We've lost one at this final table and it is Dutchie Michiel Brummhelhuis's seat now sitting empty. Read on for a rundown of his crippling and subsequent elimination as well as the current counts for our five remaining contestants.

Michiel Eliminated (Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble)

Although these players don't need anything even resembling a premium hand to get their chips in play, as we've seen for the entirety of this 6-max event, the hand that crippled Brummelhuis was a bit of a set-up.

It began with Rep Porter opening to $34,000 and action folding to Brummelhuis in the small blind who re-popped to $105,000. Porter wasn't finished yet, however, and made it $354,000 to go.

Brummelhuis moved all-in and Porter snap-called. Porter turned over pocket kings which had the Dutchman's A Q in a bad spot. The board ran with no help to either hand and Porter takes a massive chunk of Michiel's stack.

In a hand shortly after action was folded to Rep Porter in the small blind and he brought it in for a raise. Brummelhuis was in the big blind and opted to move all-in, another $150,000 or so on top of Rep's $38,000 opener.

Porter made a quick call and tabled A J which was, once again, crushing Michiel's A 4. The flop came Q 6 4 and Brummelhuis miraculously spikes a four. The turn is the 2h and it looks like the double is a lock, until the J hit the river.

Michiel Brummelhuis is out in 6th and will receive $53,313.

New Counts

Here are the counts for the remaining five, courtesy of www.worldseriesofpoker.com.

The battle for bracelet number nine is underway! Our six finalists have taken their seats in the feature table area and have already played the first few hands of the match. Read on for the starting counts as well as a quick rundown of the action thus far.

Choose Your Weapon

Here's a snapshot of the starting chip counts, courtesy of the staff right here at the World Series of Poker.

Shilyuk with the Power Move

Shortstack Anthony Shilyuk wasted no time putting his remaining chips into play, taking down a nice pot with an all-in move. Shilyuk opened from under the gun and action folds to John Conkright in the small blind. He takes the opportunity to re-pop to $82,000, and after the big blind folds Shilyuk moves all-in for right around $250,000. Porter thinks for a moment before dumping his hand in the muck.

Earn Your Rep

It seems Rep Porter came to play, which is a much better strategy than ours, coming to watch. In the third hand of the match he defended his big blind against an opening raise from chip leader John Conkright.

The flop came down J J 3 and Porter checks it. Conkright fires a continuation bet of $42,000 and Porter check-raises to $105,000. Conkright gives it a short dwell before releasing the hand and conceding the pot.