Monday November 03,2014 : O'DWYER VICTORIOUS IN 2014 ACOP SUPER HIGH ROLLER
Bests tough final table to earn a US$ 1,800,000 pay check
32-Year-old Irish poker pro Steve O'Dwyer took the 2014 ACOP Macau Billionaire Poker Super High Roller title at the PokerStars LIVE Macau.
O'Dwyer topped a 52-player field that built a US$6.2 million prize pool, overcoming a stacked final table to ultimately defeat Ryan Fee heads-up.
This is O'Dwyer's ninth career tournament title. He took the 2013 PokerStars EPT Grand Final title for Euro 1 224 000, naming the tournament win at the time as the highlight of his career.
The Irishman walked away with a HK$ 14 050 000 (US$1 811,828) pay check.
Final table finished up:
1 Steve O'Dwyer HK$14,050,000 (US$1,800,000)
2 Ryan Fee HK$9,950,000 (US$1,300,000)
3 Pratyush Buddiga HK$6,550,000 (US$845,000)
4 Connor Drinan HK$5,100,000 (US$660,000)
5 Joseph Cheong HK$4,100,000 (US$530,000)
6 Kitson Kho HK$3,400,000 (US$440,000)
7 Daniel Colman HK$2,900,000 (US$375,000)
8 Davidi Kitai HK$2,420,400 (US$315,000)