2022 U.S. Poker Open Explained

Event:	2022 U.S. Poker Open
Venue:	PokerGO Studio at Aria Resort and Casino
Location:	Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates:	March 16–28, 2022
Champion:	Sean Winter (USPO Champion); Sean Winter (Main Event winner)
Previous:	2021
Next:	2023

The 2022 U.S. Poker Open was the fourth edition of the U.S. Poker Open, a series of high-stakes poker tournaments held at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The series ran from March 16–28, with 12 scheduled events culminating in the $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em tournament finale.^[1]

Sean Winter, runner-up in the previous two U.S. Poker Opens, won the last two events to earn the $50,000 championship and Golden Eagle trophy.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Final tables were streamed on PokerGO.^[5]

Schedule

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	Event	Entrants	Winner	Prize	Winning hand	Runner-up	Losing hand	Results
1	$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em	93	Shannon Shorr	$213,900		Ren Lin		Results
2	$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha	77	Justin Young	$200,200		Tommy Le		Results
3	$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em	88	Adam Hendrix	$211,200		Jonathan Little		Results
4	$10,000 Big Bet Mix	53	Tamon Nakamura	$169,600		Rok Gostisa		Results
5	$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em	66	Jeremy Ausmus	$178,200		Chris Brewer		Results
6	$15,000 8-Game	47	Tamon Nakamura	$239,700		Phil Hellmuth		Results
7	$15,000 No-Limit Hold'em	70	Alex Foxen	$283,500		David Rheem		Results
8	$15,000 Pot-Limit Omaha	67	David Rheem	$271,350		Scott Seiver		Results
9	$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em	63	Erik Seidel	$472,500		Phil Hellmuth		Results
10	$25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha	49	Dylan Weisman	$416,500		Cary Katz		Results
11	$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em	55	Sean Winter	$440,000		Ali Imsirovic		Results
12	$50,000 No-Limit Hold'em	42	Sean Winter	$756,000		Masashi Oya		Results

Series leaderboard

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Name	Points	Earnings	Wins	Cashes
1	Sean Winter	718	$1,196,000	2	2
2	Tamon Nakamura	588	$669,400	2	6
3	Alex Foxen	488	$576,600	1	4
4	David Rheem	481	$481,350	1	2
5	Phil Hellmuth	464	$589,200	0	4

Series Stats

Cashes

Rank	Name	Cashes
1	Tamon Nakamura	6
2	Jeremy Ausmus	4
Alex Foxen
Phil Hellmuth
Adam Hendrix
Alex Livingston
Shannon Shorr
Dylan Weisman

Final Tables

Rank	Name	Final Tables
1	Tamon Nakamura	4
Dylan Weisman
3	Stephen Chidwick	3
Alex Foxen
Phil Hellmuth
Ali Imsirovic
Ren Lin
Erik Seidel
Shannon Shorr

Results

Event #1: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em

• 2-Day Event: March 16–17
• Number of Entries: 93
• Total Prize Pool: $930,000
• Number of Payouts: 14
• Winning Hand:

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Name	Prize
1st	Shannon Shorr	$213,900
2nd	Ren Lin	$148,800
3rd	Masashi Oya	$111,600
4th	Daniel Negreanu	$93,000
5th	Erik Seidel	$74,400
6th	Joseph Cheong	$55,800

Event #2: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

• 2-Day Event: March 17–18
• Number of Entries: 77
• Total Prize Pool: $770,000
• Number of Payouts: 11
• Winning Hand:

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Name	Prize
1st	Justin Young	$200,200
2nd	Tommy Le	$146,300
3rd	Dan Shak	$100,100
4th	Damjan Radanov	$77,000
5th	Dylan Weisman	$61,600
6th	Alex Foxen	$46,200

Event #3: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em

• 2-Day Event: March 18–19
• Number of Entries: 88
• Total Prize Pool: $880,000
• Number of Payouts: 13
• Winning Hand:

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Name	Prize
1st	Adam Hendrix	$211,200
2nd	Jonathan Little	$149,600
3rd	Jeremy Ausmus	$105,600
4th	Shannon Shorr	$88,000
5th	Erik Seidel	$70,400
6th	Nitis Udornpim	$52,800

Event #4: $10,000 Big Bet Mix

• 2-Day Event: March 19–20
• Number of Entries: 53
• Total Prize Pool: $530,000
• Number of Payouts: 8
• Winning Hand: (No-Limit Hold'em)

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Name	Prize
1st	Tamon Nakamura	$169,600
2nd	Rok Gostisa	$111,300
3rd	Daniel Negreanu	$74,200
4th	Stephen Chidwick	$53,000
5th	Dylan Weisman	$42,400
6th	John Riordan	$31,800

