06-06-2009 10:19 UTC-12

Antonio Esfandiari is Barely Alive

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Antonio Esfandiari had his last 25 chips in the middle versus David Inselberg in middle position. On an ace high flop, Inselberg was holding ace-king off and lost to Esfandiari, who went runner-runner for a straight.

In the next hand, Esfandiari got all against Jesse Chinni and was hoping not to bust because the two have a $5,000 bet on busting one another.

Chinni raised to raised to 1,000 to isolate Esfandiari and showed {9-Clubs}

{9-Clubs}

{6-Spades}

versus Esfandiari's {J-Spades}

{J-Spades}

{8-Spades}

When the board ran out {9-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

{J-Clubs}

{8-Diamonds}

{8-Hearts}

{2-Hearts}

, Esfandiari doubled again to stay in alive.

The table now has a crowd of players gathered around watching the action.