Marcel Luske leaps up to 5th in the league with his victory today. With two points or more from the final game he will definitely make the playoffs, and he could clinch a top-four spot with 1st or 2nd place.
Juha Helppi is no longer in control of his own destiny. Nothing less than a win tomorrow will do, and even so he needs the right combination of results in order to make the playoffs. He can no longer qualify for an automatic place in the final.
Vicky Coren moves to 8th place, but a good result from Devilfish this afternoon will push her into the relegation zone. Strong finishes from Duke and Kravchenko will virtually rule out a top-four finish for Coren.
Bottom-placed Phil Hellmuth is hanging on by the thinnest of threads after the points from this heat have been allocated. He needs a win tomorrow and all the results for the four players above him to go his way to scrape into 8th place.
Tony G 28/4
Andy Black 23/4
Roland de Wolfe 20/4
Eddy Scharf 17/5
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Marcel Luske 16/5
Annie Duke 15/4
Alex Kravchenko 15/4
Vicky Coren 14/5
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Dave Ulliott 9/4
Ian Frazer 9/5
Juha Helppi 9/5
Phil Hellmuth 5/5
Marcel Luske wins Heat 9
Helppi moves all-in on the button for around 150,000 with and Luske calls with
. What a flop!
Helppi "You always making it exciting"
Turn is the A flush for Luske leaving Helppi with just four outs.
River .
Luske picks up the nine points today. Helppi will need a win and a win only from his last heat and depending on how other results go even that may not be enough.
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and Luske calls with 
. What a flop! 
A flush for Luske leaving Helppi with just four outs. 
. 
. Helppi gets a walk.
. Helppi calls. 
. A pair for Luske and Helppi has very few ways to improve. 
and Luske gets a double-up with the worst hand.
and Helppi moved all in with 
to win the pot.
