Esfandiari Bluffs Into the Nuts
Level 26
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Action folded around to Christopher Ahrens in the small blind and he limped. Antonio Esfandiari was in the big and exercised his option with a raise to 285,000. Ahrens called and the flop came down ![]()
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, which both players checked.
After the dealer burned and turned the
, Ahrens led out for 350,000 and Esfandiari called.
On the
river, which put four spades on board, Ahrens bet just 300,000. Esfandiari thought for a bit before moving all in and Ahrens snap-called off for 1.67 million total.
Esfandiari showed the ![]()
for just a pair of tens while Ahrens rolled over the ![]()
for a flush, which he had made on the turn.