Ciarin O’Leary, a native of Ireland and an 8 year Seattle, Washington resident, took first place, a gold bracelet and $727,012 in prize money after outlasting a record 2998 player field in the $1500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em event #3. Stressing patience and determination, the 33 year old family man and buillding contractor read Doyle Brunson’s Super System poker book before ever turning a card. If you don’t have a copy now would be a good time to get one and read it.Paul Evans took second and 459,150 whi8le Alex Jacob settled for third and $282,367.
Flipchip photos from the final table after the jump…