We're down to eight in the European Poker Tour's Prague Main Event, after an exciting Day 3 that saw the elimination of 24 players.

Many of those 24 players were relative unknowns but a few, like Juan Maceiras and Sebastian Ruthenberg, were beloved enough to have their presences sorely missed, once they fell victim to the cards during the tense, poker filled day. Of the two, Ruthenberg was to many the most disappointing, making it all the way to ninth place before busting out with a dominated King-Queen.

With the elimination of Ruthenberg, the story quickly focused on the impressive surge of Italians at this EPT stop- three of whom made the final table with very healthy stacks.

The European Poker Tour Final Table Lineup:

Salvatore Bonavena- 1,402,000

Alexiou Konstantinos- 1,382,000

Francesco Cirianni- 807,000

Fredrik Nygard- 666,000

Massimo Di Cicco- 429,000

Nasr El Nasr- 376,000

Raul Mestre- 313,000

Andrew Chen- 309,000

For more on today's EPT action visit www.pokerstarsblog.com for highlights, pictures and videos of the day's events.

Tomorrow's EPT final table can be seen live, right here at PokerRoad.com, at 6am EST. Just click on the "Latest and Greatest" box, on the PokerRoad homepage.

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Story by Mark Anderson