The Magician Disappears

Antonio Esfandiari, who was coming off a cash in Event #1 $1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Accumulator, jumped straight into Event #2, but back-to-back cashes isn't in his future.

We missed Esfandiari's elimination hand, but Jonathan Little was kind enough to fill us in on what happened. According to him, a player opened for 500 and another called. Esfandiari then three-bet to 1,550 from the big blind, the original raiser moved all in for approximately 5,000, and the limped folded. Esfandiari called off with , but he was dominated as his opponent held . The flop left Esfandiari in need of running aces, but that didn't happen as both the turn and river blanked.