Howard Lederer and David Williams
David Williams has been knocked from atop the chip lead after a huge pot versus Howard Lederer.
On a flop of , Williams led out for 6,000, Lederer raised to 24,000, Williams pushed all in, and Lederer made the call.
Williams showed for bottom pair, a gutshot, and a flush draw. Lederer showed for the overpair. The turn and river brought two aces, and the Professor's queens held up.
Lederer leaps up to 150,000, while Williams has been knocked down to 62,000.
On a flop of , Ariel Schneller checked and Patrik Antonius bet 10,000. Andrew Robl raised to 30,000 and Schneller folded. Antonius re-raised all in for 37,000 more and Robl called.
Antonius had to for Robl.
The turn and river were and Antonius is up to 155,000. Schneller is down to 83,500.
Quite a scene developing here, as a crowd of people stand in line to enter the staging area to watch the final table of Event No. 2, the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event. Indeed, they have completely surrounded the area from which we are reporting, as our table sits in close proximity to the area where ESPN will be filming.
After hours and hours of play, nine remain from the record-breaking field of 3,929 who entered the event. Chris "Jesus" Ferguson's presence at tonight's final table has no doubt increased interest among the spectators.
We're nearing the end of the limit-half of Level 12 (blinds 1,500/3,000; stakes 3,000/6,000). Roland de Wolfe raised from early position, Chau Giang three-bet, and de Wolfe called. The flop came . De Wolfe checked, Giang bet 3,000, and de Wolfe called. The turn was the . De Wolfe checked, Giang bet 6,000, and de Wolfe folded.
On a board showing 8-A-9-10-7, Andy Black got all of his chips in against Jon "PearlJammer" Turner. Both had two pair, but Black's aces and tens bested Turner's aces and eights. Black vaults up to 88,000, while Turner slips to 68,000.
On a turn of , Ariel Schneller bets out of the small blind position and Anh Van Nguyen calls from middle position. The river is and Schneller checks. Nguyen bets all in and Schneller calls. Nguyen shows 6-6 and takes it. He's up to 44,000.