The final event of the 2025 U.S. Poker Open (USPO) had it all. Two players battled to the end to win not just the top prize of $529,250 but the overall USPO title, the $25,000 PokerGO Tour Passport and the Golden Eagle trophy. In the end, Shannon Shorr came from behind to beat Nacho Barbero […]

The climax of the PokerGO Tour U.S. Poker Open is one of the most exciting in years. With one final table to play, three players could yet win the coveted leaderboard title after drama in Events #6 and #7. Matthew Wantman leads in the ‘clubhouse’ but with the current leader not involved in Event #8, […]

Two U.S. Poker Open events concluded at the weekend, and there were wins for Michael Rossitto and Matthew Wantman, as well as a final table showing for a PokerStake player. With both $10,000-entry events taking place at the PokerGO Studio at ARIA in Las Vegas, the battle was fierce as the 2025 U.S. Poker Open […]

The second event of the 2025 U.S. Poker Open ended in a dramatic victory for Japanese player Kazuomi Furuse as he topped the 108-player field to take home a top prize of $275,400. The Tokyo-based player, who took home his first PGT trophy and the biggest score of his career to date, outlasted players such […]

Kristen Foxen performed a miraculous comeback in three-handed play to win the opening event of this year’s U.S. Poker Open in Las Vegas last night. Ping Liu lost the lead in the latter stages of the PokerGO Tour event, with Foxen claiming the top prize of $158,025, as others such as David Peters, Justin Saliba […]

In 2024, Aram Zobian’s list of successes in poker reached their peak when the Armenian-American took down the U.S. Poker Open on the PokerGO Tour. Taking home over $600,000 in prize money, Aram’s triumph in Event #6, the $15,100-entry No-Limit Hold’em event won him $264,290, with finishes in second, third, and sixth in three other […]

An exciting conclusion to the third event of the 2024 U.S. Poker Open saw Dan Smith, a.k.a. ‘The Cowboy’ ride home with the title after playing and winning his first event of the series. Smith, whose lifetime winnings in ranking tournaments now top $54 million, as he sits in 5th position on The Hendon Mob […]

A dramatic final table saw the second event of the 2024 U.S. Poker Open won by Jesse Lonis as the rising elite player of American poker bagged another crown to add to his collection of major titles. At a final table including players such as PokerStake players Victoria Livschitz and Aram Zobian, Lonis won the title with […]

The opening event of the 2024 U.S. Poker Open saw a bumper field and a thrilling final table produce a very popular winner. The 10-time WSOP bracelet winner and Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel began the final day with the chip lead before losing his advantage after a series of unfortunate all-in hands. Undeterred, […]

The 2024 U.S. Poker Open (USPO) begins today and with a raft of great tournaments on the horizon, some of poker’s finest are selling stakes in their buy-ins ahead of the action. Who can you invest in, and which events could see you bag the best returns? It’s time we looked at which legends are […]

The notion of a poker hand representing a poker player is not a new one. For decades, ten-deuce has been known as the ‘Texas Dolly’. So-called after Doyle Brunson, the hand struck notoriety thanks to being the winning hand in back-to-back World Series of Poker Main Events in 1976 and 1977.

David Peters won his third 2021 U.S. Poker Open title on Monday night, but this time the former GPI Player of the Year rode a roller coaster to get there. The win came with a $465,750 payday and moved the defending U.S. Poker Open winner into the lead atop the U.S. Poker Open leaderboard.

A few of the world’s top poker players have made a habit of shining bright in the short history of the U.S. Poker Open. Sunday night in Las Vegas, another of those players added yet another title to his growing collection and moved to within striking distance of the current leaderboard leader.

The average age of the players at most of the high roller final tables played inside the PokerGO studio at the Aria in Las Vegas is probably somewhere around 30 years old. On Wednesday night, the final table of U.S. Poker Open Event #6 ($10,000 8 Game) didn’t have a single player under the age […]

Through the first four events of the 2021 U.S. Poker Open, some of the best players in the world have claimed victory by dominating the final table. On Tuesday night, Joey Weissman arrived at the final table of Event #5 ($10,000 NLHE) with a middle-of-the-pack stack and watched as Adam Hendrix built up a monster […]