Jared Bleznick Wins U.S. Poker Open Event #8 for $189,000
Jared Bleznick started with the chip lead, hung in there as the short stack, built his stack back up, and came out victorious in Event #8: $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha of the 2021 U.S. Poker Open. Bleznick defeated Maxx Coleman heads up who jumped into fifth place on the Championship standings, still well behind Joe McKeehen who’s held the lead ever since booking a win earlier this week. There are four events left to be played out and the overall champion will receive the 54-lbs gold eagle trophy and $50,000 cash prize.
The first big hand of the final table took place between Christopher Usude and Frank Crivello. Usude ended up all in holding kings with jack-four versus Crivello’s aces with queen-seven. Both players held two spades but Usude had two diamonds as well to give him a better chance to double up. The flop brought two diamonds and Usude completed his flush before fading Crivello’s river outs for a full house. Usude doubled up to 25 big blinds while Crivello was left with just 1 big blind and he busted two hands later in sixth place.
Joseph Sanders was sitting on 18 big blinds when the following hand sent him to the rail in fifth place. Maxx Coleman, who held a commanding chip lead, raised holding ace-king doubled suited with seven-six to go along with it and Sanders three-bet to commit a third of his stack with king-king-seven-five. Coleman called and saw deuce-eight-five roll off the deck. Sanders moved all in and Coleman called with his straight draw and two backdoor flush draws. The turn brought the nine of clubs, giving Coleman a flush draw, and the ten of clubs completed the board to send Sanders to the rail.
Former Poker Masters champion Ali Imsirovic hung in tough for a long time despite claiming on Twitter that he had “no idea” what he was doing. Ultimately, however, Imsirovic busted in fourth place, his best-ever placement in a PLO tournament. On his final hand, Ismirovic got it in before the flop with ace-jack-jack-five double suited versus Coleman’s king-king-seven-three double suited. Imsirovic flopped a set but Coleman rivered a straight to take down the pot.
Usude recorded the largest score of his poker career but his great run finally came to an end in third place. Usude limped with ace-ten-nine-five from the small blind and Coleman checked in the big. The flop brought out ace-king-deuc with two diamonds and Usude check-raised all in. Coleman called with a flush draw holding seven-six-six-three and he hit it right away on the turn to bring this event down the heads-up play.
Bleznick, who started today as the chip leader, slowly chipped up during heads-up play to grab a commanding lead. On the final hand, Bleznick raised to 425,000 with ace-eight-eight-seven with two spades and Coleman called with nine-seven-six-deuce with two clubs and two diamonds. Coleman started the hand with 1.3 million and he moved all-in for 725,000 on the flop that showed ten-seven-four. Bleznick called and neither the turn nor the river could make Coleman’s hand the winning one.
| U.S. Poker Open Event #8: $10,000 No Limit Hold’em | |||
| Place | Name | Championship Points | Payout |
| 1st | Jared Bleznick | 189 | $189,000 |
| 2nd | Maxx Coleman | 126 | $126,000 |
| 3rd | Christopher Usude | 88 | $88,200 |
| 4th | Ali Imsirovic | 63 | $63,000 |
| 5th | Joseph Sanders | 50 | $50,400 |
| 6th | Frank Crivello | 38 | $37,800 |
| 7th | Dylan Weisman | 32 | $31,500 |
| 8th | David Peters | 25 | $25,200 |
| 9th | Adam Hendrix | 19 | $18,900 |
The 2021 U.S. Poker Open continues right now as Event #9: $10,000 No Limit Hold’em is in full swing. Check out our Live Reporting right here and tune into the final table of that event at 1:00 pm PT on PokerGO. Here are the Top 10 of the Championship Standings.
| 2021 U.S. Poker Open Leaderboard | |||||
| Rank | Player | Points | Wins | Cashes | Earnings |
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The final table of Event #8: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha of the 2021 U.S. Poker Open is set and will be airing on PokerGO.com at 1 p.m. PT.
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Jared Bleznick headlines the final table as chip leader with 2,015,000 in chips ahead of Maxx Coleman, Joseph Sanders, Ali Imsirovic, Frank Crivello, and Christopher Usude. The final six players are currently guaranteed $37,800 in prize money, while everyone is chasing the $189,000 first-place prize and title of Event #8 champion.
| Event #8 Final Table | |||
| Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count |
| 1 | Christopher Usude | United States | 510,000 |
| 2 | Frank Crivello | United States | 575,000 |
| 3 | Maxx Coleman | United States | 1,980,000 |
| 4 | Ali Imsirovic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,305,000 |
| 5 | Jared Bleznick | United States | 2,015,000 |
| 6 | Joseph Sanders | United States | 1,500,000 |
There is 13:00 minutes remaining in Level 13 and the button will be in seat 4, with a dead small blind.
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Jared Bleznick Leads the Final Table of Event #8: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Jared Bleznick holds the chip lead heading into the final table of Event #8 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha. Joining Bleznick at the final table are Maxx Coleman, Christopher Usude, Ali Imsirovic, Frank Crivello, and Joseph Sanders, who just missed out on the Event #2 final table finishing in eighth place. Coleman, who sits just 35,000 chips behind Bleznick, returns to the Pot-Limit Omaha final table for the second time this series, after finishing fifth in Event #2.
