Player with the biggest gain: Overtaking Esfandiari will be difficult
Antonio Esfandiari marked the poker world in 2012 with his fabulous victory at the tournament Big One for One Drop. As a reminder, he won the title of this charity event held at the World Series of Poker 2012 (WSOP), which earned him a large prize of $ 18,346,673. The Magician throne then on the top of the rankings "All Time Money List ยป by recording a total earnings of $ 23.5 million during his career. He has 6 million gain more than the master of High Stakes, the Britain's Sam Trickett. Certainly, his gain in the Big One for One Drop gave enormous advantages in the standings. However, it is not enough to play well in a single poker tournament to win a major title as the player with the biggest gain of the year to dethrone him during the year 2013.
Indeed, Esfandiari gradually built his kingdom. He has always shown great regularity in poker tournaments. Regarding his record, he has two titles at the World Poker Tour (WPT) and three WSOP titles. He played several final tables and in 2012, he managed to finish on the podium at the threshold of the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic. In addition, it was his third final table on this tournament. With such achievements, Esfandiari, 34 years now, is already becoming a professional poker icon at the international level. He can compete with the best as Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey if he can maintain this pace during this new year.
Source: Jack SMITH
Saturday, 05 January 2013
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