2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
Masashi Oya raised to 30,000 on the button with roughly 250,000 behind. After the small blind folded Steve O'Dwyer shoved from the big blind with the covering stack and Oya instantly called.
Masashi Oya: K♣10♣
Steve O'Dwyer: A♦10♦
Oya was dominated by O'Dwyer and looked poised to hit the rail. However, the K♦2♥J♣ flop put Oya in the lead with top pair, and the 8♣ turn gave him a flush draw. The A♥ peeled off on the the river, however, to give O'Dwyer a pair of aces, and Oya was out.
Vladislav Dubanov raised to 35,000 under the gun with Andras Nemeth calling in the hijack, and Lev Margolin calling from the small blind.
The board of 7♣A♠5♦Q♠Q♦ was checked all the way to river before Margolin bet 55,000. Dubanov folded but Nemeth raised to 275,000. Margolin called and Nemeth showed K♦Q♣ for trip queens. Margolin turned over K♣Q♥ for the same hand and they chopped up Dubanov's chips.
With over 100,000 chips in the middle on a board of 4♥J♠8♥9♦, Apoorva Goel checked it over to Pascal Hartmann, who fired 65,000. Goel then shoved for 240,000, and Hartmann quickly called.
Apoorva Goel: 9♠8♦
Pascal Hartmann: J♣10♠
Hartmann had his fair share of outs, but couldn't find any of them as the 6♠ on the river kept the two pair of Goel in the lead.
Zhen Chen opened the hijack to 30,000 and Belarmino De Souza shoved from the button for 60,000. When it got back to Chen, he folded.
Belarmino De Souza: A♣J♥
Zhen Chen: A♥10♦
De Souza was marginally ahead and looked set for a double-up on the K♥K♣7♥2♦ board, but then a 10♠ dropped on the river, which sent him to the rail at the hands of Chen.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 150,000
PokerStars listened to feedback from female poker players on how to draw women to the game, and now the poker site is responding.
The upcoming PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Las Vegas festival will feature a $330 buy-in Women's Event on Nov. 5. Notably, the event has a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool attached.
Last year's NAPT Women's Event had a $360 price tag and drew 94 entrants for a prize pool of $28,200. That means PokerStars is expecting this year's event to be an even greater success.
The Women's Event will get underway at 12:30 p.m. local time on Nov. 5 and allows for unlimited reentry. The event will feature 30-minute levels and will see players starting with stacks of 30,000.
The players have been sent on a 15-minute break.