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Daily Majors: Alok Birewar, Dhinesh Kumar, Ayush Garg & Rahul Jain Reel in Massive Scores on Thursday

Thursday delivered an action-packed day of online MTTs, with the top regs sweeping away most of the flagship titles.

The IPC Megastacks High Roller champion Alok Birewar ruled the Thursday charts, banking a hefty 7.84 Lakhs across his blistering run in the Spartan Poker flagships. He won the Thursday High Roller (6-Max) for a whopping 6.20 Lakhs (HU deal) after getting in through a 2,200 satellite and made another FT finish in the Ultron (4th for 1.71 Lakhs).

Dhinesh Kumar championed Adda52’s Godfather for the second time this year for ₹6.20 Lakhs (won ₹6.46 Lakhs overall), hitting two career milestones:

> Crossed ₹1 Crore in tracked winnings on Adda52

> Crossed ₹1 Crore in annual winnings

Harsh Bubna finished runner-up behind Kumar in the Godfather to win ₹3.75 Lakhs and FT-ed two other events and cashed a third, filling in ₹4.76 Lakhs in Thursday winnings.

The two-time The Millionaire champion Ayush Garg set the virtual felts ablaze last night, raking in over 5.75 Lakhs. His most prominent score came in PokerBaazi`s The Summit, as he took down the Thursday flagship for the third time yesterday for 4.95 Lakhs.

Siddharth Gangwar collected 4.12 Lakhs from two runner-up finishes in PokerBaazi’s The Summit (3.48 Lakhs) & Spartan Poker’s Thur Poker Nite #1 (64,080), laddering up to #5 in the annual leaderboard rankings.

The two-time The Race winner Rahul Kumar M Jain championed Spartan Poker`s Ultron for 4.35 Lakhs, picking up his first title in over seven weeks and his second-best score of 2022.

The former Bounty Builder HR champion Karan Kapur was the last player standing in PokerStars India’s Highroller and won ₹2.19 Lakhs – his second title this month.

Yash Chitre (opted out of our tracking) had a terrific run last night! The online MTT reg shipped two titles – Adda52’s Monster Turbo (₹1.38 Lakhs) & PokerBaazi`s Daily Boost for ₹34,810, netting over ₹1.72 Lakhs in the process.

The MoneyMaker 4.0 champion Guruprasad Gupta ended an over two-and-a-half-month-long title drought last night after taking down PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for the second time for 1.53 Lakhs. The APT#38 Super Highroller runner-up finisher Aditya Kulkarni collected 1.07 Lakhs in second place (won ₹1.59 Lakhs overall).

Zafar Ahmed won PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for 1.09 Lakhs following a three-way deal with Deepesh Raka (2nd for 1.09 Lakhs) and Vishal Kumar (3rd for 1 Lakh).

Dhaval Doshi kept his heater running by shipping PokerBaazi’s Afternoon Boost for 86,550 (won 1.16 Lakhs overall), bagging his fourth title in three days.

Clinton Tavares (won two titles), Somesh Patel, Himanshu Aggarwal, Neha Mehta, Paras Jain, and Vikhyat Ahlawat won the other Thursday marquees.

Here are the Thursday highlights!

 

Spartan Poker

Thursday High Roller (6-Max) – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹22,000

Entries – 73

Re-entries – 25

Rebuys – 39

Prize Pool – ₹27,40,000

Places Paid – 13

The former The Millionaire champion Alok ‘Mazacar’ Birewar stole the Thursday thunder, filling in a hefty ₹7.91 Lakhs across his blistering runs in Spartan Poker flagships – his best finish yet in 2022. He spun up a ₹2,200 satellite victory into a whopping ₹6.20 Lakhs payday after taking down the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Thursday High Roller (6-Max). The user ‘AimB0t’ banked an equally impressive ₹6.03 Lakhs in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

ALok Birewar wins 2022 APT Vietnam Hanoi NLHE 2
ALok Birewar

 

Alok Birewar’s Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller for ₹6,20,497 (HU deal)

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹1,70,779

Alok Birewar’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.34 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.60 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #5 | Annual Winnings: ₹40.22 Lakhs

This week`s Tuesday High Roller champion & the #1 ranked player of the year, Young Gun Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav, fired up three deep runs (including two FT finishes), adding ₹3.46 Lakhs to his burgeoning bankroll.

Anuj Yadav
Anuj Yadav

 

His Thursday finishes include:

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller for ₹2,61,670

> 6th in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹59,556

> 15th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹25,000

Anuj Yadav’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.11 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.90 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #19 | Annual Winnings: ₹3.17 Crores | Ranked #1 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #2 in Annual Profits

Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (5th for ₹2.11 Lakhs), Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (7th for ₹1.30 Lakhs), Sriharsha ‘lvey2’ Doddapaneni (8th for ₹1.01 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha (10th for ₹63,020), and last night`s The Summit winner Ayush ‘Tabono’ Garg (13th for ₹56,170) were notables who cashed the Thursday High Roller.

