Hands #94-97: Yunkyu Song Shoves the River to Take a Pot Worth 4,125,000 Against Eric Afriat

Photo:  Yunkyu Song

HAND #94  –  Everyone folds to Eric Afriat, giving him a walk in the big blind.

HAND #95  –  Eric Afriat raises from the small blind to 250,000, and Yunkyu Song calls from the big blind. Both players check to the turn on a board of , Afriat bets 300,000, and Song folds. Afriat shows one card — the for at least a pair of queens — as he takes the pot.

HAND #96  –  Eric Afriat raises from the button to 200,000, and Nick Yunis calls from the big blind. Both players check to the turn on a board of , Yunis bets 250,000, and Afriat calls.

The river card is the , Yunis bets 650,000, and Afriat folds face up. Yunis shows one card — the — as he takes the pot.

HAND #97  –  Yunkyu Song raises from the button to 225,000, Nick Yunis calls from the small blind, and Eric Afriat reraises from the big blind to 750,000. Song four-bets it to 1,350,000, Yunis folds, and Afriat calls.

The flop comes , Afriat checks, Song bets 550,000, and Afriat calls. The turn card is the , Afriat checks, Song moves all in for 1,125,000, and Afriat folds. Song takes the pot worth 4,125,000.

Seat 1.  Eric Afriat  –  8,225,000  (82 bb)
Seat 2.  Yunkyu Song  –  5,250,000  (53 bb)
Seat 3.  Nick Yunis  –  4,575,000  (46 bb)