
2007-10-10 08:48:56
The final table at this year's Baden Classic has been decided.
Another 32 players were eliminated on day three leaving the tournament with just eight left.
Russian Vladimir Poleschuk heads the pack with 624,000 chips and England's Julian Thew is in second with 610,000.
Hungary's Denes Kalo leads the rest on 468,000 chips.
The other participants are Manfred Hammer (369,000) from Germany, yesterday's leader Anton Allemann (254,000) from Switzerland, Thierry van den Berg (227,000) from the Netherlands, Thomas Fuller (190,000) from the USA and fellow American Ted Lawson (81,000).
All of the players are guaranteed to win at least 60,000 ($84,690).
Yesterday's second and third-placed players Acar Mazlum and Daniel Magnas were both knocked out.
Gunnar Rabe narrowly missed out on a final table place, getting eliminated by Manfred Hammer after going all-in on the pre-flop with pocket tens.
Rabe finished in ninth place and will take home 38,600.