- Sunny Mehta
Sunny Mehta (born April 7, 1978,
Grand Rapids, Michigan ) is a professionalpoker player, writer, and musician. He is co-author of "Professional No-Limit Hold 'em: Volume I" (Two Plus Two Publishing ), withEd Miller and Matt Flynn.Biography
Mehta grew up in
Wyckoff, New Jersey , and graduated fromRamapo High School in 1996. He went on to study Jazz Guitar and Studio Music at theUniversity of Miami School of Music, and received his B.M. in 2000.He moved to
New Orleans ,Louisiana in 2002, where he performed and recorded with various local artists. Mehta began playing poker as a hobby in 2003, and by 2004 was playing professionally in high stakes no-limitTexas hold 'em games. After moving to Las Vegas,Nevada in 2005 in the wake ofHurricane Katrina , he met poker authorEd Miller and publisherMason Malmuth . Mehta and Miller, along with poker player Matt Flynn, co-authored "Professional No-Limit Hold 'em: Volume I", which was released by Malmuth's Two Plus Two Publishing in 2007. [ cite web | title = Sunny Mehta Biography | url=http://sunnymehta.com/bio | accessdate = 2007-08-03 ] The book immediately became the #1 gambling and poker book on Amazon's bestseller list. [ cite web | title = Amazon Gambling Bestseller List | url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books/4422/ref=pd_ts_b_nav/103-8267375-5792607?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=left-1&pf_rd_r=12AVTM1QHXAHCCF8W0RZ&pf_rd_t=2101&pf_rd_p=221591101&pf_rd_i=4402 | accessdate = 2007-08-03 ] Mehta moved back to New Orleans in 2006, where he now resides. [ cite web | title = Article on Sunny Mehta | url=http://nolafugees.com/Features/issues/19/downswing.html | accessdate = 2007-08-03 ]Accomplishments
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* 13th place in the 2006 World Poker Open $1,500 Buy-In No-Limit Hold 'em Event [ cite web | title = Poker Database | url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=55033 | accessdate = 2007-08-03 ]References
External links
* [http://www.sunnymehta.com Sunny Mehta Official Site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/mehtablocker Sunny Mehta MySpace Profile]
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