Shannon Shorr
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| Nickname(s) | None |
|---|---|
| Hometown | Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Money finishes | 3 |
| Highest ITM main event finish | 577th (2006) |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Titles | None |
| Final tables | None |
| Money finishes | 1 |
Shannon Shorr (born 1985 in Birmingham, Alabama) is a professional poker player, now living in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
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. During much of this time, Shorr was a civil engineering student at the University of Alabama.
In his first domestic tournaments, Shorr had second- and third-place finishes in a World Series of Poker circuit event in Lake Tahoe, then cashed in three tournaments at the WSOP itself, finishing 577th ad winning more than $20,000 in the main event. But while he was in Las Vegas for the WSOP, Shorr also took part in the Bellagio Cup II at the Bellagio Casino, and had much greater success — a win at an undercard no limit Texas hold 'em event worth $126,585, two more top-30 finishes, and then a victory in the main event with a top prize of just under a million dollars (though Shorr's actual winnings were in the neighborhood of $600,000 after cutting a deal with the other two reamining players, a frequent practice at big-money tournaments).
The Bellagio Cup win moved Shorr into third place in the Card Player Magazine Player of the Year rankings. As of September 1, 2006, Shorr had fallen to fourth place, and was ranked 91st in the Bluff Magazine Power Rankings.
Shorr grew up in Birmingham, where he was a baseball player at Shades Valley High School.
