Surinder Sunar (born April 1 1959 in Dhinpur Punjab, India) is an English professional poker player based in Wolverhampton, who first gained fame as a two-time finalist (seasons 1 and 5) in the Late Night Poker television series.

Sunar also won the season 3 World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris event, defeating Tony G in the heads-up confrontation with A7o. Tony G taunted Sunar before the confrontation, telling him "Surinder, you are going to bleed so badly once it is heads up. You're putting me to sleep. I'm scared for you!" Sunar sat expressionless throughout the final table, on the way to a €679,000 grand prize.

He has finished in the money 23 times as of 2006 at the World Series of Poker and his career winnings exceed $2,700,000.

He stated that he does not play many tournaments anymore because of the rigorous concentration that is required. He explained in an interview that whilst playing a tournament and getting down to the final three players, Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott approached and told him that Princess Diana had died. Although he felt like he could think of nothing other than the tragedy, he turned inward to the place where he has total concentration and still won.

Trivia

• Surinder also holds a black belt in karate.
• He considers himself a very private person, and has refused to confirm his date of birth in the past.
• He considers the number 3 to be lucky.

External links

• World Poker Tour Profile
• Hendon Mob tournament results
• Surinder Sunar - The Man Who Would Not "Surinder"

English poker players | European Poker Players Hall of Fame Inductees | Indian poker players | Indian karateka | Living people | World Poker Tour winners