The charity tournament of the 212 World Poker Competition held in Las Vegas, USA, ended successfully on the 3rd. After three days of fierce fighting, Antonio Esfandiari, an Iranian-American former magician, beat 47 poker masters around the world to win the championship and became the new gambler. He even won a prize of about 18.35 million US dollars (about 117 million yuan), the largest prize in the history of poker competitions.

A 33-year-old Iranian-American man took a photo with $18.35 million.

After the runner-up match, Ye Pu was beaten.

A three-day tournament was held in the Leo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. A week before the 33-year-old magician Esfandiari took part in the competition, he just won the third place in the World Poker Tour. He has always been very lucky in this charity match, often flying all over the venue and laughing with other contestants. Esfandiari defeated Sam Trickett, a 25-year-old from Britain, in the championship. After winning the championship, he called it incredible, and even asked, "Does this really belong to me?" He was also awarded the champion bracelet with diamonds and platinum. Esfandiari won a record-breaking $18.35 million and a platinum diamond bracelet, and then gave it to his father. He admitted that he was full of confidence before the game: "I am convinced that I will win. I want to win more since I won the third place last week, so I am determined to win the championship."

Trickett, the runner-up, also won a prize of US$ 1.11 million (about RMB 64.35 million). Trickett said that when celebrating with his girlfriend Ye Pu after the game, he was beaten by six strange men for no reason, but he was not robbed. He asked: "Is this the price of success?"

The hedge fund giant won the third place

And the 43-year-old new york hedge fund giant David Eindhoven, who is known as "Buffett's second", won the third place. He announced that he would donate all the prize money he won to charity.

barefoot gambler! Childhood separated from his mother

After Esfandiari won a record-breaking $18.35 million, the total prize money he earned in his career reached $23.24 million (about RMB 148 million), making him the poker player who won the most prize money in the world, and he is well-deserved as the God of Gambling.

Esfandiari was born in Teheran, Iran, and moved to California with his family at the age of 9. At first, the family had a hard life because they didn't know English. Later, his mother suddenly returned to Iran, and his father took care of him and his brother by himself. When he grew up, he became a professional magician. In 2, he turned to be a professional poker player and won the nickname "Magician" in the poker world. In 24, he won the World Poker Competition and the World Poker Tour, which was the first time in his career. Coupled with his cheerful personality, he was quite famous in the poker world.

However, due to the high registration fee, he had to raise money from his friends before the competition to get enough money to participate in the competition. During the competition, he went barefoot all the time, and his father and a large number of supporters cheered him all the time. Every time he won a game, his father cheered hard, which shows that his father and son were deeply in love.

the most expensive in history! Registration fee of USD 1 million

Esfandiari won the highest prize money in the history of poker competition, all because the registration fee of this competition is the highest USD 1 million (about RMB 6.37 million) ever, and the 48 contestants totaled USD 48 million (about RMB 35.5 million), and the prize money was as high as USD 42.67 million (about RMB 272 million) after deducting some donations for charity.