Antonio Esfandiari was all in for his last 725 with the against the for Mike Leah. The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Esfandiari doubled up. Leah was left with 9,200.
We happened upon the action with a board reading after Octo-Niner Steve Gee bet 1,675, which was more than half his stack. His opponent, Nathan Joyce, then raised to 3,500, which prompted Gee to call off his remaining chips.
Joyce quickly rolled over the for the nuts, and Gee double checked his cards before sending them to the muck.
Gijs Voppen is one of the biggest stacks on the second flight right now and we just saw the Dutchman raise from under the gun to 425. Only Mohsin Charania called out of the big blind, and both players checked the flop. Charania also checked the on the turn and Voppen shut down all further action with a bet of 550.
Mike Maddocks opened for 450 from middle position and cleared the field all the way around to Ismael Bojang, who defended from the big blind. The flop saw Bojang check-call a bet of 650, and then both players checked the turn. When the completed the board on the river, Bojang led out for 1,700 and Maddocks thought for a bit before making the call.
Bojang rolled over the for two pair, and it was good as Maddocks sent his cards to the muck.
We joined the action on the turn of a board and Antonio Esfandiari called a bet of 800 by Bruno Portaro. The latter fired again on the river for what looked like 1,000 chips and Esfandiari moved all in for 5,275. Portaro pondered about his decision and eventually mucked the .
"Nice bluff," he said towards his opponent and Esfandiari checked both his cards again before turning over . "Yeah I know you were bluffing. That's payback. Nice hand. ... I am getting old and soft." Straight after the end of this hand, they joined the rest of the players on their last break of Day 1B.
We didn't catch the action that led to the all in showdown, but Jeff Madsen was asked to pay off another 4,575 to the gentleman just to his left with the final board reading . Given that Madsen had the and his opponent the , we can assume that the action escalated on the flop with Madsen's flush draw versus top pair.
Antonio Esfandiari opened for 700 under the gun and received a call from Mike Leah in the hijack. Bruno Portaro then three-bet to 2,100 from the cutoff, leaving himself just 1,125 behind. The button and both blinds folded, and then Esfandiari got out of the way. Leah thought for nearly 90 seconds before four-betting, and of course Portaro called off.
Portaro:
Leah:
The flop gave Leah a pair of eights, but he needed more help if he hoped to crack Portaro's big pocket pair. The turn didn't do it, and neither did the river. The cowboys held for Portaro and he scored the double.