Off the Felt: Antonio Esfandiari's Birthday, Elky Proposal & Mizrachi's in South Africa

December 15, 2018 Eric Mertens

In last week's edition of Off the Felt, we had love in the air and babies on the way, while some others were living it up in Mexico. This time, we have the 40th birthday of Antonio Esfandiari, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier getting engaged and the Mizrachi's in South Africa.

Antonio Esfandiari's Birthday

Last week, Antonio Esfandiari turned 40 and that was a good reason to organize a great party. Poker legend Phil Hellmuth came over to join the celebration:

Also, poker streamer Jeff Gross had a great time at Esfandiari's party:

ElkY Engaged

In the past few weeks, we saw several poker players getting on their knees to ask their girlfriends to marry them. This week, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier did the same and popped the question to Jenny No.

South Africa

Michael Mizrachi spent some time with Sarah and traveled to South Africa. Sarah posted some great pictures after their trip:

High, Throwback & Christmas

A little throwback by Dan Smith:

Liv Boeree on an all-time high:

Wow, great sweater Chris!

Washing Hands

On the other popular social media channel, Twitter, there was a discussion about washing your hands after visiting the restroom. Noah Schwartz started about it during the WPT Five Diamond and Daniel Negreanu reacted to point out another interesting thing about unsanitary:

The # of poker players I just witnessed not wash there hands after using the restroom here @WPT Five Diamond is tr… https://t.co/BGA9WHcp8K — Noah Schwartz (@noahjschwartz)

@TuckonSports @noahjschwartz @WPT You really think this is more unsanitary than the chips we play with on the dirty… https://t.co/cf1yG8gV0r — Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker)

@RealKidPoker @TuckonSports @noahjschwartz @WPT Honestly it’s more important to wash your hands before you pee than after in a casino — Jonas Mackoff (@donut604)

@dwpoker @berkey11 This actually makes way more sense. The germs on your hands from playing two levels is infinitel… https://t.co/rNzW8NtIXq — Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker)

girafganger7's Banter

This week, we finish it off with "girafganger7" on Twitter. The online tournament grinder had a lot of fun throwing banter on his Twitter-page:

Thanks for all the love! I'm gonna keep doing this till you guys can't stand me anymore or I get sued. My money's o… https://t.co/zL9aRnGm9s — giraf ganger (@Girafganger7)

I like my @RunItOnce subscription like I like my Costa Rican streamhouses, underpriced but still shared by 4 guys. — giraf ganger (@Girafganger7)

I like my @PokerStars invented gimmicks like I like my old people, statistically most likely to die soon. — giraf ganger (@Girafganger7)

I like my @bp22 like I like my James Bond villain, on a boat in international waters, surrounded by femmes fatales,… https://t.co/c7oLorb6mo — giraf ganger (@Girafganger7)