Kenney wins $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em at US Poker Open

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Event #7 of the 2019 U.S. Poker Open was won by Bryn Kenney who made quick work of his final table opponents, finishing the tournament in a little over an hour and taking home $450,000. Kenney jumps into fourth place on the U.S. Poker Open Championship standings with 240 points, which is led by Stephen Chidwick with 540 points.

Kenney capped his tremendous final table run off by busting Jake Schindler heads up. In Schindler’s defense, there wasn’t much he could do as Kenney entered the heads-up match with an almost ten-to-one chip lead. Schindler earned $300,000 for second place despite winning just one hand at the entire final table.

“This feels good. Last year was the only losing year I’ve ever had in my poker career and I felt as though I needed to follow it up with a home run year like I did in 2017,” Kenney said, now having won both the Aussie Millions Main Event and this U.S. Poker Open to start off the year strong.

“It’s fun, the best thing is to win nice trophies in poker and this one looks great. It would make for a nice mantelpiece,” Kenney said about his chances in the overall U.S. Poker Open Championship race.

2019 U.S. Poker Open Event #7

Name/Points/Cash

1) Bryn Kenney/200/$450,000

2) Jake Schindler/140/$300,000

3) Ben Yu/100/$210,000

4) Keith Tilston/80/$150,000

5) Nick Schulman/60/$120,000

6) Nick Petrangelo/40/$90,000

7) Dan Shak/40/$75,000

8) Martin Zamani/40/$60,000

9) Lauren Roberts/40/$45,000

2019 U.S. Poker Open Championship Standings

Name/Points/Cash

1) Stephen Chidwick/540/$705,950

2) Sean Winter/440/$419,900

3) Cary Katz/340/$580,200

4) Bryn Kenney/240/$477,000

5) Lauren Roberts/240/$263,400

6) Jordan Cristos/240/$206,200

7) Ali Imsirovic/200/$442,500

8) Ben Yu/200/$262,800

9) Jake Schindler/180/$327,000

10) Dan Shak/180/$307,100