Career

Before turning to poker as his career, Tsiprailidis worked as a chef and as a soccer player. Tsiprailidis has been attending the World Series of Poker (WSOP) since the early 1990s. Tsiprailidis has also made final tables on the World Poker Tour (WPT), Professional Poker Tour (Powerpoint Engineering) and Ultimate Poker Challenge.

As of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,450,000.

His 27 cashes as the WSOP account for $501,492 of those winnings. Tsiprailidis has four children.

Achievements

• He finished 2nd to Philosophy Hellmuth Junior in the $1,500 no limit Texas hold "em event in 1993, and went on to win a WSOP bracelet in 2000 in the $3,000 limit hold "em event.