This time of year should be a difficult time of year for students. This is the time of year when the allure of Jägerbombs and meeting up with potential sexual partners takes a slightly back seat to ensure that they are in perfect condition for their exams. Some students will already be involved in their exam period whereas others will find that they are in the final days of studying. With so much resting on these exams, you would expect to find that most students were knuckling down and studying hard. Then again, first year students may be a little bit more relaxed about the whole thing. There are plenty of chances at University and college and the thought of having one or two exams to resit is hardly the worst thing in the world for some students.
This may have been the rationale behind the decision of Liam O’Brien to enter the Dusk Till Dawn £150 Deepstack event but whatever the reason for his involvement, he will be delighted. This is because O’Brien has become the latest poker player to add his name to the list of winners at this prestigious poker event. He may be a first year student studying philosophy but he had to overcome 363 other players to get to the top of the pack. His skill and talent, not to mention a lot of effort was well rewarded with the £12,435 that he picked up for the first price. That will certainly buy a lot of Jagerbombs when he gets back to the student union and Liam should find that he has a lot more friends on campus when he returns.
A big poker prize pool on offer
The overall prize pool was £54,600 which was higher than what was expected. Given the good weather and the Bank Holiday weekend, not everyone was confident of such a good turnout but it just goes to show that poker is big business these days. There were a number of big name poker players at the event including Colburn Tomlin, Ben Vinson, Maria Demetriou, Mark McCluskey, Mitchell Johnson and Julian Thew.
This success for O’Brien is his second major placing, with the previous big finish coming back in February 2011. This also happened at the Dusk Till Dawn club as O’Brien found his way into the money places at the UKIPT Nottingham Main Event. In an event with more than 1,000 players involved, O’Brien finished in 86th place. It wasn’t a huge cash prize but it gave him some money and no doubt boosted his confidence. This recent triumph will definitely go a long way to providing O’Brien with the chance to make some real money and develop his poker game.