# Nikita Luther

Nikita Luther (born January 17, 1991) popularly known as the Superwoman of Indian poker, is an Indian professional poker player from New Delhi.
Nikita is the first Indian female Poker player who won a bracelet in the 2018 World Series of Poker.
Cuurently, she is the Brand Ambassador of Natural8 India.

## Early life

Nikita Luther was born into a military family and raised in Delhi. She completed her schooling from "Sanskriti School", Delhi followed by a bachelor's degree from Delhi University.

## Poker career

Nikita started playing poker on an American-based app on Facebook called Zynga, until she finally got a chance to play poker for real money at a friend's birthday in 2015. After realizing her penchant for poker, she began playing full time.
She pursued poker because her passion for the game is deeply rooted in her love for mathematics and its logical structure, which she compares to solving intricate math puzzles. She was drawn to the game after recognizing that it wasn't about luck but a skill-based sport requiring strategic thinking, probability analysis, and psychological insight, qualities she naturally excelled in through her mathematical acumen.
In 2015, Nikita won her first title which was the ladies' event at the Indian Poker Championship in Goa. She has also made it to the final table of three other big tournaments, finishing second, fourth, and eighth.
Luther along with another poker player Raghav Bansal won Macau Poker Cup team event in February 2017. In June 2017, she won 5th place in the Aria Poker Classic Main Event out of 3541 entries.
In 2018, at the age of 27, Nikita Luther won her first WSOP bracelet at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas, Nevada. Competing in the Tag Team Event alongside German-Italian poker player Giuseppe Pantaleo, she became one of the champions in a series that featured participants from 88 countries and over 123,000 entries across multiple tournaments. She was the only female player to win a WSOP gold bracelet that year.
Subsequently, she made x final tables throughout her career which included a 2nd place out of 1932 entries in Aria Poker Classic, Las Vegas again posting India's first 6 figure score in 2019.
Nikita is the first Indian woman to finish in top 100 of the WSOP Main Event out of over 10,000 entries and was even lauded by 17-time bracelet winner Phil Helmuth.
She is the highest-ranked female poker player in the Global Poker Index for Indian Ladies in 2020.
Nikita Luther was chosen as the captain of Team India for the first-ever WPT Global Teams Event in Incheon, South Korea, held in September 2018. Her leadership was praised by her teammates, who highlighted her strong form, competitive spirit, and strategic acumen as key assets to the team.
In November 2023, Luther was one of the stars of Poker After Dark hybrid of reality-TV with poker-TV, Game of Gold. Her team won the first round, making her a team captain going into the second week of the show.
More recently Nikita Luther can also be seen in Karan Johar's "The Traitors India", an Amazon Prime web series expected to release in 2025.

## Awards and honors

* India Poker Championship Ladies Event Title, 2015
* Poker Stars Trophy, Macau Poker Cup, 2017
* Deltin Poker Tournament title 2019
* Asia Poker Tour Title, 2023
* Indian Team Captain at Global Teams Event organized by World Poker Tour in Seoul, South Korea

## World Series of Poker bracelets

| Year | Tournament | Prize (US$) |
| 2018 | $1,000 Tag Team No Limit Hold'em | $175,805 |