Farzad Bonyadi ~ Poker winnings exceed $2,400,000.

**Nafass** · 16-08-08, 14:18

Farzad "Freddy" Bonyadi (born 1959? in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian professional poker player based in Aliso Viejo, California, who has won 3 World Series of Poker bracelets.

Bonyadi moved from Iran to America in 1983, where he worked as an executive host in the LA Commerce Casino and as a shift manager at Hollywood Park Casino.

Bonyadi first came to the attention of poker players when he won the $2,000 limit hold'em event at the 1998 World Series of Poker (WSOP), defeating a final table that included Mimi Tran and John Cernuto on the way to a $429,940 first prize. In the same WSOP, he also made the final table of the $1,500 seven card stud split event, and placed in the money in the $10,000 no limit hold'em main event.

Bonyadi also made a final table in the second season World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker event, where he finished 5th at a final table featuring Mel Judah, Paul Phillips, T.J. Cloutier, Chip Jett and Phil Laak.

Bonyadi has also won WSOP bracelets in the 2004 $1,000 deuce to seven triple draw and the 2005 no limit hold'em tournaments.

As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,400,000.

Bonyadi is an exclusive professional poker player at Full Tilt Poker.

Farzad learned poker from his grandfather when he was growing up in Tehran, Iran. His grandfather was an avid player who, with their relatives and neighbors, hosted home games where Farzad would sit and watch them play.

If you want to learn more about Farzad, you can chat with him at FullTiltPoker.com.

**Nafass** · 16-08-08, 16:01

Ali Nejad

Oliver "Ali" Nejad, born to Iranian parents in 1978, is an American television poker commentator, who is best known as the off-screen announcer on the NBC's Poker After Dark and the National Heads-Up Poker Championship. He is also a commentator on ESPN's Pro-Am Poker Equalizer series, and has also been a co-commentator with Chad Brown on an episode of the Ultimate Poker Challenge. He himself played on Poker After Dark and was the first player knocked out when Gabe Kaplan flopped a set of 10's while Nejad flopped a set of 4's. He finished 2nd in a week of poker analysts at the end of season 3 of the program.

Alongside Phil Gordon he brought the live coverage of the 2006 and 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table. He is also a friend of Full Tilt Poker, an online poker room where he can be found playing.

While still a high school student, he hosted and reported for two television shows on the local NBC affiliate. Hoping to continue working in local television, he stayed close to home for college, enrolling at nearby Cal-Berkeley in 1996. At the same time, he also started down another career path: poker.

In 2003, Nejad's poker and television career paths collided. While playing in the PartyPoker Million Tournament, he became friendly with Mori Eskandani, then the Tournament Director of Poker Superstars who currently serves as a producer for the National Heads-Up Poker Championship, and Poker After Dark. Eskandani hired Nejad as the Master of Ceremonies for the Poker Superstars event in 2004, and the two have enjoyed a continued working relationship in televised poker ever since.

In 1999, Nejad left Berkeley to pursue playing poker full-time. Before long, he had done it all: low limit player, dealer, prop player, online player, and finally, high limit player. But despite his financial success in the poker world, Nejad still had the broadcasting itch. In 2002 he hosted an MTV pilot that was not picked up, but marked the beginning of his return to television.

In the February 7, 2008 episode of Poker Road Radio, Joe Sebok announced that Ali will be the new host of Poker Road Radio. His tenure began at the WPT Commerce event starting on February 26, 2008.

Nejad drives a Lamborghini Gallardo Nera.

Ali claimed on Pokerroad Radio to be able to eat $45 worth of Taco Bell.

white_hat · 16-08-08, 16:06

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