Billirakis Busto; Another Leader Emerges

First into the pot preflop, Steve Billirakis opened with a raise to 5,200. From the small blind, Charles Williams reraised to 21,000. The action folded back around to Billirakis, and he went into the tank for a few minutes. Williams was standing behind his chair at this point, and Billirakis was shooting him an occasional glance in between confused facial expressions. After a long soak in the think tank, Billirakis announced, "All in." Nobody heard him at first, as the table all perked up with a collective, "Hmm?" Billirakis repeated, "I'm all in."

Before the words were out of his mouth the second time, Williams said, "I call." He slipped his cards out from under his protector, revealing {A-Hearts}

. Billirakis already knew he had made a mistake, and the news was as bad as it could be for the man holding {8-Spades}

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The dealer ran out what would be the final set of community cards of his tournament: {6-Hearts}

. Williams' overpair improves to the big full house, dealing a final huge blow to the young pro.

After dragging in the biggest pot of the tournament, Charles Williams has now taken the pole position, leading the pack with a massive 284,000 chips.

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