After a while away from the poker tables, Antonio Esfandiari is again and just lately received in on the high-stakes motion with PokerGO’s No Gamble No Future. One key hand noticed Esfandiari pull off a double check-raise, in addition to some enjoyable desk discuss to get most worth.
The hand noticed ‘The Magician’ holding 8
6 with $313,000 in entrance of him, and seeing a flop of A
8
6. He checked his two pair, as did three different gamers. The 8 fell on the flip, giving him a full home.
Once once more, he checked and Brandon Steven wager $4,000 with J 4 for a flush draw. Jennifer Tllly folded and Esfandiari check-raised to $13,000. Steven made the decision with $160,000 in entrance of him.
The river introduced the three to offer Steven a flush whereas placing him in a really untenable scenario. Esfandiari as soon as once more checked, and Steven fired $27,000.
Esfandiari as soon as once more check-raised, this time to $79,000, bringing the pot to greater than $141,000. Steven seemed pained on the prospect of calling and commenced mumbling a bit.
“Six-eight, huh? Probably flopped a set maybe,” he stated as he thought of the palms that beat him.
Esfandiari seemed stone-faced as his opponent squirmed and the desk discuss continued.
“I have a flush,” Steven admitted.
“You’re going to be a real big star,” Esfandiari responded.
“I have a flush,” Steven stated once more.
“(It’s) hard to make a flush,” Esfandiari famous.
Steven continued replaying the hand in his thoughts, keying in on the continued check-raises.
“I called your check-raise on the turn and you check-raised the river again,” he stated. “Man, that’s freaking ballsy as hell. How do you know I’m going to bet?”
The banter continued a bit earlier than Steven lastly put the cash in and Esfandiari collected a pot of $193,300.
Watch the hand under.
Esfandiari grew to become a favourite amongst many poker followers through the recreation’s increase of the 2000s. The famous prop bettor additionally received World Poker Tour titles in 2004 and 2010 and likewise has three World Series of Poker bracelets.
The greatest of these got here in 2012, when he took down the $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop for $18.4 million. He has greater than $27 million in stay event winnings.
While the household man took a break from the sport, he has made his means again to the tables some in latest months, scoring an enormous win at Hustler Casino Live and likewise showing in Global Poker’s Table Talk occasion that additionally featured 23-time Olympic swimming gold medalist Michael Phelps and Formula 1 drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr.
Sign up for PokerGO right this moment and get entry to unique poker programming and an on-demand archive that includes greater than 100 days price of event and money recreation motion.
*Photo by Global Poker
