Mike Eskandari Gets Unlucky In a Big Pot
Oct 18, '19
A player in middle position got into a preflop battle with Mike Eskandari in the small blind. After a couple of raises, the player in middle position moved all in for 19,900 and Eskandari called.
The middle position player showed A
J
and was in trouble against Eskandari’s Q
Q.
The board ran out 10
77A10 and the ace on the turn sealed Eskandari’s fate. He is left with about 10 big blinds after the hand.
Mike Eskandari – 1,900
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Mike Eskandari Eliminated By Tim Spears
Oct 19, '19
Tim Spears raised to 5,500 from early position and Mike Eskandari moved all in on his direct left for about 22,000. Action folded back to Spears, who called.
Spears was in a dominating spot with his AK against Eskandari’s A10.
The board ran out QJ783 and Spears’ big slick held up to eliminate Eskandari. Spears is over the six-figure mark in chips and is on pace to finish the night in the top half of the chip counts.
Tim Spears – 125,000
Mike Eskandari – Eliminated
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Jeremy Hundley Doubles Through Mike Eskandari
Oct 19, '19
With a board of J862 Jeremy Hundley checked to Mike Eskandari, who bet 15,000.
Hundley moved all-in for 35,700 total. After some thought, Eskandari called with 97 for an open-ended straight draw.
Hundley, who qualified for this event on Global Poker, had the best hand at the moment with A8 for a pair of eights with an ace kicker.
The river brought the 2 and Hundley’s hand held to earn him the double up to over 100,000.
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Mike Eskandari Spikes A King To Scoop Three-Way All In
Oct 19, '19
A player in early position was all in for about 5,000 and a player in middle position was all in for about 10,000. Mike Eskandari was on his direct left with a covering stack and committed chips as well.
Eskandari showed KJ, middle position tabled QQ and the early position player turned over Q9.
Eskandari called for a king, but the flop was 1074, which benefitted the early position player the most with a flush draw.
The turn, however, was the K and Eskandari moved into the lead. He needed to fade a spade or the case queen to drag the pot, and did as the 4 came on the river. Eskandari took the chips and eliminated two players.
Mike Eskandari – 84,000
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Mike Eskandari Eliminated In 14th Place ($6,535)
Oct 20, '19
Mike Eskandari got all-in preflop with JJ up against the AK of Nicky Komphouvong.
The board came down K63210 and Eskandari was knocked out in 14th place, earning $6,535.
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Mike Eskandari Leads After Registration Closes
Oct 20, '19
Nearly halfway through the third level of the day, Mike Eskandari has built a big stack and moved into the chip lead. In just over two levels of play, he has run his 120,000-chip stack into 425,000.
There are 115 players remaining and here are the top five chip stacks:
Mike Eskandari – 425,000
Michael Nia – 410,000
James Salmon – 355,000
Joe Serock – 325,000
Vuong Do – 325,000
Here are other notable chip counts:
Anne Bui – 305,000
Bill Klein – 290,000
Angelina Rich – 260,000
William Wolf – 198,000
Nathan Bjerno – 195,000
Danny Illingworth – 160,000
Sean Yu – 155,000
Jared Griener – 135,000
Phong ‘Turbo’ Nguyen – 125,000
Jim Collopy – 120,000
Mohsin Charania – 110,000
Bill Margolis – 110,000
Andrew Wisdom – 108,000
Chris Klodnicki – 105,000
Dylan Linde – 95,000
Pete Hengsakul – 90,000
Marvin Rettenmaier – 85,000
Chris ‘The Armenian Express’ Grigorian – 85,000
Jason Bral – 65,000
Aaron Messmer – 60,000
Jordan Cristos – 55,000
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A Tiny Pair Holds Up For Mike Eskandari
Oct 20, '19
On a flop of J54, the player in the small blind bet 9,000 and Mike Eskandari called from early position.
The rest of the hand was checked down as the board was completed with the Q and the 8. The small blind showed A-K and Eskandari won the pot with 3c3d.
“He had the snap-call button ready,” said another player at the table after the hand.
Mike Eskandari – 155,000
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