Steve Billirakis

Steve Billirakis
Steve Billirakis (2007)
Personal information
Date of birth	May 23, 1986
place of birth	United States Chicago
Nickname	MrSmokey1PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, UltimateBet & partypoker
place of residence	United States Las Vegas
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	0.$ 536,287
Total prize money	$ 2,991,621
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	2
Cashes	31
Best main event	199th ( 2008 )
Main Event of the World Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	5
Last updated: February 6, 2020

Steve Billirakis (born May 23, 1986 in Chicago , Illinois ) is a professional American poker player . He is two-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .

Poker career

At the first tournament of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in early June 2007 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas , Billirakis won his first bracelet . He prevailed heads-up against German-Canadian Greg Müller and won more than 535,000 US dollars . Billirakis thus became the youngest ever winner of a bracelet at the WSOP, as he was only ten days above the minimum age of 21 years. In total, he completed five tournaments in the prize categories at the 2007 WSOP. At the World Series of Poker Europe 2011 in Cannes , Billirakis prevailed in the Pot Limit Omaha variant against 180 opponents and won his second bracelet and a prize of almost 240,000 euros .

In total, Billirakis has earned almost three million dollars with poker in live tournaments. He plays online under the nickname MrSmokey1 .

year	Buy-in	competition	Attendees	Prize money
2007 E.	$ 5000	(WCE) Mixed Hold'em (Limit / No Limit)	451	$ 536,287
2011 E	€ 5300	Pot Limit Omaha	180	€ 238,140

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↑ Steve Billirakis in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 27, 2016.

personal data
SURNAME	Billirakis, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	MrSmokey1 (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH	May 23, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chicago , Illinois , United States