SCOOP: Steve O’Dwyer Wins Super High Roller for $521K, First Title
SCOOP: Steve O’Dwyer Wins Super High Roller for $521K, First Title

For all that Steve O’Dwyer has accomplished in his poker career, both live and online, he has never managed to win a PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker title. That all changed on Wednesday when he took down a Super High Roller event for the second-largest score of his online career.

O’Dwyer beat former #1-ranked Andras ‘probirs’ Nemeth heads-up to win Event #52 High ($25,000 NLHE Super High Roller) outright to earn $521,597.77 and his first SCOOP title. O’Dwyer’s only bigger online score came in 2018 when he won the partypoker Powerfest Super High Roller Championship event for $896,610.

Nemeth earned $403,096.26 for his runner-up performance and narrowly missed out on a two-title day. Nemeth won Event #52 Medium ($2,100 NLHE) for $157,734.78 to push his winnings for the day to more than $560,000.

Chun Lei ‘SamRostan’ Zhou finished in third place for $311,516.98.

A pair of former #1-ranked players battled for the title in Event #53 High ($2,100 Six Max Pot Limit Omaha 8-or-better). Patrick ‘pads1161’ Leonard outlasted Yuri ‘theNERDguy’ Dzivielevski heads-up to win the second SCOOP title of his career and $52,605.66. Dzivielevski took home $40,345.85 for his runner-up performance and fellow Brazilian Murilo ‘Muka82’ Figueiredo came in third place for $30,943.24.

England’s Tyler ‘wonderboy222’ Goatcher shipped Event #54-High ($1,050 NLHE) to add $107,503.65 to his bankroll. Joris ‘BillLewinsky’ Ruijs ended up with $80,159.99 as the runner-up and ‘IDontBlufM8‘ earned $59,771.46 as the bronze medalist.

Other players who picked up SCOOP titles on Wednesday included ‘O”Pazzzo”‘ (Event #52-L), ‘Kashmir_uzi’ (Event #53-L), Tobias ‘Senkel92’ Leknes (Event #53-M), ‘dmgs81’ (Event #54-L), and ‘vivaodesemprego’ (Event #54-M).

Event #52-H: $25,000 NLHE Super High Roller
Entries: 89
Prize pool: $2,182,725

  1. Steve ‘Mr. Tim Caum’ O’Dwyer – $521,597.77
  2. Andras ‘probirs’ Nemeth – $403,096.26
  3. Chun Lei ‘SamRostan’ Zhou – $311,516.98
  4. Joao ‘Naza114’ Vieira – $240,743.65
  5. Talal ‘raidalot’ Shakerchi – $186,049.14
  6. VbV1990 – $143,780.89
  7. Ole ‘wizowizo’ Schemion – $111,115.32
  8. Fedor ‘CrownUpGuy’ Holz – $85,871.02

Event #53-H: $2,100 Six Max Pot Limit Omaha 8-or-better
Entries: 117
Prize pool: $234,000 –

  1. Patrick ‘pads1161’ Leonard – $52,605.66
  2. Yuri ‘theNERDguy’ Dzivielevski – $40,345.85
  3. Murilo ‘Muka82’ Figueiredo – $30,943.24
  4. Little Kraut – $23,731.90
  5. guilherme12 – $18,201.17
  6. Joao ‘Naza114’ Vieira – $13,959.38

Event #54-H: $1,050 NLHE
Entries: 609
Prize pool: $609,000

  1. wonderboy222 – $107,503.65
  2. BillLewinsky – $80,159.99
  3. IDontBlufM8 – $59,771.46
  4. dulek_jason – $44,568.69
  5. mjw006 – $33,232.70
  6. MASUR0N1KE – $24,780.02
  7. Tr!pleeeee – $18,477.23
  8. RUNITSRANN – $13,777.58
  9. anteen – $10,273.28