Rasmussen Doubles Through Esfandiari
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It is believed that Esfandiari had limped in from early position before a mid-position raise saw Rasmussen come over the top with a massive overbet for all of his 700,000 chip stack. Esfandiari sat there looking at his pocket queens and made a huge call. The other players stepped aside and the cards were revealed.
Esfandiari:
Rasmussen:
Rasmussen's adventurous move looked like it was going to end his tournament when the flop came
. However a miraculous 
on the turn gave Rasmussen a sensational three-outer to take the lead in the hand. The river peeled off the 
and Stig Top Rasmussen scoops a 1.4 million chip pot to become our new tournament chip leader, taking the lead from Esfandiari, who slips to just below a million in chips.