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, and all final tables are streamed live on

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. In addition to the Main Event, the player who accumulates the most points during the series wins $50,000. The debut season took place with eight events in February 2018. Keith Tilston won the $50,000 Main Event, while

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earned series champion honors by winning two events and making five final tables. For the second season in February 2019, the buy-in for the Main Event was increased to $100,000 and a Short Deck variant was added to the schedule. After not being held in 2020 due to the

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, the series returned for its third edition in June 2021. In addition to the $50,000 prize, the series champion will now receive a Golden Eagle trophy. David Peters won three events to earn the series championship for the second consecutive time.

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, after being runner-up to Peters in the previous two U.S. Poker Opens, won the final two events of the 2022 series including the $50,000 Main Event for the second straight year to earn the series championship.

Series champions

Main Event winners

Event wins

References

External links

Official website
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