Pokerstars.com London EPT: Final Day - At A Glance

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Seat 1: Ian Cox -- out
Seat 2: Florian Langmann -- 462,000
Seat 3: Antony Lellouche -- out
Seat 4: Fredrik Haugen -- 565,000
Seat 5: Josh Egan -- 213,000
Seat 6: Marcel Baran -- 580,000
Seat 7: Paul Mendes -- out
Seat 8: Joseph Mouawad -- 2,075,000

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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 =

Board =



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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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



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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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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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.

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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 Flop only to be called by Florian whose tournament life was on the line.

Florian =

Joseph =

Turn =

River =

And that's all she wrote.

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