On a board of , Paul Magriel announced that he was all in. Magriel was snap called by his opponent on the button, who turned over for two pair, which was significantly ahead of Magriel's . The turn and river were of no help to Magriel, as they fell and . This hand knocked Magriel down to about 5,000 in chips.
A few hands later we witnessed the aftermath of a hand where Magriel got all of his chips in the middle.
Magriel:
Opponent:
The board fell and Magriel scooped the pot, doubling up to 11,900 in chips.
With about 10,000 chips already in the pot, Ali Eslami moved all in for 9,000 on the board of . His opponent tanked and then folded the face up on the felt. Eslami showed the for just eight high and won the pot. He's up to 22,000 in chips now.
Tom "Durrrr" Dwan returned after being absent for a couple levels, apparently to go play in the 2-7 Draw Lowball
Championship event. Shortly after returning, we caught him in a hand where a middle-position player had opened for 1,600. Dwan three-bet to 4,500 from the big blind and the original raiser immediately raised enough to put Dwan all-in. Dwan made the call.
Dwan:
Opponent:
The board ran out and just like that, Dwan left his seat to go back to playing the 2-7 Draw Lowball event.
We recently posted that Antonio Esfandiari's stack was over 40,000, but it seems that in a short period of time, Esfandiari has busted. We've observed that John Dolan's stack has grown to around 50,000 chips.
We caught up with the action after a huge pot had already brewed.
On a board reading , a player in middle position bet all-in for his last 14,000. His lone oppponent, Antonio Esfandiari, fell hard into the tank. The Magician looked as if he were about to muck, but then verbally announced a call. His opponent tabled for top top and Esfandiari mucked his hand.
Steve O'Dwyer made a raise to 900 in late position and was called by Mike McDonald from the cutoff as well as the player on the button. The flop came and the action checked around. When the hit the turn the action checked around once again.
The river fell and O'Dwyer and McDonald checked once again. The player on the button bet 1,700, causing O'Dwyer to muck. McDonald, however, made the call, but tossed his hand into the muck after the player flipped up .
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, Paul Magriel announced that he was all in. Magriel was snap called by his opponent on the button, who turned over 
for two pair, which was significantly ahead of Magriel's 
. The turn and river were of no help to Magriel, as they fell 
and 
. This hand knocked Magriel down to about 5,000 in chips.
and Magriel scooped the pot, doubling up to 11,900 in chips.
. His opponent tanked and then folded the 
face up on the felt. Eslami showed the 
for just eight high and won the pot. He's up to 22,000 in chips now.
, a player in middle position bet all-in for his last 14,000. His lone oppponent, Antonio Esfandiari, fell hard into the tank. The Magician looked as if he were about to muck, but then verbally announced a call. His opponent tabled 
for top top and Esfandiari mucked his hand.
and O'Dwyer and McDonald checked once again. The player on the button bet 1,700, causing O'Dwyer to muck. McDonald, however, made the call, but tossed his hand into the muck after the player flipped up 
