Vivek Rajkumar

Vivek Rajkumar is a former professional poker player.

Vivek Rajkumar
Vivek Rajkumar at 2008 World Series of Poker
ResidenceSanta Monica, California
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)None
Money finish(es)14
Highest ITM
Main Event finish		197th, 2013, 2015
World Poker Tour
Title(s)1
Final table(s)3
Money finish(es)10
European Poker Tour
Title(s)None
Final table(s)None
Money finish(es)1

Early life

Rajkumar was born in India and grew up in Singapore and Seattle. He graduated with a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Washington in 2005, after which he worked at Microsoft as a Software Engineer.[1]

Career

Rajkumar has interests in social media, gaming, hard technology, and sports betting and invests heavily in these verticals. His angel investment firm, Fikir Ventures, invests in teams that are "obsessively motivated about what they're working on and mission driven." [2] His public investments include Metric Gaming,[3] Compose Labs,[4] and MSI.[5] The firm partners with entrepreneurs at the earliest stage, often when they are just at the idea stage.[2]

Rajkumar has also been involved in tournament poker. In 2008, he won the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open Main Event, securing a cash prize of $1,424,500. He won two notable hands as a big underdog - once with pocket Tens versus pocket Aces before the flop (18% chance of winning), and the final hand with Ace Jack versus Ace Queen (26% chance of winning). The loss of either hand would have resulted in him being knocked out of the tournament. He has also won smaller field events including the 2008 LA Poker Classic $2,500 No Limit Hold'em event[6] and the 2009 L.A. Poker Classic $9,900 No Limit Hold'em event.[7]

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gollark: "Fortunately", the UK has a law which just preemptively bans all psychoactive things.
gollark: The calculations are doable by hand (and slide rule or something) and you can switch on/off all the engines with a noncomputery system.
gollark: Maybe you could specifically not allow general-purpose/stored-program computers.
gollark: You could technically do that by hand and/or with simple mechanical switchy things. It would just be annoying.

References
  1. "Under the Needle: UW grad gives it all up for poker". seattlepi.com. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  2. "Fikir Ventures". Fikir Ventures. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  3. "Metric Gaming". www.metricgaming.com. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  4. "Compose Labs".
  5. "Vivek Rajkumar". angel.co. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  6. "2008 L.A. Poker Classic". thehendonmob.com. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
  7. "2009 L.A. Poker Classic". thehendonmob.com. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
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