Episode 232 – 25/11/2021 – The Big 20 (Part 2) with Antonio Esfandiari and Maria Ho

James and Joe continue to celebrate #TheBig20 – the 20th anniversary of PokerStars – with a series of episodes looking back at two decades of poker history. In this podcast, they talk to pros Antonio Esfandiari and Maria Ho about the boom years and their respective careers and mainstream media appearances. Plus, they discuss the creation of two popular poker shows: 'The Big Game' (2010-11) and 'Shark Cage' (2014-15), and ask Antonio and Maria to share their memories of playing on TV. There's also a summary of the prizes awarded so far in the Big 20 Rewind series, a reminder to vote in the Big 20 Players Awards (via the PokerStars Blog), and Princeton student Andrew Tufillaro picks US history as his specialist subject in 'Superfan vs Stapes'. Please share your own memories of the early years of PokerStars on Discord (psta.rs/Discord). Also, please don't forget to subscribe to #PITE.