Esfandiari & Perkins Went All In on Draws for $600K Pot on High Stakes Poker

On Episode 8 of Excessive Stakes Poker Season 10, which aired Tuesday evening, Antonio Esfandiari and his good buddy Invoice Perkins gambled with drawing palms in a $606,000 pot.

Whereas that was far and away probably the most entertaining pot of the evening, it wasn’t the one hand value mentioning. For the fourth straight week, the desk remained largely the identical with the 2 aforementioned gamers in motion together with Jennifer Tilly, Bobby Baldwin, Robert Sanchez, and Roger Sippl.

The high-stakes no-limit maintain’em sport on PokerGO led to a number of six-figure pots and a few thrilling motion, however none extra so than the next hand.

Playing for Stacks

Final week on Excessive Stakes Poker, we noticed Esfandiari win an epic three-way cooler. This week, he fought for one more monster pot in thrilling style.

Within the hand in query, with a double straddle on, Tilly known as the $2,000 straddle from the button with earlier than Perkins raised to $10,000 from the large blind with . Seated within the first straddle, Sippl known as with , as did Esfandiari within the larger straddle with .

“I am pressured to name,” Tilly then stated, acknowledging she was pot-committed.

The flop ran out , one thing for all 4 gamers. Motion checked to Esfandiari with the nut flush draw, and he tossed out a wager of $16,000, about half the scale of the pot. Tilly known as with prime pair, however when Perkins raised it as much as $50,000 with a straight flush draw, Sippl folded his gut-shot straight draw.

Esfandiari, with over $500,000 behind, paused for a second earlier than elevating to $166,000. Tilly could not name such an enormous guess with simply prime pair, so she despatched her playing cards into the muck. However Perkins, whose stack was at simply over $280,000 when the hand started, moved all in, and the “Magician” known as.

They agreed to run the flip and river twice, and the primary run-out got here , adopted by the on the second board, each going Esfandiari’s approach. Because of this, he shipped the $606,400 pot,

In a later hand, Perkins was dealt and requested the desk if he may pay $5,000 to be dealt two new playing cards. They agreed and his new hand bought even worse – . After Esfandiari raised to $3,200 with at nighttime – he hadn’t even checked out his playing cards — Perkins bumped it to $15,200.

Esfandiari then peeked at his playing cards, confirmed the four-high, and mucked them. Perkins turned over the five-high and took down the pot in what could be the ultimate hand of the session.

Sippl Makes a Transfer on Perkins

Within the second hand of be aware from Episode 8, Baldwin raised to $2,000 with . Sanchez known as with as did Perkins on the button with . Sippl, within the small blind, then went for a three-bet to $6,000 with and solely Baldwin folded.

The flop got here out and motion checked over to Perkins, who fired out a guess of $5,000. Sippl known as, Sanchez folded, and the appeared on the flip. Sippl checked his queen-high flush draw to Perkins, who had simply paired up and ripped off one other guess, this time for $10,000.

The flip guess didn’t pressure a fold they usually each noticed the on the river. Though that card did nothing to enhance ace-high, Sippl jammed all in for $45,000, which satisfied his opponent, who had the perfect hand, to fold.

Sanchez Lets Esfandiari Take Pot with Ace-Excessive

Sanchez raised on the button to $2,000 with . That motion was adopted by Sippl calling from the large blind with after which Esfandiari three-betting to $10,000 with within the straddle, which didn’t persuade both participant to fold.

All three remaining gamers checked out a flop of , giving Sippl a monster combo draw. Esfandiari, who fully whiffed, nonetheless guess out $13,000. He acquired only one name, after all from Sippl.

The flip was the , no assist to both participant. With $80,000 within the pot, Esfandiari guess $23,400 and once more was known as. After the appeared on the river, Sippl checked, placing the “Magician” in a troublesome spot. He’d already been known as on the flop and switch, so the one approach he may win at showdown was if his opponent had been chasing a flush or straight draw.

Because it turned out, Sippl was chasing a draw, which meant a verify from Esfandiari’s ace-king was adequate to win the hand with no guess.

Excessive Stakes Poker Season 10 returns subsequent week on PokerGO at 5 p.m. PT with Episode 9.

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