We caught up with the action after a huge pot had already brewed.
On a board reading , a player in middle position bet all-in for his last 14,000. His lone oppponent, Antonio Esfandiari, fell hard into the tank. The Magician looked as if he were about to muck, but then verbally announced a call. His opponent tabled for top top and Esfandiari mucked his hand.
We recently posted that Antonio Esfandiari's stack was over 40,000, but it seems that in a short period of time, Esfandiari has busted. We've observed that John Dolan's stack has grown to around 50,000 chips.
Tom "Durrrr" Dwan returned after being absent for a couple levels, apparently to go play in the 2-7 Draw Lowball
Championship event. Shortly after returning, we caught him in a hand where a middle-position player had opened for 1,600. Dwan three-bet to 4,500 from the big blind and the original raiser immediately raised enough to put Dwan all-in. Dwan made the call.
Dwan:
Opponent:
The board ran out and just like that, Dwan left his seat to go back to playing the 2-7 Draw Lowball event.
With about 10,000 chips already in the pot, Ali Eslami moved all in for 9,000 on the board of . His opponent tanked and then folded the face up on the felt. Eslami showed the for just eight high and won the pot. He's up to 22,000 in chips now.
On a board of , Paul Magriel announced that he was all in. Magriel was snap called by his opponent on the button, who turned over for two pair, which was significantly ahead of Magriel's . The turn and river were of no help to Magriel, as they fell and . This hand knocked Magriel down to about 5,000 in chips.
A few hands later we witnessed the aftermath of a hand where Magriel got all of his chips in the middle.
Magriel:
Opponent:
The board fell and Magriel scooped the pot, doubling up to 11,900 in chips.
, a player in middle position bet all-in for his last 14,000. His lone oppponent, Antonio Esfandiari, fell hard into the tank. The Magician looked as if he were about to muck, but then verbally announced a call. His opponent tabled 
for top top and Esfandiari mucked his hand.
and just like that, Dwan left his seat to go back to playing the 2-7 Draw Lowball event.
face up on the felt. Eslami showed the 
. The turn and river were of no help to Magriel, as they fell 
and 
. This hand knocked Magriel down to about 5,000 in chips.
and Magriel scooped the pot, doubling up to 11,900 in chips.
, the big blind led out for 2,600 and Liv Boeree called.
