2013 PokerStars.com EPT London

£5,250 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2013 PokerStars.com EPT London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
£560,980
Event Info
Buy-in
£5,000
Prize Pool
£2,929,400
Entries
604
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Where Are They Now: EPT4 London (2007) Champ Joseph Mouawad

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
EPT4 London champ Joseph Mouawad
EPT4 London champ Joseph Mouawad

Once again the buy-in was adjusted for the EPT London, this time jumping to £5,200, and as a result attendance dropped slightly to 392 runners, which created a prize pool of £2,038,400. German player Florian Langmann began that year’s final table as the chip leader, and eventually made it to heads-up play against online qualifier Joseph Mouawad.

The two battled for less than an hour, and in the final hand Langmann raised preflop and Mouawad called, which brought about a flop of {6-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}. Langmann bet and then called off after Mouawad shoved. Langmann tabled the {9-Spades}{8-Spades} for middle pair, but it was no good as Mouawad tabled the {q-Clubs}{3-Clubs} for top pair. The {Q-Spades} turn left Langmann drawing dead, and after the {8-Clubs} was run out on the river, Mouawad captured victory and the £611,520 first-place prize. In addition, the 47-year-old became the first player from Lebanon to win an EPT title.

It was a storybook ending for Mouawad, but his fairy tale ended there. In the six years since his big win, Mouawad has just two tournament cashes to name – second in the 2010 Five Star World Poker Classic $1,000 No Limit Hold’em for $25,500 and eight in the €2,000 No Limit Hold’em event at this year’s EPT Barcelona for €16,650.

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