American Michael Martin won the European Poker Tour’s London Event on Sunday, pulling off the greatest comeback in EPT history to snag the £1,000,000 first-place prize. The record 596 player field had been whittled down to the final eight as of 1:30 p.m. GMT, when the players sat down to settle who would be crowned champion.

Eric Liu imposed his will on the rest of the final-table early, using his massive 1,308,000 stack to bully his short-stacked opponents. Liu raised most pots and was rarely called, allowing him to steadily build his stack. Giving his opponent the occasional double-up didn’t deter Liu, who would quickly resume his bullying tactics.

Marcin Horecki found himself in the opposite position, albeit one that he has gotten quite used to for the majority of this tournament — being short stacked. Horecki played it masterfully, picking his spots to double-up and also to push his stack to the center when nobody wanted to call. While eventual champion Michael Martin began the day quietly due to a lack of cards, he managed to pick up enough pots to stay around the one million mark going into the dinner break.

It’s hard to say what was in the players’ dinner, but whatever it was, the action was very different after the break. The big-stacks switched position with the short-stacks, and then they flip-flopped, all the way to the final heads-up match.

Liu’s aggressive style continued after the break as he raised to 585,000 vs. Martin, who then went all-in over-the-top. Liu called with A 10 and found himself in a coin flip with Martin’s 2 2. Liu flopped broadway as KQJ fell and Martin was crippled, down to his last 90,000. From this point forward, history was made.

Martin’s monumental comeback began on the very next hand vs. Michael Tureniec and Marcin Horecki , who both called Martin’s pre-flop all-in move. The board showed K 6 2 K 4 and miraculously, Martin’s 88 held up. This hand vaulted Martin’s chip stack up to 305,000.

The next hand also saw Martin move all-in pre-flop, again vs. Tureniec. After a 240,000 raise from Tureniec, Martin went over the top with 9 9 and his opponent was forced to call with K 7. Once again, it appeared Martin’s tournament life was over, as the flop brought a king, leaving Martin with only two outs in the deck. Fortunately for the eventual champion, divine intervention occurred and the river brought one of his 9’s, winning him the hand and bringing his stack up to 695,000.

ON THE VERY NEXT HAND, Martin was all-in again and AGAIN he was called by Tureniac. This time Martin had a monster, A A, which held up against Tureniec’s Q J. Next it was the previously successful Eric Liu to fall victim to Martin, who called Liu’s all-in raise with A 9. Liu turned over J 10 and the board brought him no relief as Martin spiked two aces. The hand eliminated Liu in fourth place and he took home a prize of £234,920.

Martin’s stunning comeback continued as he went over-the-top of Marcin Horecki’s all-in and turned over KJ, a hand that dominated Horecki’s K8. Although the flop was help to neither player, Horecki spiked an 8 on the turn. It was simply Martin’s day however as a jack fell on the river giving him the victory.

Going into heads-up play, Martin had a significant chip advantage of approximately 4 to 1 over Tureniec. The players’ first major clash saw Martin put his chips in the middle with 7 7 and Tureniec called with A J. Tureniec spiked two aces on the flop and was immediately back in the game.

Unfortunately for Tureniec, his good luck didn’t last long, as soon after he bluffed off a majority of his stack with no pair. Martin called with two pair, jack’s and ten’s, to once again take the resounding chip lead. The tournament came to an end appropriately on a coin flip as Tureniec got all of his chips in with K 9 and was called by Martin’s 4 4.

Tureniec got no help on the flop and then Martin spiked a set on the turn and a boat on the river to solidify the victory. Congratulations to Michael Martin for pulling off the greatest comeback in EPT history!