The 63-entrant field created a prize pool of $630,000, and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $37,800, with the winner taking home $189,000.
Dylan Weisman just missed out on his second Pot-limit Omaha final table after he doubled up and then was eliminated by Imsirovic on consecutive hands to end the night. Weisman’s tournament came to a close when he got it all in before the flop holding [AdKhKs8s] against the [AsQcQh3h] of Imsirovic, who flopped quad queens to eliminate Weisman in seventh place.
Adam Hendrix was the first player out in the money when he got his last 200,000 in chips in the middle holding top pair against the top pair and nut flush draw of Bleznick. Bleznick would make runner-runner full house to eliminate Hendrix in ninth place.
Fresh off his Event #7 win David Peters would navigate a short stack for most of the money bubble, eventually falling to Weisman, who went runner-runner flush to eliminate him in eighth place.
Alex Epstein was the chip leader heading into the final two tables of play, but after doubling up most of his table, he was eliminated on the money bubble when Coleman turned the wheel and left Epstein drawing dead to a chop. Other notables to finish just outside the money included Event #1 winner Jake Daniels, Jeremy Ausmus, Cary Katz, and Steve Zolotow, who was looking for his fourth final table of the series.
| Event #8 Final Table | |||
| Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count |
| 1 | Christopher Usude | United States | 510,000 |
| 2 | Frank Crivello | United States | 575,000 |
| 3 | Maxx Coleman | United States | 1,980,000 |
| 4 | Ali Imsirovic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,305,000 |
| 5 | Jared Bleznick | United States | 2,015,000 |
| 6 | Joseph Sanders | United States | 1,500,000 |
There is 13:00 minutes remaining in Level 13 and the button will be in seat 4, with a dead small blind.
The final six players will return to the PokerGO Studio on Friday, June 11, at 12 p.m. PT with the final table airing on PokerGO.com at 1 p.m. PT.
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Final Table Chip Counts
The play has been suspended for the evening, and the final six players will return to the PokerGO Studio, June 11, at 12 p.m. PT.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jared Bleznick | 2,015,000 |
655,000  |
| Maxx Coleman | 1,980,000 |
580,000 |
| Joseph Sanders | 1,500,000 |
295,000 |
| Ali Imsirovic | 1,305,000 | - |
| Frank Crivello | 575,000 |
-495,000  |
| Christopher Usude | 510,000 |
-210,000 |
Dylan Weisman Eliminated in 7th Place ($31,500)
Action folded to Ali Imsirovic in the small blind, and he opened. Dylan Weisman was in the big blind, and he announced pot. Imsirovic re-potted, and Weisman called all-in.
Weisman: [AdKhKs8s]
Imsirovic: [AsQcQh3h]
The board ran out [QsQd3c8d3s], and Imsirovic flopped quads to eliminate Weisman in seventh place for $31,500.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Imsirovic | 1,305,000 |
655,000 |
| Dylan Weisman | Busted |
-520,000 |
Ali Imsirovic Doubles Through Dylan Weisman
Ali Imsirovic was all-in for his last 250,000 holding [AhKcQc2s], and Dylan Weisman called holding [AcKhJhJs].
Imsirovic flopped trip deuces to double.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Imsirovic | 650,000 |
-345,000 |
| Dylan Weisman | 520,000 |
-100,000 |
Christopher Usude Doubles Through Dylan Weisman
With a board reading [Ac8d3c] Christopher Usude fired for 100,000. Dylan Weisman was the only other player in the hand, and he announced pot which was enough to put Usude all-in. Usude snap-called for 310,000 total.
Weisman: [Ah8h8s3d]
Usude: [QdQcJcTc]
The board ran out [Jd] on the turn, and when the [2c] landed on the river, Usude made a queen-high flush to double.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher Usude | 720,000 |
435,000 |
| Dylan Weisman | 620,000 |
-440,000 |
Final Table Seat Draw
Seat 1 – Christopher Usude
Seat 2 – Frank Crivello
Seat 3 – Maxx Coleman
Seat 4 – Ali Imsirovic
Seat 5 – Dylan Weisman
Seat 6 – Jared Bleznick
Seat 7 – Joseph Sanders
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Maxx Coleman | 1,400,000 |
-210,000 |
| Jared Bleznick | 1,360,000 |
-230,000 |
| Joseph Sanders | 1,205,000 |
55,000 |
| Frank Crivello | 1,070,000 |
-20,000 |
| Dylan Weisman | 1,060,000 | - |
| Ali Imsirovic | 995,000 |
20,000 |
| Christopher Usude | 285,000 |
-75,000 |
David Peters Eliminated in 8th Place ($25,200)
David Peters was all-in for his last 290,000 holding [KsJsQhTs] against Dylan Weisman and his [AcKdQc5s].
The board ran out [8s2d4c8cJc] and Weisman’s runner-runner flush sent Peters to the rail in eighth place for a $25,200 payday.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Dylan Weisman | 1,060,000 |
360,000 |
| David Peters | Busted |
-315,000 |
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