Upeshka De Silva
American poker player
Upeshka De Silva is a Sri Lankan-American professional poker player from Katy, Texas. A three-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, he made the final table of the WSOP Main Event in 2020.
De Silva was born in 1988, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and moved to Katy in the United States when he was two years-old. He graduated from the University of Houston with degrees in history and political science.
At first, De Silva playen small home games with his high school friends. He got especially hooked on poker after the Moneymaker phenomenon and reading Doyle Brunson’s Super/System 2 book.
In 2012, he began his poker career playing private cash games in Texas. De Silva made his first WSOP final table in 2013 when he finished in seventh in the $1,500 Millionaire Maker event. In 2015, he won his first bracelet, outlasting a field of 1,655 in a $1,500 No Limit Hold'em event and earning $424,577. He also finished in 36th place in the Main Event that year.
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