Final Table Results

  1. Alok ‘Mazacar’ Birewar – ₹6,20,497*
  2. AimB0t – ₹6,02,913*
  3. Doublesuited – ₹3,32,910
  4. Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹2,61,670
  5. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹2,10,980
  6. AkkiDan7777 – ₹1,64,400

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

Ultron – ₹21 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 209

Re-entries – 68

Rebuys – 157

Prize Pool – ₹21,70,000

Places Paid – 39

The two-time The Race winner Rahul ‘JacK’spArrow’ Kumar M Jain toppled the 434-entry field in Spartan Poker`s ₹21 Lakhs GTD Ultron to win ₹4.35 Lakhs – his second-best score of the year. ‘sdb1401’ made away with ₹2.89 Lakhs in second place.

Rahul Kumar M Jain
Rahul Kumar M Jain

 

Rahul Kumar M Jain’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹96.30 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹20.97 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5 | Annual Winnings: ₹49.25 Lakhs

Sriharsha ‘lvey2’ Doddapaneni is back to the online grind with gusto and fired two deep runs, banking ₹3.13 Lakhs.

Sriharsha Doddapaneni
Sriharsha Doddapaneni

 

His Thursday finishes include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹2,11,575

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller for ₹1,01,380

Sriharsha Doddapaneni’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.33 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.96 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹42.10 Lakhs

The former AOPS Mini Main Event champion Guneet ‘GeeKay’ Kwatra FT-ed two events (both seventh-place finishes), rounding up ₹1.43 Lakhs (overall).

Guneet Kwatra
Guneet Kwatra

 

His Thursday finishes include:

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹74,431

> 7th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹68,750

Guneet Kwatra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.46 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.26 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #2 | Annual Winnings: ₹59.64 Lakhs

Final Table Results

  1. Rahul ‘JacK’spArrow’ Kumar M Jain – ₹4,35,085
  2. sdb1401 – ₹2,89,261
  3. Sriharsha ‘lvey2’ Doddapaneni – ₹2,11,575
  4. Alok ‘Mazacar’ Birewar – ₹1,70,779
  5. Ronywalker – ₹1,33,899
  6. TheKaliCartel – ₹1,01,339
  7. Guneet ‘GeeKay’ Kwatra – ₹74,431
  8. Siddharth ‘SherRun’ Karia – ₹54,684

 

Thursday Poker Nite #1 – ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 194

Re-entries – 58

Rebuys – 118

Prize Pool – ₹4,50,000

Places Paid – 31

The Millionaire Series April 2022 – Sunday Millionaire champion ‘CharlieDREW’ shipped Spartan Poker`s ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD Thursday Poker Nite #1 for ₹95,175, picking up their fourth-best score on the site this year. The Summit runner-up finisher Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar fell one place short of the finish line here as well, netting ₹64,080, climbing to #5 in the annual leaderboard rankings.

Siddharth Gangwar
Siddharth Gangwar

 

CharlieDREW’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹46.71 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹3.77 Lakhs | Titles Won: #6

The ₹1,100 buy-in late-night tournament attracted 370 players, falling ₹80,000 short of its advertised guarantee.

Final Table Results

  1. CharlieDREW – ₹95,175
  2. Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar – ₹64,080
  3. bigwinner – ₹45,180
  4. Manoj ‘Solder9’ Kumar – ₹36,630
  5. Nitin ‘NITINABD’ Rawat – ₹28,980
  6. Parag ‘Persie’ Shah – ₹22,005
  7. Happy Hunter – ₹16,065
  8. Jacques – ₹11,745

 

‘robertbhalla’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹53,160), Himanshu ‘venomaster’ Aggarwal (Won ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Sundowner for ₹38,116), Neha ‘The Unconventional’ Mehta (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Thur Poker Nite #4 for ₹37,740), Paras ‘Jhukega nai $ala’ Jain (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Thur Poker Nite #2 – PLO6 for ₹29,146), ‘battlefury’ (Won ₹60K GTD Striker PKO for ₹19,348), ‘Black and White’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up – Multi-Entry for ₹16,599), and ‘TheRevenant’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹10,025) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

 

PokerBaazi

The Summit – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹8,250

Entries – 160

Re-entries – 139

Prize Pool – ₹22,43,000

Places Paid – 36

Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg set the virtual felts ablaze last night. The two-time The Millionaire champion raked in over ₹5.75 Lakhs in Thursday winnings across five deep runs and most prominently conquered a guarantee-crushing field in PokerBaazi`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Summit to win ₹4.95 Lakhs – his third time taking down the Thursday flagship title.

Ayush Garg
Ayush Garg

 

His Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi`s The Summit for ₹4,95,368 (won the event for the third time)

> 13th in Spartan Poker`s Thursday High Roller for ₹56,170

> 35th in Spartan Poker`s Ultron for ₹14,973

> 21st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹6,838

> 36th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹2,147

Ayush Garg`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.51 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #12 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.60 Crores

Siddharth ‘GangnamGangi’ Gangwar collected ₹3.47 Lakhs for his second-place finish in The Summit and finished in the same runner-up spot in Spartan Poker’s Thur Poker Nite #1 for ₹64,080. The ₹4+ Lakhs Thursday haul pushed him to #5 in the annual leaderboard rankings.

Siddharth Gangwar
Siddharth Gangwar

 

Siddharth Gangwar`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.99 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.50 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #24 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.34 Crores| Moves to #5 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

The ₹8,250 buy-in The Summit had 299 hopefuls vying for a share of the ₹22.43 Lakhs prize pool (an almost 50% surplus), and the top 36 places boarded the money bus.

