Shahram Sheikhan
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 Sheikhan on NBC's Poker After Dark |
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| Nickname(s) | Sheiky The Iron Sheik |
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| Hometown | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Money finishes | 7 |
| Highest ITM main event finish | 11th (2005) |
Shawn "Sheiky" Sheikhan (born Shahram Sheikhan in Iran in 1969) is a professional poker player who currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife and daughter, a tennis prodigy. Sheikhan is the owner of a retail chain of tobacco and tattoo stores.
Sheikhan is known for playing a tight and non-aggressive style of poker, as well as venting his frustration in ways that have drawn the ire of fellow players. At the 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP) he got into a much-publicized war of words with Mike Matusow after Sheikhan slammed the table when seeing a flop on a hand he was not involved in. Both players got a penalty since Matusow used a vulgarity after Sheikhan made the inappropriate reaction that gave away what his hand was, thus giving other players who were still in the hand free information that may have altered the outcome of the hand.
In March 2006, Sheikhan made the final four of NBC's National Heads-Up Poker Championship (during the early rounds of which he told Gus Hansen, whom he eliminated, to just "throw away" his cards - Sheikhan had made Four of a kind), earning $125,000. He lost to eventual winner Ted Forrest.
As of 2006, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,000,000.
He has also appeared in the television series High Stakes Poker and Poker After Dark.
While driving in Las Vegas in 1999 during heavy rain, Sheikhan lost control of his vehicle and collided with another car, resulting in the death of one of its passengers. [1]
