Antonio Esfandiari

Antonio Esfandiari is an Iranian-American professional poker player born in Iran who immigrated to the United States and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada. He holds three World Series of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour Main Event titles. He won the inaugural $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop at the 2012 WSOP for $18,346,673, which at the time was the largest first-place prize in live tournament poker history. He has accumulated $27,810,802 in total live tournament earnings per The Hendon Mob. He previously worked as a professional magician before transitioning to poker.