There’s a new all-time tournament money leader in poker, Antonio Esfandiari. “The Magician” took down the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Big One for One Drop on Tuesday night. It may come as no surprise, however, as Esfandiari already had two World Poker Tour titles to go along with a WSOP bracelet. Now, he’s the top money winner in tournament poker.

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In the final hand of the One Drop event, on a flop of 5-J-5 with two diamonds, Esfandiari raised to 10.0 million over the top of a 5.4 million chip raise from Sam Trickett. The Brit shuffled his chips and tanked for quite some time before re-raising to 15.0 million. Esfandiari, who now essentially faced a min-raise of 5.0 million, moved all-in and Trickett called for his tournament life in just a few seconds.

Esfandiari had 7-5 for trips, while Trickett showed Q-6 of diamonds for a flush draw. With a ridiculous $18.3 million top prize on the line, the crowd rose to their feet, many screaming “Antonio” at the top of their lungs.

The turn was the three of hearts, giving Trickett just a 16% chance to win, and he whiffed on the river, which was the deuce of hearts. Esfandiari fell to his knees before his rail mobbed him next to the table, jumping up and down in a scene reminiscent of a Duke basketball game. Brian tsarrastRast, Esfandiari’s father, and Sorel Imper1um Mizzi were among those celebrating at his side at the Rio.

Esfandiari was then hoisted in the air in celebration. ESPN commentator Olivier livb112 Busquet applauded that Esfandiari was “confident” and “showed why he’s one of the best players in the game.”

Trickett’s rail appeared quite disappointed, but their man still claimed the third largest prize in poker history at $10 million.

Esfandiari scooped a pot worth 32 million with J-9 after making trip nines on the river of a board of 3-9-Q-5-9. Trickett had him beat until the final card with Q-10, but reluctantly folded his hand. The action occurred on the 82nd hand of the final table and Esfandiari stretched his lead to 3:1.

Christian charderHarder was one of those congratulating Esfandiari on the monumental win. Harder took to Twitter to say, “$$$$$$ congrats !RT @RichTRyan: Antonio Esfandiari wins the $1 Million Big One for One Drop ($18,346,673)!” Also sending his congrats was One Drop participant and 2011 November Niner Ben Benba Lamb (pictured), who Tweeted, “Way to go Antonio!”

Andres AndressopranoPereya chimed in, “Congrats @MagicAntonio, a truly great player.” Bertrand ElkY Grospellier, who, like Lamb, played in the One Drop tournament, posted on Twitter, “Honored to have been a part of the #allinfor1drop and really hope that it brought more attention to such a great charity… Congratulations to @MagicAntonio! Unreal achievement! Such a nice finish to an amazing event, thanks and congrats to @guylaliberte for it”

Speaking on the gravity of Esfandiari’s win, former November Niner Scott r_a_y Montgomery reminded his Twitter followers, “After winning one 48 player event, Antonio Esfandiari moves instantly to the top of the all time earnings list. Craziness.”

A rash of spectators surrounded the final table and were jammed inside the ESPN arena to catch a glimpse of poker history. Congratulations to Antonio Esfandiari for winning the largest poker tournament in the history of mankind and scooping the richest payday ever in sports sans boxing.