{{Short description|American poker player (born 1977)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox poker player | name = Shane Schleger | nickname = shaniac | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1977}} | birth_place = {{nowrap|New York City, New York, U.S.}} | wsop bracelet count = | wsop money finishes = 12 | wsop main event best finish rank = | wsop main event best finish year = | wpt titles = | wpt final tables = 1 | wpt money finishes = 4 | ept titles = | ept final tables = | ept money finishes = 3 }}

'''Shane J. Schleger''' (born 1977 in New York City, New York) is a former professional poker player from New York City.<ref> [https://www.forbes.com/sites/susannahbreslin/2015/07/31/poker-crack-drugs/ Forbes Magazine. 31 July 2015]</ref> Schleger was a member of Team PokerStars from 2011 – 2014.<ref name="poke_Shan">{{Cite web |last=Holloway |first=Chad |date=January 2, 2014 |title=Shane "shaniac" Schleger and PokerStars Team Online Part Ways |url=http://www.pokernews.com/news/2014/01/schleger-stars-team-online-part-ways-17144.htm |access-date=February 25, 2015 |website=PokerNews}}</ref>

== Career ==

Schleger played online poker under the name '''shaniac''', he made two World Series of Poker (WSOP) final tables as well as a World Poker Tour (WPT) final Table.<ref name="WPTprofile">{{cite web|url=http://www.wptongsn.com/Shared/Players/Bios/S/Shane_Schleger.aspx |title=Shane Schleger&nbsp;– profile |accessdate=April 29, 2008 |work=World Poker Tour |publisher=WPTonGSN.com }}</ref> In October 2013, he made the WCOOP $5,200 buy-in main event final table, placing 6th for $291,000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SHANIAC Poker Results and Statistics |url=http://www.officialpokerrankings.com/pokerstars/shaniac/poker/results/533D17245D9D46CDA102F5E42238EBD4.html?t=2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402201548/http://www.officialpokerrankings.com/pokerstars/shaniac/poker/results/533D17245D9D46CDA102F5E42238EBD4.html?t=2 |archive-date=April 2, 2008 |website= Official Poker Rankings}}</ref>

Schleger finished fifth place on two separate occasions in the WSOP $1K with Rebuys event (grossing $132,110 in 2005 and $111,445 in 2007).<ref>{{Cite web |title=36th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2005, No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=8791 |access-date=March 30, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=38th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2007, No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=26152 |access-date=March 30, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref> In February 2006, he won $230,000 in a $300 no-limit hold 'em rebuy tournament at the Commerce Casino's LA Poker Classic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2006 L.A. Poker Classic, No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=16308 |access-date=March 30, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref> In July 2007, he finished fourth at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bellagio Cup III, cashing for $232,490.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bellagio Cup III, Bellagio Cup III - No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=27181 |access-date=March 30, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref>

Schleger is a former member of Team PokerStars Online, a group of internet poker players sponsored by the site.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 18, 2011 |title=Shane Schleger (shaniac) Joins PokerStars Team Online |url=https://contents.pokerstake.com/articles/shane-schleger-shaniac-joins-pokerstars-team-online-586237 |access-date=March 30, 2024 |website=PokerStake |language=en-US}}</ref> On April 15, 2011, a day dubbed Black Friday by online poker players, the Department of Justice unsealed an indictment against the three biggest poker sites, including PokerStars. Schleger was forced to resume his game outside of the United States and played from a base in Mexico.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wolbe |first=Trent |date=February 7, 2013 |title=Casinos without borders: 'I moved to Mexico to keep my job playing online poker' |url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/2/7/3836738/casinos-without-borders-moved-to-mexico-to-work-as-an-online-cardshark |access-date=March 29, 2024 |website=The Verge}}</ref>

As of 2016, his total live tournament winnings exceeded $1,400,000.<ref name="stats">{{Cite web |title=Shane J Schleger's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=38423 |access-date=March 30, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life == Schleger resides in Santa Monica, California. With a history of mental illness and substance abuse,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schleger |first=Shane |date=February 16, 2015 |title=My Breakdown |url=https://www.nypress.com/news/my-breakdown-OFNP1019991012310129985 |access-date=March 30, 2024 |website=New York Press |language=en-US}}</ref> Schleger has admitted an addiction to crack cocaine stating, "I expect to smoke a lot less crack in 2014 than I did in 2013 but I’d be setting myself up for failure if I made abstinence a goal."<ref name="poke_News">{{Cite web| title = News: Shane Schleger admits 15-year crack habit| work = PokerStrategy| date = March 4, 2014| accessdate = February 25, 2015| url = http://www.pokerstrategy.com/news/world-of-poker/Shane-Schleger-admits-15-year-crack-habit_81805/}}</ref><ref name="slat_Fift">{{Cite web |last=Schleger |first=Shane |date=February 28, 2014 |title=Fifteen Years Smoking Crack: Life in the Space Between Abstinence and Rock Bottom |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/life/dispatches/2014/02/fifteen_years_smoking_crack_life_in_the_middle_ground_between_total_abstinence.html |access-date=February 25, 2015 |website=Slate Magazine}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==External links== * [http://www.pokertips.org/weekly.shuffle/archives/2006-05-14 Pokertips.org interview] *[https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/10277-shane-schleger Card Player profile] * [https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=38423 Hendon Mob profile] * [https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=2467 WSOP profile]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schleger, Shane}} Category:American poker players Category:Living people Category:Game players from New York City Category:1977 births Category:Sportspeople from Santa Monica, California