Simon Deadman Wins 2013 WPT National Dublin

Simon Deadman has won the  World Poker Tour National Series Dublin, after defeating a fied of 238 players over three days to lift the title, and collect the €67,500 ($88,998) first place prize.
Back in November, the UK pro took down the £1k Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Blackpool for £49,290 ($78,970) and now with his latest victory in Ireland has further boosted his live career winnings to $451.728. Commenting after his remarkable win the 24 year old said: “It’s always fun playing in Dublin. If you go bust, you go on the beer.”
By the time the €1,320 event reached its final table of eight at the Citywest Hotel, Deadman was fourth in chips. Also making it through was such notables as Ben Carpenter and Jack Salter, as well as Dublin’s Sean Prendiville, Limerick’s Tommy O’Rourke and Galway’s Fintan Gavin.
However, Fintan Gavin was the first player to be eliminated in 8th (€8,900), and after Tommy O Rourke fell in 6th (€13,750), all hope rested upon Sean Prendiville to keep the title on Irish soil. Nevertheless, a commendable 3rd place finish (€30,250) was as far as he would progress, after which it was left to Simon Deadman and Norway’s Joachim Haraldstad to decide the tournament.
As the heads-up phase of the competition got underway, both the players were fairly even in chips. However, a huge all-in pot was played with Deadman holding Kc-Qd on a Kh-8c-5h flop and up against the 7h-3h of his opponent. Unfortunately for Haraldstad his cards failed to improve and after being reduced to a 300k to 5.5 million chip deficit, the defining hand was played with the Norwegian all-in holding K-10 to Deadman’s 10c-9c.
The board then rolled out 9h-Ac-Jd-Ah-4d to relegate Joachim Haraldstad to a runner-up finish worth €47,100, while Deadman was crowned the WPT National Dublin champion.
The final table payouts were as follows:
1: Simon Deadman — €67,500
2: Joachim Haraldstad — €47,100
3: Sean Prendiville — €30,250
4: Jack Salter — €22,350
5: Ben Carpenter — €16,750
6: Tommy O Rourke — €13,750
7: Daniel Laming — €11,250
8: Fintan Gavin — €8,900