Shannon Shorr Wins 5th PGT Title for $220,400

Shannon Shorr had a decision four-handed facing a big river bet from Yifu He with trips but a weak kicker, after four time extensions, Shorr correctly folded to the better trips of He and rode the momentum from the lay down all the way to the title and the $220,400 first place prize in Event #5: $10,100 No-Limit Hold'em at the 2025 U.S. Poker Open. 

Shorr was third in chips after the big lay down, but was quickly rewarded by the deck as he picked up pocket kings under the gun and after a five-bet all in from chip leader Isaac Haxton in the small blind, all the money headed to the middle of the table. Haxton had pocket queens, and Shorr doubled into the chip lead when the board ran out jack-high. 

Haxton, who started the day with the chip lead, fell to the bottom of the chip counts after the hand and was out the door moments later in fourth place for $72,200 plus 72 PGT points when his flopped two pair with ace-five went down in flames to Eric Blair's rivered nut flush. 

The elimination left Blair and He nearly dead, even in chips, with Shorr out in front with the chip lead. However, Shorr lost a trio of pots early in level 21, spreading chips around to both opponents and giving Blair, who started the day as the short stack, his first chip lead of the day. 

He, who made back-to-back U.S. Poker Open final tables after finishing runner-up in Event #4, would tumble to the bottom of the counts as his aggressive play with seven-deuce on the button was picked off by Blair's turned pair of kings. He would continue the aggression with an open-shove from the small blind for just over a million chips with king-nine off, only for Blair to find ace-eight in the big blind. 

The board ran out queen-high, neither player made a pair, and He's day was done in third place for $102,600 plus 103 PGT points. The third-place finish for He moved him two points in front of Matthew Wantman in the race for the Golden Eagle trophy, but with Blair reaching heads-up play, he too passed Wantman on the leaderboard.

Blair and Shorr were basically even to start the heads-up match, with Blair drawing first blood to take a slight chip lead and dropping Shorr to under two million in chips with a river shove moments later. The deck would then save Shorr with a chop on the river twice before it looked like Blair had the tournament locked up. 

Shorr was all in for just over two million chips with ace-six of clubs against the king-ten of Blair pre-flop, and when the flop fell ten-ten-nine, Blair took a commanding lead. Two clubs on the flop kept Shorr's slim hopes alive, and once again the deck found him on the river as the eight of clubs hit the felt, giving him a double into the chip lead. 

The chip lead was short-lived for Shorr as Blar would find ace-jack against Shorr's ace-eight to double right back into the chip lead. However, all the money went into the middle again on the next hand with Shorr holding ace-seven of diamonds against Blair's ace-six off. A seven and two diamonds on the flop sealed it for Shorr as the roller coaster of three hands ended with him holding the chip lead for good. 

After passing the blinds back and forth for a few hands, Shorr moved all in on the button for just under three million effective with queen-nine off, and after a brief moment, Blair called with ace-duece off. 

The flop fell seven high all spades, giving Blair the nut flush draw and a pair, as a deuce was also on board, leaving Shorr with just four outs to end the tournament. The turn bricked, but when the river landed, the queen of diamonds, Shorr was hit in the face by the river again, and Blair was left shaking his head as he hit the payout desk in second place for $144,400 plus 144 PGT points. 

Hours earlier, Blair had gotten the elimination party started as he picked up pocket rockets in the big blind, dashing the dreams of Brock Wilson, who had three-bet shove for 875,000 from the small blind with ace-five of spades. A five on the flop gave Wilson life, but he would improve no further and hit the rail in fifth place for $53,200 plus 53 PGT points. 

Event #5: $10,100 No-Limit Hold'em Final Table Payouts

Eric Blair Takes the Pole Position for the 2025 Golden Eagle and 2025 PGT Season Leaderboard

Despite coming into the day as the short stack, Blar knew he needed a second-place or better finish to secure his place atop the leaderboard in the 2025 Golden Eagles trophy race. After scoring a double early in the day, he accomplished his goal and now has 331 points, 12 points ahead of third-place finisher He. 

Matthew Wantman came into the day with 318 points and fell from the top of the leaderboard to third place. Rounding out the top five are a pair of event winners in Kazuomi Furuse and Michael Rossitto, as the race for the Golden Eagle is still anyone's game with three events to go. 

In addition to moving into the top spot of the 2025 U.S. Poker Open player of the series cash, Blair also became the third player on the season to cross 1,000 points on the year and vaults over Chino Rheem for the top spot on the season leaderboard as well. 

2025 U.S. Poker Open Leaderboard

2025 PGT Season Leaderboard 

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