2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

€25,000 Single-Day High Roller II
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Prize
€463,500
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€1,584,660
Entries
66
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000

Jans Arends Eliminated in 4th Place (€163,220)

Level 22 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Jans Arends
Jans Arends

Sam Greenwood opened to 175,000 in the cutoff and Jans Arends three-bet to 400,000. Action made its way back to Greenwood and he announced he was all in; Arends quickly called off the rest and the two were off to the races.

Jans Arends: {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}
Sam Greenwood: {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

The flop came {9-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}, leaving Arends in need of help to stay alive. Instead, the turn {10-Diamonds} gave Greenwood a set and left Arends drawing dead before a meaningless {a-Spades} came on the river, leaving Arends' top pair, top kicker no good to Greenwood's set to result in his fourth-place finish in the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
3,500,000 1,040,000
Jans Arends nl
Jans Arends
Busted

Tags: Jans ArendsSam Greenwood

Danny Tang Eliminated in 5th Place (€126,770)

Level 22 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Danny Tang
Danny Tang

Danny Tang opened to 500,000 in the hijack and Steve O'Dwyer reraised all in. Sam Greenwood called off his remaining 790,000 and Tang declared he wasn't sure if he should call off his last 120,000. He thought for a couple of seconds and then decided to commit the last of his chips as well for a three-way all in.

Danny Tang: {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}
Sam Greenwood: {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs}
Steve O'Dwyer: {a-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}

There was a king in the window on the flop {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{k-Clubs} to put Tang out in front and poised for a triple. However, he would need to fade an ace as well as the remaining clubs in the deck to stay alive. The turn {4-Diamonds} was safe, but the river {10-Clubs} gave Greenwood the nut flush to get the near triple and send Tang to the payout desk in fifth place.

Player Chips Progress
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
2,600,000 -775,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
2,460,000 1,660,000
Danny Tang hk
Danny Tang
Busted

Tags: Danny TangSam GreenwoodSteve O'Dwyer

George Wolff Eliminated in 6th Place (€126,770)

Level 22 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
George Wolff
George Wolff

Steve O'Dwyer went all in from the cutoff and George Wolff called all in for less on the button. All remaining players folded.

George Wolff: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}
Steve O'Dwyer: {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}

Wolff was ahead and had the chance to take the chip lead with a double, but the flop came {9-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{8-Spades} to give O'Dwyer top two pair and put Wolff in need of hitting running cards to stay alive. The turn {4-Clubs} dashed those hopes and the river {7-Hearts} completed the runout, resulting in Wolff finishing the tournament in sixth place.

Player Chips Progress
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
3,375,000 1,205,000
George Wolff us
George Wolff
Busted

Tags: George WolffSteve O'Dwyer

Turn Gives Wolff a Double

Level 22 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Steve O'Dwyer slid forward a stack of T25,000 chips in the cutoff and George Wolff went all in for 610,000 on the button. Action made its way back to O'Dwyer and he called off the rest.

George Wolff: {a-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}
Steve O'Dwyer: {5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}

The flop {9-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{8-Hearts} left Wolff in need of hitting on the turn or river to stay alive and he would find help on the turn {a-Clubs} to pull ahead, staying there as the river {2-Hearts} completed the runout to earn him the double.

Player Chips Progress
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
2,170,000 -155,000
George Wolff us
George Wolff
1,420,000 470,000

Tags: George WolffSteve O'Dwyer

Level: 22

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

O'Dwyer Chipping Up Again

Level 21 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Steve O'Dwyer opened to 120,000 under the gun and action folded around to Danny Tang, who defended his big blind. The two saw the flop come {4-Spades}{6-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} and Tang checked. O'Dwyer made a continuation-bet of 80,000, which Tang called, and the turn came {j-Hearts}.

Tang checked again to put action onto O'Dwyer, who thought for a bit and slid out the majority of a stack of T25,000 chips. Tang quickly sent his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
2,325,000 425,000
Danny Tang hk
Danny Tang
800,000 -250,000

Tags: Danny TangSteve O'Dwyer

O'Dwyer Folds Out Greenwood

Level 21 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Steve O'Dwyer saw action folded to him on the button and opened to 120,000. He received a call from Sam Greenwood in the big blind and the two a flop of {7-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}. Greenwood checked and O'Dwyer made a continuation-bet of 165,000, which Greenwood called.

The turn came {9-Hearts} and Greenwood checked to O'Dwyer again. Twenty-five seconds later, O'Dwyer announced a bet of 400,000 and Greenwood sent his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
1,900,000 590,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
800,000 -335,000

Tags: Sam GreenwoodSteve O'Dwyer

Arends Fires Twice

Level 21 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Jans Arends opened to 120,000 in the cutoff and received a call from Steve O'Dwyer, who defended his big blind. The flop came {a-Spades}{5-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} and O'Dwyer checked. Arends made a continuation-bet of 85,000 and O'Dwyer called.

The turn was {6-Hearts} and O'Dwyer checked again. Arends thought for a few moments and then fired a second barrel of 160,000. O'Dwyer folded and Arends took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
1,310,000 -300,000
Jans Arends nl
Jans Arends
1,125,000 580,000

Tags: Jans ArendsSteve O'Dwyer

Grafton Gets Some Life Back

Level 21 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Sam Grafton
Sam Grafton

Sam Grafton was down to 305,000 and went all in from the small blind over an under-the-gun open to 120,000 from Steve O'Dwyer. O'Dwyer called.

Sam Grafton: {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}
Steve O'Dwyer: {q-Spades}{j-Spades}

The flop came {3-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{9-Diamonds} to give O'Dwyer heaps of outs for the knockout but the turn {10-Diamonds} and river {6-Diamonds} were safe for Grafton and scored him the double.

Player Chips Progress
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
1,830,000 10,000
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
730,000 180,000

Tags: Sam GraftonSteve O'Dwyer