Hand #181: Antonio Esfandiari Wins! ($870,124)

Level 34: 200,000-400,000, 25,000 ante

Esfandiari raises to 800,000, Robl quickly moves all in, and Esfandiari quickly calls with K♣J♦. Robl shows Q♦10♣, and he'll need to improve to stay alive.

There is a fairly long delay before the flop comes out, as the crowd goes completely wild on both sides. Antonio's friends sing a full verse of "Happy Birthday."

The flop comes A♦K♦6♦, giving Esfandiari a pair of kings to Robl's diamond flush draw.

The turn card pairs the board with the 6♣, and Robl needs a diamond on the river to stay alive.

The river card is -- the 5♠!

There is pandemonium in the room as Antonio Esfandiari wins the pot -- and the tournament -- with two pair, kings and sixes. Esfandiari leaps into the arms of his friends on the rail, and one of them lifts him into the air as they all gather around him. A few seconds later, Esfandiari was crowd surfing above his friends.



Andrew Robl finishes in second place, earning $549,003.

Antonio Esfandiari wins the WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic, earning $870,124, a WPT bracelet, and his prize money includes a $25,500 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship.

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