Brock Wilson Seals Leaderboard Win in U.S. Poker Open as Hot Streak Continues

Players such as Kristen Foxen, Ebony Kenney and Cherish Andrews all made the final table of the $25,000-entry U.S. Poker Open (USPO) Event #10 but in the end, it was David Coleman who took glory and the top prize of $420,000. In the series race, Brock Wilson was given a late scare by his girlfriend Cherish Andrews only for the former Global Poker Index Female Player of the Year to fall short at the last stage.

Bumper Bonus Up Top in Series Finale

There were 48 total entries in the final event of the 2026 U.S. Poker Open (USPO) and of them, plenty of players who already had USPO titles were among them. With just eight of them being paid, one of the most dramatic money bubbles of the fortnight saw the series leader Brock Wilson eliminated on the bubble when his king-three lost to David Coleman’s king-nine as players broke for the final table and indeed the end of Day 1.

When play returned seven-handed, the three female players who entered the tournament all had a chance of winning it outright, but their number was reduced with the first elimination. Ebony Kenney made it all the way to the final table but lost out when two hands went in opposite directions. First, she doubled up with the worst hand but shortly afterwards, her king-high couldn’t hold against David Coleman’s queen-high as the overnight chip leader’s two-pair reduced the field to six and sent Kenney home with $48,000.

Cherish Andrews needed to win the event outright to overtake her boyfriend Brock Wilson at the top of the series leaderboard, but fell short, finishing sixth for $72,000. All-in with king-six, she managed to damage the stack of Darren Elias, overtaking his pocket tens when a king landed on the flop and river. But a few hands later, Andrews was all-in with pocket fours against the king-queen belonging to David Coleman and was unable to hold, a king doing the damage this time to take her out of the running for both the Event #10 top prize and the Golden Eagle trophy and $25,000 PGT Passport.

Green Backs for American Heroes

With five players left, the six-figure sums for the final four began to loom large. Sadly for Jesse Lonis and his many fans, the ‘Gorilla’ of poker was not left beating his chest with pride. All-in with ace-three, he ran into Coleman’s pocket fives and no ace meant no further progress, Lonis claiming $96,000 in fifth place as Coleman tightened his stranglehold over proceedings.

Out in fourth place was the four-time WPT Main Event winner Darren Elias. The New Jersey native had lost vital chips to Andrews in his previous all-in and while he was fortunate to double back through Foxen with ten-nine beating her ace-king, he eventually got his stack into the middle with ace-six and was dominated by Coleman’s ace-nine. No help came for Elias and he bowed out for a score of $126,000.

Three-handed play lasted some time, during which Kristen Foxen propelled herself back into contention. Richard Green went the other way, however, dropping off to collect $174,000 as the third-place finisher. All-in with king-queen, he started and ended his final hand behind David Coleman’s ace-nine and paid the price, exiting just before the heads-up battle.

Coleman Takes Crown but Foxen Wins Big Too

That pot gave Coleman a crucial advantage, as he progressed to the final duel with 6.17m of the 7.2 million chips in play. Canadian pro Foxen battled bravely, dropping a little lower then doubling up but in the final hand, she got unlucky at the worst possible time. Committing her stack with pocket tens, she was beaten by Coleman’s shove with queen-eight as the American hit a queen on the flop and turn to win the top prize of $420,000, with Foxen forced to claim the runner-up prize of $264,000.

Across the 10-event series, Brock Wilson was a deserved winner and took the Golden Eagle trophy and $25,000 PGT Passport as he was congratulated by his peers inside the PokerGO Studio. Cherish Andrews posed with her boyfriend in some of the winner’s photos, with her victory in Event #3 for $117,407 the event with the largest field. It was Wilson, whose double win in the 2026 PokerGO Cup back in March earned him that series too who was the back-to-back PGT series winner.

Winning $434,900 across the 10-tournament series, Wilson’s earnings were only surpassed by Event #10 runner-up Kristen Foxen who won $475,950 across the fortnight. The series runner-up was Jeremy Ausmus, however. That was due to him finishing second in events on no less than three separate occasions. A unique accomplishment but a frustrating one too, as he fell just short of taking home the Golden Eagle Trophy and PGT Passport worth $25,000.