Eoghan O'Dea - 2011 November Nine WSOP Player Profile
Ireland’s Eoghan O’Dea entered Day 8 of the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event in second place on the leaderboard with a stack of 19.5 million, trailing only the 21.0 million chips belonging to Anton Makievskyi. He ultimately finished in sixth place for $1.7 million.
O’Dea had three in the money finishes at the 2011 WSOP entering the Main Event, the largest of which totaled $3,300 and came by virtue of finishing 155th in a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em tournament. He’ll enter the 2011 WSOP November Ninewith the second largest stack at 33.93 million. Check out our exclusive Eoghan O’Dea interview.
In 2007, O’Dea took 26th in a $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha tournament during the WSOP for $16,000 in an event that saw Alan Smurfit walk away with nearly a half-million dollars for first place.
He may be best known in the poker world for taking second in the World Poker Tour’s Main Event in Marrakech, Morocco for nearly $400,000 in 2009. O’Dea fell heads-up to Frenchman Christophe Savary in the tournament, but defeated most of the pack of 416 entrants.
In 2008, O’Dea finished second in the Poker Million VII final for $260,000 after winning two preliminary matches. In his Poker Million VII semifinal, O’Dea trumped fellow countrymen Marty Smyth and Roy Brindley, along with David “Devilfish” Ulliott and PartyPoker bad boy Tony G. Smyth ultimately edged out O’Dea in the finals and walked away with a $1 million grand prize.
O’Dea has cashed in live tournaments around the world, including in the United States, Australia, Ireland, Morocco, the United Kingdom, St. Kitts, and Aruba.
O’Dea relegated Andrew Hinrichsen to the rail in the 2011 WSOP Main Event on Day 7 with pocket kings against A-K. The board ran out all hearts and, holding on the only heart of the group, O’Dea scooped the pot and eliminated Hinrichsen in 23rd place. Hinrichsen was the final elimination of Day 7; he walked away with over $300,000.
O’Dea was just 26 years old during his 2011 WSOP November Ninecharge. His father, Donnacha O’Dea, won a WSOP gold bracelet in 1998 and made not one, but two Main Event final table appearances. Needless to say, poker runs thick in O’Dea’s blood.
