The 2015 Paddy Power Irish Open €3,200 + €300 Main Event was completed last night. It attracted a total of 321 players and a prize pool of €1,027,200 was created. Of all entries, only 36 were paid.
Greek player Ioannis Triantafyllakis, who qualified for the tournament via Paddy Power’s online poker room, emerged victorious to win the first-place prize of €209,500, scoring his best live cash so far, and the tournament trophy. He was also paid the additional amount of €50,000 for outlasting a total of 107 online qualifiers and becoming the Sole Survivor.
Eight players from five different countries sat at the final table, which kicked off yesterday. Donnacha O’Dea, known to be a poker legend in his country and a two-time WSOP finalist, started the day as a chip leader.
Andreas Gann from Germany was the first to go, after he was eliminated by O’Dea. The player took €26,750 for finishing eighth. Norwegian Baard Dahl was the next to go, as his [Ks][Jc]
could not hold up against Kevin Killeen’s pocket aces. Dahl was paid €35,250 for his seventh place.
Fergal Cawley from Ireland was busted in sixth place by the soon-to-be-champion. Cawley took home €46,500 and Triantafyllakis became the chip leader at this point.
O’Dea, who was among the favorites for the tournament’s title, was the next to fall victim to the Greek player. The Irish poker pro received €61,850 for his fifth place.
Killeen then eliminated two players – Declan Connolly from Ireland and Michael Wang from the United States. They took home €82,750 and €111,750, respectively.
With that said, there were only two players left at the final table. They decided to strike a deal before the beginning of the heads-up play. Killeen was to take €192,500 and Triantafyllakis was to be paid €197,500. The remaining €12,000 from the prize pool as well as the tournament trophy were for the winner.
It took about a level and a half before the name of the champion was announced. Triantafyllakis managed to quickly build a 2:1 chip lead over his opponent. At what turned out to be the final hand, Triantafyllakis had [Qs][Td] and Killeen was holding [As][2c]. The latter went all in and his opponent called. A queen appeared on the board and that was the end for Killeen.
