Esfandiari Involved in Epic Three-Way Stack Cooler in New High Stakes Poker Episode

High Stakes Poker Season 10 returned to the PokerGO app on Tuesday night with Episode 7, and it was arguably the most entertaining show of 2023 yet.

The episode featured a wild flop involving three players in a big way, among some other interesting hands. At the table were the same characters from which they returned episode 6 — Antonio Esfandiari, Jennifer Tilly, Bill Perkins, Bobby Baldwin, Roger SiplAnd Robert Sanchez – all compete in a high-stakes no-limit Hold’em game with straddles.

Esfandiari, Tilly and Sanchez battle it out for the $300,000 pot

There’s not much debate as to which pot that was “Hand of the Day” on the latest High Stakes Poker Consequence. This classification goes to a pot played between Tilly, Esfandiari and Sanchez in which all three players hit something big on the flop.

The spread started with Tilly raising to $3,000 from the button with and then get a call from Sanchez, hold in the small blind. Esfandiari, with then three-bet to $11,000 and both players called.

If came on the flop, all three caught a big piece of that board. Esfandiari bet $14,000 with top set and both opponents called to see it at the turn.

The “Wizard” Again, this time for $43,000, before Tilly, who had the bottom set, moved all in for $115,000. That forced Sanchez and his pair to fold with a flush and a gutshot straight draw. But it didn’t make Esfandiari let go of top set, nor did it make him consider folding. He quickly made the call and they agreed to only run the river once and that was that giving both players a full house.

Esfandiari’s boat was bigger and he won the $305,800 pot, one of the largest of Season 10 to date.

Jennifer Tilly pays pocket aces

Perkins doesn’t believe Esfandiari

At times, Perkins can be a bit stingy at the poker table. The author and hedge fund manager played a sizeable pot against Esfandiari, who caught cards early in the session.

In this featured hand, Esfandiari raised to $1,000 with with before his buddy Perkins made the call in the small blind. The flop was and Perkins chose to lead by $1,000, convincing his opponent to trip-raise to $6,000. However, that didn’t convince the under-the-gun bettor to fold King-High.

After both players took a look at the Action checked on the turn to the preflop raiser, who bet $10,000. With top pair, Perkins called and then called another $20,000 on the Flow.

Perkins also lost a $93,000 pot to Sanchez when his pocket nines failed to catch pocket queens. Two jacks appeared on the flop in a four-way pot, neither of which had trips, and it was checked through. Sanchez was able to give Perkins some value on the turn and river when he realized nobody had a jack.

Baldwin goes all in

Baldwin and Tilly battled it out in some big pots in Season 10. In Episode 7, they tried the former actress again, hoping to catch her straight draw.

In our last featured hand of the week, Tilly raised to $3,000 with with before Perkins made an ambitious three-bet to $13,000 in the small blind. Esfandiari called from the straddle with and Baldwin, who originally limped, put chips into the pot .

The flop ran out and Baldwin, after two players checked to him, demolished a $40,000 bet with his overpair. Tilly, chasing an open-ended straight draw, decided to call while everyone else folded. But when the board paired with the on the turn she had to fold to an all-in bet of $116,000 and the 1978 World Series of Poker (WSOP) The Main Event champion won the big pot.

High Stakes Poker Season 10 returns next week at 5pm PT with Episode 8 on PokerGO.

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