A Double Here, a Double There
on a board of
; his opponent showed
for a set of fives that held up through the
turn and
river. It was only a hit of 20,700 for Leonidas; he still has about 124,000.A few minutes later, chip leader Antonio Esfandiari bet 23,000 on a flop of
. His opponent moved in for 40,800 total and was quickly called by Esfandiari. They were both on draws; Esfandiari had the inferior hand with
against his opponent's
. The
on the turn meant that Esfandiari could only chop the pot; he lost it all when the river blanked
.Don't cry for Antonio. He still leads the field with approximately 400,000 chips.