WSOP Europe: Dash Dudley Wins €550 PLO for Second Bracelet of 2019

Back in the summer, Dash Dudley beat 517 of the best Pot Limit Omaha players in the world to win the $10,000 PLO Championship event for the first World Series of Poker bracelet of his career. On Thursday, the American poker pro picked up his second bracelet win of the year by outlasting 475 other players in the WSOP Europe €550 Pot Limit Omaha event.
The final day of play started with just six players after Anson Tsang and Naor Slobodskoy were eliminated in seventh and eighth respectively on Wednesday.
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Cards were in the air for just 30 minutes when Oshri Lahmani’s run at his first career WSOP bracelet came to an abrupt end. Ivo Donev raised to 210,000 from the cutoff,Lahmani called from the button and Oshri Lahmani defended his big blind. After the flop, Back bet 500,000, Donev folded and Lahmani called all-in. Back showed
for bottom pair with the nut flush draw while Lahmani had
for top pair. The
turn was a safe one for Lahmani but the
river gave Back three of a kind and eliminated Lahmani in sixth place.
Donev’s day didn’t last much longer and he became Dudley’s first victim of the day. Dudley raised to 420,000 and Donev re-raise all in for 800,000. Dudley called and tabled which put him ahead of Donev’s
. The board ran out
to give Donev a flush but also gave Dudley a full house to send Donev out in fifth.
It took nearly an hour before the next player was eliminated and this time it was Back doing the work. Back called from the small blind before Ming Juen Teoh raised to 480,000. Back called and then lead out for 1,000,000 after the flop. Toah called all in and turned over
for top pair while Back was chasing a flush with
[9h
. The turn was the
and the
river filled Back’s flush and Teoh was out in fourth place.
Denis Drobina found himself in Back’s crosshairs a little over an hour later and was unable to escape. After Dudley folded his button, Drobina moved all in from the small blind for 600,000 and Back called from the big blind. Drobina showed while Back turned over
. The
flop eliminated all drama as the
and
filled the turn and river and Back’s flopped flush was good enough to eliminate Drobina in third place.
Despite having been responsible for three of the four eliminations, Back began heads-up play trailing Dudley in chips. Back held 4,700,000 and Dudley had 7,100,000. It took 45 minutes for Dudley to put the finishing touches on his second bracelet of the year. Back raised to 725,000 from the button and Dudley called. Both players checked after the flop came . The turn was the
and Dudley bet 450,000 before Back moved all in for 1,600,000. Dudley called and showed
for a turned straight while Back was drawing to an even bigger straight with
. The
river wasn’t any help for Back and he was out in second place, giving Dudley the title and €51,600.
Final Table Payouts
- Dash Dudley – €51,600
- Christopher Back – €31,825
- Denis Drobina – €21,825
- Ming Juen Teoh – €15,225
- Ivo Donev – €10,900
- Oshri Lahmani – €7,850
- Anson Tsang – €5,800
- Naor Slobodskoy – €4,365