There must have been a little discrepancy in the official chip counts, as when Craig McCorkell finally got his chips in it was 65,000 - because the blinds had already gone up, it was a call all in. Andrew Chen raised, everyone else folded, and they turned the cards over.
McCorkell:
Chen:
Board:
The hapless McCorkell becomes our ninth place finisher, and we are going to have to wait until tomorrow to see what happens next as we are down to our official eight-handed final table.
We started today with 24 players playing down the final table. However, out of the top six players coming into the penultimate day of the tournament, only one remains - Nicolas Chouity who sits with over 10 million in chips, that's 40% of those in play for the eight-handed final tomorrow.
The chip leader at the start of the day, Kevin Eyster lost several crucial pots and exited early in the day. The two remaining English players, Matt Perrins and Craig McCorkell, whom both held the chip lead during the day were forced just out before the final.
The question tomorrow will be can anyone stop Nicolas Chouity from steamrolling through the final table? Join us tomorrow to find out.
Seat 1: Herve Costa, 1,590,000
Seat 2: Roger Hairabedian, 1,130,000
Seat 3: Aleh Plauski, 1,695,000
Seat 4: Dominykas Karmazinas, 2,285,000
Seat 5: Josef Klinger, 1,170,000
Seat 6: [Removed:146], 3,670,000
Seat 7: Nicolas Chouity, 10,280,000
Seat 8: Andrew Chen, 3,670,000