USD870,124 for "the Magician"
This week was very successful for Victory Poker pro, Antonio Esfandiari (32), who marked it by taking his second WPT title. This time he won the 2010 WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic held at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino, earning a paycheck of $ 870,124, which elevated his overall live tournament winnings to the substantial $4,300,000.
Throughout the tournament, namely from Day Two down to the final 15, Esfandiari was in the lead, which he lost to a Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso on the penultimate day. However, he still managed to bust Rousso and get to heads-up together with online poker pro, Andrew "Good2cu" Robl.
Concerning this great win, Esfandiari said: "It doesn't feel good not to make a final table for seven years, but to make it and come back and win after the rollercoaster ride I had to go through tonight, feels pretty damn good."
The overall prize pool, contributed to by 438 players amounted to $4 248 600.
The final table payouts were the following:
1 Antonio Esfandiari $ 870,124
2 Andrew Robl $ 549,003
3 Vanessa Rousso $ 358,964
4 John Racener $ 232,271
5 Kirk Morrison $ 168,924
6 Ted Lawson $ 126,693
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