Hand #119: Eric Afriat Eliminated in 3rd Place ($165,000)

Photo:  Three-Time WPT Champion Eric Afriat

HAND #119  –  Eric Afriat completes the small blind to 100,000, Yunkyu Song raises from the big blind to 250,000, and Afriat limp-shoves all in for 2,125,000.

Song calls with , and Afriat turns over . Afriat needs his kings to hold to stay alive.

The board comes , and Song flops a set of nines to win the pot and eliminate Afriat in third place.

Eric Afriat  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($165,000)

Nick Yunis  –  11,950,000  (120 bb)
Yunkyu Song  –  6,100,000  (61 bb)

There is 1:44 remaining in Level 27, but the players will take their break now before heads-up play begins. Stay tuned.