Hand #63: River Check-Raise Fails for Mermelstein
Level 27
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Hand #63: Gal Yifrach opened the cutoff for 125,000 and small blind Gary Hasson called, as did big blind Aaron Mermelstein.
The blinds checked on 
and initial raiser Yifrach bet 220,000. Hasson folded and Mermelstein called.
They both checked the 
on the turn and the 
paired the board on the river. Mermelstein checked again and Yifrach bet 350,000. Mermelstein check-raised to 1.1 million and Yifrach went into the tank before he eventually called.
Mermelstein tabled 
. The pot went to Yifrach with 
.