Michael Rossitto secured his first-ever PokerGO Tour title by taking down occasion no. 3 on the 2025 U.S. Poker Open. The poker skilled based mostly out of Las Vegas bested a area of 109 entries within the $10,000 buy-in no-limit maintain’em event, incomes $277,950 because the final participant standing.
This was the third-largest payday but for Rossitto, trailing solely the $604,637 he earned because the 2023 Wynn Millions essential occasion champion and the $340,698 he took residence because the winner of a $600 occasion on the WPT World Championship collection later that very same yr. His general earnings now sit at $4.3 million.
Rossitto was additionally awarded 600 Card Player Player of the Year factors for the win. This was his second final-table end to date, having beforehand positioned fourth in a $1,100 occasion on the Wynn Millions. His 1,056 complete factors places him inside the highest 150 within the 2025 standings. He additionally moved into second place within the USPO series-long factors race due to the 278 PGT factors that got here with this triumph.
The prime 16 finishers on this occasion all earned a share of the $1,090,000 prize pool. Big names like Dylan Linde (twelfth), Stephen Chidwick (tenth), Jeremy Ausmus (ninth), and Aram Zobian (seventh) all ran deep, however solely six contenders bagged up for day 2 contained in the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino Las Vegas.
Three-time bracelet winner Jim Collopy held the result in begin. The first knockout of the day noticed Matthew Wantman lose a basic preflop race with pocket nines towards A-Ok suited of Andrew Moreno. The World Poker Tour champion earned $54,500 because the sixth-place finisher.
Isaac Kempton quickly adopted, together with his Q
J shedding to the A
Ok
of Christian Roberts a preflop showdown. Neither participant linked and ace excessive was sufficient to earn Roberts the pot. Kempton settled for $70,850. This fifth-place exhibiting elevated his profession haul to greater than $5.5 million.
Roberts bought the final of his stack in with prime pair, solely to search out himself up towards an overpair of kings for Moreno. The flip gave Roberts an open-ended straight draw, however a brick on the top despatched him packing in fourth place ($98,100). This grew his lifetime earnings to greater than $2.1 million.
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There was loads of motion across the leaderboard throughout an prolonged three-handed battle. By the time the following key hand arose, Rossitto and Moreno have been located in a digital tie for second place behind Collopy. The two shorter stacks squared off in a preflop showdown that pitted Moreno’s A-9 towards the pocket eights of Rossitto. Neither participant’s hand linked with the board and Rossitto doubled right into a tie for the chip lead.
Moreno was left with simply a few huge blinds after that, and was quickly all-in with Q4 dealing with A8 for Rossitto. Ace excessive was finest by the river, which meant that Moreno’s run had come to an finish in third place ($125,350). The 2021 Wynn Millions champion elevated his profession earnings to greater than $5.2 million with this podium end.
That knockout put Rossitto within the lead at first of heads-up play, with 7,425,000 to the 6,200,000 of Collopy. The hole had expanded even additional earlier than the ultimate hand of the event was dealt. Collopy ripped from the button for 4,925,000 with 33 and Rossitto known as off with A
J. The board got here down AQ9810 and Collopy was eradicated because the runner-up ($174,000). The reigning Poker Masters collection champion elevated his lifetime event haul to greater than $11.8 million with this rating.
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Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points | PGT Points |
| 1 | Michael Rossitto | $277,950 | 600 | 278 |
| 2 | Jim Collopy | $174,400 | 500 | 174 |
| 3 | Andrew Moreno | $125,350 | 400 | 125 |
| 4 | Christian Roberts | 98,100 | 300 | 98 |
| 5 | Isaac Kempton | 70,850 | 250 | 71 |
| 6 | Matthew Wantman | 54,500 | 200 | 55 |
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