Crazy Record win for Steve O’Dwyer at the Irish Poker Open

The Main Event of the Irish Poker Open in Dublin ended on Easter Monday. The tournament registered a record number of players with 2,014 entries. The victory went to Steve O’Dwyer, who single-handedly defeated all opponents in the final and dominated the table from start to finish.

The Irish Poker Open celebrated a splendid comeback over the Easter holidays at the Citywest Hotel near Dublin. The Main Event of Europe’s oldest tournament series boasted over 2,000 entries and almost €2 million in prize money was played for. After a two-year break due to the pandemic, these figures were a phenomenal result for the organizers.

After a remarkable final, it was Steve O’Dwyer who lifted the Irish Poker Open trophy last night. He beat Kyle Maguire at the final table to add one of the most prestigious titles in European poker to his already extensive collection of titles.

The American-born player with Irish roots was delighted after the victory: “I am really happy to win this, maybe more than any other poker tournament I have ever played. It was special, especially not being able to play live after such a long time.”

Steve O’Dwyer single-handedly eliminates last the 8 players

For O’Dwyer, the Irish Poker Open final was a wire to wire victory. He started the final day of the Main Event already with a clear chip lead and he had the best chances to win the tournament. But what unfolded in the hours of the final was an unprecedented run by O’Dwyer. He eliminated all his fellow players single-handedly while steamrolling the table (and getting a little help from Fortuna every now and then).

With four players left in the tournament, O’Dwyer had around 75% of the chips and he played an aggressive style throughout the final, practically running over his opponents.

These were the eliminations at the final table (all the all-ins happened pre-flop and in all cases Steve O’Dwyer was the winner):

• Patrick Clarke (9th place): Lost with KK < AJ.
• Justin Boyle (8th place): Lost with QQ < AK
• Chris Williams (rank 7): Lost with 88 < AQ
• Matt Bushell (6th place): Lost with J J < A 2 (Board: Q 5 2 6 K )
• Dan Wilson (5th place): Lost with 62 < 98
• Garry Spinks (Rank 4): Lost with A K < K Q (Board: Q Q 9 3 9 )
• Micea Rus (Rank 3): Lost with 87 < 88
• Kyle Maguire (Rank 2): Lost by 9 9 < A 5 (Board: A J 4 J 10 )

“I put some heinous bad beats on people,” O’Dwyer said after the tournament. In any case, the American provided a lot of spectacle and can add another trophy to his considerable collection of titles (over 30 million dollars in tournament winnings according to the Hendon Mob database).

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Crazy Record win for Steve O’Dwyer at the Irish Poker Open

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