Mekhail Mekhail Doubles Thru Eric Afriat

Eric Afriat raises under the gun to 50,000, Mekhail Mekhail moves all in from the cutoff for 176,000, and Afriat calls with . Mekhail turns over , and needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes — Afriat turns a club flush draw, but Mekhail wins the pot with trip kings to double up in chips.

Mekhail Mekhail  –  412,000  (17 bb)
Eric Afriat  –  1,800,000  (75 bb)

After the hand, Mekhail says, “I didn’t even know I had ace-king. I saw the ace and went with it.”