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Play for the Final Day of the £5,200 Main Event commences at 3.30pm.

Final Day chip counts:

Florian Langmann -- 917,000
Jospeh Mouawad -- 780,000
Marcel Baran -- 583,000
Josh Egan -- 477,000
Anthony (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=903) Lellouche (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=903) -- 466,000
Paul Mendes -- 282,000
Ian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=171) Cox (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=171) -- 234,000
Fredrik (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=550) Haugen (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=550) -- 190,000

1st £611,520
2nd £346,528
3rd £203,840
4th £152,880
5th £124,342
6th £97,843
7th £77,459
8th £57,075
9th £34,652 Jason Hackett
10th £34,652 Pascal (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=691) Perrault (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=691)
11th £28,537 Phidias Georgiou
12th £28,537 Surinder (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=422) Sunar (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=422)
13th £22,422 David Obrobrac

"The biggest pot of the day goes to Macel Baran," announces the er... announcer, but, in my opinion, and I acknowledge that Lellouche probably had a big hand too, it was relatively obvious that Baran had a flush.

But before I explain why, let's trudge back through the pre-flop action, Lellouche min-raising (as he often tends to do) to 32k, only to be called in the small blind by Baran and then checked in the big by Mendes.

The Flop came 8d Qd 8s and everyone nonchalently checked without too much hesitation.

Then, on the Td Turn, Marcel suddenly paused, his expression changing perhaps alluding to the fact that he'd hit. After eyeing up his chips, Marcel confidently threw out a bet of 55k which was duly called by Lellouche as Mendes ducked out of the way. As Lellouche called, the camera turned to Marcel, the German's face grimacing with his eye brows dipped.

On the River, we saw a seemingly irrelevant 4h, a card which I doubt would have made a difference to Marcel's 80k bet. Reaching for his chips relatively quickly, Lellouche riffled them on the felt before making the call.

A King flush was revealed for Marcel, and I believe Lellouche mucked, but for me, the tell was on the Turn, Marcel's pause, expression and reaction to the call suggesting that he'd made his hand and had his opponent under the cosh.

Then again, I'm not sitting at the final table of an EPT...

Antony Lellouche and chip leader Florian Langmann clash in a small blind versus big blind battle that went limp, bet, all-in, call, Lellouche catching Florian with his hands firmly trapped in the cookie jar.

Lellouche = Ac Ts

Langmann = 6s 5s

Board = 9c Ahrt 4s 9s 3d

Crucial double up for the Frenchman who propels himself into 3rd place.

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These were the chip counts post-Lellouche double through:

Seat 1: Ian Cox -- 227,000
Seat 2: Florian Langmann -- 759,000
Seat 3: Antony Lellouche -- 660,000
Seat 4: Fredrik Haugen -- 342,000
Seat 5: Josh Egan -- 465,000
Seat 6: Marcel Baran -- 714,000
Seat 7: Paul Mendes -- 178,000
Seat 8: Joseph Mouawad -- 579,000

Unfortunately someone going in the opposite direction since the final started is Ian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=171) Cox (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=171), seeing himself down to 112,000 he moves all in from the button. Florian Langmann in the small blind makes the call, just as Ian sighed and displayed a slight grimace. That was because he chose to make his move with Kh 7s amazingly though he was ahead because Florian was calling spectulatively with Ks 3h. The board was a sorry

Qd 3d 2h 8h 6h

to send Ian Cox out in 8th place for a not too shabby £57,075

Of all today’s final table players, Ian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=171) Cox (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=171), a poker pro & sports bettor from Poole, Dorset, has the most experience beneath the studio lights. His first live poker came after qualifying online for the 2005 Poker Million and he’s played in three later TV tournaments. Cox spent 11 years terrorizing fixed odds bookmakers with his knowledge of golf betting, before moving to the exchanges. He took up poker while waiting for market moves. Three final tables from 11 live events in 2006 and six from 14 this year attest to the skills of a natural.

The players might not be rattling towards the rail at electric pace, but it would be unfair to suggest that they weren't playing any hands, the latest confrontation being a rare Lebonase/German battle.

