2018 World Series of Poker

Event #67: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty
Day: 3
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kqq9
Prize
$141,161
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,124,550
Entries
833
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0

Event #67: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty

Day 3 Completed

Anderson Ireland Wins $1,500 PLO Bounty for First Bracelet and $141,161

Level 29 : 40,000/80,000, 0 ante
Event #67 Champion, Anderson Ireland
Event #67 Champion, Anderson Ireland

After ten hours of play on Day 3, including a more than four-hour heads-up battle, Anderson Ireland has won Event #67: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty at the 2018 World Series of Poker. Ireland topped a field of 833 runners en route to claiming his first WSOP gold bracelet and a top prize of $141,161.

If you were to google the New Orleans native, or search for any poker results relating to Ireland for that matter, one would come up empty-handed. This is in fact, Ireland's first WSOP cash and first live-recorded tournament score, ever.

"I've been working on it for a little while. Been playing PLO for eight months now. I have some really excellent teachers who teach me the hard way, by taking my money. They'll know who they are. I felt very confident the whole way through. Seemed very natural. It is such a better game than Texas Hold'em."

Anderson has been playing poker regularly for about two and a half years. This is just his 34th tournament ever according to his records."This is my first trip to the World Series. I played the Main. Busted on Day 2."

When asked about the grueling heads-up match against Matt O'Donnell, Ireland said, "That was very, very difficult. That was probably one of the more difficult poker sessions I've had. He was excellent. He was very, very good. I would argue that he is a better PLO player than I am. But the great thing about PLO is anything can happen. I think I played the best PLO I have ever played and I got a few good breaks. I even got a few bad breaks and came back from those."

"I got him all in three times and I was not all in against him a single time."

Final Table Results:

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Anderson IrelandUnited States$141,161
2Matt O'DonnellUnited States$87,198
3Joon ParkCanada$61,013
4Michal MaryškaCzech Republic$43,313
5Hai ChuAustrailia$31,203
6Andrew HollandUnited States$22,816
7Jonathan ThomasUnited States$16,937
8Harry PozefskyUnited States$12,767
9Jameson PainterUnited States$9,776

Day 2 kicked off with the unofficial final table of ten. Eventual runner-up Matt O'Donnell returned as the chipleader with the lion's share of a $1,124,550 prize pool up for grabs. Ireland came into Day 3 with the second-best stack. The official final table would be set midway through the first level when James Morgan flopped top pair and got it in only to see O'Donnell with a wrap. O'Donnell made his flush on the turn and Morgan departed in 10th.

A collision of two of the big stacks saw Jameson Painter exit in ninth. With two clubs on the flop, Painter check-raised a Hai Chu bet and the two got it in. Unfortunately for Painter, Chu had a better flush draw which was completed on the turn and Chu took over the chip lead.

Moments later, Harry Pozefsky put himself at risk against Anderson Ireland. Both had flopped top pair but Ireland also flopped a second pair and it held through the run out to bust Pozefsky in eighth. Ireland would claim his second casualty at the table not long afterward, sending Jonathan Thomas to the rail in seventh place. Thomas was short and moved all-in on a six-high flop but Ireland had flopped the nuts and Thomas' day would come to an end.

Almost two whole levels went by before the field was reduced to five. Each of the short stacks scored a double and Andrew Holland attempted to score another, getting aces in preflop against Chu's kings but Chu turned trip fives and Holland was out.

Chu's elimination came after two hands against Ireland. After the two battled and Ireland came out on top for a huge pot, Chu was left with just two big blinds and Ireland scooped those up a couple hands later.

Less than 20 minutes later, the field was heads up. Michal Maryška, who had been grinding a short stack for most of the day and had rarely been seen in a pot, finally found a hand to get his chips in the middle but with pocket aces in his holding, June Park flopped a straight and Maryška was unable to improve.

Before Park even had the chance to stack his chips, he tangled with Ireland, finding aces of his own. After Ireland check-raised pot on a queen-high board, the two got it in and Ireland turned a straight to narrow the field to the final two. Ireland carried a two-to-one chip lead into the battle but O'Donnell was able to double twice to take the lead.

Runner-up, Matt O'Donnell, denied his second WSOP bracelet
Runner-up, Matt O'Donnell, denied his second WSOP bracelet

Ireland closed the gap and would eventually reclaim the lead. The two would exchange pots back and forth with the chip lead coming along with them. Finally, Anderson began to take control and built a greater than five-to-one lead. It took more than four hours of heads-up play for the final hand to be dealt.

