Matt Vance tried to limp when action was folded to him in the small blind, but Nicholas Heather wouldn't see a flop without raised stakes and went all in for 1,165,000 more. It took Vance some time but he eventually made the call.
Vance:
Heather:
Vance caught top pair when the flop came . The on the turn provided some sweat as Nicholas had a flush draw to work with. But when the came on the river, Heather's day was over and Vance took a commanding chip lead with over 5,000,000 in chips.
Nicholas Heather raised to 85,000 on the button and David Baker countered with an all-in bet. If Heather called, he'd be putting all his chips at risk. Heather folded, and Baker picked up the chips.
On one of the first hands after our break, Jeff Gross re-raised a 120,000 raise from Matt Vance, putting himself all in. Vance made the call for a total of 950,000.
Vance:
Gross:
The flop came and Gross needed an ace or some runner-runner combinations to pull ahead. He got no help when the came on the turn nor with the on the river.
Vance has taken a commanding chip lead and is now up to 3,900,000.
The rail area is considerably thinner now that Gross' fans have moved on. For a while we had Andy Black, Tiffany Michelle, Maria Ho and Greg Mueller on hand to watch the action.
One of the last hands in the level saw a lot of chips change hands without us even seeing a flop. Things started with Matt Vance raising to 115,000. Jeff Gross then re-raised to 275,000 on the button, but David Baker three-bet to 775,000 in the big blind.
Both Vance and Gross folded and Baker added 500,000 to his stack.
Stephen Gee made a button-raise to 125,000, but folded to a 775,000 re-raise from Matt Vance. Vance collected the chips and Gee slipped to just 995,000.