Sander Lylloff - Denmark

Born in 1982, Sander Lylloff is one of the youngest of the current Giants of Backgammon and took a huge leap from his 44th place ranking in the 2005 poll to this #4 spot in the 2007 poll.

Sander says he started out young in Denmark, playing lots of money games and chouettes in the clubs and cafes of Denmark. He began making his mark internationally by defeating Matvey “Falafel” Natanzon (currently Giant #1) in the Super Jackpot of the 2005 Las Vegas Open Backgammon Tournament. In fact, Natanzon himself says that he believes Lylloff should be #1.

Also in 2005, Lylloff and partner Mark Teltscher of England, finished second in the Pro Am backgammon event in Las Vegas. Little did they know then, that they would both meet in the final table of the Barcelona Open / EPT Poker tournament on September 1, 2007 and end up facing off for first place with Sander emerging victorious to take home an awesome €1,170,700 in prize money.

His amazing Poker triumph, came just a few weeks after Sander won the Main Championship flight of the PartoucheGammon Tour's Riviera Challenge on July 22, as well as first place in the Nations Cup international team event at the same venue with partner Morten Holm, current BG Giant #10, who is also from Denmark.