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Sole Survivor at Online Casino

Going home with €100,000 is Northern Ireland’s John Keown after he won first prize at the 2011 Paddy Power Poker.com Irish Winter Festival. Keown bested the other 395 entrants from land and online casinos at the main event of the tournament, called the €1,000 + €100 Buy-in, which was held at Burlington Hotel at Dublin. But it is not just the money that gave Keown the real fame; it is his achievement for the title of a Paddy Power Sole Survivor, he was last man standing in the tournament. Because of this, Keown, who is also fond of online casino poker, received an additional €20,000. Together with Keown at the heads up table was Noel O’Brien, who is from the southern part of Ireland.

At the final heads up stage, it was O’Brien who was the chip leader at 3:2. But it flip-flopped many times. When Keown wagered 500,000, O’Brien chose for all in at 8d-3h against the key hand 4s-5h-3s. Keown became a favorite when he made a call with Qs-7s, even if his two overcards and flush draw moved him behind the game. What made him win was his Ace in Ad-5d, which bested O’Brien’s Kc-6c. Keown described the game, loved by players in land and online casinos, as a real battle. Relating his experience with O’Brien, Keown said that he has been playing with O’Brien for a long time. He knows they are gamblers, and both of them will really gamble, yet his card just happens to top the game, as other plays in land and online casino poker.

But not all went home sad, aside from Keown; O’Brien, who also plays online casino poker, received €57,950, while the first one to exit the final table, Colm Hayes, and went home with €8,700; the total prize pot was €395,000.