Seat 5: Conor O'Driscoll, 36, Ireland, lives in London, UK (1,225,000)
A familiar face to Twitch poker fans, Irishman Conor O'Driscoll is a regular streamer contesting tournaments and cash games, and is a member of the same online poker communities as PokerStars Ambassadors Spraggy and Lex Veldhuis.
A fan of a bankroll challenge, he is also, as of last year, a WCOOP champion, making two final tables in the same event on the same night — and beating a field of more than 6,000 to land a title. (He sat alongside Spraggy at one of those FTs).
Though he has made numerous deep runs in huge tournaments in the UK, Ireland and further afield, including a UKIPT Main Event final table, this EPT Prague run marks a significant step forward. He'll record the biggest cash of his career whatever happens on Sunday.
It’s taken some getting used to.
“I’m not used to the spotlight,” he says. “I prefer my tiny camera at home.”
Final table bios courtesy of Jan Kores/PokerStars
Career statistics
Career earnings: $631,999
EPT cashes: None
Best result: None
Tournament progression
Day 1: 86,500 (61/124, 1A)
Day 2: 540,000 (12/163)
Day 3: 825,000 (19/45)
Day 4: 3,530,000 (1/16)
Day 5: 1,225,000 (7/7)
Event highlights
O’Driscoll earned two big double ups off former chip leader Gianfranco Iaculli on Day 4, first calling for 630,000 with ace-king and beating Iaculli’s ace-five, then picking up ace-king once more and doubling for 1,305,000 against king-jack as he swapped places with Iaculli atop the leaderboard.
O’Driscoll increased his lead early on Day 5 when he got a five-bet bluff through against Vitezslav Cech. He slid down the leaderboard approaching the final table, before recouping some of his chips after flopping a full house and getting paid on a 1,000,000 river bet by Ding Fan.