Patrick Cronin made an early-position raise to 20,000, and Ali Eslami came along with a call on the button.
Heads-up, the two men watched a flop roll out. Cronin checked to let Eslami bet 21,000, then check-raised to 53,000. Eslami announced a pot reraise, and Cronin called all in for 131,000 total. He showed up , and Eslami had that beaten. His was the dominating jack, and Cronin needed help in a hurry.
The turn provided none, but the river was the life saver. Cronin found the on fifth street to improve to kings up, and with it comes a double up over 300,000.
Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier raised to 22,000, from the button, and Ali Eslami made the call in the big blind. The pair shared a flop of and Eslami surprised ElkY by coming out betting. The price was 31,000 and Elky obliged. Onto the turn - and the - and once again Eslami pounded away with a 46,000 bet, which ElkY quickly called. The fifth and final community card was the .
"I am all-in," declared Eslami.
The bet was 125,000 and if we could see ElkY's shaded eyes we are sure they would be wide open by now. The Frenchman took a few moments before surrendering the pot to Eslami.
Steve Landfish raised to 17,000 in first position, Manuel Bevand called in the cutoff as did Chris Moorman in the small blind.
So the trio saw a flop of and Moorman took the betting lead for 33,000 and both players made the call. The turned up on fourth street and Moorman fired his second bullet, this time for 90,000. Landfish was next to act and he moved all-in for around 267,000, Bevand folded and Moorman made the call.
Landfish
Moorman
So Moorman needed some help and the on the river was not the card he was hoping for. Landfish is back up to a mammoth 684,000 and Moorman is back down to 155,000.
Antonio Esfandiari raised to 17,000 from the cutoff and Chris Klodnicki raised 'pot' from the button. The blinds folded and Esfandiari asked for a count. It was 54,000 more and Esfandiari made the call handing us a showdown with Klodnicki at risk of elimination.
Klodnicki
Esfandiari
Board:
No king or nine for Esfandiari and Klodnicki doubled up to 156,000; Esfandiari was down to 282,000.
Matt Marafioti is the tightest player in the room, and we just watched him get all 125,000 of his chips into the middle preflop. Daniel Weinman had 33,000 out in front of his stack when we walked up, so there must have been another raise in front of them both. In any event, Weinman tanked and called, and Marafioti was a favorite to double. It was only then that he revealed he had one yellow T1,000 chip left behind, and he wouldn't put it in until the flop.
Showdown
Weinman:
Marafioti:
The board ran , and Marafioti's queens hold up. As the dealer pushed him the pot, Marafioti made a quiet comment to Weinman: "Keep calling me."
From the cutoff, Farzad Bonyadi raised to 16,000, and Shaun Deeb three-bet to 52,000. Bonyadi reraised enough to cover, and Deeb called off the last 129,000 chips he had. All in and at risk, Deeb was not in good shape.
Showdown
Deeb:
Bonyadi:
Things improved in a hurry for the Deeber. The flop brought an ace, and the board secured his double. He's back up over 250,000 now, pipping just ahead of Bonyadi.
Daniel Weinman has doubled up in the first significant hand that Table #447 has seen since the break.
Mohsin Charania raised to 17,000 in the cutoff, Weinman made it 55,000 from the big blind, Charania raised pot and Weinman called off the rest of his stack.
Weinman
Charania
According to the PokerNews odds calculator Charania was a 75.15% favorite to win the hand. That was until the flop!
Board:
So Weinman hits two pair to double up and he now has 264,000 chips; Charania is down to 160,000.
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flop roll out. Cronin checked to let Eslami bet 21,000, then check-raised to 53,000. Eslami announced a pot reraise, and Cronin called all in for 131,000 total. He showed up 
, and Eslami had that beaten. His 
was the dominating jack, and Cronin needed help in a hurry.
turn provided none, but the river was the life saver. Cronin found the 
on fifth street to improve to kings up, and with it comes a double up over 300,000.
and Eslami surprised ElkY by coming out betting. The price was 31,000 and Elky obliged. Onto the turn - and the 
.
and Moorman took the betting lead for 33,000 and both players made the call. The 
turned up on fourth street and Moorman fired his second bullet, this time for 90,000. Landfish was next to act and he moved all-in for around 267,000, Bevand folded and Moorman made the call.
, and Marafioti's queens hold up. As the dealer pushed him the pot, Marafioti made a quiet comment to Weinman: "Keep calling me."
board secured his double. He's back up over 250,000 now, pipping just ahead of Bonyadi.
