Sunny Mehta (born April 7, 1978, in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American hockey executive, data scientist, and former professional poker player, writer, options trader, and musician.
After moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2005 in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, he met poker author Ed Miller and publisher Mason 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.
[6] The author team of Mehta, Miller, and Flynn left Two Plus Two to self-publish their highly anticipated second book, "Small Stakes No-Limit Hold'em", which was released in 2009.
[9] Mehta was hired by the Florida Panthers in 2020 as Vice President of Hockey Strategy and Intelligence, and he was promoted to Assistant General Manager and Head of Analytics in 2023.