Event #47: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 4 Completed
2015 World Series of Poker
Event #47: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
2015 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$2,830,100
Entries
1,244
Matt O'Donnell won Event #47: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em for by far the biggest cash of his career, $551,941. He claimed his first career bracelet for beating the 1,244-player field.
In doing so, he erased the pain of last summer's second-place finish in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship, when he lost a 9-1 chip lead. This time around, O'Donnell prevailed in another long heads-up battle when he beat Israel's Timur Margolin, with the players' respective rails reportedly getting testy during the match.
��There was definitely a lot of despair when I won, I could just hear the silence and it felt great,�� O'Donnell said.
O'Donnell had another big lead heads up but almost lost it again. This time, aided by a lucky double with 
against 
all in preflop and two flips that went his way, O'Donnell reversed the momentum and came back to win, doubling his career tournament earnings.
��Hopefully, it's the first of many,�� O'Donnell said of his new jewelry. ��The bracelet's exciting, but the money's pretty sweet, too.��
For his remaining schedule this summer, he plans to play at least the Main Event and the $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha. If he makes any more final tables, expect to see him clad in a blue-and-pink shirt, emblazoned with a pink llama on the front.
��It was my buddy's shirt,�� O'Donnell said with a laugh. ��He pulled it out one day a couple of months ago. I was like, 'If I make a final table this year, I'm going to wear it for good luck.' I'll probably never wash it again.��
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt O'Donnell | Lutz, FL | $551,941 |
| 2 | Timur Margolin | Ramla, Israel | $341,338 |
| 3 | Brandon Wittmeyer | Las Vegas, NV | $215,964 |
| 4 | Andy Black | Dublin, Ireland | $156,759 |
| 5 | Andrew Dean | Feeding Hills, MA | $115,637 |
| 6 | Jeff Gross | Ann Arbor, MI | $86,601 |
| 7 | Rick Alvarado | Ontario, Canada | $65,799 |
| 8 | Andre Akkari | Sao Paulo, Brazil | $50,658 |
| 9 | Raghav Bansal | India | $39,508 |
Event #47: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
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