Final Table Results

  1. Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg – ₹495,368
  2. Siddharth ‘GangnamGangi’ Gangwar – ₹347,588
  3. Neel ‘blackace9’ Haria – ₹223,577
  4. Varunn ‘Varunn’ Gaala – ₹165,497
  5. Vivek ‘mittalgang’ Jain – ₹124,235
  6. Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha – ₹99,343
  7. tiltplay – ₹82,524

 

(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 289

Re-entries – 235

Prize Pool – ₹7,86,000

Places Paid – 63

In what was a long time coming, Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta ended an over two-and-a-half-month-long title last night by outlasting a 524-entry field in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1.53 Lakhs – his second time winning the 9 PM tournament.

Guruprasad Gupta
Guruprasad Gupta

 

The MoneyMaker 4.0 champion also cashed in The Summit (31st for ₹15,249), making away with over ₹1.68 Lakhs in Thursday winnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.41 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹25.05 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹49.36 Lakhs

The APT#38 Super Highroller runner-up finisher Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni came second in the (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1.07 Lakhs and collectively added ₹1.59 Lakhs from four deep runs.

Aditya Kulkarni
Aditya Kulkarni

 

His Thursday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,07,053

> 4th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹45,000

> 11th in PokerBaazi’s Midnight SPRINT for ₹5,254

> 25th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹2,173

Aditya Kulkarni’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.92 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹75.01 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #11 | Annual Winnings: ₹46.08 Lakhs

Final Table Results

  1. Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta – ₹1,52,720
  2. Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni – ₹1,07,053
  3. zen – ₹68,854
  4. diven – ₹50,933
  5. Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar – ₹38,200
  6. Kamal ‘bagdadi345’ Joshi – ₹30,654
  7. ishael – ₹25,545

 

(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 170

Re-entries – 164

Prize Pool – ₹6,68,000

Places Paid – 36

Zafar ‘Zedd’ Ahmed made the victory march in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT to collect ₹1.09 Lakhs following a three-way deal with Deepesh ‘deep1221’ Raka (2nd for ₹1.09 Lakhs) and Vishal ‘karan23’ Kumar (3rd for ₹1 Lakh).

Deepesh Raka
Deepesh Raka

 

Ahmed lapped up almost ₹1.55 Lakhs across three deep runs, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹1,08,753

> 9th in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹41,597

> 25th in PokerBaazi’s Afternoon Boost for ₹4,461

Zafar Ahmed’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹52.76 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #6

Final Table Results

  1. Zafar ‘Zedd’ Ahmed – ₹1,08,753*
  2. Deepesh ‘deep1221’ Raka – ₹1,08,601*
  3. Vishal ‘karan23’ Kumar – ₹1,00,347*
  4. Kunal ‘imcursed’ Shalin – ₹49,298
  5. Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah – ₹37,007
  6. Sanchit ‘deuceseven27’ Nag – ₹29,592
  7. Sebin009 – ₹24,582

*denotes a three-way deal

 

Afternoon Boost – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 137

Re-entries – 135

Prize Pool – ₹5,44,000

Places Paid – 53

On the heels of a blockbuster Wednesday run that saw Dhaval ‘Faizal1506’ Doshi claiming back-to-back titles in Adda52’s Afternoon Adda and PokerBaazi’s Holdem BOOST, the online reg persisted with his breakout form by taking down PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Boost for ₹86,550 – bagging his third title in two days!

Dhaval Doshi
Dhaval Doshi

 

Not just that, Doshi came close to winning PokerBaazi’s Holdem BOOST on consecutive days, cashing ₹27,270 in third place yesterday. He also ITM-ed the Daily Boost (46th for ₹1,776), netting ₹1.16 Lakhs overall.

Dhaval Doshi’s online stats (including HU SnGs and excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.36 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹31.03 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #9

Final Table Results

  1. Dhaval ‘Faizal1506’ Doshi – ₹86,550
  2. Karan880 – ₹63,702
  3. Vishwas ‘quickmaths’ Khanna – ₹49,450
  4. Praveen ‘baroozgar’ Kumar – ₹36,720
  5. Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah – ₹25,949
  6. ninjakari – ₹18,387
  7. Yudi1234 – ₹15,014
  8. kingslayer05 – ₹12,240

 

The PokerBaazi reg Clinton ‘clintontavares’ Tavares clinched two PokerBaazi titles yesterday for a collective 1.03 Lakhs. He championed the Midnight SPRINT for 72,088 and the PLO5 BOOST for 23,710. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 90.02 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: 19.20 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #31 | Annual Winnings: ~26.16 Lakhs

Clinton Tavares
Clinton Tavares

 

‘CrystalTurtle44’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Hyper SPRINT for ₹58,120), Somesh ‘jacknotma’ Patel (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD Holdem BOOST for ₹47,730), Yash ‘Riraizer’ Chitre (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹34,810), ‘yesorno’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹34,340), Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD SPRINT for ₹29,010), and ‘Phillhermouth’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Baazi Super Value for ₹10,410) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

 

Pocket52

Pocket Jacks – ₹2 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 117

Re-entries – 65

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 27

Pocket52 network user ‘user1641222274’ outplayed the 182-player field in the site`s Thursday flagship, ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, collecting ₹41,500 in first-place prize money. The user ‘wrong_wire92_20538648’ came second for ₹31,000.

