Adda52 Game Ambassadors

Pratibha Arya

Pratibha Arya, a computer science engineer, started her professional poker career in June 2017. In her final year of ‌college, she joined a poker stable— an informal group that coaches aspiring players. Since learning poker competently demanded a full-time commitment, Pratibha took a leap of faith. She left her job placement as a software developer at Adobe Systems to pursue her poker dream. Ever since then, there has been no looking back for her. Starting from a very young age, she quickly increased the stakes and is now playing at the highest stakes in the country.

Pratibha has also represented and won various awards internationally at the Asian Nations Cup held in Bangkok and Oxford, London. She has also been awarded ‌Player of the League in several such competitions. In addition to that, she was also a part of the televised league called ‘MatchPoker’, which was showcased on MTV, where her team won 4 out of 5 consecutive years.

She also holds a WPT trophy in the WPT 6-Max India championship on Adda52.

Pratibha is primarily an online high-stakes cash game player who likes to travel to get in on her quota of live games at various casinos worldwide to live the poker dream. Along with being a regular at the online cash game tables, she is all set for her new association with Adda52 as their Game Ambassador and writing a new chapter of success.

Maria Kirloskar

Maria Kirloskar is a professional poker player and mental game coach. She has been playing poker on the Indian circuit for nearly 8 years, 4 of which she has spent coaching players to improve their mindset.

Before her poker career, Maria spent over 25 years in the corporate world, holding senior positions in corporate/marketing communications, knowledge management, and business research. 

Maria started her mental game coaching practice in 2018, catering exclusively to poker players in India and has coached more than 60 players across formats during that time.

As the Adda52 Game Ambassador, she looks forward to helping the Poker community improve its mental game.

Ram Kakkar

Ram Kakkar, a 39-year-old lawyer living in Goa, is a serious poker aficionado. He has played poker online regularly for a few years and has achieved tremendous success and respect among his peers. 

He also has several titles in live poker games, including the winner’s title of the ACL 2022 and a runner-up finish at a WSOP circuit event in 2018. Ram is among the few players to have participated in all four seasons of the Poker Sports League.

As the Adda52 Game Ambassador, Ram is excited to contribute to developing Poker as a skill game in India and guide young Poker enthusiasts to new heights.

Arun Sriram

Arun Sriram is an entrepreneur turned poker pro from Bangalore. He has played poker professionally since August 2020 and is relatively new to the circuit.

His early career was as a brand manager at ITC, where he built a healthcare technology firm. After taking a break from active work, he focused his time and efforts on poker and scored big in many flagship tournaments in India. 

A culmination of all his performances in 2021 led to him reaching the Adda52 Champions Leaderboard final, eventually winning the title against the best and becoming the Adda52 Game Ambassador. The two-time Adda52 Big Game champion is an online pro making his foray into the Live poker scene this year.