Tamon Nakamura did it again! Just days after he won the 2022 U.S. Poker Open title at the #4 – $10,000 Big Bet Mix 2022 U.S. Poker Open on March 20, the 35-year-old Japanese player beat Phil Hellmuth in a head-to-head pick at the #6 – $15,000 Eight Game Mix 2022 U.S. Poker Open to win his second mixed event title in the series.
The victory earned him $239,700 in prize money. So far, he has reached the prize lap four times in six tournaments that have ended at the U.S. Open Poker, earning a total of $460,900 along the way. As a result, his career income has also increased to $705,928, and he has received more prize money this past week than before.
Final table review
#6 - $15,000 Eight Game Mix 2022 U.S. Poker Open has a total of 47 entrants. On the second and final day of the tournament, Tamon Nakamura made it to the 7-man final table as the shortest chip.
Jeremy Ausmus was the first to exit at the final table, when the game played was a limited bet on Texas Hold'em, his K High Flush Listening card and top-to-head J in full pressure in the flop, and Ben Yu called with Pocket Q. Jeremy Ausmus did not improve in either the turn and the river card circle and was eliminated in seventh place. It was his 12th final table of the year, earning $28, 200 and 90 POY points. He remains the leader in the POY race, 592 points ahead of second-placed Tony Sinishtaj. He won 1 win and 4 prize money during the U.S. Open Poker tournament, ranking second among the series players, behind Tamon Nakamura.
Still limited to Poker, Scott Seiver uses AK 3bet in the small blind position, and Damjan Radanov in the button bit uses AT to raise-call. A 10 appeared in the flop, Scott Seiver continued to bet with his two high cards, and Damjan Radanov called. The turn of cards flipped over another 10, Scott Seiver placed a bet, Damjan Radanov raised, Scott Seiver called a full pressure, and then he saw three of his opponent's. He received a $42,300 prize money for sixth place, increasing his career income to more than 24.3 million knives. As a result, he currently ranks 23rd on Card Player's all-time prize list.
Damjan Radanov soared through the 5-player tournament and was once the player with the most chips, but he lost to Tamon Nakamura's river pair JJ in a high-low Omaha game, losing a huge pot. After a desperate AQJ10 in another hand, Phil Hellmuth snatched the pot with a nut flush and put Damjan Radanov in fifth place ($56,400).
Bryan Micon, the next to be eliminated, ended his journey with a Q8 turn in his final hand. The little blind Tamon Nakamura pressed fully with AKs and everyone else folded. The public card didn't help Bryan Micon, who was eventually eliminated in fourth place with $77,550, his first prize of the year.
A big and small blind battle led to the birth of the fifth outer, the game is no limit Texas Hold'em, Ben Yu pressed 9.5 BBs with J9 in the small blind position, and Tamon Nakamura called with 55 in the big blind position. The flop K102 let Ben Yu get the inner listening straight, and the 9 of the turn card gave him a lead, but the 5 of the river card threw him into the abyss. Ben Yu was sent home in third place with $105,750. The four-piece WSOP bracelet winner now has a career tournament revenue of over 8.6 million knives.
At the start of the heads-up, Phil Hellmuth held 3,925,000 and Tamon Nakamura had 3,125,000. But with a few big hands, Tamon Nakamura regained the advantage and, in a limited-stake Texas Hold'em game, won a sizable pot with a top pair, further extending his lead. That hand made Phil Hellmuth furious. In the final hand, Tamon Nakamura raised with A3 and Phil Hellmuth called with K7 full pressure. The public card flipped over Q1010Q9, and Tamon Nakamura locked in the pot and championship title with the A high card.
Phil Hellmuth finished runner-up with a prize of $155,100. He now has more than 24.2 million knife career tournament earnings and is ranked 24th on the poker history prize list.
Final table results