Ausmus, Elias, Hellmuth Headline 2023 U.S. Poker Open Event #5 Final Table

The 2023 U.S. Poker Open continued from the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, with Event #5: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em.

Jeremy Ausmus holds the chip lead heading into the final day with 2,345,000 in chips. He would sit ahead of Darren Elias, Jesse Lonis, Phil Hellmuth, George Wolff, Allan Le, and Aram Oganyan who will all return on Wednesday at 12 p.m. PT to play out Event #5 on the PokerGO live stream that will air at 1 p.m. PT.

Le won Event #4 earlier in the day and will have an opportunity to take the lead on the USPO leaderboard in the race for the Golden Eagle and $50,000 championship bonus. Ren Lin took over the lead when he picked up his third cash of the series in this event, while Nacho Barbero now sits second on that leaderboard.

The 88-entrant field created a prize pool of $880,000 and the top 13 players would finish in the money. Cherish Andrews, Cary Katz, and Jesse Lonis were each at risk on the bubble but secured doubles to survive. Eventually, it would be Chris Moorman eliminated on the money bubble when he got his remaining stack of just over ten big blinds in with ace-king suited and failed to improve against Andrews' nines.

Jim Collopy (13th), Cary Katz (12th), Ren Lin (11th), John Riordan (10th), and Cherish Andrews (9th) were all eliminated prior to reaching the final table of eight. David Stamm would fall in eighth place when he ran eights into Elias' aces, causing Elias to soar up the leaderboard. The remaining seven players played out the end of the level until 1:30 a.m. when they bagged and tagged to return for the streamed final table. 

U.S. Poker Open Event #5: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Final Table

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	George Wolff	United States	1,020,000
2	Phil Hellmuth	United States	1,850,000
3	Darren Elias	United States	2,280,000
4	Allan Le	United States	810,000
5	Jesse Lonis	United States	1,930,000
6	Jeremy Ausmus	United States	2,345,000
7	Aram Oganyan	United States	765,000

When play resumes, the button will be on Aram Oganyan. There is 40:00 remaining in Level 17 with blinds at 30,000 / 60,000 and a 60,000 big blind ante.

The final seven players have all locked up $44,000 in prize money, but all eyes remain on the grand prize of $211,200 in prize money, 211 PGT points, and the mini Golden Eagle trophy which will soar them up the U.S. Poker Open leaderboard. 

Play resumes at 12 p.m. PT on Wednesday, March 29 for the Event #5: 10,000 No-Limit Hold’em final table from the 2023 U.S. Poker Open. The entire final table will be streamed exclusively on PokerGO.com starting at 1 p.m. PT with the fifth champion of the series to be crowned.

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