Ali Eslami
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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.[1] 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.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4]
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.[5]
Eslami won a bracelet in the 2022 WSOP $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better event.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Ali Eslami, the One Who Beat Machine in Poker". Poker Software Pal. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ^ "Ali Eslami's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
- ^ Harris, Martin (July 22, 2007). "The First 'Man-Machine Poker Championship' Begins Tomorrow". PokerNews.com. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ^ Glaister, Dan (July 27, 2007). "Chips are down as man beats poker machine". The Guardian. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- ^ Burton, Earl (November 13, 2011). "IFP's Nations' Cup Draws Top Players, Strong Teams For Inaugural Competition". Poker News Daily. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ^ "Ali Eslami Takes Down Event #36: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better for $135,260 and Maiden WSOP Bracelet". PokerNews.com. June 19, 2022. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
Sources[edit]
- "Polaris drawing professionals to a stand-still", University of Alberta: Express News, July 20, 2007.
- Ryan Smith. "U of A researchers win computer poker title", University of Alberta: Express News, August 9, 2006.
- R. Colin Johnson. "Humans deal computer a loss in poker challenge", EETimes, July 26, 2007.
- David Staples. "Poker pros out of luck in battle with 'bot", The Edmonton Journal, June 11, 2007, p. A2.
- Chris Ayres. "How to beat a computer: lies, bluffing and taking risks are all on the cards", The Times Online, July 27, 2007.
- "Ali Eslami - Professional Poker Player Profile" PokerPages.Com
- Official 2007 World Series of Poker results and schedule" WorldSeriesOfPoker.Com