Esfandiari Takes Himself to Value Town
Level 1
: 50/75, 0 ante
When we caught up with the action, a player in middle position had raised and Antonio Esfandiari reraised from the small blind. His opponent called even though we missed the exact preflop amounts.
The flop came 
and Esfandiari continued with his agression, betting out 525. His opponent called.
Esfandiari fired again when a 
fell on the turn, this time for 1,200. His opponent again called.
When a 
completed the board, the Magician fired the fourth and final barrel for 2,500. His opponent called. Esfandiari revealed the 
, which was out-kicked by his opponents 
.
Esfandiari gained chips early but is now back down to 16,500.
Tom Dwan bet out 2,550 with about 3,000 in the pot. His opponent raised him, making it 11,500 total. Dwan tanked for about three minutes.
, for merely top pair. His opponent tabled 
for a busted straight draw, and Durrrr was able to scoop the pot, bringing him up over 28,000.
and Schleger checked, prompting a 425 c-bet from Pham. The player on the button raised to 1,100 and both players landed on a fold after some deliberation.
, two players checked to Barry Greenstein on the button who also checked. The 
came on the river and it was checked to Greenstein, who came out for 1,300. The bet was called and Greenstein tabled 
for a flopped set of eights.
to find Daniel Negreanu's opponent bet 3,800. Negreanu made the call and we were off to see a river of 
and was able to scoop the pot, knocking Negreanu down to 7,000.
saw Filippi fire out a continuation-bet of 450 only to have Saul bump it up to 1,350. Filippi flashed his cards to the opponent on his right before quickly mucking.