After finishing in second-place for two years in a row, Sean Winter is the winner of the US Poker Open Championship. Winters earned the 2022 golden eagle trophy in epic fashion as he had back-to-back victories in the two final events of the series, including Event #12: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em, which he took down on Monday for $756,000.
Winters, who finished runner-up to David Peters at both the 2019 and 2021 USPO, defeated Japan's Masashi Oya during heads-up play to deny him the tournament victory, and to also deny fellow Japanese grinder and friend Tamon Nakamura the title of USPO champion.