Fernando Brito opened for 150,000 on the button and just a few seconds passed by before David Vamplew pushed his whole 1 million stack across the line from the small blind.
Brito tanked up long enough for a whole hand to be played out on the other table, but eventually he folded, telling both Vamplew and the rail that he'd folded pocket tens. He looked hopeful that Vamplew would tell him what he'd shoved with, but the grinning Vamplew merely told him, "I can't say."
John Juanda raised the button and Artur Wasek called out of the big blind before checking the flop back to Juanda.
Juanda wasted no time at all in announcing all in to cover Wasek. He folded immediately, leaving himself in some trouble with just 730,000. Juanda meanwhile hangs on to his second place spot in the chip counts, on 4.7 million.
Everyone at Juanda's table seems rather unhappy with his super-aggressive play. Rumit Somaiya, in particular, is finding it frustrating. He admitted at the break that Juanda had outplayed him several times, and noted that he had probably given Juanda around 3 million chips over the course of this tournament so far.
Tom Marchese made the opening raise to 85,000, but he soon got out of the way when Matt Perrins shoved from the button and after an ominous, "How much is it?" Fernando Brito in the big blind announced that he was all in too.
On their backs, gentlemen.
Perrins:
Brito:
"Ace from space!" cried Jake Cody and all the other usual Brit suspects at the rail, but it was not to be.
Board:
It took a while to count the stacks - Brito and Perrins were almost exactly even in chips - but eventually the dealer confirmed that Perrins was out, and he headed into the consoling arms of his rail.
Tom Marchese, Kyle Bowker and David Vamplew went three-way to a flop of which was checked to Vamplew who fired 105,000. Marchese flat-called and then Bowker put in a check-raise to 300,000, Vamplew quickly called but then Marchese called this raise as well.
The turn was the and Marchese checked once more, Bowker now fired out 550,000 and the NAPT Venetian winner threw his hand into the muck fairly quickly.
Per Ummer opened the betting with a 50,000 raise from the button and found a caller in the shape of John Juanda in the big blind. Both players then checked the flop before Juanda fired out a 140,000 bet when the appeared on the turn.
Ummer sat motionless for around a minute until he picked up a stack of blue chips and made the call.
River -
Juanda quickly fired out a bet of 178,000, which sent Ummer into the tank once again. After staring at his opponent, something that prompted a smile from Juanda, he put in a raise of 400,000 and Juanda quickly folded.
Artur Wasek has taken bit of a hit - not vast, in the grand scheme of things, but any hit is pretty big with these blinds, isn't it?
There had been a raise preflop, but we caught up with the action on the flop when Artur Wasek check-called 160,000 from Kayvan Payman. Wasek checked the turn and this time Payman bet 305,000. Wasek declined to call that time, and gave it up instead.
John Juanda opened for 96,000, but in the small blind John Hall spent a while stacking up blue T10,000 chips, accidentally knocked them over, restacked them, and then pushed them across the line - a reraise to what looked like 260,000.
Juanda folded, and was rewarded for his respect by being shown pocket jacks. "That's your hand, J J," said Hall cheerfully, and picked up the small pot.
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flop back to Juanda.
which was checked to Vamplew who fired 105,000. Marchese flat-called and then Bowker put in a check-raise to 300,000, Vamplew quickly called but then Marchese called this raise as well.
and Marchese checked once more, Bowker now fired out 550,000 and the NAPT Venetian winner threw his hand into the muck fairly quickly.
flop before Juanda fired out a 140,000 bet when the 
appeared on the turn.
