{{short description|American poker player and business strategist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{more footnotes|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Ali Eslami | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = March 26<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pokernews.com/tours/wsop-circuit/2010-11-wsop-circuit-event-rincon/regional-championship/post.179267.htm|title=Congratulations to Ali Eslami, WSOP-C West Regional Champion ($282,242)!|date=2011-03-31|publisher=Poker News|last=Peters|first=Don|access-date=2024-08-23}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Tehran, Iran]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=560|title=Ali Eslami|publisher=World Series of Poker|access-date=2024-08-23}}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | education = | occupation = Business analyst, poker player | module = {{Infobox poker player | embed = yes | wsop bracelet count = 1 | wsop final tables = 2 | wsop money finishes = 38 | wsop main event best finish rank = | wsop main event best finish year = | wsop main event best finish year 2 = | wsop main event best finish year 3 = | wsop main event best finish year 4 = | wpt titles = | wpt final tables = | wpt money finishes = | ept titles = | ept final tables = | ept money finishes = | updated = }}}} '''Ali Eslami''' is a business strategist and renowned high-stakes poker player primarily focused on limit mix-games.
==Biography== Eslami is one of the first two people to win the Man-Machine Poker Competition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ali Eslami, the One Who Beat Machine in Poker |url=https://pokersoftwarepal.com/ali-eslami.htm |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=Poker Software Pal}}</ref> 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 results|2007 World Series of Poker]], $2,500 [[H.O.R.S.E.|H.O.R.S.E]] event.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ali Eslami's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=25316 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref>
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 (poker bot)|Polaris]], the [[University of Alberta]] poker bot.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Martin |date=2007-07-22 |title=The First 'Man-Machine Poker Championship' Begins Tomorrow |url=https://www.pokernews.com/news/2007/07/man-machine-poker-championship-tomorrow-4131.htm |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=PokerNews.com |language=en}}</ref> The matches consisted of 500 hands with four matches total and 16 hours of cumulative play, in [[Texas hold 'em|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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Glaister |first=Dan |date=2007-07-27 |title=Chips are down as man beats poker machine |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/jul/27/gambling |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=The Guardian |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burton |first=Earl |date=2011-11-13 |title=IFP's Nations' Cup Draws Top Players, Strong Teams For Inaugural Competition |url=https://www.pokernewsdaily.com/ifp%E2%80%99s-nations-cup-draws-top-players-strong-teams-for-inaugural-competition-20565/ |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=Poker News Daily |language=en-US}}</ref>
Eslami won a bracelet in the 2022 WSOP $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better event.<ref name="g853">{{cite web | last=Grant | first=Calum | title=Ali Eslami Takes Down Event #36: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better for $135,260 and Maiden WSOP Bracelet | website=PokerNews | date=2022-06-19 | url=https://www.pokernews.com/news/2022/06/ali-eslami-takes-down-event-36-1-500-seven-card-stud-hi-lo-8-41441.htm | access-date=2024-12-26}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==Further reading==
*"[https://web.archive.org/web/20080523114124/http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/article.cfm?id=8611 Polaris drawing professionals to a stand-still]", University of Alberta: Express News, July 20, 2007. *Ryan Smith. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20110706210227/http://www.archives.expressnews.ualberta.ca/article/2006/08/7789.html U of A researchers win computer poker title]", University of Alberta: Express News, August 9, 2006. *R. Colin Johnson. "[http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201201308 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. "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article2148364.ece How to beat a computer: lies, bluffing and taking risks are all on the cards]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}", The Times Online, July 27, 2007. *"[https://web.archive.org/web/20080107190317/http://www.pokerpages.com/players/profiles/48728/ali-eslami.htm Ali Eslami - Professional Poker Player Profile]" PokerPages.Com *[http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/tourney/tourneyDetails.asp?groupID=309 Official 2007 World Series of Poker results and schedule]" WorldSeriesOfPoker.Com
==External links== *[https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/4044-ali-eslami Card Player profile] *[https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=25316 Hendon Mob profile] *[https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/ali-eslami/ WPT profile] *[https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=560 WSOP profile]
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