Erasmus Morfe came into the last day of the summer in Las Vegas with the third biggest stack, and his dream of making the November Nine was within reach. Yesterday, we chronicled Morfe's Cinderella story leading up to the biggest moment of his life as a poker fan, but the dream shattered into a million pieces when he busted out in 19th place for $262,574.
Elated, proud, and very disappointed, Morfe had plenty of emotions running through him.
"Obviously there is disappointment, but I actually feel great," Morfe said. "I got a smile on my face, which is genuine because it really exceeded all my expectations.