Nipun Java

Nipun Java
Nipun Java (2019)
Personal information
place of birth	Calcutta
Nicknames 0	JavatiniPokerStars JavatiniiFull Tilt Poker, BlackChip, Lock Poker & WSOP.com
place of residence	los Angeles
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	0.$ 270,509
Total prize money	$ 2,722,801
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	2
Cashes	34
Best main event	256th ( 2014 )
Main Event of the World Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	11
Main Event of party poker Live
title	no
Cashes	1
Last updated: January 8, 2020

Nipun Java (* in Calcutta ) is a professional Indian poker player . He is two-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .

Personal

Before starting his poker career, Java worked as a software developer . He lives in Los Angeles .

Poker career

Career

Java has been playing online since November 2007 under the nicknames Javatini ( PokerStars ) and Javatinii ( Full Tilt Poker , BlackChip , Lock Poker and WSOP.com) . His tournament earnings are over $ 450,000 . Since 2009 he has also been taking part in renowned live tournaments .

Java was the end of May 2010 for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas successful and died in a tournament variant No-Limit Hold'em in the money. In February 2014, he finished second in an LA Poker Classic tournament in Los Angeles , which was paid for around $ 115,000. A month later, Java won the main event of the WSOP circuit tournament in Los Angeles and received a prize of just under $ 230,000. At the 2014 WSOP , he reached the fifth day of the tournament in the main event , where he was eliminated in 256th place, worth almost $ 40,000. At the end of June 2015 , Java sat at his first WSOP final table and finished second in an event in Six Handed Pot Limit Omaha for around $ 270,000, which is his highest prize money to date. At the 2017 WSOP , Java won a tag team event together with fellow countryman Aditya Sushant , for which the two received a prize of more than 150,000 dollars and became the first Indian bracelet winners ever. A month later, Java secured another tournament victory in the online championship of the tournament series and received a prize of almost 240,000 dollars and his second bracelet . In early August 2017, he also prevailed at a deep stack event at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in Hollywood , Florida , and received the grand prize of around $ 230,000.

Overall, Java has earned more than $ 2.5 million in live poker tournaments, making it the second most successful Indian poker player after Vivek Rajkumar .

Bracelet overview

Java cashed 34 times at the WSOP and won two bracelets :

year	Buy-in (in $ )	competition	Attendees	Prize money (in $)
2017	1000	Tag team no-limit hold'em	0843	150,637shared with Aditya Sushant
	1000	WSOP.com Online No-Limit Hold'em Championship	1312	237,688

Web links

Commons : Nipun Java  - Collection of Images

• Nipun Java in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
• Nipun Java in the database of the Global Poker Index (English)
• Nipun Java in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)
• Nipun Java in the database of Pocket Fives (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Nipun Java in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on January 5, 2019.
2. ↑ Javatinii in the PocketFives database, accessed January 5, 2019.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Nipun Java in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 5, 2019 (English).
4. ↑ 41st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 5, 2019.
5. ↑ WPT - LA Poker Classic ($ 1,600 No Limit Hold'em Playboy $ 500,000 Guarantee) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 5, 2019.
6. ↑ WSOP Circuit - Los Angeles ($ 1,675 No Limit Hold'em Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 5, 2019.
7. ↑ 45th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2014 ($ 10,000 World Championship - No Limit Hold'em (Event # 65)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 5, 2019.
8. ↑ 46th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2015 ($ 3,000 Pot Limit Omaha Six Handed (Event # 46)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 5, 2019.
9. ↑ 48th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2017 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em - Tag Team (Event # 10)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 5, 2019.
10. ↑ WSOP News: Nipun Java and Aditya Sushant make history in $ 1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em on wsop.com on June 7, 2017, accessed on January 5, 2019.
11. ↑ 48th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2017 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em - WSOP.com Online Championship (Event # 71)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 5, 2019.
12. ↑ 2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open ($ 570 No Limit Hold'em - Deep Stack (Event # 1)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 5, 2019.
13. ↑ India All Time Money List in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 5, 2019.