Short Tournament for Antonio Esfandiari

Antonio Esfandiari was busy filming an episode of Shark Cage yesterday and didn't enter the event until today. He bought in this morning, but the 250,000 in chips he got in exchange for his €100,000 buy-in didn't last him very long.

With the blinds starting at 3,000/6,000, Esfandiari got 41 big blinds to start the day. He lost a chunk of that in one of the first hands of the day, and Tobias Reinkemeier was kind enough to supply us with some details.

According to Reinkemeier, Besim Hot opened the button and Esfandiari three-bet from the big blind. Hot made the call, and the flop came . Esfandiari and Hot got their chips in the middle, with Hot at risk holding the . Esfandiari had and was defeated when Hot made his flush.

With just a few chips left, Esfandiari got them in the next hand with from the small blind. The big blind had , made the call, and saw his hand hold up.