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David Williams
Hometown: Dallas
Country of Origin: United States 
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2009 OPOY Rank
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710 (648 points)
1870 (666 points)
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David Williams - Live Updates
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| Oct 28, '09 | 2009 Caesars Palace Classic | Caesars Palace Classic -- Main Event Championship | 2 | + |
David Williams EliminatedOct 28, '09
Player Tags: Scott Epstein, David Williams David Williams Shows Some AggressionOct 27, '09
Player Tags: David Williams |
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| Oct 27, '09 | 2009 Caesars Palace Classic | Caesars Palace Classic -- Main Event Championship | 1 | + |
David Williams EliminatedOct 28, '09
Player Tags: Scott Epstein, David Williams David Williams Shows Some AggressionOct 27, '09
Player Tags: David Williams |
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| Oct 22, '09 | 2009 Festa al Lago Classic | WPT Festa Al Lago Championship -- No-Limit Hold'em | 2 | + |
Level 7 Update -- Hellmuth ArrivesOct 22, '09 Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 100 ante Players Left: 180 of 267 (Approximately) Average Chip Count 89,000 Chip Leaders Chau Giang — 270,000 Card Player Chip Counts Mike Matusow — 210,000 Notable Eliminations: David Grey Level Summary:
Mark Seif made the largest chip gain during the level. His stack grew to 270,000 and he now shares the chip lead with Chau Giang. One of the largest hands of the level took place when Kido Pham was all in against David Baker. Pham held A Three poker-playing Davids hit the rail during the level, as Singer, Williams, and Grey all hit the rail during the level. Barry Shulman moved up to 116,000 after winning a pot off of Poorya Nazari with pocket queens in the hole. Player Tags: Chris Ferguson, Phil Hellmuth, David Singer, Barry Shulman, David Grey, David Williams, Kido Pham, David Baker |
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| Oct 04, '09 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT London - Season VI | PokerStars EPT London Main Event | 3 | + |
David Williams Takes A Hit To His StackOct 04, '09
The board ran out 8 Player Tags: David Williams |
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| Jun 28, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 50 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout (1,000 player max) | 3 | + |
Guaranteed Double Bracelet WinnerJun 28, '09 Blinds: 15,000-30,000 Players Remaining: 2 out of 572 Chip Counts: 1. Greg Mueller — 2,895,000 Average Chip Count: 1,800,000 Notable Eliminations: 4. David Williams — $51,145 Big Hands
Millie Shiu raised and Greg Mueller reraised. David Williams called all in and Shiu reraised. Mueller called and the flop came K Shiu bet, Mueller called and the turn was the J Williams could only show 5 Millie Shiu Eliminated in Third Place ($77,138) Millie Shiu was all in on the big blind and both Greg Mueller and Marc Naalden saw a flop of 10 NOTE: Both of these players have already won bracelets this year, so we are guaranteed to have our fourth double bracelet winner of the year. Player Tags: Millie Phung Shiu, David Williams Final Day Begins At 2:00 pm PDTJun 28, '09 The final table of Event no. 50 – $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout begins at 2:00 pm PDT. David Williams, Marcus Naalden and Greg Mueller are looking to score their second bracelets here, Mueller and Naalden going for their second of the series. Here is a look at the final table… David Williams The final eight players will return at 2:00 pm PDT, and will each start with 360,000 in chips. All of the finalists have guaranteed themselves a payout of at least $13,655 (8th) while one of them will walk away with a shiny new bracelet and the $194,854 grand prize. Be sure to check back with CardPlayer.com for all of the action. Player Tags: Greg Mueller, David Williams End of Day 2; Final Table SetJun 28, '09 Day 2 of Event no. 50 – $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout has come to end with the final eight-handed table now set. Both David Williams, Marcus Naalden and Greg Mueller look to score their second bracelets here, Mueller and Naalden going for their second of the series. Here is a look at the final table… David Williams The final eight players will return at 2:00 pm PDT, and will each start with 360,000 in chips. All of the finalists have guaranteed themselves a payout of at least $13,655 (8th) while one of them will walk away with a shiny new bracelet and the $194,854 grand prize. Be sure to check back with CardPlayer.com for all of the action. Player Tags: Greg Mueller, David Williams |