Final Table Results

  1. user1641222274 – ₹41,500
  2. wrong_wire92_20538648 – ₹31,000
  3. goldeneye – ₹22,000
  4. bazigarrr – ₹14,000
  5. Bdninja – ₹10,500
  6. lucky2Blucky – ₹8,000

 

‘user1654705244’ (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD Pocket Tanks for ₹23,000), ‘Malil’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹16,500), ‘80##.740##_1555088’ (Won ₹60K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹12,600), and ‘mosti’ (Won ₹50K GTD Pocket Chips for ₹12,500) won the other Pocket52 marquees.

 

PokerStars India

Highroller – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹7,700

Entries – 74

Re-entries – 56

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 15

Karan ‘JUNIOR1-KK’ Kapur was the last player standing in PokerStars India’s Thursday night extravaganza, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Highroller, and won the title for ₹2.19 Lakhs – his second title victory this month.

Karan Kapur
Karan Kapur

 

The former Bounty Builder HR champion managed another ITM finish in Spartan Poker’s Ultron (33rd for ₹14,973), netting ₹2.34 Lakhs overall.

Karan Kapur’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.71 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹25.84 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2

‘RaP1319’ (2nd for ₹1.69 Lakhs) and Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo (3rd for ₹1.30 Lakhs) rounded out the top three payouts.

The ₹7,700 buy-in Highroller clocked in 130 entries, overlaying ₹90,000.

Final Table Results

  1. Karan ‘JUNIOR1-KK’ Kapur – ₹2,19,186
  2. RaP1319 – ₹1,68,902
  3. Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo – ₹1,30,154
  4. Archit ‘Flyingmuck’ Khandelwal – ₹1,00,295
  5. thisisme16 – ₹77,286
  6. Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹59,556
  7. Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood – ₹45,893
  8. Pranav ‘041195’ Somani – ₹35,365
  9. sssss951 – ₹30,194

 

‘iam_fishno4’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹27,113), ‘GUNMAN7275’ (Won ₹40K GTD Primetime Grind for ₹12,598), and ‘kenpachipoker’ (Won ₹50K GTD Deepstack for ₹10,425) shipped the other Thursday marquees on PokerStars India.

 

PokerDangal

PLO 5 Thursday – ₹50K GTD

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 64

Rebuys – 25

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 15

PokerDangal’s ₹50K GTD PLO 5 Thursday engaged 89 runners, and the user ‘offroad’ outlasted them all to win the title for ₹12,000. Mahlima ‘zokid’ Fanai finished runner-up for ₹8,750.

Final Table Results

  1. offroad – ₹12,000
  2. zokid – ₹8,750
  3. smokeup – ₹12,000
  4. Akram56 – ₹4,750
  5. RehanAAA – ₹3,500
  6. Allin1 – ₹2,500

 

 

Adda52

Godfather – 25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 5,500

Entries – 229

Re-entries – 198

Prize Pool – 25,00,000

Places Paid – 43

Dhinesh ‘dinzy009’ Kumar drove up the action on Adda52! He cut through a 427-player field in the site`s Thursday headliner, 25 Lakhs GTD Godfather, winning the title for the second time this year and netting the same 6.20 Lakhs he did last time to hit two career milestones:

Dhinesh Kumar
Dhinesh Kumar

 

> Crossing ₹1 Crore in tracked winnings on Adda52

> Crossing ₹1 Crore in annual winnings

The former Full House winner, Dhinesh Kumar, fired up two other ITM finishes last night, rounding up over 6.46 Lakhs in Thursday winnings.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Godfather for 6,20,000

> 13th in PokerStars India’s Highroller for 22,011

> 44th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for 4,087

Dhinesh Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 4.95 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 1.81 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #6 | Annual Winnings: 1.01 Crores

The Kolkata-based poker reg Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna finished runner-up behind Kumar in the Godfather to win 3.75 Lakhs and FT-ed two other events and cashed a third, filling in 4.76 Lakhs in Thursday winnings.

Harsh Bubna
Harsh Bubna

 

His Thursday finishes include:

> 2nd in Adda52’s Godfather for 3,75,000

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for 66,154

> 5th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for 31,250

> 52nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for 3,458

Harsh Bubna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 3.54 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 79.57 lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #12 | Annual Winnings: 1.41 Crores

The 5,500 buy-in Godfather recorded a glaring 3.65 Lakhs in overlays, and the top 43 places benefitted from the added value.

Final Table Results

  1. Dhinesh ‘dinzy009’ Kumar – 6,20,000
  2. Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – 3,75,000
  3. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – 2,62,500
  4. Punya ‘ShamalDas’ Behera – 2,00,000
  5. Siddhanth ‘bullzeyepower’ Kapoor – 1,30,000
  6. Neel ‘neeljoshi23’ Joshi – 87,500
  7. Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra – 68,750
  8. kavego – 56,250

 

Monster Turbo – 5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 2,500

Entries – 113

Re-entries – 86

Prize Pool – 5,00,000

Places Paid – 21

Yash ‘Babyshark21’ Chitre (opted out of our tracking) had a terrific run last night! The online MTT reg shipped two titles, banking over ₹1.72 Lakhs in the process. He most notably took down Adda52’s 5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo for 1.38 Lakhs a few hours after winning PokerBaazi`s Daily Boost for ₹34,810.

