Antonio Esfandiari
WPT Player Profile: Antonio Esfandiari
On Sunday night at 8pm and 11pm local time on FSN, viewers will tune in to watch some of the best poker players in the world pony up $10,000 for the chance to enter poker history as a WPT Champion at WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic. The episode will feature extended playdown coverage, starting [...]
Episode Preview: WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic – Part 1
On Sunday night, one of the biggest events on the World Poker Tour calendar kicks off on FSN at 8pm and 11pm local time on FSN with the airing of WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic: Part 1. As a long-standing part of the World Poker Tour in the worldwide mecca of poker – Bellagio, [...]
WPT Foundation Launch Party Silent Auction: Win Private Poker Lessons
On Sunday, March 11, at The Bazaar At SLS Hotel, A-list celebrities will come together with some of the biggest names in poker for the WPT Foundation Launch Party as they help raise money for the WPT Foundation’s global charity partners. This inaugural event marks the beginning of the poker philanthropy event series WPT Playing for a Better World. [...]
Antonio Esfandiari’s Birthday at WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic
Could anyone ask for a better birthday gift than a WPT title and an $870,124 payday? Ask WPT Champion Antonio Esfandiari because that’s exactly what happened to him last year at the 2010 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic (pictured above). On his birthday, he sat down at the televised final table of that WPT event and [...]
5 Questions with WPT Champion Antonio Esfandiari
In the wee hours of the morning on December 9, 2010, a harmless 5 of spades hit the felt at the 2010 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic, ending the heads-up match between Antonio Esfandiari and Andrew Robl and giving Antonio his second WPT title on his 32nd birthday. With the 2011 version of the [...]