Poker Nation Signs Sumit Asrani as Team Pro

Poker Nation, an Essel group enterprise, has officially announced that Sumit Asrani (cover image)will be their brand ambassador and Team Pro. Asrani has joined team Poker Nation recently and put up a splendid performance at the inaugural Mahjong Poker Tournament.

Asrani will be hosting a bounty tournament on Poker Nation this Sunday, Feb 19 at 10 pm. This event features ₹50,000 in guaranteed prize money with an additional ₹10,000 bounty on Asrani.

Asrani is one of the more popular Indian poker players and has bagged several Indian and international poker titles both online and live. He has been playing poker for the last 7-8 years, and professionally for the last 4 years. His poker pursuits have taken him all across the country and even the World Series of Poker which clearly proves his passion for the sport.

“Signing Sumit as Poker Nation brand ambassador is an important step in helping promote the game among the youth in the country,” said Amrita Verma of Poker Nation.

On being a part of the Essel group and Poker Nation, Sumit Asrani stated, “It is an absolute honour to be a part of such a big organization and I think I have got the right support to take this game further in the country along with pokernation.com”.