Michael Aflalo has had a two day long roller coaster ride. From relatively early in Day 2 all the way until the end of his tournament minutes ago he was exploring the peaks of chip leadership at many stages of the tournament, only to fall back to the pack a little while later. And… repeat.
Michael was finally eliminated from his big blind hand. The player on the button – Stephane Leroux – raised to 500K and Michael hemmed and hawed for a few seconds before raising all in. Stephane made the call, easily as it turns out – he flipped over 
compared with Michael’s 
.
The flop had a little promise in it for Michael: 
but the 
and 
on the following streets didn’t fulfill the bargain and he was off to the Tournament Desk to pick up his payout coupon.
Michael Aflalo
