What a thrill ride! Steve O'Dwyer took on all comers today at WPT Venice, in hopes of taking the title and, at the same time, overtake Ben Lamb atop the 2011 PTPR Poker Tournament Player of the Year Leaderboard.
O'Dwyer was well on his way to his first WPT title until he ran into eventual winner Edoardo Alescio heads up ... actually, O'Dwyer couldn't do much to prevent Alescio from taking command of the tournament. Alescio was hit by the deck hard for about a 30-minute stretch - and we mean real hard. Trips upon trips, pocket pair upon pocket pair - it certainly looked as though Alescio was unbeatable - and that was surely the case when all was said and done Sunday.
O'Dwyer does move into second overall on the PTPR Leaderboard which is still a very impressive feat - however - one can't begin to wonder what could have been should O'Dwyer have collected the WPT Venice win.
WPT VENICE FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (IN USD):
1- Edoardo Alescio $255,842
2- Steve O'Dwyer $125,740
3- Michele Caroli $86,990
4- Andrea Dato $56,822
5- Andrea Benelli $45,087
6- Aleksandr Dovzhenko $35,585
PTPR PREMIER EVENT
World Poker Tour Venice
WPT Venice NLH Main Event
December 13-18, 2011
Casino Di Venezia | Venice
Buy-in: $4,295 | Prizepool: $841,345 | Entries: 213
FINAL RESULTS:
EDOARDO ALESCIO 127
STEVE O'DWYER 77
MICHELE CAROLI 47
ANDREA DATO 37
ANDREA BENELLI 32
ALEKSANDR DOVZHENKO 27
ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ 27
MARVIN RETTENMAIER 12
CHRISTOPHER CREUS 12
DARIO RUSCONI 12
ARNAUD MATTERN 12
FERNANDO CIMAGLIA 10
RONNIE BARDAH 10
WANNY PIAZZA 10
ROBERTO ROMANELLO 10
UMBERTO CALABRO 7
MASSIMILIANO ROSA 7
JOHAN GUILBERT 7
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