{"id":175733,"date":"2022-04-18T19:33:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T19:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=175733"},"modified":"2022-05-27T10:24:12","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T10:24:12","slug":"steve-odwyer-destroys-2022-irish-open-main-event-final-table-becomes-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/steve-odwyer-destroys-2022-irish-open-main-event-final-table-becomes-champion.html","title":{"rendered":"Steve O\u2019Dwyer Destroys 2022 Irish Open Main Event Final Table; Becomes Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steve O\u2019Dwyer<\/strong> added the 2022 Irish Open Main Event<\/strong><\/a> title to his long list of poker-related accolades after bulldozing his way to victory. O\u2019Dwyer eliminated all eight of his final table opponents to become the worthy recipient of the Main Event\u2019s trophy and the \u20ac318,700 first-place prize money.<\/p>\n

2022 Irish Open Main Event Final Table Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nPlayer<\/th>\nPrize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nSteve O\u2019Dwyer<\/td>\n\u20ac318,700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nKyle Maguire<\/td>\n\u20ac195,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nMircea Rus<\/td>\n\u20ac138,700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nGarry Spinks<\/td>\n\u20ac103,600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nDan Wilson<\/td>\n\u20ac81,550<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nMatthew Bushell<\/td>\n\u20ac61,600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nChris Williams<\/td>\n\u20ac46,550<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nJustin Boyle<\/td>\n\u20ac36,440<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nPatrick Clarke<\/td>\n\u20ac26,630<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Former Irish Open Main Event champion Patrick Clarke<\/strong> was the first O\u2019Dwyer casualty. O\u2019Dwyer opened to 260,000 and instantly called when Clarke three-bet all-in for 2,000,000. Clarke showed , O\u2019Dwyer the , and the board ran .<\/p>\n

O\u2019Dwyer then sent Justin Boyle<\/strong> to the rail while his stack increased to swallow up half the chips in play. Dan Wilson opened to 400,000 from under the gun, and Boyle three-bet all-in for 3,000,000 from the next seat across. O\u2019Dwyer, from the button, four-bet shoved to isolate Boyle, and it worked because Wilson folded. Boyle showed and O\u2019Dwyer the . By the river the board read and Boyle was gone.<\/p>\n

A coinflip scenario sent Chris Williams<\/strong> to the rail in seventh-place. Williams open-shoved for 3,300,000 from late position<\/a> with and O\u2019Dwyer re-jammed from the button with . The hot-running O\u2019Dwyer spiked an ace on the flop of the board, ending Williams\u2019 run.<\/p>\n

\"Matthew

Matthew Bushell could not overcome O’Dwyer’s hot run<\/p><\/div>\n

The rich became richer after a hand that typified how O\u2019Dwyer was running. O\u2019Dwyer moved all-in<\/a> from the button with and Matthew Bushell<\/strong> dared to take him on with from the blinds. Bushell\u2019s hand remained true on the flop but the turn and river improved O\u2019Dwyer to a hand-winning flush.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Dwyer\u2019s one-man wrecking spree continued with him claiming the tournament life of Dan Wilson<\/strong>. The winner of the 2016 Irish Open Main Event was already all-in from the big blind with the lowly when O\u2019Dwyer\u2019s min-raise from the button, with , went uncalled. O\u2019Dwyer improved to a straight, of course he did, courtesy of the run out.<\/p>\n

\"Garry

Garry Spinks turned \u20ac115 into \u20ac103,600<\/p><\/div>\n

The first six-figure prize went to Dusk Till Dawn regular Garry Spinks<\/strong>, who won his \u20ac1,100 seat via a \u20ac115 buy-in satellite. Spinks looked down at and called off his 7,600,000 stack after O\u2019Dwyer had ripped in his monster stack, doing so with . O\u2019Dwyer flopped trips when the first three community cards fell . The turn and river busted Spinks, who banked \u20ac103,600 for his incredible, deep run.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Dwyer sent the tournament into the heads-up stage when he sent Mircea Rus<\/strong> home in third, a finish worth \u20ac138,700. O\u2019Dwyer set Rus all-in with and Rus called with . Neither player improved on the board.<\/p>\n

Scotland\u2019s Kyle Maguire<\/strong>, cheered on by a raucous rail, trailed O\u2019Dwyer by more than 10-to-1 in chips, a bridge that would have been difficult to bridge even if O\u2019Dwyer was not sun-running. The final hand saw O\u2019Dwyer jam with and Maguire call all-in with . The dealer fanned the board, gifting O\u2019Dwyer a pair of aces, and resigning Maguire to a \u20ac195,800 runner-up prize.<\/p>\n

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Steve O\u2019Dwyer added the 2022 Irish Open Main Event title to his long list of poker-related accolades after bulldozing his way to victory. O\u2019Dwyer eliminated all eight of his final table opponents to become the worthy recipient of the Main Event\u2019s trophy and the \u20ac318,700 first-place prize money. 2022 Irish Open Main Event Final Table<\/p>\n

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