{"id":8100,"date":"2018-07-30T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T12:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/?p=8100"},"modified":"2019-11-26T22:30:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T22:30:11","slug":"kevin-hart-and-antonio-esfandiari-will-also-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/news\/kevin-hart-and-antonio-esfandiari-will-also-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Hart and Antonio Esfandiari Will Also Box"},"content":{"rendered":"
To be honest, poker can surprise us in so many different ways. Did you know, for example, that a player who started with Magic: The Gathering collectible cards<\/a> has managed to amass a respectable amount playing the game online and popping off for the occasional offline tournament? Yes, poker is intriguing, crazy, and slightly unexpected. So, what to make of Antonio Esfandiari and Kevin Hart who are set to box?<\/p>\n Yes, Antonio Esfandiari and Kevin Hart have decided that poker is a game and if one wants to be taken seriously, a boxing match is next on the menu. We can see how this is rather flabbergasting to begin with. But it\u2019s also mighty amusing. Besides, Hart and Esfandiari are hardly the first pair to have decided to pursue their rivalry off the felt. <\/p>\n This is not an ordinary skirmish, though. Both Esfandiari and Hart are good friends, so having them exchange punches will be most amusing. They are expecting to meet in March, playing off a bet whether, or rather \u2013 who, can beat the other in a boxing match. <\/p>\n Esfandiari is not too optimistic about what may happen on the ring though. He has said that Hart is not only a poker player, but an athlete who spends a lot of time working on himself. This is quite understandable, too. But the long odds of Esfandiari may yet be improved if he decides to focus on improving his legwork in the time between now and March. <\/p>\n Nobody knows exactly how much the pair or betting or if they are betting at all. However, their combined winnings easily soar past several dozen millions, which makes it quite easy to expect that they have bet each other in a big way. <\/p>\n Looking at the players as athletes, they are both 39, but Hart is in a much better shape, having been going to the gym regularly whereas Esfandiari has opted for the quiet life and improving his poker. Even then, Kevin Hart is also known as a player who can turn a bad hand into a devastating defeat for the enemy<\/a>.<\/p>\n And even if Hart spends more time working out, he\u2019s still as good a poker pro as Esfandiari himself, which makes him a well-rounded athlete in the fullest sense of the word. Looking for a competitive edge over him will definitely not be an easy thing.<\/p>\nEsfandiari and Hart Exchange Punches<\/h2>\n
No Money on the Table?<\/h2>\n
A Similar Move with Upswing Poker<\/h2>\n