Action folded around to a middle position player who raised to 500. Immediately next to act was Antonio Esfandiari and he made the call. The small blind moved all in for a total of 1,075. The initial raiser called and Esfandiari re-raised to 3,850. The raiser folded and it was Esfandiari heads up against the all in player. They showed:
Esfandiari:
Opponent:
The board blanked for both men and The Magician's A-Q high was best. He sent another player to the rail and took his stack over the 30,000 mark.