Georgios Skarparis

Georgios Skarparis

Nationality
Cyprus
Cyprus
GPI Rank 1,157
WSOP Bracelets 1
Total Live Earnings $904,334
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Biography

Georgios Skarparis is a Cypriot poker player best known for winning Event #78: $1,000 Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold'em at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas.

Skarparis' first recorded live results came in August 2015 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. He did not register another result until February 2019. The Cyprus native cashed in five events between February 2019 and December 2021 before upping the ante and significantly increasing his volume from 2022 onward.

In July 2022, Skarparis finished second in the $3,300 Metro Poker Retro Series in North Cyprus for $167,070. He narrowly missed out on a WSOP Circuit ring in September 2023, finishing fifth in a €550 No-Limit Hold'em event at WSOPC Tallinn.

During the 2024 WSOP, Skarparis won a $250 No-Limit Hold'em PokerNews Daily Deepstacks event for $17,193 and followed that up with a handful of cashes at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, the Aria, and The Wynn, including a $36,677 score for an 11th place finish in the $2,200 NLHE Mystery Bounty, part of the Wynn Summer Classic.

In July 2024, Skarparis outlasted 6,075 opponents in the $1,000 Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold'em for $554,925, his first bracelet, and became only the second-ever Cypriot to become a WSOP champion.

Georgios Skarparis' Top 5 Poker Results

DateEventPlacePrize
Jul 2024$1,000 Mini Main Event WSOP1st$554,925
Jul 2022$3,300 Merit Poker Retro Main Event2nd$167,070
Jun 2014$2,200 NLHE mystery Bounty$36,677 
Feb 2019Artermis Poker Classic3rd$24,992
Dec 2021Twins Deluxe Larnaca1st$18,008

PokerNews Covered Events

Event Place Prize
2024 Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series
$2,200 La Notte Degli Assi
126th $3,020
2024 Merit Poker Dolce Vita Series
$1,100 IPO Master
27th $4,485
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #78: $1,000 Mini Main Event
1st $554,925
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #62: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship
468th $1,261
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #28: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em
241st $3,004
2024 Mediterranean Poker Party
$1,100 Luxon Pay Mystery Bounty
35th $2,850
2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
$3,000 Mystery Bounty
92nd $4,000
2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
$1,100 Eureka Main Event
365th $1,675
2023 PokerNews Cup
$1,100 Mystery Bounty ($1,000,000 GTD)
235th $1,155
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #39: $1,500 Monster Stack
279th $6,808
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #26: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack
122nd $3,307
2022 Mediterranean Poker Party
$1,100 NLH MPP Open
44th $4,000
2022 Wynn Summer Classic
$2,200 Mystery Bounty
218th $3,675

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