Billy Pappas

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Billy Pappas
Billy Pappas (2015)
Billy Pappas (2015)
  Personal information  
Date of birth September 28, 1984
place of birth United StatesUnited States Lowell
Nickname The kid
place of residence United StatesUnited States Lowell
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 2,143,794
Total prize money $ 2,216,224
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 2
Best main event 5th ( 2014 )
Last updated: February 9, 2020

Billy Pappas (born September 28, 1984 in Lowell , Massachusetts ; actually William Pappaconstantinou ) is an American foosball player and amateur poker player with Greek roots.

Career

Foosball

Pappas has been playing table football since 2003 and won the ITSF World Cup in 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2013 .

poker

Pappas worked as a poker dealer at the Rockingham Park Poker Room in Salem and that was how he came into contact with the game. Since 2010 he has occasionally taken part in renowned live tournaments himself .

In July 2014 , he played the World Series of Poker Main Event at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for the first time and reached the final table with the sixth-largest chip stack , which was played in November 2014. There he finished fifth and won more than two million US dollars in prize money .

Web links

Commons : Billy Pappas  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c William Pappaconstantinou on pokernews.com, accessed on May 25, 2016 (English).
  2. ↑ WSOP finalist Billy Pappas Tells G911 'If He Wins, He'll Buy Mom a House' on gambling911.com on September 28, 2014, accessed on May 30, 2019.
  3. ↑ Billy Pappas on kozoom.com, accessed on May 25, 2016 (English).
  4. ↑ Billy Pappas in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 25, 2016.
  5. ↑ Billy Pappas: Table Soccer Champion at the WSOP - November Nine Countdown ( Memento from May 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on pokerolymp.com from November 4, 2014, accessed on May 25, 2016.
  6. ↑ 45th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2014 ($ 10,000 World Championship - No Limit Hold'em (Event # 65)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 25, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Pappas, Billy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pappaconstantinou, William (real name); The Kid (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American foosball and poker player
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Lowell , Massachusetts , United States