€10,200 NL Hold'em | 2024 PokerStars EPT Prague

4 hours 4 minutes ago

O'Dwyer and Tamasauskas Chop Pot

Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Steve O'Dwyer completed the small blind and Vladas Tamasauskas checked his option in the big blind.

The flop came 5♣6♦4♣ and O'Dwyer bet 3,000, which Tamasauskas called. Both players checked it back on the 2♦ turn.

Action heated up on the 3♠ river as O'Dwyer led for 10,500 and Tamasauskas raised to 28,000. O'Dwyer reraised to 78,000 and Tamasauskas called. O'Dwyer showed Q♥7♦ and Tamasauskas had J♦7♥, both players making a seven-high straight, resulting in a chopped pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladas Tamasauskas	235,000
Steve O'Dwyer	100,000

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4 hours 9 minutes ago

Camosci's Pocket Pair Stays Ahead

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Ollie Garland

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Vladas Tamasauskas raised to 3,000 from under the gun and Enrico Camosci called on the button.

The 6♣10♥A♦ flop checked through to the A♥ on the turn. Tamasauskas placed a delayed continuation of 3,500 and Camosci called.

The 2♦ river checked to a showdown. Tamasauskas tabled J♦8♦ for jack-high, while Camosci claimed this pot with 5♦5♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladas Tamasauskas	235,000 40,000	40,000
Enrico Camosci	210,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Enrico Camosci Vladas Tamasauskas

4 hours 20 minutes ago

O'Dwyer Fires Third Bullet

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Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Moments after busting, Steve O'Dwyer rebought for the tournament on his third bullet as the sixth entry to the event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	100,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Steve O'Dwyer

4 hours 21 minutes ago

O'Dwyer Caught Out on River

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Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Enrico Camosci raised to 3,000 from the hijack, Mihails Nikitins called on the button, Vladas Tamasauskas called in the small blind, and Steve O'Dwyer called in the big blind to make it a family pot with four players to the flop.

The flop was dealt 5♥2♣7♣ and Tamasauskas led for 3,000, which all three other players called. The turn came the 8♠ and Tamasauskas checked. O'Dwyer made it 16,000 to go, Camosci called, Nikitins folded and Tamasauskas called.

The river was the K♠ and Tamasauskas checked again. O'Dwyer pushed out a bet of 49,500, most of his stack. Camosci folded and Tamasauskas moved all in.

This left O'Dwyer in a bit of a pickle. If he folded, he'd be left with less than a small blind. By this point, he seemed to know he was beat, an anguished look on his face as he used up his time bank cards.

O'Dwyer eventually made a resigned call for his remaining chips. He showed J♣9♣ for a bluff. Tamasauskas turned over K♣5♣ for two pair, kings and fives, to win the pot, eliminating O'Dwyer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladas Tamasauskas	195,000 77,000	77,000
Steve O'Dwyer	Busted

Tags: Enrico Camosci Mihails Nikitins Steve O'Dwyer Vladas Tamasauskas

Level: 4

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

4 hours 34 minutes ago

Straight Over Straight Sees Tamasauskas Double

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Ollie Garland

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Vladas Tamasauskas limped in from the small blind. Steve O'Dwyer raised to 6,000, from the big blind, and Tamasauskas called.

The 7♣5♠2♥ flop checked through to the 6♥ on the turn. Tamasauskas took the lead for 10,500 and O'Dwyer called.

The Q♣ river saw Tamasauskas bet out 42,000, a virtual all-in with 500 behind the line. O'Dwyer moved all in, asking for Tamasauskas's last red chip and Tamasauskas called.

Vladas Tamasauskas: 9♥8♣ All in
Steve O'Dwyer: 4♥3♥

Both players had turned a straight, but Tamasauskas was best, doubling him up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladas Tamasauskas	118,000 54,000	54,000
Steve O'Dwyer	81,500 -73,500	-73,500

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4 hours 43 minutes ago

Tamasauskas Calls for Chop

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Matt Warburton

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Vladas Tamasauskas raised from the button and Enrico Camosci called in the big blind.

The flop came 9♥7♥A♥ and Camosci checked. Tamasauskas bet 2,000 and Camosci called. Both players checked it back on the 4♥ turn.

The river was the 2♥ and Camosci led out for 4,000, a little under a third of the pot. Tamasauskas took a little time to ponder before making the call. Camosci showed 7♣3♣ and Tamasauskas had A♦3♣.

They were both playing the flush on board and so the pot was chopped.

Player	Chips	Progress
Enrico Camosci	206,000
Vladas Tamasauskas	64,000 -6,000	-6,000

Tags: Enrico Camosci Vladas Tamasauskas

4 hours 51 minutes ago

Nikitins Bests Two at Showdown

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Ollie Garland

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Steve O'Dwyer raised to 3,500 from under the gun, Enrico Camosci called on the button, as did Mihails Nikitins, in the small blind.

The action checked to Camosci, who took the lead for 3,000 on the 3♥4♦4♠. Both players called.

The 5♣ turn and the J♠ river checked to a showdown. Nikitins tabled A♠3♦ for just a pair of threes; good enough to send both O'Dwyer and Camosci's cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Enrico Camosci	206,000 16,000	16,000
Steve O'Dwyer	155,000 10,000	10,000

Mihails Nikitins	100,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Enrico Camosci Mihails Nikitins Steve O'Dwyer

4 hours 51 minutes ago

Music Icon & Bracelet Winner Steve Albini's Death Puts Fabled 20-Year Poker Home Game on Pause

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Connor Richards

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The death of musician, recording engineer and poker player Steve Albini hit the music world with a force like that of the incendiary device aimed at Earth pictured on Big Black's 1986 debut album Atomizer. It may have hit one group of Chicago poker players the hardest.

Albini, a two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner who recorded landmark works by bands like Nirvana and Pixies and who The New York Times described as "one of the most admired, and most divisive, figures in rock," was a key figure in a friend group that bonded, joked and supported one another over the poker table. For 20 years, they played in a weekly low-stakes Chicago home game often held in Electrical Audio that included bracelet winners like Jason Gola, Eric Rodawig and Brian Hastings. Now, the game is on hiatus after Albini's death in May as the group of poker pros, musicians and audio engineers adapts to a world without its figurehead.

PokerNews spoke with two of Albini's closest friends who were regulars in the game, Brandon Shack-Harris and Andrew Kosinski.

Tags: Andrew Kosinski Brandon Shack-Harris Brian Hastings Eric Rodawig Steve Albini Jason Gola

4 hours 57 minutes ago

O'Dwyer Makes Straight

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Matt Warburton

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Steve O'Dwyer raised from the button and Mihails Nikitins called in the big blind. Both players checked it back on the 5♣K♥9♥ flop.

The turn came the 9♦ and Nikitins led out for 3,000, which O'Dwyer called. The river was the Q♣ and Nikitins checked. O'Dwyer made it 12,500 to go and Nikitins flicked in a chip to make the call.

O'Dwyer turned over J♦10♦ for a straight and Nikitins mucked to give him the pot.