Steve O'Dwyer Wins 2020 World Poker Tour World Online Championships Heads-Up Event

The 2020 World Poker Tour World Online Championships $3,200 buy-in no-limit hold’em heads-up championship drew a total of 166 entries, resulting in a slight overlay in the $500,000 guaranteed event. The top 32 finishers made the money in this event, with the largest payout going to eventual winner Steve O’Dwyer. The high-stakes tournament regular was awarded $135,000 as the last player standing in this shootout-format event.

The 38-year-old resident of Ireland now has more than $31.2 million in recorded tournament scores, enough to maintain his hold on the 10th-place spot on poker’s all-time money list.

O’Dwyer defeated Niko Koop in the quarter finals, calling down a multi-street bluff from his German opponent with queens and fours to set up a semi-final showdown against Allan Berger. The match did not last long, with a set-over-set situation resulting in a quick finish for Berger. He picked up 88 on the button with blinds of 600-1,2000, and raised to 3,000. O’Dwyer three-bet to 11,000 with QQ. Berger called and the flop came down AJ5. Both players checked and the 8 hit the turn, giving Berger a set of eights. O’Dwyer checked and Berger bet 11,000. O’Dwyer called and the Q gave him a superior set on the river. O’Dwyer checked and Beger moved all-in for 70,000. O’Dwyer quickly called to take down the pot and move on to the finals.

Artem Akhmetvaleyev defeated Jorma Nuutinen on the other side of the bracket to join O’Dwyer in the finals. O’Dwyer ran a multi-street bluff, shoving all-in with ace-nine high to get Akhmetvaleyev off of a flopped second pair to take nearly a 2:1 chip lead in the first few minutes of the match. In the final hand, O’Dwyer picked up the AK on the button and raised to 2,640 and Akhmetvaleyev called from the big blind with 87. The flop came down 1085 and Akhmetvaleyev check-called a bet of 3,696 with his middle pair. The K on the turn gave O’Dwyer top pair. Akhmetvaleyev checked and O’Dwyer bet 16,000. Akhmetvaleyev called and the 4 completed the board. Akhmetvaleyev checked and O’Dwyer moved all-in, having Akhmetvaleyev’s last 50,000 well covered. Akhmetvaleyev made the call after some consideration, only to learn that his hand was second best. He took home $75,000 for his runner-up showing.

Here is a look at the payouts awarded to the top eight finishers:

O’Dwyer photo via partypoker LIVE.

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