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We found Irish poker legend Padraig Parkinson staring very intently at the felt on the turn of a 
board. His opponent appeared to have checked to him, and Parkinson had bet 11,000.
Eventually the opponent ceased his tanking and folded. Parkinson raked in the pot, and despite looking a bit like he's been sleeping in a doorway, Parkinson is doing very well - he's up over 80,000.
Wow, that was fast. We're not sure exactly what happened, but Padraig Parkinson went from 80,000 to busto in apparently two hands, and tablemate Kenny Hicks is now in possession of 135,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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69,000
12,000
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12,000 |
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42,000
16,000
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16,000 |
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38,000
21,500
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21,500 |
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32,000
9,000
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9,000 |
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19,000
-4,000
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-4,000 |
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18,000
-6,000
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-6,000 |
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16,000
-3,000
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-3,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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It's been a great year so far for Israeli player Tomer Berda. He started it off with a cash at the PCA and then another one at the EPT Grand Final, where he also won a side event. His run only improved when he got to Vegas, winning a bracelet in the $2,500 NLH event and finalling a $1,500 NLH event too before finishing an extremely respectable 134th in the Main Event.
Berda cashed at EPT Tallinn as well, and came second in a side event at EPT Vilamoura - and he's now in an excellent position to make a serious assault on this EPT.
We're not sure exactly when the chips went in, but the cards looked like so:
Berda: 
Opponent gentleman: 
Board: 
Berda's opponent flopped a straight but Berda turned a full house, and the hapless unknown gentleman hit the rail. Berda meanwhile is flying relatively high on 55,000.
A big pot between two members of Team PokerStars!
We picked up the action on the 
flop. Jude Ainsworth led out with a bet of 3,000, and Fatima de Melo raised to 8,000. Ainsworth reraised to 16,000, de Melo moved all in, and Ainsworth snap-called with the covering stack. De Melo knew she was in trouble.
Showdown
Ainsworth: 
De Melo: 
There was no help on the 
turn or river, and de Melo said, "Good luck, man," as she headed for the door.
Ainsworth - 89,000
With registration now closed and the number of runners fixed and definite, the prize pool has been calculated for this, the largest poker tournament ever held on British soil.
The crucial numbers:
Total prize pool - £4,112,800
Number of places paying out - 128
Min-cash pays - £7,500
First place pays - £900,000
For the full breakdown, please click the tantalizing "Payouts" tab above.
Time is running out to play in our exclusive $10,000 Sunday Million Freeroll from PokerStars on October 10. You can win your seat in the biggest regular weekly online tournament in the world for just 75 VPPs - but you only have until September 30th (23:59 GMT) to qualify.
During the break, Gloria got a chance to talk with Annette Obrestad about her victory in the £5,000 Heads-Up event yesterday and the chilly manner in which her Day 1b is progressing so far. Check it:
Chris Moneymaker is back on the way up, getting paid off for 6,625 (Ooh, a rainbow bet featuring a yellow 5k, a red 1k, a purple 500, a black 100 and a green 25 chip) on a 
board.
Moneymaker showed 
and scooped a pot that seemed to have more greens in it that your mother tried to make you eat when you were five years old. Moneymaker looks to be back over the 30,000 mark after that.
Praz Bansi has something of a curse on him. The two-time WSOP bracelet winner has a list of cashes that is the envy of many a pro, and with almost $2.5 million in live tournament earnings, he is among the most successful of our poker exports from the UK.
Except in EPTs.
Bansi has played pretty much every EPT since its inception, but has never cashed. Never. Not once. He cashed at the PCA this January, but that one's turned into an NAPT now so it doesn't count.
Bansi will not be cashing in this EPT either, as he's just hit the rail. He found pocket queens, but another player found pocket kings, and it was all over very swiftly.
Better luck next time, Praz.
