Jan Bednar opened with a raise from under the gun and Kevin Davis called from the cutoff. The rest of the players got out of the way and it was heads-up action to a flop of .
Bednar bet 800,000, Davis called, and the dealer burned and turned the .
Bednar bet 1.5 million and then called when Davis jammed for about 500K more.
Jan Bednar:
Kevin Davis:
Bednar had flopped a set and filled up on the turn, which left Davis looking for either an ace or jack on the river to stay alive. That didn't happen though as the bricked instead.
The short-stacked Yuhei Sanada called off for 275,000 under the gun and Harpreet Padda called from the button. John Bredengerd came along from the small blind and David Sanchez checked his option from the big.
All three active players then checked it down as the board ran out .
David Sanchez:
John Bredengerd:
Harpreet Padda:
Yuhei Sanada:
Sanada had taken the lead on the flop but unfortunately for him he lost it on the river to send his bounty over to Sanchez, who made two pair with the best kicker.
Harpreet Padda open-shoved from the cutoff for just a few big blinds and David Sanchez came over the top for 10,000,000 on the button.
In the big blind, Dash Dudley appeared to have a big hand for the situation and mulled it over for about 20 seconds before calling all in for 7,200,000, creating a three-way showdown.
Harpreet Padda:
David Sanchez:
Dash Dudley:
Dudley informed his rail which hand he had and found himself in a fantastic spot to take the lead. The flop slashed even more outs from Sanchez and Padda, and neither the turn nor river brought any help. Dudley left a big dent in Sanchez' stack and gobbled up all of Padda's chips in the process.
David Sanchez moved all in for 13.6 million first to act and Jan Bednar, who had him covered by just 50,000, jammed over the top from the small blind.
Jan Bednar:
David Sanchez:
Bednar had a kicker problem and it didn't get resolved on the run out.
In the very next hand, Bednar got his last two chips in with the and was behind the of Dash Dudley. The board ran out and Dudley collected the $500 bounty.
David Sanchez raised the button to three million and John Bredengerd defended his big blind. On a flop of , Bredengerd checked and Sanchez continued for 2.5 million. Bredengerd check-jammed and Sanchez called off for 13 million.
John Bredengerd:
David Sanchez:
Bredengerd was ahead with middle pair but Sanchez had a flush draw with two overs. The turn paired him and he shipped the double after the peeled off on the river.
On the very next hand, Bredengerd shoved his last 4.025 million from the small blind and Sanchez called from the big.
David Sanchez:
John Bredengerd:
The board ran out and Bredengerd, who not long ago had a nice chip lead, found himself out in third place. Sometimes that's just the nature of the super-turbo format.
David Sanchez shoved on the button and Dash Dudley came along with a quick call.
David Sanchez:
Dash Dudley:
"He has king-jack of diamonds, I have king-queen of hearts," Dudley informed the packed rail. He, as well as his supporters, saw quite the scary flop land as fell, giving Sanchez a flush draw to go with his jacks.
"Hoooold," the rail chanted and their wish got granted as neither the turn nor river brought Sanchez back. Sanchez shook hands with Dudley and left the stage in 2nd place for $186,258.
Congratulations to Dash Dudley, who is now a three-time WSOP bracelet winner! After winning two PLO-bracelets in 2019, Dudley now holds a Hold'em bracelet as well.
On Wednesday, Event #62: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty NLH at the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was slated to be a one-day affair. However, after a massive 2,569 entrants competed and generated a $2,145,115 prize pool, an extra day was needed to close things out.
The final 20 players returned on Thursday to play down to a winner, and after five hours of action, it was Michigan’s Dash Dudley emerging victorious to claim a $301,396 top prize and his third career gold bracelet.
“Feeling amazing. This is the story you dream of,” Dudley said in his post-victory interview. “Three blinds left to start the day with 20 players left and somehow catch enough heat to get here and then close it out for number three. That was the goal this summer so it feels amazing.”
Dudley’s spin-up began early when he got it in with six-deuce offsuit against pocket pairs of eights and fives. Dudley managed to make a straight and just like that was back in the game.
“I didn’t plan to play this tournament, I was going to play the PLO8 yesterday, but thought I’d take a shot at this real quick,” he said. “Never had chips really but somehow made it happen. Super blessed.”
Event #62: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Pruze (USD)
1
Dash Dudley
USA
$301,396
2
David Sanchez
USA
$186,258
3
John Bredengerd
USA
$138,142
4
Jan Bednar
Czech Republic
$103,325
5
Harpreet Padda
Canada
$77,945
6
Yuhei Sanada
Japan
$59,306
7
Kevin Davis
USA
$45,517
8
Dimitre Dimitrov
USA
$35,240
9
Ken Drewry
USA
$27,526
In-the-Money Finishers
The top 386 finishers made the money and on Day 1 some familiar names cashed including Ren Lin (23rd - $11,208), 2022 Wynn Millions champ Tony Sinishtaj (26th - $11,208), Jonas Mackoff (42nd - $7,557), MSPT Hall of Famer Kou Vang (51st - $6,293), Michael Wang (58th - $5,290), and Upeshka Desilva (75th - $3,848),.
On the added day, some players to fall short of the final table were Elvis Toomas (11th - $21,692), Kerrie Shelton (13th - $17,249), Mihai Manole (14th - $13,841), and Chris Fraser (16th - $13,841), who collected 25 bounties during his time in the tournament!
Final Table Action
Ken Drewry was the first to exit the final table after three-bet jamming with pocket sevens against the open of Jan Bednar, who had raised with aces. Not long after, Dimitre Dimitrov took his lead after failing to get there with ace-queen against the pocket kings of John Bredengerd.
Bednar then collected the bounty of Kevin Davis after flopping a set of sevens that turned into a full house against the latter’s two pair aces and jacks. Japan’s Yuhei Sanada lost most of his chips when his ace-three couldn’t overcome Dudley’s pocket threes, and he bowed out a short time later in sixth place sending the last of his chips, and his $500 bounty, over to David Sanchez.
Harpreet Padda was ousted when he and Sanchez shared a king-jack and both lost to Dudley’s ace-king, and while that left Sanchez sort he managed to mount a comeback thanks to a Big Slick of his own. That’s the hand he held to double through Bednar, who had an inferior ace-jack. Bednar was left with just 50,000 after the hand and sent those last two chips, plus his $500 bounty, over to Dudley.
Three-handed play proved to be a swingy affair with the trio taking turns holding the chip lead. Bredengerd managed to pull out to a significant lead only to see it disappear after he doubled his opponents several times. Just like that, Bredengerd was out in third after flopping middle pair only to see Sanchez get there with his two overs and a flush draw.
Sanchez began heads-up play with a slight chip lead over Dudley, but the latter wrested it away before the final hand went down. It happened when Sanchez jammed the button with king-jack only to run into Dudley’s king-queen. The better hand prevailed and Sanchez had to settle for second place and $186,258 in prize money. With that, Dudley collected the last two bounties of the tournament.
What’s more, he got something special to take back home to his wife and their first daughter, 10-month-old Dari.
“I promised the wife I’d bring [Dari] back a bracelet and I did,” said Dudley, who was sporting a shirt with a picture of his daughter that read “Do It for Dari.”