Full Tilt Poker Million VIII final live on Friday - 30/11/2009

The Full Tilt Poker Million VIII reaches its conclusion on Sky Sports this week, with the second turbo heat and two semi-finals preceding Friday's live final at 7.30pm on Sky Sports 2 where the winner will walk away with $500,000.

Full Tilt Poker Million VIII final live on Friday

Tuesday's Turbo heat gives six more runners-up from the second-half of the 12-heat tournament the chance to claim the final spot in the second semi-final. The turbo airs at 10.15pm on Sky Sports 2 with Gus Hansen, Antonio Esfandiari, Christian Harder, Bradley Craig, Yevgeniy Timoshenko and Michael Tureniec the half-dozen hoping to claim the last place in the semis.

Online qualifier Peter Vasiliou won the first Turbo heat to join Annette Obrestad, Luke "Full Flush" Schwartz, Nam Le, two-time finalist Tony Bloom and Paul Zimbler in the first semi-final, which is on Wednesday night at 9pm on Sky Sports 3.

Tuesday's Turbo winner will join WSOP final tableist James Akenhead, online sensation Tom "Durrrr" Dwan, Taylor Caby, four-time WSOP bracelet winner David Chiu, Dag Martin Mikkelsen and Daniel Bowden in the second semi-final on Thursday night at 9pm on Sky Sports 3.

"The Poker Million final is always one of the most exciting dates for the poker diary," said Eddie Hearn, managing director of Matchroom Sport. "We staged poker's first ever live televised final back in 2000 and since then it's been an event that all the top players want to take down. With the likes of Tom Dwan, Nam Le, Luke Schwartz, Annette Obrestad, Juha Helppi and James Akenhead in the semi finals, Friday night is set to be an electric night of poker."