Antonio Esfandiari recently fell to Vadim Pinsky, and while we didn't witness the hand, Tam Truong did and was kind enough to relate the story.
According to him, a player raised to 500, Pinsky called from the small blind, and a short-stacked Esfandiari called from the big, leaving himself just 150 behind in the process. The flop saw Pinsky check, Esfandiari bet all in, and two calls follow. The two active players then checked the turn and river. The original raiser showed for a flopped set, but it was no good as Pinsky had flopped a bigger set with . Esfandiari's hand remains a mystery as he mucked before exiting the tournament area.
Meanwhile, 2005 World Series of Poker champ Joe Hachem was eliminated from the tournament in unknown action.
On a flop of , Billy "The Croc" Argyros found himself all in against Darian Tan.
Argyros:
Tan:
Although Argyros would be trailing, he would need any spade, ace, nine, seven, six or five to take the lead, but when the and filled out the turn and river, Argyros was left to head to the rail as Tan climbed to 26,000 in chips.
The action folded around to the player on the button who raised it up to 700 in chips. Sam Khouiss was in the blinds and opted to raise it up to 2,200. His opponent then moved all in for his last 5,525 and was immediately called.
Opponent:
Khoiuss:
Khoiuss was looking good to take out his opponent until the dealer spread out a flop. His opponent had flopped a flush and guaranteed himself the pot when the board ran out the and .
Stephen Woodhead and Jan Suchanek saw the flop of when things escalated quickly and they got their stacks in. Suchanek was the player at risk with and Woodhead looked him up with the . The on the turn guaranteed a split pot and the on the river was already meaningless.
Australia's most popular poker player, 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Joe Hachem, has arrived to the 2014 WSOP APAC.
He recently late registered Event #3, but thus far things aren't going his way. In a recent hand, Hachem opened for 400 from the hijack only to have fellow Australian Poker Hall of Fame member Mel Judah three-bet to 1,500 from the button. The blinds both folded, and Hachem wasted little time in making the call to see a flop of , which he checked.
Judah tossed out three teal T1,000 chips, which put Hachem, who had 2,300 behind, to the test. Hachem thought for about 45 seconds before sending his cards to the dealer.
Jonathan Little found himself and roughly his last 2,000 all in against Jan Suchanek and an unknown player.
Both Suchanek and his opponent checked down the board before Suchanek check-folded to a bet of 2,000.
Little then mucked his hand when his opponent tabled his for the nut flush while making a quick exit to the rail, but not before uttering, "goodbye everyone"
We missed the action unfold, but we do know that Antonio Esfandiari got his stack all in on a flop against David Lin.
Lin:
Esfandiari:
Esfandiari had flopped bottom set, which was well out in front of Lin's pocket kings. The turn gave Lin a gutshot straight draw, but the river improved Esfandiari to a full house to give him the double.
Level 4 has come to an end, which means it's time for the one-hour dinner break. When they return, the players will play four more levels before bagging and tagging for the night. Remember, late registration is open through Level 6.
We just finished writing about Ryan Riess' double, but it was all for naught as he was just eliminated from the tournament.
His final hand escaped us, but he filled us in on some details. According to him, a raising war resulted in him getting in for about 10,000 on a board reading with two clubs. Riess held top set and a flush draw with , while his opponent held the naked straight. The river bricked and Riess, who is now 0-3 at the 2014 WSOP APAC, fell just shy of the dinner break.