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PokerBaazi.com is an Indian online poker room that offers their users a chance to play poker professionally.

History
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. [2]

Partnerships
In January 2018, PokerBaazi acquired a majority stake in the fantasy sports website BalleBaazi.com for an undisclosed amount. 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.

Events
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. PokerBaazi also runs PokerBaazi Premier League (PPL) four times a year. PPL is the biggest online poker series in India.

Brand Ambassadors
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.

Social Welfare
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.