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Brandon Schaefer was in Europe celebrating Oktoberfest in Germany. He got a phone call at 3 AM local time this morning from Michael Martin. Martin told Brandon that he advanced to the final table of the PokerStars.com EPT London and that Brandon needed to catch the first flight to London so he could sweat him. Brandon stayed up and scoured the intertubes for a reasonably priced tickets. Brandon snagged one and now he's on the rail with Martin's mother and girlfriend.
"He's gonna win this," said Schaefer. "I have a feeling about my boy!"
[user25067]
Alan Smurfit - 6th Place
Alan Smurfit moved all in for 185,000, Michael Martin moved all in behind him from the small blind and Eric Liu folded his big blind.
Smurfit
Martin
The flop was , Martin hitting a set and leaving Smurfit drawing only to running straight cards. One of them hit the turn when it fell the , but the arrived on the river, eliminating the Irishman in sixth place. He'll take home £153,351 for his performance.
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Philippe D'Auteuil - 5th Place
Philippe D'Auteuil moved all in from UTG, Marcin Horecki moved all in behind him from the button and both blinds folded.
D'Auteuil
Horecki
The board ran out and the young Canadian hit the rail in fifth place, no doubt off to grab some cocktails with his friends who were supporting him from the rail. He'll take home £195,766.
[user25067]
Since we've been playing four-handed, Marcin Horecki has opened for a raise three times, been reraised all in three times, and made three folds.
1. Horecki opened for 140,000, Michael Tureniec moved all in from the big blind for 672,000 and Horecki folded.
2. Horecki raised to 135,000, Michael Martin shoved from the small blind and Horecki passed.
3. Horecki opened for 140,000, Michael Tureniec moved all in and Horecki gave it up again.
As a result, he's dipped below the 1 million mark, with 991,000 in his stack.
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, Tureniec flopping top two pair and D'Auteuil picking up a flush draw. The 
fell on the turn. 
, making D'Auteuil's flush. His friends let out a roar of approval and D'Auteuil ran over to share in some high-fives. 
, but the 
arrived on the river, eliminating the Irishman in sixth place. He'll take home £153,351 for his performance.
on the turn, Eric Liu bet 200,000 and Marcin Horecki called. The river was the 
and both players checked. 
for two pair and won the pot. He's now up to 2,897,000.
