Victory for Esfandiari
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I joined the action on the 
flop with 2,000 in front of Antonio Esfandiari (middle position) and 600 before his opponent (button), thus suggesting the Magician had pulled off a check-raise. After a brief pause, his foe made it 4,200.
Esfandiari mulled over his options for about 30 seconds and counted out his chips before moving in for his remaining 3,700. His opponent immediately made the call and showed 
, but was chagrined to see Esfandiari table 
for the flopped set.
The turn and river rolled out 
and 
respectively, leaving Esfandiari with a new and improved stack of circa 12,000.