The donkament continues over to the side of the Milwaukee's Best Light No Limit Lounge - here's a look at the latest action.

The Lunkin Express

Vitaly Lunkin’s all-time career winnings before today totaled almost $79,000, almost all from tournaments in Moscow. He’s already guaranteed to make more than that regardless of his finish tonight, evne if he does manage to somehow dust off the $2,000,000 in chips he’s amassed after knocking out Tony Gargano and Philip Yeh.

Brown Sauced! (8th)

Robert Brown had been waiting for an opportunity to get his last $250,000 in chips in the middle, and he chose his spot after Trevor Donaldson had opened to $120,000 in middle position. The action folded back to Donaldson, who called with A Q and had Brown’s Q J thoroughly dominated. The board brought no help, and Brown was eliminated in 8th place for $84,954.

Schultz Shipped! (7th)

Barry Schultz was sitting pretty at about the same time Philip Yeh was, and now he’s met the same fate as Yeh.

Schultz opened for $150,000 in middle position and the action folded to Bobby Firestone in the big blind. Firestone moved all-in for over $1,000,000, and the decision was up to Schultz. He made the call with 4 4, and Firestone turned up a monster A 2.

The J 8 5 flop was no help to Firestone, but the A gave him the lead. Unfortunately for Schultz the J on the river was neither a four or a heart, and he was eliminated in 7th place for a $112,657 take.

I'm Just a Killer for Your Chip Counts

Here's a look at the current standings, courtesy of WorldSeriesOfPoker.com:

We hit a lull in the action once we reached the final ten here in the $1,500 NLHE, but things managed to pick up. Here’s the blow-by-blow.

The Way of Yeh

Philip Yeh had a big chip lead earlier in the day but found himself in second position coming into this ten-handed table. He’s been keeping active, trying to build his stack back up, but things haven’t really gone according to plan.

One spot that was good for Yeh was a position re-raise agaisnt Barry Schultz, the other big stack at the time. Yeh repopped Schultz’s $82,000 preflop raise to $230,000, making Schultz muck his A J.

Not so good for Yeh was a big pot with Bobby Firestone. Firestone raised from the button to $80,000 and Yeh called from the blind. Both players checked the Q 6 9 flop and Yeh fired out $120,000 on the 4 turn. Firestone called, and when the 9 fell on the river Yeh fired out $250,000. Firestone didn’t take long to call with Q J, good enough to beat Yeh’s mucked cards and boost his stack to $1,500,000.

Yeh managed to get $180,000 of his chips back from Firestone a few minutes later, which ended up being a very good thing. On the very last hand of the level, Kenneth Terrell opened up for $140,000 and Yeh made it $280,000 to go. The action folded back to Terrell, who shipped it for $615,000 total.

Yeh quickly called and tabled Q Q, but he was far behind Terrell’s A A. Neither of the other queens in the deck came and Yeh was down to just $435,000; Terrell, meanwhile, was up to $1,315,000.

Gargano Garotted! (10th)

Tony Gargano was looking to pick up easy chips when the action folded to him and he shoved from the small blind for $400,000, but his aggressive strategy ran into Vitaly Lunkin’s A J in the big blind. Gargano’s Q 2 wasn’t able to catch up, and he left in 10th place with $36,567.

Yeh Nayed! (9th)

It should have been a much bigger day for Philip Yeh, given his stack and his playing style, but the poker gods appeared to have a different fate in mind for him. The action folded to him in middle position and he open-shoved for his last $405,000. Vitaly Lunkin made the call from the cutoff with A J, a great decision since Yeh held A 9.

The flop brought a jack, putting Yeh even further into the hole than he’d begun. The rest of the board missed Yeh completely, sending him home in 9th place for $57,990.