Pause as you read this. 28 million followers on Instagram, and a relatively modest 1.6
million on twitter. Dan Bilzerian is one of the world’s top 30 influencers. But
that’s not what he does all the time. He is a poker player to boot and how.
Voted as one of the finest poker players on twitter, his presence at the Indian
Poker Championships, has been the glitter and the icing with other Bollywood
star cast adding to the celeb content at the championship. The ‘Insta- King’ is
speculated to join a high stakes game on the same, according to the organizers.
Speaking at the press interaction which was held at BIG Daddy
Casino, actor Rannvijay Singh Singha said he had been playing poker for a while
and was quite excited to be present at such a big tournament. He felt it was
very good that such tournaments were being held because, he said he had
witnessed the improvement in players and watched them move up the world
rankings.
Rannvijay said “I have friends who play poker and the get to
travel to different places and the world infact is looking at IPC as one of the
biggest tournaments. The fact that I went down to the floor and saw the crowds,
its needs to be said the atmosphere was quite electrifying”.
The Spartan Poker’s Indian Poker Championship 2019 is being held
from Sep 11 to 15 at Big Daddy Casino
The event is returning to Goa after a break of three years and the organisers, Amin Rozani, Sameer Rattonsey, Peter Abraham and Rajiv Kanjani have made an effort to bring in the best. The professional poker player is popular for his ‘larger than life’ personality and enjoys over 28 million followers on Instagram. Along with actor Rannvijay Singha will be Kunal Khemu, Minnisha Lamba, film producer and actor Harman Baweja, as well as TV and film star Anita Hassanandani.