Pokerstars.com London EPT: Final Day - Interactive

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Fredrik Haugen is OUT and becomes the 5th place finisher winning £124,342

Florian Langmann pushes all-in and Fredrik Haugen calls.

Langmann =

Haugen =

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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.

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Some pictures from a little while ago



Fredrik Haugen

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Pre exits today, Josh Egan in the foreground.

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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 
Florian   
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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

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Joseph Mouaward  2,203,000
Florian Langmann  1,428,000
Marcel Baran  348,000

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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 
Florian   
We saw

 



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

Not bad for a few days work that will buy you a reasonable house in Auckland. With exchange rate almost 3 to 1.
WD Mate. Safe travels back to the big smoke. Haere Ra.

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"That's poker," says Ian Cox as he props up the bar with his Scampie and chips. "It was a shocking call by him, but it doesn't bother me, that's the way it goes. K-3 is no hand, especially with the big blind still to play."

"The best player on there is Josh," he continues. "Impossible to get a read out of him because he looks the same at all times."

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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      Baran pushed with  .  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

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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,.

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The players are returning after a short pre-heads-up break:

Florian Langmann -- 1,880,000
Joseph Mouawad -- 2,620,000

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With blinds of 20,000 and 40,000, Florian makes it 100k pre-flop, Joseph re-raises to 310k, Florian folds.

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no talk of a deal Sloppy?

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Updated chip counts:

Florian Langmann -- 1,116,000
Joseph Mouawad -- 2,926,000

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no talk of a deal Sloppy?

No sign of a deal, although it could have been discussed prior to the break.

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Here they are just as they started.  Mouawad is on the left and its a shame the Langmann is sat with his back to everyone.