Yash Chitre
Yash Chitre

 

Baxtere‘ placed runner-up behind Chitre in the Monster Turbo for 81,250. They also FT-ed the 1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda (6th for 7,444), netting 88,694 overall.

Baxtere’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: 16.63 Lakhs | Site Profits: 1.61 Lakhs | Titles Won: #3

The 199-entry field in the Monster Turbo led to an overlay shortfall of 52,250, and the top 21 finishers got paid.

Final Table Results

  1. Yash ‘Babyshark21’ Chitre – 1,37,500
  2. Baxtere – 81,250
  3. Avinash ‘i_fart_you_faint’ Kumar – 61,750
  4. Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni – 45,000
  5. Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – 31,250
  6. Anmolraj Singh ‘anmolrajy’ Chawla – 21,250
  7. Sagar ‘Fang987’ Surve – 17,500
  8. Kunalkalra8860 – 13,750

 

FB-RUBY17‘ (Won 1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for 30,059), ‘Mranjitmca‘ (Won 50K GTD Morning Adda for 13,041), ‘VishuChi‘ (Won 60K GTD Bounty Adda for 12,417), and ‘goblem00‘ (Won 50K GTD Evening Adda for 10,208) won the other Adda52 marquees.

 

Khelo365

Khelo365 user ‘Tonkaaaaaa’ won the ₹30K GTD Hitman PLO for ₹10,500, beating ‘Chancetaker’ (2nd for ₹6,600) heads-up.

 

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Daily Majors: Aman Parakh, Gopal Bajaj, Avinash Anand, Myron Periera Ace the Tuesday Flagships

Tuesday featured a firecracker line-up of MTTs running across the domestic poker sites, with Spartan Poker’s IOPC and PokerBaazi’s 1100 THC charging forward at full throttle. The second edition of PokerStars India’s Summer Series finally got in the books last night.

Gopal Bajaj grabbed the single most significant score of the day. The upcoming poker star championed Spartan Poker`s IOPC #92- Tuesday Prime for a career-best ₹5.81 Lakhs, picking up his third title in the ongoing series!

Rising Star Aman Parakh was Tuesday`s top scorer with ₹6.46 Lakhs in total winnings on the back of seven ITM runs. He most prominently took down Adda52’s The Mint for ₹3.68 Lakhs.

The other IOPC marquee of the day, the IOPC #93 – Tuesday Spotlight found a champion in ‘FTBeast,’ who won the title for ₹2.35 Lakhs following a four-way deal with ‘sicky’ (2nd for ₹1.93 Lakhs), Jayant Darokar (3rd for ₹1.82 Lakhs), and ‘UnsafeChoice’ (4th for ₹1.69 Lakhs).

PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh Chadha became the ninth player to book a seat in IOPC #128 – All-Rounder SNG after shipping Spartan Poker`s IOPC #94 – All Rounder (Boost) for ₹1.87 Lakhs. He chopped the title heads-up with former IOPC – All Rounder winner Sahil Mahboobani (2nd for ₹1.64 Lakhs). Chadha made quite the splash last night, banking ₹3.13 Lakhs overall from five deep runs.

Two top contenders in the ₹1 Crore-added IOPC leaderboard race, Mohit Mehta (Won IOPC #91 for ₹99,417), and Bhanu Prakash KC (Won IOPC #88 for ₹77,400) each won an IOPC marquee yesterday.

Mohit Savargaonkar (Won IOPC #89 ₹7 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.14 Lakhs) and Umesh Mundhe (Won IOPC #89 ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹87,705) won the other IOPC titles on Tuesday.

Aditya Raju was the last player standing in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour and won the Tuesday flagship for ₹2.93 Lakhs, while PokerGuru Ambassador Debneil Mukherjee came second for ₹2.05 Lakhs. Mukherjee boarded the money bus in another two events, making away with ₹2.23 Lakhs in Tuesday winnings.

Myron Pereira shipped PokerStars India’s Tuesday headliner, Summer Series–55 – Highroller, for a site-best ₹2.52 Lakhs. The Goa resident cashed another two events, collectively adding ₹2.57 Lakhs. Sreekanth Narayan finished runner-up in the Highroller for ₹1.96 Lakhs.

Kushagra Mehta won MPL Poker’s Tuesday Slam for ₹2.03 Lakhs after defeating Jeetendra Kumar (2nd ₹1.35 Lakhs) in heads-up play.

Avinash Anand took down PokerBaazi’s THC#73 Superstack for his first title of the year and ₹1.84 Lakhs in prize money. He cashed another two events for ₹1.89 Lakhs overall. The in-form Gurpal Singh made away with a better ₹2.11 Lakhs for his runner-up finish in the THC Superstack, courtesy of a heads-up deal. Singh did one better in PokerStars India’s Summer Series #52 Ultra KO 90% (1st for ₹52,294), adding ₹2.89 Lakhs to his online scorecard!

