2013 World Series of Poker

Event #53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
$665,397
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,801,600
Entries
2,816
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Esfandiari Cracks Aces

Level 4 : 75/150, 0 ante
Antonio Esfandiari (Pictured during One Drop)
Antonio Esfandiari (Pictured during One Drop)

We caught an exciting hand with Antonio Esfandiari, where he used a little humor, magic and luck to double-up.

Esfandiari faced a raise from an opponent to his immediate left, and tried getting a read on him by asking his name. After the player wouldn't answer, Esfandiari contemplated for a few seconds before asking for a clarification on the rules.

"Is this all-in?," Esfandiari jokingly asked the dealer as he kept inching his stack forward without releasing the chips from his hand. "How about now?," he jibed again, sliding his stack further into the pot. With a magician's flourish, Esfandiari dropped the chips, and his opponent immediately called, flipping over {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}.

"Oops," exclaimed Esfandiari, tabling the far-behind {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}, as the table chuckled. The flop came {4-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{3-Hearts}, giving Esfandiari the nut-flush draw. "Let me run good one time!" said the excited Esfandiari after picking up the draw.

The turn came {9-Hearts}, completing Esfandiari's flush and cracking his opponent's aces. Esfandiari is now at around 9,800 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
9,800
5,300
5,300
WSOP 3X Winner
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