Antonio Esfandiari is up to 43,300 after a great start after the dinner break.
Esfandiari was in the small blind and bet 3,625 on a flop and was called by his sole opponent. Esfandiarii then checked the arrival of the and his opponent took up the role of the aggressor and bet 5,150. Esfandiari stared at the flop, then diverted his gaze to his opponent for a brief moment before check-raising all in. The move worked because it was met with a snap-fold.
Giuseppe Pantaleo has a reputation for showing up with a wide range of hands, maybe not as wide as Brandon "Any Two" Cantu, but trust us when we say he plays loosely!
Moments ago, Pantaleo opened to 900 from early position and the player on the button made the call. Pantaleo then check-called a 2,000 bet on the flop, leading the dealer to place the on the turn. Pantaleo check-called again, this time a more substantial 4,000 bet. The river was the and was greeted with checks from both players.
Davidi Kitai opened the preflop betting round with a raise to 850 from middle position. To his immediate left was Steven Silverman who three-bet all in for 4,250 in total. The action passed back around to Kitai who counted out the chips required to call, took a few glances at Silverman and called.
Silverman:
Kitai:
Silverman's ladies were the best hand, but he would have to avoid an ace on the board otherwise his tournament would be over. Silverman did avoid an ace as the board ran out . Silverman now has 9,000 chips.
As we were doing our rounds of the tournament floor, we saw Phil Laak stood behind Sorel Mizzi. Mizzi was unaware of Laak's presence until Laak placed his headphones over Mizzi's head.
"That's really relaxing," said Mizzi, "What is it?"
Laak then placed the headphones on us so we could listen to the relaxing music for ourselves.
"It's the Dallas String Quartet," explained Laak, "If you need to know why I have so many chips it because of this music."
Laak then placed the headphones back on Mizzi just as Mizzi was about to act from the button.
"Oh! You're in a hand! You have to turn down the volume two notches otherwise the music won't help you win!"
Mizzi three-bet all in from the button and the original raiser called.
Mizzi:
Opponent:
Mizzi paired his king on the flop and his hand stayed best as the turn and river fell and .
"Thanks, buddy. You come over here and I double. Can you send me your playlist?"
"I'll email it to you right away."
Mizzi now has 15,000 chips and a new playlist to listen to while playing poker.
Phil Laak raised from late position and then called when Canadian star Mike Watson three-bet to 2,200 from the button. Laak tapped the table and checked the arrival of the flop. Watson fired a continuation bet of 2,500 and Laak immediately called.
The turn brought the into view and Laak checked again. Laak's insta-call on the flop didn't deter Watson from betting again and he set the price to play at 6,200. Laak considered his options for around 15-seconds before settling on a fold.
We joined the action on a flop, a flop that Matt Giannetti checked from the big blind and Philippe Ktorza fired a 1,075 bet from late position on.
Giannetti paused for 30 seconds before check-raising to 2,500. Ktorza, who finished second to Marvin Rettenmaier in the 2012 WPT World Championship, then moved all in for 22,000 in total. Giannetti sat bolt upright before mucking his hand.
Following a raise to 1,200, Erik Seidel moved all in for roughly 10,500, and when the action passed back round to the original raiser, he instantly called.
Seidel:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Seidel made his way to the rail.