Who Will Take Down the USPO Event #9: $50,000 NLH Title? Live stream at at 2:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m. ET.
Welcome back to the penultimate event of the 2019 U.S. Poker Open. What started with 41 runners is down to the final six, and surprise, surprise, Sean Winter is the chip leader.
Winter has been the hottest player of the USPO this year and remarkably will be appearing in his fifth final table of the series, having over $400,000 in cashes thus far and 440 points on the leader board, behind only Stephen Chidwick who has 540. He'll either make up some ground or reclaim the lead today.
Standing in his way are some of the best in the world, including the 2013 WSOP Main Event champion Ryan Riess, who will start today second in chips. David Peters will start in third and is the only other person to have over a million. Peters is fifth on the all-time money list, with career earnings of over $30 million and already had a runner-up finish this week in the $10,000 Short Deck event.
Alex Foxen is ranked number one on the GPI and will be starting the day fourth in chips. Other players at the final table include Germany's Koray Aldemir and well-known pro Seth Davies, both making their second final table appearances of the 2019 USPO.
Final Table Seating and Counts
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Riess | 1,185,000 |
| 2 | Sean Winter | 2,020,000 |
| 3 | Alex Foxen | 1,005,000 |
| 4 | Koray Aldemir | 1,185,000 |
| 5 | Seth Davies | 270,000 |
| 6 | David Peters | 535,000 |
The final six finishers all getting paid at least $123,000 and the eventual first place finisher taking home $738,000 along with 200 points towards the championship race.
The players will be returning to battle it out at 1 p.m. PST. Blinds will begin at 10,000/25,000 with a 25,000 big blind ante and there will be a 10-minute break after every three levels of play. They will play down until a winner is crowned.
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