Hand #12: Art Alaniz Eliminated in 10th Place ($32,000)

Hand #12  –  Ali Eslami limps from middle position for 40,000, Max Steinberg limps from the hijack, Raouf Malek completes the small blind, and Art Alaniz checks his option in the big blind — four players in the pot.

The flop comes [Qd6h3c], Malek and Alaniz both check, Eslami bets 90,000, and Steinberg and Malek both fold. Alaniz check-raises to 250,000, and Eslami moves all in.

Alaniz calls all in with [Qc8c] for a pair of queens. But Eslami turns over [Qh10h] for a pair of queens with a higher kicker. Alaniz will need to improve to stay alive.

The turn is the [Qs], the river is the [7h], and Eslami wins the pot with trip queens and his ten kicker to eliminate Art Alaniz in 10th place.

Ali Eslami  –  1,750,000  (43 bb)
Art Alaniz  –  Out in 10th Place ($32,000)