On the flop of


the original raiser checked, before the caller made it 1,100 to go. Esfandiari put in a raise to 3,400 to take the pot down and climb to 32,400.With eight WSOP cashes to his name, but no Main Event one to his name, Esfandiari will be looking at making 2009 his year to break his drought.
and both players checked.
and the first player bet 1,000. Lee raised to 2,800 and his opponent called. The river was a

, and this time when it checked to Vanessa Rousso decided she'd toss out four (100) dark blue chips. With various degrees of deliberation, all of her opponents folded.
and dragged the small pot. She's up at 34,500 now.

was checked round to see the
fall on the turn. Tran checked, Schulman fired 600 and his opponent on the button made the call before Tran passed.
for a bigger two-pair after the river paired the board to see him moved back over starting stack.
and Alezrah picked up some straight and flush outs. Wait -- most of his flush outs were no good because his opponent held the 
and Tran checked, only to see her opponent move all in for his last 3,825.
. The UTG player also tabled 
and found himself in one of the worst preflop spots possible as his opponent revealed
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