2023 U.S. Poker Open Explained

Event:	2023 U.S. Poker Open
Venue:	PokerGO Studio at Aria Resort and Casino
Location:	Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates:	March 23 – April 5, 2023
Champion:	Martin Zamani (USPO winner) (Main Event winner)
Previous:	2022
Next:	2024

The 2023 U.S. Poker Open was the fifth edition of the U.S. Poker Open, an annual series of high stakes poker tournaments held inside the PokerGO Studio in the Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The series was held from March 23 – April 5 and featured ten events, culminating in the $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em main event.^[1]

Martin Zamani won the main event and cashed four times to earn the series championship, winning the Golden Eagle trophy and $50,000 bonus prize.^[2]

Schedule

	Event	Entrants	Winner	Prize	Winning hand	Runner-up	Losing hand	Results
1	$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em	105	Joey Weissman	$231,000		Justin Young		Results
2	$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em	105	Ren Lin	$231,000		Nacho Barbero		Results
3	$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em	93	Sam Soverel	$213,900		Chris Brewer		Results
4	$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha	77	Allan Le	$200,200		Ronald Keijzer		Results
5	$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em	88	Phil Hellmuth	$221,200		Jeremy Ausmus		Results
6	$15,000 Pot-Limit Omaha	62	Isaac Kempton	$279,000		Gregory Shuda		Results
7	$15,000 No-Limit Hold'em	87	Darren Elias	$313,200		Sam Soverel		Results
8	$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em	54	Isaac Haxton	$423,000		Joey Weissman		Results
9	$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em	47	Dan Smith	$399,500		Ren Lin		Results
10	$50,000 No-Limit Hold'em	37	Martin Zamani	$666,000		Nick Petrangelo		Results

Series Leaderboard

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Name	Points	Earnings	Wins	Cashes
1	Martin Zamani	570	$835,800	1	4
2	Ren Lin	465	$568,400	1	4
3	Sam Soverel	457	$456,750	1	3
4	Joey Weissman	442	$736,500	1	3
5	Darren Elias	429	$542,400	1	3

Event Results

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

• 2-Day Event: March 23–24
• Number of Entries: 105
• Total Prize Pool: $1,050,000
• Number of Payouts: 15
• Winning Hand:

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Name	Prize
1	Joey Weissman	$231,000
2	Justin Young	$168,000
3	Andrew Moreno	$126,000
4	Matthew McEwan	$99,750
5	Nacho Barbero	$78,750
6	Jonathan Little	$63,000

Event #2: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em

• 2-Day Event: March 24–25
• Number of Entries: 105
• Total Prize Pool: $1,050,000
• Number of Payouts: 15
• Winning Hand:

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Name	Prize
1	Ren Lin	$231,000
2	Nacho Barbero	$168,000
3	Robert Chorlian	$126,000
4	Nate Silver	$99,750
5	Aram Zobian	$78,750
6	Erik Seidel	$63,000

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

• 2-Day Event: March 25–27
• Number of Entries: 93
• Total Prize Pool: $930,000
• Number of Payouts: 14
• Winning Hand:

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Name	Prize
1	Sam Soverel	$213,900
2	Chris Brewer	$148,800
3	Brandon Wilson	$111,600
4	Kristen Foxen	$93,000
5	Dan Colpoys	$74,400
6	Nacho Barbero	$55,800

Event #4: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

• 2-Day Event: March 27–28
• Number of Entries: 77
• Total Prize Pool: $770,000
• Number of Payouts: 11
• Winning Hand:

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Name	Prize
1	Allan Le	$200,200
2	Ronald Keijzer	$146,300
3	Dylan Weisman	$100,100
4	Daniel Negreanu	$77,000
5	Damjan Radanov	$61,600
6	Masashi Oya	$46,200

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

• 2-Day Event: March 28–29
• Number of Entries: 88
• Total Prize Pool: $880,000
• Number of Payouts: 13
• Winning Hand:

Final Table^[3]

! width="50" |Place! width="200" |Name! width="125" |Prize|-|1| Phil Hellmuth|$211,200|-|2| Jeremy Ausmus|$149,600|-|3| Jesse Lonis|$105,600|-|4| George Wolff|$88,000|-|5| Aram Oganyan|$70,400|-|6| Allan Le|$52,800|}

Event #6: $15,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

• 2-Day Event: March 29–30
• Number of Entries: 62
• Total Prize Pool: $930,000
• Number of Payouts: 9
• Winning Hand:

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Name	Prize
1	Isaac Kempton	$279,000
2	Gregory Shuda	$186,000
3	Martin Zamani	$130,200
4	Ben Lamb	$93,000
5	Roussos Koliakoudakis	$74,400
6	Erik Seidel	$55,800

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

• 2-Day Event: March 30–31
• Number of Entries: 87
• Total Prize Pool: $1,305,000
• Number of Payouts: 13
• Winning Hand:

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Name	Prize
1	Darren Elias	$313,200
2	Sam Soverel	$221,850
3	Brandon Wilson	$156,600
4	Masashi Oya	$130,500
5	Sean Winter	$104,400
6	Chris Brewer	$78,300

Event #8: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em

• 2-Day Event: March 31 – April 1
• Number of Entries: 54
• Total Prize Pool: $1,350,000
• Number of Payouts: 8
• Winning Hand:

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Name	Prize
1	Isaac Haxton	$423,000
2	Joey Weissman	$283,500
3	Dan Smith	$189,000
4	Bill Klein	$135,000
5	Phil Hellmuth	$108,000
6	Alex Foxen	$81,000

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

• 2-Day Event: April 1–3
• Number of Entries: 47
• Total Prize Pool: $1,175,000
• Number of Payouts: 7
• Winning Hand:

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Name	Prize
1	Dan Smith	$399,500
2	Ren Lin	$258,500
3	Brian Kim	$176,250
4	Cary Katz	$129,250
5	Punnat Punsri	$94,000
6	Nick Schulman	$70,500

Event #10: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em

• 2-Day Event: April 3–4
• Number of Entries: 37
• Total Prize Pool: $1,850,000
• Number of Payouts: 6
• Winning Hand:

Place! width="200"

Name	Prize
1	Martin Zamani	$666,000
2	Nick Petrangelo	$444,000
3	Jeremy Ausmus	$296,000
4	Justin Bonomo	$203,500
5	Dan Smith	$148,000
6	Chris Brewer	$92,500

External links

• PokerGo Tour website
• Hendon Mob results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Duckworth. Tim. U.S. Poker Open Schedule: March 23 - April 4. PGT.com. March 20, 2023. May 27, 2023.
2. Web site: Richards. Connor. Martin Zamani Wins U.S. Poker Open Finale for $666K, Named Overall Champ. PokerNews.com. April 5, 2023. May 27, 2023.
3. Web site: Sofen. Jon. Phil Hellmuth Wins U.S. Poker Open Event #5: $10,000 NLH for $211K w/ Straight Flush.