You can find continual updates of Day 8 of the WSOP Main Event in this article, as the 2011 World Series of Poker November Nine are about to be determined. On Tuesday, July 19th, history will be made, as a field of 22 players in the 2011 WSOP Main Event will be whittled down to nine. Up for grabs this time around is a monstrous top prize of $8.7 million along with a coveted gold bracelet.

When play begins at Noon PT on Tuesday, Anton Makievskyiwill assume the chip lead with a stack of 21.0 million. Without further delay, let’s check out the road to the 2011 WSOP November Nine. All of our 2011 WSOP coverageis made possible by 24hPoker, which makes its home on the Entraction Network.

Andrew Hinrichsen was the final casualty of Day 7 in the Main Event. Hinrichsen 5bet all-in before the flop with A-K suited and received a call from Eoghan O’Dea, who tabled pocket kings. The board ran out all hearts and, holding the only heart, O’Dea shot up the leaderboard as Monday’s action came to a close. Hinrichsen, a 23-year-old student from Australia, was relegated to the rail in 23rd place, $302,000 richer for his wear.

Gregory Kaplan busted in 24th place after coming out on the wrong end of a coin flip with pocket sevens against the A-K of Bryan badbeatninjaDevonshire (pictured). The flop came 3-K-J, zooming Devonshire into the lead with a pair of kings, and a running 10-Q couldn’t save Kaplan. 24th place was worth the same $302,000. Moments before, Kaplan doubled up Gionni ratboy x Demers, also in a race, to fall to less than 10 big blinds.

25th place belonged to Jerry DontBluffMePLZZ Van Strydonck. Once again, the fate of a WSOP 2011 November Nine contender would come down to a race, this time Van Strydonck’s A-K against Hinrichsen’s pocket queens. The board ran out five cards jack or lower, sending Van Strydonck into the Las Vegas night with $302,000.

Two-time WSOP bracelet winner J.P. MavFishKelly (pictured) was tossed in 26th place from the WSOP Main Event on Day 7. Kelly ran J-10 into the pocket aces of Andrey aangierr Pateychuk on his final hand and could not draw out. Kelly flopped a jack to give his Russian opponent a sweat, but whiffed on the turn and river. He collected $302,000 and turned in another impressive WSOP run.

The last player to make the final 27 in this year’s Main Event was Kyle kaj_kyleJohnson, who began Day 7 in 11th place, but sputtered down the stretch. The Canadian ran pocket threes into the J-10 of Phil USCphildo Collins on his final hand and watched as a jack promptly hit on an all-club flop. Collins hit another jack on the river for trips and promptly sent his fellow online poker pro packing with $302,000.

Here’s how the field stacks up in the 2011 WSOP Main Event as we play down to the November Nine on Day 8:

1. Anton Makievskyi – 21,045,000
2. Eoghan O’Dea – 19,050,000
3. Khoa Nguyen – 16,435,000
4. Andrey aangierrPateychuk – 16,245,000
5. Ben Benba Lamb – 14,690,000
6. Phil USCphildoCollins – 13,805,000
7. John john hewitt Hewitt – 13,265,000
8. Ryan Lenaghan – 10,415,000
9. Matt Giannetti – 8,920,000
10. Konstantinos Mamaliadis – 8,195,000
11. Pius MastaP89 Heinz – 7,510,000
12. Aleksandr Mozhnyakov – 7,075,000
13. Scott becomelegendary Schwalich – 6,920,000
14. Martin Staszko – 6,380,000
15. Bryan badbeatninjaDevonshire – 6,190,000
16. Sam Barnhart – 4,935,000
17. Samuel SamDMND Holden – 4,740,000
18. Gionni ratboy x Demers – 4,655,000
19. Kenny ynd Shih – 4,530,000
20. Lars Bonding – 4,140,000
21. Bounahra Badih – 3,385,000
22. Christopher Moore – 3,040,000

We’ll update this article with eliminations as Day 8 of the 2011 Main Event rolls on. All of our WSOP coverageof online poker players is brought to you by 24hPoker.

Updated – 7/19/2011 – 3:45pm ET

We’re 45 minutes into Day 8 of the 2011 WSOP Main Event and we’ve already lost two players. Poker pro Lars Bonding was sent packing in 22nd place after the money went in on a 3-4-7 flop. Bonding showed pocket aces, while Konstantinos Mamaliadis tabled pocket fours for middle set. Bonding, a former backgammon champion, hit bricks on the turn and river and became the first elimination of Day 8. He picked up $302,000.

Christopher Moore then doubled up courtesy of Day 8 chip leader Anton Makievskyi with J-10 against A-Q. The flop came ten-high, giving Moore top pair, but a king on the turn improved Makievskyi to a straight draw in addition to two overcards. However, no help came on the river and Moore doubled up to six million, while Makievskyi fell to 18 million.

Moore’s celebration wouldn’t last, as he was eliminated shortly thereafter. Makievskyi struck back, cracking pocket kings with A-10, and Moore was shown the door in 21st place for the same $302,000.

