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

Level 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Entrants: 101
Players Remaining: 4

Big O

Mark Dube started the Event 81 final table as chip leader but and is playing close to the same stack he was chip-wise when eight-handed play started. Dube lost a pot to Gary Bolden but got one right back from Veerachai Vongxaiburana.

Bolden limped the small blind and Dube checked his option. Bolden checked the 10♥7♥2♣ flop and Dube bet 20,000. Bolden called and the 5♦ hit the turn. Bolden checked again and Dube bet 35,000. Bolden check-raised to 120,000 and after some thought, Dube kicked it in.

The next hand, Dube limped in and Vongxaiburana checked. Dube led for 20,000 on a flop of A♠9♥8♥ and Vongxaiburana called. Dube check-called for 60,000 on the Q♦ turn and the 9♠ hit the river.

They both checked and Dube’s Q♠10♠7♥3♣2♣ was enough to take the pot. Players are on a 30-minute dinner break and will return to play at 9:05. Chip counts and remaining payouts are below.

1. Jeremy Tinsley – 340,000
2. Gary Bolden – 620,000
3. Mark Dube – 370,000
4. Veerachai Vongxaiburana – 190,000

1. $30,000
2. $18,500
3. $13,300
4. $9,500

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

Level 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Entrants: 101
Players Remaining: 4

PLO8

Stephanie Chung

In only a few hands the PLO Mix field is down to four as John Cernuto and Stephanie Chung hit the rail.

Veerachai Vongxaiburana opened to the button to 25,000 and Chung moved all-in for 58,000 in the big blind. Vongxaiburana called with A♠A♦5♣4♠ and Chung showed A♥Q♠9♥6♠. The 10♦4♦5♠3♠2♠ board gave Vongxaiburana a steel wheel and the scoop. He is playing 420,000 with Chung on her way to collect $4,900.

John Cernuto

Cernuto shoved a flop of A♣J♥5♥ for 45,000 from the big blind and Jeremy Tinsley called. Cernuto had A♠K♦2♣2♥ and was up against the two pair A♦J♠7♦2♦ of Tinsley. Cernuto did not improve on the 8♠ turn or Q♠ river and takes home $6,700.

Tinsley is playing 360,000 as all four players are close to even with four-handed play underway.

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

Level 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Entrants: 101
Players Remaining: 6

Pot Limit Omaha

Jeremy Tinsley

PLO continues to be the game of big action as Jeremy Tinsley got the better of Gary Bolden.

Bolden raised to 25,000 under the gun and Tinsley called out of the big blind. Both players checked the Q♦4♥4♣ flop and Tinsley bet 30,000 on the 6♦ turn. Bolden called and the K♦ hit the river. Tinsley bet 60,000 more and Bolden called following some deliberation.

Tinsley showed Q♥Q♠8♣6♣ for a flopped full house and took in the pot. He is playing 280,000 with Bolden still the chip leader with 410,000.

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

Level 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Entrants: 101
Players Remaining: 6

Steve Ladowsky

Pot Limit Omaha

The PLO round has claimed another victim as Steve Ladowsky is out. Ladowsky blinded down as much as he could and managed to outlast one player but was forced to get it in.

Jeremy Tinsley limped in early position and Ladowsky shoved for 20,000. Mark Dube raised to 65,000 and that got Tinsley out of the way. Dube’s A♣A♥5♦4♣ was ahead of the K♦K♥9♦6♥ of Ladowsky and the J♣7♣7♥8♥2♣ board gave Dube a winning flush.

He is playing 310,000 and Stephanie Chung (60,000) along with John Cernuto (65,000) are the new short stacks.

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

Level 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Entrants: 101
Players Remaining: 7

Rob Cowen

Pot Limit Omaha

Rob Cowen doubled up and then some in the Big O round but his run is at an end thanks to Gary Bolden.

With the board reading A♦9♣7♥A♠ and 70,000 in the pot, Cowen shoved for 58,000 from the hijack. Bolden though for a moment and called on the button. Bolden had the lead with J♠9♥9♦8♠ but Cowen A♥K♥K♠4♣ was drawing to a better full house. The 5♦ river missed him and he is out in eighth place.

Bolden is the new chip leader with 450,000, good for almost one-third of the chips in play.

Event 80: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack $300,000 Guarantee 

Level 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000 w/ 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1/309

David Jackson, winner of Event 80: $1,100 SuperStack $300,000 Guarantee.

David Jackson outlasted a field of 309 entries to win DeepStack Extravaganza III Event 80: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack for $56,038 and his second DSE trophy.

After the elimination of Travis Hartshorn as the third place finisher, Jackson held a massive chiplead of 4,780,000 to Robert Bickley’s 1,400,000. Bickley immediately doubled-through Jackson with pocket Aces versus pocket Tens and the two were soon even in chips.

Jackson and Bickley agreed to an even chop with Jackson – having a few more chips – taking the official title and the trophy.

Final Table Results 

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

Level 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Entrants: 101
Players Remaining: 8

BIG O

There still have yet to be any eliminations at the Event 81 final table but John Cernuto and Rob Cowen are on two different ends of the spectrum after Cowen caught the biggest piece of a monster pot.

Veerachai Vongxaiburana opened to 16,000 in middle position and Cernuto three-bet to 60,000 in the hijack. Cowen called all-in for 48,000 on the button and Vongxaiburana committed calling chips as well.

Vongxaiburana moved all-in on the K♣6♠4♣ flop and Cernuto called for his last 75,000.

Cowen held A♥J♣7♣4♦2♦ for a flush draw and a nut low draw that matched Vongxaiburana’s low draw A♦10♣6♦3♠2♠. Cernuto’s cards were in the muck by the time the 5♠ and 3♣ board ran out but he managed to chop the side pot with Vongxaiburana.

Cowen scooped the high and half the low to move up to 110,000. Cernuto is down to 75,000 with Vongxaiburana playing 320,000, good for the current chip lead.

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

Level 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Entrants: 101
Players Remaining: 8

The first level of play at the Event 81 final table did not see any major confrontations. Chip leaders Mark Dube and Veerachai Vongxaiburana have been content to play small pots and overall, there has not been any showdowns of note.

All stacks have remained stagnant with the exception of John Cernuto.  “Miami John” has doubled his stack through aggressive play and is climbing up the leaderboard. In a PLO8 pot, Cernuto and Jeremy Tinsley were heads up on a flop of K♣K♠3♥. Tinsley bet 20,000 into a pot of 30,000 and Cernuto raised to 85,000. Tinsley let it go and Cernuto took in the pot.

With the blinds now up, short stacks are likely to get involved at some point with the average stack below 25 big blinds.

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

Level 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000 
Players Remaining: 8/101

1. John Cernuto – 100,000
2. Stephanie Chung – 95,000
3. Rob Cowen – 120,000
4. Jeremy Tinsley – 140,000
5. Gary Bolden – 290,000
6. Steve Ladowsky – 50,000
7. Mark Dube – 390,000
8. Veerachai Vongxaiburana – 300,000

Event 82: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty $250,000 Guarantee 

Event: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty
Guarantee: $250,000
Entries: 326
Total Prize Pool: $322,740
Bounties: $97,800
Places Paid: 36
1st Place: $51,732