Qualifier Profile: Vinny Pahuja Looks to Take Down BetMGM Poker Championship
New York's Vineet "Vinny" Pahuja is looking for his next big score after qualifying into the $3,500 buy-in, $1,000,000 GTD BetMGM Poker Championship at ARIA. Pahuja, who has $3.2 million in Hendon Mob-reported earnings, qualified like dozens of others by playing on BetMGM Poker.
Pahuja earned his maiden WSOP Circuit ring in 2017 when he took down a $365 buy-in event at WSOP Circuit Harrah's Atlantic City for $13,284. In March 2022, Pahuja was denied a second Circuit ring in a $215 buy-in WSOP Circuit Super Series online event, finishing in second for $12,513.
Pahuja's biggest live score dates back to 2008 when he finished second in the Borgata Summer Poker Open $5,000 Championship for $289,800. Ten years later, he earned his second-biggest score from a fourth-place finish in a $540 event at the 2018 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open for $137,168.