The penultimate day of the GSOP Live: Greece Main Event went off at the Porto Carras Grand Resort Friday.

What started with 45 was quickly pared down to a final table of nine as the players proved to be gamblers at heart with the €78,447 first-place prize on their minds.

Overnight chip leader Sergio Marti Aguilar managed to keep his head about him as short stacks shoved and big stacks pushed all around him today.

As a result the Spaniard will ride into Saturday’s final second in chips on a bit over 1.3 million.

However, even Aguilar will be looking up at Bulgarian Stefan Genchev, who managed to get up and over the amazing 2.3 million chip mark by the time the final table was set – His biggest move coming when Anders Vind tossed his sizeable stack in the middle with nines only to fall to Genchev’s jacks.

With that kind of lead, local pundits are already handing the title to Genchev, but in this game anything can happen, and the rest of the final nine is guaranteed more than just €8,801 in ninth-place money, but a shot at the title tomorrow as well.

In the days leading up to the event, the scuttlebutt was all about how soft the local players were.

However, three Greeks managed to make the final here, which should put to rest the rumors that this seaside country, which is relatively new to poker, is full of fish.

Joining them there will be two German and one British OnGame Network qualifiers, in addition to a direct buy-in player from Portugal.

On the eve of the final table, the BLUFF Live! video crew took a tour of the Porto Carras’ fabulous vineyard and winery, tossed it in with a little poker action, chip counts and an interview with Bet24 Qualifier Aron Olsson waxing poetic on how great the event has been for him in their latest video.

You can check that out on the GSOP Live: Greece Video page here on the site and check back right here on the Bet24 Blog tomorrow to see who takes down the GSOP Live: Greece title.

For now, here’s a look at the final table players and chip counts:

Stefan Genchev 2,347,000
Sergio Marti Aguilar 1,305,000
De Lima Carvalho 820,000
Ally Squire 765,000
George Tzimas 737,000
Stylianos Pantelakis 363,000
Timotheus Grall 224,000
Dimitrios Vlahos 179,000
Anders Vind 139,000