Bert van Doesburg is first to act and with A K in the hole moves all-in for approximately $60,000. Piotr Stanislaw has K K and surprisingly just calls, leaving himself only $30,000 left behind. Jack Hinchey apparently feels priced in because he calls with 8 8.

The flop comes an incredible A K Q and Stanislaw immediately moves all-in for his remaining $30,000. Despite the good price Hinchey can't make the call and the players reveal their hands.

Van Doesburg is looking for one of two aces left in the deck as we head to the turn which comes... A!

The turn is a meaningless 6 and van Doesburg doubles up, while Stanislaw is on life support and looks absolutely stunned.

Here's our first look at the chip-stack sizes of the 888.com World Poker Crown final table:

Jack Hinchey	$418,000
Michael Lawson	$249,000
Bart Wetsteijn	$185,000
Piotr Stanislaw	$92,000
Bjorn Van Bavel	$61,000
Bert van Doesburg	$59,000
Mark Roessler	$45,000
Marc Castonguay	$0

 

Our lone representative from Poland just doubled up. Piotr Stanislaw managed to get it all-in with 7 7 versus Van Bavel with 4 4. There were no surprises on the board and Stanislaw is breathing a bit better now.

Bjorn Van Bavel bets while holding Q 10 and Jack Hinchey, who has 8-8, reraises to $7,000. Van Bavel stares Hinchey down but eventually makes the call.

The flop comes Q 8 6 and Hinchey checks his flopped set. Van Bavel bets $24,000, however, and Hinchey comes back over the top for $50,000.

Van Bavel thinks for a couple minutes but is eventually able to make the laydown. Hinchey scoops a big one.

Marc Castonguay is our first casualty of the real final table. We're not entirely sure what happened as our live feed cut out during the pivotal hand but we're guessing his demise came at the hand of either chip leader Jack Hinchy or Bart Wetsteijn, who is also building momentum.

Today we're watching the action from Barcelona as the World Poker Crown final table begins. We join with eight players left and first place still very much up for grabs.

Jack Hinchey, Bart Wetsteijn, Piotr Stanislaw, Bjorn Van Bavel, Michael Lawson, Mark Roessler, Bert van Doesburg and Marc Castonguay are all still in it.

Pini Roberto and Michael Leah were the early casualties. Stick with us as we bring you live updates from the final table.

888.com is also offering a live webcast of the event which we encourage you to check out.