Brian Altman Doubles Thru Eric Afriat
Mar 5, 2021
Photo: Two-Time WPT Champion Brian Altman
In a battle between two members of the WPT Champions Club who have won multiple titles, Eric Afriat (UTG+1) and Brian Altman (cutoff) see a flop of 
. Afriat checks, Altman bets 15,000, and Afriat calls.
The turn card is the 
, and both players check.
The river card is the 
, Afriat checks, and Altman thinks for a while before he moves all in for 69,500. Afriat asks for an exact amount, and then counts out a potential call from his own stack to see what he would have left, and it looks like he covers Altman by about 63,000.
Afriat eventually calls with 
for ace high, but Altman turns over 
to win the pot with a rivered pair of kings. Altman doubles up, and Afriat expresses his displeasure with how the hand turned out.
Brian Altman – 200,000 (133 bb)
Eric Afriat – 63,000 (42 bb)
Photo: Three-Time WPT Champion Eric Afriat
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