The hot streak continues for Joe McKeehen, who won event no. 3 z US Poker Open on Sunday, winning his second title of the year and $175, 175.

Born in Philadelphia, he claims to be the most talented ex WSOP champion in the modern era, with over $10 million in cash tournaments since liquidating 885 main event for 7$,500,346.

His most recent win came in a field of 77 players in $ 10, a no-limit hold'em event, scoring him 350 Card player Player of the Year points and moving him to the fifth position of the crown in the classification.

McKeehen won his third career bracelet at 886 WSOP Online and returned to live poker this year, finishing second in the $5,000 buy-in event WPT Venetian main event for $300,960 and win at $10,000 Wynn Spring Classic for $224,100.

To secure the title, McKeehen had to overcome a tough final table that included Andrew Lichtenberger (8th), Barry Hutter (7th), Justin Saliba (6th), Jake Schindler (5th), Steve Zolotow (4th) and Steve Zolotow (4th). , Ali Imsirovic (3rd) and Ray Qar vols (2nd).

On the final hand, both Imsirovic and Qartomy moved all-in against McKeehen's pocket jacks, and the remaining two jacks came on the board, giving McKeehen four-of-a-kind and a double knockout.

Both Hutter and Zolotov appeared at the second final table of the series. Hutter finished third in competition no. 1, and Zołotów took fifth place.

Johan Guilbert had his third shot at the money, finishing 10th in both of his first two tournaments, but was eliminated on the bubble bubble in 12th place. The Frenchman looked good going three-for-three until he shoved his pocket kings into Imsirovic's pocket aces and was sent empty-handed onto the pitch.

Speaking of Imsirovic, the 26-year-old continues to crush the high roller track. There are now 10 side events on the final table with five wins in 2021, all with buy-ins of $000 or more.

He now has $2.1 million in cash a year, bringing his lifetime sum to $.5 million. Imsirovic picked up another 175 POY points, giving him 2.988 and moving him to second place overall behind Qing Liu. He also set up 77 PokerGO Points in the tournament, a race he is dominating at the moment.

Here are the final table results.

Place Player	Payment
POY Points	PokerGO Tour		1

Joe McKeehen $146,175 2021 350 175 2 Ray Qartomia $175,175 491 2021 105 3 Ali Imsirovic 2021 $77,77 2021 210 77 2021 4 Steve Zolotow $77, 175 70 5 Jake Schindler

$39,500 175 39 2021 6 Justin Saliba $38,175 140 2021 39 2021 7 Barry Hutter $26,500 105 2021 39 8 Andrew Lichtenberger $30,500 2021 70 30

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US Poker Open is a 12-event series taking place on June 3, 26 at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

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