‘Poker Sports League’ is the brainchild of Amit Burman, Anuj Gupta and Pranav Bagai and focuses on intellectual and mind challenges to popularize Poker.
In the first edition, the PSL consists of 12 teams with a total of 108 players. The players are competing for the prize money of INR 3.36 crore. Each team consists of 9 players (1 mentor/captain, 2 pro players, 2 from free live qualifiers, 2 from free online qualifiers, 2 wild card entries).
The 12 teams and their team owners are –
BENGALURU JOKERS: Kunal Shah (Co - Founder, FreeCharge);
CHENNAI BULLS: Girish Mathrubootham (Co-Founder, FreshDesk); Mithun Sacheti (Co-Founder, CaratLane);
DELHI PANTHERS: Rishi Kajaria of Kajaria Ceramics; Ruchirans Jaipuria of Jaipuria Group; Abhishek Jain of Leela Jewels ; Gaurav Goel of Dhampur Sugar;
GOAN NUTS: Gaurav Mohan of Eventwala;
GUJRAT ACERS: Harish Bahl of Smile Group; Manish Vij of Smile Group; Mukesh Agarwal of VITWO LLP;
HARYANA HUNTERS: Amrish Rau (Co-Founder, Citrus Payment) ; Jitendra Gupta (Co-Founder, Citrus Payment);
HYDERABAD KINGS: Amit Shah of IIFL-Wealth; Karan Bhagat of IIFL-Wealth; Yatin Shah of IIFL-Wealth;
KOLKATA ROYALS: Ankkit Bhadur of Playboy North; Taarun V Jain of Legend Group;
MUMBAI ANCHORS: Mehul Shah - Original Promoter of Anchor Electrical;
PUNE SHARKS: Rishabh Jhunjhunwala from Bhilwara Group; Shamit Khemka from Synapse India; Chetan Kajaria from Kajaria Ceramics; Sachin Goel;
PUNJAB BLUFFERS: Aditya Munjal from Hero Cycles Group; Arjun Jain from White Fox, Shiva Vig from Anika International;
RAJASTHAN TILTERS: Purrshottam Bhaggeria from Filatex Group.
The team selection ceremony will be held with the team owners and founders of PSL- Amit Burman, Pranav Bagai, CEO, PSL, Nikita Luther, COO, PSL and Anuj Gupta, Founder of Adda52.com.
