
Deepstack
Stephane Graffin Eliminated In 7th Place - ₱57,500 / $985

Stephane Graffin open shoves 270,000 and gets called by Juhoon Chung. Graffin has a pair that holds until the river that gives Chung the higher pair.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
SG Stephane Graffin | 7♠7♥ HJ | busted |
Q♥J♥ BB | 970,000(39 BB) |
Final Table

Player | Chips |
---|---|
779,000(49 BB) | |
AP Ashley Patterson | 777,000(49 BB) |
AI Alvir Inocentes | 665,000(42 BB) |
SG Stephane Graffin | 425,000(27 BB) |
332,000(21 BB) | |
OK Oliver Kubalek | 332,000(21 BB) |
254,000(16 BB) | |
AC Anthony Castro | 225,000(14 BB) |
RV Robert Van Schalm | 180,000(11 BB) |
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
AC Anthony Castro | 225,000(14 BB) | 1 | 1 |
AI Alvir Inocentes | 665,000(42 BB) | 1 | 2 |
779,000(49 BB) | 1 | 3 | |
332,000(21 BB) | 1 | 4 | |
AP Ashley Patterson | 777,000(49 BB) | 1 | 5 |
254,000(16 BB) | 1 | 6 | |
SG Stephane Graffin | 425,000(27 BB) | 1 | 7 |
OK Oliver Kubalek | 332,000(21 BB) | 1 | 8 |
RV Robert Van Schalm | 180,000(11 BB) | 1 | 9 |
Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
---|---|
858,000(54 BB) | |
AP Ashley Patterson | 680,000(43 BB) |
AI Alvir Inocentes | 486,000(30 BB) |
SG Stephane Graffin | 415,000(26 BB) |
365,000(23 BB) | |
OK Oliver Kubalek | 351,000(22 BB) |
332,000(21 BB) | |
AC Anthony Castro | 300,000(19 BB) |
RV Robert Van Schalm | 180,000(11 BB) |
GS George Salud | 71,000(4 BB) |
Stephane Graffin Overcomes The Set

Following a raise, small blind George Salud looks down at J♥ J♠ and three-bets 100,000. Big blind Stephane Graffin has A♠ K♦ and four-bets all in for 188,000. Only Salud calls and they go flipping.
At the flop J♣ 3♠ T♣ , Salud improves to a set that's burned on the turn Q♣ as Graffin improves to a straight. With the river 8♠ , Salud doesn't land his outs to pay up.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
SG Stephane Graffin | 415,000(35 BB) |
GS George Salud | 71,000(6 BB) |
Table 41
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
GS George Salud | 321,000(32 BB) | 41 | 1 |
SG Stephane Graffin | 220,000(22 BB) | 41 | 2 |
RV Robert Van Schalm | 185,000(19 BB) | 41 | 3 |
AC Anthony Castro | 265,000(27 BB) | 41 | 4 |
ES Emmanuel Segismundo | 173,000(17 BB) | 41 | 5 |
AI Alvir Inocentes | 120,000(12 BB) | 41 | 7 |
TS Tetsunori Saito | 170,000(17 BB) | 41 | 8 |
Stephane Graffin Doubles Up

From cutoff, Stephane Griffin fires it up for 25,000 then risks it all after big blind Michael Concepcion jams. Graffin is ahead and quickly lands a full house to ensure the win.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
SG Stephane Graffin | 8♦8♥ CO | 279,000(28 BB) |
MG Michael Gabby Concepcion | A♥7♥ BB | 33,000(3 BB) |
Top Stacks
Player | Chips |
---|---|
378,000(76 BB) | |
MN Munkh Natsagdorj | 375,000(75 BB) |
AP Ashley Patterson | 290,000(58 BB) |
OK Oliver Kubalek | 248,000(50 BB) |
CJ Craig Jones (2) | 210,000(42 BB) |
MG Michael Gabby Concepcion | 187,000(37 BB) |
HK Harish Kumar Asnani | 185,000(37 BB) |
182,000(36 BB) | |
SG Stephane Graffin | 168,000(34 BB) |
TN Tamon Nakamura | 167,000(33 BB) |
TS Tetsunori Saito | 163,000(33 BB) |
AC Anthony Castro | 135,000(27 BB) |
ES Emmanuel Segismundo | 128,000(26 BB) |
MA Marco Almerez | 114,000(23 BB) |
113,000(23 BB) | |
DB Dmitrii Belikov | 108,000(22 BB) |
GS George Salud | 96,000(19 BB) |
RV Robert Van Schalm | 90,000(18 BB) |
AI Alvir Inocentes | 73,000(15 BB) |
JM Joseph Magnotti | 69,000(14 BB) |
AY Alan Yap | 68,000(14 BB) |
ED Edwin Dela Cruz | 67,000(13 BB) |
KC Kento Chogo | 60,000(12 BB) |
KE Kim Enriquez | 58,000(12 BB) |
AD Alexander Donn | 52,000(10 BB) |
CH Claude Henoud | 46,000(9 BB) |
MS Michael Segismundo | 30,000(6 BB) |
BG Battulga Ganbold | 29,000(6 BB) |
Classic Flip Win For Stephane Graffin

Another battle of raises ends with an all in that's called. The cards show a classic flip between Stephane Graffin and Yoshiki Nakamura. In the end, the ladies hold to dust another player.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
SG Stephane Graffin | Q♦Q♣ CO | 132,000(53 BB) |
YN Yoshiki Nakamura | A♥K♦ BB | busted |
Texas Dolly Double Up For Babushkin

From the small blind, Nikolay Babushkin limps with T♠ 2♠ and gets to see a flop cheap with big blind Stephane Graffin checking his 4♣ 7♦ . Pairing up on the flop T♥ 7♣ 5♣ , Babushkin bets 3500 and then jams 14,900 on the turn 8♠ . Graffin calls with second pair. The river 2♣ seals it for a double up.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
NB Nikolay Babushkin | 40,800(41 BB) |
SG Stephane Graffin | 17,100(17 BB) |
Babushkin Forced To Slow Down

Battle of the blinds, Nikolay Babushkin bets 2600 onto a pot of 6800 with a board showing 4♠ 9♦ 5♣ . Stephane Graffin calls then calls a bet of 5600 on the turn 7♥ . Babushkin opts to check the river 7♠ , Graffin checks back. Babushkin has air J♦ 2♠ awarding the pot to Graffin with 9♠ T♠ .
Player | Chips |
---|---|
NB Nikolay Babushkin | 53,700(67 BB) |
SG Stephane Graffin | 48,900(61 BB) |
Stephane Graffin Drives The Pot

Stephane Graffin drives the action with a three-bet of 1400. Muhammad Shamsudin and initial raiser Marc Gagne join to the flop 2♦ 7♠ J♥ where they all check. No more checking on the turn 4♦ as Graffin bets 1400 that no one challenges.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
SG Stephane Graffin | 31,700(159 BB) |
MG Marc Gagne | 28,600(143 BB) |
MS Muhammad Shamsudin | 27,500(138 BB) |
Babushkin Comes Out Firing

After Craig Jones slides out a 600 raise, Nikolay Babushkin comes out firing with a 1700 re-raise. Stephane Graffin and Jones both toss it in then fold to Babushkin's 1800 c-bet on the flop 3♠ 9♣ Q♣ .
Player | Chips |
---|---|
NB Nikolay Babushkin | 37,000(185 BB) |
SG Stephane Graffin | 28,500(143 BB) |
CJ Craig Jones (2) | 27,600(138 BB) |