Ranges seem to be tightening up now with prize jumps getting bigger and play being nine handed.
There have been several instances of raise and take it and a few folds to three-bets.
The latest was Miltiadis Kyriakides who opened to 125,000 and Fabio Sperling three-bet to 330,000 from the small blind. Kyriakides laid it down.
Bjorn Wiesler opened for 130,000 from under the gun and Fabio Sperling made the call.
Jonathan Wong squeezed for 600,000 and that got the job done.
| Seat | Name | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anton Bertilsson | Sweden | 4,290,000 |
| 2 | Simon Mattsson | Sweden | 3,285,000 |
| 3 | Jonathan Wong | UK | 2,060,000 |
| 4 | Miltiadis Kyriakides | Greece | 2,060,000 |
| 5 | Stephen Graner | USA | 9,830,000 |
| 6 | Bjorn Wiesler | Germany | 3,670,000 |
| 7 | Jakub Slemr | Czech Republic | 2,145,000 |
| 8 | Remi Castaignon | France | 2,230,000 |
| 9 | Fabio Sperling | Germany | 3,645,000 |
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
9,830,000 | -400,000 |
|
4,290,000 | 90,000 |
|
3,670,000 | -80,000 |
|
3,645,000 | 245,000 |
|
3,285,000 | 625,000 |
|
2,230,000 | 430,000 |
|
2,145,000 | -170,000 |
|
2,060,000 | -215,000 |
|
2,060,000 | 160,000 |
They are back in action at the same blind level with the unofficial final table of nine.
Stephen Graner opened for 125,000 and got three-bet to 425,000 by Jakub Slemr on the button.
The blinds folded and Graner gave it a bit of a dwell up before folding.
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.
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.
Fabio Sperling limped from the small blind and then folded to the all in of Davidi Kitai from one seat over. Exactly one hand later, the action folded to the Belgian and he moved all in again. Remi Castaignon asked the dealer for a count and then made the call, putting Kitai at risk for his last 650,000 chips.
Kitai: 
Castaignon: 
The Belgian found no love on the 
flop, but improved on the 
turn. Castaignon then hit the 
on the river to send the ever-so-dangerous Belgian to the rail in 10th place for €59,970.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
Eliminado |
Anton Bertilsson raised to 120,000 and Bjorn Wiesler called before Fabio Sperling three-bet to 400,000 from the button. Bertilsson and Wiesler called to check down the flop of 
, Bertilsson then won the pot with a bet of more than 400,000 on the 
turn.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,200,000 | 935,000 |
|
|
3,750,000 | -350,000 |
|
|
3,400,000 | -550,000 |
Simon Mattsson opened the action and Stephen Graner called in the big blind.
On a flop of 
Graner check-raised a bet of 100,000 from Mattsson to 290,000.
Mattsson made the call and the turn card was the 
. Both players checked to see the river card come the . Graner checked and Mattson thought for a while before betting 255,000. Graner called and mucked when Mattsson showed him the winner 
.
Remi Castaignon raised to 120,000 from the button, Bjorn Wiesler three-bet to 290,000 in the big blind and the Frenchman moved all in for 1,450,000. A crowd immediately gathered on the rail, but they backed down as soon as Wiesler had mucked his cards.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,100,000 | -365,000 |
|
|
1,800,000 | 200,000 |
