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Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari
Who is Antonio Esfandiari?
Born on December 8, 1978, in Tehran, Iran, Antonio Esfandiari started his life as Amir Esfandiari. His family moved to California when he was 9, where he had his name changed to Anthony because of the teasing he received at school. After turning 19, he changed his name again, this time to Antonio.
Barry Shulman Wins WSOPE
The WSOP main event in Las Vegas and the WSOP Europe are different tournaments. Vegas brings 6,494 players competing on poker’s biggest stage while Europe offers a much smaller environment (334 players in 2009) but a harder field. Gone are the thousands of amateurs in Europe, pro after pro after pro. It’s a tournament filled with the best, and for the second year in a row, the final table featured six WSOP bracelet winners and some very familiar faces.
Joe Cada
Like many young aspiring poker pros, Joe Cada realized that college wasn’t for him. The Shelby Township, MI native took the leap toward becoming a professional poker player shortly after beginning classes at Macomb Community College. And while most dropouts find the transition difficult, Cada’s decision to leave school turned out to be the most lucrative of his young life: a short time later he became a member of the 2009 World Series of Poker November Nine.
Joe Hachem
He stunned the world of poker after beating a record-breaking 5,618 player field in the World Series of Poker 2005, where he won a tremendous prize cash sum of $7,500,000. That’s right, we’re obviously having Joseph Hachemin mind, also known to some as Joe Hachem.
Poker Hottie of the Day: Shana Hiatt
If you’ve ever had a glance at World Poker Tour, you may have noticed that the girl to the right is in fact the hostess of the whole game. Shana Hiatt (often misspelled Hyatt) is not a poker professional and does in fact stay away from the game, but has had deep roots in the scene since Party Poker picked her up as a spokeswoman.
Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan make $1 million “Vegetarian” prop bet
Viewers of High Stakes Poker have grown accustomed to the outlandish prop bets that are made by poker’s elite, but this past episode may have eclipsed all of the others. During the episode, Phil Ivey and instant pokersensation, Tom Dwan hashed out a $1 million bet on whether Ivey could go “vegetarian” for a year.
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Man Pleads Guilty to Acting as Poker Site Middleman
Canadian David Rennick has this week appeared in court on charges that saw the poker player act as a middleman for online poker rooms that were looking to continue to pay US based poker players.
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Poker Hottie of the Day: Marianela Pereya
Marianela Pereyra, was the hostess for the 3rd season of Poker After Dark. Replacing the popular and long running Shana Hiatt as the Poker After Dark hostess for the first two seasons, left due to a pregnancy.
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Huck Seed
Born on November 30, 1968 and standing 6 ft 7 inch tall, poker player Huck Seed is recognizable from his height alone. He was once a member of the Montana All-State basketball team and played basketball at CalTech before he dropped out of college to become a professional poker player. Huck Seed had been studying electrical engineering at CalTech, but discovered that poker was a much more lucrative profession. He now plays poker professionally at Full Tilt Poker.
Poker Hottie of the Day: Leeann Tweeden
For the past seven years, Leeann Tweeden has been seen in the role of show host and sports reporter on the Fox Sports Network. She has covered everything from mainstream and extreme sports to news and entertainment, and has won both a Sports Emmy and a Telly Award. Now fans of NBC’s Poker After Dark will be able to see Leeann interacting with the biggest stars in the world of poker as she will be the host of PAD’s 4th season.