Klein Induces Esfandiari Three-Barrel
Bill Klein raised to $6,000 in the cutoff, and Antonio Esfandiari made it $15,000 from the button. Klein repopped to $29,000 after the blinds mucked and a scary flop hit the board: . Esfandiari bet $29,000 after Klein checked, and Klein called. He check-called $51,000 more on the turn, and the hit the board. Klein checked again and Esfandiari fired $118,000. Klein cut out calling chips and slid them forward after a brief thinking period.
Esfandiari showed for a whiffed straight draw, and Klein took a pot of over $450,000 down with .
"Antonio, you and I can have a conversation in the back after this," Jean-Robert Bellande said with a laugh. "We can talk about trying to bluff the rich guys."
"Don't you know I'm a nit, Bill?" Esfandiari asked.
Klein's now one of the biggest winners with more than $700,000, and Esfandiari is down $400,000.