A Disappearing Act
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. Joe Cassidy was first to speak, and he passed over to Antonio Esfandiari. The Magician slid out a bet of 8,400 before Cassidy check-raised him to 45,000 straight.That raise was enough to cover Esfandiari, and he would go deep into the tank for several minutes. Eventually, he let out a quiet, "Nice hand," and made the call for his tournament life.
Esfandiari tabled
for the wired pair of jacks, Vince. As he seemed to suspect already though, the 
of Cassidy had out-flopped his pocket pair, leaving him dead to two outs (or runner-runner) for his survival. The turn was a blank 
, as was the river 
; no help to The Magician. With that, Esfandiari wished his table luck and headed off toward the exit.