Paradise Poker was at the Atlantis Hotel, Brian Malczewski got first place and a prize of $500,000.


Winning Hand
A matter of minutes after Megusta has doubled up he's all-in again. This time the money has gone in on the flop of 3d 7h 6c




He's dominated this time... Brian's got
Ac 7d Vs. As 4c


The crowd doesn't know what to expect this time. Megusta seems to have the rub of the felt but surely he can't suck out again!?!


The Turn Comes 10c




"Keep 'em high, keep 'em high!" shouts a railbird.


The River Comes Ks



ITS HIGH!!! And so is our new champ!!! WINTERS25 (Brian Malczewski) celebrates hugging friends and the crowd goes wild!!!! YEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH BABAY!!!!


Well played to megusta, a fantastic tournament for him and one of the Scandinavian Invasion players who lasted the distance.





1st Brian Malczewski $500,000

2nd Nichlas Saarisilta $250,000
3rd Steve Billirakis $150,000

4th Fabrice Romero $100,000
5th Chris Roos $75,000

6th David Kim $55,000
7th Frank Hernandez $40,000

8th Randy Holland $30,000
9th Chris Carpol $25,000

10th Jonathan Rosen $21,000
11th Toby Stubbs $21,000

12th Bengt Sonnert $21,000
13th Curtis Dean $17,200

14th Michael Gatto $17,200
15th Jordan Berkowitz $17,200

16th Owen Simring $13,000
17th Jonathan Krim $13,000

18th Nicolai Kostakis $13,000
19th Ed Ledyard $10,000

20th Benjamin Calhoun $10,000
21st Tony Bott $10,000

22nd Chris Bush $10,000
23rd Martine Oules $10,000

24th Jim Pechac $10,000
25th Shady Francis $10,000

26th Rami Boukai $10,000
27th Bob Gibeley $10,000

28th Chris Dombrowski $7,500
29th Herbert Gelman $7,500

30th Thayer Rasmussen $7,500
31st Jacob Holmquist $7,500

32nd Erik Haffner $7,500
33rd Jerry Fowler $7,500

34th Andrew Wallach $7,500
35th Chris Stull $7,500

36th Mikael Rehn $7,500
37th Mark Hogan $5,000

38th Robert Beigarten $5,000
39th Mark Lusk $5,000

40th Matt Pettit $5,000
41st Jeff Renaud $5,000

42nd Darren Grosvenor $5,000
43rd Greg Baird $5,000

44th Anatoly Braylovsky $5,000
45th Jonathan Little $5,000