Shak Over Esfandiari

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Level 11 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Dan Shak and Antonio Esfandiari were heads up on a flop of . Shak checked over to the Magician who fired out a bet of 28,000. Shak slid out a check-raise to 65,000 and Esfandiari called.

Fourth street put two pair on the board with the . Shak continued his aggression by betting 125,000. Esfandiari thought for a moment and then tossed out a call.

The finished off the board and Shak moved forward 225,000 - a bet which caused Esfandiari to shift in his seat. He thought on his action for roughly a minute before counting out enough chips to call.

"Sometimes you've just got to pay it off," said Esfandiari as he riffled calling chips.

Despite saying this, Esfandiari remained torn on his action. Another minute passed before he finally decided to let his hand go. Shak was pushed the pot and he now has about 790,000 in chips.