It will be three Danes against American Tim Vance for the title here now that Danny Ryan has crashed and burned. He open-shoved his short stack with A Q and Rasmus Nielsen was only too happy to oblige with a call, holding A K.

The 2 J 3 flop didn't help Ryan and the A turn and 3 river sent the American back to Spain with a bag full of 1,286,270 DKK and a fifth-place finish on the EPT to add to the portfolio. We're down to four in Copenhagen kids. Hang around a while; it gets really good from here!

It's folded to Rasmus Nielsen in the small blind and he raises it up to $70,000. Tim Vance is in the big blind and takes a fews moments to think things over. "Do you have a hand?" asks Vance. "Yes, of course. I have kings. You are the big stack," jokes Nielsen.

Kings notwithstanding Vance makes the call and sees the flop come down 9 8 5. Nielsen quickly reaches for chips and pushes $120,000 across the line. Vance thinks for a moment before tossing his hand in the muck. Nielsen does him the courtesy of showing his hand - pocket jacks.

PL.com caught up with Tim Vance at the break and with the chip lead he's as confident as ever. Apparently, when his daughter was born, Vance told some friends he was going to be on TV playing poker by the time she was five.

"She just turned three and a half," he said. "Now I'm going to win this thing. It's in the bag. I'm going to get it over with quick and then I'm going to go party."

Despite all the boisterousness Tim's shown, on the table and off, he's still played solid poker throughout. He said he's going to give half his winnings to his daughter and hopes to make her proud.

"When she goes to school and the teacher calls her name," he said, "I want them to say 'Vance'? - Is Tim Vance your dad?"

The five remaining players have returned from dinner break and are now taking their seats. Since we broke for dinner just partway into this level, blinds will remain at $12,000/$24,000 and a $3,000 ante.

Time for a one-hour dinner break; we'll see you back here at 7:15 p.m. Copenhagen time.

Despite the structure calling for this level to be $15,000/$30,000, it appears the tournament staff has decided to make it $12,000/$24,000 instead. We'll keep you posted should there be any other changes to the scheduled structure.

Here are the new counts, straight from the table to your computer.

Seat 1	Rasmus Nielsen	$167,500
Seat 2	Tim Vance	$1,884,000
Seat 3	Daniel Ryan	$503,500
Seat 5	Soren Jensen	$1,186,000
Seat 6	Magnus Hansen	$857,000

 

A big pot between the two Americans at the table just played out and ended with Tim Vance adding to his sizable chip lead.

After a standard raise from Vance, Daniel Ryan re-raises his fellow American by $115k and Vance tanks, asking for a count. Once he hears Ryan has $509,000 he makes the call.

The flop comes 6 7 2 and Vance checks. Danny bets out $140k and after Vance says he puts him on a big pocket pair, he flat-calls. The turn brings the 8 into play and Vance asks for a count again before moving all-in, standing up and breaking into his own extremely annoying rendition of "Let It Be".

Speaking words of wisdom, Ryan lays it down.

Just a few minutes into this level another player has been sent home. Nicolas Dervaux shoved all-in for about $175,000 after it was folded to him in the small blind and Soren Jensen made a quick call in the big blind. A 7 for Jensen had a slight edge over Dervaux's J 5 but lost it on the K J 4 flop. Fourth street turned the tables once again, bringing the A, and the 6 on the river made it official. Nicolas Dervaux is out in sixth and will take 1,012,147 DKK.

We've reached a new level and the blinds have gone up. $15,000/$30,000 with a $3,000 ante is the new price.