Sam Grafton, a player apart at EPT Deauville
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Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Sam 'samsquid' Grafton is turning online success into live creativity at EPT Deauville. The PokerStars Blog interviews him.
2013 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville
Main Event
Day: 4
Dovzhenko Done
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
The bustouts continue at a rapid clip as Alexander Dovzhenko has been eliminated over on the feature table in 26th place.
Dovzhenko's end came in a hand in which he took a pair of fives up against the 
of Jean Pierre Petroli. Alas for the Russian, the flop came 
-4-2, the turn brought the 
, and the river the 
to give Petroli a flush and send Dovzhenko out in 26th.
With 25 left, there's just one more elimination to go before the end of play here on Day 4.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Break Time
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Players are on a 15-minute break.
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Chip Counts (full)
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,854,000
404,000
|
404,000 |
|
||
|
1,831,000
311,000
|
311,000 |
|
||
|
1,716,000
386,000
|
386,000 |
|
|
1,699,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
1,272,000
92,000
|
92,000 |
|
1,185,000
-212,000
|
-212,000 |
|
1,056,000
216,000
|
216,000 |
|
1,006,000
-174,000
|
-174,000 |
|
996,000
-279,000
|
-279,000 |
|
938,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
|
923,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
|
905,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
|
842,000
143,000
|
143,000 |
|
824,000
385,000
|
385,000 |
|
702,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
|
||
|
692,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
677,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
||
|
651,000
228,000
|
228,000 |
|
643,000
-392,000
|
-392,000 |
|
614,000
-229,000
|
-229,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
559,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
519,000
-239,000
|
-239,000 |
|
|
||
|
488,000
-126,000
|
-126,000 |
|
456,000
-205,000
|
-205,000 |
|
262,000
-618,000
|
-618,000 |
Last Set of Photos
Thrown a Herveball
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Massimo Di Cicco was all in from the big blind after getting into a raising war against the button Matthieu Herve. All the chips went in the middle to create a 1 million plus pot.
Di Cicco: 
Herve: 
The flop came 
but the 
on the turn left the Italian drawing dead and the 
on the river changed nothing, sending Di Cicco out in 25th place.
The players are now finishing off their last hand for the evening.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000
398,000
|
398,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Sam Grafton Eliminated in 24th Place (€23,000)
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
As Massimo Di Cicco was being eliminated in 25th place on the adjacent table and the announcement was being made to the other tables to stop after one more hand, Glen Cymbaluk opened with a raise to 40,000 from the hijack seat, then Sam Grafton pushed all in for 246,000 total.
It folded back to Cymbaluk who tanked for a bit, during which time media done with watching Di Cicco's bustout gravitated over to the table. "Vultures!" said Grafton with a smile as Cymbaluk continued to consider what to do.
Finally Cymbaluk called, showing 
, and Grafton tabled his 
. "I do feel like a king is coming," said Grafton as the dealer burned a card and prepared to deliver the flop.
It arrived without a king, but there was a six to pair Grafton as the flop came 
. Alas for Grafton, the turn was the to give Cymbaluk a better pair, and when the 
landed to pair Cymbaluk again, Grafton was out in 24th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,140,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Play Concluded; 23 Remain
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Play has been stopped here on Day 4 with the final 23 players now bagging up their chips. Back with a full recap of today's play in a few.
Official End-of-Day 4 Chip Counts (full)
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,108,000
392,000
|
392,000 |
|
|
1,997,000
143,000
|
143,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,864,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,671,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
|
|
1,194,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,100,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|
|
1,100,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
|
1,015,000
173,000
|
173,000 |
|
|
1,000,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
990,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
972,000
-84,000
|
-84,000 |
|
|
935,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
886,000
-386,000
|
-386,000 |
|
|
883,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
|
770,000
-54,000
|
-54,000 |
|
|
713,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
706,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
|
682,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
676,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
645,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
534,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
|
474,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
443,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |