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Antonio Esfandiari Biography
Antonio Esfandiari was the highest earning tournament poker player ever, with total winnings in excess of $25m up until Daniel Negreanu took that title by winning "Big One For One Drop 2014". A large chunk of this was from his $18.3m win in The Big One for One Drop, besting Sam Trickett heads-up to take home the bracelet.
Esfandiari, is also known as 'The Magician', as he was once a professional magician before becoming one of the best and most recognisable faces in modern day poker.
He is always a funny character at the table, and never fails to provide some top quality poker at the same time. Not many people have a bad thing to say about Antonio for obvious reasons. Antonio started playing poker when he was invited to a poker game when he was 19, during the same time he was peforming magic. It seemed from here on he was destined to transfer his magic onto the tables.
He kicked off his incredibly successful career big time when he won almost $1.4m at the LA Poker Classic Event.
Antonio has a very close friendship with fellow poker pro player, Phil Laak. They have been known to create great TV together at the televised table with their wit and generally likable personalities.
Game invented by Antonio Esfandiari & Phil Laak:
Lodden Thinks
The game of Lodden Thinks spiralled from some joking between the two as to what fellow pro Johnny Lodden while the three were at a televised table during a WSOP event. Esfandiari decided that their usual chat was boring and they needed to spice it up a little, so the two came up with Lodden Thinks.
The rules are as follows:
- 3 people are involved in the game, with 2 'betting' against each other, and one being 'Lodden' (ps. this doesn't actually have to be Johnny Lodden surprisingly.)
- Anybody can come up with a question with a numerical answer, and pose it to the group, with 'Lodden' thinking of an answer.
- The two 'bettors' then start off a bidding war as to what they think 'Lodden' would think. This goes on until one of the bettors declares 'I'm under', which means they take any number under what their opponent has just said, which subsequently means the other person takes over that number.
- 'Lodden' then reveals their answer, and depending on where that number lies in under or over, the winner is declared. What is so interesting about the game, is that it does not matter what the actual answer is, it only matters what 'Lodden' thinks the answer is.
A typical game for the minds of poker players.
Take a look at a Lodden Thinks game between Brunson and Ivey.
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Antonio Esfandiari - PCA 25K EventPokerListings.chats with Antonio Esfandiari at the PokerStars.net Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas. He gives us his perspective ...
Published 9 years ago
Antonio Esfandiari - At Burning Man 2013Video Blog of Antonio Esfandiari and Friends at the Burning Man 2013 Event in the Nevada Desert.
Published 5 years ago
Live at the Bike - Esfandiari Empties the Clip!Antonio Esfandiari is one of the big names playing the $25/$50 + $50 Big Blind Ante cash game on Live at the Bike and in this hand...
Published 9 years ago
Run it UP (220) - Tales of Poker Tells with Antonio EsfandiariNew episode of Run it UP - Jason Somerville hosts Antonio Esfandiari
Published 11 years ago
Season XI WPT Five Diamond Day 5 - Antonio EsfandiariWPT Five Diamond Las Vegas Final Table December 9th 2012. Antonio Esfandiari's birthday wishes were granted when P.B.F. Jeff Gross...
Published 10 years ago
Strip Magic Antonio - Episode 3 - Ultimate PokerEsfandiari takes to the streets of Vegas to show off his magic tricks. UltimatePoker.com
Published 6 years ago
Instant Slow Roll KARMA!Slowrolling is widely accepted as one of the worst type of poker etiquette that you can be subjected to at the table, and here a c...
Published 8 years ago
Premier League - Esfandiari Bluffs JunglemanIt's the final table of the Party Poker Premier League Season VI and Antonio Esfandiari attempts a big bluff against Dan "Junglema...
Published 9 years ago
Negreanu vs Esfandiari - Kidpoker Flops BetterDaniel Negreanu outflop Antonio Esfandiari in a big pot during The Big One for One Drop 2014
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Antonio Esfandiari vs Tom Dwan in Set Over Set HanSet over set between Antonio Esfandiari and Tom "durrrr" Dwan. Tom Dwan rivers a higher set that Antonio Esfandiari and busts The ...
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