PokerStars launched a video on Wednesday which supplies viewers a behind-the-scenes take a look at Parker “Tonkaaaa” Talbot‘s largest profession money.
The video covers his run within the EPT Paris €2,200 FPS Excessive Curler, the place he fired two bullets earlier than finally making it to second place and taking residence a test for €334,180 ($363,700).
To look at the total breakdown and listen to Talbot’s account of the occasion intimately, take a look at the total video beneath.
Bubble Motion
The occasion kicked off on February 18, 2024. The primary-day motion was irritating for Talbot, who busted his first bullet after which spent the day “nit-ing it in with mud.”
Then on the bubble, issues circled for the primary time. Talbot picked up pocket sevens within the small blind. Each he and the button referred to as a elevate from underneath the gun to 17,000.
The board got here down Q♦7♥6♦, giving Talbot a set (“an absolute f**king dream” in Talbot’s phrases). UTG wager 22,000 the supplier referred to as and Talbot raised to 52,000, UTG jammed excessive, and the button folded. After Talbot referred to as, the UTG participant flipped over 7♣6♦ for 2 pair. The flip and river modified nothing and Talbot was sitting fairly with the bubble nonetheless unbroken.
The very subsequent hand, the identical participant tangled with Talbot once more. This time, Talbot pulled off a well-timed bluff so as to add one other massive pot to his stack. These two palms set Talbot as much as bag a “very juicy stack round 500-600k.”
Curler Coaster Experience To The Prime
Day 2 was not simple.
“We had an unbelievably f**king eventful day right this moment,” Talbot defined in the course of the 10,000/15,000 blind stage. “Began the day with 594k immediately all the way down to to 200k, again as much as 550k, again all the way down to 350k. At round 270k proper now […] so if I do not double up rapidly right here within the subsequent six minutes. I am gonna have like 12 to fifteen massive blinds after the break.”
Issues acquired so much worse earlier than they acquired higher, however issues circled when Talbot picked up J♦7♦ with simply 165,000 in his stack. He had already chucked in 25,000 as the massive blind and referred to as a elevate to 75,000 from the hijack.
With simply 90,000 left, he jammed the flop of Q♥6♦3♦ and acquired a name from the hijack with A♥Q♣. The supplier was on Talbot’s facet, rolling over the 8♠ on the flip and the ten♦ on the river to provide Talbot a flush.
After that, Talbot went on a tear. “I went from 165k to love 900k at massive blind 25k and 30k,” he stated. “It was simply actually, actually clean.”
This Is Not An Exit
The final act of the video tracks the ultimate phases of the match as Talbot closes in first on the ultimate desk, then on the highest spot. Alongside the way in which he pulls off intelligent bluffs and fortunate drawouts. On account of Paris’s strict playing ordinances play was finally stopped and an unscheduled Day 3 was organized for the ultimate 4 gamers.
Talbot began the day in third place with 10.1 million in chips and a plan to “ladder up twice, after which simply run it up heads up.”
The primary a part of the plan labored out superb. Nevertheless, heads up play was one other matter. After a forwards and backwards with Henrik Juncker, Talbot picked up A♣3♣ with 15.6 million in his stack.
He referred to as his button for 400,000 and Juncker raised him to three,500,000 with 34.5 million behind. Talbot moved all in and Juncker referred to as with the A♥J♣. The board was quiet, lacking each gamers till the river paired Juncker’s jack, locking in a win for the Dane and sending Talbot to the rail.
Though the cash undoubtedly relieves the ache a bit, Talbot’s frustration with second place was evident. Regardless of being probably the most recognizable on-line match gamers on the planet, on the time of the EPT Paris, he had by no means received a reside occasion.
Nevertheless, there’s a completely happy postscript to the story. The deep run in Paris gave could have given Talbot some momentum as simply over a month later, he received his first reside occasion on the 2024 Irish Open for €134,279 ($145,590).
