we appear to have had a number of internet issues that we were unaware of, but I can tell you that the A 8 held and GUS HANSEN is the FullTiltPoker.com Poker Million IX champion

gus raises to 85k with , for tony... tony moves all-in... and Gus finds the call...

tony raises 60k with , gus picks up queens and reraises to 190k, tony folds

1270 for gus plays 1130 for tony

> flop - for james who moves all-in after bloom checks with , he calls, on their backs

... and JAMES BORD is out in third spot and we're heads-up, Tony Bloom against Gus Hansen.

red sixes for james... raises 100k, gus looks down at A 6 and folds it

gus raises with deuces, tony goes all-in with .. gus folds - 1315 gus, 705 bloom, 380 james

tony raises with reraised to 230k from gus with nines... tony has 575k... and folds

> for tony who raises to 80k, for james...who folds

walk for Tony

walk for gus

in fact... they ain't going nowhere...

tony and james both pick up red J 5 - flop is checked, checked, on the river, tony stabs 30k out there and that's enough to take it

blinds up to 15/30k

gus 1340, tony 570, james 500 - quick break

gus up to 1340k now

ducks for tony... raises 45k... call from gus with
> check from gus, tony raises 40k, gus reraises to 85k, call from tony ...9C on the turn... gus bets 115k and takes it

tony up to 690k in second spot now

tony raises 50k with james with , reraises to 125k, tony moves all-in, james folds

james raises 55k tony shoves with , james folds

1210 gus, james 690, bloom 500

80 hands gone

55k from gus, tony raises to 110k and tony folds

flop, tony with gus with - checked, on the turn,

flop gus with tony with .. gus bets 75k and tony folds

tony with A 9 raises to 50k, james with ... he asks for a count of tony's stack... 320k left - james folds... gus calls in the bb with flop comes ... tony bets 65k and takes it

gus utg raises, barny otb with ... shoves them in... instacalls...

and BARNY BOATMAN follows gary out the door in fourth place

gus 1110, 750 james, bloom 370, barny 170

James raises, round to gary in the BB with he moves all-in, james calls...

and GARY PENIKET is out in fifth spot

tony has 380k in third place

walk for tony

barny up to 201k

barny shoves again otb and takes it

b-on-b barny moves all in with J 7 off and takes gary's BB

1081 gus, 571 james 350 tony, 227 gary 108 barny

gus raises to 52k, seth moves all-in with ... 152k for gus to call... and he does call...

seth stands up... will it work... and SETH WEBBER is out in sixth spot

tony shoves with A 3, into barny with red tens moves all-in... on their backs

... ... and Tony picks up the 370k pot

857 gus, james 571, 370 tony, 227 gary, 204 seth, 171 barny

james with black jacks b-on-b bets 55k... gus with in the BB... and gus folds

blinds are up and gary shoves blind on blind... he takes his stack to 227k

gus 872, james 519, barny 366 are the only players above their starting stacks

756k pot...

... ... and HOWARD LEDERER is the second player out of the final

gus looks in tons of pain here... but he calls

gus with raises to 57k, howard with ... moves all-in... gus tanking

webber opens with , red nines for barny who reraises, A Q for gary, he folds, as does seth

and he finally folds it

gus bets with on the flop, reraise to 95k from james with .. gus moves all-in... James has taken his hat off... it's that much of a decision!

seth raises, barny with pocket fours in the SB shoves, seth folds

A K for james, he raises early, round to the blinds barny in the BB with dwells but folds

barny raises 40k with... two cards... that we don't see... and takes it

nines for howard and he raises and takes

38k open bet from gus with , tony with shoves... gus folds

james bets 37k with ... seth with otb moves all-in and james folds

tony folds, seth is the man in danger...

> ... and seth stays alive

howard raises to 41k with otb, for seth - moves all-in, tony with red eights behind him...

gus with raises, howard with moves all-in... seth picks up and shoves, gus folds... and it's chopped again

tony shoves with J 9 and takes it

for gus raises... james with reraises him and gus moves all-in, james calls... a jack has been passed... and gus up to 447k, james with 701k

for james raises it up to 35k... for barny in the BB... up to 100k... james moves all-in and barny calls... ... .. for two chops in a row

last hand of the 5/10k level - gus raises with , for tony, he shoves them in... and gus calls - splitsville

james up to 914k now

gary picks up kings and takes with a raise

james pops in 30k with on the and gus with ... calls... james moves all-in on the turn and takes...

