Event 8 (Day 3): 7th Place - Williams ($8,490)

"Battles At The Beach"

Event 8 ($360 No Limit Hold'em $200,000 GTD)

Level 30 (Blinds 50,000/100,000/10,000)

Total Entries: 1,143

Players Remaining: 6

Ariel Williams (Miami, FL) 7th Place - $8,490

Ariel Williams (Miami, FL) used her aggressive, unorthodox style to vault up the leaderboard during yesterday's Day 2, and basically cruised to this final table.  She did have a crucial hand on the final table bubble (out flopping pocket aces with her pocket kings), and came into the day sixth in chips (of the eight players that returned).  

Williams never found any traction at today's final table though, and was left with just (5) big blinds after having to fold to a river-shove from Marty in a heads-up pot (worth close to 2,500,000).  The $8,490 third place money is the third largest live tournament cash of Williams's career, and she already confirmed that she'll be looking to best this effort in this weekend's $1,500 Battles At The Beach Main Event.