It took just under five hours to narrow the field from 24 to our final nine, as the action was fast-paced from the get go. Leading the way is 19-year-old online pro Annette 'Annette_15' Obrestad, who has amassed a chip stack of 788,000.
The nine players who will contest for an EPT title and the €532,620 first place prize tomorrow afternoon are, in final table seat order:
1. Thierry van den Berg - 274,000
2. Daan Ruiter - 646,000
3. Reuben Peters - 176,000
4. Annette Obrestad - 788,000
5. Anders Pettersson - 166,000
6. Casper Hansen - 360,000
7. Tronde Eidsvig - 184,000
8. Michael Durrer - 247,000
9. Reijo Manninen - 480,000
Join us tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. local time for our continued coverage of the PokerStars.com EPT - Dublin as we play down to a winner.
There are currently 10 players remaining in the tournament and the average chip stack is 331,500. We're just one elimination away from deciding who will take part in tomorrow's nine-handed final table.
Just a few hands after doubling up Tronde Eidsvig, Andy Black doubled up another opponent, this time Reijo Manninen, after having his K-5 outkicked by Manninen's K-Q, on the board.
The hand left Black with right around 100,000 in chips.
Andy Black looked up Tronde Eidsvig's all in bet on a flop of ; Eidsvig tabled for a flush draw, while Black revealed pocket fours.
Tronde also had two over cards to Andy's fours and he hit one of them, the on the turn, to take the lead in the hand. An irrelevant fell off on the river and Tronde doubled up.
The hand left former chip leader Andy Black with a tournament average-sized chip stack of approximately 300,000.
Reijo moved all in UTG and was called by Andy Black who is directly to his left. Everyone else got out of the way and a classic race began. Andy had the Big Slick versus the wired eights of Reijo. No ace or king and Reijo doubles up to 160,000.
Shortly after the level change, Michael Durrer and Ziad Kaady exchanged raises and Ziad found himself all in pre-flop holding against Michael Durrer's .
The board filled out giving Durrer top two pair and the pot. Ziad's 12th-place finish earned him €23,820 in prize money.