Vincent Dalet Eliminated in 8th Place (£17,318)
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More drama than a Lost finale here at the Empire as Vincent Dalet tastes both joy and dismay in the space of a few minutes.
It was a tale of two hands in the end, both involving Phil Laak. On the first, Dalet came over the top of Laak's button raise from the small blind with 
before surviving a 
board versus 
to double through to 60,000.
A few hands later, Dalet was in the small blind once again, and with Andrew Pantling opening for 9,000 and Laak making the call, opted to move all in, this time for 42,700 more.
Pantling quickly made the fold, but the action halted on Laak who began assessing the pot. In the end, he decided it was worth the gamble, and made the call with 
. Dalet tabled .
But poker's a cruel game, and despite being in dominating shape, the Poker Gods slapped Dalet across the face with a wet kipper by delivering a 
board onto the felt.
And on that note, players have been whittled down to just one table, with the next elimination taking home that unwanted title: final table bubble.