Paul Thomas Otto Eliminated in 12th Place (€40,000)

Artur Wasek raised to 110,000 from the button, and Paul Thomas Otto made it 275,000 from the big blind. There was a lengthy and multilingual discussion as Wasek (who doesn't speak a word of English or German) attempted to ascertain how many chips Otto had - Mr. Otto has been stacking his chips in pyramids constructed of stacks of four chips each. It was eventually decided that Otto had around 1.7 million. This was then translated into Polish by helpful blogger Piotr Majewski. Wasek flat-called.

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