The final table of the London EPT is scheduled to start at 15:30 local time. A quick reminder of the finalists and their chip counts:
Florian Langmann (Germany) 927000
Joseph Mouawad (Lebanon) 780000
Marcel Baran (Germany) 583000
Josh Egan (New Zealand) 477000
Anthony Lellouche (France) 466000
Paul Mendes (UK) 282000
Ian Cox (UK) 234000
Fredrik Haugen (Sweden) 190000
Chip leader Florian Langmann is one cool customer. Playing in the biggest competition in his life with over ��600,000 to play for, Florian has had to be paged by the floor at the Vic. A slightly red-faced Florian raced to the table and still managed to make the official photo call.
After the players take it in turns to steal the blinds we see a flop. Mouawad limped, Ian Cox raised to 33,000 and Mouawad calls the additional 21,000. The flop comes . Mouawad check-folds when Cox bets 35,000. Then Haugen takes down two pots in a row, with an open push and flat-call flop bet.
Lellouche raises to 32,000 from early position, Baran calls and so does Mendes in the big blind. Flop comes checked around.
Turn is , Baran bets 55,000 and Lellouche calls. River is the , Baran bets 80,000 and Lellouche calls. Baran shows the and wins a 382,000 pot with a king-high flush.
Florian Langmann limps in the small blind, and Anthony Lellouche raises 45,000 from the big blind. Langmann immediately moves all in and Lellouche calls without much hesitation.
Over 600,00 in this pot.
for Langmann
for Lellouche
Flop:
Turn: giving Langman a flush draw and gut-shot straight draw but the river was the and the Frenchman takes a considerable chunk of the chipleader's chips.