Event #62: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em (freezeout)

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 previously won the 2019 WSOP Event #52: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed from $1,086,967 and four months later took down the WSOP Europe Event #2: €500 PLO for €51,600. Earlier this summer, Dudley finished runner-up to Robert Cowen in Event #28: $50,000 High Roller PLO for $861,442.

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

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."

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Dash Dudley limped the button and then called when David Sanchez raised to 8 million from the big blind.

On the     flop, Sanchez paused for a few beats before checking and Dudley bet 7.5 million.

That did the trick as Sanchez released.

Dash Dudley	46,725,000	20,725,000
David Sanchez	17,500,000	-20,800,000

Moments ago, it was all but over with John Bredengerd sporting a huge chip lead three-handed. As is customary in Super Turbo Bounties though, everything can change in the blink of an eye. Exactly that just happened in the limelight at Bally's Event Center as both Dash Dudley and David Sanchez found much-needed double-ups to get a working stack again.

First, it was Dudley getting    all in against the    of Bredengerd, and after the board came       Dudley locked in the 11,575,000 million double-up.

Sanchez' final 8,100,000 chips flew in next and once again, they were off to the races as Sanchez held    against Bredengerd's   .

Bredengerd again flipped poorly as the board fell       and had to part with another chunk.

Dash Dudley	24,100,000	11,100,000
John Bredengerd	24,000,000	-20,200,000
David Sanchez	18,400,000	10,400,000

In the last hand of Level 39, John Bredengerd raised the button only to have David Sanchez three-bet jam from the small blind. Dash Dudley folded from the big and Bredengerd quickly called.

David Sanchez:   
John Bredengerd:   

Bredengerd was ahead and things got even better when the     flop gave him top set and the guaranteed double. Sanchez was drawing dead and watched helplessly as the meaningless   was run out on the turn followed by the   on the river.

John Bredengerd	44,200,000	20,400,000
David Sanchez	8,000,000	-18,000,000

The final three players are now on a 20-minute break.

David Sanchez	26,000,000	10,000,000
Dash Dudley	25,275,000	1,275,000
John Bredengerd	13,000,000	-2,000,000

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.

Dash Dudley	20,000,000	11,500,000
David Sanchez	2,800,000	-6,200,000
Harpreet Padda	0	-9,850,000