Esfandiari Wins Over $18 Million

Published on July 4th, 2012 12:36 am EST

Antonio Esfandiari took down the biggest prize in the history of poker after winning the BIG ONE for ONE DROP earlier tonight.

Esfandiari took home a staggering $18,346,673 for his victory, while runner-up Sam Trickett walked away with $10,112,001.

The final hand of the event saw Trickett and Esfandiari get all-in after a flop of Jd-5d-5c. Prior to the hand getting underway, Esfandiari had Trickett outchipped by about a 3-1 margin.

Anyways, after the chips had been shipped into the middle, the two players turned over:

Esfandiari - 7d-5s
Trickett - Qd-6d

Esfandiari had flopped trip 5s, while Trickett had flopped a flush draw.

The board ran out 3h-2h, giving Esfandiari the victory and the single biggest prize in the history of poker.

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Here is how the final table finished out:

Antonio Esfandiari, $18,346,673
Sam Trickett, $10,112,001
David Einhorn, $4,352,000
Phil Hellmuth, $2,645,333
Guy Laliberte, $1,834,666
Brian Rast, $1,621,333
Bobby Baldwin, $1,408,000
Richard Yong, $1,237,333

All in all, the BIG ONE for ONE DROP was a huge success. The tournament went off without a hitch, and millions of dollars was raised for ONE DROP and other assorted charities.

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As you can imagine, the amount of money that was given out to Esfandiari and Trickett has caused a massive change to the top of the all-time tournament money list.

Antonio Esfandiari now has roughly $23 million in total lifetime tournament cashes and is now #1 on the all-time money list. Sam Trickett now has roughly $16.5 million in all-time tournament earnings which puts him at #4 on the all-time money list.

Phil Hellmuth Jr. now has $16,119,301 in total lifetime earnings thanks to his 4th place finish, which puts him just around $50k behind Daniel Negreanu on the all-time money list.

The top five now looks like this:

Antonio Esfandiari
Erik Seidel
Phil Ivey
Sam Trickett
Daniel Negreanu


Photo: GreasieWheels.com

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Filed Under: The World Series of Poker