When I was 8 years old, I was mostly worried about people seeing me pick my nose, or wondering where my bike was. This is a much bigger/more interesting problem.
Aashish Nanak was already different from other boys his age since he showed an interest in computers at the age of 3. Now he is definitely different from boys his age because the Delhi, India resident recently won over a half million dollars in an online poker tourname nt.
Unfortunately for Aashish and the Nanak family, the money isn’t theirs yet because an unidentified poker site won’t deliver the $500k. The poker room, which has remained anonymous, has refused to pay up because of the simple fact that Aashish is obviously underage for the game of poker. Their refusal to pay has set the stage for a big court battle that is currently taking place in Delhi.
The case for the poker room seems solid at this point, but the Nanak family has also put forth some strong arguments as well. According to them, it was well known by the mysterious poker website that Aashish had been playing at their room. They claim that a staff member from the site had even given him a nickname – the Little Poker Wizard.
Whether Aashish Nanak and his family wins the court battle remains to be seen. But he has an incredible story nonetheless. Aashish began working on his first Internet website by the age of 4. This in turn evolved into an affiliate marketing business that Aashish was running to help the Nanak family pay their bills. Eventually, his uncle noticed his remarkable abilities and got him involved in Internet poker by the age of 6. Since then, Aashish has been playing poker on his uncle’s account and has earned lots of small winnings during his three-year poker career.
But Aashish will have to continue fighting for the largest win of his career this week in court. Since the Nanaks aren’t exactly the wealthiest people in India, they are certainly hoping the court decides in their favor.
I can’t believe this is a real story..if it is..i hope he gets paid! wow!
This is a crazy story and i think that one of the major poker rooms should sign him up.The poker room that is withholding his winnings should at least be made to put the money into a trust fund or something which he will receive in later life.
If he doesn’t get his winnings the site should be outed as an untrustworthy site (and I’m being kind) and people should actively dissuade/discourage their friends from using it. The site owners clearly don’t realize the power of the internet and how quickly a bad rep can be attached to a site (ANY SITE).
If this story is correct and the web site KNEW of this child’s age its deplorable. They should have either kept his account open as a ‘play money’ only account (and informing him of such) or suspended it as per their rules (if they have any that go into age).
At the VERY least the money should be put into a trust for him and his family where he would receive 1/2 of the funds over a 10 year period (in equal payments) earning interest on the funds not yet awarded and the other 1/2 once the child is of legal age. Lets face it handing over 500,000.00 to an 8 year old isn’t probably the right thing to do either. Tho, this kid certainly seems VERY smart and who knows he might be able to do with 500,000.00 in cold hard cash.