Mukul Pahuja

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Mukul Pahuja
Mukul Pahuja (2014)
Mukul Pahuja (2014)
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1985 or 1986
place of birth United StatesUnited States New York City
Nickname
NJ_NeVerMuKWSOP.com
place of residence United StatesUnited States Coconut Creek
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 872,625
Total prize money $ 5,308,209
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 40
Best main event 95th ( 2019 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 20th
  Main Event of party poker Live  
title no
Cashes 3
Last updated: August 3, 2020

Mukul Pahuja (born 1985 or 1986 in New York City , New York ) is a professional American poker player . He was named Player of the Year on the World Poker Tour in 2013-14.

Personal

Pahuja was born in Queens and grew up on Long Island with three older siblings . Following the example of his brother Vineet “Vinny” Pahuja , he worked like him first in finance on Wall Street and later became a professional poker player. Pahuja lives in Coconut Creek .

Poker career

Pahuja has been participating in renowned live tournaments since 2008 .

Pahuja won his first tournament prize money at events in Atlantic City . At the local Circuit Event of the World Series of Poker , he finished fourth in December 2009 Main Event and then won a tournament variant No-Limit Hold'em , giving him a total of about 125,000 US dollars earned. At the beginning of June 2010 he was successful for the first time in the main tournament series of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and came in the money in two tournaments. In August 2011, the American finished fourth in the main tournament of the Florida State Poker Championships in Pompano Beach, which was worth over 90,000 US dollars. He finished third at the main event of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in late August 2013 in Hollywood , Florida , and received the highest cash prize of his career of more than $ 870,000. In early December 2013, he sat at the final table of the World Poker Tour (WPT) main event in Montreal and finished the tournament in second place, which was paid for over $ 360,000. Then Pahuja reached the final table at the WPT Main Event in February 2014 in Coconut Creek , in March 2014 in San José and in mid-April 2014 in Hollywood. There he took eighth, fourth and second place and secured prize money of more than one million US dollars. Because of these successes, he was named Player of the Year in the tournament series at the end of the 2013/14 WPT season . At the 2014 WSOP , the American made it into the money for the first time in the main event and finished in 101st place, worth over 50,000 US dollars. As in the previous year, he sat at the final table of the WPT Montreal Main Event in November 2014 and finished third, for which Pahuja received around 200,000 Canadian dollars . In December 2014, he won the main event of the WSOP circuit in Atlantic City, which was awarded just under 150,000 US dollars. At the Venetian Resort Hotel in Las Vegas, he won a deep stack tournament in mid-June 2015 with a grand prize of $ 222,000. At the end of October 2015, Pahuja finished second in the High Roller of the European Poker Tour in Malta and received around 290,000 euros . In mid-February 2016, he won the main event of the WSOP circuit in West Palm Beach with a grand prize of nearly 200,000 US dollars. In June 2016, the American finished second in a deep stack event at the Venetian and received $ 300,000 from a deal with Thomas Boivin . At the WSOP 2019 , Pahuja landed in the main event in 95th place, which was paid for just under 70,000 US dollars.

Overall, Pahuja has earned more than US $ 5 million playing poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Commons : Mukul Pahuja  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b A Poker Life: Mukul Pahuja on cardplayer.com from June 6, 2014, accessed on August 3, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c Mukul Pahuja in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 3, 2020 (English).
  3. ↑ WSOP Circuit - WSOPC Atlantic City ($ 4,900 + 250 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 3, 2020.
  4. ↑ WSOP Circuit - WSOPC Atlantic City ($ 2,000 + 150 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 3, 2020.
  5. ↑ Mukul Pahuja in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on August 3, 2020.
  6. ↑ 2011 Florida State Poker Championships ($ 5,300 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 3, 2020.
  7. ↑ Seminole Hard Rock 2013 Poker Open ($ 5,300 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 3, 2020.
  8. ↑ Playground Poker Fall Classic 2013 ($ 3,500 + 350 No Limit Hold'em - WPT Montreal Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 3, 2020.
  9. ↑ World Poker Tour - WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open ($ 3,500 No Limit Hold'em Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 3, 2020.
  10. ↑ Mukul Pahuja is the WPT Season XII Player of the Year on worldpokertour.com from April 24, 2014, accessed on August 3, 2020 (English).
  11. ↑ 45th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2014 ($ 10,000 World Championship - No Limit Hold'em (Event # 65)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 3, 2020.
  12. ↑ World Poker Tour - WPT Montreal (C $ 3,500 + 350 No Limit Hold'em WPT Montreal) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 3, 2020 (English).
  13. ↑ WSOP Circuit - WSOPC Atlantic City ($ 1,675 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event (Event # 9)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 3, 2020.
  14. ↑ Deep Stack Extravaganza III ($ 1,600 No Limit Hold'em # 28) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 3, 2020.
  15. ↑ European Poker Tour - EPT Malta (€ 10,000 + 300 # 61 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 3, 2020 (English).
  16. ↑ WSOP Circuit - WSOPC West Palm Beach ($ 1,675 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event (Event # 10)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 3, 2020.
  17. ↑ Deep Stack Extravaganza III ($ 1,100 No Limit Hold'em # 19 MSPT) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 3, 2020.
  18. ↑ 50th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2019 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - WSOP Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 3, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Pahuja, Mukul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES NJ_NeVerMuK (Nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 1985 or 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Queens , New York City , New York , United States