Akshay Gupta (THC#72 Megastack for ₹89,104), ‘sjbdbfc’ (Won THC#74 for ₹1.14 Lakhs), Siddharth Gangwar (Won THC#75 (7-Max) Turbo for ₹99,975), and Vignesh Kumar (Won THC#71 for ₹87,366) won the other THC branded events on Tuesday.

Armaan Kochhar, Harsh Bubna, Gurpal Singh, Karan Sitlani, Yuvraj Bhardwaj, and Neelakantan Murali won the other Tuesday marquees.

Here are the Tuesday highlights!

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Spartan Poker

IOPC #92 – Tuesday Prime – ₹33 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 531

Re-entries – 239

Rebuys – 346

Prize Pool – ₹33,48,000

Places Paid – 111

The mid-stakes crusher, Gopal ‘Mamacita’ Bajaj has moved up the stakes and looks ready to join the big leagues! The upcoming poker star had his best winning day yet last night, as he took down Spartan Poker`s ₹33 Lakhs GTD IOPC #92- Tuesday Prime for a personal-best ₹5.81 Lakhs (his third title of the series) after striking a heads-up deal with ‘Jyoti Pegu’ (2nd for ₹4.34 Lakhs).

The win ensured Gopal Bajaj the #3 spot in the IOPC Daily Leaderboard (₹20,000 in bonus money) and pushed him past the ₹2 Crores mark in tracked online winnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹54.67 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #21 | Annual Winnings: ~₹89 Lakhs

The 8 PM event ended at 4:54 AM, and the top 111 places finished ITM.

Gopal Bajaj
Gopal Bajaj

 

Final Table Result

  1. Gopal ‘Mamacita’ Bajaj – ₹5,83,673*
  2. Jyoti Pegu – ₹4,34,1119*
  3. Subhojit ‘subhojitR’ Roy – ₹2,73,197
  4. Balthazar – ₹2,06,237
  5. Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh – ₹1,63,382
  6. Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish – ₹1,23,541
  7. Moji ‘Zaalimp’ Padu – ₹88,722
  8. Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram – ₹60,599

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

IOPC #93 – Tuesday Spotlight – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 414

Re-entries – 102

Rebuys – 313

Total Prize Pool – ₹16,58,000

Places Paid – 71

The mystery user with the moniker ‘FTBeast’ came out on top in Spartan Poker`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD IOPC #93 – Tuesday Spotlight, netting ₹2.35 Lakhs in prize money after striking a four-way deal with ‘sicky’ (2nd for ₹1.93 Lakhs), Jayant ‘hiker53’ Darokar (3rd for ₹1.82 Lakhs), and ‘UnsafeChoice’ (4th for ₹1.69 Lakhs).

The ₹2,200 buy-in MTT crushed its advertised guarantee by ₹1.58 Lakhs (an over 10% surplus) and 71 players from a starting field of 829 runners boarded the money bus.

Final Table Results

  1. FTBeast – ₹2,35,086*
  2. sicky – ₹1,93,461*
  3. Jayant ‘hiker53’ Darokar – ₹1,82,088*
  4. UnsafeChoice – ₹1,69,122*
  5. 11_11 – ₹89,366
  6. Dinesh ‘$Lucky Guy$’ Singh – ₹69,802
  7. Ankit ‘ON_MY_MAC’ Bajaj – ₹52,559
  8. Myron ‘mehhhhh’ Pereira – ₹36,642

*denotes a four-way deal

 

IOPC #94 – All Rounder (Boost) – ₹11 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 303

Re-entries – 105

Rebuys – 333

Prize Pool – ₹11,11,500

Places Paid – 55

PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha charged past a guarantee-crushing field in Spartan Poker`s second IOPC marquee of the day, the ₹11 Lakhs GTD IOPC #94 – All Rounder (Boost), to collect his second title of the series (8th overall) and a ₹1.88 Lakhs cash prize. He chopped the Tuesday title heads-up with another top pro (and former IOPC – All Rounder champion) Sahil ‘Captain Falcon’ Mahboobani (2nd for ₹1.64 Lakhs).

The MTT pro from Chandigarh, Arjanveer Singh Chadha, became the ninth player to book his seat in the IOPC #128 – All-Rounder SNG scheduled for June 19 (9 PM). Moreover, he cashed two other IOPC marquees and fired up another six ITM finishes, filling in ₹3.13 Lakhs overall. He also finished #2 in the IOPC Daily Leaderboard cashing another ₹25K (Bonus Money).

His top Tuesday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #94 – All-Rounder for ₹1.87 Lakhs

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #89 for ₹58,730

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #91 for ₹32,340

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s THC#75 (7-Max) Turbo for ₹10,807

His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.48 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.64 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #9 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.46 Crores

Arjanveer Singh Chadha
Arjanveer Singh Chadha

 

Final Table Results

  1. Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha – ₹1,87,907*
  2. Sahil ‘Captain Falcon’ Mahboobani – ₹1,64,438*
  3. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹98,812
  4. chiku16 – ₹79,917
  5. Swapnil ‘norm_macdonald’ Patil – ₹63,244
  6. Alexander Supertramp – ₹48,684
  7. Usman ‘Witty.White’ Alam – ₹36,235
  8. Yuvraj ‘Kalidenalii’ Bhardwaj – ₹26,231

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

IOPC #89 – ₹7 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 132

Re-entries – 59

Rebuys – 118

Prize Pool – ₹7,00,000

Places Paid – 27

Mohit ‘OfcourseOfcourse’ Savargaonkar made the victory march in the ₹7 Lakhs GTD IOPC #89, netting ₹1.14 Lakhs and his first IOPC title. Before taking down the title, he struck a three-way deal with Kshitij ‘TheG0dfath3r’ Kucheria (2nd for ₹1.10 Lakhs) and Rudramani ‘rud1478’ Pokhrel (3rd for ₹1.08 Lakhs).

