Acting
Antonio Esfandiari
Born
1978-12-08 (47)
Place of birth
Tehran, Iran
Known for
Acting
Credits
13 titles
Antonio Esfandiari is an Iranian-American professional poker player and former magician. He has won two World Poker Tour titles and three World Series of Poker bracelets.
Known for
5.6When a poor college student who cracks an online poker game goes bust, he arranges a face-to-face with the man he thinks cheated him, a sly offshore entrepreneur.
Runner Runner
2013
8.7High Stakes Poker is the premier cash game in the history of television. The world's top amateur poker and professional poker players risk hundreds of thousands from their own pockets.
High Stakes Poker
2006
4.8A group of friends plan out a detailed heist that turns deadly when one betrays the other by taking off with the goods. Taking matters into his own hands, Sonny seeks out his revenge teaming up with the most dangerous mob boss in town to get back what is rightfully his. When he finally comes face to face with his longtime friend he will be forced to make a life changing choice.
Setup
2011
7.0The ultimate high-stakes TV cash game show that sees Loose Cannon amateurs play against the legends of poker for cold hard cash. PokerStars buys each Loose Cannon into the game for $100,000, and they get to keep any profit. It’s a true test of poker skill, and the best thing to happen to TV poker in years.
The PokerStars.net Big Game
2010
NRThe Big Game On Tour brings back the PokerStars Big Game show, but this time with a twist. Six players compete in a $100/$200 ($200 big blind ante) no-limit hold'em game hosted by Resorts World Las Vegas. The game lasts 150 hands and one of the six players is the "loose cannon," who has been staked for $50,000.
The Big Game on Tour
2024
5.7A professional poker player whose astounding luck at the table fails to translate into his lonesome love life attempts to win the World Series of Poker while simultaneously earning the affections of a beautiful Las Vegas singer.
Lucky You
2007
Film credits
2010s · 5 titles
5.6When a poor college student who cracks an online poker game goes bust, he arranges a face-to-face with the man he thinks cheated him, a sly offshore entrepreneur.
Runner Runner
2013
4.8A group of friends plan out a detailed heist that turns deadly when one betrays the other by taking off with the goods. Taking matters into his own hands, Sonny seeks out his revenge teaming up with the most dangerous mob boss in town to get back what is rightfully his. When he finally comes face to face with his longtime friend he will be forced to make a life changing choice.
Setup
2011
5.1The son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father's former partner and a team of rogue cops. His new boss, Sarcone, will see if he has what it takes to be rogue through many trials and tribulations of loyalty, trust and respect. When the truth about his father's death is revealed revenge takes him over and he won't stop until justice has been truly served.
Freelancers
2012
6.0When three redneck brothers agree to help a woman save her son from an abusive father, they become targets on the run from an odd cast of characters.
The Baytown Outlaws
2012
6.8Follow the winding career and personal life of professional poker phenom Daniel Negreanu, who rose from humble roots to become the game's top ace.
KidPoker
2015
2000s · 3 titles
5.7A professional poker player whose astounding luck at the table fails to translate into his lonesome love life attempts to win the World Series of Poker while simultaneously earning the affections of a beautiful Las Vegas singer.
Lucky You
2007
5.8The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. The story is set in the world of professional poker and follows six players who reach the final table of the world’s second most famous high stakes tournament, the Grand Championship of Poker.
The Grand
2007
5.3As an ex-gambler teaches a hot-shot college kid some things about playing cards, he finds himself pulled into the world series of poker, where his protégé is his toughest competition.
Deal
2008
Series credits
8.7High Stakes Poker is the premier cash game in the history of television. The world's top amateur poker and professional poker players risk hundreds of thousands from their own pockets.
High Stakes Poker
2006
7.0The ultimate high-stakes TV cash game show that sees Loose Cannon amateurs play against the legends of poker for cold hard cash. PokerStars buys each Loose Cannon into the game for $100,000, and they get to keep any profit. It’s a true test of poker skill, and the best thing to happen to TV poker in years.
The PokerStars.net Big Game
2010
7.0The ultimate high-stakes TV cash game show that sees Loose Cannon amateurs play against the legends of poker for cold hard cash. PokerStars buys each Loose Cannon into the game for $100,000, and they get to keep any profit. It’s a true test of poker skill, and the best thing to happen to TV poker in years.
The PokerStars.net Big Game
2010
NRThe Big Game On Tour brings back the PokerStars Big Game show, but this time with a twist. Six players compete in a $100/$200 ($200 big blind ante) no-limit hold'em game hosted by Resorts World Las Vegas. The game lasts 150 hands and one of the six players is the "loose cannon," who has been staked for $50,000.
The Big Game on Tour
2024
I Bet You is a show about the lives of best friends and professional poker players Phil "The Unabomber" Laak and Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari as they wandered the streets of America betting and daring each other on anything and everything that inspired them, using their own money. The series was produced by NorthSouth Productions for the MOJO HD network. Two seasons aired on MOJO HD before the network went down on December 1, 2008; a third season was filmed but has gone unaired.
I Bet You
2007