Nikita Luther

Nikita Luther (born 20 January 1991) is an Indian professional poker player based in Greater Kailash, New Delhi.

Nikita is the first Indian female poker player who won a bracelet in the 2018 World Series of Poker.

Currently, she is mentoring her insights at the ‘Super Bowl’ of poker championship in India and COO of Poker Sports League.

Early life Nikita Luther was born into a military family and raised in Delhi. She completed her schooling from "Sanskriti School", Delhi followed by a bachelor’s degree from Delhi University.

Career Nikita started playing poker on an American based poker platform called Zynga, until finally when she got a chance to play poker at a friend’s birthday in 2015 for real money. After realizing her penchant for poker & she started playing poker full time.

She pursued poker because her passion for the game is deeply rooted in her love for mathematics and its logical structure, which she compares to solving intricate math puzzles. She was drawn to the game after recognizing that it wasn’t about luck but a skill-based sport requiring strategic thinking, probability analysis, and psychological insight, qualities she naturally excelled in through her mathematical acumen.

Luther along with another poker player Raghav Bansal won Macau Poker Cup team event in February 2017. In June 2017, she won 5th place in the Aria Poker Classic Main Event, which awarded her $65,000.

Nikita is the brand ambassador of Natural8 India, Asia's online poker room.

Nikita Luther can also be seen in Karan Johar's The Traitors India, an Amazon Prime web series. Where she won the show with Urfi Javed.

Awards 2018 WSOP $1,000 NLH Tag Team Event in Las Vegas 2015 India Poker Championship Ladies Event Title

World Series of Poker bracelets YearTournamentPrize (US$)2018$1,000 Tag Team No Limit Hold'em$175,805