No Easy Ladders
Level 30
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Eric Afriat opened for 500,000 in the cutoff and tank-folded 
face up when Matthias Auer shoved in the small blind. Auer showed 
.
The next hand, Afriat shoved for just under 1.2 million and Sung Hyun called with 
in the big blind. Afriat had a dominating 
and it ran 
.
"They won't give us that $20K easy, will they?" Will Failla asked fellow short stack Matthew Wantman, referencing the pay jump.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,400,000 | 1,400,000 |
|
6,400,000 | -600,000 |
|
3,540,000 | 1,240,000 |
board left Polop heading to payouts.
flop and Afriat folded after about 30 seconds.
, no help to him.
, Eric Afriat bet what looked like 725,000 from the big blind. There was about 800,000 in the middle and Sung Hyun was tanking in the cutoff. Finally, he called.
but the bluff was beaten by 
turn. On the 
river, he checked. Hyun shoved for 810,000 effective and Wantman tanked a long time before folding.
turn but the river was a 
