It's the Final Countdown
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And so, it comes down to this.
Yesterday we started the day with three Flemish players occupying the top of the chip counts, an unprecedented achievement. And now, all three of them - good friends away from the tables too - have made it to the final table.
Chip leader by a long way after knocking out Iulian Ruxandescu in 20th place with a set against Ruxandescu's flush draw yesterday is one of those three Flemish players, Kevin Vandersmissen. He goes into the day with an enviable 4,512,000 - around a third of the chips in play. His fellow Belgians Philip Meulyzer and Koen De Visscher have to settle for rather more average-y stacks for now.
In second place behind Vandersmissen is Cristian Dragomir. Best known for being called "the worst player in history" by Phil Hellmuth at the 2008 WSOP Main Event (he finished 29th), Dragomir is the last Romanian standing after busting his friend Cristian Tardea in 10th place yesterday - an episode that made Dragomir rather emotional.
Also still in the mix are Russian steamroller Vladimir Geshkenbein, winner of the APPT Macau High Roller event and master of the accidental rubdown (upon eliminating EPT Copenhagen winner Michael Tureniec: "Is this your first time playing live?"), Day 4 chip leader Giacomo Maisto, talented Danish whippersnapper Morten Mortensen, and WSOP $1,000 NLH finalist Denis Murphy.
Play is due to start at 2pm, around 40 minutes from now. This is going to be good.
Seat 1: Kevin Vandersmissen
Seat 2: Giacomo Maisto
Seat 3: Vladimir Geshkenbein
Seat 4: Philip Meulyzer
Seat 5: Denis Murphy
Seat 6: Morten Mortensen
Seat 7: Cristian Dragomir
Seat 8: Koen De Visscher
All bios courtesy of the lovely people at PokerStars.