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15 Sep, 2022 #ThrowbackThursday: Abhishek Goindi Shares A Photo From IPC 2019

Poker Bootcamp India co-founder, Abhishek Goindi went down memory lane and posted a #ThrowbackThursday photo of his time at the India Poker Championship (IPC) 2019. The poker pro took to his Instagram stories to post a group picture of him with fellow pro Gaurav Sood, Sangeeth Mohan, an...

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04 Feb, 2021 #ThrowbackThursday: When Kushal Jain & Anish Patra cashed INR 15 lakh each

Two years ago, on this day, Anish Patra aka ‘Illusionist’ won the Two of a Kind (2.o.K) INR 15 Lakh GTD tournament. Following Patra, Kushal Jain aka ‘Kush044’ was the runner-up of this exciting tournament. Patra and Kushal won INR 15,11,125 respectively and they were followed by ‘...

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29 Oct, 2020 Throwback to when the first woman won an open event at the WSOP!

When Barbara Enright started playing poker at home from the age of 4, little did she know that she would hold an irreplaceable place in the history of poker! Yes, a woman you must look upto indeed! An American professional poker player, Barbara is also a motivational speaker, and Edito...

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22 Oct, 2020 Throwback to when Ram Vaswani reached 4 EPT finals and made history!

This English poker player, known as ‘Crazy Horse’ is the youngest member of The Hendon Mob and is of Indian origin. He is none other than Ram Vaswani, a regular on the poker circuit. Originally an English professional snooker player, Vaswani is the first and till today, the ...

Throwback to when a fifteen year old won $ 2.01 million !

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08 Oct, 2020 Throwback to when a 15-year old girl won $2.01 Million!

Children in the 21st century are capable of much more than what you and I can even think of! One such story is of a prodigy, Annette Obrestad. She is now a Youtuber, who started playing online poker at a very young age and in 2007 she won the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe [&hel...

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10 Sep, 2020 Throwback to Vanessa Selbst outlasting Kevin Pollak to win $1M

Back in 2015, poker pro Vanessa Selbst won the $1 million winner-take-all top prize in Poker Central’s Super High Roller Celebrity Shootout, which was an invite-only freeroll. Newly established Poker Central aired the tournament live on NBC Sports, two single table tournaments. One tabl...

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03 Sep, 2020 Throwback to Victoria Mitchell winning a few million dollars!

The word ‘Victoria’ reminds a person from Mumbai about the iconic horse carts on the streets of Gateway of India. The Victoria that our Poker industry boasts about is, ‘Victoria Coren Mitchell’. Poker pro Victoria Mitchell is the first woman player to win two Eu...

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17 Sep, 2020 How WSOP 2003 led to the Moneymaker Effect!

“To be honest, I didn’t know it was a satellite. If I knew I never would have played it.” — Chris Moneymaker Chris Moneymaker Bryan is why most of us still play poker. His journey to glory has been labelled in history and probably changed poker forever. From being an avid gambler in his...

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11 Jun, 2020 How Kevin Roster completed his dream of playing in the World Series

The Ambassador of Inspiration, Gail Lynne Goodwin rightly says that “Dreams and passion are more powerful than facts and reality.” After one last dance in Las Vegas, Kevin Roster slept peacefully leaving behind a legacy in his final days at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) a...

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04 Jun, 2020 Greg Merson: From exorcising demons to winning the 2012 WSOP ME

If COVID-19 wouldn’t have been a part of our lives right now, we’d watching the most enthralling poker series ever! The World Series of Poker (WSOP) was supposed to host its 51st annual event in 2020. However, the pandemic cannot stop us from rewinding our memories, years sp...