Steve Billirakis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Steve Billirakis

American poker player

Date of Birth: 23-May-1986

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Profession: poker player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Steve Billirakis

  • Steve Billirakis (born May 23, 1986 in Hampshire, Illinois) is an American professional poker player. Billirakis won the first tournament of the 2007 World Series of Poker winning the $5,000 World Championship Mixed Hold'em Limit/No-Limit event after beating Canadian poker player and former professional hockey player Greg Mueller heads-up.
  • Billirakis won $536,287 and became the then youngest WSOP bracelet winner in history, having won the event only 11 days after his 21st birthday.
  • The previous record holder was Jeff Madsen, who had set the record only the year before.
  • Billirakis' record was broken on September 10, 2007 when Annette Obrestad won the main event of the World Series of Poker Europe where the age limit was only 18 years.
  • Prior to signing up for this mixed hold'em event, Billirakis had never played limit hold'em.
  • His friends gave him a crash course in the days leading up to the event.On one key hand when they were heads up, Mueller had made top pair against Billirakis's trips.
  • When Billirakis raised on the river, Mueller made a feint of putting chips into the pot to attempt to get a read on whether Billirakis wanted him to call.
  • While not a formal breach of the rules, ESPN commentator Norman Chad opined that such plays "ain't kosher" according to poker etiquette.
  • A short-stacked Mueller later called the big blind with 5? 4?.
  • Billirakis raised Mueller all-in with K? 2?.
  • The board came down J? Q? 2? 8? Q?, giving Billirakis the winning hand with two pair queens and deuces. In November 2008, Billirakis won a WSOP Circuit Event - Horseshoe Hammond, $5,150 Championship, earning $208,885.As of 2014, Billirakis's total live tournament winnings exceed $2,625,000.
  • His 21 cashes at the WSOP account for $1,675,026 of those winnings.

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