Siddharth Jain, a professional poker player of Indian origin, is from Los Angeles, California. He had a couple of impressive wins come his way in 2005, which made him $17,796 in total. On May 6, he secured a respectable finish as fifteenth place in the No-Limit Hold’em Event at the Heavenly Hold’em and bagged $3,881. A few days later, Siddharth Jain won $9,565 at the No-Limit Heavenly Hold’em Event, earning 280 Player of the Year (POY) points. With 346 players vying for first place, he finished third in that event. Two months down the line, he made it to seventh place in the No-Limit Hold’em Event at the Larry Flynt's Grand Slam of Poker IV and took home $4,350. Competing in an original field of 194 players, Siddharth Jain earned 57 more POY points.
On July 28, 2006, he secured twenty-sixth place in Event 39 No-Limit Texas Hold’em World Championship, walking away with $494,797 in prize money. Siddharth Jain earned another 101.3 POY points in this WSOP tournament, which was held in the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Competing against some very well-known players like Jamie Gold, Michael Binger, Allen Cunningham, Paul Wasicka, and Richard Lee, to name a few, Siddharth Jain still managed to play well and earn a handsome amount of money. With his huge cash win in 2006, his lifetime earnings add up to $512,593, as of 2008.
