Samuel Trickett raised to 135,000 under the gun, and he found a call from Jeff Williams in the big blind, the two men heading off to a flop heads up.
It came , and Williams check-called a follow-up bet of 165,000. That lead to the turn, and another check from Williams. Trickett went a bit bigger this time, firing out 325,000 to take down the pot before things got too messy. Williams is trending downwards with a quickness.
Jeff Williams limped into the pot from the small blind, and Samuel Trickett knocked the table for a free and friendly flop from the big.
The heads-up flop came down , and Williams put out a bet of 75,000. Trickett promptly bumped it up to 200,000 total, and Williams made the call.
Both men checked the turn, and the {4d] filled out the board on fifth street. That drew another leading bet from Williams, 180,000 this time. Trickett went into the tank for a minute or two, finally sliding out a reraise to 530,000 total. Williams could not match it; he folded, and Trickett moves his way across the 2-million-chip threshold.
Amit Makhija open-shoved for his last 545,000, called quickly by big blind Jeff Williams. The news was good for the at-risk Makhija, as he turned up the dominating to his opponent's .
There was a bit of a sweat by the time the turn rolled around, but the board ran out clean: .
That's a good find for Makhija, earning a much-needed double up to about 1.1 million. Don't worry about Williams; he still has well over a third of the chips in play with 4.5 million.
Well it just wasn't a good level for James Carroll. After being raised off a couple hands in the last orbit, Carroll was looking for a spot to get his chips in. He found what looked like a perfect spot when he squeezed out and got three-bet by Jeff Williams. Carroll was happy to get his ~1.225 million chips into the middle, and Williams was all too happy to oblige him, turning over, of course, .
The board would provide no help to the at-risk Carroll either, coming out . After some bad luck today, Carroll is out in 7th place, good for a pay bump into six-figure territory.
From the button, Peter Gilmore made it 125,000 straight, and James Carroll three-bet to 275,000 out of the big blind. Action was back on Gilmore, and he moved all in with a covering four-bet reraise.
Carroll quickly ducked out, further dropping him down to about 1.1 million.
Two hands later, James Carroll opened the pot to 100,000 before he too folded to a three-bet. This time it was Jeff Williams who made it 270,000 straight, earning himself the blinds and antes plus an extra 100,000 from Carroll.
Jeff Williams opened to 100,000 from the button, and a three-bet of 295,000 from Samuel Trickett was good enough to scare away Williams with no further action.
James Carroll raised to 100,000 from the cutoff seat, and Jeff Williams three-bet up to 270,000 from the small blind. When it came back to Carroll, he bumped it right back to 500,000, only to see Williams ship it right in his face with an all-in five-bet shove. Carroll couldn't have folded any quicker.
The crowd on Williams' side broke into a rousing rendition of "Yellow Submarine" as Williams raked the pot. He's increased his chip lead significantly, moving up to 3.4 million.