second shot clock along with two 60-second time extensions.
The blind structure for this event is as follows.
| U.S. Poker Open $100k Satellite Structure | |||
| Level | BB Ante | Small Blind | Big Blind |
| 1 | 1,000 | 500 | 1,000 |
| 2 | 1,500 | 1,000 | 1,500 |
| 3 | 2,000 | 1,000 | 2,000 |
| 4 | 2,000 | 1,000 | 2,000 |
| 5 | 3,000 | 1,500 | 3,000 |
| 6 | 3,000 | 1,500 | 3,000 |
| 7 | 4,000 | 2,000 | 4,000 |
| 8 | 5,000 | 2,500 | 5,000 |
| 9 | 6,000 | 3,000 | 6,000 |
| 10 | 8,000 | 4,000 | 8,000 |
| 11 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 |
| 12 | 12,000 | 6,000 | 12,000 |
| 13 | 15,000 | 10,000 | 15,000 |
| 14 | 20,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 |
| 15 | 25,000 | 15,000 | 25,000 |
| 16 | 30,000 | 15,000 | 30,000 |
| 17 | 40,000 | 20,000 | 40,000 |
| 18 | 50,000 | 25,000 | 50,000 |
| 19 | 60,000 | 30,000 | 60,000 |
| 20 | 80,000 | 40,000 | 80,000 |
| 21 | 100,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 |
| 22 | 120,000 | 60,000 | 120,000 |
| 23 | 150,000 | 75,000 | 150,000 |
Coverage of the U.S. Poker Open continues on Poker Central and PokerGO today. The final table of the $25,000 Mixed Game event will be live on PokerGO at 5:00 pm ET while the $50,000 No Limit Hold’em event can be followed in the Live Reporting as well as on the Early Action PokerGO stream at 8:00 pm ET.
Keith Tilston Eliminated by Seth Davies
On a flop of [7cQh9c] Keith Tilston was first to act and shipped it in a hand against Seth Davies. Davies insta-called and the two players showed their hands.
Tilston: [QsJs]
Davies: [KdQd]
Davies’ hand held up and Tilston was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Seth Davies | 280,000 |
60,000  |
| Keith Tilston | Busted |
-150,000  |
Ryan Riess’ Bluff Doesn’t Get Through Against Dan Shak
Ryan Riess raised in the cutoff to 4,000 and Dan Shak called on the button. The blinds folded and the two remaining players saw a flop of [6h4cQd]. They both checked and then watched the [Qc] appear on the turn. Riess bet out 4,000 and his opponent called.
The river was the [9d]. The 2013 WSOP Main Event champion again bet, this time for 7,000 and was snap-called by Shak who tabled [8d8h]. Riess showed [5x7x] for a missed straight draw.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Shak | 176,000 |
26,000 |
| Ryan Riess | 111,000 |
-29,000 |
Erik Seidel Picks Off Koray Aldemir with King-High
Erik Seidel opened to 3,500 from the cutoff and Koray Aldemir called from the big blind.
The flop landed [AdTh7h] and Aldemir checked to Seidel who bet 4,000. Aldemir called, and then both players checked the [Ah] on the turn.
The river landed the [4c] and Aldemir bet out 5,500.
Seidel thought for a little, then tossed in calling chips.
“You win,” remarked Aldemir as he tabled his [9s8h] for nine-high.
Seidel tabled his [KsJc] for king-high, and was pushed the pot.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Koray Aldemir | 208,000 |
11,000 |
| Erik Seidel | 180,000 |
10,000 |
| Ben Yu | 168,000 |
-7,000 |
| Bill Klein | 145,000 |
-5,000
|
| Bryn Kenney | 110,000 |
-11,000 |
| Larry Greenberg | 73,500 |
23,500 |
Nick Petrangelo’s Big Blind Defense Pays Off in 3-Way Pot
Rainer Kempe raised from middle position to 3,500 and got called by Stephen Chidwick from the button and Nick Petrangelo from his big blind.
After all three players checked the [9c5h8h] flop Petrangelo led out on the [Jd] turn for 8,000, which was enough to get Kempe to fold, but Chidwick hung around.
The [Ts] completed the board and Petrangelo once again led out, this time for 9,000, which was the right amount to get Chidwick to send his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen Chidwick | 154,500 |
7,500 |
| Nick Petrangelo | 148,000 |
18,000 |
| Rainer Kempe | 128,000 |
3,500 |
Erik Seidel Four-Bets Bryn Kenney and Bill Klein Out of Hand
Bill Klein opened pre-flop to 4,000. Bryn Kenney three-bet to 12,000. Erik Seidel, in the small blind, made a four-bet to 41,500. Both players folded and the third winningest tournament player in history took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Erik Seidel | 170,000 |
28,000 |
| Bill Klein | 144,000 |
144,000 |
| Bryn Kenney | 121,000 |
-22,000 |
Dan Shak Enters
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Shak | 150,000 | - |
Seth Davies’ River Raise Gets Elio Fox to Fold
Elio Fox bet 4,000 from the cutoff and Seth Davies defended from the big blind. The flop was [2c4hAc] and both players checked. They did the same for the [Tc] on the turn.
The [Kh] arrived on the river and Davies deferred to Fox, who bet 10,000. Davies raised to 40,000.
Fox shot Davies a stare and nearly had to use a time extension but eventually announced his intentions by telling the dealer “Fold.”
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Elio Fox | 255,000 |
-57,000 |
| Seth Davies | 220,000 |
60,000 |
Isaac Haxton Takes it on the Turn
Isaac Haxton raised to 3,500 from under the gun and Poker Masters Purple Jacket winner Ali Imsirovic defended his big blind.
The flop landed [9h3c4d] and both players checked to reveal the [8h] on the turn.
Imsirovic checked, Haxton bet 8,000, and Imsirovic folded.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Imsirovic | 210,000 |
15,000 |
| Isaac Haxton | 75,000 |
27,000 |
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