€50,000 EPT Super High Roller Day 1 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-08-2024 20:27 UTC+1

Kuznetsov Shoves the River

Tim Baker

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Nikita Kuznetsov raised to 8,000 from early position and only Paulius Plausinaitis called out of the big blind.

After Plausinaitis checked the J♥4♥4♣ flop, Kuznetsov bet 5,000. Plausinaitis check-raised to 15,000 and Kuznetsov called.

Plausinaitis bet out for 25,000 on the 9♣ turn and Kuznetsov called again.

The K♠ river saw Plausinaitis check and Kuznetsov bet enough to put Plausinaitis all in. Plausinaitis had roughly 65,000 remaining in his stack, and after thinking it over for around a minute, he folded his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikita Kuznetsov	500,000 95,000	95,000
Paulius Plausinaitis	65,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Nikita Kuznetsov Paulius Plausinaitis

12-08-2024 20:32 UTC+1

Yaroshevskyy Doubles Through Kuznetsov

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Will Shillibier

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Nikita Kuznetsov opened and called a three-bet shove from Igor Yaroshevskyy for Yaroshevskyy's last 92,000.

Igor Yaroshevskyy: A♥K♣ All in
Nikita Kuznetsov: 7♥7♦

Kuznetsov grabbed his chips to start counting out his opponent's double when the A♣5♠2♥ flop appeared. For Yaroshevskyy's part, he jokingly headed to the exit as the 9♠ turn was dealt, but with the 4♣ sealing his double, he returned to his seat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikita Kuznetsov	460,000 40,000	40,000
Igor Yaroshevskyy	200,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Igor Yaroshevskyy Nikita Kuznetsov

12-08-2024 20:34 UTC+1

Vaskresenski Takes From Two Opponents

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Will Shillibier

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Three players checked the K♦7♦6♣ flop and Maksim Vaskresenski bet 21,000 on the J♥ turn. Ilya Nikiforov and Igor Yaroshevskyy both called and the river was the K♣.

Vaskresenski used a time bank before betting 100,000. Nikiforov quickly folded, but Yaroshevskyy used one of his time banks before sliding his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ilya Nikiforov	660,000 110,000	110,000
Maksim Vaskresenski	350,000 60,000	60,000
Igor Yaroshevskyy	160,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Igor Yaroshevskyy Ilya Nikiforov Maksim Vaskresenski

12-08-2024 20:39 UTC+1

Yaroshevskyy Takes From Kuznetsov

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Tim Baker

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Nikita Kuznetsov raised to 8,000 under the gun and Igor Yaroshevskyy called from the hijack.

Kuznetsov chose to check-call a bet of 9,000 from Yaroshevskyy on the 3♠4♠6♣ flop.

The Q♥ turn and Q♦ river got checked through by both players and Yaroshevskyy took down the pot with 7♥6♥ for a pair of sixes, as Kuznetsov showed A♠2♠ for a missed combo draw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikita Kuznetsov	410,000 50,000	50,000
Igor Yaroshevskyy	180,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Igor Yaroshevskyy Nikita Kuznetsov

Level: 8

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

12-08-2024 20:39 UTC+1

Plesuv Busts to Buldygin

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Will Shillibier

Level 8 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Pavel Plesuv got his last 123,000 chips in the middle preflop with K♦10♦ against the A♥K♥ of Viacheslav Buldygin.

The J♥9♠2♥ flop did give him a gutshot, but he was dead on the 6♥ turn with Buldygin making a flush.

The river was the 7♥ and Plesuv headed to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viacheslav Buldygin	470,000 156,000	156,000
Pavel Plesuv	Busted

Tags: Pavel Plesuv Viacheslav Buldygin

12-08-2024 20:49 UTC+1

Ladev's Overbet Gets a Fold

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Tim Baker

Level 8 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Viacheslav Buldygin raised the button to 11,000 with Markkos Ladev calling from the small blind, and Steve O'Dwyer defending from the big blind.

Ladev led out for 5,000 on the 7♥K♠K♣ flop. O'Dwyer folded, but Buldygin called.

The Q♣ turn got checked through for the 2♦ to come on the river. Ladev led out with an overbet of 85,000 and Buldygin quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Markkos Ladev	580,000 180,000	180,000
Viacheslav Buldygin	430,000 40,000	40,000
Steve O'Dwyer	400,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Markkos Ladev Steve O'Dwyer Viacheslav Buldygin

12-08-2024 20:56 UTC+1

Kuznetsov Folds to Lasouski Shove

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Will Shillibier

Level 8 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Blind on blind, Nikita Kuznetsov and Artsiom Lasouski both put in 10,000 preflop and checked the A♦5♥4♠ flop.

The turn was the 3♣ and Kuznetsov checked. Lasouski bet 16,000 and Kuznetsov check-raised to 36,000. Lasouski called.

Kuznetsov used a time bank before betting 9,000 on the A♣ river. Lasouski moved all in and Kuznetsov quickly mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikita Kuznetsov	385,000 25,000	25,000
Artsiom Lasouski	335,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Artsiom Lasouski Nikita Kuznetsov

12-08-2024 21:02 UTC+1

Kuznetsov Wins a Huge Pot With Cowboys

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Tim Baker

Level 8 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Ilya Nikiforov raised from middle position to 10,000 and Nikita Kuznetsov three-bet to 33,000 from the button. After the blinds folded, Nikiforov called.

After Nikiforov checked the 10♠9♠3♦ flop, Kuznetsov bet 39,000. Nikiforov check-raised to 125,000 and Kuznetsov three-bet shoved for 362,000. Nikiforov got a count from the dealer, before reluctantly making the call.

Nikita Kuznetsov: K♠K♥ All in
Ilya Nikiforov: J♠J♣

Kuznetsov was ahead with his pocket kings, but if Nikiforov could find a jack his stack would increase to over a million.

The K♣ came on the turn to give Kuznetsov a set, but it did give Nikiforov a straight draw. The 4♣ river didn't improve Nikiforov and the majority of his stack was sent over to Kuznetsov.