Ambaye Active Early With a Stack

Yohannes Ambaye was one of the players in his seat when play began with his sights set on another strong finish after taking ninth place in the $1,110 MSPT Main Event here at Bally's Black Hawk last month. He is off to a fast start, too, collecting the stack of the player on his immediate right in the opening hands of the afternoon.

He since gave a little back, though, calling an open from the small blind to 600 against Benjamin Williams, who was in the cutoff. The flop ame and Ambaye check-raised Williams' continuation-bet of 500, making it 2,200 to go. Williams called and both players checked the turn .

The river was and Ambaye fired out another 3,400, with Williams confirming the amount before announcing a call. Ambaye showed and Williams turned over to take down the pot with his two pair, queens and sevens.