Viacheslav Buldygin on the button raised to 6,000, then called after Artsiom Lasouski to his left three-bet to 17,000.
Both players checked all the way through a board of J♠9♦K♦J♦, but Lasouski bet 16,000 on the 2♦ river. Buldygin went into the tank, and raised to 66,000.
Lasouski seemed to face a tough decision. He used a time bank extension and eventually folded.
A few hands later, Espen Jorstad ran into Buldygin's aces and was sent to the rail.
Yauheni Tsiareshchanka opened to 3,000 from under the gun. Scott Margereson three-bet to 10,500 from middle position. Action folded around and Tsiareshchanka called.
Tsiareshchanka check-called a bet of 8,000 on the flop of 8♦7♣10♣ and on the 3♠ turn, Margereson bet 24,000. Tsiareshchanka called once more before checking the K♠ river. Margereson moved all in and was snap-called by Tsiareshchanka who tabled 10♠10♥ for a set of tens. Margereson showed A♣J♦ for the bluff.
Mario Navarro opened from the small blind to 5,500. Steve O'Dwyer three-bet to 16,500 from the big blind. Navarro called.
Navarro then checked the 2♥Q♦5♦ flop to O'Dwyer who bet 17,000. Navarro called before checking again on the 3♠ turn. O'Dwyer bet 58,500 leaving 500 behind. Navarro asked for the remainder and O'Dwyer obliged.
Steve O'Dwyer: K♠K♣
Mario Navarro: K♥Q♥
O'Dwyer's cowboys held across the 6♥ river to leave Navarro short.
The €12,300 PokerStars Cuatro Knockout is a relatively new tournament that debuted at the Barcelona stop of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour schedule. Now it has arrived at the Hilton Prague for the first time, with players taking to the felt from 2 p.m. local time today.
The Cuatro is a bounty tournament with a twist; once the field reaches the final 25%, each of the remaining players are given a bounty token worth €12,000, €300 shy of the full buy in. This means the bounties will make up a decent chunk of the overall prizepool.
In Barcelona, Steve O'Dwyer took home the first place prize of €163,720 and four bounties totalling €48,000. Byron Kaverman finished second for €107,400 and claimed one bounty of €12,000. Santhosh Suvarna took third place money for €77,900 and matched O'Dwyer's bounty haul of four. The tournament saw 62 entries which generated a prizepool of €537,120.
€12,300 PokerStars Cuatro Knockout Final Results EPT Barcelona
Place
Player
Country
Prize
Bounties
1
Steve O'Dwyer
Ireland
€163,720
€48,000
2
Byron Kaverman
United States
€107,400
€12,000
3
Santhosh Suvarna
India
€77,900
€48,000
4
David Coleman
United States
€59,100
€12,000
5
Ottomar Ladva
Estonia
€45,700
€24,000
6
Joakim Andersson
Sweden
€34,900
€12,000
7
Fabiano Kovalski
Brazil
€26,900
€12,000
8
Martin Zamani
United States
€21,500
€0
After the first running in Barcelona, it was held again at EPT Cyprus in October. Armenia's Aren Bezhanyan took home the trophy that day for €151,840. Aleksandr Chernikov of Russia took second for €100,400 and Biao Ding occupied the final podium place, taking home €67,700 for his efforts.
Aren Bezhanyan
€12,300 PokerStars Cuatro Knockout Final Results EPT Cyprus
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
Aren Bezhanyan
Armenia
€151,840
2
Aleksandr Chernikov
Russia
€100,400
3
Biao Ding
China
€67,700
4
Casimir Seire
Finland
€51,400
5
Boris Kolev
Bulgaria
€39,700
6
Aliaksei Boika
Belarus
€31,500
7
Atanas Malinovi
Bulgaria
€24,500
Today's Cuatro will see registration close after Level 10. Levels run for 30-minutes and each player will start with a stack of 100,000. Blinds will begin at 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante, meaning each entrant starts with 100 big blinds providing they play from the beginning.
Each player has 15 seconds to act on their first decision and 30 seconds on any subsequent decision. Players will receive 4-time banks worth 30 seconds each at the time of taking their seat then one additional time bank card at the start of every odd level.
Eliminated players who re-enter can claim the number of time bank cards they had at elimination when they take their seat and not later. There will be a 15-minute break at the end of Levels 3 and 6 with a 60-minute dinner break scheduled for the end of Level 10.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for coverage of the Cuatro and many more tournaments yet to come from here in the historic city of Prague.