Mohit Savargaonkar’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.01 Crores | Site Profits: ₹20.17 Lakhs

The ₹2,200 buy-in event logged in 309 entries, falling ₹82,000 short of its advertised guarantee.

Mohit Savargaonkar
Mohit Savargaonkar

 

Final Table Results

  1. Mohit ‘OfcourseOfcourse’ Savargaonkar – ₹1,14,040*
  2. Kshitij ‘TheG0dfath3r’ Kucheria – ₹1,09,818*
  3. Rudramani ‘rud1478’ Pokhrel – ₹1,07,872*
  4. Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha – ₹58,730
  5. ksc7 – ₹46,830
  6. IshhChadha – ₹35,980
  7. Gaurav ‘Mr.Bond007’ Bhutra – ₹26,180
  8. Ajay ‘gabbarsingh’ Dhayal – ₹18,970

*denotes a three-way deal

 

IOPC #91 – ₹6 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹770

Entries – 401

Re-entries – 94

Rebuys – 349

Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000

Places Paid – 71

One of the top contenders in the IOPC leaderboard race, Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta, gave his chances at a top finish a boost after taking down the ₹6 Lakhs GTD IOPC #91 for ₹99,417 (his third title at the series). ‘Infinite Intelligence’ collected ₹89,343 in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

Not just that, Mohit Mehta also bagged the top stack on Day 1B of the ₹35 Lakhs GTD IOPC – Value Mine! His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.98 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.14 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #14 | Annual Winnings: ~₹1.12 Crores

The ₹770 buy-in event brought in 844 contestants, overlaying a marginal ₹9,200.

Mohit Mehta
Mohit Mehta

 

Final Table Results

  1. Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – ₹99,417*
  2. Infinite Intelligence – ₹89,343*
  3. Bhushan ‘funchampion’ Sohani – ₹52,260
  4. brownguy26 – ₹41,160
  5. Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha – ₹32,340
  6. Avijit ‘evilpotato’ Jaiswal – ₹25,260
  7. Nishkarsh ‘DesiKanye’ Madavi – ₹19,020
  8. Manash ‘Silver555’ Kalita – ₹13,260

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

IOPC – The Crown ₹4 Crores GTD – Day 1B

The ₹4 Crores GTD IOPC – The Crown played out its second starting flight yesterday.

> Day 1B: Entries – 230 | Re-entries – 58 | Rebuys – 153 | Survivors – 67 | Chip Leader: Romit ’tilt_83′ Advani (273,382)

> Combined: Entries – 496 | Re-entries – 115 | Rebuys – 299 | Survivors – 123 | Overall Chip Leader: Saurabh ‘Beast555’ Jain (383,945)

 

IOPC – Value Mine Day 1B – ₹35 Lakhs GTD

> Day 1B: Entries – 244 | Re-entries – 38 | Rebuys – 190 | Survivors – 47 | Chip Leader: Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta (242,980)

> Combined: Entries – 525 | Re-entries – 63 | Rebuys – 392 | Survivors – 94 | Overall Chip Leader: ‘elbedonk’ (340,963)

Umesh ‘Umesh23062003’ Mundhe (Won IOPC #89 ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹87,705), Bhanu ‘MafiaGaming’ Prakash KC (Won IOPC #88 ₹4 Lakhs GTD for ₹77,400), and Neelakantan ‘spewcialist’ Murali (Won Night Rider – Deepstack ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD for ₹42,479) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

The three-time IOPC leaderboard crusher Bhanu ‘MafiaGaming’ Prakash KC (13,711 points) looks determined to bag the leaderboard title for a record-extending fourth time and pulled ahead after his title win yesterday! Dinesh ‘$Lucky Guy$’ Singh (12,664 points) and Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta (12,602 points) are in close proximity, making for a tough three-way battle for the #1 position.

IOPC June 2022 Leaderboard Standings After Day 13

RankPlayerPoints
1Bhanu 'MafiaGaming' Prakash KC13,711
2Dinesh '$Lucky Guy$' Singh12,664
3Mohit 'thejoker' Mehta12,602
4Anurag 'CultOfPersonality' Srivastava11,494
5Arjanveer 'bazzingaa' Singh Chadha11,453
6Vinay 'BeepBeepImaJeep' Rajpal11,399
7Ashish 'X--factor' Pareek11,112
8UnsafeChoice8,388
9Varun 'buffalowsoldier' Meena8,087
10Blunder Master7,848

 

PokerBaazi

THC#73 Superstack – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 657

Re-entries – 739

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 221

The THC headliner of Tuesday, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD THC#73 Superstack, brought in 1,396 entries, overlaying ₹1.04 Lakhs. The 7 PM event concluded at 4.11 AM after the last two players standing opted for a heads-up deal. Site regular Avinash BorntogambleAnand clinched the title for his first tournament victory this year and ₹1.84 Lakhs in prize money. The in-form Gurpal ‘roothless’ Singh secured a better ₹2.11 Lakhs in second place, courtesy of the deal.