In another major hand early, Aleksandr Mozhnyakov ran pocket kings into the pocket rockets of Scott Schwalich. The board fell 8-10-7-4-3 and Mozhnyakov’s stack tumbled to less than seven big blinds. The cooler, worth 12 million in chips, propelled Schwalich to the sixth largest stack in the Main Event.

The next two players ousted will both receive $302,000, while the 16th, 17th, and 18th place finishers will each bank $378,000. Remember, we’re playing for a top prize of $8.7 million. You can catch the action right now on ESPN3.com. Starting at 7:00pm ET, coverage from the November Nine play down day will begin on ESPN2.

Updated – 7/19/2011 – 5:45pm ET

Players have been dropping like flies in the 2011 WSOP Main Event. We’re already down to the final 15 and have had five Day 8 survivors fall by the wayside in less than two hours. Needless to say, it’s looking like an early night for the WSOP Main Event crew and November Nine, a far cry from last year when play stretched well into the pre-dawn hours.

Gionni Demers was eliminated in 20th place for $302,000. He open-shoved all-in before the flop with a respectable A-5, but Ukrainian poker player Konstantinos Mamaliadis woke up with pocket kings in the big blind. No ace came on the board and Demers, who is known as ratboy x on PocketFives.com, fell short of the November Nine.

Just moments later, Aleksandr Mozhnyakov 3bet all-in before the flop with K-Q of hearts and ran into Sam Barnhart‘s A-10. The board came 4-3-4-J-2 and Mozhnyakov was ousted. He was one of two Russians remaining in the Main Event entering Day 8, when the field numbered just 22. The Main Event was then redrawn at 18 players, with the remaining contestants split evenly into two tables of nine.

The eliminations kept coming. Kenny Shih committed his chips on a flop of A-6-7 with two clubs holding pocket eights against John Hewitt‘s K-J of clubs for a flush draw. The virtual coin flip was decided immediately, as a club on the turn left Shih drawing dead to the river. He picked up $378,000 and exited in 18th place.

Want more eliminations? Sam Barnhart went busto in 17th place after running nines into kings before the flop. Despite not being able to catch up, we suspect he was pretty satisfied with his poker run in 2011. Text found on WSOP.com explained, “Barnhart has had an amazing year so far on the felts, especially WSOP-branded felts. He won the WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Tunica Main Event for nearly $150,000 and then went on to win the $1,000,000 National Championship freeroll to the tune of $300,000. This score puts his 2011 tournament earnings up to over $835,000.”

Ryan Lenaghan, a former chip leader of the Main Event, exited in 16th place. His A-8 could not draw out on Samuel Holden‘s A-Q on his final hand. Holden flopped a flush draw, which filled out on the turn and sent Lenaghan away $378,000 richer for his wear.

We’re now at 15 players remaining and on our very first break of the day. Stay tuned to PocketFives.com for continuing WSOP Main Event coverage.

Updated – 7/19/2011 – 7:00pm ET

We’re just a few minutes away from play restarting in the 2011 WSOP Main Event. Moments before this temporary pause in the action, Andrey Pateychuk open-shoved all-in from under the gun with A-Q offsuit and received a taker in Pius Heinz, who called with pocket jacks. The race ended up in Heinz’s favor, trimming the field to 14 players and forcing WSOP officials to suspend play until 7:30pm ET in deference to the tournament’s television coverage on ESPN.

The action will now run from 7:30pm to 9:30pm ET in Las Vegas and can be seen from 8:00pm to 10:00pm ET on ESPN on a 30-minute delay. At 9:30pm ET, a two-hour dinner break will occur as scheduled and the action will pick back up at 11:30pm. Needless to say, it’s been a speedy Main Event play down day so far. I can remember doing everything in my power last year to stay awake during the pre-dawn hours. This year, we could be done just a few hours into Wednesday morning.

Here’s how the two tables in operation look coming out of the unscheduled break:

Feature Table:

Seat 1: –empty–
Seat 2: Ben Lamb – 14,910,000
Seat 3: Samuel Holde – 10,505,000
Seat 4: –empty–
Seat 5: Pius Heinz – 24,935,000
Seat 6: Matt Giannetti – 10,115,000
Seat 7: Badih Bounahra – 9,840,000
Seat 8: Anton Makievskyi – 31,970,000
Seat 9: John Hewitt – 19,760,000

Table 2:

Seat 1: Bryan Devonshire – 7,395,000
Seat 2: Khoa Nguyen – 3,280,000
Seat 3: Eoghan O’Dea – 26,475,000
Seat 4: Phil Collins – 18,360,000
Seat 5: Konstantinos Mamaliadis – 7,050,000
Seat 6: Scott Schwalich – 7,875,000
Seat 7: –empty–
Seat 8: –empty–
Seat 9: Martin Staszko – 13,450,000

Updated – 7/19/2011 – 11:00pm ET

We’re nearing the end of the dinner break of the 2011 WSOP Main Event. Twelve players will return to the felt in just a few moments. Play was paused for an hour following the field being shrunk to 14 players and although the action has slowed down somewhat, we expect it to be an early evening for everyone involved in this year’s incarnation of the Main Event.

