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Irish guy in with a great chance of winning $8.7 million in world series of poker

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  • 19-07-2011 11:20am
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    ILikeBananas
    Registered Users Posts: 785 ✭✭✭


    For the last two weeks the biggest live poker tournament in the world has been playing out in Las Vegas. 6,865 people paid $10,000 each to enter the World Series of Poker main event and now after 7 days of playing poker for 10 hours a day all but 22 have been eliminated.

    At this stage the minimum any player will walk away with is over $300k and sitting in 2nd place on the leaderboard is 26 year old Eoghan O'Dea from Dublin. His father Donnacha, was a well known Irish poker player who actually made the final table for the main event twice before (albeit it when it was a far smaller tournament).

    Tonight they'll play from 22 people down to 9 and if Eoghan makes it through then he'll be guaranteed $780k and will come back in November to play for the big money. Here's the payout for the final table:
    1. $8.7m
    2. $5.4m
    3. $4m
    4. $3m
    5. $2.3m
    6. $1.7m
    7. $1.3m
    8. $1m
    9. 780k

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    Here's an excerpt from an article about him from 2009:
    Eoghan O'Dea is the son of World Series of Poker bracelet winner, high stakes cash game player, and former Poker Million winner Donnacha O'Dea. However, he admits to not receiving much encouragement from his old man when he was younger, and his first flirtation with poker was through the medium of a "play for fun" computer game. Unsurprisingly, and like many of his generation, the seminal show Late Night Poker gave him the bug for the game.

    At the young age of 17 he admits to sneaking a few quid online and playing 10c/25c no-limit hold'em when he was in sixth year of school. This proved to be a learning process rather than a profitable venture, and it wasn't long before he found his way to Dublin's Merrion Casino where his first effort at tournament play was a winning one.

    When he completed his leaving cert, he undertook a one-year tennis coaching programme - using his spare time to hone his skills both online and live. Having grinded his way to a $14,000 bankroll on PokerStars, he decided to shop around and deposited $1,000 on the CryptoLogic network.

    Before long, O'Dea found himself playing the biggest games available online, turning his initial deposit into $200,000. He then moved his play to Boss Media where he admits to having an even more amazing run. He also had a short and marginally profitable stint in the 200/400 pot-limit Omaha games on Full Tilt, but decided that it wasn't a long term viable option to try and mix it with the best in the world. Instead he prefers the relative comforts of 25/50 and 10/20.

    O'Dea now looks forward to repeat trips to Vegas and the bigger European festivals for some juicy cash game action, as well as continuing his online grind. Wherever the destination or whatever the game, one thing looks assured, and that is continued success at the poker felt for the young Irishman.

    Here's hoping he can take it down.


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    Mr. Denton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 867 ✭✭✭Mr. Denton


    I'm in with a great chance of winning €3 million this Friday when I play the lotto.


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    brimal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,216 ✭✭✭brimal


    Fair play to him, hope he does well


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    policarp
    Registered Users Posts: 3,661 ✭✭✭policarp


    Hope he flushes the rest of them away
    and scoops the big pot...


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    Scuid Mhór
    Registered Users Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭Scuid Mhór


    i'm rooting for him.


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    metalfest
    Registered Users Posts: 1,016 ✭✭✭metalfest


    sure after the exchange tis only €6.1M :pac:


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    Mr_Roger_Bongos
    Registered Users Posts: 1,469 ✭✭✭Mr_Roger_Bongos


    Is this a new a tournament format?

    I thought they used to play it through from start to finish?

    Your mentionned coming back in November to complete it.


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    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,179 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Don't we have a poker forum?


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    We do

    From After Hours.


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    Jul3s
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    Mr_Roger_Bongos wrote: »
    Is this a new a tournament format?

    I thought they used to play it through from start to finish?

    Your mentionned coming back in November to complete it.
    If by new you mean 3 years old then yes you are correct it's a new format.
    pickarooney wrote: »
    Don't we have a poker forum?
    biko wrote: »
    We do

    From After Hours.

    We used to have a poker forum, but we all moved to irishpokerboards.com about 18 months ago.


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    Tango One
    Registered Users Posts: 790 ✭✭✭Tango One


    Best of Luck to Eoghan

    Here's a live stream
    Link


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    VinLieger
    Registered Users Posts: 17,735 ✭✭✭✭VinLieger


    And hes through in 2nd position, roll on November 5th


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    pbowenroe
    Registered Users Posts: 467 ✭✭pbowenroe


    anyone know what his screename is?


