Sam Grafton raised to 280,000 and Anil Ozdemir called. The flop was and Ozdemir checked. Grafton bet 305,000 and Ozdemir called, before both players checked the on the turn.
The river was the and Ozdemir overbetted the pot with a bet of 2,100,000. Grafton was taken back by the sizing but eventually called it off.
Ozdemir quickly showed for the rivered straight and a frustrated Grafton showed before mucking.
Anil Ozdemir raised to 300,000 and Sam Grafton three-bet to 1,050,000. Ozdemir called.
The flop came . Grafton checked and Ozdemir bet 800,000. Grafton called.
The turn was the . Grafton checked and Ozdemir bet 1,475,000. Grafton called.
The river was the . Grafton checked for a third time and Ozdemir bet 3,550,000. Grafton swiftly called.
Ozdemir showed for a set of sixes, but Grafton had turned a flush with to win the pot and take the chiplead for the first time in this heads-up contest.
Sam Grafton raised to 260,000, Anil Ozdemir three-bet to 950,000, and Grafton called. On the flop, Ozdemir continued for 750,000 and Grafton came along with the call.
The turn was the and Ozdemir paused. After twenty seconds, he shoved all in and Grafton snap-called it off for his remaining 2,460,000.
Anil Ozdemir:
Sam Grafton:
Ozdemir made a play with ten-deuce but ran into the pocket queens of Grafton. The Turk still had outs to win the tournament outright if he would catch a deuce, seven or ten on the river.
"Doyle Brunson?" asked Grafton.
"I love Doyle Brunson!" pipped Ozdemir.
The dealer burned and turned the river to reveal the , and Grafton netted a full double-up.
"Nice match!" Ozdemir said shortly after the hand.
"Let's play on for a while," responded Grafton.
"Doyle Brunson hurts," Ozdemir said, realizing he lost a chunk of his stack with Brunson's trademarked hand.
"You need to be Doyle to make it work," lectured Grafton.
Sam Grafton raised to 260,000 and Anil Ozdemir defended. The flop was and Ozdemir check-called 315,000 from Grafton.
On the turn, Ozdemir checked and Grafton bet a hefty 1,600,000. Ozdemir didn't flinch and called after five seconds. Both players then quickly checked the on the river.
Ozdemir showed for a weak ace-high. It was enough, as Grafton nodded in acknowledgement and mucked his hand.