We came to the table as David Williams was heads up with his opponent on a board that read . Williams had fired out 700, and action was on his opponent, who made the call. The river came the , and Williams wasted little time in firing out 2,000. His opponent seemed concerned about the fourth diamond, but flung in the call after 15 seconds of thinking. Williams just announced "king" while his opponent tabled for a flush. After the hand, Williams is down ti 14,000.
We caught the action on the turn of a board. Bob Whalen was in the small blind position with 3,000 chips in front of the betting line. A player in middle position had appeared to have called before the player in the hijack had moved all in for his final 16,100. Action was back on Whalen and he moved all in over the top. Amazingly, the other player in the hand called and the hands were turned up.
Whalen had flopped a strait flush with the and had his opponents, who held and for full houses, drawing dead.
Action folded around to David Williams in the small blind and he completed. Jamie Gold was waiting in the big blind and he pumped up the action to 400. Williams made the call.
The flop was . Williams check-called a bet of 500 from Gold. The turn was checked twice. When the river came down the , Williams checked for a third time. Gold threw out another 500 chip and received a quick call from his opponent.
"River," Gold stated. Williams quickly mucked and Gold tabled his to scoop the pot.
Jeff Madsen was in the cutoff and flatted the raise to 250 from a player in middle position. They saw the flop heads up and Madsen once again just called a continuation bet of 350.
The turn was the . This time the aggressive opponent fired 750. Madsen continued to call. The river was the which slowed down the action some by bring a check by the player first to act. Madsen reached for chips and threw out 2,100. After a minute or two of thought, Madsen was looked up and he calmly tabled . It was good enough to scoop the pot and get him back up to 20,000.
If you followed the coverage yesterday, you surely remember Giorgio Medici. In case you missed it, here is the story of his roller coaster day. Medici was one of many who entered the dinner break short stacked, sitting on just 16,000. In the two hours after the break, Medici went on a meteoric rise, climbing all the way to 400,000, which at the time was double what anyone else had in the tournament. However, it would come crashing down in the last level of the night, when he got in a ginormous pot with Joe Kuether, yesterday's end of day chip leader. Medici got it all in preflop with against Kuether's for a 380,000 chip pot, and Kuether held. Medici was eliminated shortly after. We certainly expect to see some more fireworks from Medici today.
As we were running around the tournament room last night trying to collect chip counts for all of the notables left, we forgot to mention that Kathy Liebert was eliminated on the last hand of the night. She will have the option to return today, and we will be sure to post it if she does exercise that option.
When we walked over to Steve Gross's table, we saw that he was heads up in a pot on the turn, with the board reading . With about 825 in the pot, Gross fired out 450 after his opponent checked. He was called, and the river came the . His opponent checked again, and Gross flung in a bet of 1,025. His opponent thought for about 20 seconds before tossing in the call, and Gross announced "ace" showing . His opponent quickly mucked, and Gboro780 is off to a nice start today.
. Williams had fired out 700, and action was on his opponent, who made the call. The river came the 
, and Williams wasted little time in firing out 2,000. His opponent seemed concerned about the fourth diamond, but flung in the call after 15 seconds of thinking. Williams just announced "king" while his opponent tabled 
for a flush. After the hand, Williams is down ti 14,000.
and had his opponents, who held 
and 
for full houses, drawing dead.
. Williams check-called a bet of 500 from Gold. The 
turn was checked twice. When the river came down the 
, Williams checked for a third time. Gold threw out another 500 chip and received a quick call from his opponent.
flop heads up and Madsen once again just called a continuation bet of 350.
. This time the aggressive opponent fired 750. Madsen continued to call. The river was the 
. It was good enough to scoop the pot and get him back up to 20,000.
. With about 825 in the pot, Gross fired out 450 after his opponent checked. He was called, and the river came the 
. His opponent checked again, and Gross flung in a bet of 1,025. His opponent thought for about 20 seconds before tossing in the call, and Gross announced "ace" showing 