Paul Thomas Otto - 12th Place
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.
They saw a flop and Otto bet out 130,000. Wasek raised to 400,000, Otto pushed, Wasek called and they were on their backs.
Otto: for two overcards
Wasek: for a flush draw
Turn: leaving Otto drawing dead ("I'm dead," he said)
Thank you poker gods, Amen.
Alfonso Amendola shoved under the gun for his newly-doubled 900,000 and newly-chipped-up Artur Wasek called. On their backs.
Amendola:
Wasek: dominating with
But wait!
Board:
With very loud celebratory cries of, "YESSSS!!!" and the like, Amendola doubled again to around 1.9 million. Wasek dipped back to 4.3 million.
Donnie Peters
From under the gun, Kevin MacPhee raised to 115,000. Marko Neumann called from the small blind and then Marc Inizan called from the big blind.
The three players saw the flop come down and everyone checked. The turn card added the to the board and the first two players checked. MacPhee fired 245,000 and both his opponents folded.
Donnie Peters
Ketul Nathwani raised to 115,000 and then Nico Behling flat-called. After a flop of , a bet from Nathwani of 140,000 was good enough to win the pot.
Donnie Peters
Nathwani with the king-high bluff
From middle position, Ketul Nathwani raised to 115,000. Alfonso Amendola made the call from the big blind. The flop was checked by both players after the fell.
The turn brought the and Amendola checked. Nathwani fired 160,000 and Amendola called.
The river card was the and Amendola checked. Nathwani fired 460,000 and this sent Amendola into the tank for a long several minutes.
"I really like this pot, I don't want to lose it," said Amendola. "Will you show me?"
"I'll tell you what, I'll flip a coin and you call it. If you get it right, I'll show," responded Nathwani.
After another minute or so passed, Amendola mucked, saying, "Dealer, dealer, what are you doing to me here?!?!"
Amendola then tossed Nathwani a coin which had Mickey Mouse on one side and the number "1" on the other. "Which side are you?" asked Nathwani.
"I'm Mickey," responded Amendola.
Nathwani tossed the coin in the air and it landed in favor of Amendola. Nathwani then showed the for king high and Amendola tapped the table.
Artur Wasek limped in, Marcel Koller in the small blind limped too, and Nico Behling in the big blind checked his option.
They saw a flop and our attention was momentarily distracted by Cainelli's exit on the other table, but that's okay because the interesting bit was the turn. When we got back to the table in question, only Koller and Behling remained in the hand, and there was a 280,000 bet in front of Behling. Koller announced raise, and after a little while he said that his raise would be All In - about another 1.3 million. Behling tanked up long enough for Marko Neumann to shove on the other table and not get called - and eventually Behling very quietly announced, "Call."
Behling:
Koller: in some trouble with
River: wait for it...
...
...
Koller's two pair snatched the huge pot away from Behling, and he doubled to well over 3 million.
flop and Otto bet out 130,000. Wasek raised to 400,000, Otto pushed, Wasek called and they were on their backs.
for two overcards
for a flush draw
leaving Otto drawing dead ("I'm dead," he said)
and everyone checked. The turn card added the 
to the board and the first two players checked. MacPhee fired 245,000 and both his opponents folded.
, a bet from Nathwani of 140,000 was good enough to win the pot.
and Amendola checked. Nathwani fired 160,000 and Amendola called.
and Amendola checked. Nathwani fired 460,000 and this sent Amendola into the tank for a long several minutes.
for king high and Amendola tapped the table.
