Alexander Kostritsyn has taken this tournament by the scruff of the neck, his incredibly aggressive style combined with his ability to hit cards at all the right times has ended up with him now holding onto almost half the chips in play and really putting the squeeze on the other players.

Oppen And Out

Chipleader at the start of the day, David Oppenheim has gone out in 7th place. Having suffered a torrid time early on which decimated his stack, he finally ended up all-in on 5th street with (2 5)9 8 Q Q (x) against Kostritsyn's (6 4#)5 9 5 2(5). Oppenheim saw the trip fives, mucked his hand, tapped the table and left for the rail.

Paluszek Decked

Jim Paluszek has gone out in 6th place when all-in with (Q 7)A against Kostritsyn's (T 8)8. Paluszek failed to make a pair as they went down the streets whilst the Russian hit a ten locking up victory.

Not leaving with the Minh-mum. 

Minh Takes The Max 

Minh Ly has trebled up to put him back into contention for this event. Fu Wong and Alexander Kostrityn created a side pot that the latter won when he pushed Wong out on the river. Kostritsyn shows Q K A Q T Q 5 for trip queens but Minh showed 9 9 2 4 9 4 for a boat to keep him in the event.

The story of this final table so far is that the chip leader, David Oppenheim has really been dropping down the table, losing pot after pot which somehow eventually turned him into the short stack having lead the tournament since the start of the day.

Oppen-Low

After being 3-bet on fifth street, Oppenheim called down with a board of A Q 5 6 against Alexander Kostritsyn. The Russian showed K J Q 2 with J Q J# for the full house, leaving the former chip leader in real big trouble.

Centre of the action.

Oppen-Middle 

Soon after, when faced with a double bet on fourth street by Vassilios Lazarou who was showing Q Q, Oppenheim eventually made the call for the rest of his chips with (9 T)T J, whilst Lazarou showed (J 6).

Oppenheim caught 9 Q 9 to make a full house which was good enough when his oppenent could only pick up K A 7 for one pair.

Oppen-High

Oppenheim recovered enough to then knock out Lazarou after betting 5th street to force out Kostritsyn before revealing his rolled up deuces which then held to leave us with seven players left.