Sam Grafton opened on the button and Bertrand Grospellier three-bet shoved a stack of 90,000 from the small blind. Grafton called with his opponent covered.
Bertrand Grospellier:
Sam Grafton:
Grospellier was ahead preflop but the flop of put Grafton in front with a pair of nines. Grospellier didn't get any help from the runout of and was sent to the rail.
Sam Grafton was out of position in a heads-up pot against Matt Berkey. Grafton checked on the flop of and called when Berkey bet 25,000.
The peeled off on the turn and Grafton took the betting lead from his opponent by leading out for 15,000. Berkey gave Grafton the middle finger with one hand and tossed his hand in the muck with the other.
"That offends my European sensibilities," reacted Grafton.
The remaining 28 players are on their final 15-minute break of the day. They will play two more levels when they return and then will break for the day.
Daniel Montagnolli faced a shove from Boris Kolev on a board reading and eventually called as the player at risk.
Kolev turned over the and it appeared he might have been bluffing. But then Kolev flipped over the for top pair and was good against the of Montagnolli.
"Aye-ah," Montagnolli said upon seeing the king in his opponent's hand.
Eelis Parssinen opened to 26,000 from middle position and Michael Brinkenhoff jammed in his 97,000 stack into the middle. Parssinen called and said, "I have a really good hand."
Michael Brinkenhoff:
Eelis Parssinen:
Parssinen did indeed have a really good hand, and he had a dominating lead over Brinkenhoff. The flop was , and the turn gave some straight outs to Brinkenhoff. The spiked the river to complete that and put a beat on Parssinen's kings.