Final Table On The Way

Welcome back to the Crown Casino for the final table of the Event 8: $100,000 Challenge!
Yesterday saw thirty-eight top-line pros take to the felt on the poker-designed TV set here in Studio 3. WSOP bracelet holders Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, John Juanda, Erick Lindgren and Joe Hachem, alongside youngsters Jonathan Karamalikis, [Removed:505], Andrew Feldman, Justin Smith and Alexander Kostritsyn all took a seat. Throw in yesterday’s Full Tilt Poker $25,000 Shootout Invitational Champion and runner-up in David Oppenheim and James Bord, and the field was well and truly stacked.
Unfortunately - regardless of how great the aforementioned, and many others are - only a few can survive in a game of poker, and after ten hours of play, just eight remained once Winfred Yu hit the rail in ninth.
Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | BBs | Chip % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | David Benyamine | France | 363,000 | 45 | 9.5% |
2 | Tony Bloom | England | 148,000 | 19 | 3.9% |
3 | Chris Ferguson | USA | 89,000 | 11 | 2.3% |
4 | Sam Trickett | England | 961,000 | 120 | 25.1% |
5 | James Obst | Australia | 571,000 | 71 | 14.9% |
6 | Jeffrey Lisandro | Australia | 454,000 | 57 | 11.9% |
7 | Erik Seidel | USA | 619,000 | 77 | 16.2% |
8 | David Steicke | Hong Kong | 622,000 | 78 | 16.3% |
For nearly every hand yesterday, Sam Trickett would hold the chip lead - at one point surging over the one million mark - to end the day as the chip leader on a table that includes a past winner, multi-WSOP bracelet winners and an online superstar.
With an AUD$1,525,000 first prize on offer, the action is going to be insanely intense as only six of the remaining players will be guaranteed a piece of the AUD$3,800,000 prizepool.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be providing all the live coverage from 2:00 pm EST as we crown the Event 8: $100,000 Challenge Champion!