Chandrasekhar Billavara is a poker player who won a World Series of Poker bracelet in a $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event.[1]

Billavara is the first Indian born WSOP bracelet winner.

Billavara competes in a weekly home game with friends. He jokes that he looks forward to confronting his friends by stating, “Now, I will look at them and say – are you trying to bluff me? Are you crazy? Look at this gold bracelet on my wrist! You want to try [to] bluff me?” [2]

As of 2010, Billavara had tournament winnings of over $740,000.[3] His three cashes at the WSOP accounted for $734,607 of those winnings.[4]

World Series of Poker bracelets

Year Tournament Prize (US$)
2007 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em $722,914

References

  1. ^ "38th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2007, No Limit Hold'em: Hendon Mob Poker Database". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  2. ^ Dalla, Nolan (July 3, 2007). "WSOP NEWS: Ghandrasekhar-Billavara-2007-WSOP---Event-49-1500-NLHE--Winner-Profile". WSOP.com. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  3. ^ "Chandrasekhar Billavara's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  4. ^ "Chandrasekhar Billavara". WSOP.com. Retrieved April 6, 2024.


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