Apparently David Williams was not surrounded by a powerful winning force today as his did not prevail against an opponent's A-Q; the ace, of course, came on the river.
Theo Tran was on the short stack when he got all-in with pocket aces. He was up against A-K and pocket nines. The board was no help to either of his opponents, and he took the pot to triple up.
The flop was ; Liz checked, her opponent made it 1700 and Liz raised to 4500. Her opponent moved all-in for another 4K and Liz took some time to throw it away.
Scotty smooth called under the gun with KK and got a small stack with J9 and a medium stack with JJ moving all-in. Scotty's kings hold up. He is up to 22K.
Daniel Alaei more than doubles up when he pushed all-in with and hits a on the turn. His opponent had , but the board was not help for him. After the hand, Alaei had 19000 in chips.