Raising it up to 80k pre-flop, the calculated Marcel Baran, who, with all due respect, looks like he should be sat in front of his computer playing tournament Starcraft, awaits the decision of Paul Mendes, the shortest stack at the table. Admitting that it was a fold or all in jobby, Mendes opted for the former and released his hand.

With the Steston-ed Mendes stepping out of the way, it was left to the Beirut real estate developer, Jospeh Mouawad, to make the call.

The Flop came an action-packed and all-in potentialising 7d 9s Ts, which subsequently triggered a 100k bet from Marcel who has a bizarre habit of staring down at his chips inquisitively on every hand.

Someone who didn't hesitate was Joseph, the Pokerstars qualifer insta-pushing for 253k more quicker than a sheep in Wales.

As he reclined in his chair, biting down gently on his lip, Marcel asked for a confirmation of the count before pitching up tent in the think tank. Clearly not holding a bag of spanners, Marcel continued to weigh up his options before finally announcing call and showing Js 9c. Joseph showed Ahrt Th.

The Aspades Turn may have made Joseph two pair and eliminated the Jack as a German escape route, but in turn produced nine more outs for Marcel to take a shot at.

However, it was indeed the now irrelevant Jack that arrived on the River, Joseph's superior two pair being enough to earn him a vital double up.

Just as the blinds move to 10K / 20k 2K ante a big pot develops again. Fredrik Haugen, who has clearly come to play today, raised it up to 55k. Josh Egan reraised all in for a total of 329K, this gave Haugen some dwelling time but he did call, the hands were

Fredrik Haugen Ad Td
Josh Egan Qh Qd

A queen on the board gave Josh Egan a lovely pot worth 810,000 and all of Haugen's hard work early on has been pulverised to nothing. He is left short.

We are down to 6 players after a raise, all in and a call that happened in a nano second. Englishman Paul Mendes was the other table short stack with 150k, he pushed all in with Kh Th but Antony Lellouche was not gonna roll over with Aspades Kc. After this exact board

Ad 4d 3d 6h Qc

Paul Mendes is the 7th place finisher winning a cool £77,459

Londoner Paul has been a striking figure at EPT London thanks to his distinctive Stetson– a gift from Vegas. He said: “I wear it for special occasions – and this is certainly one of those.” Today’s final table place is by far Paul’s biggest result to date. His previous biggest win was £1,200 after coming 8th in a tournament in Edinburgh a couple of years ago. The 44-year-old screenplay writer took up poker when he was working in a petrol station. He was invited to a game by some regulars, won the game and hasn’t looked back since.

Marcel Baran in action again, this time raising for about the 3rd time out of 5 hands, he makes it 55k, Josh Egan reraises about 200k and Marcel goes all in for not a massive amount more. Josh calls and this time Marcel does have the best hand in Ahrt Aspades, Josh flips over Qs Qh. No excitement on the board for Josh to improve and Marcel rakes in a 656,000 pot.

The players are now on an hour dinner break, so full chip counts of the remaining 6 to follow from Snoopy.

Seat 1: Ian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=171) Cox (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=171) -- out
Seat 2: Florian Langmann -- 1,241,000
Seat 3: Antony Lellouche -- 601,000
Seat 4: Fredrik (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=550) Haugen (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=550) -- 263,000
Seat 5: Josh Egan -- 457,000
Seat 6: Marcel Baran -- 656,000
Seat 7: Paul Mendes -- out
Seat 8: Joseph Mouawad -- 656,000

And just like that, we have our first post-din dins all-in showdown, the buffet clearly kick-starting our current crop of players into fifth gear.

The encounter started with Antony Lellouche who put in a standard raise from the button. Haugen pushed from the small blind, and Lellouche called, believing he was virtually pot committed.

