Massive Double for the Magician

Richard Yong opened to 3,200 from under the gun, Antonio Esfandiari three-bet to what looked like 9,000 or so in the cutoff, and Yong called.

"Never Bluff Richard," Esfandiari nicknamed Yong. "You never bluff."

The flop fell , and the man that "never bluffs" reached for chips. He fired out 12,000, Esfandiari raised to 30,100, and Yong pushed back, re-raising to 92,000. Not to be outdone, Esfandiari re-raised, making it 190,100, and Yong quickly went all in.

"Call," Esfandiari announced, committing his last 299,100 chips.

Yong:
Esfandiari:

Yong had flopped a set of nines, but Esfandiari was drawing very live with a gut-shot straight flush draw. The dealer was prepared to quickly deliver the turn and river, but Esfandiari stopped her.

"Stop!" he exclaimed. "Stop!"

He wanted to soak up the moment for a bit, then finally allowed her to deal the turn card - the . Esfandiari could now make a better full house with a ten on the river.

The river was not a ten, but the spiked onto the felt to give Esfandiari a flush. He jumped out of his chair in excitement, running across the secondary feature table stage.