ESPN2’s coverage picks back up at Midnight ET on a 30-minute delay. Earlier tonight, the tournament could be found on ESPN and featured Norman Chad and Lon McEachern.

Khoa Nguyen doubled up courtesy of Konstantinos Mamaliadis with pocket tens against A-K of spades. Then, Bryan Devonshire followed suit with pocket tens against the A-5 of spades belonging to Scott Schwalich.

The dent to Schwalich’s chip stack was too severe and he was relegated to the rail just a few minutes later after his J-10 could not overcome the A-10 of Eoghan O’Dea. Both players made a pair of tens by the time all was said and done, but O’Dea’s ace kicker was best and Schwalich went broke in 14th place.

Thirteenth place in the Main Event belonged to Mamaliadis, who 3bet all-in before the flop with a lowly 8-2. O’Dea, the original raiser in the hand, tabled pocket sevens, which held on for the win after O’Dea made a straight on the river. Mamaliadis picked up $478,000 and will surely be a poker force to be reckoned with in his home country of South Africa.

Here are the chip stacks as the dinner break resumes and we determine the 2011 WSOP November Nine:

1. Eoghan O’Dea – 36,255,000
2. Ben Lamb – 27,875,000
3. Anton Makievskyi – 27,275,000
4. John Hewitt – 25,485,000
5. Phil Collins – 18,430,000
6. Martin Staszko – 16,650,000
7. Pius Heinz -12,395,000
8. Badih Bounahra – 12,205,000
9. Matt Giannetti – 9,140,000
10. Samuel Holden – 8,955,000
11. Bryan Devonshire – 6,755,000
12. Khoa Nguyen – 4,550,000

Updated – 7/20/2011 – 1:20am ET

Let the November Nine bubble commence! Last year, it was Brandon Steven. Who will be the unfortunate player to bust just one shy of the one of the most coveted prizes in poker, a seat in the final nine of the World Series of Poker?

Bryan Devonshire was sent packing from the Main Event in 12th place after his K-Q could not suck out on Eoghan O’Dea‘s A-Q. Both players spiked a queen on the turn, but O’Dea’s ace kicker played for the win. Devonshire had doubled up Khoa Nguyen just moments earlier.

Nguyen was the next to go after running tens into kings pre-flop to set up the unofficial Main Event final table. The group of 10 underwent a redraw and play will continue until we have our November Nine. By the way, both Devonshire and Nguyen earned $607,000 and the tenth place finisher will cash out for the same amount. The prizes on the line for the November Nine are as follows:

1st Place: $8,711,956
2nd Place: $5,430,928
3rd Place: $4,019,635
4th Place: $3,011,661
5th Place: $2,268,909
6th Place: $1,720,396
7th Place: $1,313,851
8th Place: $1,009,910
9th Place: $782,115

For what it’s worth, the 10 players remaining have played a full 68 hours of poker, or nearly three days’ worth. The action is now in Level 34, where the blinds are 150,000-300,000 with an ante of 40,000.

Updated – 7/20/2011 – 11:30am ET

Our 2011 WSOP November Nine is set. John Hewitt doubled up Matt Giannetti and Badih Bounahra down the stretch to assume the short stack and ultimately became the 2011 November Nine Bubble Boy.

In the hand against Giannetti, Hewitt called Giannetti’s open-shove for 5.5 million in chips with A-10 only to see Giannetti table pocket jacks. The wired pair held on and the road to the November Nine continued.

Then, Bounahra 3bet all-in before the flop and Hewitt called with K-Q. Bounahra tabled pocket kings, meaning Hewitt was dominated, and, once again, the pocket pair stood strong.

At 2:00am PT at the Rio in Las Vegas, our newest November Nine was a reality. Short stacked, Hewitt 3bet all-in pre-flop with pocket threes and Irish poker player and chip leader for much of the late stages of the Main Event, Eoghan O’Dea, called with K-J. The flop fell Q-10-7, giving O’Dea a Broadway draw, which hit on the turn.

Here are the chip stacks heading into play in November:

1. Martin Staszko (Trinec, Czech Republic) – 40,175,000
2. Eoghan O’Dea (Dublin, Ireland) – 33,925,000
3. Matt Giannetti (Las Vegas, NV) – 24,750,000
4. Phil USCphildo Collins (Las Vegas, NV) – 23,875,000
5. Ben Benba Lamb (Tulsa, OK) – 20,875,000
6. Badih Bounahra (Belize City, Belize) – 19,700,000
7. Pius MastaP89 Heinz (Cologne, Germany) – 16,425,000
8. Anton Makievskyi (Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) – 13,825,000
9. Samuel SamDMND Holden (Sussex, United Kingdom) -12,375,000

For the first time in WSOP Main Event history, seven nations are represented at the final table. As if that weren’t enough, Belize, the Czech Republic, Germany, and the Ukraine are all represented at the final table for the first time.

The action picks back up November 5th from the Penn and Teller Theater at the Rio. Stay tuned to PocketFives.com for the latest. Don’t forget to check out 24hPoker, our official WSOP coverage sponsor.