Grave results in event 52!
In an event that saw 2007 WSOP main event champion Joe Hachem bow out first shorly followed by the venerable “poker brat” Phil Hellmuth you could be forgiven for having every thought a rebuy tournament was tantamount to a crap-shoot.
Micheal Graves couldnt care less as the cards have clearly fallen in his favour and he sits in pole position at the final table of this $1,000 buyin event. A mere 100k in chips seperate him from his two closest contenders, Michael Graves in first with 1,233,000, Isaac Haxton 2nd with 1,226,000 and Theo Tran in third with 1,132,000 in chps.
Graves was at the lucky end of a coin flip earlier on when he called a pre-flop allin raise with AJ against his oppenents pocket tens. His opponent Shawn Hatten pushed him to elimination on the river where a jack washed up, doubling his stack and putting him right back in contention.
A few hands later Graves called another coterminous allin and pitted his pocket sevens against the A T overcards of Alex Bolotin. The board came low and Bolotin was sent to the rails while Graves promoted himself to pole position. Players are now on break and the action will resume at around 8pm this evening.