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| Jun 28, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 50 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout (1,000 player max) | 2 | + |
Guaranteed Double Bracelet WinnerJun 28, '09 Blinds: 15,000-30,000 Players Remaining: 2 out of 572 Chip Counts: 1. Greg Mueller — 2,895,000 Average Chip Count: 1,800,000 Notable Eliminations: 4. David Williams — $51,145 Big Hands
Millie Shiu raised and Greg Mueller reraised. David Williams called all in and Shiu reraised. Mueller called and the flop came K Shiu bet, Mueller called and the turn was the J Williams could only show 5 Millie Shiu Eliminated in Third Place ($77,138) Millie Shiu was all in on the big blind and both Greg Mueller and Marc Naalden saw a flop of 10 NOTE: Both of these players have already won bracelets this year, so we are guaranteed to have our fourth double bracelet winner of the year. Player Tags: Millie Phung Shiu, David Williams Final Day Begins At 2:00 pm PDTJun 28, '09 The final table of Event no. 50 – $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout begins at 2:00 pm PDT. David Williams, Marcus Naalden and Greg Mueller are looking to score their second bracelets here, Mueller and Naalden going for their second of the series. Here is a look at the final table… David Williams The final eight players will return at 2:00 pm PDT, and will each start with 360,000 in chips. All of the finalists have guaranteed themselves a payout of at least $13,655 (8th) while one of them will walk away with a shiny new bracelet and the $194,854 grand prize. Be sure to check back with CardPlayer.com for all of the action. Player Tags: Greg Mueller, David Williams End of Day 2; Final Table SetJun 28, '09 Day 2 of Event no. 50 – $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout has come to end with the final eight-handed table now set. Both David Williams, Marcus Naalden and Greg Mueller look to score their second bracelets here, Mueller and Naalden going for their second of the series. Here is a look at the final table… David Williams The final eight players will return at 2:00 pm PDT, and will each start with 360,000 in chips. All of the finalists have guaranteed themselves a payout of at least $13,655 (8th) while one of them will walk away with a shiny new bracelet and the $194,854 grand prize. Be sure to check back with CardPlayer.com for all of the action. Player Tags: Greg Mueller, David Williams |
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| Jun 21, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 40 - $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha | 2 | + |
Level 14 Update: Noah Schwartz On TopJun 21, '09 Blinds: 2,000-4,000 Players Remaining: 45 out of 295 Chip Counts: 1. Noah Schwartz — 710,000 Average Chip Count: 196,000 Notable Eliminations: William Thorson Big Hands
Nam Le gets it all in before the flop against Henri Kettunen; Kettunen had him covered. Nam Le: K Board: 9 Le got in in behind Kettunen’s pair of aces, but he made a club flush on the river to double up to 70,000 this hand.
On a flop of 8 Williams: A Williams is ahead with a pair of aces, but all in for his tournament life, Thorson has plenty of outs. The turn is the Q Noah Schwartz Takes Chiplead The player on the button raises to 14,000 and Noah Schwartz calls from the big blind. The flop comes 6 Schwartz: 9 The turn and river are the J Left in the Deck Players will take a twenty-minute break at the completion of Level 14 and return at approximately 10:50 pm PDT to begin Level 15. Player Tags: Nam Le, David Williams, William Thorson, Noah Schwartz Level 6 Update: Mizzi Takes a HitJun 21, '09 Blinds: 300-600 Players Remaining: 180 out of 295 Notable Eliminations: Phil Ivey Big Hands:
On a flop of 5 The other two players exposed the K The A David Williams is Unsuccessful With Check Raise David Williams was heads up on a flop of K Williams contemplated for several moments before finally tossing his hand into the muck. Williams is left with 22,000.
Andy Bloch Takes a Hit Andy Bloch took a huge hit to his stack after getting all in on a flop of J The turn was good for Bloch, which was the Q Player Tags: Andy Bloch, David Williams, Sorel Mizzi |
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| Jun 21, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 40 - $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha | 1 | + |
Level 14 Update: Noah Schwartz On TopJun 21, '09 Blinds: 2,000-4,000 Players Remaining: 45 out of 295 Chip Counts: 1. Noah Schwartz — 710,000 Average Chip Count: 196,000 Notable Eliminations: William Thorson Big Hands
Nam Le gets it all in before the flop against Henri Kettunen; Kettunen had him covered. Nam Le: K Board: 9 Le got in in behind Kettunen’s pair of aces, but he made a club flush on the river to double up to 70,000 this hand.
