Esfandiari Pulls an Ace
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JP Kelly was close to 200,000 chips when he got mixed up in a huge preflop raising war against Antonio Esfandiari. We missed the exact action, but Kelly was the one at risk, and his 
were racing against The Magician's 
.
Esfandiari pulled an ace from his sleeve as the dealer flopped 
to pull him into a big lead with two to come. The turn 
and river 
were missed for Kelly, and the Brit has been ushered to the rail in 32nd place.
On the other side of the table, Esfandiari is quite flush with chips. He's approaching a half-million of them right now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
470,000 | 320,000 |
|
Busted |
and McDonald took down the pot with a 15,500 c-bet.
and Vinas check-called a 4,000 Cronin bet. The 
on the river. Vinas bet 12,000 and Cronin called and when the hands were turned over it was a good call.
flop, David Benyamine check-called a bet from Andrew Lichtenberger to see the 
turn. Benyamine checked for a second time, leading to Lichtenberger moving all in with his short stack.
for a straight, while Lichtenberger held king-ten for two pair. "LuckyChewy" was not saved by the river, ending his tournament.
, and Zaczac firmly announced, "Pot". It was 80,000, and it folded Benyamine quickly. Deeb wasn't going anywhere, though, and a big smirk came across his face. He shook his head and mumbled something, still smirking, then announced his all-in. Zaczac called off the last ~55,000 he had in front of him, and he was in trouble.
turn left him drawing dead right there. The river 
improved Deeb to jacks full, and he's snagged the rest of Zaczac's stack. With it comes a huge chip boost up close to 600,000, and Deeb now has a commanding lead over the field.
at the same time the dealer was laying out the flop of 
and river 
for trip fours to score the elimination.