WSOP Event #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER (Live Updates)
The five day event will start off with two day ones on the 10th and 11th of June 2017 to help get through what looks to be a huge number of entries.
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.
Wikipedia
Antonio EsfandiariWorld Series Of Poker
Antonio EsfandiariWorld Poker Tour
Antonio EsfandiariPublished 8 years ago
Phil Hellmuth and Antonio Esfandiari Going at ItBig discussion between Phil Hellmuth and Antonio Esfandiari - weak or not weak?
Published 8 years ago
Sam Trickett on a HeaterSam Trickett hitting couple of nice cards to save him in two consecutive hands
Published 8 years ago
Underground Poker Show (High Quality)Underground Poker show by Discover Channel, featuring Phil Laak and Antonio Esfandiari
Published 8 years ago
Underground Poker ShowUnderground Poker show by Discover Channel, featuring Phil Laak and Antonio Esfandiari
Published 9 years ago
Esfandiari and Tony G Clash in a Big PotThe Magician finds himself in an uncomfortable spot
Published 9 years ago
Antonio Esfandiari Slowrolling UnabomberAntonio Esfandiari slowrolling his buddy just a little bit
Published 9 years ago
Vanessa Selbst Making a Play vs EsfandiariAntonio Esfandiari facing some serious aggression from Vanessa Selbst
Published 9 years ago
Ike Haxton and Antonio Esfandiari BattlingIke Haxton and Antonio Esfandiari outplaying each other
Published 9 years ago
Antonio Esfandiari vs Daniel Negreanu - Antonio on the RopesEsfandiari taking a long time to try and figure out where he is at the hand
Published 9 years ago
Antonio Esfandiari - She is CommittedAntonio Esfandiari plays a hand against Annette Obrestad
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