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

10-02-2008 19:22 UTC+1

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 19:24 UTC+1

Recent Eliminations

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John Tabatabai and Hevad Khan are both out.

10-02-2008 19:26 UTC+1

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 19:28 UTC+1

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 19:31 UTC+1

Ivey Gets Rivered

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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 19:41 UTC+1

Joao Barbosa Up to 69K

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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 19:54 UTC+1

Maz Nawab Eliminated

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Maz Nawab was last spotted making his way to the smoking area, his A-K running into pocket kings and failing to improve.

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10-02-2008 20:03 UTC+1

Seidel Struggling

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On a

board, Erik Seidel called a river bet of 4,500, but quickly tapped the table in defeat upon being shown {Q-Diamonds}

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Seidel down to 15,000.

10-02-2008 20:05 UTC+1

Ladowsky Lays it Down

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I didn't catch the initial bet, but the board read {9-Hearts}

and Steve Ladowsky had just raised the river to to 6,000, only for his opponent to bump it up to 11,000. After a long dwell, Ladowsky conceded the hand, and as such dropped to 20,000 in chips.

10-02-2008 20:13 UTC+1

Moorman Floats Ivey

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Chris Moorman raised it up preflop from late position with {Q-Clubs}

and Phil Ivey defended his big blind. On the {A-?}

flop, Ivey checked, Moorman bet 1,300, Ivey made it 3,000 and Moorman called. On the nine turn, Moorman took it down with a bet of 3,300. Moorman has taken a hit or two since and is now struggling with 7,400.