Lauren Roberts became the first woman to win a U.S. Poker Open title, and marked her first live tournament career win, when she defeated Koray Aldemir heads up in Event #3 – $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em to win $218,400.
Roberts outplayed a field of 91 entries including well known poker pros Stephen Chidwick, Sean Winter, Brandon Adams, and Erik Seidel.
Top nine finishers were:
1) Lauren Roberts – $218,400
2) Koray Aldemir – $159,250
3) Stephen Chidwick – $113,750
4) Brandon Adams – $91,000
5) Sean Winter – $72,800
6) Ralph Wong – $54,600
7) Rodger Johnson – $45,500
8) Jerry Robinson – $36,400
9) Alex Foxen – $27,300
10) Seth Davies – $27,300
11) Erik Seidel – $27,300
12) Manig Loeser – $18,200
13) Sean Perry – $18,200