Main Event
Day 3 Completed
Main Event
Day 3 Completed
After three days of play in the 2015 partypoker World Poker Tour Prague Main Event, Steve O'Dwyer is in strong contention to become a Champions Club member. O'Dwyer sits in seventh place out of the 18 remaining players with 442,000 chips, while Pavel Plesuv from Moldova leads the way with a massive 1.2 million stack.
The day started with 60 hopefuls, but plenty of those were sent to the rail quickly. Ludovic Geilich and Tony Dunst were among the first players to get knocked out, as were Charlie Carrel and Paul Tedeschi. Chip leader Brian Senie looked to continue his good run, but Day 3 wasn't kind to him. Senie lasted for quite some time, but in the end he found himself all in on the bubble for his tournament life. Senie chopped that hand to earn a cash, but a little while later he busted in 24th place.
While Senie managed to make the money, the same couldn't be said for GPI leader Byron Kaverman. The American pro busted short of the money, together with other notables like Dimitar Danchev, Ole Schemion, Gaelle Baumann and Michael Wang.
Once the money was reached, WSOP bracelet winner Valdemar Kwaysser (26th - €6,000), WPT debutant Ben Heath (22nd - €6,800), and Day 1a chip leader Aliaksei Boika (20th - €7,600) all fell. Among the final 18 still alive are notables Atanas Kavrakov, Igor Yaroshevskyy, Yann Dion, Henrik Hecklen and Sergio Aido.
However, O'Dwyer is by far the biggest star left in the field. The American pro with Irish roots has a staggering $11.2 million in live tournament earnings, which is $3.6 million more than the other 17 players combined. Three players — Yaroshevskyy, Soika and Dion — have more than a million in earnings, while Hecklen and Aido are very close as well.
Day 4 looks to be very exciting as just six players will make it through to the official WPT final table on Sunday. Until then, good night from Prague and make sure to tune back in tomorrow at 2:00 CET for more coverage of this event.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Pavel Plesuv
|
1,229,000 | |
Pavel Veksler | 1,053,000 | -127,000 |
David Abreu | 627,000 | -88,000 |
Sergio Aido | 595,000 | 25,000 |
Henrik Hecklen | 525,000 | -150,000 |
Ihar Soika | 459,000 | -151,000 |
Steve O'Dwyer | 442,000 | -98,000 |
Anton Afanasyev | 413,000 | 38,000 |
Pavel Savin | 386,000 | -4,000 |
Pedro Marques | 326,000 | 15,000 |
Javier Gomez | 315,000 | 95,000 |
Yann Dion | 257,000 | -63,000 |
Abdelkader Benhalima | 256,000 | 26,000 |
Fahredin Mustafov | 247,000 | -34,000 |
Aleksandar Denishev | 189,000 | -26,000 |
Atanas Kavrakov | 172,000 | -18,000 |
Igor Yaroshevskyy | 133,000 | 48,000 |
Ozgur Arda | 61,000 | -39,000 |
Jerry Odeen raised to 22,000 before the flop and Pavel Plesuv made the call, creating heads up action on . Odeen bet another 22,000 and Plesuv called once more, after which the turn brought the .
Odeen bet 60,000 on the turn and Plesuv kept calling, after which the hit on the river. Odeen moved all in and Plesuv called holding for top pair top kicker.
Odeen mucked his cards, and his tournament ended in 19th place. The final 18 are now bagging up their chips, and we'll have the full chip counts for you shortly.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Pavel Plesuv
|
1,229,000 | 614,000 |
Jerry Odeen | Busted |
We are now on the Day 4 bubble, as Aliaksei Boika just busted out in 20th place. Boika moved all in before the flop for his last 90,000 chips and Javier Gomez made the call.
Boika:
Gomez:
The board ran out and Boika hit the rail after Gomez hit broadway on the turn.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Javier Gomez | 220,000 | 88,000 |
Aliaksei Boika | Busted |
Igor Yaroshevksyy, the shortest stack in the room, just moved all in for his last 38,000 chips and David Abreu made the call.
Yaroshevskyy:
Abreu:
The board ran out and Yaroshevskyy, while his friends at the table laughed hard, doubled up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Igor Yaroshevskyy | 85,000 | 49,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pavel Veksler | 1,180,000 | 380,000 |
David Abreu | 715,000 | -30,000 |
Henrik Hecklen | 675,000 | -230,000 |
Pavel Plesuv
|
615,000 | 65,000 |
Ihar Soika | 610,000 | 355,000 |
Sergio Aido | 570,000 | 245,000 |
Steve O'Dwyer | 540,000 | 140,000 |
Pavel Savin | 390,000 | 175,000 |
Anton Afanasyev | 375,000 | -195,000 |
Jerry Odeen | 360,000 | -190,000 |
Yann Dion | 320,000 | -58,000 |
Pedro Marques | 311,000 | -9,000 |
Fahredin Mustafov | 281,000 | 76,000 |
Abdelkader Benhalima | 230,000 | 150,000 |
Aleksandar Denishev | 215,000 | -75,000 |
Atanas Kavrakov | 190,000 | -30,000 |
Javier Gomez | 132,000 | -28,000 |
Ozgur Arda | 100,000 | -35,000 |
Aliaksei Boika | 90,000 | -220,000 |
Igor Yaroshevskyy | 36,000 | -54,000 |
Play will resume in 15 minutes.
Ben Heath just moved all in for 39,000 and Aliaksei Boika made the call.
Heath:
Boika:
The board ran out and Heath was knocked out.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ben Heath | Busted |