We meet a lot of characters in poker. Guys who wear funny hats, guys with superstitious rituals, heck, one of our own Team Pros puts on a helluva show with a menagerie of plastic sharks. Well, today here, you are gonna meet another. An American living in Costa Rica, his name is Rory Graham, but everyone seems to call him A.J.
Rob Woodcock probably went to bed last night dreaming of a repeat final table appearance held in Costa Rica, and going into Day 2 with 147,600 in chips, it wasn't too remote a fantasy. All but one of the Team PokerStars Pros that started this event yesterday returned to play Day 2, but only Maria "maridu" Mayrinck and Alexandre Gomes survived to make the money. Humberto Brenes exited during the early going, as did Victor Ramdin who went out on a brutal beat. Ramdin flopped the nut flush against a set, but his opponent hit runner-runner sevens to fill up and send him to the rail.
If there was an award for the liveliest character in the room on that day, Rory Graham would win in a landslide. The Costa Rica-based American could be heard bellowing from across the room when he scored a key double-up, his pocket aces holding up against pocket jacks.
"SHIP IT! SHIP IT! Every last ficha, SEND IT!" he screamed. "I was quiet before," he said. "But you can't wake up a crazy man. I'm awake now!" The self-proclaimed lunatic built up a six-figure stack in the early evening, but ended the day on 72,300 in chips. Fred Dyke played at Graham's table a day before and at one point was down to only 3,000 in chips . Today was a different story for the online qualifier from Arkansas, who ran his stack all the way past 300,000 this afternoon, putting him among the top five in chips.
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