Raised in Chandigarh, Raman moved to the US to pursue a degree in computer engineering. He graduated from UCLA with a degree in Mathematics of Computations and started working for a day trading firm in LA as a scalper. When the firm shut down their LA operations, he was asked to move to Vegas and trade from his mentor’s home.  “There I got a chance to learn more about poker from poker pros who would come to our place to learn trading from my mentor.  In 2003 I started grinding online SNGs on Party Poker and PokerStars – play money at first and then low buy in ones.  I deposited $50 in my Party Poker account and moved up in stakes fairly quickly, and soon, it was hard to think of doing anything else for a living.  Over the next few years I played almost everything online – cash games, MTTs, SNGs, HU tourneys, HU cash” - commented Raman on how he got started in poker.

He continued his poker journey with his first trip to Goa - “In early 2010 I came to Goa for an IPRT tournament which I happened to win but more importantly, the trip introduced me to the cash game scene in Goa.  I was introduced to Craig Wildman and Phillip Sanders who had been doing an excellent job of bringing poker to India and still continue to do so.  In my opinion, they deserve a lot of credit for the growth of poker in India, and their Casino Royale poker room is by far the most professionally managed place to play live in India.  They were both very supportive and I moved to Goa soon after and have been playing cash games since.”

After settling in Goa to play poker, Raman inevitably got acquainted with the PokerGuru Team - “PokerGuru’s presence in the poker scene in India has been growing ever since I came to Goa and after spending some time with Aditya “Intervention” Agarwal and his team of PokerGuru Pros, getting associated with them was just a matter of time.  In a job environment full of hustlers, they are such a fantastic bunch of guys – all of them … funny, easy going, talented and motivated and trustworthy.  I’d like to thank them for this opportunity and look forward to contributing through forums, blogs and strategy articles." Raman is mentor to the PokerGuru Pro Team and you can read his blogs exclusively on www.pokerguru.in