Antonio Esfandiari doubled up Humberto Brenes when his jacks lost to the Costa Rican's thanks to a king on the flop and he was left with just 11,000.
He open-shipped it in the very next hand and Chino Rheem raised behind to 27,000. The rest of the table got out of the way and it was Esfandiari's against Rheem's .
The run out was no help for Esfandiari and he hit the rail.
Justin Bonomo opened for 14,000, and saw Benjamin Pollak ship for 36,500 in the cutoff. Byron Kaverman made the call from the blinds, and Bonomo put the last of his chips in as well.
Bonomo:
Pollak:
Kaverman:
The board came all rags: , and Pollak's jacks stood for the triple up, while Bonomo busted out.
We've just lost Mike Matusow after he ran into pocket aces again, not too long after doubling up Erik Seidel in a huge pot where he had kings.
On Matusow's last hand he raised to 5,000 and Alexander Venovski three-bet to 12,700. Matusow gave it some thought before moving all in and Venovski snap-called.
"Aces again?" Matusow cried, as Venovski nodded.
Venovski showed and Matusow shook his head as he turned over .
"I almost folded," Matusow said.
The board ran out and Matusow was knocked out.
"Would you have folded?" Matusow asked Seidel who shook his head.
"You had 22 big blinds with ace-king," Venovski said to console his opponent, and Matusow left the room.
We found Mike Matusow facing a raise to 15,000 from Erik Seidel before the flop. Matusow made it 45,000, and Seidel came back with a min-reraise to 75,000. Matusow thought for awhile, asking the dealer to pull in the raise before deciding to roll with the five-bet to 115,000. Seidel pushed forward the rack still containing his chips after moving into his new seat, and a heated Matusow was beside himself as he flipped , saying he knew he should have folded. Sure enough, Seidel tabled , which held up on the board.
"I knew I should folded," Matusow said. "I knew I should have folded."
The PokerNews Podcast crew covers several huge stories, including the PokerStars sale, Mike Matusow's penalty, and the decline of pot-limit hold'em. They are then joined by defending Main Event champion Ryan Riess to talk about his banner, his recent run bad, and much more.
Phil Galfond bet 11,700 from the big blind against Byron Kaverman on the button on a flop. Kaverman sat motionless for a bit before dropping 25,400 into the middle. Galfond pushed all in, and Kaverman made the call.
Kaverman:
Galfond:
Galfond was in command with aces, but the turn gave Kaverman a few additional outs. The dealer burned and turned a river, and Kaverman's boat sank Galfond.
Antonio Esfandiari is running better in the tournament than he is in side bets.
Sorel Mizzi just sauntered into the tournament area and engaged Antonio Esfandiari in a "flip for $5,000." Esfandiari anointed neighbor Amit Makhija to do the honors, picking out two hundos from a stack of bills. Each player was given one of the bills, and the two slowly peeked down at the serial numbers one by one, turning it into a poker hand. Esfandiari began swearing halfway through the sweat, and sure enough, he pulled out some casino chips and shipped them to an ecstatic Mizzi. Mizzi turned down Esfandiari's offer for double or nothing.
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thanks to a king on the flop and he was left with just 11,000.
against Rheem's 
.
and Matusow shook his head as he turned over 
.
and Matusow was knocked out.
, which held up on the 
board.
but could not outdraw Brunson, who's 
river, and Kaverman's boat sank Galfond.
