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Billirakis won the first tournament of the [[2007 World Series of Poker]] winning the $5,000 World Championship Mixed Hold'em Limit/No-Limit [[2007 World Series of Poker results#Event 1|event]] after beating Canadian poker player and former professional hockey player [[Greg Mueller]] [[heads-up]].<ref>[http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/2007/06/04/a-new-youngest-wsop-bracelet-winner-steve-billirakis-smokes-the-final-table.html Pokerworks.com: A New Youngest WSOP Bracelet Winner: Steve Billirakis Smokes the Final Table]</ref> Billirakis won $536,287 and became the then youngest [[World Series of Poker|WSOP]] bracelet winner in history, having won the event only 11 days after his 21st birthday.<ref>[http://www.pokerpages.com/tournament/result17397.htm Pokerpages.com: Event #1 - WSOP No Limit Hold'em World Championship Mixed Hold'em]</ref> The previous record holder was [[Jeff Madsen]], who had set the record only the year before. Billirakis' record was broken on the 10 September 2007 when [[Annette Obrestad]] won the main event of the [[World Series of Poker Europe]] where the age limit was only 18 years. Prior to signing up for this mixed hold'em event, Billirakis had never played limit hold'em. His friends gave him a crash course in the days leading up to the event.<ref>ESPN's coverage of the 2007 World Series of Poker, Episode 1</ref>
On one key hand when they were heads up, Mueller had made top pair against Billirakis's trips. When Billirakis raised on the river, Mueller made a [[feint]] of putting chips into the pot to attempt to get a read on whether Billirakis wanted him to call. While not a formal breach of the rules, [[ESPN]] commentator [[Norman Chad]] opined that such plays "ain't kosher" according to poker etiquette.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbIjE1LsEi8 |title=Wsop 2007 Bracelet Event 5k$ mixed hold'eim world champ 5/5 |accessdate=2009-06-19}}</ref>
In November 2008, Billirakis won a [[WSOP Circuit Event]] - Horseshoe Hammond, $5,150 Championship, earning $208,885.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pokerlistings.com/blog/wsopc/season5/billirakis-super-fans-smokey-takes-chicago |title=Billirakis' Superfans: Smokey Takes Chicago |accessdate=2008-11-03 |last=Laukkanen |first=Owen |date=2008-11-02 |work=PokerListings.com }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/article/5427/wsop-steve-billirakis-wins-the-hammond-circuit-event |title=WSOP -- Steve Billirakis Wins the Hammond Circuit Event |accessdate=2008-11-03 |last=Lucchesi |first=Ryan |date=2008-11-03 |work=CardPlayer.com }}</ref>
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