Esfandiari 惜败世界扑克系列赛无上限德州扑克对决赛

　　今年，差不多全世界的职业扑克选手都来到拉斯维加斯世界扑克系列赛，并且在牌桌上显示一下身手，刚刚成为公众焦点的是在一场联赛中一路走来的职业选手Antonio Esfandiari，他在本周差一点儿赢得了一场无上限德州扑克对决赛事。

　　Esfandiari在赛事中表现强悍，赢得了一阵阵热烈的掌声，最后，Esfandiari以微弱劣势惜败于其他两名选手。Craig McCorkell夺得第一名，Jeremiah Fitzpatrick获得联赛的第二名。

　　作为第三名，Esfandiari赢得了151613美元奖金，McCorkell 和Fitzpatrick分别获得368593美元和228261美元。另一名参加这一赛事的知名职业选手Justin Bonomo最后只获得了第18名。总计有近600名选手参加了这一赛事，前60名选手至少能获得他们买入花费的3000美元的三倍奖金。

　　Phil Ivey一直是今年世界扑克系列赛选手中最顺利的一个，在本周他还是很顺利，但最终只获得第35号赛事混合德州扑克的第八名。Ivey是以优势进入金手镯争夺的，但是他的筹码排名在决赛桌下降了，仅仅只能保持住参赛资格，最终只获得八名，Chris Tryba赢得了这一赛事。

　　与此同时，38号赛事-无限注德州扑克进入到最后三名的决赛阶段，Theo Tran在努力缩短与Dung Nguyen在筹码上的差距，Bahman Jahanguiri在试图保住自己第三名的位置，Nguyen则在筹码排名上遥遥领先于其他的挑战者，这一1500美元的买入赛奖池累积超过300万美元。

　　一万美元买入的底池限注奥马哈锦标赛进行到最后33名选手的阶段，在筹码排行榜上有一张熟面孔，Sammy Farha据排行榜首位，但是他被Jason Mercier和Allen Cunningham等若干名赫赫有名的职业选手追赶着，这一赛事奖池积累超过270万美元，选手总计将获得661000美元的奖金。

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　　Esfandiari Falls Short In No-Limit Hold'em Shootout At WSOP

　　The poker professionals have been in Las Vegas for nearly the entire World Series of Poker this year, and they have made their presence felt at the tables. The latest pro to make a deep run through a tournament was Antonio Esfandiari, who fell just short of winning a No-Limit Hold'em Shootout event this week.

　　Esfandiari played strongly throughout the tournament, coming up with big hand after big hand. In the end, Esfandiari ran into two players who simply had a little more in the tank. Craig McCorkell finished in first place, while Jeremiah Fitzpatrick closed the tournament as the runner-up.

　　For his third place finish, Esfandiari took home $151,613. McCorkell and Fitzpatrick claimed $368,593 and $228,261, respectively. Justin Bonomo, another well known pro cashed in the event, finishing in 18th place. Almost 600 players entered the tournament, with the top 60 at least tripling their $3,000 buy-in.

　　Phil Ivey has been having one of the best runs of any player at the WSOP this year, and he continued that run this week. Ivey placed eighth in Event #35, a Mixed Hold'em tournament. Ivey was in position to make a run at the gold bracelet, but his chip stack was down heading into the final table. He was able to survive and move up a few places, eventually busting out in eighth. Chris Tryba won the event.

　　In ongoing action, Event #38, a No-Limit Hold'em tournament is down to the final three players. Theo Tran is trying to wrestle the chip lead away from Dung Nguyen, while Bahman Jahanguiri tries to stay alive in third place. Nguyen has a commanding chip lead over both challengers. The $1,500 buy-in event has a prize pool of over $3 million.

　　The $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament is down to the final 33 players, and a familiar face is at the top of the chip stacks. Sammy Farha is the chip leader, but he is being chased by some big-name pros including Jason Mercier and Allen Cunningham. The tournament has over $2.7 million in the prize pool, with the winner taking home a guaranteed $661,000.