Phua Doubles with Big Slick
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Level 13
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Isaac Haxton opened for 42,000 and from the button Antonio Esfandiari raised to 93,000. Paul Phua in the small blind then moved in over the top for a total of 417,000.
Haxton went deep in the tank. The decision was for his tournament life and he took a couple of minutes before he released his hand. When he did Esfandiari sighed and said to Haxton, ��I was hoping you wold save me.��
Esfandiari made the call and showed 
racing against the 
.
The cards fell 
and Phua doubled. Haxton confiormed that he had folded the better pair but obviouxly would have lost anyway.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
878,000
512,000
|
512,000 |
|
489,000
-417,000
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-417,000 |
|
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