Robert Williamson III is under the gun, and Kido Pham is in the big blind. Robert limps in and 6 other players are also in. Kido makes it 1200 to go in the BB. Robert re-pops to 3500. Hmmmm.
Everyone else folds and Kido shoves. Robert calls. Kido shows and Robert shows . The board is no help for Kido and he is out. Robert said he noticed that Kido was raising a lot in the big blind; his good play with the aces totally snookered Kido Pham.
Three hundred forty-six players started this event, making this the second-best attended circuit main event this season next to Tunica. The top 36 players will get paid, with first making right around half a million. Complete payouts are coming.
On a flop of , Fred Goldberg calls an all in from another player. Player 1 flips 10-10 and Goldberg has . Luckily for Bubble Boy, Goldberg turns the . The river is and that player is out. Goldberg is up to 29,125.
Robert Williamson III saw a flop with two other players, which was . Robert checks, the 2nd guy checks and the third guy bets 500. Both players call. The turn is the and all three check. The river is the and Robert fires out 700. The other players fold and Robert takes a nice one. He is up to 24,000 in chips, more than twice the starting stack of 10,000.
A miniature Table of Doom is forming at table 20. Kido Pham arrived late and sat in the 9 spot, just to the right of Robert Williamson III in the 1 spot, with the dealer holding them off in between like a boxing referee. This ought to be interesting.
A player was eliminated after about ten minutes of play when he pushed on the turn with 5-5 against 7-8 on a board of 5-6-Q-9. The nut straight held when the river didn't pair the board and the player with the fives was sent packing. It's hard to know if a bit more aggressive betting could have chased out the open ended straight draw and kept this poor player around longer than a couple hands.
Among the pros spotted milling around include Phil Gordon, Chris Moneymaker, Doug "Rico" Carli, Bill Edler, "Captain Tom" Franklin, Dennis Anness, Robert Williamson III, Larry Vance, and online phenoms Eric "Rizen" Lynch and Ryan "Gotskillz?" Fisler.