Prop Bet Leads to PCA Disqualification of Antonio Esfandiari

PCAThe 13th annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is in full swing, having started on the 6th of January and set to continue until the 14th. The series will offer a whopping 104 tournament events, including satellites, which is a record for the popular poker tournament series. The festival is set to take place over nine days total with pros and amateurs hitting the felt to hopefully earn a first place win.

The Super High Roller Event on the 6th was the first major event of the series and saw several top pros competing. The same can be said for the Main Event of the PCA, which kicked off on the 8th of January with Day 1A. The No Limit Hold’em Main Event has a buy-in of $5,300 and saw several pros register to compete including Antonio Esfandiari.

Esfandiari is no stranger to big events, having competed in various PokerStars events, the World Series of Poker, etc. The pro knows the score and regularly cashes out during such events. However, news out of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure says the pro was disqualified from the Main Event after a prop bet led to unusual behavior at the poker table.

It appears as though Esfandiari decided to use a container to be able to go to the bathroom, at the poker table, because he was too sore to go to the restroom. Reportedly, the pro had made a prop bet with Bill Perkins that he would not be able to walk to and from for a 48 hour time frame but lunge.

Esfandiari took the challenge and has lunged his way around the hotel. Then while at the poker table he just couldn’t get his sore legs to work to walk to the bathroom. A container would have to do and Esfandiari used the container to relieve himself, using a towel and ‘blockers’ to be able to so in somewhat privacy.

The staff of the PCA caught on and he was removed from his seat at the Main Event poker tables due to ‘breach of etiquette’. The story hit Twitter rather quickly and the pro was apologetic for the incident, taking to Twitter to discuss what happened.

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