Michael Martin (born in
Merrick, New York) is an American professional
poker
Poker is a family of comparing card games in which players wager over which hand is best according to that specific game's rules. It is played worldwide, however in some places the rules may vary. While the earliest known form of the game w ...
player from
Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania who was the winner at the
European Poker Tour (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
2006 World Series of Poker
The 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began on June 25, 2006 with satellite events, with regular play commencing on June 26 with the annual Casino Employee event, and the Tournament of Champions held on June 28 and 29. 40 more events in various ...
earning $42,882 out of a field of 8773 entries and finishing runner-up at the $5,000 No Limit Hold'em
WSOP Circuit The World Series of Poker Circuit is a series of poker tournaments held annually at a variety of casinos since 2005 as a build-up to the World Series of Poker (WSOP).
All Championship events are competed in no limit Texas hold 'em; preliminary even ...
Championship event earning $94,263.
European Poker Tour
Martin has made three final tables at the
European Poker Tour, his first was at the EPT Grand Final, in Monte Carlo in
season 4 finishing 5th for €421,000 ($666,171) with a final table that included online professional poker player
Isaac "westmenloAA" Baron (4th),
Luca Pagano
Luca Pagano (born July 28, 1978 in Treviso) is an Italian-born poker player who finished third place in the Barcelona Open, a European Poker Tour (EPT) event, in 2004. Since then he has reached six more EPT final tables, finishing in the money ...
(6th),
Antonio Esfandiari (8th) and the winner
Glen Chorny. Then later winning the 2008 EPT
London 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 Master Classics of Poker is one of the most respected and popular tournaments on the European calendar due to the excellent organization of the Holland Casino Amsterdam.
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.
References
External links
CardPlayer.com online profile – Michael "Martine23" Martin
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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