And here's the more crucial hand which sent Ashraf spinning gently towards the exit - I got this story straight from the horse's mouth...
Adrian Swingler limped utg, Ashraf limped with
on the button, the blinds came in too. The flop brought him bottom pair on a J-9-3 board, and everyone checked.
The turn brought an Ace - that's two pair for the slow of calculation - and now when it checked round he fired 20k. This chunky bet was called only by Swingler.
The river: another Nine. Now Swingler bet out 20k. "I had to call," says Ashraf, "If he's got an Ace, the Jack might mean we chop it..." but no - it was
in his opponent's hand and the loss of that 50k pretty much busted him.