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		Antonio Esfandiari Antonio Esfandiari was born in Tehran, Iran in 1978 and moved to the United States at age 9. Antonio was raised in San Jose, CA and now lives in San Francisco. Esfandiari is well known for being a professional magician, and probably takes the trophy for chip tricks among all poker players, right or left handed. One card trick inspired Antonio to begin studying magic 12 hours a day, and he eventually worked full-time as a pro magician while taking up poker in his spare time. Antonio won his second tournament ever after reading a few books about poker and then moved to cash games where he performed some magic on a $900 bankroll by turning it into $20,000 in three months time. Antonio Esfandiari has had some impressive achievements in his short poker career - He is the youngest player ever to win a $1 million prize in a poker tournament, he took 3rd place in the WPT Gold Rush No Limit Hold 'em Championship, 6th place in the WPT Invitational in 2004, 1st place in the WPT L.A. Poker Classic No Limit Hold 'em event in 2004 collecting $1.3 million, and 1st place in the WSOP Pot Limit Hold 'em event in 2004. Since then, Esfandiari has had several money finishes including 3rd place in the 2005 National Heads-Up Poker Championship worth $125,000. Antonio has proven to the poker world that he's not all smoke and mirrors, but actually a solid player to look out for in many tournaments to come. Learn more about Antonio Esfandiari at www.magicantonio.com. Click here for the Antonio Esfandiari stats page

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