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Sam Trickett opened to 24,000 from middle position and David Benyamine defended his big blind to see a 
flop fall.
A 28,000-chip continuation-bet from Trickett would be all that he needed to see Benyamine's cards hit the muck.
Catching the action on the 
flop, Sam Trickett fired out a bet of 28,000 as David Steicke check-called from the big blind.
The 
on the turn brought about checks from both players as the 
completed the board on the river.
Steicke checked, and Tricket pushed out a bet of 80,000 which Steicke called rather quickly.
Trickett tabled his 
for a flush to capture the pot and increase his chip lead to over 1,300,000 as Steicke slips to roughly half of what he started the day with.
The action slowly folded round to see Jeffrey Lisandro receive the first walk of the final table.
Jeffrey Lisandro opened to 27,000 from under the gun only to have David Steicke cut out a three-bet amounting to 75,000.
With the action on Sam Trickett in the small blind, he carefully counted out a raise and pushed in a stack of chips amounting to 155,000.
Lisandro quickly mucked, but Steicke would make the call as the dealer dropped a 
flop.
Trickett used his full time bank before firing out a small bet of 80,000 which Steicke called.
The 
on the turn, followed by the 
on the river went check, check as Trickett tabled his 
to collect the pot and climb to 1,190,000 in chips.
Erik Seidel opened for a consecutive hand to 20,000, and was yet again met with a three-bet.
This one came from Tony Bloom on the button as Seidel asked for a count on Bloom's stack.
Once detailed of how much Bloom had remaining - roughly 60,000 - Seidel pushed his cards to the muck.
Erik Seidel opened for a min-raise to 20,000 only to have David Benyamine three-bet to 61,000.
Seidel used his full time bank before making the call as the dealer dropped a 
flop.
Seidel checked, and Benyamine slid in a bet of 69,000 to force a fold from Seidel.
Level: 9
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 0
The action folded round to David Benyamine, and he slid in a raise from the small blind to 22,000.
Tony Bloom swiftly muck, and just like that, Benyamine was off and running.
With the action on Erik Seidel on the button, he made it 20,000 to go with David Benyamine making the call from the big blind.
The flop of 
saw a 25,000-chip bet from Seidel capture him the pot.
The cards are now in the air for the final table.
Each player has now received two time-breaker buttons where they will be able to extend their thirty-second time bank by an additional thirty-seconds where necessary.
As a reminder, the game is played as pot limit preflop and no limit post and there is 3:38 left in this level.
