Aram Zobian Wins U.S. Poker Open $15,100 No-Limit Hold’em Event

Aram Zobian outlasted a area of 62 entries in occasion no. 6 of the 2024 U.S. Poker Open to earn $264,290 and his second profession PokerGO Tour. This was the third-largest rating of Zobian’s profession, trailing solely the $1.8 million he earned because the sixth-place finisher within the 2018 World Series of Poker fundamental occasion and the $529,000 he secured for a fifth-place end in a $25,000 excessive curler on the 2020 WSOP Online sequence. The bracelet winner from Rhode Island now has almost $6.4 million in lifetime match earnings after this newest win.

This was Zobian’s third top-three end of the pageant. He positioned second in occasion no. 2 for $163,350 and third in occasion no. 4 for one more $107,900. With 569 PGT factors and $535,540 in earnings accrued to this point at this USPO pageant, Zobian sits atop the series-long factors race standings.

Zobian climbed into third on the seasonal PGT leaderboard because of this win, with 1,001 factors and $839,590 amassed throughout seven in-the-money finishes. He additionally moved into seventeenth place within the Card Player Player of the Year race standings, that are introduced by Global Poker.

The robust turnout for this $15,100 buy-in no-limit maintain’em match constructed a prize pool of $930,000. The high 9 finishers made the cash, with Daniel Negreanu (ninth – $27,900), John Riordan (eighth – $37,200), and Jesse Lonis (seventh – $37,200) being eradicated late on day 1 after the bubble burst.

Day 2 started with Sam Laskowitz within the lead and Zobian in second chip place. Joey Weissman briefly overtook the lead after knocking out John Andress (sixth – $51,150) with pocket aces in opposition to A-Okay. Zobian quickly surpassed him within the chip counts throughout five-handed motion.

Dan Shak spent a lot of the day on an excessive brief stack. He ultimately received all-in with 10-9 suited trailing the A-10 of Brock Wilson and was despatched to the rail in fifth place ($69,750) when Wilson flopped a pair aces and held from there.

The subsequent large conflict noticed Zobian river a straight in opposition to the turned journey sevens of Weissman. He moved all-in on the river and Weissman referred to as, ending his run in fourth place ($93,000).

Wilson’s stack dwindled throughout three-handed motion. He ultimately received all-in for only a few large blinds with 9-7, solely to run into A-9 fitted to Zobian. Both gamers made nines and threes by the river, however Zobian’s ace kicker earned him the knockout. Wilson cashed for $130,200 because the third-place finisher.

Heads-up play started with Zobian holding 6,570,000 to Laskowitz’s 2,085,000. The two battled for a bit, with Laskowitz making up some floor earlier than the 2 paused the motion to hash out a deal. They ultimately agreed to redistribute the prize pool a bit, leaving the title and $20,000 on the aspect to play for.

Zobian picked off a bluff with king excessive to win a key pot, leaving Laskowitz with simply over 21 large blinds. In the ultimate hand, Laskowitz limped in for 60,000 complete from the button with Okay8 and Zobian raised to 255,000 from the massive blind holding J10. Laskowitz referred to as and the flop introduced the AOkay7. Zobian guess 90,000 and Laskowitz referred to as. The 4 flip noticed Zobian measurement as much as 445,000. Laskowitz referred to as and the Okay rolled off on the river. Zobian moved all-in together with his rivered flush and Laskowitz referred to as together with his rivered journeys. He was awarded $219,310 because the runner-up, the second-largest rating of his profession.

Here is a have a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded on the ultimate desk:

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