After three days of play in the 2015 partypoker World Poker Tour Prague Main Event, Steve O'Dwyer is in strong contention to become a Champions Club member. O'Dwyer sits in seventh place out of the 18 remaining players with 442,000 chips, while Pavel Plesuv from Moldova leads the way with a massive 1.2 million stack.
The day started with 60 hopefuls, but plenty of those were sent to the rail quickly. Ludovic Geilich and Tony Dunst were among the first players to get knocked out, as were Charlie Carrel and Paul Tedeschi. Chip leader Brian Senie looked to continue his good run, but Day 3 wasn't kind to him. Senie lasted for quite some time, but in the end he found himself all in on the bubble for his tournament life. Senie chopped that hand to earn a cash, but a little while later he busted in 24th place.
While Senie managed to make the money, the same couldn't be said for GPI leader Byron Kaverman. The American pro busted short of the money, together with other notables like Dimitar Danchev, Ole Schemion, Gaelle Baumann and Michael Wang.
Once the money was reached, WSOP bracelet winner Valdemar Kwaysser (26th - €6,000), WPT debutant Ben Heath (22nd - €6,800), and Day 1a chip leader Aliaksei Boika (20th - €7,600) all fell. Among the final 18 still alive are notables Atanas Kavrakov, Igor Yaroshevskyy, Yann Dion, Henrik Hecklen and Sergio Aido.
However, O'Dwyer is by far the biggest star left in the field. The American pro with Irish roots has a staggering $11.2 million in live tournament earnings, which is $3.6 million more than the other 17 players combined. Three players — Yaroshevskyy, Soika and Dion — have more than a million in earnings, while Hecklen and Aido are very close as well.
Day 4 looks to be very exciting as just six players will make it through to the official WPT final table on Sunday. Until then, good night from Prague and make sure to tune back in tomorrow at 2:00 CET for more coverage of this event.
Jerry Odeen raised to 22,000 before the flop and Pavel Plesuv made the call, creating heads up action on . Odeen bet another 22,000 and Plesuv called once more, after which the turn brought the .
Odeen bet 60,000 on the turn and Plesuv kept calling, after which the hit on the river. Odeen moved all in and Plesuv called holding for top pair top kicker.
Odeen mucked his cards, and his tournament ended in 19th place. The final 18 are now bagging up their chips, and we'll have the full chip counts for you shortly.
Brian Senie started the day with 10% of the chips in play, but he just got knocked out shy of the fourth day of play.
A player raised to 15,000 and Henrik Hecklen made the call from the cutoff after which Brian Senie called from the small blind as well.
The flop showed when Senie bet 35,000 and Hecklen was his only caller. On the turn the hit and Senie bet another 75,000. On the river the completed the board and Senie moved all in for 310,000.
Hecklen went into the tank for a bit before calling, as he had about 90,000 chips more than Senie, but in the end he did.
Senie showed for a bluff, and he complemented the Dane with his call, and Hecklen tabled for trips to take down the pot.
Anton Afansyev just raised to 10,500 from the cutoff after which Sergio Aido three-bet from the big blind to 32,000. Afansyev moved all in and Aido called it off for a total of 160,000.
Aido:
Afansyev:
The board ran out and Aido got himself a double up with 27 players remaining.
We are still hand for hand on Day 3 of WPT Prague, and Steve O'Dwyer just put a lot of pressure on Erdar Suleyman.
The board showed when Steve O'Dwyer moved all in after Erdar Suleyman had checked to him.
The pot continued quite a few chips already, and Suleyman had to decide for his last 150,000 chips. After the clock was called on Suleyman, he let his final minute run out and his hand was declared dead.
"It only took me 24 hours," O'Dwyer said, about his stack being back up to 440,000 chips.
Yesterday O'Dwyer briefly held the chip lead with 420,000 chips, but after losing a big pot against Brian Senie he dropped down significantly. At one point today O'Dwyer was all in for 67,000, but right now he's once again one of the biggest stacks.
Aurelie Quelain just found herself moving all in for 31,000 over a raise from Sergio Aido to 7,000. Yann Dion made the call behind her, and Aido folded to create a heads-up showdown.
Steve O'Dwyer just raised to 7,000 from the cutoff and Ole Schemion called from the small blind. The flop came down and Schemion check-raised O'Dwyer's bet from 9,000 to 25,000.
O'Dwyer made the call and on the turn the hit. Schemion moved all in for 65,000 and O'Dwyer made the call right away.
Steve O'Dwyer just raised to 6,00 under the gun and the player on his left called before Ole Schemion three-bet to 20,500. The next player to act, Gleb Tremzin, moved all in for 63,000 and the action folded back to O'Dwyer.
O'Dwyer gave it some thought before moving all in for 67,000 and Schemion tanked for a long time before folding.
O'Dwyer:
Tremzin:
The board ran out and O'Dwyer more than doubled up, while Tremzin hit the rail.
Schemion and O'Dwyer smiled at each other, and the German asked, "What do you think I folded?"
O'Dwyer didn't respond, and Schemion added, "The price was so good."
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. Odeen bet another 22,000 and Plesuv called once more, after which the turn brought the 
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hit on the river. Odeen moved all in and Plesuv called holding 
for top pair top kicker. 
when Senie bet 35,000 and Hecklen was his only caller. On the turn the 
hit and Senie bet another 75,000. On the river the 
completed the board and Senie moved all in for 310,000. 
for trips to take down the pot.
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and Dion raked in the pot.
hit. Schemion moved all in for 65,000 and O'Dwyer made the call right away.
