Grafton Gets Three Streets of Value With Queens
Diogo Machado made a hijack raise to 1,600 and Omar Lakhdari called in the small blind. Sam Grafton took a quick glance across at his opponent before reraising to 7,000. Machado and Lakhdari both called.
The flop came 
. Lakhdari checked and Grafton made a continuation bet of 5,500. Machado called and Lakhdari folded, meaning two players would see the turn.
The turn was the 
and Grafton bet out for 8,000, which Machado called. The final card came the 
and Grafton led again, this time putting in a large bet of 13,600, which represented most of his opponent's stack. Machado did make the call, leaving himself just a few thousand behind.
Grafton flipped over 
for an overpair to the board. Machado mucked his hand and the chips were pushed over to Grafton, who has made good progress since entering the event and is now sitting on over 80,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
3,000
3,000
|
3,000 |