Grafton Flops Trips, Gets Paid
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
Dominik Nitsche opened under the gun to 700. Andreas Hoivold called, Marco Frenken called, and Sam Grafton called from the big blind. The flop was 
, and both Grafton and Nitsche checked. Hoivold bet 900, Frenken folded, Grafton check-raised to 2,200, Nitsche folded, and Hoivold called.
'SamSquid' led out 4,100 on the 
turn and got a call. On the 
river, Grafton fired 6,200 and once again Hoivold made the call.
Grafton showed 
for a full house, and his Norwegian opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
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|
30,000
-13,000
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-13,000 |
|
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before O'Dwyer capped his cards with two 25-value chips, and moved the rest all in. It was around 8,000, so just under half pot, and his opponent thought long and hard, checking and re-checking his cards before folding.
flop, Craig Varnell had 2,500 in front of him, and Pavel Veksler, a PokerStars qualifier from Israël, called the bet. The turn was the 
river, and quickly folded to a 9,300 bet from Veksler.
and McDonald checked to Sammartino who bet 1,300. Bogdanov called and McDonald then check-raised to 4,500. Both Bogdanov and McDonald called. The turn was the 
and this time it checked to Bogdanov who bet 9,000. McDonald called and Sammartino folded.
and both players checked. McDonald turned over a flush with 
.
. Kitai is still struggling for chips, with less than half a starting stack towards the start of level five.
when he saw a 
flop with two other players. After a bet from Steve O'Dwyer, another player shoved for 50,000, a huge overbet. Fergiatakis called 40,000 all in and got shown 
for no pair, no draw.
turn, the bearded Romanian bet 3,800 and got another call from the German High Roller.
, which prompted Papazian to move all in for 9,475. Kempe gave it around twenty seconds of thought, then mucked his hand.
