Full House for the Magician
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Tony Miles raised to 23,000 from middle position and Antonio Esfandiari called from the big blind. The flop came 
and both players checked to the 
on the turn.
Esfandiari checked again and Miles tossed in a bet of 19,000. Esfandiari called and the 
double-paired the board on the river. Esfandiari checked again and Miles bet another 32,000. Esfandiari chose to check-raise to 79,000 and Miles paid him off. Esfandiari held a king for a full house and raked in the pot.
Esfandiari briefly became the chipleader on the feature table until James Romano took over Salas' old seat with around 1,800,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,800,000
1,635,000
|
1,635,000 |
|
1,400,000
544,000
|
544,000 |
|
||
|
1,000,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
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landed on the turn. Both players checked to the 
and Ivey was unable to beat it. Ivey held 
and shipped the rest of his chips to Altman in the last hand before the dinner break.
board. Johns bet 60,000 into a main pot of about 135,000 and Rheem raised to 125,000.
. Johns checked and Rheem slid out a stack of 325,000, covering Johns who had 290,000 behind. Johns went deep into the tank and, after about three minutes he announced "fold."
for bottom set. "I wasn't going to show you this Ian, but you're my friend and you showed a set."
for the nut straight, assuring Johns that he indeed made the correct fold.
on the river meaningless. Brunson hit the rail while Price moved to a bit under 400,000 chips.
flop, and with the action on the cutoff, he bet out 90,000 and responded, "Now the action is on you!"
changed little but reduce Rheem's outs by one, but when the 
fell on the river, Rheem would eliminate his opponent and climb into the chip lead.
. That's when the fireworks started, as Roberto Rodriguez Carrera in the small blind check-raised the continuation bet of Wilson. The Irishman got out of the way after calling the check-raise, as he faced the all in of Xi Yang in the cutoff, the jam of Rodriguez in the small blind and Defeo also ended up all in from the big blind.
turn changed nothing much, but the 
fell on the river to give Defeo the winning flush. Rodriguez Carrera was eliminated by Yang in the smaller side pot and the table broke soon after.
and the action was on Da-Silva again. He put together a bet of 165,000 which got the big blind to fold quickly. His other opponent made a quick call and Da-Silva showed 
and action checked to Cantu who put out a bet of 55,000. Deeb called while the other player in the hand folded. 
on the river. There, Deeb led out for 65,000. Cantu thought for a bit, then raised, making it 200,000.
for quads and that was good for him to take down the pot. Cantu vaulted over 1,800,000 while Deeb was left with just 175,000 chips.
