Antonio Esfandiari, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Antonio Esfandiari

American magician and poker player

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1978

Place of Birth: Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran

Profession: poker player, magician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari (Persian: ???? ??????????; born December 8, 1978 as Amir Esfandiary), is a professional poker player and former professional magician, known for his elaborate chip tricks.
Esfandiari was the face of the now-defunct poker site, Ultimate Poker.In addition to appearing on several poker television shows, he has won two World Poker Tour (WPT) championships and three World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets in his career, including the "Big One for One Drop" in 2012, a $1,000,000 buy-in tournament benefiting the One Drop Foundation.
By winning the event, Esfandiari won the largest single payout in tournament poker history at $18,346,673.
Esfandiari was ranked number one for all-time tournament poker winnings, until Daniel Negreanu took this title by finishing 2nd in the "Big One For One Drop 2014". In 2012, he authored The Magician's Secrets for Winning Tournaments on Insta Poker, a poker strategy game available for iOS.