US Poker Open returns for 2021 after leaving the year due COVID-19 pandemic. The high-stakes live poker tournament series will begin June 3rd - 15th at PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. 12 events are scheduled, with buy-ins ranging from $ 10,000 to $ 50,000.

2021 USPO will be part of the recently settled PokerGO Tour. All 12 tournaments offered during the series will award ranking points based on the number of players for which players will cash in. With 22 qualifying events on the books so far in 2021, Ali Imsirovic currently sits atop the PokerGO Tour leaderboard with 1,145 points, 10, four titles and $1,659.010 in earnings.

The points system will also be used to determine the winner US Poker Open Championship. This player - for the prize of the series we will get $ 50,000 in additional prize money and a new "Golden Eagle Trophy".

Seven of the twelve tournaments on offer feature traditional no-limit hold'em games, while the other five tournaments feature a range of other games, including pot-limit Omaha, a large bet mix format, an eight-game format, and a short deck. The first eleven events will feature a double re-entry, with a single re-entry in the $ 50,000 buy-in no-limit hold'em event to end the series.

This will be the third run USPO . Whoever wins the trophy this year will join a short but elite list of champions. Stephen Chidwick won the first ever USPO in February 2018, cashing in five of the eight events on offer. He was victorious in two of these events, earning 1 $, 256,600 over the course of the series. Latest USPO took place in the winter of 2019. David Peters cashed in a total of 1 $, 584,000 Over 10 this year, winning the final event of the series to secure the trophy with a final lead of 10 ranking points.

As in previous years, the final table of each event will be broadcast live on OTT service PokerGO, with broadcasts starting at 4:00 every Eastern day throughout the series.

Here is the full schedule of events:

Start date	Event	Initial stack	Re-entry
June 3	$ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em	125, 000	Double
June 4	$ 10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha	125, 000	Double
June 5	$ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em	125, 000	Double
June 6	$ 10,000 Big Bet Mix	125, 000	Double
June 7	$ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em	125, 000	Doubt le
June 8	$ 10,000 8 games	125, 000	Double
June 9	$ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em	125, 000	Double
June 10	$ 10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha	125, 000	Double
June 11	$ 10,000 Non-Limit Hold'em	125, 000	Double
June 12	$ 10,000 Short Deck	300, 000	Double
June 13	$ 25,000 No Limit Hold'em	150, 000	Double
June 14	$ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em	200, 000	Single