Here Comes Esfandiari

Action folded around to Jim McCrink on the button and he put in a raise to 15,000. Antonio Esfandiari was next to act in the small blind and opted for a three-bet to 38,000. The big blind quickly folded and McCrink took about a minute before he four-bet to 90,000.

Esfandiari hit the tank hard for about four minutes before waking up with a five-bet to 193,000. With the pressure back on McCrink, he spent about three minutes in the tank before announcing that he was all in for roughly 480,000. Esfandiari snap-called.

Esfandiari:
McCrink:

"Nice hand," McCrink complimented his opponent. Esfandiari was out of his seat with his gaze firmly fixed on the flop, which came down . McCrink came up dry and needed a nine in order to stay alive. The turn wasn't what he was looking for and neither was the river.