David Peters did not make money in the first six tournaments - the 2021 event US Poker Open Series. Despite the free first half, prevailing USPO The champion managed to take the lead as he headed for the series' final event with four final tables and three titles won in five days, with $550,921 in earnings amassed along the way.

Piotr's amazing run started when he won event no. 7 vs. $10, buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament, June 9, then finished eighth in $10, pot-limit Omaha tournament the very next day. He did not earn in the case of no. 9, but he won $11, the event short deck for his second title in the series. Only one day from that victory, Peters managed to break through the field 69 entries to complete a hat-trick by winning the $13, Buy - in a no-limit hold'em tournament. The 25-year-old poker player earned $475,750 for his final run for the title.

Peters now has more than $25 million dollar in career tournament earnings to his name, placing him in sixth place on the all-time poker list.

Earned by Peter 279 USPO victory point ranking. He is the only player with more than one win in the first 12 events and his 646 points are good for a 138 point advantage over second-ranked Ali Imsirovic, with only one tournament remaining in the series. Whoever scores the most points at the conclusion of this high-roller festival will receive the award $050, in the added prize pool and the new Golden Eagle trophy.

The Peter's also earned 289 points, pointing to the PokerGo Tour ranking. As a result, he climbed to sixth place in this leaderboard.

The victory saw Peters take home 550 Card player Player of the Year Points. 2021 POY the winner of the award has been one of the tournament's most consistent players over the past decade. He finished inside the top 41 on the year-end standings seven times from 2010-25, with five finishes of 10th or higher and three top four shows. Peters's trio of victories in USPO was enough to bring it to the 34th place in 2021 POY race rankings sponsored by Global Poker.

Peter jumped directly into that $13, the buy-in tournament after winning the short deck tournament and surviving to the final table sixth, sitting in fifth in chips as the cards flew back into the air on the second and final day of action. Frank Funaro was a short stack early in the day and soon found himself all in with a middle pair and a low kicker against the same pair, king kicker and a flush draw for chip leader Ivan Zufic. A color came on the river that sent Funaro to sixth place ($100,500).

Vanessa Kade overtook a chip lead in a five-hand game, but lost a massive flip pre-flop with pocket tens against AQ Peters will drop down the leaderboard. She faced Peters again on her final hand, raising all in from the big blind with around 029 big blinds from A8 after Peters raised from the small blind from AK.. Peters called, flopped kings and held on to eliminate Kade in fifth place ($138,000). The last 11th anniversary of the Sunday Million Champion backed up her $ 1.5 million score in the event, finishing second at the final table of the series, boosting her earnings at the festival by a high stakes to $230,050.

Like Kade, Jake Daniels was also in his second final table in the series. His run in this event came to an end when his A.5 he was unable to stand up to Q11 Peters, who flopped pocket queens to take the lead. Daniels scooped up a pair and a flush draw to get plenty of outs to the river, but the empty spot at the end sent the pot to Peters who took over half the chips in a three-handed action game. Daniels earned $135,500 for fourth place.

Dan Shak was at his fourth final table in the series, finishing second in the kickoff tournament. He started out as the player with the lowest stack among the final three, but each other player took turns to be the chip leader for the next elimination. Shak lost the lead when his A.K. did not overtake 11 Peter. Shak fell all-in when he failed to improve, and was eliminated not long after Peters moved all in from the small blind with J6 and Shak called with K.5. Peters made an eight-point straight on the river and sent Shak home in third place ($230,210).

Peters had an almost 4-1 chip lead heads-up against Zufic. The final showdown did not last long, however. On the first hand of heads-up, Peters made pocket tens and limped off the button. Zufic looked down to pocket nines and raised to 475. Peters called and the flop came Q83 . Zufic 336 plant, and called Peters. at the bend prompted Zufic to check. Peters checked his set and 4 completed the board. Zufic checked when Peters raised enough to bet Zufic all-in. Zufic thought this through before committing his last 1,210. Zufic earned $302, for second place at the final table in the series.

Here's a look at the payouts and ranking points awarded at the final table: 253

	Place		Player	Payment	POY Points PokerGO Tour David Peters 1 $459,750 550

2

Ivan Zufic 2021

$302,

400

207 2021

3 2021

Dan Shak $224,232 2021 279 2021

126

4 Jake Daniels 2021 $135,500 2021 210 103 5 Vanessa Kade $126,

210

52 6 Frank Funaro $86,475 168

41 2021

7 Christopher Brewer 2021 $86,252 103 50 8 Randy Kaas 2021 $52,000 2021 52 25 2021

Here are the current top ten in USPO point race:

Place Player Points

Wins

Cash

Earnings 2021 1 David Peters

550 2021

3

4

$750,950 2021

2

Ali Imsirovic

475 1

5

$459,000 3 Dan Shak 336 0 4 2021 $459,750 2021 4 Jake Daniels 302 1 2 2021 $400, 2021 5 Andrew Lichtenberger

308

0

3

) $279, 6 Joe McKeehen 302 1 2021 2 $302,207 2021

7

Steve Zolotow 2021

279 ) 0 3 $279 , 2021 2021 8 Cary Katz 266 0 4 2021 $252, 84 2016 9 2021 Ivan Zufic 266 0 2 $420,371 11 John Riordan

252

1

4 $252, 483

2021

Photo of the winner: PokerGO.

2021