On just the second hand of the day, Reuben Peters was able to double through Casper Hansen after making a set of nines on the flop. The players got all of the money in after the flop and Hansen showed a pocket pair of kings.
Peters was able to dodge the two remaining kings in the deck on the turn and river to double up to well over 300,000.
Tournament director Thomas Kremser has given the command to shuffle up and deal, and we're underway.
Unfortunately, our current setup does not facilitate the type of hand-for-hand coverage PokerNews is accustomed to providing at main event final tables - though I can assure you, we'll do our best!
Youngest player at the final table: Annette Obrestad, 19
Oldest player at the final table: Reijo Manninen, 47
Average age of final table participants: 30.8
PokerStars.com qualifiers at the final table: 6
Initial chip stack: 15,000
Average chip stack: 368,300
Total chips in play: 3,315,000
Chip leader: Annette Obrestad �C 778,000
Short stack: Anders Pettersson �C 166,000