Level 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Entrants: 101
Players Remaining: 2

Big O

Mark Dube has done his part to hang around in his heads up match against Gary Bolden and that patience has paid off after Dube took a large chunk of Bolden’s stack in a quartered pot.

Dube limped in and Bolden raised to 57,000. Dube called and the flop came out A♥8♠5♣. Bolden checked and Dube bet 80,000. Bolden called and the Q♠ hit the turn. Bolden led out for 240,000 and after doing some math on his own stack, Dube shoved for 630,000.

Bolden called for most of his stack and showed two pair with a low draw A♠Q♦J♦4♦2♥. Dube had flopped a set A♣Q♥5♥5♠4♣ and had the same low draw as Bolden. The 2♣ came on the river and Dube took the majority of the pot as they split the low.

Dube is playing 1,240,000 with Bolden under 300,000 and 15 big blinds.

Event: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty
Guarantee: $50,000
Entries: 269
Total Prize Pool: $140,956
Bounties: $53,800
Places Paid: 27
1st Place: $21,356

Level 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Entrants: 101
Players Remaining: 2

Mark Dube is almost back to even with Gary Bolden as their heads up match gets more shallow with the blinds going up. 

PLO8

Mark Dube is nearly even with Gary Bolden as their heads up match continues in Event 81. Dube took the turn as the aggressor and got Bolden to fold after risking most of his stack.

Both players put in 55,000 preflop and Bolden checked the A♦6♣4♥ flop. Dube bet 110,000 and Bolden called to the 10♥ turn. Bolden checked again and Dube potted it for 330,000. Bolden thought hard about the decision and folded A♣A♥6♣ face-up.

After taking in a few small pots in Big O following that hand, Dube is playing 710,000 to Bolden’s 805,000. The blinds are set to go up and there are only 63 big blinds left in play.

Event 81: $1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha/Pot-Limit Omaha 8-or-Better/Big O $100,000 Guarantee

Level 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Entrants: 101
Players Remaining: 2

Pot Limit Omaha

Mark Dube is up against it versus Gary Bolden but held his own through the PLO round to climb back over 500,000. Dube took down a few small pots and is facing a 2:1 deficit now.

Bolden opened to 60,000 and Dube three-bet to 180,000. Bolden asked Dube if he was ready to go home and after his question went unanswered, Bolden mucked.

A few hands later, Dube limped the button and called a raise of 60,000 from Bolden. Bolden checked the Q♣8♦3♣ flop and Dube bet 120,000. That was enough to take the pot and the two players are on to PLO8 with 15 minutes left in the level.

Event 81: $1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha/Pot-Limit Omaha 8-or-Better/Big O $100,000 Guarantee

Level 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Entrants: 101
Players Remaining: 2

Big O

Gary Bolden is keeping his foot on the gas and Mark Dube had to fold to a large river bet made by Bolden for most of his chips.

The two players limped in preflop and invested 40,000 each on the Q♣9♠5♣ flop. Dube bet 96,000 on the 5♥ turn and Bolden called. Dube checked the 2♦ river and Bolden bet most of the pot, 255,000.

Dube had about 350,000 behind and after scratching his head and going over Bolden’s possible hand combinations, folded. The blinds are set to go up and Dube is playing under 20 big blinds with Bolden near 1,150,000.

Event 81: $1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha/Pot-Limit Omaha 8-or-Better/Big O $100,000 Guarantee

Level 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Entrants: 101
Players Remaining: 2

PLO8

Gary Bolden’s aggressive play has him currently in the lead heads up against Mark Dube.

Mark Dube pulled near even with Gary Bolden after calling for most of his tournament life in Big O. Bolden took down most of the PLO pots and then used river aggression to get on from Dube in one of the last hands of PLO8.

Both players limped preflop and Bolden checked the J♦4♦3♥ flop and Dube bet 25,000. Bolden called and they both knocked on the 2♠ turn. Bolden bet 80,00 on the 5♦ river and Dube decided to let it go.

As the game switches back to Big O, Bolden has 1,000,000 chips to Dube’s 515,000.

