Perkins Doubles in Second-to-Last Hand of the Evening
Hand #44: Antonio Esfandiari raised to 625,000 from the button, Chris Klodnicki called and the flop fell . Two checks saw the dealer burn and turn the . Klodnicki checked, Esfandiari bet 475,000 and Klodnicki called.
When the completed the board on the river, Klodnicki checked for a third time and Esfandiari did the same. Klodnicki showed the for ace high, and it was good as Esfandiari tossed his cards to the muck.
Hand #45: Bill Perkins got a walk in the big blind.
Hand #46: Chris Klodnicki opened for 600,000 on the button and Antonio Esfandiari called from the big blind. Esfandiari bet 725,000 on the flop and Klodnicki folded.
Hand #47: Chris Klodnicki raised to 600,000 in the cutoff only to fold when Bill Perkins moved all in from the button.
Hand #48: Bill Perkins open-shipped for 6,575,000 and Antonio Esfandiari called from the button. The blinds folded and the hands were tabled.
Esfandiari:
Perkins:
The flop was kind to Esfandiari, but the turn was not. Perkins took a commanding lead, which he held through the river.
Hand #49: Anthony Gregg made it 600,000 from the button only to have Bill Perkins make it 1.5 million from the big blind. That was the last hand of the evening.