Antonio Esfandiari, nicknamed The Magician, is an Iranian-American professional poker player and former stage magician, born Amir Esfandiary on December 8, 1978, in Tehran, who immigrated to San Jose, California at age nine. He has won two World Poker Tour championships and three World Series of Poker bracelets, and in 2012 he won the Big One for One Drop, a one million dollar buy-in tournament, for a payout of 18,346,673 dollars, the second largest single payout in tournament poker history at the time. He adopted the stage name Antonio at 19 to pursue magic professionally before transitioning to poker after being invited to a Texas hold 'em game while performing, and was formerly ranked number one on the all-time tournament poker winnings list before Daniel Negreanu surpassed him.
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Career HighlightWon the 2012 Big One for One Drop for a payout of 18,346,673 dollars, the second largest single payout in tournament poker history at the time. 1 Classification
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born December 8, 1978, as Amir Esfandiary
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is an Iranian American professional poker player and former professional magician
Career highlights section, Big One for One Drop payout
By winning the event, Esfandiari won the second largest single payout in tournament poker history at $18,346,673.
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Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari (Persian: امیر اسÙندیاری; born December 8, 1978, as Amir Esfandiary), is an Iranian American professional poker player and former professional magician, known for his elaborate chip tricks.
Competed In: World Series of Poker, lead paragraph, competed-in
In addition to appearing on several poker television shows, he has won two World Poker Tour (WPT) championships and three World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets in his career, including the "Big One for One Drop" in 2012, a $1,000,000 buy-in tournament benefiting the One Drop Foundation.
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