As we speak, Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari and Andrew Robl are playing heads-up - battling it out for the first place prize of $870k. Both players have healthy stacks and it looks like it can take a few more hours before we have a winner. The blinds at the moment are 120,000/240,000 with a 20k ante. Esfandiari is in a slight lead with 9,495,000 chips against Andrew Robl's 8,160,000 stack.
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Esfandiari raises to 800,000 and Robl pushes all in, Esfandiari quickly calls with Kc Jd Robl shows Qd 10c Antonio's friends start to sing "Happy Birthday." whilst waiting for the flop.
The flop s Ad Kd 6d Esfandiari has a pair of kings and Robl a diamond flush draw.
The turn 6c The river card 5s
Antonio Esfandiari wins the pot and the tournament with two pair, kings and sixes. Esfandiari leaps into the crowd and starts crowd surfing. Epic ending..
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Posted by oliver082298: i thought vanessa would win this wpt title... whats her place????
She got bust for 3rd, AI holding qh 2h, but was the SS, think she could have held for a better hand with 10bb, actually, im forgetting about the antes, so she had to shove.
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yeah I said if earlier posts that I dont think she will win this and was right!I had feeling that she was early in lead and somebody must get better cards and she lost,but good 3. place for here and good money!
