Ankush Mandavia

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Ankush Mandavia
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1987
place of birth United StatesUnited States Detroit
Nicknames
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pistons87PokerStars

ftpballerstatusFull Tilt Poker
place of residence CanadaCanada Montreal
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 787,640
Total prize money $ 4,990,563
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 1
Cashes 38
Best main event 126th ( 2017 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 10
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 2
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Cashes 1
Last updated: February 2, 2020

Ankush Mandavia (* 1987 in Detroit , Michigan ) is a professional American poker player .

Personal

Mandavia holds a business degree from the University of Georgia at Athens . He lives in Montreal .

Poker career

Mandavia has been playing online since June 2007 under the nicknames pistons87 ( PokerStars ) and ftpballerstatus ( Full Tilt Poker ) . He has so far booked tournament revenues of more than three million US dollars . At the World Championship of Online Poker , which is played once a year on PokerStars , he won one tournament each in 2011 and 2013 . Since 2010 he has also participated in renowned live tournaments .

In May 2011, Mandavia took 13th place at the main event of the European Poker Tour in Madrid for a prize money of 60,000 euros . In early June 2011 he was the first time in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas successful and died in a tournament variant No-Limit Hold'em the money. In December 2015, Mandavia finished fifth in the Alpha8 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas for more than $ 300,000. At the beginning of 2016 he finished third in the Super High Roller of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventures in the Bahamas and received his highest prize money to date of almost 800,000 dollars. At the 2016 WSOP , Mandavia won a No Limit Hold'em tournament , securing a bracelet and almost $ 550,000 in prize money. In December 2016, he won the high roller event of the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio and received around $ 400,000.

In total, Mandavia has earned just under five million dollars from poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ankush Mandavia in the World Series of Poker database, accessed May 25, 2017.
  2. ↑ Living Up to the Hype: Ankush Mandavia Wins 2016 WSOP $ 5,000 Turbo for $ 548,139 on pokernews.com on June 29, 2016, accessed on May 25, 2017.
  3. ↑ Ankush Mandavia in the database of the Global Poker Index, accessed on May 25, 2017 (English).
  4. ↑ pistons87 in the PocketFives database, accessed on May 25, 2017.
  5. ↑ a b Ankush Mandavia in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 25, 2017 (English).
  6. ↑ EPT - 7 - Grand Final (€ 10,000 + 400 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Grand Final) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 25, 2017 (English).
  7. ↑ 42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 25, 2017.
  8. ↑ WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic ($ 100,000 WPT Alpha8 - No Limit Hold'em High Roller (Event # 18)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 25, 2017.
  9. ↑ PCA - 2016 ($ 100,000 # 1 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller 8-Handed) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 25, 2017.
  10. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 ($ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em (30-minute levels) (Event # 48)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 25, 2017 (English).
  11. ↑ WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic ($ 25,000 No Limit Hold'em # 21 High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 25, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Mandavia, Ankush
ALTERNATIVE NAMES pistons87 (nickname); ftpballerstatus (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit , Michigan , United States