Michael Martin (born in

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) is an American professional

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who was the winner at the

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(EPT) £5,200 EPT London Main Event earning £1,000,000.

Poker

World Series of Poker

Martin has cashed eight times at the WSOP, most notably finishing in 232nd place at the

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earning $42,882 out of a field of 8,773 entries and finishing runner-up at the $5,000 No Limit Hold'em

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Championship event earning $94,263.

European Poker Tour

Martin has made three final tables at the

, his first was at the EPT Grand Final, in Monte Carlo in

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finishing 5th for €421,000 ($666,171) with a final table that included online professional poker player Isaac "westmenloAA" Baron (4th), Luca Pagano (6th),

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(8th) and the winner

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. Then later winning the 2008 EPT

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event in season 5, earning £1,000,000 ($1,831,099) in a final table which included Team Pokerstars Pro member Marcin Horecki (3rd) and WSOP bracelet winner Alan Smurfit (6th).

Master Classics of Poker

In November 2007, Martin was runner up at Amsterdam's prestigious Master Classics of Poker earning $531,961. The

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is one of the most respected and popular tournaments on the European calendar due to the excellent organization of the

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Epic Poker League

In 2011, the Epic Poker League was launched. It is a series of poker tournaments begun in 2011 by Federated Sports + Gaming. The League is exclusionary in that it is only open to poker players who have met certain qualification criteria based on earnings, final tables and other criteria. Comparing itself to the PGA of Golf, this new league will be the avenue for the top professional poker players in the world to compete against each other. To date, 218 of the world's best live tournament players have already qualified for the Epic Poker League and Martin was included in the initial induction to this league. This inclusion ranks him amongst the top 218 tournament players in the world. As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $3,200,000.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Michael American poker players European Poker Tour winners People from Bucks County, Pennsylvania Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Merrick, New York