Mar 18, 2025
Photo: Jeff Platt
After a flop of , Jeff Platt checks the big blind, Eric Afriat bets 35,000 from the cutoff, and Platt check-raises to 105,000. Afriat three-bets it to 180,000, and Platt thinks for a while before he calls.
The turn card is the , and both players check.
The river card is the , Platt bets 230,000, and Afriat thinks for a while before he folds. Platt takes the pot.
Afriat and Platt agree to show their cards, and Afriat reveals for two pair, queens and fives.
Platt turns over for flopped trip fives that turned into a diamond flush as he pulls in the pot.
Dan Sepiol says to Afriat, “How are we supposed to get any of your chips if you fold there?”
Jeff Platt – 1,225,000 (82 bb)
Eric Afriat – 1,725,000 (115 bb)