Amir Vahedi was born in 1961 in Iran in Tehran, was the best known poker player of all time in Iran! Sadly passed away on January 8, 2010 due to complications from diabetes problems!

Amir was named player of the year in "no limit Texas hold 'em" in 2001, already in 2003 reached the "Final Event" World Series of Poker and finished sixth earning $ 250,000, this year also won a year WSOP bracelet in Event "1,500 No Limit Hold'em"! Vahedi was also champion of the 3rd grade of "Ultimate Poker Challenge" during his life he earned about $ 3,250,000 playing poker tournaments!

Amir Vahedi served in the Iranian army during the Iran-Iraq war, and became a refugee after the war was over and immigrated to the United States of America, another curiosity about Amir was that he was one of the first tutors teaching poker to the actor Ben Affleck. Some have called him the "Persian Cowboy".