Poker Hall of Famer Nearly Wins Tournament Named After Him
Briefly

Mori Eskandani, a poker broadcasting legend, was honored during the PokerGO Tour Mixed Games festival with a tournament named Mori's Mix. This event showcased various mixed games and highlighted Eskandani's contributions to poker media. The tournament drew 70 players, creating a $700,000 prize pool, with Eskandani finishing second and earning $136,000. His induction into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2018 solidified his status in the poker community for making the game accessible to a broader audience through television.
Eskandani has helped bring the game of poker to the masses and ensure the game is always front and center with the public from a television medium standpoint.
During the broadcast commentator Remko Rinkema noted, "Since he is an employee of PokerGO, we are using regular [meaning non-] cards, no bet tracking, and no chip count tracking until Mori has been eliminated."
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