| John Keown Wins paddypowerpoker.com Irish Winter Festival Main Event |
| Tuesday, 01 November 2011 11:07 |
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John Keown of Northern Ireland has won the 2011 paddypowerpoker.com Irish Winter Festival. He topped the 395-strong field in the €1,000 + €100 buy in main event at the Burlington Hotel, Dublin to take down the €100,000 first prize on Monday October 31.
The icing on the cake for Keown was lifting the paddypowerpoker.com Sole Survivor title and an additional €20,000 cheque for being the last Paddy Power Poker online qualifier standing in the tournament. The Castlewellan, Co.Down man beat southern Irish player Noel O’Brien heads up in a battle that lasted just over an hour. The pair started with O’Brien as 3:2 chip leader but the lead flip-flopped several times until the key hand which saw a flop 4s-5h-3s. Keown bet 500,000, only for O’Brien to move all-in with 8d-3h. Keown called with Qs-7s and was favourite even though he was behind with his flush draw and two overcards. The 9s fell on the turn giving Keown a flush and he doubled up to over 5 million in chips with just under six million in play and O’Brien was in big trouble. However he doubled up twice immediately after this hand but ultimately was living on borrowed time and a third quick all-in in succession saw O’Brien’s Kc-6c bested by Keown’s Ad-5d when the board missed both players and Keown’s Ace high was good for the title. Keown, who finished ninth in the 2008 Irish Open main event for €50,000 and is well known on the Irish circuit, said after his victory, “It was a bit of a battle, but I think we’re both gambling men – I’ve known Noel a long time and we’ve had our wars over the years – we were both going to gamble and I came out on top. Poker’s a funny game, you can be so far in front, but it only takes one card to do the damage.” The final table payouts were: 1st. John Keown - €100,000 2nd. Noel O’Brien - €57,950 3rd. Chris Dowling - €35,750 4th. Matej Kokalj - €28,750 5th. Michael Mazilu - €22,750 6th. Brian Warren - (€18,550 7th. Damien Quinlivan - €14,400 8th. Ville Salmi - €11,750 9th. Colm Hayes - €8,700 |
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