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Antonio Esfandiari wins! ($870,124)
Tags: Antonio Esfandiari, Five Diamond World Poker Classi, the magician, vanessa rousso, wpt.
Posted on 09 December 2010 by "T".

Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari is the champion of WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic after a very thrilling heads-up match against Andrew Robl. This is how the final hand was played out.

Esfandiari raised to 800,000, and Robl quickly moved all in. Esfandiari called straight away with KClubJDiamond. Robl showed QDiamond10Club. Robl needed to win the pot to stay alive.

The flop came ADiamondKDiamond6Diamond - which gave Esfandiari a pair of kings and Robl's a flush draw.

The turn card paired the boat with the 6Club, and Robl needed a diamond or jack to stay alive.

The 5Spade landed on the river and it was all over!


Esfandiari takes home the tournament and the first prize of $870,124. Esfandiari's friends lift him up and he starts to crowd surfing above them. A long-awaited win for the Magician and his fans!

 

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16 comments on "Antonio Esfandiari wins! ($870,124)"


 Tafkuu09/12/2010 16:59:35 GMT
Nice job.
Dont think he plays good. But i think he had a nice run in this tourney.
Anyway 870k Smile Shit thats a lot. LOL
Send me some here Smile
 lomax09/12/2010 17:19:27 GMT
He is a great player, there is no doubt very nice job for "The Magician" Smile Dollar 870,124 wow Thumbs Up
 danidoyle09/12/2010 17:36:32 GMT
never thought of him as anything special but he proved himself here! fair play and congrats!!
 ZmxPowah09/12/2010 21:21:42 GMT
That's some nice birthday present he made himself ^^.
To win something like that in his birthday sick!
 raday10/12/2010 01:42:44 GMT
Antonio Esfandiari my favourite Smile
 dozn0110/12/2010 02:16:36 GMT
i wonder if he can make that money vanish b4 my eyes fast than me Blink
 SuperNoob10/12/2010 14:08:16 GMT
nice first prize and well done winning a big tournament after not winning much for some time. that will surely boost his confidence and hopefully he will be back to his best Blink
 valerica12311/12/2010 07:10:28 GMT
unlucky andrew at this hand, verry ugly
 Rainman11/12/2010 10:40:43 GMT
11 outs was not enough to stay alive.
 Pseudo1811/12/2010 18:36:58 GMT
Posted by Rainman:
11 outs was not enough to stay alive.


After the flop had a good chance, but from the beginning was in the back.
 Badcall8412/12/2010 10:06:23 GMT
The turn card paired the boat with the 6, and Robl needed a diamond or jack to stay alive.

He got gutshot with j there btw

nice win for Antonio

 psycokiller12/12/2010 17:21:06 GMT
Had been a long time since his name was even mentioned on a final table let alone winning one so congrats.
 Giant4512/12/2010 19:00:32 GMT
Yes! I am so happy for Antonio. He was going through a rough time as a person and his game was off for a few years. As one of my favorites, this is a big win for him. I feel he represents the younger players who want to become professionals very well.
 affeman29/01/2011 19:41:49 GMT
The turn card paired the boat with the 6, and Robl needed a diamond or jack to stay alive.

He got gutshot with j there btw

nice win for Antonio

Yes, they wrote that he needed a Jack?
 Robert_July29/01/2011 21:53:34 GMT
Antonio Esfandiari is #1 in The WORLD once again!!! Worship
 mahdrof30/01/2011 10:49:09 GMT
Nice one! I like Antonia Esfandiari, as he plays imaginative yet solid poker, and always comes across as a nice, pleasant person. Phil Helmuth, are you listening? Tongue

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