A Double Here, a Double There
A few minutes later, chip leader Antonio Esfandiari bet 23,000 on a flop of . His opponent moved in for 40,800 total and was quickly called by Esfandiari. They were both on draws; Esfandiari had the inferior hand with against his opponent's . The on the turn meant that Esfandiari could only chop the pot; he lost it all when the river blanked .
Don't cry for Antonio. He still leads the field with approximately 400,000 chips.