Sam Grafton is out of the Main Event, but sometimes that’s how it goes. Frankly though Grafton is too good to leave out, even if he’s no longer playing any part in the Main Event. It’s not just his ability on the table, it’s that his performance this week was nothing more than an extension of his personality away from it, one that, you may have noticed, is a little different to most others—the clothes, the hair, the glasses, the gregarious bonhomie towards fellow player, as the PokerStars Blog reports.
Details of the elimination to follow, but they are down to nine players and there will be a pause while the re-draw for the unofficial final table of nine is made.
Miltiadis Kyriakides made it 120,000 under the gun and Remi Castaignon and Fabio Sperling called as did big blind Jonathan Wong to make it four way to a flop of .
Wong checked and Kyriakides bet 200,000 before Sperling cut out a raise to 535,000. Wong got out of the way and Kyriakides gave it some thought, looking pained and holding his head in his hands before checking his hole cards again and mucking.
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