Shawn Sheikhan

Shahram "Shawn" Sheikhan (born 29 December 1969) is a professional poker player who currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife and daughter.

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.

[7] While driving in heavy rain during the 1999 Las Vegas flood, Sheikhan lost control of his vehicle and collided with another car, resulting in the death of one of its passengers.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actively searches for foreign nationals who were convicted of a sexual crime against children and then tries to get them deported.

[11] In June 2022, Sheikhan pled guilty to operating illegal marijuana dispensaries in Southern California; in November 2023, he was sentenced to four years in federal prison.