We came upon the table to find the board reading . Tim Vance was heads up with an opponent and his opponent shot out a bet of 4,000 into a pot of roughly 13,000. Vance took a moment.
"Alright," said Vance. "I raise,"
He tossed out 18,000 total and sent his opponent into the tank. After about a minute, his opponent released and Vance took down the pot, boosting his stack to about 44,000.
John "Cowboy" Land has been eliminated from play. He was short-stacked for a majority of the day and got in his last roughly 8,000 with pocket deuces before the flop. His opponent called with and flopped an ace, sealing Land's fate and sending him packing.
Andrew Nguyen and a lone opponent saw a flop of in a raised pot. Nguyen checked over to his opponent who open-shipped all in for 12,625. Nguyen pondered for about a minute before calling only to find that he was behind.
Nguyen:
Opponent:
The turn was the and the river the , ensuring that Nguyen's opponents trips were the best ones. Nguyen was left with only roughly 7,000 after the hand.