Afriat Sends Whittington Swimming in the Tank

Action came in on the river with a large pot of 600,000 in the middle. The board read . From the big blind Blake Whittington bet 320,000. Eric Afriat raised all in to force Whittington to make a massive decision for his tournament life.

Whittingon took his time as he thought it out and studied Afriat, trying to get any type of information off of him. He seemed genuinely on the 50/50 edge of what to do throughout the entire tank. Eventually, after multiple minutes, Afriat called clock. As the countdown wound down, Whittington still seemed torn and let the count expire to declare his hand dead.

Afriat eased Whittington's mind as he showed the for the stone-cold nuts as Whittington claimed to have folded the flush.