Rob Campbell got his last 18,000 into the middle preflop, only to be called down by Rostislav Tsodikov.
Tsodikov:
Campbell:
The board of gave Tsodikov the high with two pair, queens up and with no low qualifier Campbell was crushed and given his cue to collect for seventh place.
Matt Grapenthien raised preflop from under the gun, Andrew Brown called and the action folded around to John Joannou who called from the small blind to go three ways to a flop of .
Joannou led out, Grapenthien raised all in, Brown called and Joannou also called before leading out into a sidepot with Brown after the dealer produced the on the turn.
Brown called Joannou's bet, then called again after he led out on the river . Joannou tabled - it was good enough to get both players to muck.
Brown is still in but you can tell by the heading of this update that Grapenthien is not - instead, he's now off to the cage to collect his cash for eighth place.
The action folded around to John Joannou who raised from the cutoff preflop before Rostislav Tsodikov called from the big blind to go heads-up to the flop of .
Tsodikov check-called Joannou's bet, then did the same on both the turn of the and the river .
Joannou showed , Tsodikov mucked and the pot was shipped to Joannou.
On a board that read , Andre Birt got the last of his money into the middle against Rostislav Tsodikov and we were there when the cards were revealed:
Birt:
Tsodikov:
The river completed the board; Tsodikov's set of eights were good enough to take the pot and with no low qualifying hand, Birt was sent to the rail.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have reached our final table and the money! The last eight players are now on a break, so we'll have the chip counts and seating allocations up shortly.
The players are starting to get anxious about hitting the final table now. Matt Grapenthien and Andre Birt are both very short and it could only be a matter of time for both of them...
The action folded around to Oliver Gill who raised preflop before Paul Ramondetta called to go heads-up into flop of .
Ramondetta checked to Gill who led out, but then check-raised him. Gill called, then called after Ramondetta led out on both the turn of the and the river .
Ramondetta tabled ; Gill showed an before mucking his hand and Ramondetta scooped the pot.
Andre Birt has doubled up through Oliver Gill, his holding against on a board.
Meanwhile Andrew Brown has won a load of chips from Rob Campbell. He 3-bet preflop and then 3-bet an flop when Campbell raised. Brown fired the turn and the river, the latter forcing Campbell to fold. Brown then flashed a himself.