There will be a British player at the final table of the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event.

Jon 'Skalie' Kalmar, from Chorley in Lancashire, will sit down at 12 noon Vegas time on 17 July to contest the biggest prize in poker. He had a fantastic Day 6, beginning on 2.6 million in chips before shifting throught the gears, and ending up on 20.3 million.

He is now superbly positioned, in third place in chips, to have a real crack at taking down the big one. Not bad for a player who won his Main Event seat through a 0 super satellite in Las Vegas, the Sunday before the ,000 World Championship event began.