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Former football star Teddy Sheringham is on course for his best ever live poker result at the European Poker Tour (EPT) even in Vilamoura.

The ex-Spurs and Manchester United striker lies in 15th position overall in Portugal's biggest ever tournament, which boasts a first prize of €467,835.

Sheringham, who is an ambassador for EPT sponsor Pokerstars, returns for Day 4 today with 381,000 chips.

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He set up his huge stack yesterday when he made a full house versus William Thorson, not long after he had texted a mutual friend of theirs that he planned to take the Swede's chips. That pot crippled Thorson who went on to finish in 26th place pocketing €9,312.

Sheringham has cashed in two previous EPT events, his best finish being 49th at last year's EPT London, where he walked away with £11,600.

His biggest ever win was £40,481 at the World Series of Poker Europe event, also in London, last year, although a final table finish here would eclipse that.

Online qualifier Martin Jacobson continues to dominate the EPT Vilamoura as the €5,300 Main Event goes into Day 4 with just 24 players left.

Jacobson was rarely out of the top spot on Day 3 and now has 1,362,000. The talented Swede has a string of great results to his name including third place at EPT Budapest, runner-up at WPT Venice last year and a fourth place finish in the World Series $1,500 side event this summer. His live tournament winnings now come close to $1 million.

Rob Hollink, the first ever EPT Grand Final winner, spent Day 3 steadily building his stack and now lies in fifth place with 696,000. He is the last remaining EPT champion in the field.

A total of 384 players entered EPT Vilamoura creating a €1.8 million prize pool.