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Ali Eslami | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 26 [1] |
| Occupation(s) | Business analyst, poker player |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | 1 |
| Final table(s) | 2 |
| Money finish(es) | 38 |
Ali Eslami is a business strategist and renowned high-stakes poker primarily focused on limit mix-games.
Eslami is one of the first two people to win the Man-Machine Poker Competition. [3] He represented the United States on the U.S. Poker team in the IFP's Nation's Cup inaugural event.
Since Eslami's appearance at the Legends of Poker WPT Season 2 in 2003, he has gone on to pocket over $200,000 with over 14 cash showings in tournament play. Eslami is primarily a cash game player, however, playing chiefly in high-limit poker games in Los Angeles.
In June 2007, Ali Eslami took 5th in the 2007 World Series of Poker, $2,500 H.O.R.S.E event. [4]
Following his showing in the 2007 WSOP event, Eslami appeared alongside fellow professional poker player Phil Laak in July 2007 to participate in a competition against Polaris, the University of Alberta poker bot. [5] The matches consisted of 500 hands with four matches total and 16 hours of cumulative play, in Texas Hold'Em poker. Eslami and Laak split the $10,000 prize for defeating the bot in two of the four matches and an additional $2,500 for drawing in a third. [6]
In November 2011 Eslami represented the United States as part of the U.S. Poker Team in the International Federation of Poker's Poker Nation's Cup, held in London, England. [7]
Eslami won a bracelet in the 2022 WSOP $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better event. [8]
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