Swede Patrik Andersson is out after shoving his short stack in facing a Danny Ryan raise. Ryan began the action in the hand, making it $35k from the button before Andersson shoved from the small blind for $102,000 more.

“Do you want a call?” Ryan asked, doing the math before making it.

It was A 5 for Ryan ahead against Andersson’s K 6 and the board rolled out 7 5 7 10 J, giving Ryan the check mark and sending the Swede to the rail. Andersson will cash 569,333 DKK for his eighth-place finish.

Simon Dorslund just doubled through Patrik Andersson in a huge hand here in the early going. Dorslund made it $60k to go and got the call from Andersson in the big blind. The A Q 4 flop brought a check from Andersson and another $30k bet from Dorslund. Andersson waited for a minute before announcing a raise and making it $80k to see a turn.

Dorslund made the call and the turn came the 6. Without much hesitation Andersson shoved; Dorslund could not have called quicker. Dorslund’s well-played pocket queens left Andersson’s A-8 drawing dead. If you really need to know, the river was the 5, but the real news is that Dorslund’s double gives him close to $600k and Andersson is on life support.

We’ve seen our first flop of the final table, but it didn’t go much further than that. Under the gun, Patrik Andersson made it $35k to go and a short-stacked Simon Dorslund made the call. Andersson bet out another $60k on the A 9 4 flop and Dorslund dumped it.

The cards are in the air here in Denmark! Here we go!

For those of you keeping score at home, here's the seating and stacks at the final table:

Seat 1	Rasmus Nielsen	$789,000
Seat 2	Tim Vance	$1,408,000
Seat 3	Daniel Ryan	$557,000
Seat 4	Patrik Andersson	$283,000
Seat 5	Simon Dorslund	$267,000
Seat 6	Nicolas Dervaux	$336,000
Seat 7	Soren Jensen	$500,000
Seat 8	Magnus Hansen	$458,000

We're less than half an hour from the start of the 2008 PokerStars EPT Scandinavian Open final table live from Casino Copenhagen.

What started with 460 now has just eight, and even the first player to hit the rail today will cash 569,333 DKK, which is more than $100k USD.

The player with the best shot at the 6,220,488 DKK (1.2 million USD) first-place prize will certainly have his eye on the exchange rates. American Tim Vance comes into today as the only player over $1 million in chips - nearly twice the clay of his nearest competitor. Not bad for a construction company owner from St. Louis who qualified in a Frequent Players Points satellite on PokerStars.

The locals remain well represented here in Copenhagen, as half the final eight are from Denmark. There's obviously nothing rotten about Rasmus Hede Nielsen's game. He leads the pack of Danes sitting in second with over $700k. Other Danes making the great eight include Magnus Hansen, Simon Dorslund and Soren Jensen, whose animated celebrations have people questioning his sanity at times - though no one is questioning his poker skills.

Another American, Daniel Ryan, comes in third in chips and is a dangerous foe. He barely missed his chance at a big score and some TV face time at EPT Dortmund a few weeks back, finishing 10th, but looks poised to challenge for a big payday today.

Rounding out the group are Swede Patrik Andersson and Frenchman Nicolas Dervaux, who used to be a pro pool player and told the French press he figures this poker stuff is real easy.

There's going to be more than a little action here in Copenhagen this afternoon and evening. Stick with PokerListings.com throughout for a plethora of live updates capturing all the action as it happens. And remember, fools learn from experience; wise men learn from the experience of others.