Lellouche = 6h 5h

Haugen = 5d 5c

Board = 3d Ad Jc Ts 9c

Bedlam here as the players go antsy in their pansty and stick it all-in yet again, this time Joseph Mouawad and Florian Langmann the players guilty of splattering too much sugar on their half time cornflakes. With Florian raising it up pre-flop, Joseph stuck in a re-raise of 200k from the big blind but was swiftly faced with an all-in from Florian putting his Lebanese opponent to a decision for his tournament life.

Lifting his cards up in a folding motion, Joseph pauses before suddenly announcing call. At first, after Joseph had revealed a King to the camera, I initially thought he had a hand like K-Q or K-J and was gambling inexplicably. However, Joseph's hand was much stronger, the old Big Slick Aspades Kh, hitting the table.

Meanwhile, Florian, who seemed genuinely bemused, turned over 4s 4d, but instead of being overjoyed at the coinflipping circumstances, moaned, "I thought you were going to fold" later adding "How could you call, there was no chance you were ahead?" and even allowing the mischievous F word to slip out uncontrollably.

Perhaps punishing a slight lack of respect to his opponent, the Poker Gods didn't mess around, shooting down a bullet on a clinical 8h Th Ah Flop. A 7d Turn and Kd River later and it was all over, Joseph exclaiming "Yes!" in an abrupt manner leaving Langmann to rue the unnecessary abolishment of his stack.

Having connection problems here im afraid, and I have a load of pictures to upload but cant. I will as soon as possible, in the meantime whilst one Joseph Mouawad is out there with nearly all the chips, the other players are dancing around.

Marcel Baran raised to 80k and after him Lelluche moved all in, Baran somewhat committed but still reluctant, called for all his chips with 8s 8h and Antony had to turn over 3s 7d. He hit absolutely nothing and Baran doubled through to leave Lelluche with 23,000.

Antony Lellouche is OUT and becomes the 6th place finisher winning £97,843

All-in for what I understand was just 23k, the Frenchman found himself up against three other players in Marcel Baran, Joseph Mouawad and Fredrik (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=550) Haugen (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=550), all of whom I'm sure were inevitably eager to check it down and move up the financial ladder.

However, after all three players had checked the 2h Td 9c Flop in that somewhat collusive manner, Joseph seemed to like the Jc Turn and duly bet out 30k. Fredrik and Marcel sidestepped out the way leaving Joesph and his J-2 two pair to close the door on Lellouche's EPT, the Frenchman drawing dead with A-5.

Parisian Antony Lellouche 27, mainly plays live poker in high stakes cash games around the world. He is both respected and well-liked by his peers and mentors, including the “godfathers” of French poker Claude Cohen and Jan Boubli. Antony turned pro nine years ago, honing his skills at the smallest limit games at the Aviation Club. Fearless and intuitive, Antony has already made two WSOP final tables and come close in two EPT Grand Finals – 12th in 2005 and 21st in 2007. Today gives him his biggest tournament payout to date.

Fredrik (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=550) Haugen (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=550) is OUT and becomes the 5th place finisher winning £124,342

Florian Langmann pushes all-in and Fredrik (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=550) Haugen (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=550) calls.

Langmann = Qs Td

Haugen = Ad Jc

Board = 7d Kc Th Ts 4c

Fredrik, from Gothernburg, is already a highly experienced poker player. With EPT final tables often dominated by Swedes, Fredrik is – unusually - the last Swedish survivor at EPT London and, being the short stack, his task is hardest. One thing in his favour is his girlfriend Elvedina who made the journey with him, providing moral support from the rail. She admitted to being “very nervous” but Fredrik looks far more relaxed. His previous biggest win was 32nd place at EPT Dortmund last year.

Oops SuperBok, the action here 4 handed has been raising and passing, no calling and no flops! Then Josh Egan just goes all in for 386,000 and is called in a flash by Florian Langmann.

