"I just went through the process and thought, 'Here we are. Esfandiari was one of 48 professional poker players and amateurs who put up $1 million each to participate in The Big One for One Drop, the Guy Laliberte brainchild that concluded Tuesday at the 2012 World Series of Poker.
Trickett showed Qd-6d for a flush draw.
He's worked really hard on himself and he's turned into a great guy. "I think it had everything," said Mitch Garber, CEO of Caesars interactive Entertainment, Laliberte's partner in The Big One. This WSOP, I decided I was going to be focused, wake up every day, go to the gym and win a bracelet. Trickett's cash was also the third largest single prize awarded in WSOP history behind Esfandiari and 2006 WSOP champion Jamie Gold.
We put on a fantastic show and raised $5.3 million for charity so, for me, it's a total success for everybody. Finding poker celebrity at a young age, his penchant for partying became a major storyline in his life. I was determined to come back and win. "For Esfandiari, the victory represents maturation. He needed to be: as the biggest prize in poker history, with a platinum rather than gold bracelet to match, the Big One for One Drop attracted some of the biggest … The turn was 3h, the river 2h, and Esfandiari was the champion. [+] Enlarge WSOP.comAfter his win, Antonio Esfandiari looked at the pile of cash and asked, "Is this really mine?" Trickett's $10,112,001 consolation prize gives him a career total of $16,471,097, good for fourth all-time behind just Esfandiari, Erik Seidel and Phil Ivey. Antonio Esfandiari aka The Magician has won the biggest poker tournament in history adding $18,346,673 to his tournament winnings from a single tournament. I'm 33 now. Antonio is a worthy champion.
You have come to the Philippines Edition, for other ESPN editions, click here.It's a monumental number, the kind that only Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather and one or two other athletes will get in one lump payment throughout their careers. Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari is one of the most popular poker players in history.
"This is not about one-offs. By the time of the Big One for One Drop in 2012, Antonio Esfandiari was an experienced poker pro. I think that we've established that we can put on the greatest tournaments in the world, the highest buy-in events in the world, and that we can wrap in charity to those events as well. Going out and partying all the time, it really didn't make me happy. "You know he'd bust Phil Ivey and start shouting, 'Hit the door!' "Many of Esfandiari's competitors noticed the change. "My heart wasn't beating that hard actually," Esfandiari said, surprised. It's 100 percent the reason I won. I loved it, don't get me wrong, but I kind of grew out of it. "You'll see it again," he asserted. “I just had to put it out there and believe it, and sometimes it comes true.” This is the moment. Photo : worldpokertour.com. "What could I expect more than that? Phil Hellmuth's quest for his 13th bracelet ended with a fourth-place finish, and David Einhorn, a hedge fund manager who donated his prize purse to the education-focused non-profit City Year, finished third. Please, Jesus, one time!' We'll do this again. Antonio Esfandiari defeated the field of 48 to win the $18.3 million top prize in the Big One For One Drop He scooped me. "What was important, what wasn't important.
He ran from table to table, joking with friends and seeming entirely at home in the largest-buy-in tournament in poker history. I think Guy and I need to spend some time thinking about it and we'll make a decision very quickly. Antonio Esfandiari hugging a stack of $18 million dollars after his Big One for One Drop win in 2012. You know, the early days. Even as you mature, you have to celebrate the greatest moments of your life.Below are the complete results of Event 55 at the 2012 World Series of Poker:1. "I did some self-awareness work, tried to put things in perspective," he said. If you fade this flush draw, you win the biggest tournament in the history of the world. "It had drama, charity, great poker, every major hand you could possibly see. Esfandiari got Trickett all-in on a Jd-5d-5c board, holding 7d-5s for three of a kind. With the phenomenal success it enjoyed and the interest it has inspired, Garber isn't shy about its future. Professional poker player Antonio Esfandiari is having a pretty great week so far – he's already won the biggest poker prize in history at $18 million.
""For One Drop it was fantastic," Laliberte said. Esfandiari wins the Big One for One Drop. We had a great final table, a terrific performance by businessmen and pros alike.