Simon Dorslund's not shying away from the action despite coming into the day as a short stack. He just picked up a sizable pot off American Danny Ryan without a showdown. Ryan limped from the small blind, but Dorslund would have none of it, making it $45k more to see a flop. Ryan floated the bet before checking the 3 J 3. Dorslund bet out $60k and Ryan pulled out the old check-raise maneuver, making it another $95k.

With the action back on Dorslund, the Dane pushes all-in for around $160k more, forcing Ryan to a decision. It's a quick fold and Dorslund picks up the pot.

Tim Vance seems to be coming unglued at this final table and just gave up a few chips due to his confusion. Daniel Ryan open-raised from under the gun and it was folded around to Vance in the big blind.

Apparently Tim thought he was in the small blind, and Ryan in the big blind, because he announced raise, thinking he was going after Ryan's big blind. When the situation was explained to him he seemed to become flustered and simply tossed his hand in the muck, paying off the necessary min-re-raise. Advantage: Everyone else at the table.

Tim Vance, despite being a tad tilted as of late, is still extremely active at this table. He took down a nice pot a moment ago that started with Rasmus Nielsen opening to $39,000 from the cut-off.

Vance made the call from the button and Simon Dorslund did the same from the big blind. The flop came down Q T 6 and after a check from Dorslund, Nielsen fired out $106,000. Vance went into the tank and opted to raise, making it $250,000 to go. Dorslund got out of the way and Nielsen quickly tossed his hand in the muck.

Since losing a huge pot and another small one, Tim Vance seems like he might be tilting. The American is as vocal as ever, pacing around the table, playing almost every hand and is clearly uncomfortable.

His running commentary on the play at the table is only rarely interrupted by his off-key rendition of the Beatles classic "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" and he hasn't sat down since the final table began. There's no saying what will happen, but fellow American Daniel Ryan is hoping he doesn't get more hopped up. When Vance was overheard ordering a coffee, Ryan exclaimed, "No, no caffeine please!"

Tim Vance open-raises to $43,000 and gets a call from Soren Jensen in the big blind. The flop comes down 6 5 3 and both players check. The turn is the 4 and Soren bets out $40,000. After a bit of thought Vance makes the call and both players check the Q on the river. Vance shows A-T but Jensen tables 7-X for the straight. Advantage: Jensen.

The price of poker is going up; we're now playing $8,000/$16,000 with a $2k ante.

Tim Vance opens the pot to $33,000 from the button and gets a call from Simon Dorslund in the big blind. The flop comes down A J J and both players check. The turn is the 4 and Dorslund leads out at the pot. Vance congratulates Simon on the hand and tosses his cards in the muck.

Here are the counts after Magnus Hansen's recent double.

Seat 1	Rasmus Nielsen	$810,000
Seat 2	Tim Vance	$997,000
Seat 3	Daniel Ryan	$659,000
Seat 4	Patrik Andersson	$0
Seat 5	Simon Dorslund	$344,000
Seat 6	Nicolas Dervaux	$357,000
Seat 7	Soren Jensen	$471,000
Seat 8	Magnus Hansen	$959,000

 

A Dane by the name of Hansen, Magnus to be exact, has doubled through chip leader Tim Vance. Magnus was one of three players to call a $33k pre-flop bet from Vance, but the only one to act upon Vance's $133k bet into the J 8 5 flop. Hansen's action was to push all-in for $276,000 more and after running through the range, Vance decided to make the call with A J. The Dane held a set of tens and looked good until the 9 gave Vance the chance at running diamonds. However, the 8 was not one of them and Hansen doubled up to around $959k.

Vance is still the chip leader, dipping below the $1 million mark with $997k.

Tim Vance is not only putting on a clinic on power poker, he's also favoring us with a medley of classic Beatles tunes. He opened a pot a moment ago from middle position and got calls from Simon Dorslund on the button and Soren Jensen in the big blind. Jensen and Vance both checked it and Dorslund used the button to put in a bet of $65,000.

Jensen got out of the way and Vance fixed Dorslund with a hard stare. "I don't think you have a hand sir," said Vance as he deposited an additional $200,000 in the middle. Dorslund only thought for a moment before dumping his hand in the muck. More abuse of classic Beatles songs ensues as Vance rakes the pot.