Sometimes, things happen in life that lead you to think they happened for a reason. Take Ian Otobo for example, he and his friend, Carl Harris, were planning to head to London for the UKIPT Series, but changed their plans at the last minute when they discovered they could fly to Malta and play the WPT DeepStacks event taking place there more cheaply.
Three days later, Otobo walked away with the title of champion, €20,300 in cash and a $3,000 entry to a championships tournament. Funny how life works out sometimes.
The tournament that Harris and Otobo were originally going to play was eventually won by Elliott Panyi, who had to outlast a crowd of 351 players at the Hippodrome Casino, London, to get his hands on another live title; this one came with £16,950 as a prize.