Esfandiari Busts, Chen First Player in Round of 8
Things moved fast in the match between Antonio Esfandiari and Tommy Chen. We just saw a 
flop when Antonio Esfandiari moved all in. Chen double checked his cards and quickly made the call showing 
. Esfandiari was in trouble showing 
and he lost this bullet when the turn brought the 
and the river the 
.
Esfandiari cashed in his final lammer and just a few hands later the match was over. Esfandiari raised to 8,000 from the button and Chen made it 28,000 from the big blind. Esfandiari shoved all in and Chen snap-called tabling 
. Esfandiari showed 
and the board ran out 
busting him from the tournament.
There are still seven matches in progress and Tommy Chen will play against the winner of the match between Chris Moore and Paul Volpe.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
960,000
480,000
|
480,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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and was in good shape against Steinberg's 
. The board ran out 
. He looked to get there against the 
. Elias paired his king, but Gross was well ahead with bottom set. The 
turn and 
flop Lichtenberger check-called a 15,600 bet and the turn was the 
. Both players checked and the river was the 
. Lyndaker trailed with 
and wasn't able to catch up as the board ran out 
, trailing the 
to give Chou a pair of sevens, but it fell to Drummond's pair of aces.
against Parker's 
and Jaffe fired out 72,000 and Landfish called once more.
