Esfandiari Takes a Hit
Level 1
: 50/75, 0 ante
Antonio Esfandiari took a hit early on in the first level of play. A player in middle position raised to 200. Esfandiari called from the small blind and the player in the big blind called.
The flop ran out and Esfandiari bet 450. The player in the big blind folded and the original raiser raised to 1,100. Esfandiari reraised to 3,000 and his opponent called. The fell on the turn and Esfandiari bet 4,500, his opponent called.
The hit on the river and Esfandiari moved all in. His opponent quickly called and showed to take down a nice sized pot. Esfandiari is now well below the starting chip stack.