Sam Grafton

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Sam Grafton
Sam Grafton (2019)
Sam Grafton (2019)
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1980 or 1981
Nickname The Squid
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SamSquidPokerStars

reallygamblebwin

sammy_squidpartypoker

sammy_grinderFull Tilt Poker

LeOfficerPokerStars.FR

sammygrinder888poker
place of residence United KingdomUnited Kingdom London
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 1,453,517
Total prize money $ 4,137,714
World Series of Poker
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Cashes 20th
Best main event no cash
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  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 4th
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Cashes 6th
Last updated: August 3, 2020

Samuel William "Sam" Grafton (* 1980 or 1981 ) is a professional British poker player from England .

Poker career

Grafton is from Royal Leamington Spa . He has been playing online on many different platforms under different nicknames since January 2008 . His tournament earnings will be more than 7.5 million US dollars , with the majority of more than 4 million US dollars as SamSquid on PokerStars was earned. Since 2009, Grafton has also participated in renowned live tournaments .

In April 2010, Grafton finished fourth at the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GPT) main event in Manchester, worth almost £ 15,000 . In mid-June 2011 he was the first time in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas successful and died in a tournament variant No-Limit Hold'em in the money. In early December 2012, Grafton won the GPT Main Event in London and secured a prize of more than £ 100,000. At the main event of the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Prague he finished 12th in mid-December 2014 and received 53,800 euros . At the end of January 2017, Grafton prevailed at an event of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship in Melbourne and received the grand prize of around 140,000 Australian dollars . At the beginning of August 2017, he also won the main event of the PokerStars Festival in Bucharest with a prize money of almost 120,000 euros. In October 2018, he sat at the final table of the main event of the partypoker Millions Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham , finishing fifth for over £ 200,000. In the WSOP 2019 Grafton reached both the 50,000 and the $ 100,000 expensive high rollers -Event the money ranks, securing prize money of more than 270,000 US dollars. In mid-August 2019, he finished fifth at the main event of the partypoker Millions Europe in King's Resort in Rozvadov, endowed with 220,000 euros. At the EPT in Barcelona at the end of August 2019 he finished second in the Super High Roller after losing heads-up to Sergi Reixach and received his highest prize money to date of more than 1.3 million euros.

In total, Grafton has earned more than $ 4 million in poker playing live tournaments. From April to December 2016 he also acted as a commentator alongside Griffin Benger in the Global Poker League .

Web links

Commons : Sam Grafton  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Sam Grafton joins Stadium Series commentary team on pokerstars.com July 10, 2020, accessed July 29, 2020.
  2. ↑ TheSquid in the PocketFives database, accessed February 15, 2020.
  3. ↑ a b Sam Grafton in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 15, 2020.
  4. ↑ 2010 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - Leg 4 (£ 1,000 + 70 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 15, 2020.
  5. ↑ 42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 ($ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 15, 2020.
  6. ↑ 2012 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - Grand Final (£ 2,500 + 125 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 15, 2020.
  7. ↑ EPT - 11 - EUREKA - 4 - Prague (€ 5,000 + 300 # 22 No Limit Hold'em EPT Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 15, 2020.
  8. ↑ 2017 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 4,700 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Six Max (Event # 22)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 15, 2020.
  9. ↑ PokerStars Festival Bucharest (€ 1,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - PokerStars Festival Main Event # 4) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 15, 2020.
  10. ↑ partypoker Millions Dusk Till Dawn (£ 5,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Millions UK Main Event # 2) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 15, 2020.
  11. ↑ 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - 50th Annual High Roller (Event # 5)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 15, 2020.
  12. ↑ 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller (Event # 83)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 15, 2020.
  13. ↑ partypoker Millions Europe (€ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Millions Europe) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 15, 2020 (English).
  14. ↑ European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona (€ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller (Event # 15)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 15, 2020.
  15. ↑ The 2016 WSOP November Nine: Seat 1, Griffin Benger on pokernews.com August 15, 2016, accessed February 15, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Grafton, Sam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grafton, Samuel William (full name); The Squid (nickname); SamSquid (nickname); reallygamble (nickname); sammy_squid (nickname); sammy_grinder (nickname); LeOfficer (nickname); sammygrinder (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 1980 or 1981