Michael O

The Paddy Power Poker Irish Winter Festival took place just a short time ago and Michael O’Sullivan emerged the victor. O’Sullivan outlasted the field of 397 players to earn the first place finish in the €1,650 buy-in No-Limit Holdem main event.

O’Sullivan is considered an online cash game specialist and he defeated Michael Murphy in heads up play to earn the €143,000 first place prize. O’Sullivan stated his plans now include spending more time studying and in athletics. O’Sullivan is a twenty four year old student in Ireland.

Paul Dooley earned the Sole Survivor prize for outlasting the other sixty one players who qualified for the tournament online at Paddy Power Poker. Dooley finished in seventh place and earned an extra prize. That prize was a tournament sponsorship package worth €20,000.

Final Results:

1. Michael O'Sullivan (€143,000)
2. Michael Murphy (€88,500)
3. Gary Mealy (€55,300)
4. Matej Kokalj (€44,800)
5. Igor Kurganov (€35,900)
6. Stephen Devlin (€28,400)
7. Paul Dooley (€22,400)
8. Graham Masters (€17,900)
9. John Cassidy (€13,500)