Afriat Picks the Wrong Time to Challenge the Big Stack
Level 16
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Dylan Destefano opened to 18,000 in the cutoff and was called by Jeremy Ausmus on the button and Eric Afriat in the big blind. The flop fell 
and Destefano continued with a bet of 18,000.
Ausmus quickly folded but Afriat opted for a check-raise to 48,000. Destefano thought for a minute before sliding out a stack of T25,000 chips. Afriat had a decision to make for his remaining 116,000 chips and elected to send his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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925,000
239,000
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239,000 |
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645,000
-146,000
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-146,000 |
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116,000
68,000
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68,000 |
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flop. The Platinum Pass winner was then more at ease as the board ranout with the 
.
and Arieh bounced up from his seat after Krug-Basse flopped a set of queens. The 
on the turn left Arieh drawing dead to the 
flop, with Justin Zaki checking his 
and Marius Irimia called on the button with 
turn.
river saw Grafton go into the tank before with his straight before firing 45,000. Irimia folded his pair of tens quickly, as Grafton climbed above 600,000 chips.
flop. Wigg improved on the 
river was a brick, completing the double up at Schwartz’s expense.
