David Vamplew minraised to 400,000 and John Juanda flat-called to see a flop. Juanda checked to Vamplew who fired 375,000 and it looked like Juanda was going to fold - but no! - he now virtually minraised to 800,000.
Vamplew made the call and the , a seemingly meaningless card came on the turn. Juanda now bet 1.55 million and Vamplew made the call.
Both checked the board river and Juanda declared "Seven-high," showing and Vamplew picked up the pot with . The match swings back to the Scot.
After a few hands' worth of minor button-raiser-takes-it action, John Juanda min-raised his button and this time was faced with a reraise from David Vamplew to around a million. Juanda gave him a very intense stare, but it was very brief - he folded after just a few seconds, and Vamplew got another 400,000 of Juanda's chips.
David Vamplew raised to 400,000 and John Juanda made the call before the latter checked the flop across to the young Scot, giving him an intense stare.
Vamplew bet 525,000 but Juanda check-raised to 1,200,000. Vamplew made the call to see a virtual brick turn, and Juanda checked again, Vamplew fired 1,200,000 and Juanda folded quickly.
John Juanda had already won a relatively big pot, raising preflop and betting on the flop before taking it down with a 1.2 million bet on the turn.
A couple hands later and Juanda raised preflop again, getting another call from Vamplew, but this time Juanda checked behind to Vamplew's check on the flop. Vamplew checked the turn, too, and then folded to a 700,000 bet from Juanda.
David Vamplew opened to 400,000 and John Juanda reraised to 1,200,000 before Vamplew made a 4-bet to around 2,400,000. Juanda moved all-in and Vamplew sheepishly smirked and quickly folded.
The hand started small, with a small raise from John Juanda on the button and a call from David Vamplew.
It got a little bigger on the flop, when Vamplew check-called a 700,000 continuation bet from Juanda.
It stayed the same when both players checked the turn.
But it turned massive on the river.
Vamplew checked, and after a little pause Juanda bet 2.25 million. A slightly longer pause elapsed before Vamplew check-raised to 4.9 million. Juanda looked a little confused and a little concerned. He thought about it... and thought about it... and went all in.
Snap-fold.
Juanda is now very definitely back in the lead - 18.58 million to Vamplew's 6.47 million.
John Juanda raised to 425,000 and David Vamplew made the call before trying something new. He led out for 575,000 on the flop into Juanda, who called to see the turn.
Vamplew now fired 1.275 million but Juanda wasn't that impressed and called quickly despite the size of the bet. The came on the river and it went check-check.
Juanda showed and that was good enough to take it down.
David Vamplew clearly avoided walking under ladders on the way here today, John Juanda though must have walked into the path of a black cat. Vamplew moved all-in for about 3.5 million and Juanda thought for about a minute before making the call.
Vamplew:
Juanda:
The flop came - Juanda probably thinking, "It's never easy, is it?"
The turn was greated with cheers from the Vamplew fans and he held on the river to double up to around 7 million but he's still around 2.5 to 1 down in chips to the former WSOPE champion.