09-23-2008 15:17 UTC+2

Williams Starts as he Means to Go On

[user46298]

Hold'em:

A refreshed David Williams has started off aggressively (and successfully), raising the very first hand of the day and stealing an ever-so-slightly late Phil Ivey's unguarded big blind. Then he got involved in a pot with Markus Golser, who called another of his preflop raises.

Golser check-raised the {9-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

{2-Diamonds}

{4-Diamonds}

flop, and Williams called. The turn brought the {8-Spades}

{8-Spades}

and a bet out (1,200) from Golser - also called. They both checked the {6-Diamonds}

{6-Diamonds}

river, where Williams' {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{J-Diamonds}

was found to have gotten there in the end, to the (unexpressed) frustration of Golser, who'd flopped a set with {9-Spades}

{9-Spades}

{9-Hearts}

. Ah, limit poker, good sometimes for cultivating sang-froid.