Steve O'Dwyer Triumphs at PSC Macau Super High Roller

The PokerStars Championship Macau was held at the City of Dreams, with its HKD$400k ($51,473) Super High Roller attracting 88 entries to create a prize pool worth HKD$33,802,560 ($4,349,820). Three days later, and US pro Steve O’Dwyer would eventually overcome the field, including Germany’s Fedor Holz heads-up, to claim yet another title, as well as a first place prize of Hk$8,460,803 ($1,154,950).
Last month, O’Dwyer took down the $10,300 PSC Panama High Roller for $240,451, and so far this year he has reached four final tables, and cashed for a total of $1,558,879. With his latest winning performance in Macau, the 34 year-old Colorado born pro now boosts his live career earnings to $17,651,065, in the process vaulting past Jason Mercier (14th) and Jonathan Duhamel (13th) to claim 12th place on poker’s ‘All Time Money List’ with $17,651,064 in winnings.
O’Dwyer started Day 3 as the chip leader, and after the final table of eight was set, he was dealt pocket kings to eliminate James Chen (A-Q) in 7th, before doing likewise to Qiang Lin in 6th. Three-handed play then saw O’Dwyer’s pocket eights send Germany’s Manig Loeser (10-3) to the rail in 3rd, in the process setting up the final battle against Fedor Holz, another German player, for the title.
At this stage, O’Dwyer held a 4-to-1 chip lead over Holz, and after locking up a deal, the deciding hand was played soon after with O’Dwyer (J-10) and Holz (6-6) all-in preflop. The 3-A-10-7-3 then sealed the deal, and so O’Dwyer took the title, while Holz walked away with a runner-up prize worth $877,392. As a result, Holz is now placed 7th on poker’s ‘All Time Money List’ with $21,709,149 in winnings.
Paid Money Places:
1: Steve O’Dwyer $1,099,908
2: Fedor Holz $877,392
3: Manig Loeser $536,120
4: Kahle Burns $419,640
5: Zuo Wang $338,390
6: Qiang Lin $263,640
7: James Chen $208,723
8: Zhao Hongjun $162,630
9: Dan Smith $123,110
10: Stanley Choi $93,554
11: Michael Egan $93,554
12: Daniel Neilson $86,991
13: Isaac Haxton $86,991