Aurangzeb Sheikhis back up to about 7,000. He was in the big blind when a player in middle position middle position raised to 350. A late-position player called and Sheikhis re-raised to 1,100. The original raiser responded with an all-in raise to 2,500 and Sheikhis was the lone caller. When the two turned their cards up, things looked like this:
Sheikhis:
Opponent:
Sheikhis's kings held when the board came and he is up to about 7,000.
Liz Lieu is off to try her luck at another event. She was involved with the player on the button on a flop of . Lieu bet from the big blind to 600, only to be met by a raise from the big blind to 2,500. Lieu, who had fewer chips than the re-raise amount, called and was all in.
Lieu:
Opponent:
The turn came down and the river was , leaving Lieu with the second best hand and plenty of time to grab some lunch.
Tom Dwan called a raise to 400 in late position and was one of four players, including the big blind, to see a flop.
The flop was and the original raiser bet out 800. Dwan called, one player folded and the big blind raised to 3,000. The original bettor folded and Dwan moved all in. He was called by the big blind and the two were heads-up for Dwan's tournament life.
Dwan:
Opponent:
Dwan was unable to improve when and came on the turn and river and has left the Pavilion.
We missed the action, but noticed a player at Barry Greenstein's table sitting with a brand new copy of Ace on the River and an empty seat where the poker veteran had been sitting.
This pot seemed to have big potential from the start when the player under the gun raised to 425 and was called by the player to his left, Antonio Esfandiari, the cutoff and the player in the small blind.
The flop came . The small blind and the initial raiser checked. The player in early position led out with a bet of 1,275 and Esfandiari raised it up to 3,300. Everyone folded except for the player in early position who raised to 7,000. Esfandiari four-bet, putting himself all in and got a call.
Esfandiari:
Opponent:
Easfandiari's set held through the on the turn and the on the river and he is now up to about 23,000.