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."
Artur Wasek had already been all in once since the player came back from a break but all he won was the blinds and antes.
When the action folded around to him in the hijack he once again moved all-in for around 750,000 chips. Per Ummer on the button asked for a call and after a few moments pushed in enough chips to make the call.
Ummer: 
Wasek: 
Flop - 
Wasek's pocket sevens stay ahead.
Turn - 
Bingo! Wasek turns a set of sevens and lets out a cry of victory, punching the air as the hand is now locked up.
River - 
Wasek wins the hand and doubles up to 1,500,000 whilst Ummer slips to the 1,700,000 mark
Rumit Somaiya is looking in a spot of bother at the moment, he's down to around 600,000 and looking for a spot to push at the moment.
He told us, "I folded fives that last hand [the Wasek double up] and would've made quads..."
John Juanda opened for 120,000, and with an air of resignation, Rumit Somaiya shoved for 885,000 from the small blind. Juanda made the call, and they were on their backs.
Somaiya: 
Juanda: 
"I'm happy to see it, anyway," sighed Somaiya.
"Worst hand I have," Juanda told him.
Board: 
It's been a good poker year for the Brits so far - as a nation, we picked four WSOP bracelets over the summer, the EPT Vilamoura title, and both the London WPT and the WSOPE Main Event. But the hopes of our great nation now rest on just David Vamplew, as Rumit Somaiya is busto in 11th place.
Juanda, by the by, is up to 5.4 million.
John Juanda seems to be advertising his services as a poker coach at his table after giving a free lesson to Artur Wasek.
Juanda raised to 120,000 from the cutoff and Wasek called in the small blind. Wasek checked the , Juanda bet 150,000 and before his chips had crossed the line, Wasek announced he was all in.
The four-time WSOP bracelet winner folded as quick as Wasek had shoved, before he told his opponent, "Next time don't say it so fast," which prompted a wry smile from Polish player.
Tom Marchese made it 110,000 from the cutoff but Steven Levy re-popped to 250,000 from the button. In the big blind, Fernando Brito flat-called. Marchese decided he didn't like the look of it and folded without seeing a flop.
That flop came down 
and Brito checked. Levy took a few moments to think about it, and then bet 350,000.
"350," said the dealer.
"150?" asked Brito.
"350," the dealer repeated.
Brito tanked up for several minutes before asking Levy how much he left (A: 1.05 million). Eventually he passed, though, and was reduced to 1.6 million. Levy is up over the 2 million mark.
Fernando Brito opened to 125,000 and David Vamplew pushed all-in for 1.18 million in chips. Passed back to Brito who deliberated before finally making the call. It was the classic one...
Vamplew: 
Brito: 
The flop came down 
and a massive crowd broke out into fits of laughter as Vamplew made a set and Brito flopped a gutshot royal flush draw to mean we were still close to a flip. But the turn and 
river were uninteresting blanks and Vamplew doubled to 2.4 million while Brito was left with just 700,000.
Per Ummer has been involved in a number of pots in the last couple of orbits, none of which have gone to showdown but you get the feeling that will not be the case for much longer.
In the latest pot Ummer was involved in, he raised under the gun to 140,000 and Artur Wasek flat called in the big blind. Both players checked the flop and when the turn was the , Wasek checked but Ummer fired out a bet of 150,000.
Wasek moved his over-sized sunglasses to the top of his head before questioning, "bluff?" then releasing his hand to the muck.
Steven Levy opened for 120,000 in the cutoff and Kyle Bowker on the button made it 280,000 to go. Three-bets are always fun, but not as much fun as cold four-bets...
Fernando Brito folded his small blind, but in the big blind David Vamplew paused and then asked Levy how much he had behind (A: 1.575 million). Then he four-bet to 620,000.
Back to Levy, and it was first his turn to dwell, and then also his turn to ask Vamplew how much he had left (A: 1.73 million, or enough to cover Levy). Then he went all in.
Bowker folded but Vamplew called, and it was one massive coinflip.
Levy: 
Vamplew: 
Board: 
Wow. That's short stack to around 4 million in chips for Vamplew in just a few hands, and the end of the tournament line for Levy. With that, we are down to nine.
On the last hand of the level, Steven Levy has been eliminated in 10th place. Details will magically appear just below in a moment, but for now, we're on a 15-minute break. During this time, we'll have our last redraw to set the unofficial final table of nine.