Josh had Kh Jd
Florian Aspades Ahrt
We saw

9d Jc 7h 2c 5h

Which means Josh Egan goes back to Auckland having finished 4th for £152,800

Student Josh has had a "massive roller-coaster" at the London EPT. Down to 3,000 in chips on Day 1, three great hands (fives, sixes and kings) turned it around for the 23-year-old from Auckland. Josh also qualified for the Barcelona leg of this year's EPT via a double shootout, on the same day that he also won his double shootout ticket to London -- four sit and go wins back-to-back, a 6,642 to one shot. He also previously qualified for the 2006 World Series where he came 602nd for $20,000. His strategy for today is suss out the table – and avoid chip leader Florian Langmann

A flurry of activity and 3 hands later we are heads up. Florian Langman raises to 110k and Marcel Baran goes all in for about 400k total. Langmann makes the call with Kc 7d Baran pushed with 4d 4c. The first card out was a K and no 4 to follow to help Marcel.

Marcel Baran is 3rd place finisher in the London EPT this year winning a grand £203,840

Marcel, from Aschaffenburg in Germany, has been pro for two years after quitting his job as a web developer. The decision has paid off as he’s now on the verge of his biggest cash yet. Marcel took up poker after coming home late one night and catching TV highlights of EPT Season 1. He is now set to improve on his previous best - 11th (€25,870) in EPT Dublin. “I’m not nervous. I’m only nervous when I’m all in. In a hand, I’ve no time to be nervous

The two remaining players are just having a quick break before they go at it. Courtesy of Pokerstars:

Joseph Mouawad, Lebanon, PokerStars cash qualifier
It was nearly over before it began for Joseph Mouawad. He planned to come here with friends but when they cancelled, he nearly did too. Thankfully he changed his mind and is now 2nd in chips. “My friends are following the action from home instead. They’re very excited.” Married with three children, the real estate developer from Beirut began playing poker nearly 15 years ago. He took up Hold’em two years ago when it became popular in his local casino. Today will be his best result yet. “I’ll be nervous for the first 15 minutes - but then I’ll get going.”

Florian Langmann, 24, Germany
Florian, the reigning German champion, carries the chip lead to the final table of the EPT and is enjoying the best year of his fledgling poker career. A professional player taking a break from studies in Dresden, he made two final tables in this year's Bellagio Cup in Las Vegas and cashed in EPT Dortmund last year. Oiginally from Verden in Germany,.

Just to give you an idea of what is happening and ensure you that we are indeed still watching live, here are the last 10 hands:

(1) Kd-7c-9s Flop, check check, 4d Turn, Joseph bets 200k, Florian folds
(2) As-4d-9s Flop, Joseph bets, Florian folds
(3) Florian folds small blind
(4) Ad-8s-3s Flop, Florian checks, Joseph bets 80k, Florian calls, Qs Turn, check, check, 5s River, Florian wins with Queen high flush
(5) Florian raises 50k, Joseph calls. 9c-9d-5c Flop, Joseph bets 190k, Florian folds
(6) 6h-As-Qd Flop, check check, Ts Turn, Florian bets 60k, Joseph calls. 7s River, Florian bets 110k, Joseph folds
(7) Florian raises to 100k, Joseph calls, 9d-4d-6s Flop, Joseph bets 100k, Florian calls, Td Turn, Florian bets 150k Joseph raises, Florian folds
(8) 4h-Tc-8c Flop, Florian bets 70k, Joseph folds
(9) Florian raises all-in, Joseph folds
(10) Qs-2c-3c Flop, Joseph bets 50k, Forian calls, 4h Turn, check check, 6h River, Florian bets 100k, Joseph folds

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Just caught the end of an expensive hand for Joseph, the man from Lebanon calling a 250k bet on the river of Kh Ac 7s Ad 9h board only to lose to a full house, Nines over Aces.

Florian Langmann is OUT and becomes the 2nd place finisher winning £346,528

In what seemed like an innocuous, relatively minor pot, Joseph pushed all-in on a 6h 9d Qd Flop only to be called by Florian whose tournament life was on the line.

Florian = 8h 9s

Joseph = Qc 3c

Turn = Qs

River = 8c

And that's all she wrote.

JOSEPH MOUAWAD FINISH IN 1ST PLACE BECOMING THE 2007 LONDON EPT CHAMPION WINNING £611,520

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