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The very first hand is already interesting on the flop and John Juanda had check-raised David Vamplew's flop bet of 340,000 to 1.18 million on a 
board. The young Scot, playing for the ￡900,000 first place prize and the EPT title made the call to see the 
.
Juanda now moved all-in and Vamplew quickly folded, first blood to the American and he's already taken a chunk out of his opponent.
Kyle Bowker opened for 350,000 on the button, only for John Juanda to reraise to 1 million from the small blind. Bowker thought about it for a minute or two, and then four-bet to what looked like two-point-something million - before the exact amount of the bet could be established, Juanda had pushed and Bowker had called all in.
Juanda: 
Bowker: very much ahead with 
, Juanda's favourite hand
Board: 
Juanda offered just a shrug as his flush came in on the turn, leaving Bowker drawing dead. Thus JJ cracked JJ, as it were, and we are down to just two players, Juanda a massive favourite with around three quarters of the chips in play.
Juanda: 19.66 million
Vamplew: 5.595 million
We're back, and first hand Kyle Bowker picked up the blinds and antes with a simple button raise.
Level: 31
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 20,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,585,000 | |
|
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|
8,595,000 | |
|
6,075,000 | |
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...We break.
Back in 15 minutes or so.
David Vamplew raised to 240,000 from the button and John Juanda 3-bet to 750,000. Immediately Vamplew moved all-in for his 5.7 million chips and Juanda instantly folded.
The sparring isn't over yet...
Kyle Bowker folded his button and John Juanda raised to 345,000 in the small blind. Big blind David Vamplew tanked for a while before reraising to 755,000 - and then folded instantly to a push from Juanda.
Kyle Bowker took the 101st hand on this final table with a raise to 275,000.
John Juanda raised to 300,000 and Kyle Bowker reraised to 745,000 out of the big blind. Juanda made the call and the flop was 
, Bowker declined the continuation bet and Juanda checked behind.
The 
came on the turn and Bowker checked the turn as well, Juanda did not need a second invitation and bet 720,000 though Bowker wasn't going anywhere just yet and made the call.
The river was the 
and Bowker checked once again, Juanda giving up behind and showing 
. Bowker turned over 
for a pot-controlled top pair on the flop.
Bowker has won the last five hands in the row, but this was the biggest. He's closing in on Juanda's chip lead.
Another hit for David Vamplew as he raised to 240,000 from the button and, following a brief spell in the tank, called John Juanda's reraise to 750,000 in the big blind.
They saw a 
flop, and Juanda bet out 1.2 million. Vamplew looked rather pained as he folded. He's at 6.5 million, roughly even with Kyle Bowker for second place right now. Juanda has almost as many chips as Vamplew and Bowker put together - he's at 11.5 million now.
