Kanchan Sharma is a 27-year-old, well-recognized full-time poker player from Agra, Uttar Pradesh. She has completed her schooling in Agra and graduated from Delhi University with a commerce background. She also worked as an Instructional Designer for 3 years before picking poker as her full-time profession.
Kanchan Sharma has always been interested in card games, which made it easier for her to develop enthusiasm for poker. Her friend introduced the game to her and explained the basics while she learned the strategic and other aspects of the game from the sports stable. Poker is played in two editions- live poker and online poker, and the star player prefers the live one because it’s more fun and interesting.
Since Kanchan is a professional full-time poker player, she also manages to make time for other activities so that she can maintain a balance between her personal life and playing. In her recent interview, she said that she tries to take 1-2 days off a week and indulge in activities such as yoga, study, and review sessions. On her week offs, she does not play any games at all and has leisure time for her personal activities. Also, before her tournaments, she likes to meditate or do any kind of physical activity to help her focus better on the game.
This rising prominent poker player from India has bagged an EPT Prague package and also ranked first in the Sunday Super Stack tournament. As she continues to make progress in her gaming, many more achievements are yet to come her way in the coming years. Although she is doing well in her career, she has made a few mistakes while playing in the past, which she avoids and does not repeat in the future.
According to her, Sri Harsha is one of India’s best poker players, and there will be more of them in the coming years. Spartan Poker, PokerBaazi, Adda52, and PokerStars are some of the popular Indian websites where the player likes to play in tournaments as the platform offers several intense matches.
Although Poker is a dominating field, she suggests that aspiring female players keep up their dedication to the game and do their best. She also suggests they pay attention to their bankroll management and not be a passive player if they want to make a professional career in the industry.
Stellar Poker Resume BY Kanchan Sharma
Kanchan is a formidable force in online poker with an impressive 107 online poker titles and more than INR 7 Crores in online winnings. Her biggest online score to date is INR 18,59,690, which she earned IOPC #24 -1.50 Crore GTD in 2022. Some of her other notable titles include winning Destiny, Godfather, 1000X#4 Sunday Prime 35L GTD, Mega Suits, APT#26 DST 15L GTD (RE), etc.
When it comes to live felts, she has a remarkable resume with two prestigious live titles and final table finishers. Her first live title came in the DPT 10k Women’s Special in 2022 when she overcame a field of 24 entrants, winning INR 92,400 and a beautiful trophy along with it.
Kanchan Sharma, lifted her first WPT trophy in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime India 12.5K Ladies NLH! The poker pro from Agra came out on top of a 26-player field of talented women players and carried her final table chip lead to victory, winning her second Ladies’ event title for INR 1.33 Lakhs.
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