On a flop of 8 Williams: A Williams is ahead with a pair of aces, but all in for his tournament life, Thorson has plenty of outs. The turn is the Q Noah Schwartz Takes Chiplead The player on the button raises to 14,000 and Noah Schwartz calls from the big blind. The flop comes 6 Schwartz: 9 The turn and river are the J Left in the Deck Players will take a twenty-minute break at the completion of Level 14 and return at approximately 10:50 pm PDT to begin Level 15. Player Tags: Nam Le, David Williams, William Thorson, Noah Schwartz Level 6 Update: Mizzi Takes a HitJun 21, '09 Blinds: 300-600 Players Remaining: 180 out of 295 Notable Eliminations: Phil Ivey Big Hands:
On a flop of 5 The other two players exposed the K The A David Williams is Unsuccessful With Check Raise David Williams was heads up on a flop of K Williams contemplated for several moments before finally tossing his hand into the muck. Williams is left with 22,000.
Andy Bloch Takes a Hit Andy Bloch took a huge hit to his stack after getting all in on a flop of J The turn was good for Bloch, which was the Q Player Tags: Andy Bloch, David Williams, Sorel Mizzi |
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| Jun 10, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 23 - $10,000 World Championship No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball | 1 | + |
Level 7 Update: Rousso, Alioto, Williams EliminatedJun 11, '09 Blinds: 400-800 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 66 out of 96 Chip Counts: 1. Roland de Wolfe — 124,000 Average Chip Count: 43,636 Notable Eliminations: Vanessa Rousso Big Hands:
Vanessa Rousso moves all in for 3,500 from the button and Daniel Alaei calls from the small blind. Rousso draws two cards while Alaei draws only one. Aleai turns over a made J-7 low while Rousso shows a 10-9-2 low and first draws a queen, and then another ten. Rousso is eliminated from the tournament. Dario Alioto Eliminated by John Juanda Carlos Mortensen raises to 2,000 from under the gun and Freddy Deeb calls from early position. John Juanda reraises to 8,500 from the cutoff and Dario Alioto four-bets a total of 17,000. Mortensen and Deeb both fold their hands and Juanda calls. Juanda draws one card while Alioto stands pat. Juanda bets 30,000 after the draw, enough to put Alioto all in. Alioto calls all in for his last 25,000 and Juanda turns over an 8-7-5-4-3 low. Alioto mucks his cards and Juanda rakes the pot. Dario Alioto is eliminated from the tournament as Juanda brings his stack back up to 102,000 which keeps him in contention.
David Williams moves all in for 3,425 from the button and Justin Smith calls from the small blind. Both players draw one card each. Williams was drawing to a J-10 low while Smith had already made a 9-6 low. With Williams drawing dead, Smith rakes the pot as he eliminates his opponent from the tournament. Player Tags: John Juanda, Carlos Mortensen, Daniel Alaei, David Williams, Vanessa Rousso, Dario Alioto, Freddy Deeb, Justin Smith Level 2 Update: Chino Doing WellJun 10, '09 Blinds: 75-150 with a 25 ante Entrants: 72 Chip Counts: 1. Huck Seed – 32,000 Average Chip Count: 30,000 Notable Eliminations: None Big Hands:
Chino Rheem raised to 425 before the first draw and the player in seat 6 raised to 1,500 total. “I’m gonna give it back to you,” Rheem said as he threw in the call and it was time to draw. Draw: Rheem draws 1 card, Seat 6 stands pat Seat 6 stood pat and checked before Rheem even received his card. Rheem glanced down and then fired 3,200 and seat 6 made the call. Rheem showed down 8-6-5-4-2 and his opponent mucked. Rheem took in the pot and was at almost 40,000 total. Karas And Nguyen Get Involved, Neither Takes The Pot Archie Karas raised to 400 from the big blind before the draw and Scotty Nguyen made the call from the cutoff. The button in seat 3 also came along and it was time to draw. Draw: Karas draws 1 card, Nguyen draws 1 card, Seat 3 draws 2 cards After the draw, Karas checked and Nguyen did the same. The player in seat 3 checked and turned over his Queen-low. Nguyen then showed the K
David Williams arrived to the tournament toward the end of level 1 and took his seat at the table holding Vanessa Rousso and Jeff Lisandro. We pick this hand up at the draw. Draw: Rousso draws 2 cards, Lisandro draws 2 cards, Williams draws 1 card. There was 1,000 in the pot and the action was checked to Williams. He fired 600 into the pot and both of his opponents mucked. Williams raked in the pot and he was around 32,000 total. Fitoussi Takes A Pot From Bellande Bruno Fitoussi tangled with Jean-Robert Bellande in a hand. There was 1,200 in the pot after both players drew cards. The action was checked all around and Fitoussi tabled 9-7-6-3-2 and Bellande mucked. Fitoussi took the pot and was around 33,000 total while Bellande was down to around 25,000 total. Left In The Deck: Another 10k Event, Another Cash? Ville Wahlbeck has taken his seat at a table holding Johnny Chan and Erick Lindgren. Wahlbeck has already made two final tables in $10,000 buy-in events. He finished 3rd in the 10k Stud event and won the 10k mixed games event. It will be interesting to see if Wahlbeck can keep his hot streak going. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Jeffrey Lisandro, Bruno Fitoussi, Archie Karas, David Williams, Ville Wahlbeck, Jean-Robert Bellande, Vanessa Rousso, Chino Rheem |
