Event 8: 2nd Place - Graffa

$400 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

 Trevor Graffa (Lancaster, PA) 

$29,985

Graffa misses 12 outs on the river with A♣ 6♣ against Tom Evers' K♥ J♠ and has to settle for second place when Evers wins the tournament with two pairs, kings and jacks.

"I really wanted the trophy," says Graffa who began heads up play with the chip lead.  "Being heads up in one of these before it's pretty disappointing."

Graffa, a software engineer, finished 2nd in the 2011 Borgata Summer Poker Open $560 Event ($22,000) and has to settle for runner-up again, this time for $29,985.