Steve O'Dwyer on the button and Yauheni Tsiareshchanka in the big blind checked the 6♥3♦9♦ flop leading to the 7♥ turn where Tsiareshchanka bet 10,000.
O’Dwyer called, but when Tsiareshchanka fired a hefty 100,000 bet on the A♥ river, O’Dwyer quickly folded and moved on to the next hand.
Yauheni Tsiareshchanka jammed from the button and Steve O'Dwyer called from the big blind for his last 28,000.
Steve O'Dwyer: A♣6♠
Yauheni Tsiareshchanka: A♥2♠
O'Dwyer was in the lead, but Tsiareshchanka flopped two pair on A♦2♦4♣. The 3♠ turn didn't change anything, however the 4♦ gave the best hand to O'Dwyer who doubled up.
After the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague kicked off yesterday, today’s €12,300 Cuatro Knockout offered players their first chance to join the action in a high buy-in event ahead of this week’s High Rollers.
However, the tournament failed to attract a large crowd, with only 11 entries recorded—far fewer than the 62 registrations in the inaugural edition last August in Barcelona. In Catalonia, Steve O’Dwyer claimed the spade trophy and came close to achieving back-to-back wins by reaching the heads-up stage here at the Hilton Prague.
Yet, his pursuit of another victory was thwarted by Yauheni Tsiareshchanka, who was crowned the champion. Tsiareshchanka claimed the first-place prize of €60,000 and all three €12,000 bounties after eliminating Niklas Astedt in third place and O’Dwyer in second place (€32,525). The third bounty was Tsiareshchanka's own bounty.
€12,300 Cuatro Knockout Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize
Bounties
Total
1
Yauheni Tsiareshchanka
Belarus
€60,000
€36,000
€96,000
2
Steve O'Dwyer
Ireland
€32,525
€0
€32,525
Today's Action
Far from the Eureka Main Event’s action and its 1,211 entries, a smaller group gathered for the €12,300 Cuatro Knockout, with only 11 entries registered in the tournament.
Espen Jorstad was the next to fall, running into Viacheslav Buldygin’s pocket aces. This hand propelled Buldygin into the chip lead before the next break. However, the following two hours didn’t go as planned for him.
After the dinner break, it took only a few minutes for Teun Mulder to hit the rail. His king-jack fell to O’Dwyer’s ace-queen, leaving just three players to battle it out with bounties now in play.
However, Niklas Astedt didn’t get the chance to hunt for one, as his flush ran into the eventual winner’s full house. For “Lena900,” it was a double blow, as he not only missed out on a bounty but was also eliminated on the bubble.
