Shannon Shorr
{{Short description|American poker player (born 1985)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox poker player
|name=Shannon Shorr
|image=Shannon Shorr 2019.jpg
|caption=Shannon Shorr, 2019
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1985|6|7}}
|birth_place=Birmingham, Alabama
|hometown=Birmingham, Alabama
|wsop bracelet count=2
|wsop final tables=15
|wsop money finishes=112
|wsop main event best finish rank=39th
|wsop main event best finish year=2018
|multi-year wsop winner=
|wpt titles=None
|wpt final tables=4
|wpt money finishes=19
|ept titles=None
|ept final tables=None
|ept money finishes=6
}}
Shannon Shorr (born June 7, 1985, in Birmingham, Alabama) is a professional poker player from Birmingham, Alabama. Shorr was a baseball player at Shades Valley High School.
Shorr is notable for his success in poker tournaments, much of which occurred before his 21st birthday. Because 21 is the minimum legal age for gambling in almost all jurisdictions in the United States, Shorr was forced to go abroad to compete, where he cashed in several tournaments. He scored his first major payday with a fourth-place finish at the 2006 Aussie Millions tournament in Melbourne, Australia, where he won more than $200,000.{{Cite web |last=Ruisi |first=Anne |date=April 26, 2009 |title=UA student snares $408,550 in poker |url=http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/04/post_49.html |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=AL.com |language=en-US}} During much of this time, Shorr was a civil engineering student at the University of Alabama.
Poker
In December 2013, Shorr was honored at #7 on GPI's "Poker Player of the Decade" list.{{Cite web |title=GPI 300 - The Official Global Poker Index – GPI Rankings |url=http://www.globalpokerindex.com/gpi-300/ |website=Global Poker Index}}
Shorr has amassed multiple tournament cashes worldwide each year, including 70 World Series of Poker cashes, of which ten were final tables. He has made four World Poker Tour final tables.
Shorr withdrew from The University of Alabama to play poker professionally in 2006 but returned for the fall semester of 2008. He graduated in 2010.{{Cite web |last=Lin |first=Dennis |date=2012-07-11 |title=Alabama grad Shannon Shorr 'ready to win' at World Series of Poker main event |url=https://www.al.com/sports/2012/07/alabama_grad_shannon_shorr_rea.html |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=AL.com |language=en}}
Shorr's live tournament winnings exceed $12,000,000.{{Cite web |title=Shannon Shorr's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=55619 |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} His 54 cashes at the WSOP account for $1,594,564 of those winnings.{{Cite web |title=Shannon Shorr |url=https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=11843 |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=WSOP.com}}
World Series of Poker Bracelets
References
External links
- [https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/35290-shannon-shorr Card Player profile]
- [https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/shannon-shorr/ PokerNews profile]
- [http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/players/playerprofile.asp?playerID=11843 WSOP profile]
- [http://www.cardplayer.com/players/results/Shannon_Shorr/35290 CardPlayer.com Database: Shannon Shorr]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060904054718/http://www.bluffmagazine.com/players/playerBIOs.asp?playerID=11843&pagecolor=FFFFFF Bluff Magazine: Shannon Shorr]
- [http://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-player_shannon-shorr PokerListings.com Profile]
- [https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=55619 Hendon Mob profile]
- [https://archive.today/20070923235645/http://www.pokulator.com/ten-questions/shannon-shorr.html Pokulator: 10 Questions w/ Shannon Shorr]
- [https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/shannon-shorr/ WPT profile]
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Category:American poker players