Frank Williams has moved into chip boss position here as the money bubble looms.
There was about 60,000 chips in the middle on a board when Williams checked to heads-up opponent Huy Pham. Pham led for 25,000, but Williams was ready with the check-raise jam, putting Pham to the test for all his chips.
Pham folded, and with that pot, Williams became the first player past the 200,000-chip mark.
With around 25,000 chips in the pot and the board reading , Mufit Bechim checked in the small blind and Ferenc Riech moved all in with the superior stack. Bechim eventually called and Riech turned over the for a pair of nines only. Bechim had that beat with and doubled up for 68,500.
"It was very unlikely he had an eight, Riech said to fellow German Paul Hoefer, his stack cut down considerably.
Ferenc Riech opened the action with a raise and Elliot Smith then three-bet big out of the blinds, making it 17,400 to go. Riech jammed and Smith snap-called to find himself with the dominating ace:
Riech:
Smith:
The German improved thanks to the flop flop and held up with the turn and river completing the board.
Jorn Walthaus and Brian Yoon have been eliminated at the very end of the previous level still. Yoon had a flip with the against Paul Hoefer's and the board ran out safely for the German, reading .
With 27 players left, the fourth table for today will break momentarily and the money is not too far anymore. The top 21 spots get paid, among the short stacks are Sergio Aido and James Atkin.
Ferenc Riech raised to 6,500 and Paul Hoefer clicked it up to 19,000 out of the big blind to see the fellow German call. On the flop , Hoefer continued for 14,500 and Riech quickly let go.
On the three-way flop , Robert Nguyen led for 5,300 out of the small blind and Frank Williams raised to 14,600 from late position. Huy Pham called from the button and Nguyen led go. On the turn, both players gave each other the stare down and Williams then announced all in after more than two minutes to enforce a fold.
From middle position, Karib Yustinus announced all in and the dealer counted a stack of 42,400. Piyush Gupta decided to call from one seat over and the rest of the table folded.
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board when Williams checked to heads-up opponent Huy Pham. Pham led for 25,000, but Williams was ready with the check-raise jam, putting Pham to the test for all his chips.
, Mufit Bechim checked in the small blind and Ferenc Riech moved all in with the superior stack. Bechim eventually called and Riech turned over the 
for a pair of nines only. Bechim had that beat with 
and doubled up for 68,500.
turn and 
river completing the board.
against Paul Hoefer's 
and the board ran out safely for the German, reading 
.
, Hoefer continued for 14,500 and Riech quickly let go.
, Robert Nguyen led for 5,300 out of the small blind and Frank Williams raised to 14,600 from late position. Huy Pham called from the button and Nguyen led go. On the 
