David Williams (no not THAT David Williams, but another gentleman who shares the same name) was all in preflop for his last 78,000 holding against Ryan Young's .
The board fell and Williams spiked an ace from space on the river to double through to 170,000. Young fell to 255,000.
"Jesus, I'm like 0 for 10 in all-ins during this tournament," sighed Young, "If I win those I'd have like 700 thousand...Or like 1.5 million."
Jason Somerville had a tough decision at the river of a board. He was one of two players to check and call a bet of 26,000 on the flop. After the turn was checked through, Somerville checked the river. The second player to act then bet 48,000, folding the flop aggressor. That left Somerville unsure what to do.
"This is going to be one of those pots where I put my money in and then say, 'Oh, is *that* all you have,'" said Somerville. "Or I could all and be a hero. There is hero happiness..."
Ultimately Somerville put on his cape and made the call, but he couldn't beat for two pair, kings and fours.
Garrett Adelstein just eliminated a short-stacked player at his table. All the action was preflop, and it was a race situation between Adelstein's and his opponent's .
The board ran , and Adelstein's stack increased to 1,130,000 chips.
Court Harrington was all in before the flop for about 135,000 with . Unfortunately for Court, he ran his eights into the one-better of Nikolay Losev.
The board ran , and Harrington could not find any salvation from the dealer. He's out one spot shy of the first pay bump, and Losev has climbed to 265,000.
Brian Rast is down to about 250,000 after calling a player's all in for 225,000. That player had , the worst possible hand for Rast's . Rast flopped one king, , but couldn't find a second on the turn or river.
Pierre Neuville went all in under the gun for 67,000 and was called by a player in the cutoff position.
Neuville:
Cutoff:
While Neuville was ahead to start the hand, someone at the table mentioned how queens were finding their way to the table today. Neuville responded to this by saying, "All the girls go home."
Try as he might, Neuville was unable to will the cards against their set positions, and the flop came . The turn was the and it was followed by the on the river.
Neuville said farewell to his former table-mates and made his way to the cage.
A player moved all in from middle position for 34,000 and Scotty Nguyen called from the big blind with two aces. His opponent's was crushed and his 2010 WSOP Main Event life on the line.
The board ran out and Nguyen earned the elimination to chip up to 600,000 in chips.
The under-the-gun player raised to 13,000, and Christian Harder called on the button. The flop fell , and the raiser fired 30,000. Harder flatted. The turn brought the , and his opponent checked. Harder bet 56,000, and the other player check-raised all in for around 200,000. "I call," Harder said. His opponent had and really didn't like Harder's . the river was a blank, and Harder scored the knockout with flopped trips. He's up to around 550,000 now.
On a flop of , Cole South checked from the big blind and Tristan Wade bet 22,000. South came in with a raise to 57,000 and Wade responded with a shove for 307,000. South made the call.
Wade
South
South flopped two pair while Wade needed a fifth spade. The on the turn gave him a few more outs, and the arrived on the river to make him the nut flush. After calmly cutting out what he owed the pot, South was left with only 186,000 while Wade doubled to 652,000.