Daniel Negreanu, however, would not be so fortunate in a clash against Nick Schulman, seeing his A-10 get caught by Schulman’s A-4 on a K-J-7-4-J board. Kim and Smith would clash – and chop – on a 5-3-3-2-A board when each man had a five in their pocket. The tournament did not stop with Schultz-Pedersen’s departure, however. That little two would eliminate Schultz-Pedersen from the tournament with nothing to show for his day and make the final seven men quite pleased. Looking for one of the six outs that would help him, Schultz-Pedersen would instead see a deuce come on the river. Katz would burn two time chips before he would commit to the call and the cards went to their backs:Ī J-5-4 flop did nothing to help Schultz-Pedersen, nor did the second Jack that came on the turn. Katz knew that this was a big moment, with either Schultz-Pedersen leaving the tournament or Katz being on life support if he called. In middle position, Johan Schultz-Pedersen would push in his short stack and the action worked around to Cary Katz in the big blind. In the end, it was a clash of short stacks that would decide one player’s unfortunate fate. Safe in the fact that they were going to be earning some money, the chip leaders, including Kim, Ren Lin, and Dan Smith, stayed out of the fray until the bubble boy was determined. There was plenty of excitement in getting to those final seven, including one of poker’s legends holding on for dear life to at the minimum earn a cash from the tournament.Īfter David Peters was eliminated in ninth place, the remaining eight players redrew for the final table and the determination of who would go away with nothing to show for their efforts.
With so few entries, only the top seven players would walk away with a share of the $1.175 million prize pool. Also on Monday, the $50,000 No Limit Hold’em finale will begin, with its final table set for Tuesday.īrian Kim Leads Mani USPO Overall Championship ContendersĤ7 entries came out on Saturday for the next to last tournament of the 2023 USPO, the $25,000 No Limit Hold’em event. After a day off on Palm Sunday, Event #9 will resume on Monday with Brian Kim leading the way over a difficult final table.
Poker Open, but there are plenty of questions that remain to be answered. It’s come down to the final days of the 2023 U.
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