Shankar Pillai

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Shankar Pillai
Shankar Pillai (2020)
Shankar Pillai (2020)
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1984
place of birth United StatesUnited States Commack
Nicknames
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BurgersssssWSOP.com

SaquonGGPoker
place of residence United StatesUnited States New York City
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 527,829
Total prize money $ 1,968,932
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 2
Cashes 43
Best main event 86th ( 2016 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
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Cashes 18th
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 1
Last updated: August 29, 2020

Shankar Pillai (* 1984 in Commack , New York ) is a professional American poker player . He is two-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .

Personal

Pillai worked in finance before starting poker. He lives in New York City .

Poker career

Career

Pillai after winning the 2007 WSOP

Pillai learned to play poker from friends. He has participated in renowned live tournaments since 2007 .

Pillai won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for the first time in mid-June 2007 . He sat down at a tournament variant No-Limit Hold'em against 826 other players through and secured bracelet and a prize money of nearly 530,000 US dollars . In 2011 he made the money three times and in 2012 five times in WSOP tournaments. He reached a final table at the 2016 WSOP and finished in third place, worth nearly $ 200,000. The American then also made it into the money at the main event of the tournament series and received almost 70,000 US dollars for his 86th place. In mid-August 2017, he finished second at the Big Stax 500 in Bensalem and secured just under 80,000 US dollars due to a deal with two other players. At the Main Event of the World Poker Tour (WPT) in October 2017, Pillai finished in sixth place in Jacksonville , which was paid for with around 55,000 US dollars. At the end of September 2018, he finished second at the WPT Main Event in Hanover , Maryland , and received around $ 220,000. At the 2019 WSOP , Pillai won an event open only to bracelet winners, where he secured his second bracelet and the grand prize of over $ 70,000. In August 2020, he took third place at the Poker Players Championship of the World Series of Poker Online, which was played out on GGPoker due to the COVID-19 pandemic , which was worth almost one million US dollars.

Overall, Pillai has earned just under $ 2 million in poker in live tournaments.

Bracelet overview

Pillai cashed 43 times at the WSOP and won two bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
2007 3000 No-Limit Hold'em 827 527.829
2019 1500 50th Annual Bracelet Winners Only No-Limit Hold'em 185 071,580

Web links

Commons : Shankar Pillai  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ WSOP Gold Bracelet Winner Event # 28 - Shankar Pillai: $ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 11, 2020.
  2. ↑ Shankar Pillai claims gold in $ 1,500 Bracelet Winners only NLHE in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on August 11, 2020.
  3. ↑ a b c Shankar Pillai in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 11, 2020 (English).
  4. ↑ a b c d Shankar Pillai in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on August 11, 2020 (English).
  5. ↑ 38th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2007 ($ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 11, 2020.
  6. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2016 ($ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 25)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 11, 2020.
  7. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2016 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event Championship (Event # 68)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 11, 2020.
  8. ↑ Parx Casino Big Stax XXII ($ 500 + 50 No Limit Hold'em - Big Stax 500) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 11, 2020.
  9. ↑ World Poker Tour - WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble ($ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 11, 2020.
  10. ↑ World Poker Tour - WPT Maryland at Live! Casino ($ 3,500 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) on the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 11, 2020.
  11. ↑ 50th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2019 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - 50th Annual Bracelet Winners Only (Event # 81)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 11, 2020.
  12. ↑ Christian Rudolph Wins First Bracelet in Event # 70: $ 25,000 NLH Poker Players Championship for $ 1,800,290 on pokernews.com on August 29, 2020, accessed on August 29, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Pillai, Shankar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Burgersssss (nickname); Saquon (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Commack , New York , United States