Sean Winter opened for 40,000 on the button and Dan Heimiller raised to 120,000 from the small blind. Winter called and the flop came .
Heimiller bet 150,000 and Winter called. The turn came , Heimiller bet 250,000 and Winter flatted. The river came , Heimiller checked and Winter moved all in for just over 700,000.
Heimller hemmed and hawed and mumbled to himself about what he would do. He asked the dealer to count down Winter's stack, as it was not in stacks easy to count. Heimiller announced call and Winter sighed - "Ace high."
Heimiller tabled for just a rivered pair of eights!
Winter flashed and chucked his cards into the muck.
Heimiller took over the chip lead with that massive hand just before the dinner break.
Dan Heimiller just took two huge pots from Jonathan Taylor and chipped up considerably.
The first hand saw them go to a flop of . Taylor check-called 85,000 and the turn came . Taylor check-called again but for 150,000. The river came and Taylor check-called a third time, for 250,000, and took the hand when he tabled .
The second hand saw them go to a flop of and they both checked. The turn came , Taylor bet 65,000 and Heimiller raised to 190,000. Taylor called and the river came . Both players checked and Heimiller took the pot when he tabled for a ten-high flush.