Patrik Antonius Eliminated

Action folded around to a late position player who put in a standard raise. Stefan Raffay called from the cutoff as did Patrik Antonius from the button. The blinds passed and the three saw the flop come {9-Spades}

. All three players checked. The turn came the {6-Clubs}

. It was checked to Raffay and he bet 3,250. Antonius made the call as did the late position player. All three men watched anxiously as the {8-Clubs}

hit the river. It was quickly checked to Antonius and after some careful deliberation he calculatedly pushed out his remaining stack of 8,575. The late position player folded instantly but Raffary went into the tank. He had Antonius barely covered and after roughly four minutes he finally made the call. Antonius rapped the table and coyly flipped up the {K-Diamonds}