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.