£5,200 EPT London Main Event Day 1b | 2008 PokerStars.com EPT London

10-02-2008 20:41 UTC+2

Joao Barbosa Up to 69K

Four-way pot involving Joao Barbosa and Jean-Robert Bellande. Barbosa flopped a set with 2-2 and took down a hefty pot. He increased his stack to almost 69,000.

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10-02-2008 20:31 UTC+2

Phil Ivey raised to 700. Chris Moorman from the small blind shoved all in for 6,700. Ivey called with A-K suited. Moorman tabled A-Q off suit. The flop was A-10-6 rainbow. The turn was a 7 and the river was a Queen. Moorman doubled up and Ivey was left with a mere 4,500.

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10-02-2008 20:28 UTC+2

Antonio Esfandiari Eliminated

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Player from late position raised to 900. Antonio Esfandiari re-raised to 3,600 from the small blind leaving him only 2,000 behind. His opponent tanked for several minutes before he called. The flop was 6-5-2 rainbow. Antonio Esfandiari moved all in for his remaining stack. His opponent snap called with A-J off suit. Antonio Esfandiari tabled K-10. The turn was the 9 and the river was a 5. Esfandiari did not improve and he was eliminated.

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10-02-2008 20:26 UTC+2

Ready Teddy Go

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Former International footballer Teddy Sheringham has emerged as a surprise contender for chip leader (or, at least, a member of the chasing pack) with circa 40,000 in chips. He came out smelling of roses after experiencing a deck so cold that it would make the Antarctic feel like a Swedish Sauna.

On a rainbow board of A-K-8-8-5, all the chips flew in to form a monster three way pot with Sheringham taking it down with quad eights. Remarkably, his battered and bruised foes revealed pocket kings and pocket aces and will be armed with a pretty good excuse when their wives ask why they've returned home so soon.

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10-02-2008 20:24 UTC+2

Recent Eliminations

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John Tabatabai and Hevad Khan are both out.

10-02-2008 20:22 UTC+2

180 Players Remaining

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Approximately 100+ players have been eliminated so far on Day 1B. There are 18 tables remaining.

10-02-2008 20:18 UTC+2

Straight for Lacay

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On the river of a {Q-Hearts}

board, Ludovic's bet of 3,600 was called in one place, only for the Frenchman to take down a nice pot with {10-Clubs}

for the flopped straight. His opponent showed {Q-Clubs}

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Lacay now approaching the 40,000 mark.

10-02-2008 20:17 UTC+2

Checking Your Cards is for Wimps

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A strange hand involving Hevad Khan has been matriculating through the media room like a dirty rumor through Summer Bay. With the dust wiped from my Miss Marple hat, I set about unearthing the details, which were finally unveiled by table mate and honorary Brightonian Paul Parker.

"It was a bizarre hand," he started. "The board was {A-Spades}