Event 9 of the 2021 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $400 Black Chip Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Single Re-Entry). A total of 201 entries generated a prize pool of $47,235, with an additional $20,100 set aside for bounties.

The final table featured two players that have a combined three World Series of Poker Pot-Limit Omaha bracelets and $5.3 million in tournament winnings between according to the Hendon Mob. Sure enough, they navigated their respective ways through. In the end, it was Lansing, Michigan native Dash Dudley besting Leif Force heads-up to earn the outright win for $10,945.

“I thought everyone played really well,” said Dudley afterward. “The final table was really tough. We got four-handed and it lasted I don’t know how many hours. Nobody wanted to bust and you could tell that everybody was here to win.”

The 35-year-old Dudley, who is without a doubt a PLO specialist with two WSOP bracelets won in 2019, likes what he’s seeing in the PLO scene in South Florida.

“Omaha is getting bigger down here and you can tell. The cash games are getting bigger, the tournament are getting bigger, and I think only better things are coming.”

$400 Black Chip Bounty PLO (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 25,000/50,000
Players Remaining: 1 of 201

After a series of raises, Leif Force was all in from the big blind for about 500,000 with against Dash Dudley on the button with .

The board ran out , giving both players a flush, but Dudley had the better of it to win Event 9 for $10,945.

Leif Force finished runner-up for $7,295.

$400 Black Chip Bounty PLO (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 25,000/50,000
Players Remaining: 2 of 201

With the board reading , Dash Dudley bet 150,000 from the big blind and Leif Force called from the button.

The river was the , Dudley checked, Force bet 400,000 and Dudley thought for about a minute before he called.

Force showed for a jack-high flush, but Dudley tabled for a queen-high flush to win the pot.

Dash Dudley – 1,860,000 (37 bb)
Leif Force – 550,000 (11 bb)

$400 Black Chip Bounty PLO (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 25,000/50,000
Players Remaining: 2 of 201

Dash Dudley – 1,640,000 (33 bb)
Leif Force – 770,000 (15 bb)

1st: $10,945 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $7,295

$400 Black Chip Bounty PLO (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 25,000/50,000
Players Remaining: 2 of 201

Following a flop of , Svetlozar Nestorov shoved from the big blind for 175,000 and Dash Dudley tanked for a bit before he called.

Nestorov:
Dudley:

Dudley was ahead with a pair of fours against Nestorov’s pair of threes.

Both players made small two pairs when the turn hit, and Nestorov found no help from the river to bust in third place.

Dash Dudley – 1,640,000 (33 bb)
Svetlozar Nestorov – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($5,310)

$400 Black Chip Bounty PLO (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 25,000/50,000
Players Remaining: 3 of 201

John Blalock limped from under the gun, Svetlozar Nestorov completed from the small blind and Dash Dudley raised pot to 200,000. Only Blalock called.

They checked to the turn of a board where Dudley bet 200,000. Blalock called.

The river was the , Dudley shoved and Blalock called all in for about 250,000.

Dudley tabled for kings full of aces, besting Blalock’s for Broadway.

Dash Dudley – 1,300,000 (26 bb)
John Blalock – Eliminated in 4th Place ($3,925)

$400 Black Chip Bounty PLO (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 15,000/30,000
Players Remaining: 4 of 201

Seat 1: Leif Force – 580,000 (19 bb)
Seat 2: Svetlozar Nestorov – 715,000 (24 bb)
Seat 6: Dash Dudley – 485,000 (16 bb)
Seat 7: John Blalock – 630,000 (21 bb)

1st: $10,945 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $7,295
3rd: $5,310
4th: $3,925

$400 Black Chip Bounty PLO (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 10,000/20,000
Players Remaining: 4 of 201

Svetlozar Nestorov raised to 50,000 from under the gun, John Blalock called from the small blind and Leif Force called from the big blind.

The flop was and action checked to Nestorov who continued for 65,000. Blalock called before Force check-raised to 200,000. Nestorov reraised all in for 295,000, Blalock folded and Force called.

Nestorov:
Force:

Nestorov was in the lead with trip sixes against Force’s draws.

The turn and river completed the board, further improving Nestoroc to jacks full of sixes to double up.

Svetlozar Nestorov – 805,000 (40 bb)
Leif Force – 310,000 (16 bb)

$400 Black Chip Bounty PLO (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 10,000/15,000
Players Remaining: 4 of 201

Following a flop of with about 250,000 in the pot, Dash Dudley was all in from the big blind for 134,000 against Leif Force on the button.

Dudley:
Force:

Dudley was ahead with queens and fours, although Force had outs to a king, seven, and a straight draw.

The turn and river completed the board, no help to Force, locking up the double for Dudley.

Dash Dudley – 518,000 (35 bb)
Leif Force – 520,000 (35 bb)

$400 Black Chip Bounty PLO (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 10,000/15,000
Players Remaining: 4 of 201

In a battle of the blinds, Svetlozar Nestorov was all in from the big blind for 122,000 against Leif Force in the small blind.

Nestorov:
Force:

The flop came down , giving Force a wrap with a flush draw while Nestorov made a pair of tens.

The turn improved Nestorov to trips and he held up through the river to double up.

Svetlozar Nestorov – 244,000 (16 bb)
Leif Force – 770,000 (51 bb)