Event 81: $1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha/Pot-Limit Omaha 8-or-Better/Big O $100,000 Guarantee

Level 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Entrants: 101
Players Remaining: 2

Big O

Gary Bolden hasn’t been shy about putting the pressure on his opponents at the Event 81 final table but Mark Dube was able to withstand the heat and effectively double up as a result.

Bolden limped in and Dube raised to 48,000. Bolden called and the two players checked the 10♣10♥8♣ flop. Dube checked the 8♠ turn and Bolden bet 60,000. Dube put calling chips in and the river was the 7♥.

Dube checked once more and Bolden bet 215,000. Dube had only two blinds more than that behind and after figuring out the spot, called with A♠A♥9♥6♣4♥ for a straight.

Bolden’s trip tens K♦10♦5♥3♥3♠ were no good and Dube scooped the gargantuan pot. He is playing 665,000 with Bolden down to 850,000.

Event 81: $1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha/Pot-Limit Omaha 8-or-Better/Big O $100,000 Guarantee

Level 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Entrants: 101
Players Remaining: 2

Jeremy Tinsley

Big O

Jeremy Tinsley was riding at his final table peak after eliminating Veerachai Vongxaiburana but is out shy of heads up play as Gary Bolden hit a gem of a Big O hand to bust Tinsley.

Mark Dube, Tinsley, and Bolden invested 40,000 each before the flop and it came out 9♦8♦4♥. Dube checked from the small blind and Tinsley bet 100,000 from the big blind. Bolden slid a few tower of T5,000 chips in, making a raise to 400,000. Dube folded and Tinsley put his last 375,000 behind in the middle.

Bolden called and fanned A♥Q♦Q♥10♣2♦ for an over pair, a straight draw and nut low draw. Tinsley showed A♦8♥7♦6♥2♥ for the nut low draw, nut flush draw and an open-ended straight draw. The J♥ turn completed Bolden’s straight and the 10♠ meant there was no low.

Bolden scooped the full pot and is playing 1,100,000 to Dube’s 405,000 with heads up play underway.

Event 81: $1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha/Pot-Limit Omaha 8-or-Better/Big O $100,000 Guarantee

Level 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Entrants: 101
Players Remaining: 3

Veerachai Vongxaiburana

PLO8

Veerachai Vongxaiburana started the new level as the short stack and after treading water for the PLO round, lost a massive PLO8 hand and is on the rail as a result.

Vongxaiburana limped in from the small blind and Jeremy Tinsley checked. Vongxaiburana checked the A♠10♦8♠ flop and Tinsley bet 24,000. Vongxaiburana raised the pot to 96,000 and while Tinsley attempted to raise his opponent all-in, the bet was not verbalized in the proper manner and his chip movement was ruled as a call.

Vongxaiburana bet his last 42,000 on the Q♠ turn and Tinsley called then. Tinsley had turned a flush 9♦9♥5♠4♠ and was up against the A♣J♣9♣2♥ of Vongxaiburana, who had turned a straight. Tinsley had Vongxaiburana drawing dead and he collected the pot.

Vongxaiburana earns $9,500 for his second Omaha final table of DSE III and comes up short of his second title. Three-handed chip counts are below.

1. Jeremy Tinsley – 450,000
2. Gary Bolden – 580,000
3. Mark Dube – 470,000

Event 81: $1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha/Pot-Limit Omaha 8-or-Better/Big O $100,000 Guarantee

Level 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Entrants: 101
Players Remaining: 4

Pot Limit Omaha

Mark Dube

Mark Dube returned from dinner second in chips and is pushing toward Gary Bolden for the chip lead after taking down a pot against Jeremy Tinsley.

Tinsley opened the button to 24,000 and Dube called out of the big blind. Both players checked the 6♠4♦3♠ flop and Dube checked the 9♦ turn. Tinsley bet 45,000 and Dube potted to 189,000. Tinsley took a minute to let it go and Dube raked in the pot.

He is playing 440,000, about 150,000 behind chip leader Gary Bolden. Tinsley is just under 20 big blinds with 225,000.