Pratyush Buddiga

Pratyush Buddiga is an American professional poker player born on May 11, 1989, in New Zealand to Indian immigrant parents, who moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado at age five. He won the 2016 EPT Barcelona €25,000 High Roller for $780,011 and finished sixth at the 2017 Super High Roller Bowl for $1,000,000. He has accumulated $6,484,299 in total live tournament earnings per The Hendon Mob. In 2002, at age 13, he won the 75th Scripps National Spelling Bee.