2011 World Series of Poker

Event #26: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Oleksii Kovalchuk
Winning Hand
77
Prize
$689,739
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$3,134,950
Entries
1,378
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

The Magician Disappears From the Tournament

Antonio Esfandiari
Antonio Esfandiari

Preflop, the player on the button raised to 3,200 and Antonio Esfandiari (who had just limped) re-raised to 8,500. The button called and they saw the {j-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} flop.

Esfandiari bet big with 13,500 but after a bit of counting, the player on the button put 40,000 in the pot which was enough to put Esfandiari all in. He quickly called and flipped over {q-Hearts}{q-Spades} to be ahead of the button player's {a-Spades}{j-Clubs}, but there were still two cards to come.

The turn was the {a-Diamonds} to give the button player two pair and the {5-Diamonds} on the river was no help sending Esfandiari home.

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