Pokerspelarnas reaktioner till Antonio Esfandiaris storvinst

Tidigt i morse så vann Esfandiari den historiska summan $18 miljoner efter att ha besegrat Sam Tricket heads up. Så här sa några andra spelare om Antonio

Efter storvinsten fick pokernews möjligheten att prata med några andra pokerspelare och fråga vad de tyckte om Antonio och hans vinst. Nedan kan ni se vad andra pokerspelarna säger om Antonio Esfandiari.

Jennifer Tilly säger  “It was fantastic, I was playing in the same room and just listening and watching I got the chills. The hair stood up on my arms. I never doubted that he could do it though. He took a positive mentality lecture a while back and he's been really focused ever since. He sent an email to Phil the other day saying 'This is my time.”

Phil Laak skrev i ett textmeddelande till Tilly ”I cried a lot. When he gave the bracelet to his dad, I cried again. Super baller.”

Bertrand “ElkY” Grosspellier säger “I think it's pretty good. It would've been nice to see Guy Laliberté win since it was his event and he does so much for charity, but Antonio is a good player and he played great. It's still really great.”

Erik Seidel säger “I think it's great for poker. For me, it was an odd situation because I wanted the business men to win who were gonna give the money to charity, but it was also cool to see two elite players battle it out heads-up for the money. I think Sam is arguably the best no-limit tournament player in the world at the moment, and obviously Antonio's a great player who's been around a long time so it was a monster heads-up match. I hope I'll still be playing in years to come, I want to. I can't see it being an annual thing though. Bi-annual would be my guess.”

Även Jonathan Duhamel och Haralabos Voulgaris pratade med pokernews och Duhamel sa

“I think it's really cool, and congrats to him for win, He's a really good guy and he speaks well so I think he will be a very good ambassador for the poker players. I would've liked to see Guy win though since he does so much for everyone.”

Voulgaris kommentar löd så här “Most of the pros who were playing the event didn't actually have that much of themselves, so it won't change too much. But having a pro win, and a pro come second will be good for the poker economy because that way the money will flow back in, and it won't just vanish,”