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Antonio Esfandiari
“The Magician”
United States
Total earnings
$27,800,000
WSOP bracelets
3
Titles
3 WSOP bracelets; 2 WPT titles
Earnings & WSOP bracelets verified via The Hendon Mob / Wikipedia, as of June 2026.
Biggest achievement
Won the inaugural 2012 Big One for One Drop ($1,000,000 buy-in) for $18,346,673, then the largest cash prize in poker history
About
A former professional magician, the Iranian-American 'Magician' shocked the poker world by winning the first-ever $1 million-buy-in Big One for One Drop in 2012 for a record $18.3 million. Charismatic and flashy, he is a three-time WSOP bracelet winner and one of the game's most popular showmen.