DAY: 11 (Officially known as Day 6).

BIG NEWS: Every move Monday at the World Series of Poker brought players closer to a ticket to the tournament's final table and the $9.12 million payday that goes with the title.

The winner — to be decided in November after the no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event takes a four-month break — will have never won a world series tournament before. The last two gold bracelet winners, Phi Nguyen and Brandon Cantu, were eliminated Monday after the cards fell in favor of opponents.

STUD OF THE DAY: Dean Hamrick, who started the day with one of the lowest stacks at the three remaining tables but chipped up to 7.45 million with 17 players remaining.

BUSTED OUT: Gold bracelet winners Brandon Cantu and Phi Nguyen

UP NEXT: The tournament takes a four-month hiatus before the nine players remaining return to Las Vegas for the final table Nov. 9.

POKER TALK: Sent to the rail: When a player is eliminated from a tournament by an opponent. Being sent to the rail refers to a player moving from the table to the spectators' area. Albert Kim lost all his chips with an unsuited ace-king when the community cards didn't improve his ace high. Chris Klodnicki won with a pair of nines, sending Kim to the rail in 19th place.

HE SAID WHAT?: "That's a super call." — Joe Bishop, who won a 5 million-chip pot with a pair of fives after calling a bet of 1.4 million chips by Peter Eastgate on the turn with a board showing an ace, five, four and two. The final community card was a 10, meaning Bishop would have been beat if Eastgate held, among other cards, a three, 10 or ace.