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| May 30, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 4 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 1 | + |
Level 10 Update: Two Williams' With One StoneMay 30, '09 Blinds: 400-800 with 100 ante Players Remaining: 376 out of 3,000 Notable Eliminations: Jeff Williams Big Hands:
David Williams raised to 2,000 on the very first hand of level 10. The player in seat 8 then came over the top, moving all in for his last 15,000, more than enough to cover Williams’ remaining 9,000. Williams made the call and showed A Aguiar Wins Battle of the Blinds, Has Huge Stack Action folded around to the player in seat 5 in the small blind. He completed the bet and Aguiar checked his option from the big blind. The players checked the flop and turn, which brought 8
Jeff Williams raised to 1,100 from middle position and action folded around to the big blind. He made it 4,000 total and Williams went in the tank. After much thought, he pushed in his remaining 13,000 into the middle. The big blind thought briefly and made the call, tabling A As the dealer counted the chips, Williams asked, “All of it?” Unfortunately for Williams, it was all of it as he was covered and he was knocked out of the tournament. Sung Picking Up Some Chips Steve Sung is trying to build his stack to a respectable size. He called 800 from the button and the blinds joined the action. The flop came 10 Later, the player in seat 1 raised to 2,300 in late position and Sung repopped it to 6,000 total. Seat 1 mucked and Sung took in some more chips. His stack is around 22,000.
Steve Gross raised to 2,000 preflop and Jonathan Aguiar made the call. The flop came 7 Player Tags: David Williams, Steve Sung, Jonathan Aguiar, Steve Gross, Jeff Williams Level 4 Update: Barry Greenstein, Dan O'Brien, Hevad Khan EliminatedMay 30, '09 Blinds: 75-150 Players Remaining: 2,860 out of 3,000 Notable Eliminations: Hevad Khan Big Hands:
The action folds around to Barry Greenstein who moves all in from the short stack. Adam Richardson calls from the small blind and both players turn over their cards. Greenstein turns over K Dan O’Brien Eliminated With one limper before the flop, another player raises to 1,000 raise. Dan O’Brien reraises to 3,500 and the original raiser tanks. “Pretty much committed, huh?”, he says to O’Brien as he moves all in. O’Brien calls and turns over pocket jacks while his opponent shows A-K. O’Brien lost the race and is eliminated from the tournament. Hevad Khan Eliminated Hevad Khan had been battling from the short stack all day, finally getting the rest of his chips all in pre-flop with Q-10 against an opponent’s A-9. Khan flopped two pair; queens and tens, but an ace on the turn and a nine on the river gave his opponent a better two pair. Hevad Khan is eliminated from the tournament. David Williams Takes Control of His Table On a flop of A Players on Break Player Tags: Barry Greenstein, David Williams, Daniel O'Brien, Hevad Khan |
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David Williams moved all in preflop with pocket fives and Scott Epstein reraised all in to isolate with pocket nines. Everyone else mucked and the flop was dealt 8
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David Williams bet 1,800 from late position and seat 1 made the call from the cutoff. The flop fell A
Phil Hellmuth (pictured right) finally arrived to the tournament during the second level on day 2. He is seated at a table with Card Player 
David Williams was in the tank for a long while mulling over the decision to call an opponent’s 32,000 all-in from across the table. Eventually, he made the call showing A
David Williams Eliminated in Fourth Place ($51,145)
Nam Le Doubles Up
William Thorson Eliminated by David Williams
Mizzi On Short End of Three-Way All In
Vanessa Rousso Eliminated by Daniel Alaei
David Williams Eliminated by Justin Smith
Rheem Chipping Up
David Williams Arrives, Takes Pot Off Rousso And Lisandro
First Round Knockout
Jeff Williams’ Sailboats Capsize in the River
Aguiar Steamrolling Competition, Adds Steve Gross to Hit List
Barry Greenstein Eliminated
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