Nikita Luther
| Nikita Luther | |
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 Nikita Luther (2019) |
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| Personal information | |
| Year of birth | 1990 or 1991 |
| place of residence |
 New Delhi
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| Live Poker Tournament Achievements | |
| Highest prize money | $ 109,300 |
| Total prize money | $ 338,512 |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelets | 1 |
| Cashes | 9 |
| Best main event | no cash |
| Last updated: January 7, 2020 | |
Nikita Luther (* 1990 or 1991 ) is a professional Indian poker player . In 2017 she became the first Indian woman to win an international poker tournament and in 2018 she won a bracelet at the World Series of Poker .
Personal
Luther comes from Delhi . She attended the Sanskriti School in New Delhi and then did a Bachelor's degree from the University of Delhi . Luther lives in New Delhi.
Poker career
Luther learned poker on a friend's birthday. She has been taking part in renowned live tournaments since 2015 .
In the middle of February 2017, Luther and her compatriot Raghav Bansal won the team event of the Poker Cup in Macau , becoming the first Indian woman to win an international poker tournament. In early July 2017, she finished fifth at the Aria Poker Classic Main Event at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas and received $ 65,000 in prize money . At around the same time, Luther was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino and came in the money in three tournaments of the No Limit Hold'em variant . At the 2018 WSOP , Luther won the tag team event together with the German-Italian Giuseppe Pantaleo and was the first Indian woman to secure a bracelet and a shared prize of around 175,000 dollars. In June 2019 she reached the final table at the Zynga Poker WPT500 of the Aria Poker Classic and finished second, worth almost $ 110,000.
In total, Luther earned more than $ 300,000 in poker in live tournaments.
Web links
- Nikita Luther in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
- Nikita Luther in the database of the Global Poker Index (English)
- Nikita Luther in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Meet Nikita Luther-The girl changing perception of Indian masses about Poker on business-standard.com on April 10, 2017, accessed on November 10, 2019.
- ↑ a b c PokerNews India Exclusive: In Conversation With Nikita Luther on pokernews.com on January 7, 2019, accessed on November 10, 2019.
- ↑ a b c Nikita Luther in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 10, 2019.
- ↑ Macau Poker Cup 26 (HK $ 3,600 + 400 No Limit Hold'em - Teams Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 10, 2019.
- ↑ Aria 2017 Poker Classic ($ 500 + 65 WPT500 Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 10, 2019.
- ↑ Nikita Luther in the World Series of Poker database, accessed November 10, 2019.
- ↑ 49th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2018 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em - Tag Team (Event # 55)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 10, 2019.
- ↑ 2019 Aria Poker Classic ($ 500 + 65 No Limit Hold'em - Zynga Poker WPT500) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 10, 2019.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Luther, Nikita |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian poker player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1990 or 1991 |