Sometimes in poker, the stars align and everything you do seems to work out. Some call it destiny, others may put it down to variance. Whatever it is, and whatever you believe, the end result in the $215 buy-in $200,000 guaranteed The Festival Online Main Event at 888poker was "latvianhero1" walking away with $34,600 and the title of champion.
Some 992 players, including re-entries, bought into the tournament, leaving a very small overlay. Latvianhero1 was flying high at one stage but then found themselves down to a couple of big blinds, before surging up the leaderboard again at the business end of the tournament and ultimately becoming an 888poker champion.