Williams Bluffs the River
One table here in the Main Event on Day 3 is a stacked one and features Mike Sexton (currently up to 8,450,000). On it, pre-flop aggressor Louis Nyberg made it 500,000 from the hijack position and got a call from both Tommaso Briotti on the button and Ashley Williams in the big blind.
The flop of 
saw all three players check, and they did the same on the 
turn. On the river of 
, however, Williams led out for 700,000 from the big blind. Both players folded, so he shot a cheeky smile across at them and showed 
.
"You were winning. You got that one for free." Both Briotti and Nyberg tried hard not to react, and both retain more chips than Williams, but he won't at all, as that useful pot helps him get nearer the 12 million chip average.
Elsehwhere, Coong Sang Ngo has busted after spinning 1.9m up to 7m before being flipped out of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
17,000,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
11,500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
||
|
10,500,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
8,900,000
6,300,000
|
6,300,000 |
|
8,450,000
-650,000
|
-650,000 |
|
||
|
3,700,000
1,700,000
|
1,700,000 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |