Antonio actually has one of the largest poker cashes on his name. His largest cash is more than half of his total live earnings and amounts to $18,346,673. He earned this amount in Las Vegas in 2012 during the $ 1,000,000 The Big One for One Drop after beating 47 other card players and Sam Trickett in the heads-up game.
It’s important to know that his personal take of this is probably far less than half. It’s commonly known in the world of professional poker that pro’s get staked. This means a good part of their entry fees to play where actually paid by other investors. While Esfandiari did, technically, win $18.3 million, it’s almost universally accepted in poker circles that his personal take was far less than half of that.