Nikita Luther is a professional poker player from India with more than $440,000 in live tournament cashes.
Luther can be seen on the first season of GGPoker's Game of Gold, a poker reality competition on the GGPoker YouTube channel.
Through her career, Luther has won one WSOP bracelet in the 2018 WSOP Tag Team Event with her teammate Giuseppe Pantaleo. She also made deep runs in the 2021 WSOP Tag Team Event (15th - $2,288), the 2019 WSOP Bracelet Winners Only Event (13th - $3,584), and the 2018 $3,000 No Limit Hold’em Event (17th - $18,495).
In 2023, Luther also made a deep run in the WSOP Main Event, finding herself among the chip leaders at the end of Day 4.
Luther travels widely while playing poker. She has collected flags for cashes in tournaments in Macau, Vietnam, Nepal, Russia, Spain, Czechia, and the United States, as well as throughout India.
In November 2023, Luther was one of the stars of GGPoker's 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.
You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram, and watch her TED talk on “tackling uncertainty in life” on Youtube.
Nikita Luther Top Tournament Finishes
Date | Event | Place | Prize | Prize (USD) |
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February 7, 2023 | Asian Poker Tour ?4.4m Super Hold’em Hyper Turbo | 1st | ?85,370,000 | $3,622 |
June 27 2018 | Deltin Poker ?15,000 Deep Dive | 1st | ?680,000 | $9,531 |
February 7, 2019 | WSOP $1,000 Teams Event | 1st | - | $87,902 |
February 15, 2017 | Macau Poker Cup HK$4,000 NLH Teams Event | 1st | HK$48,124 | $6,202 |
December 3, 2015 | India Poker Championship ?6,250 Ladies Event | 1st | ?45,000 | $672 |