Ireland would get O'Donnell down to less than ten big blinds and got his opponent to put his chips in the middle behind and Ireland's queens would hold to eliminate O'Donnell in second place and capture the WSOP gold bracelet.

There is still plenty more to come from the 2018 World Series of Poker including the conclusion of the Main Event and the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop. Stay tuned to the blog as PokerNews will be on the floor providing live coverage of each event until the last card of the summer is dealt.

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Matt O'Donnell Eliminated in 2nd Place ($87,198)

Level 29 : 40,000/80,000, 0 ante
Matt O'Donnell
Matt O'Donnell

After both players put 200,000 in preflop, the rest of the chips went in on a {10-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} flop. Anderson Ireland bet 200,000 and called off Matt O'Donnell's all in shove for 460,000.

Matt O'Donnell: {k-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}
Anderson Ireland: {k-Spades}{q-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}

Ireland was ahead and a {10-Clubs}{8-Hearts} run out would secure the bracelet. O'Donnell finishes runner-up for $87,198 while Ireland banks $141,161 for the win.

Player Chips Progress
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Anderson Ireland
6,250,000
1,065,000
1,065,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Matt O'Donnell
Busted

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More Chips for Ireland

Level 29 : 40,000/80,000, 0 ante

Anderson Ireland limped and Matt O'Donnell checked his option. The flop came down {k-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{6-Clubs} and O'Donnell check-called a bet of 125,000 to see the {4-Diamonds} on the turn.

O'Donnell check-called once more, this time for 300,000 before folding to a bet of 600,000 on the river when the {6-Hearts} peeled off.

Ireland showed O'Donnell two sixes, making quads.

Player Chips Progress
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Anderson Ireland
5,185,000
85,000
85,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Matt O'Donnell
1,065,000
-85,000
-85,000

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All-in and a...Chop

Level 29 : 40,000/80,000, 0 ante

Matt O'Donnell limped the button and Anderson Ireland checked his option in the big blind.

The flop fell {7-Clubs}{6-Spades}{4-Clubs} and it checked through to the {2-Diamonds} turn. Ireland put out a bet of 125,000 and O'Donnell raised pot to 535,000. Ireland thought for a couple of seconds before making the call.

The river came the {8-Spades} and Ireland announced "all in" for O'Donnells remaining chips.

"If you got it you got it, man," said O'Donnell sliding the rest of his stack in the middle.

Matt O'Donnell: {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{5-Spades}
Anderson Ireland: {5-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{k-Spades}{10-Hearts}

Both players held a straight to the eight and would chop the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Anderson Ireland
5,100,000
-250,000
-250,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Matt O'Donnell
1,150,000
250,000
250,000

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Level: 29

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 0

Ireland Retakes the Lead with Top Two

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 0 ante

Matt O'Donnell limped in and called a raise to 150,000 from Anderson Ireland. Ireland continued on a {5-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{3-Spades} flop with a bet of 175,000 and O'Donnell called.

The {8-Clubs} was the turn and Ireland check-called a bet of 425,000 to see the {2-Hearts} on the river.

Ireland bet 500,000 and tabled the {a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} to take the pot with two pair when O'Donnell called.

Player Chips Progress
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Anderson Ireland
3,175,000
1,250,000
1,250,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Matt O'Donnell us
Matt O'Donnell
3,075,000
-1,250,000
-1,250,000

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Ireland Gets Some Right Back

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 0 ante

On the button, Anderson Ireland limp-called a bet of 160,000 from Matt O'Donnell and the pair of players went to a flop of {3-Spades}{k-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}.

O'Donnell check-called a bet of 150,000 and they both saw the {2-Hearts} fall on the turn and it checked through.

On the {a-Clubs} river, O'Donnell again checked it to Ireland who assembled a hefty bet of 400,000, sending O'Donnell into the tank. After a minute or so of weighing the options, O'Donnell tossed in a single chip to indicate a call and Ireland rolled over {j-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{6-} for threes full of twos and O'Donnell's hand sailed into the muck as he counted out the chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Matt O'Donnell
4,325,000
-525,000
-525,000
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Anderson Ireland
1,925,000
525,000
525,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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