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Steve O’Dwyer wins WPTDS Amsterdam High Roller

Holland Casino in Amsterdam was host to the ever-popular WPTDeepStacks series. The series came back to Amsterdam this year for the 5^th time and it was a successful record-breaking stop too. The 2019 WPTDS Amsterdam was running between 23-31 March 2019 and saw a record participation in the Main Event in its history.

€2,200 High Roller

Steve O’Dwyer won a side event at the Holland Casino, the €2,200 High Roller. He beat a sizeable field and Marcel Goldenbelt in heads-up to be crowned as the champion of the HR for €72,905 (~INR 56.45 Lakhs). This is O’Dwyer’s 2^nd victory at the venue, the first one being 2018 Master Classics of Poker (MCOP) €25,500 Super High Roller where local pro Alberto Stegeman shipped the ME.

O’Dwyer is already a superstar in the worldwide poker community and has over $26 million in recorded live cashes till date. He currently sits at 9^th in USA’s All-Time Money List and 11^th in the worldwide list. He won his biggest live cash back in 2015 for shipping PCA SHR event for $1,872,580 and has never looked back since.

O’Dwyer beat a Final Table which had all local pros on it. Heads-up started with Goldenbelt having 2:1 chip lead. O’Dwyer catched Goldenbelt’s Jd 9s bluff with Kd 6d over a board of Ad 4h Kh 10s As A little while later, Goldenbelt shoved his remaining stack with Queen-nine against O’Dwyer’s Ace-eight suited. The board didn’t amount to anything and O’Dwyer shipped the tournament with higher Ace-kicker.

Final Table Results –

1. Steve O’Dwyer – €72,905 ($81,965)
2. Marcel Goldenbelt – €46,120
3. Sandro Pitzanti – €27,350
4. Christian Pielich – €16,770
5. David Boyaciyan – €12,770
6. John Geenen – €10,835
7. Paul Berende – €9,420
8. Mangroe – €8,255
9. Noah Boeken – €7,290

€1,200 Main Event

The highlight event of the series saw a record-breaking turnout of 507 entries. A total of 64 players finished in the money including notables such as Tobias Peters and Dutch bracelet winner Marcel Vonk. After 4 days of action in the ME, the eventual winner came to be Germany’s Felix Schulze for €104,304 (~INR 80.73 Lakhs).

Schulze beat France’s Emrah Cakmak in heads-up who ultimately settled for €69,525 as the second-place pay-out. He won the last hand of the game with pocket Tens against Cakmak’s Ace-king. American pro Joey Weissman was also present in the field and ran well and rounded up top 3 for €51,285.

Final Table Results –

1. Felix Schulze – €104,304 ($117,253)
2. Emrah Cakmak – €69,525
3. Joey Weissman – €51,285
4. Micha Hoedemaker – €38,245
5. Mark Wiegerinck – €28,835
6. Enrico Camosci – €21,985
7. James Thody – €16,950
8. Menduh Kalmaz – €13,220
9. Carlos Dacosta Dias – €10,430

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