The Magician and Mr. Furst

Antonio Esfandiari and Rafe Furst are seated at the same table, and they have been involved in a few pots together already. In their latest tangle, Esfandiari opened the action with a raise from the cutoff seat, making it 400 to play. Rafe Furst was in the big blind, and he reraised to 1,400. Esfandiari wasted no time calling, and the two men went to a heads-up flop.

It came down {Q-Clubs}

, and Furst led out with a continuation bet of 1,000. Esfandiari called.

Fourth street was the {2-Clubs}

. Furst slowed down a little bit, checking over to Esfandiari, who checked behind.

The last card off the deck was the {7-Diamonds}

. That was good enough for Furst to fire another 2,000 chips into the middle. Esfandiari thought for a minute, then nodded knowingly. He asked, "Two jacks huh, kid?" as he slipped his cards into the muck, sending a few chips over to his fellow pro.

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