April 20-21
Final tables in a row Aram Zobian at the 2026 US Poker Open.
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1ST
Aram Zobian
$292,800
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2ND
Brandon Wilson
$183,000
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3RD
Chino Rheem
$128,100
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4TH
Marius Gierse
$91,500
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5TH
Nicholas Seward
$68,625
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6TH
Clemen Deng
$50,325
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7TH
Vinny Lingham
$36,600
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8TH
Natalie Ferguson
$36,600
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9TH
Bill Klein
$27,450
Aram Zobian finally broke through at the US Poker Open on Tuesday night, where he sat down for his third final table in a row at the PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas.
It was a wire-to-wire final table victory for the champ, who notched his fourth win on tour in the ninth event of the series after bagging the chip lead on Monday night.
Zobian carried that chip lead into Tuesday, where the final six included chasers like Nick Seward, Chino Rheem, Brandon Wilson, Marius Gierse, and Clemen Deng, who has already won at the 2026 USPO. He finished the job, but it wasn't necessarily easy.
Zobian, Wilson run the table
The day started and Seward put Deng on the fast track to sixth place with a double, only to follow him out the door in fifth. Gierse, who had mounted a charge during those two eliminations, would soon be fourth after the momentum ran out. That left just Rheem, Zobian, and Wilson to battle for the big payday.
Rheem, who was the one to send Seward to the rail, started the day at the top of a group of short stacks who trailed Wilson and Zobian. He outlasted the rest of them, but Rheem couldn't break the top-two spell in time to save a third-place finish. Rheem's chips gave Wilson a small chip lead at the beginning of heads-up play and he quickly spread the gap to what seemed like an inevitable victory, but Zobian didn't quit. The champ would chip his way back into into the lead before a final clash and a lucky flop.
It started with Wilson's limp from the button and a big call when Zobian moved all in. Zobian turned over , but Wilson had for the lead. The flop was and Zobian stole that lead and held on for the board to finish to end the tournament.
Zobian's maiden victory of the 2026 PGT season moved him into third place in the USPO leaderboard, still behind double-winner Brock Wilson and Jeremy Ausmus.
2026 USPO leaderboard
- Brock Wilson - 495 points
- Jeremy Ausmus - 399 points
- Aram Zobian - 359 points
- Clemen Deng - 324 points
- Cherish Andrews - 282 points
They're all playing out Day 1 of the $25K finale of the USPO on Tuesday night and a final table will return to play down to a winner during Wednesday's livestream on PokerGO. As of press time, Ausmus has been eliminated from the final event, but both Wilson and Zobian remain.
Featured image courtesy of PokerGO/Antonio Abrego.
