Wednesday, 10 December 2014

Shilpa Bhagat : Mrs World 2013 and Poker Player



Crowned the Mrs. India last year, Shilpa Bhagat has been playing poker for the past three years recreationally. She made it to the final table in Event 6 of Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) in Macau.

She started playing 3 years ago when one of her friend visited India and throw a party which included Poker. Started for fun, she later liked the connection of mathematics with Poker and because of that only; she started playing more in home game and in small tournaments in Goa and Las Vegas.

She went to Macau to support and cheer Kunal Patni with her husband, but seeing Ladies Championship, her husband made her join the tournament. She says the experience she gained from there is no less than a dream and it has also given her more confidence on her aptitude for tournament poker. She also promises that we will be seeing her more in major poker tournaments and events.



She runs 2 NGO’s, one for the cancer and terminally ill kids and other which aids education and underprivileged. On her spare time, she might be either working for these NGO’s or will be taking care of her 5 year old twins, one of which is a great chess player. Making the kid practice chess makes her busy, although she finds some time to practice poker herself. 

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