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Matt Vance min-raised from the button and got a call from Stephen Gee in the big blind. With David Baker out of the way the flop came 
.
When Gee checked, Vance went all in. Gee called for his remaining 700,000.
Gee: 
Vance: 
Gee was ahead, but he had some fading to do before he was in the clear. The turn was a meaningless 
and the river sealed the deal when it came 
.
The double up puts Gee up to 2,000,000 and back in the running.
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.
Level: 27
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 5,000
We're on break once more, this time for 20 minutes.
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.
It was a good ol' battle of the blinds when Nicholas Heather raised to 115,000 from the small blind with David Baker calling from the big.
We saw 
on the flop and Heather led out with a bet of 175,000. Baker called and they were headed to the turn.
On the turn Heather led out once more, this time for 320,000. Baker raised to 800,000 and Hether folded.
Baker is now up to 2,225,000. Meanwhile Heather is down to 1,500,000
The last few runners.
