After a raise in late position, Layne Flack three-bet to 1,700 from the cutoff. It folded back around to his opponent in late position who made the call.
The flop came down 
and the late position player checked. Flack shoved all in and his opponent called.
Flack: 
Opponent: 
Flack was behind and found no help when then 
hit the turn and the 
came on the river.
Antonio Esfandiari opened for 425 and a player in the small blind re-raised to 1,125. The big blind folded and Antonio decided to call.
The flop read 
and The Magician called his opponent's c-bet of 925.
The turn came a and the small blind fired again, this time for 1,675. Esfandiari again called.
The 
completed the board and the player in the big blind fired one last barrel for 3,225. Esfandiari counted out a call and contemplated his options for about a minute, but then announced "Pot. I'm all in," for a littler over 10,000.
His opponent fell hard into the tank and agonized for several minutes. Someone (we're not sure who) called the clock and Esfandiari's opponent finally announced, "Call."
The Magician tabled the 
for the rivered straight and his opponent mucked.
"How do you shove there?" he said.
"I dunno. I had a straight. You're supposed to raise when you make a straight," Esfandiari replied.
The Magician is now among the chip leaders with 28,000.
Level: 6
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000 | |
|
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|
16,300
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
4,500 | |
|
Busted | |
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Terrence Chan called a bet of 825 from his opponent on the flop of to see the 
come on the turn. After fourth street came out, the first player checked and Chan fired 1,200. His opponent folded and Chan chipped up to 7,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
16,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
8,600
-6,900
|
-6,900 |
|
||
|
8,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
||
|
7,500
-8,500
|
-8,500 |
|
5,000
900
|
900 |
|
|
||
|
|
4,500 | |
|
1,100
-3,900
|
-3,900 |
|
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A bet of 1,650 was fired by Alessio Isaia on the 
flop. His opponent in position called to see the 
hit the turn. Isaia opted to check and his opponent also checked.
The 
completed the board on the river and Isaia fired 4,250. His opponent made the call and Isaia showed the 
. His opponent mucked and Isaia moved to 30,000 in chips.
Paul Magriel just gave away some chips and dropped to 7,000 in chips after calling an opponent's all-in bet on the flop of 
. Magriel held the 
and his opponent the 
. The turn was the and the river the 
.
With 2,950 chips in the middle, Ricky Fohrenbach fired 1,400 on the 
board. His opponent, David Chiu, made the call and the two saw the 
peel off on the river. Fohrenbach wasted little time in moving all in for 4,500 even. Chiu said, "Well, I can go play the 10K," and then made the call.
Fohrenbach showed the 
and Chiu flashed just the before mucking his hand. Fohrenbach won the hand and moved to 14,750 while Chiu dropped to 2,800.
On a board reading , Antonio Esfandiari had bet 3,700 from the hi-jack position when we caught up with the action. His opponent in the big blind announced, "Pot!" and stuck his remaining 11,000 in the middle. The Magician let out a sigh and flung in a reluctant call.
Esfandiari: 
Opponent:
"Nice hand, sir," Esfandiari said. The dealer dealt out an irrelevant 
on the river and chopped up the pot.
Esfandiari is hovering around the 22,000 mark.
