We just saw an interesting hand that left us scratching our heads. From the button, Antonio Esfandiari opened to 700 and the player in the big blind re-raised to 1,500. Esfandiari called and the flop fell .
The big blind c-bet 1,500 and Esfandiari called. The turn came , the big blind bet 2,000 and Esfandiari called. The river came , the big blind bet 5,000 and Esfandiari lazily tossed in a call.
"I guess that means you win," the big blind said.
"You have to show first sir," Esfandiari said. The big blind then mucked his hand and Esfandiari mucked his as well. The dealer awarded to pot to Esfandiari.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko never really got any momentum going today and was recently eliminated.
We caught up with Timoshenko's final hand on a flop, where he was heads-up on the button against a lone opponent in the big blind. His opponent checked and Timoshenko bet 3,050. His opponent then check-raised all-in, which was enough to put Timoshenko all in. Timoshenko called and hands were revealed.
Timoshenko: for top pair, top kicker.
Opponent: for two-pair.
The turn and river did not improve Timoshenko's hand and he was sent to the rail.
We caught up with the action on a flop, where Antonio Esfandiari was in a heads-up pot against a lone opponent. His opponent checked from the small blind and Esfandiari bet 800. The player in the small blind then check-raised to 2,000 total and Esfandiari made the call.
The turn brought a and Esfandiari's opponent immediately went all in for his last 5,200. Esfandiari tanked hard and studied his opponent.
"Do you want me to call?" Esfandiari asked.
"Yes, yes I do - that would be great," his opponent said.
Esfandiari then mucked and his opponent said, "No, I didn't want a call, thank God," in a sarcastic tone. He mucked without showing.
So Phil Ivey has already left our tournament. According to his tablemates, he sat down for two orbits and shoved blind five times. He went 4-4 in his shoves and chipped up to over 15,000, the other blind shove he collected the blinds.