Antonio Esfandiari Hired For New WPT Spokesman Gig

Antonio “the Magician” Esfandiari was recently hired by WPT founder Steve Lipscomb to be the official spokesman for the World Poker Tour “Poker-Made Millionaires,” which consists of all players who have earned over a million dollars from WPT events.

It’s been quite a journey for the young poker superstar, as he was originally hired by Lipscomb to entertain as a magician when the World Poker Tour had its grand opening a handful of years ago. Little did he know then that he would someday actually take down a WPT event himself, earning well over a million dollars alone during his televised victory at the LA Poker Classic in 2004.

“I will never forget the day Steve Lipscomb hired me to perform magic at the press release party for the WPT,” said Esfandiari. “All I ever wanted was to play in a WPT event, let alone win one. To have actually won a few years later and to now become the official spokesperson for a company that did so much for poker and me personally is an honor I hold very dear to me. It’s great to be a part of the WPT, who has been such an instrumental part of my poker journey.”

His new job description (on top of his professional poker status) will include traveling around the world to all WPT events, and providing updates via online blogs and live TV telecasts. This is definitely one job his best friend and poker player rival Phil “the Unabomber” Laak will be jealous of for months to come…lol.

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