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Antonio Esfandiari 25.522.101 $
The richest poker player in the world started handling cards at a fragile age.
Antonio Esfandiari, born in Tehran, Iran, after high school started to be a magician and went pro. In his magician career he was invited to play a game of Texas Hold’Em.
This was enough to make him pursue the life of professional poker and give him the ambition to go on a 1 million buy-in live tournaments with other 47 players.
This was the big step of his career managing to beat them all and cash in the biggest poker prize of all time.
Antonio Esfandiari nicknamed “The Magician” had his winning peak between 2011 and 2013,the period in which he featured in a poker strategy game for the IOS with the title “The Magician’s Secrets for Winning Tournaments”.
For those who like poker, you can find in Antonio the perfect combination between artist and poker player, impressing the whole world with his fast way of reaching the top of the poker earnings.
After 10 final tables at the WSOP and more other games, he is the richest poker player in the world according to his earnings from poker, with the fabulous sum of 25.522.101$.
Everybody knows how to play poker but do you have what it takes to be the best?
What would you do if one of the richest poker players in the world was seating next to you at a final table?
