Grafton Picks Up a Bit More
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante
Sergio "zcedrick" Aido opened to 24,000 under the gun and saw both Rui "sousinha23" Sousa and Sam "SamSquid" Grafton call from the next two positions. Action then folded around to Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon, who defended his big blind to take action four ways to a flop of 
.
Action checked to Sousa, who bet 40,280 an received calls from Grafton and Botteon. Aido then folded and the three remaining players proceeded to check the turn 
and river 
to take the hand to showdown.
Botten showed 
for a pair of sevens. Sousa topped that with 
, but Grafton beat Sousa's nines by showing 
to take down the pot with his pair of tens, bringing him up to 1.85 million and further extending his chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,849,952
167,560
|
167,560 |
|
|
498,964
156,457
|
156,457 |
|
|
398,398 | |
|
|
312,349 | |
|
|
245,290
-344,052
|
-344,052 |