Hand #16: Brady Hinnegan Eliminated in 9th Place (CAD $38,510)

Photo:  (1) Brady Hinnegan awaits his fate; (2) Eric Afriat celebrates with a fist-pump; (3) Hinnegan shakes hands on his way out.

Hand #16  –  Eric Afriat raises under the gun to 100,000, Brady Hinnegan moves all in from the small blind for 605,000, and Afriat calls with . Hinnegan turns over , and needs his hand to hold to stay alive. Afriat asks the dealer for the jack of clubs.

The flop comes , and Hinnegan remains in the lead. Afriat calls out once again, “Jack of clubs.”

The turn card is the , and Hinnegan is poised to double up with any card but a jack. Afriat repeats his mantra, “Jack of clubs.”

The river card is — the .

Afriat ignores the suit and pumps his fist with a “Yesssss!” as he rivers a full house, jacks full of sevens, to win the pot and eliminate Hinnegan in ninth place.

As he gathers up his things, Hinnegan simply says, “It always hurts more on the river.”

Eric Afriat  –  1,675,000  (42 bb)
Brady Hinnegan  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  (CAD $38,510)

After coming into the day as the chipleader with 16 players remaining, then dropping down to the short stack with 13 players left, WPT Champions Club member Eric Afriat has managed to bounce back and build his stack above 40 big blinds.