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    BeanbagBallbag
    Registered Users Posts: 181 ✭✭BeanbagBallbag


    pbowenroe wrote: »
    anyone know what his screename is?


    intruder123


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    POINTBREAK
    Registered Users Posts: 2,135 ✭✭✭POINTBREAK


    Nice Guy, good player. Good luck to him.


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    a148pro
    Registered Users Posts: 2,204 ✭✭✭a148pro


    ILikeBananas wrote: »
    His father Donnacha, was a well known Irish poker player

    is


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    policarp
    Registered Users Posts: 3,661 ✭✭✭policarp


    a148pro wrote: »
    is

    And his grandfather played poker too.
    According to a recent radio programme.


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    Ardent
    Registered Users Posts: 5,282 ✭✭✭Ardent


    a148pro wrote: »
    is

    Came on this say this. Donnacha O'Dea IS a great poker player.

    Made an awesone play on Sky's Poker Millions one year where he laid down queens to another guy's aces. His stack took a hit but he built it back to back up to book a seat at the final where he eventually beat Devilfish heads up (correct me if I am wrong someone).


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    GoldRush4821
    Registered Users Posts: 243 ✭✭GoldRush4821


    This guy is an inspiration to me as a young player and to all Irish poker players I hope he wins it. Just like with Hachem in Australia, an Irish win at the WSOP will create a poker boom over here that will only benefit the game. Not to mention all the fresh fish :)


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    BeanFlicker
    Registered Users Posts: 1,085 ✭✭✭BeanFlicker


    The final table will be played November 5-7, 2011 at the Rio in Las Vegas.

    This year’s November Nine finalists are as follows:

    Seat 1: Matt Giannetti (Las Vegas, NV) – 24,750,000 in chips

    Seat 2: Badih Bou-Nahra (Belize City, Belize) – 19,700,000 in chips

    Seat 3: Eoghan O’Dea (Dublin, Ireland) – 33,925,000 in chips

    Seat 4: Phil Collins (Las Vegas, NV) – 23,875,000 in chips

    Seat 5: Anton Makiievskyi (Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) – 13,825,000 in chips

    Seat 6: Sam Holden (Sussex, UK) – 12,375,000 in chips

    Seat 7: Pius Heinz (Cologne, Germany) – 16,425,000 in chips

    Seat 8: Ben Lamb (Tulsa, OK) – 20,875,000 in chips

    Seat 9: Martin Staszko (Trinec, Czech Republic) – 40,175,000 in chips


    Excellent stuff, great to see an Irishman at the final table of the wsop


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    3ndahalfof6
    Registered Users Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭3ndahalfof6


    only 27 million payout on the final table is that the norm.


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    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,092 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    policarp wrote: »
    And his grandfather played poker too.
    According to a recent radio programme.
    His grandfather was actor Denns O'Dea. Who was in a number of films including The plough and the Stars and Darby O'Gill and the little people
    GoldRush4821 wrote: »
    This guy is an inspiration to me as a young player and to all Irish poker players I hope he wins it. Just like with Hachem in Australia, an Irish win at the WSOP will create a poker boom over here that will only benefit the game. Not to mention all the fresh fish :)
    Em, there's already been an irish winner ;)
    3ndahalfof6 wrote: »
    only 27 million payout on the final table is that the norm.

    Only 27million??????


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    AstonMartin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,313 ✭✭✭AstonMartin


    Just thinking back to irish players who won a bracelet, how is ciaran oleary getting on these days?


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    #24
    zuroph
    Registered Users Posts: 11,097 ✭✭✭✭zuroph


    Yeah but how much did he LOSE?


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    BeanFlicker
    Registered Users Posts: 1,085 ✭✭✭BeanFlicker


    As it stands:

    Pius Heinz 107,800,000

    Ben Lamb 55,400,000

    Martin Staszko 42,700,000

    Knocked Out:

    4. Matt Giannetti $3,012,700

    5. Phil Collins $2,269,599

    6. Eoghan O'Dea $1,720,831

    7. Bob Bounahra $1,314,097

    8. Anton Makiievskyi $1,010,015

    9. Sam Holden $782,115

    http://www.wsop.com/news/2011/Nov/3600/EOGHAN-ODEA-ELIMINATED-IN-SIXTH-PLACE.html


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    SlowJack
    Registered Users Posts: 95 ✭✭SlowJack


    BeanFlicker wrote: »

    6. Eoghan O'Dea $1,720,831


    Not to bad for a few days of poker....:eek:


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