U.S Poker Open: Sean Winter Takes Down Event #12 Main Event For $756,000, David Peters Wins Back-to-Back USPO Championship Titles
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- RUPAM THAKUR June 16, 2021
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The 2021 U.S Poker Open (USPO) came to a close earlier today with Sean Winter (left cover image) taking down Event #12: $50K Main Event for $756,000. One of the Championship title contenders, Sam Soverel, needed an outright victory in the Main Event to win the Golden Eagle trophy but was eliminated in fifth place.
The defending U.S. Poker Open champion David Peters (right cover image) bagged the Championship title for a second consecutive year courtesy of four cashes, including three titles. With this feat, Peters penned his name in the history books by becoming the first player to champion the USPO Championship twice, that too in back-to-back editions. He was awarded the coveted Golden Eagle trophy and a $50,000 cash prize.
Here is the complete list of USPO winners:
| Event | Winner | Prize Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Event #12: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em | Sean Winter | $756,000 |
| Event #11: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em | David Peters | $465,750 |
| Event #7: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em | David Peters | $217,800 |
| Event #9: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em | Ali Imsirovic | $217,800 |
| Event #3: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em | Joe McKeehen | $200,200 |
| Event #5: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em | Joey Weissman | $204,000 |
| Event #8: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | Jared Bleznick | $189,000 |
| Event #6: $10,000 8-Game | Eli Elezra | $183,600 |
| Event #2: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | Sam Soverel | $175,000 |
| Event #4: $10,000 Big Bet Mix | John Riordan | $163,200 |
| Event #10: $10,000 Short Deck | David Peters | $124,200 |
Sean Winter Wins Event#12: $50K Main Event For $756,000
The final event of the 12-event-series, the $50K Main Event, was taken down by Sean Winter, who decimated a star-studded field of 42 entries to bank the single-largest score at the series worth $756,000, earning 454 leaderboard points. The 2018 USPO Champion Stephen Chidwick secured the runner-up payday worth $504,000.
With this win, Sean Winter scored his second big PokerGO Tour title of the year. On March 10, he had won the PokerGO High Roller Event #4: $25K NLHE for $408,000. The USPO Main Event victory also fetched Winter his fourth-best career score, boosting his lifetime live tournament winnings to $17.02 Million.
Winter was the start of the final table chip leader and eliminated Jason Koon (third) and Stephen Chidwick (runner-up), en route to winning the USPO Main Event title.
You can watch the first one hour of the Main Event final table action below. To watch the complete FT replay, you need to subscribe to PokerGO.
Complete Results (USD)
- Sean Winter – $756,000
- Stephen Chidwick – $504,000
- Jason Koon – $336,000
- Jonathan Little – $231,000
- Sam Soverel – $168,000
- Bill Klein – $105,000
David Peters Wins 2021 USPO Championship
Two-time WSOP bracelet winner David Peters created history today by becoming the first player to win the USPO championship for a second straight edition. He was awarded the coveted Golden Eagle trophy and a $50,000 cash prize for winning the 2021 USPO Championship.
The 34-year-old Las Vegas-based poker pro, David Peters, cashed four times at the series converting three of these deep runs to title victories. He cashes for a cumulative $832,950, accumulating 646 ranking points. His splendid USPO showing also secured him the #6 rank in the PokerGO Tour standings.
Check out his scores at the 2021 USPO below:
> Won Event #7 $10K NLHE for $217,800
> 8th in Event #8 $10K PLO for $25,200
> Won Event #10 $10K Short Deck for $124,200
> Won Event #11 $25K NLHE for $465,750
Check out the top ten USPO leaderboard standings below.
| Rank | Player | Points | Wins | Cashes | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Peters | 646 | 3 | 4 | $832,950 |
| 2 | Sean Winter | 484 | 1 | 2 | $785,700 |
| 3 | Ali Imsirovic | 483 | 1 | 5 | $482,000 |
| 4 | Stephen Chidwick | 427 | 0 | 3 | $628,700 |
| 5 | Dan Shak | 371 | 0 | 4 | $459,750 |
| 6 | Jake Daniels | 323 | 1 | 2 | $391,000 |
| 7 | Sam Soverel | 316 | 1 | 4 | $382,300 |
| 8 | Andrew Lichtenberger | 308 | 0 | 3 | $308,000 |
| 9 | Joe McKeehen | 302 | 1 | 2 | $302,200 |
| 10 | Steve Zolotow | 289 | 0 | 3 | $289,000 |
At the 2019 U.S. Poker Open, David Peters had won the last event of the series, the $100K Main Event, to dethrone the frontrunner, Sean Winter, to win the Championship title.
With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing live poker to shut down in 2020, Peters was the defending champion coming into the 2021 U.S Poker Open.
Another leaderboard topper Sam Soverel had an outside chance to win the Championship title. He was one of the shorter stacks entering the final day`s play in Event #12: Main Event and only an outright victory could help him overcome Peters at the top of the leaderboard standings. Soverel ultimately finished fifth, making Peters the first player to win the USPO Championship title back-to-back.
According to his Hendon Mob profile, Peters boasts $34.57 Million in live poker earnings and is ranked #7 on the All-Time Money List.
After his convincing win, Peters said, “It feels great. Especially going back-to-back after winning last time. It feels great to do well versus so many great players, and it was a very exciting week,” and added, “It’s something that’ll be really cool to look back on someday, to remember that I had back-to-back trophies like this. It’s pretty exciting.”
After an extended break from live poker, Peters was happy to get back to the high-stakes live events, as he added, “It’s been a crazy week. I actually ran pretty well. I haven’t played live poker in over a year and a half, but it feels good to be back. It was good to jump back in there, playing against all these great players that I’ve battled with all these years. It was a very fun week and obviously, things went well, and I’m happy to win.”
When asked about the importance of awards and titles to him, Peters replied, “Probably not nearly as important as [that kind of thing] is to someone like Hellmuth or maybe a lot of people, but it’s nice having those accolades or kind of securing your legacy or just having those memories to look back on when I’m 70. I can look back and think about how cool that was [to achieve]. It means something to me, for sure.”
When asked about the PokerGO Tour and his plans, Peters said, “I think I’m going to play a lot. I missed a good chunk of the PokerGO Tour the last couple of months, but I’m ready to get back in there and grind a lot of these, and hopefully, I can accumulate some points and catch Ali [Imsirovic]. He has a huge lead right now in that, but we’ll see what happens.”
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