Seidel Wins $25K No-Limit Hold’em At US Poker Open

Erik Seidel won another high roller championship in his famous career by winning the event #9:25,000 No-Limit Hold'em at the 2022 U.S. Poker Open. Seidel topped the only Phil Hellmuth in the head-up play after the last two players came out of the 63 entry field. Seidel took the biggest share of the prize money, winning $472,500.

Seidel said, "It's pretty crazy that the two of us put our heads together," adding, "This is the third time we put our heads together, so it was fun."

Seidel later added that he came out on top every time he faced Hellmuth and is now a perfect 3-0 against him. The first was a $1,000 unlimited-class tournament at a bike casino in 1988. Then at Binion's in 1992, Seidel beat Hellmuth to win his first career gold bracelet in a WSOP $2,500 Limit Hold'em event. 

"It's always fun to play finals," Seidel said. "I don't think it means more that we prepared ahead of time because we would have been happy to win against anyone. It's just nice to have things going your way for a few hours at a critical time like this. It's great."

Seidel, who topped David Peters to No. 4 in poker's all-time money list with a $472,500 win, moved up to No. 5 on the 2022 U.S. Poker Open leaderboard. With 428 points, Seidel is currently just behind Hellmuth with 464. Seidel then said he plans to continue competing at the U.S. Poker Open in hopes of winning the series.

2022 US Poker Open Event #9 Results

First: Erik Seidel - $472,500

2nd: Phil Hellmuth - $315,000

3rd: Alex Foxen - $220,500

4th place: Sam Sobrel - $157,500

5th place: Tamon Nakamura - $126,000

6th place: Renlin - $94,500

7th place: Alex Livingston - $78,750

Event #9: $25,000 NL Hold'em drew a field of 63 entries and generated $1,575,000 in prize money. The top nine rankings concluded with prize money. Zhang Ruan finished ninth and Shannon Shorr competed on Friday's final table after finishing eighth. All players paying cash earned both US Poker Open and PGT leaderboard points. 무료 슬롯