Event #5: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em

• 2-Day Event: March 20–21
• Number of Entries: 66
• Total Prize Pool: $660,000
• Number of Payouts: 10
• Winning Hand:

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Name	Prize
1st	Jeremy Ausmus	$178,200
2nd	Chris Brewer	$132,000
3rd	Ren Lin	$85,800
4th	Ali Imsirovic	$66,000
5th	Nick Petrangelo	$52,800
6th	David Peters	$39,600

Event #6: $15,000 8-Game

• 2-Day Event: March 21–22
• Number of Entries: 47
• Total Prize Pool: $705,000
• Number of Payouts: 7
• Winning Hand: (Limit Hold'em)

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Name	Prize
1st	Tamon Nakamura	$239,700
2nd	Phil Hellmuth	$155,100
3rd	Ben Yu	$105,750
4th	Bryan Micon	$77,550
5th	Damjan Radanov	$56,400
6th	Scott Seiver	$42,300

Event #7: $15,000 No-Limit Hold'em

• 2-Day Event: March 22–23
• Number of Entries: 70
• Total Prize Pool: $1,050,000
• Number of Payouts: 10
• Winning Hand:

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Name	Prize
1st	Alex Foxen	$283,500
2nd	David Rheem	$210,000
3rd	Stephen Chidwick	$136,500
4th	Thomas Boivin	$105,000
5th	Joseph Cheong	$84,000
6th	Dan Smith	$63,000

Event #8: $15,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

• 2-Day Event: March 23–24
• Number of Entries: 67
• Total Prize Pool: $1,005,000
• Number of Payouts: 10
• Winning Hand:

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Name	Prize
1st	David Rheem	$271,350
2nd	Scott Seiver	$201,000
3rd	Isaac Kempton	$130,650
4th	Phil Hellmuth	$100,500
5th	Adam Hendrix	$80,400
6th	Dylan Weisman	$60,300

Event #9: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em

• 2-Day Event: March 24–25
• Number of Entries: 63
• Total Prize Pool: $1,575,000
• Number of Payouts: 9
• Winning Hand:

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Name	Prize
1st	Erik Seidel	$472,500
2nd	Phil Hellmuth	$315,000
3rd	Alex Foxen	$220,500
4th	Sam Soverel	$157,500
5th	Tamon Nakamura	$126,000
6th	Ren Lin	$94,500

Event #10: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

• 2-Day Event: March 25–26
• Number of Entries: 49
• Total Prize Pool: $1,225,000
• Number of Payouts: 7
• Winning Hand:

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Name	Prize
1st	Dylan Weisman	$416,500
2nd	Cary Katz	$269,500
3rd	Ali Imsirovic	$183,750
4th	Matthew Wantman	$134,750
5th	Stephen Chidwick	$98,000
6th	Isaac Kempton	$73,500

Event #11: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em

• 2-Day Event: March 26–27
• Number of Entries: 55
• Total Prize Pool: $1,375,000
• Number of Payouts: 8
• Winning Hand:

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Name	Prize
1st	Sean Winter	$440,000
2nd	Ali Imsirovic	$288,750
3rd	Jake Schindler	$192,500
4th	Nick Schulman	$137,500
5th	David Peters	$110,000
6th	Tamon Nakamura	$82,500

Event #12: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em

• 2-Day Event: March 27–28
• Number of Entries: 42
• Total Prize Pool: $2,100,000
• Number of Payouts: 6
• Winning Hand:

Place! width="200"

Name	Prize
1st	Sean Winter	$756,000
2nd	Masashi Oya	$504,000
3rd	Zhuang Ruan	$336,000
4th	Vikenty Shegal	$231,000
5th	Shannon Shorr	$168,000
6th	Dan Smith	$105,000

References

1. Web site: March 9, 2022 . U.S. Poker Open 2022 Schedule: March 16-28 PGT . March 14, 2022 . PokerGO Tour . en-US.
2. Web site: The U.S. Poker Open Returns in March 2022! . March 14, 2022 . US Poker Open . en-US.
3. Web site: Richards. Connor. Sean Winter Goes Back-to-Back to Snatch USPO Championship from Tamon Nakamura. PokerNews.com. March 28, 2022. March 29, 2022.
4. Web site: Peters. Donnie. SEAN WINTER CROWNED 2022 U.S. POKER OPEN CHAMPION. Poker Centra. March 28, 2022. March 29, 2022.
5. Web site: PokerGO . March 14, 2022 . www.pokergo.com . en.
6. Web site: PokerGO Tour - US Poker Open (USPO): Hendon Mob Poker Database . March 14, 2022 . The Hendon Mob . en.

External links

• Official website