After a while away from the poker tables, Antonio Esfandiari is again and not too long ago acquired in on the high-stakes motion with PokerGO’s No Gamble No Future. One key hand noticed Esfandiari pull off a double check-raise, in addition to some enjoyable desk discuss to get most worth.
The hand noticed ‘The Magician’ holding 8
6 with $313,000 in entrance of him, and seeing a flop of A
8
6. He checked his two pair, as did three different gamers. The 8 fell on the flip, giving him a full home.
As soon as once more, he checked and Brandon Steven guess $4,000 with J 4 for a flush draw. Jennifer Tllly folded and Esfandiari check-raised to $13,000. Steven made the decision with $160,000 in entrance of him.
The river introduced the three to provide Steven a flush whereas placing him in a really untenable scenario. Esfandiari as soon as once more checked, and Steven fired $27,000.
Esfandiari as soon as once more check-raised, this time to $79,000, bringing the pot to greater than $141,000. Steven seemed pained on the prospect of calling and started mumbling a bit.
“Six-eight, huh? Most likely flopped a set perhaps,” he mentioned as he thought-about the arms that beat him.
Esfandiari seemed stone-faced as his opponent squirmed and the desk discuss continued.
“I’ve a flush,” Steven admitted.
“You’re going to be an actual large star,” Esfandiari responded.
“I’ve a flush,” Steven mentioned once more.
“(It’s) arduous to make a flush,” Esfandiari famous.
Steven continued replaying the hand in his thoughts, keying in on the continued check-raises.
“I known as your check-raise on the flip and also you check-raised the river once more,” he mentioned. “Man, that’s freaking ballsy as hell. How are you aware I’m going to guess?”
The banter continued a bit earlier than Steven lastly put the cash in and Esfandiari collected a pot of $193,300.
Watch the hand beneath.
Esfandiari turned a favourite amongst many poker followers throughout the sport’s increase of the 2000s. The famous prop bettor additionally received World Poker Tour titles in 2004 and 2010 and in addition has three World Collection of Poker bracelets.
The most important of these got here in 2012, when he took down the $1 million buy-in Massive One for One Drop for $18.4 million. He has greater than $27 million in reside event winnings.
Whereas the household man took a break from the sport, he has made his means again to the tables some in current months, scoring an enormous win at Hustler On line casino Reside and in addition showing in World Poker’s Desk Speak occasion that additionally featured 23-time Olympic swimming gold medalist Michael Phelps and Components 1 drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr.
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