The Magician Keeps Magicking Chips into His Stack
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There were 9,000 chips in the middle for a hand between Esfandiari and the other big stack at the table, K.J. Nam. Esfandiari led out for 8,200 on a board of
. Nam raised that bet to 25,000. Esfandiari tanked for more than two minutes before matching Nam's chips.The turn fell
. Esfandiari checked to Nam, who made a somewhat weak lead of 30,000. Esfandiari check-raised that to 75,000, eliciting a fold from Nam. Once Esfandiari stacked all of the chips, his count was a shade more than 300,000. Nam retains roughly 130,000.