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Weekes has only taken seconds to double up. Jonathan Weekes that is. He was, if you recall our erstwhile bubble for the final table over in Tallinn a couple of er...weeks ago.
Weekes recalled his hand where he had been holding 
on a Queen-high non-connecting board which had his opponent Fernando Brito pushing all-in on the river with 
and Weekes more than happy to make the call with top set to double up to 60,000.
Pretty simple sometimes.
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We still have a good few empty seats (registration is open for another two hours, if you're interested) but so far this Day 1b appears to have no less pedigree than yesterday's Day 1a.
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30,000 |
We're off!
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Good morning and welcome once again to the absurdly sunny Algarve, where around 200 poker players are about to go and hide inside the darkened casino for the rest of the day. Yesterday saw 181 runners take their seats in the Salao Miralago and we're already pretty much guaranteed to beat last year's total of 322 runners, but it will be a while before we know the final numbers.
The top spot at the end of play was occupied by PokerStars Team Online Pro Andre Coimbra. Also near the top were Brits Paul "Pab" Foltyn and Toby Lewis, Team PokerStars Pros Dario Minieri and Arnaud Mattern, enthusiastic prop bettor Antonio Esfandiari, top French players Antony Lellouche and Michel Abecassis, and reigning EPT Grand Final champion Nicolas Chouity.
Among the pros expected to grace the felt today are Daniel Negreanu, Luca Pagano and David Williams, and they will all be hoping to join the 102 survivors from Day 1a come bagging-up time around 9pm GMT+1. Before that, though, there are eight levels of poker-packed fun to get through. Play is due to start at noon, so watch this space.
Main Event
Day 1b Started
