Aliaksandr Shylko is a Belarusian poker player who won the 2023 PokerStars Players NL Hold'em Championship for $3,121,838.
He made a three-handed deal with with Germany's Max Menzel (2nd - $2,859,990) and Brazil's Philipe Pizzari (3rd - $2,524,871).
Shylko described his four-day journey to the final table as “smooth for the most part,” but the penultimate day proved much harder.
“I had some very tough spots against Sam Grafton and another English player – I made four hero folds which weren’t easy.”
Prior to the PSPC, Shylko's biggest victory was the €2,200 Eureka Rozvadov High Roller in May 2022, while his biggest cash with a fourth-place finish in the 2021 WSOP Circuit Main Event — also at King's Resort Rozvadov.
