Matthew Wantman won Event #5: $10,100 NL Hold’em at the 2024 U.S. Poker Open for $239,200. Wantman topped a field of 92 entries, which included defeating Daniel Negreanu in heads-up play. The performance was Wantman’s second cash of the series following his 10th-place finish in Event #2.
In addition to Matthew Wantman’s win, notable finishes were had by Daniel Negreanu in second place, Erik Seidel in third place, Victoria Livschitz in fourth place, and Rodger Johnson in 14th place. Negreanu continued his hot 2024 with his 10th PGT cash and moved into third on the season-long PGT leaderboard.
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Seidel placed third after winning the opening event of the 2024 U.S. Poker Open. Livschitz cashed for a fourth consecutive time at the 2024 U.S. Poker Open, a streak that includes to final tables. Johnson cashed for a fifth consecutive time, finishing in the money in the first five tournaments of the series.
1st: Matthew Wantman – $239,000
2nd: Daniel Negreanu – $151,800
3rd: Erik Seidel – $110,400
4th: Victoria Livschitz – $82,800
5th: Grant Wang – $64,400
6th: David Peters – $46,000
7th: Paulius Plausinaitis – $36,800
8th: Bill Klein – $36,800
9th: Dan Shak – $27,600
10th: Justin Saliba – $27,600
11th: Justin Zaki – $27,600
12th: Nick Schulman – $23,000
13th: Jeremy Ausmus – $23,000
14th: Rodger Johnson – $23,000
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1st: Jesse Lonis – 369 points
2nd: Rodger Johnson – 301 points
3rd: David Coleman – 291 points
4th: Aram Zobian – 271 points
5th: Matthew Wantman – 269 points
6th: Erik Seidel – 255 points
7th: Dan Smith – 235 points
8th: Victoria Livschitz – 183 points
9th: Daniel Negreanu – 180 points
10th: Shannon Shorr – 179 points
US Poker Open top 10 includes early results from Event #6: $15,100 NL Hold’em. Event #6 will finish on Monday, April 15.
1st: David Coleman – 1,228 points
2nd: Dylan Weisman – 1,126 points
3rd: Daniel Negreanu – 868 points
4th: Samuli Sipila – 749 points
5th: Aram Zobian – 703 points
6th: Kristen Foxen – 678 points
7th: Jonathan Little – 591 points
8th: Seth Davies – 590 points
9th: Jesse Lonis – 566 points
10th: Eelis Parssinen – 565 points
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