This has to be one of the most bizarre reasons to get kicked out of poker tournament. Professional poker player Antonio Esfandiari was disqualified from a tournament for urinating in a container while sitting at a table. Some poker tournaments don’t allow you to take restroom breaks, but that was not the case this time. Esfandiari reason for pulling such a stunt was because of a prop bet he made with his friend. His actions were seen as “a serious breach of tournament etiquette” as he was disqualified from the 5,300 buy-in tournament hosted by PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. He volunteered to donate 50,000 of the money he won performing the prop bet and released a statement.
“It makes me quite sad to write this. All the things you have heard are all true. I can sit here and try to explain and justify but at the end of the day my actions were completely unacceptable. What’s done is done. All I can do is learn from my mistakes and grow from them. I have apologized to anyone and everyone who may have been affected and will continue to do so.
This happened because of a big prop bet I had with my buddy Bill Perkins that mandated I lunge everywhere for two days. I cannot explain the pain I felt in my legs. I did what I thought was the best play at the time. Looking back now I realize it was a terrible judgment call on my behalf. I am a new father now, and this is not the kind of example I want to set for my son.
I am embarrassed of the actions I took to win that bet. On paper I won, but in life I lost. No matter how much one loves a prop bet there is a limit to how far you should go. And in this case I failed.
(Thank you) all for taking the time to read this. Lesson learned.”
Sometimes silly things isn’t worth as this could have turned out be more serious, lets hope learned his lesson