With around 30,000 already in the pot and a board reading , Marc Etienne McLaughlin checked from the big blind and Tim Reilly moved all in for right around 33,000 from the under-the-gun position. The November Niner, who barely had the bigger stack, hit the tank for nearly five minutes before conceding the hand. Neither player exposed his cards.
Dan Shak opened for 550 under the gun and David Peters defended from the small blind. It was heads-up action to the flop, which both players checked. When the turned, Peters bet 750 and Shak called. Both players then returned to checking when the completed the board on the river.
Shak showed the with either the or (we didn't get a good look), but it was no good as Peters held top pair with the .
"Good thin hearts didn't come," Shak said in his recognizable raspy voice.
With less than one level of play completed we have our first exit. A Pre-flop raising war broke out between Daron Davidovitz and Bernard Guigon. Davidovitz had made it 5,500 as we joined the action and Guigon moved all in for not far off his starting stack of 50,000. Davidovitz thought for a good couple of minutes. Did he want to put all his chips in the middle of this €10,000 event after just 45 minutes? He made the call and showed . His opponent had the hand he feared though, Guigon showing the and Davidovitz was a 4:1 dog. The board ran out and Davidovitz was coolered and out.
Jonathan Little played the main event here in Prague and wrote down every play he was involved in on a notebook. He’s in the high roller today and it looks like he plans to do the same thing.
With an open to 600 and a call, David Vamplew bumped up the price to 2,500 on the button. The small blind folded and Jonathan Little, from the big blind, four-bet to 6,000. The other players wasted little time in folding their hands and the play was quickly jotted down. Coming to all good bookstores next Christmas.
The High Roller event started today with 45 entrants but that number is expected to climb towards 100 fairly swiftly. This is a single re-entry tournament, with starting stacks of 50,000 and blinds starting at 100 / 200 with a 25 ante. Tables begin play when there at least three players at the table, and play is under way at table 17 which boasts Steve O’Dwyer from Ireland and David Vamplew from Scotland.
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Chad Holloway catches up with Steve O'Dwyer before the start of the EPT10 Prague €10,000 High Roller to get his feelings on high rollers and reentry events.
, Marc Etienne McLaughlin checked from the big blind and Tim Reilly moved all in for right around 33,000 from the under-the-gun position. The November Niner, who barely had the bigger stack, hit the tank for nearly five minutes before conceding the hand. Neither player exposed his cards.
flop, which both players checked. When the 
turned, Peters bet 750 and Shak called. Both players then returned to checking when the 
completed the board on the river.
with either the 
or 
.
. His opponent had the hand he feared though, Guigon showing the 
and Davidovitz was coolered and out.
