Ali Eslami Explained

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]

Sources

• "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

External links

• Card Player profile
• Hendon Mob profile
• WPT profile
• WSOP profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ali Eslami, the One Who Beat Machine in Poker . 2024-04-06 . Poker Software Pal.
2. Web site: Ali Eslami's profile on The Hendon Mob . 2024-03-26 . The Hendon Mob Poker Database . en.
3. Web site: Harris . Martin . 2007-07-22 . The First 'Man-Machine Poker Championship' Begins Tomorrow . 2024-04-06 . PokerNews.com . en.
4. Web site: Glaister . Dan . 2007-07-27 . Chips are down as man beats poker machine . 2023-12-08 . The Guardian . en-GB.
5. Web site: Burton . Earl . 2011-11-13 . IFP’s Nations' Cup Draws Top Players, Strong Teams For Inaugural Competition . 2024-04-06 . Poker News Daily . en-US.
6. Web site: 2022-06-19 . Ali Eslami Takes Down Event #36: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better for $135,260 and Maiden WSOP Bracelet . 2024-04-15 . PokerNews.com . en.