PokerBaazi
| ISIN | 🆔 |
|---|---|
| Industry | Online poker |
| Founded 📆 | October 2014 |
| Founder 👔 | Navkiran Singh, Puneet Singh, Anirudh Chaudhry, Avneet Rana, and Varun Ganjoo |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , , |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| Parent | Baazi Networks Pvt. Ltd. (2014–present) |
| 🌐 Website | www |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
PokerBaazi is an Indian online poker room that offers their company users a chance to play poker professionally and win from others.[1][2]
History[edit]
PokerBaazi was founded in 2014 as an online poker start-up Company. It has five co-founders: Navkiran Singh, Puneet Singh, Anirudh Chaudhry, Avneet Rana, and Varun Ganjoo.[3][4]
Partnerships[edit]
In January 2018, PokerBaazi acquired a majority stake in the fantasy sports website BalleBaazi.com for an undisclosed amount.[5][6][7] In March 2018, PokerBaazi joined the Match Indian Poker League owned by the celebrity couple, Raj Kundra & Shilpa Shetty Kundra. It became the official title sponsor of Haryana Hawks.[8]
Events[edit]
In October 2017, PokerBaazi first conducted the biggest online tournament in India- The MoneyMaker- which had a prize pool in excess of Rs 1.21 Crore. It was a success and the company has rolled out six MoneyMakers since then.[9] PokerBaazi also runs PokerBaazi Premier League (PPL) four times a year. PPL is the biggest online poker series in India.[10] In April 2019, PokerBaazi launched a series of Free Entry Tournaments to target players who have either just started playing poker or are planning to give the game a shot.[4][11]
Brand ambassadors[edit]
In August 2016, the Bollywood film star Sunny Leone became the face of PokerBaazi. Later, in January 2018 the Indian professional boxer, Vijender Singh joined PokerBaazi as its brand ambassador.[2][12][13][14][15]
Social welfare[edit]
As its CSR engagement, PokerBaazi has been involved in social welfare initiatives such as 2018 Kerala floods relief, Clean Yamuna campaign and sustainable food development systems for underprivileged kids in the past.[14][16] It also announced to donate a share of the rake collected during its PokerBaazi Premier League Special Edition towards the education of underprivileged girls along with the expenses for their school uniforms, midday meals & transportation.[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ "India's poker startups industry worth $120 million slowly becoming a profit-making model". Economics Times. 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Vijender Singh is the new brand ambassador of PokerBaazi.com". ETBrandEquity. 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "PokerBaazi announces PPL Special Edition, sponsors 14 underprivileged girls #PlayForACause". Indian Express. 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "PokerBaazi launches redeemable free entry Poker Tournaments". Business Standard. 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
- ↑ "PokerBaazi to score with BalleBaazi". Techtrail. 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ↑ "BTI Executive Search expands India operations". Outlook India. 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ↑ "BTI Executive Search expands India operations". Business Standard. 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ↑ "PokerBaazi.com is the official Title Sponsor & Shareholder of Haryana Hawks that is competing in Match Indian Poker League". TVNews4u. 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ↑ "PokerBaazi's Moneymaker Returns With It's [sic] 5th Edition". SportsKeeda. 2018-05-09. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ↑ "PokerBaazi Premier League Returns with a Summer Edition". PokerFuse. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ↑ "Learn, Play & Win For Free - PokerBaazi Launches Exciting Free Entry Poker Tournaments!". LBB. 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
- ↑ "Indian Site PokerBaazi Sign Up Boxing Champ Vijender Singh". HighStakesDB. 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ↑ "PokerBaazi rope in Vijender for reach in Hindi heartland". Inside Sport. 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Vijender Singh spends time with underprivileged kids in Gurgaon". Times of India. 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ↑ "As e-sports pitch hots up, online gaming firms rope in big celebrities". Money Control. 2019-03-07. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
- ↑ "Boxer Vijender Singh interacts with underprivileged children at PokerBaazi welfare event". Yahoo News. 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
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