Paawan Bansal is a popular Indian poker player. He is among the few Indian players who have played in foreign tournaments. According to TheHendonMob, he is 11th on the India All-Time Money List (as of August 2024). he has a good fan following in India and abroad, and several fans wonder what his net worth is or his salary amount. In this article, we try to calculate that.
Paawan is one of the very few Indian poker players active online. However, he isn’t overly active. One look at his Facebook profile suggests Bansal lives an ultra-comfortable lifestyle. He routinely posts about travels to Indian and foreign locales, including spiritual and exotic locations like Kedarkantha and Barcelona.
Paawan should also come from a financially comfortable family, as he attended the London School of Economics and Political Science and the University of Berkeley. He also hobnobs with some of the most popular Indian athletes and poker players, including Niklas Astedt and Mary Kom.
He also enjoys sports and activities like cycling and kayaking, and his Instagram is spruced with photos of his outings, giving proof of his comfortable lifestyle and financial stability. Now, let us delve into the financial information that’s available about Paawan.
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Bansal’s total live earnings are about ₹7 Crores. His first known cash-out was in 2015 at the India Poker Championship (IPC), Panjim, Goa, where he placed 8th and won approximately ₹1,75,000. He has also played at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) several times, and in 2018, he finished in the 2nd position at Event #75: The Closer – $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em (30-minute levels) – $1 Million Guarantee, where he was bested only by Joe Cada of the US and won the biggest ever cash-out by an Indian at WSOP, for $378,765 (~₹2.59 crore).
He also played the first WSOP after the pandemic in 2022, the 53rd Annual World Series of Poker, held in Bally’s Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas. He was part of 5 events, Event #85: $1,500 The Closer – No-Limit Hold’em, Event #82: $800 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack. He also participated in Event #54: $500 SALUTE to Warriors—No-Limit Hold’em, Event #51: $400 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em, and Event #37: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’em, cashing out substantial amounts.
Bansal has routinely played in other national and international tournaments and cashed out prizes worth lakhs. These figures give us an idea of Paawan Bansal’s net worth. His being on the 11th spot of the All-Time India Money list should be a further indication of his worth.
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However, it is difficult to find out the poker player’s actual net worth because that information is not publicly revealed. It’s also unknown whether poker is Bansal’s only source of income. At the time of writing, Bansal has not been involved in any major endorsement deals. As far as his salary is concerned, there’s no clarity about whether he is employed.
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Roy D’Silva is a published author and has covered various beats in his decade-long experience, including Bollywood, OTT and now poker. An avid cyclist and documentary buff, Roy’s looking to be right, front, and center of that one big story in the poker world.
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