PTPRpokerLIVE: BIG ONE FOR ONE DROP FINAL FOUR

LIVE COVERAGE OF THE BIG ONE FOR ONE DROP

Congratulations to Antonio Esfandiari, the first-ever winner of The Big One for One Drop, a tremendous win for poker

Hand #14 Antonio raises to 1.7M, call. 5d Jd 5c, Antonio bets, Sam raises, AE re-raise for 10M ... Re-raise ... Antonio all-in!!!

6dQd for Trickett ... 5-7 for Antonio ... trips vs. flush draw ...

3 of hearts on the turn ... river is a 2 of hearts ... MAGIC MAN WINS!

Hand #13 Walk for Antonio

Hand #12 Antonio raise, call. 3-9-Q (two clubs). Antonio bets 2M, call. 5s. Sam bets, call. 9d. AE bets, Trickett calls Trip 9's for AE

Hand #11 A-8-2 two-heart board .. Sam bets, wins

Hand #10 Antonio raises, Sam folds

Hand #9 flop 4-2-K (two hearts) .. Sam bets, fold from the Magician

Hand #8 flop 6-10-9 check/check turn 10 - Trickett bets, Antonio folds

Hand #6 cont ... Trickett goes over the top all-in ... Antonio folds ... Hand #7 Antonio gets a walk

Hand #6 Antonio raises, Trickett with the re-raise ... Antonio RE-raises ...action to follow

Hand #5 Trickett wins

Hand #4 Esfandiari raises preflop for the win

Hand #3 Trickett wins on a 6-4-Q board

Hand #2 - Antonio wins uncontested

Hand #1 ... both players show 10-7 - split pot!

7:15pm PT
On the 6th hand Antonio raises, Trickett re-raises, Antonio RE-raises, Trickett all in, fold

7:08pm PT
CHIP COUNTS:
Esfandiari 102.4M
Trickett 41.5M

7:00pm PT
It's hard for ESPN and the WSOP to ask for a better heads-up matchup. Two young, good looking men with great personalities and fantastic poker results ... and both wearing shorts and flip flops!

6:54pm PT
Einhorn all-in ... Antonio K-10 to Einhorn's K-9 ... flop 9-10-6 (2 hearts) ... turn 3 of hearts (no hearts for either player) ... river Q ... Einhorn is eliminated

6:44pm PT
Play about to resume ...

CHIP COUNTS:
Esfandiari 88.3M
Trickett 42.8M
Einhorn 12.8M

6:38pm PT
Five-minute bathroom break ... or is it?

6:34pm PT
Hellmuth all-in A10 v AQ ... flop A-10-5 flush draw for Trickett ... K on the turn ... Jack on the river to eliminated Phil Hellmuth in fourth position

6:30pm PT
Final four play begins.

CHIP COUNTS:
Esfandiari 87.3M
Trickett 34.5M
Einhorn 13.8M
Hellmuth 8.2M


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Eric Danis
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