Antonio Esfandiari is Beyond Sick! Eyes Another Big Money WSOP Title

Written by :

Ace King

Published on :

28 June, 2013

Last year’s winner of the World Series of Poker One Drop, with the biggest prize ever given out in a single tournament, Antonio Esfandiari, is on a tear once again.

Having made the top 26 pf this year's One Drop High Roller, Esfandiari is already guaranteed a cool $173,723 but, because he was among the top five chip leaders heading into Friday, one can expect he’ll be getting more than double that amount. Esfandiari won a whopping $18.3 million at last year’s One Drop event, making him the top tournament money earner of all time.

The top 5 finishers will walk away with more than $1 million each from this year’s $111,111 buy-in tournament. The ultimate champion will be paid out just shy of $5 million.

Mike Sexton, Dan Shak, Phil Laak, Matt Glantz and Shaun Deeb are just a few of the big name pros that have survived to go forward Friday.

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Here are the top ten chip counts heading into Day 3 of the One Drop High Roller event:

1. Martin Jacobson – 3,255,000
2. Connor Drinan – 3,250,000
3. Brandon Steven – 3,140,000
4. Matt Glantz – 3,005,000
5. Antonio Esfandiari – 2,970,000
6. Martin Finger – 2,910,000
7. Bill Perkins – 2,750,000
8. Chris Klodnicki – 2,570,000
9. Olivier Busquet – 2,275,000
10. Nick Schulman - 1,940,000

- Ace King, Gambling911.com

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