Amit Varma is a writer based in Mumbai. He dabbled with advertising, television and entrepreneurship in the mid-to-late 1990s and early 2000s before settling down in journalism. The last fulltime job he held was as managing editor of Cricinfo, and he also wrote on economics, politics and culture for publications such as the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian and the Observer. He wrote columns for Mint (‘Thinking it Through’), Yahoo! (‘Viewfinder’), Mail Today and the Hindu Business Line (‘Lighthouse’). He won the prestigious Bastiat Prize for Journalism in 2007, awarded annually to a writer “whose writings wittily and eloquently explain, promote and defend the principles of the free society.”

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He is best known, though, for his blog India Uncut, which was probably India’s most widely read blog between 2003 and 2009, and won various awards. In 2009, Businessweek named Amit one of India’s 50 Most Powerful People.

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Dec 15, 2009 rank first name last name chip count table no. 1 steven landfish 385,900 54 7 2 brent hanks 383,000 59 6 3 matthew waxman 377,500 53 7 4 chad batista 355,000 57 4 5 sorel mizzi 348,000 53. Papers about Face Detection; Face Alignment; Face Recognition && Face Identification && Face Verification && Face Representation; Face Reconstruction; Face Tracking; Face Super-Resolution && Face Deblurring; Face Generation && Face Synthesis; Face Transfer; Face Anti-Spoofing; Face Retrieval; - hpc203/awesome-FaceRecognition. GPI/THM INITIATIVES. Global Poker Index – GPI Global Poker Awards. The Hendon Mob Championship – THMC. Global Poker League.

His first novel, My Friend Sancho, was published in 2009, and became the biggest-selling debut novel of the year. Its manuscript had been longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2008.

Amit was a professional poker player for a few years after that, and wrote a column on the game for the Economic Times (‘Range Rover’). Both poker and writing are all-consuming, and in 2015 he decided to prioritise the writing and go back to being a part-time poker player. He is currently working on a non-fiction book about the lack of personal and economic freedoms in post-Independence India.

As the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker continues to wrap up, high stakes cash games at the site continue in full force. Although the most famous nose-bleeds regulars such as Ilari Sahamies and Viktor Blom were largely absent this past week, a few slightly lesser-known players managed to gather significant boosts for their bankrolls.

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The biggest winner of the week overall was Benny “toweliestar” Spindler, who earned just over half a million dollars playing an astoundingly prolific week of online poker: 25,601 hands spread across a staggering 256 sessions. Rafael Amit had an impressive week as well, earning nearly $272k playing 11,683 hands across 96 sessions. Rounding out the top three was the unidentified !P0krparty¡, who won $257k after playing 117 sessions comprising 15,814 hands.

!P0krparty¡ was a brand new addition to the high-stakes scene this past week, building his bankroll quickly in $10 / $20 PLO. Following a massive hot streak, he brought his profits up to the $50 / $100 stake level and engaged in 14,780 hands over the course of 36 hours, winning $247k of his weekly profits in a single lengthy sitting.

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Although it is known that !P0krparty¡ hails from Canada, his actual identity remains unknown. Rail birds are speculating that he may be a former Full Tilt player named Harry Kaczka, otherwise known as ugotabanana. He apparently has the skills to back up his newfound fame, as he took down a $112k pot against socutiesf and a $102k against Davin “mTw-DaviN,” all within the same week.

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The worst players of the week were also some of the most famous. Niki “RealAndyBeal” Jedlicka played 50 sessions and 2,089 hands to lose $229k, making him the biggest loser of the week. Rui Cao and Jens Kyllonen didn’t fair much better, losing $205k and $196k, respectively.