Championship: Steve Trizis Doubles Thru Mark Dube; Dube Eliminated in 42nd Place by Johnny Stevenson

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 41 of 914

Event 16 Champion Mark Dube and Wife Melissa — Mark Dube (pictured here with his wife Melissa) won two titles earlier this series on back-to-back nights — Event #11 ($570 NLHE) and Event #16 ($360 PLO 6-Max).

There was a big pot between Mark Dube and Steve Tziris when the flop came — Dube had for trip queens, but Trizis had for trip queens with a higher kicker.

That pot took Steve Trizis to about 1.5 million, and knocked Dube down to less than 100K.

Steve Trizis – 1,500,000 (75 bb)
Mark Dube – 80,000 (4 bb)

A short while later, Dube moved all in from early position for 80,000, and Johnny Stevenson called from the big blind with .

Dube turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Stevenson was ahead the entire way, winning the pot with two pair, aces and nines, to eliminate Dube in 42nd place.

Johnny Stevenson – 605,000 (30 bb)
Mark Dube – Eliminated in 42nd Place ($17,333)