844k for james now, seth still hangin' in there on 119k

tony raises , patrik with in the SB and james in the BB calls .. flop... patrik bets 52k... james raises to 122k... tony folds... patrik moves all-in and james calls... ... ... and PATRIK ANTONIUS is the first player out of the final of FullTiltPoker.com Poker Million IX

b-on-b gary raises 25k with , patrik with calls... 28k from gary takes it

patrik limps with james follows suit with kings... barny with and gary with are in as the blinds - flop 17k from james, barny check raises to 40k... patrik and gary get outta the way and james raises it up to 80k... barny folds

patrik raises with ... seth with another pair - fives - otb he folds... barny with black tens in the BB calls.... flop... checked... gets 35k from patrik, barny folds

... ... and Howard gets the chip lead with 512k now... seth down to 119k

no he is not, he calls

for howard - raises to 27k, seth in the SB with red nines...reraises to 77k... howard moves all-in... is seth folding???

for gus otb - pops a 25k bet in and takes the blinds

>>for seth who raises and takes it

seth asks to see Patrik's cards... some needle there

red tens for seth, patrik otb with calls... ... check from seth, patrik likewise, ... seth checks, as does patrik, on the river... checked

tony raises to 24k, patrik calls with ... tony with ... folds, flop... check from patrik, as does tony, turn... 45k from patrik, tony folds

patrik with 396k on top, tony at the foot of the table with 200k...

kings AGAIN out there, seth has 'em and raises 24k, bloom with reraises... 62k total... seth moves all-in... tony folds

gus raises up to 25k with ... gary's BB with calls... 32k from gus takes it

raise from howard with , barny with A K reraises and howard bins it

james with A 5, raises, takes the blinds

howard in the SB with black fours... raises to 27k... seth with in the BB... reraise to 76k... howard moves all-in... seth folds

howard gets a walk

patrik on top with 406k now

blinds to 5/10k

tony raises with , patrik calls with kings... gets 38k from tony... raise to 85k from patrik... tony lets it go

gary 271, gus 260 and howard 212

first level in the book... james 354, tony 340, seth 330, pat 328, 305 barny are the boys above the 300k starting stack

howard raises to 17k with fours, for barny... folds... gary with pocket nines otb, calls... james squeezes with ... reraising to 48k... howard calls... gary folds... 35k from james takes it

seth raises , gary with kings in the sb, shaking a fair bit but reraises to 40k and seth folds

for gus, raises to 16k... seth on the button with A 2... folds it... tony in the sb folds .. gus takes it

black tens for Barny... raises... no takers

14k from tony with K Q and he takes that one

raise'n'take from patrik with king-three off otb

> for gus, raises to 15k, patrik otb with calls - checked to gus, 18k from him, back to patrik who calls... ... 65k from patrik, gus folds

tony raises to 15k, patrik calls with ... - 22k from tony, called... ... check from patrik, 46k from tony, patrik folds

james raises 14k with , for barny in the SB reraises to 43k - james folds

16k raise from patrik with , for howard calls... flop... patrik fires 18k... howard folds

james raises and takes the blinds...

plenty of pairs out there - eights now for gary... limps... call from patrik with fives... seth in the BB looks them up with 4 8 - .. checked, ... checked.... ... checked...

seth on top with 353k after seven hands...

the queens follow the kings and seth raises to 14k with them... gus with in the SB... three-bets to 44k... howard folds in the bb... seth reraises to 117k... gus bins it

gary raises with .... into kings for antonius... he's on the button and reraises... and gary folds.

seth takes a pot down with ace rag... no flops yet

red sevens for james utg, raises to 18k... and they all fold to him

gus raises second pot in a row and takes...

and we're off...

blinds are 3/6k - for howard on the button, limps in (accidently though) seth in the SB raises with , tony reraises and takes the first hand.

Defending champion James Akenhead has popped his head in the green room... here doing some analysis for Sky...

Eight players are here at Sky Sports... one of them is going to walk home $1million richer (well... they probably won't walk but you get the idea.)

The seat draw is:

1 Seth Webber
2 Tony Bloom
3 Barny Boatman
4 Gary Peniket
5 Patrik Antonius
6 James Bord
7 Gus Hansen
8 Howard Lederer