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U.S. Poker Open 2021

Event #9: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em

Fives for Stephen Chidwick

Posted June 11, 2021 at 7:21 pm ET by Tim Duckworth

Stephen Chidwick raised to 10,000 from under the gun and John Riordan called in the big blind.

The flop landed [2h7c6d] and Riordan check-called a bet of 5,000 before the [4c] and [Tc] checked down.

Riordan tabled his [Ah9s], but Chidwick revealed the winning [5s5h].

Player	Chips	Change
Randy Kaas	440,000	-58,500
John Riordan	420,000	-7,500
David Peters	165,000	9,000
Jeremy Ausmus	117,000	-
Stephen Chidwick	88,000	20,500
Erik Seidel	85,000	-20,000
Vicent Bosca	64,000	-61,000

David Peters Shoves the River on Stephen Chidwick

Posted June 11, 2021 at 7:20 pm ET by Keegan McCann

With a board reading [Kh5s3s] and approximately 50,000 in the middle. David Peters fired for 11,000.

Stephen Chidwick was the only other player in the hand, and he called.

The dealer burned and turned the [7d] and action checked through.

The river [Qc] completed the board, and Peters moved all-in, having Chidwick covered.

Chidwick used the majority of his shot clock before tossing his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Change
Randy Kaas	498,500	409,500
John Riordan	427,500	306,500
David Peters	156,000	40,000
Jeremy Ausmus	117,000	-103,000
Erik Seidel	105,000	-25,000
Stephen Chidwick	67,500	-57,500

Level

Level 6

Blinds

2,500 / 5,000

Big Blind Ante

5,000

Barry Hutter Squeezes from the Big Blind

Posted June 11, 2021 at 7:11 pm ET by Tim Duckworth

Frank Funaro raised to 8,000 from under the gun and Daniel Negreanu, Shannon Shorr, and Dan Shak all called.

From the big blind, Barry Hutter elected to reraise to 54,000.

Funaro burned through two time extensions before folding, as Negreanu and Shorr’s cards hit the muck. Shak showed his [JhTh] and also folded.

Player	Chips	Change
Barry Hutter	386,000	230,000
Frank Funaro	230,000	-155,000
Shannon Shorr	213,000	-25,000
Dan Shak	175,000	-20,000
Daniel Negreanu	103,500	36,500

Sergi Reixach Eliminated by Cary Katz

Posted June 11, 2021 at 7:08 pm ET by Keegan McCann

With the cards already tabled, Cary Katz and Sergi Reixach were all-in, and Ali Imsirovic had called.

Katz: [JcJs]
Imsirovic: [AhJh]
Reixach: [AsQc]

The board ran out [7s6c5h3s9d], and Katz’s pocket jacks held to eliminate Reixach and nearly tripled up while leaving Imsirovic with 6,500.

Player	Chips	Change
Cary Katz	530,000	378,000
Ali Imsirovic	6,500	-118,500
Sergi Reixach	Busted	-125,000

Aces for Dylan Linde

Posted June 11, 2021 at 7:00 pm ET by Tim Duckworth

Dylan Linde raised the button to 9,000 and Jonathan Little three-bet to 35,000 from the small blind.

As Linde was deliberating, Sam Soverel said, “Ray is the best player at the table, and the guy pitching cards is second best.”

With the table laughing, Linde called as the dealer revealed the [Kh8sTs] flop.

Little checked and Linde bet 26,000. Little called, and then checked the [6c] on the turn.

Linde announced a bet of 65,000 and Little called before the [9h] checked through.

Little revealed his [AsTc], but Linde tabled his [AhAd] to collect the pot.

Player	Chips	Change
Sam Soverel	412,000	154,000
Vanessa Kade	399,000	-57,000
Dylan Linde	392,000	264,000
Ray Qartomy	310,000	157,000
Jared Jaffee	173,500	66,500
Jim Collopy	146,000	-27,000
Jonathan Little	118,000	-29,000

Barry Hutter Bets Out Matthew Ploof

Posted June 11, 2021 at 6:55 pm ET by Keegan McCann

Barry Hutter opened to 8,500 from under the gun and action folded to Matthew Ploof in the big blind, and he called.

The flop fell [Kc7d6c] and Ploof checked. Hutter fired for 5,000, and Ploof called.

The dealer burned and turned the [3c], and Ploof checked. Hutter fired for 16,000. Ploof used all of his shot clock before tossing his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Change
Dan Shak	195,000	77,000
Barry Hutter	156,000	6,000
Joe McKeehen	133,000	-37,000
Matthew Ploof	62,500	2,500

Chop City for Shannon Shorr and Erik Seidel

Posted June 11, 2021 at 6:45 pm ET by Tim Duckworth

Erik Seidel raised to 9,000 from under the gun and Shannon Shorr defended his big blind.

The [2cTsKhAh5h] board checked through to the river where Shorr bet out 28,000.

Seidel used his full extension of free time before calling with [AdJc]. Shorr revealed his [AcJd], and the pot was chopped up.

Player	Chips	Change
Frank Funaro	385,000	140,000
Shannon Shorr	238,000	-15,000
Joe McKeehen	170,000	7,000
Barry Hutter	150,000	14,000
Erik Seidel	130,000	-1,000
Dan Shak	118,000	39,000
Matthew Ploof	60,000	-20,500