Where Are They Now: EPT London Season 5 (2008) Champ Michael Martin
The buy-in remained the same in Season 5, but attendance increased by more than 200 players as 596 players entered the event and created a prize pool of ��3,349,200. The tournament attracted some big names and several of them made deep runs including Peter Eastgate (18th - ��16,313), David Benyamine (12th - ��35,891) and Philippe D��Auteuil (5th - ��195,766).
Michael Tureniec began the final table as the chip leader that year, but by the time he made it to heads-up play the USA��s Michael Martin had taken the lead. The two battled for approximately 90 minutes before Martin moved all in from the small blind with the 
and Tureniec called off with the 
. It was a flip, but the board ran out 
and Martin emerged victorious to claim the ��1,000,000 top prize.
It was Martin��s only career victory, but he actually had some big scores prior to that year��s EPT London. In November 2007, Martin finished runner-up in the Master Classic of Poker �5,000 No Limit Hold��em for �368,080, which he followed up with a fifth-place finish in the 2008 EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo for �421,000.
Since his win, things have slowed down considerably for the man from Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania. He had two cashes in 2009 for $44,621, and another pair of cashes in 2010 for $22,878. Since then, Martin has disappeared from the tournament circuit.