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The first poker game in SteemSports! I found a great poker game for betting, because it´s a heads up game. Heads up means 1 on 1 and so it is perfect for our SteemSports blog here. The very experienced players Antonio Esfandiari and Tom Dwan are playing against each other in the "Poker Heads Up Grand Slam" and the game will be played on the 27.11.2016.
[German] Das erste Poker Spiel auf SteemSports! Ich habe ein tolles Poker Spiel zum Wetten gefunden, da es ein Heads Up Spiel ist. Heads Up bedeutet 1 gegen 1 und somit ist es perfekt für unseren SteemSports Blog hier. Die sehr erfahrenen Spieler Antonio Esfandiari und Tom Dwan spielen gegeneinander im "Poker Heads Up Grand Slam" und das Spiel wird am 27.11.2016 ausgetragen.
Antonio Esfandiari
One of the most popular, successful and influential people in poker, jet-setting Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari is known for his rock star lifestyle, humor, and giving nature, as well as his amazing skill at the table.
Former magician turned poker player, Antonio has won 2 WPT championships and 3 WSOP bracelets, including the largest cash prize in the history of poker of 18,346,673 dollars. This 1st place win took place at the famous 2012 Big One for One Drop, the 1 million dollar buy-in tournament where Antonio faced a historic line-up of poker royalty on a day dubbed the richest day ever in poker.
Calm and cheerful at the table, Antonio is one of the elite hat trick players – players who have won 1 million+ dollars in 3 or more games, including the 2013 WSOP and the WPT in 2010 and 2004. With 26,407,318 dollars in lifetime poker winnings, Antonio is ranked 1st on the U.S. All Time Money List and has one of the highest lifetime tournament winnings in all of poker.
[German] Einer der beliebtesten, erfolgreichsten und einflussreichsten Menschen im Poker, der viel reisende Antonio "Der Magier" Esfandiari, bekannt für seinen Rockstar-Lebensstil, Humor, und seiner gebenden Natur, sowie für seine erstaunliche Fähigkeit am Tisch.
Ein ehemaliger Magier der zu einem Poker Spieler wurde. Antonio hat 2 WPT Meisterschaften gewonnen und 3 WSOP Armbänder, inklusive den größten Cash Preis in der Geschichte des Pokers von 18,346,673 Dollar. Dieser erste Platz hat im bekannten 2012 Big One for One Drop" statt gefunden, das 1 Million Dollar Buy-In Turnier, wo Antonio einer historischen Poker-König Aufstellung gegenüber stand, an einem Tag der als reichster Tag in der Geschichte des Pokers tituliert wurde.
Ruhig und heiter am Tisch, ist Antonio einer der Elite-Hattrick-Spieler – Spieler, die $1 Million+ in 3 oder mehr Spielen gewonnen haben, einschließlich der 2013 WSOP und der WPT im Jahr 2010 und 2004. Mit $26,407,318 in Lifetime Poker-Gewinnen, ist Antonio auf Platz 1. auf der US-All Time Money List und hat einen der höchsten Lifetime-Turniergewinne im Poker.
Antonio Esfandiari in the Classic Heads Up Poker Tournament/[German] Antonio Esfandiari im Classic Heads Up Poker Turnier:
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Tom Dwan
Feared yet popular, Tom Dwan is a well-televised poker player who started playing tournaments the day he was old enough to enter a casino. Some of Tom’s biggest tournament wins include: 447,844 $ in the 2014 Aussie Millions in Melbourne, 381,885 $ in the 2010 WSOP in Las Vegas, 324,244 $ in the 2007 WPT in Mashantucket, Connecticut, and 300,000 $ in 2011 on the TV show Poker After Dark.
Tom is an unusual player who’s well-known through online, live tournament and TV poker. He’s appeared on NBC's National Heads-Up Poker Championship and multiple seasons of Poker After Dark, Full Tilt Poker's Million Dollar Cash Game and GSN's High Stakes Poker. Tom also landed the world record for the largest pot ever won in a televised live poker game, when he won 1.1 million dollar in the Full Tilt Poker's Million Dollar Cash Game – beating his own previous record of 919,000 $.
With only 50 dollar to start, Tom began playing poker online at the age of 17 in 2004. He chose the moniker “durrrr”. After three years of practice, Tom ended 2007 up by 312,800 $ . By 2008, Tom was considered one of the top online grinders on the planet, with “lifetime” winnings (at the ripe old age of 21) estimated at 5.5 million dollar. By the end of 2010, he was up 3.3 million dollar just in that year alone – eclipsing his 2,661,781 $ in live tournament winnings to date.
Still living in his hometown of Edison New Jersey, Tom dropped out of Boston University to play poker and now travels the world to do it.
[German] Gefürchtet und schon populär, ist Tom Dwan ein oft im Fernsehen gesehener Poker Spieler, der bereits angefangen hat Turniere zu spielen, sobald er alt genug war ein Casino zu betreten. Einige von Tom´s größten Turnier-Gewinne sind: 447,844 $ im 2014 Aussie Millions Turnier in Melbourne, 381,885 $ im 2010 WSOP in Las Vegas, 324,244 $ im 2007 WPT in Mashantucket, Connecticut, und 300,000 $ im 2011 in der TV Show Poker After Dark.
Tom ist ein unüblicher Spieler der sich sehr gut in Online-, Live-Turnieren und TV Poker auskennt. Er erschien in der NBC's National Heads-Up Poker Weltmeisterschaft und mehrmals bei Poker After Dark, Full Tilt Poker's Million Dollar Cash Game und bei GSN's High Stakes Poker. Tom hat auch den Weltrekord für den größten Poker Pot überhaupt im Fernseh-Live-Poker gebrochen, als er 1,1 Millionen Dollar in einem Full Tilt Poker Million Dollar Cash Game gewonnen hat, womit er seinen vorherigen Rekord von 919,000 $, gebrochen hat.
Mit nur 50$ Startgeld hat Tom begonnen Online Poker zu spielen, als er noch 17 Jahre alt war, im Jahre 2014. Er wählte den Spitznamen "durrrr". Nach drei Jahren Training, ist Tom 2007 bei 312,800 $ angekommen. Im Jahre 2008 wurde er als einer der Top-Online-Poker-Spieler des Planeten anerkannt, mit Gesamt-Gewinnen von ungefähr 5,5 Millionen Dollar (im Alter von 21). Am Ende des Jahres 2010 hat er nur alleine in diesem Jahr 3.3 Millionen Dollar gewonnen - überschattet von seinen 2,661,781 $ Gewinnen in Live-Turnieren bis heute.
Immer noch in seiner Heimatstadt Edison New Jersey lebend, hat Tom die Boston Unversität verlassen um Poker zu spielen und jetzt reist er dafür um die ganze Welt.
Tom Dwan in a big live Heads Up game:/[German] Tom Dwan in einem großen live Heads Up Spiel:
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