DAHOV Performs at Antonio Esfandiari’s Private Birthday Celebration in Venice Beach

The private celebration brought DAHOV’s signature darbuka/derbake show from Las Vegas to the California coast, creating an energetic and personal performance for Esfandiari and his invited guests.

Known throughout the poker world as “The Magician,” Iranian-American professional poker player Antonio Esfandiari became one of the game’s most recognized champions after winning the inaugural $1 million Big One for One Drop in 2012. His $18,346,673 victory was, at the time, the largest single tournament payout in poker history.

DAHOV and Esfandiari first connected on November 21, 2025, at Big Deal for One Drop at Resorts World Las Vegas. Esfandiari watched DAHOV’s KULA-presented performance during the Formula 1 weekend charity event and later invited him to perform at his birthday celebration in Venice Beach.

A photograph from the evening captures Esfandiari standing with DAHOV and holding one of DAHOV’s signature darbukas—a personal moment connecting the artist, his instrument and a private celebration that grew directly from the Las Vegas performance.

The Venice Beach engagement demonstrated how a live event can create relationships extending far beyond a single performance, carrying DAHOV’s work from a high-profile Las Vegas charity tournament into an exclusive private celebration in Los Angeles.