We reached the table, and David Williams was all in with 
on a board of 
. His opponent had 
, and the turn and river came 
, 
respectively, doubling Williams to 10,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,000
4,500
|
4,500 |
The David Williams roller coaster has continued late into the evening, with Williams recently having his stack down to as low as 2,500. That has improved to around 5,500 though, as Williams has just doubled up.
Williams was in middle position when he was all in for around 2,500 preflop holding 
against the small blind's 
. The 
board was friendly to Williams, sending him the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,500 |
Thijmen Stocker led out for 2,000 with the board reading 
. His opponent min-raised to 4,000, and Stocker responded by re-raising all in. The bet was 18,975 total, and Stocker's opponent tank-called.
Stocker:
Opponent: 
The turn and river came 
, respectively, and Stocker doubled to 40,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
Pius Heinz was hovering around 15,000 for most of the day, but he has caught a heater in the last level, and his stack is ballooning as a result. In the last hand we caught, Heinz held 
against a short stack's 
. The suspense was all but over when the dealer fanned out a flop of 
. The 
on the turn ended things, and the meaningless river was the 
.
After that hand, Heinz is up to 48,000, and will be looking to increase his stack even more in the last half hour of play tonight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000
20,500
|
20,500 |
|
||
Eric Baldwin is up to about 120,000 after busting an opponent.
When we arrived at the table, the decision was on Baldwins's opponent for his tournament life on an 
board. After a little while in the tank, his opponent called all in for roughly 20,000 with . Baldwin tabled 
and had the hand clinched.
A meaningless 
river secured the pot for Baldwin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
118,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000 | |
|
|
150,000 | |
|
125,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
120,000 | |
|
|
120,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
115,000 |
According to his Twitter:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
166,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
160,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
148,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
135,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
134,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
When we reached the table, the board read 
, and there was about 35,000 in the middle. Roman Valerstein checked, and Zach Hall moved all in for effectively 58,000. Valerstein folded face up and Hall showed 
.
"Wowwwwww," Valerstein blurted. "Why would you do that?"
Hall laughed, and raked in the pot, pushing his stack over 100,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
105,000 | |
|
|
58,000 |
Over at the ESPN featured table sits last year's Main Event champ, Pius Heinz. We don't know exactly how the action went, but the flop read 
and Heinz moved all in for 7,775. Action moved over to Heinz's opponent who took about a minute deciding his course of action. In the end he opted to call and threw out the right amount of chips to put Heinz at risk. Cards were then tabled and it was Heinz who was ahead.
Heinz:
Opponent: 
Both players had flopped flushes, but it was Heinz's that was superior. A 
on the turn, and a 
on the river sealed the deal and Heinz doubled up to around 27,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
27,500
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
|
||