Avinash Anand made another two ITM finishes yesterday for ₹1.89 Lakhs (overall). His PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹43.86 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹13.71 Lakhs

Avinash Anand’s online stats (PokerBaazi and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.26 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹55.37 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #1

The THC#73 Superstack runner-up finisher, Gurpal Singh, did one better in PokerStars India’s Summer Series #52 Ultra KO 90%, shipping the event for ₹52,294. In all, he added ₹2.89 Lakhs through his Tuesday run.

His top Tuesday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s THC#73 Superstack for ₹2.11 Lakhs

> 1st in PokerStars India’s Summer Series #52 Ultra KO 90% for ₹52,294

> 15th in PokerStars India’s Summer Series #55 Highroller for ₹19,818

Gurpal Singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.67 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹46.70 Lakhs

Avinash Anand
Avinash Anand

 

Final Table Results

  1. Avinash ‘Borntogamble’ Anand – ₹1,83,590*
  2. Gurpal ‘roothless’ Singh – ₹2,10,910*
  3. Ankit ‘gabru1410’ Agarwal – ₹1,12,800
  4. Roshan ‘roshang60’ Gurbuxani – ₹78,450
  5. maxpain – ₹54,450
  6. Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat – ₹37,950
  7. Daniyall ‘devilll9’ Kazi – ₹26,400
  8. yshah14 – ₹18,450

 

The Endeavour – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 200

Re-entries – 216

Prize Pool – ₹14,56,000

Places Paid – 54

Aditya ‘Darkelf97’ Raju waded past a 416-player field in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour last night to collect a personal-best ₹2.93 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee finished runner-up for ₹2.05 Lakhs.

Aditya Raju`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.84 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹82,934

PokerGuru Ambassador Debneil Mukherjee boarded the money bus in another two events yesterday, lapping up ₹2.23 Lakhs (overall). His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.45 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹25.10 Lakhs

Final Table Results

  1. Aditya ‘Darkelf97’ Raju – ₹2,92,656
  2. Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee – ₹2,05,150
  3. Deepak ‘Deepbindas’ Pandey – ₹1,31,914
  4. Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal – ₹97,552
  5. Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo – ₹73,237
  6. Vishwas ‘quickmaths’ Khanna – ₹58,677
  7. Bluffingboy – ₹48,922
  8. Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹39,020

 

THC#72 Megastack – ₹7 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 338

Re-entries – 280

Prize Pool – ₹7,00,000

Places Paid – 107

PokerBaazi’s THC#72 Megastack brought in 618 participants last night, filling in ₹82,000 in overlays. The event played down to a three-way deal that handed the title to Akshay ‘darulerofall’ Gupta, who pocketed ₹89,104. Shubham ‘backchod’Agarwal banked a better ₹94,710 in second place, with Sethuram ‘acepoker7325’ Kannan taking third for ₹80,366.

Akshay Gupta
Akshay Gupta

 

Akshay Gupta made another ITM runs yesterday for total take-home worth ₹97,038. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.88 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹20.76 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3

Shubham Agarwal made back-to-back FTs on PokerBaazi, and cashed another event for ₹1.55 Lakhs (overall). His Tuesday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s THC#72 Megastack for ₹94,710

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s THC#71 for ₹51,480

> 14th in PokerBaazi’s THC#74 Frenzy for ₹9,000

Shubham Agarwal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.45 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹30.26 Lakhs

Final Table Results

  1. Akshay ‘darulerofall’ Gupta – ₹89,104*
  2. Shubham ‘backchod’Agarwal – ₹94,710*
  3. Sethuram ‘acepoker7325’ Kannan – ₹80,366*
  4. Avyzara – ₹40,950
  5. Saransh ‘saransh004’ Garg – ₹28,490
  6. darmodygirl – ₹19,880
  7. Chetraj ‘Chetraj100’ Mishra – ₹14,420
  8. Armaan ‘Armouredguy’ Sehgal – ₹11,620

*denotes a three-way deal

 

THC#74 Frenzy – ₹6 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 266

Re-entries – 174

Add-ons – 77

Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000

Places Paid – 47

The mystery player ‘sjbdbfc’ charged past the 517-strong field in PokerBaazi’s THC#74 to win a site-best ₹1.14 Lakhs. Towards the end, the player defeated the former Game Changer champion JaiKiran ‘testify’ Kumar (2nd for ₹81,000) heads-up.

Jaikiran Kumar ITM-ed another five events, rounding up ₹1.26 Lakhs in Tuesday winnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.60 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹46.42 Lakhs

The 8.30 PM event fell ₹83,000 short of hitting its ₹6 Lakhs prize pool guarantee, and 47 places got paid.

Jaikiran Kumar
Jaikiran Kumar

 

Final Table Results

  1. sjbdbfc – ₹1,14,420
  2. JaiKiran ‘testify’ Kumar – ₹81,000
  3. Lokesh ‘Lukesh24’ Gupta – ₹57,840
  4. romeo333 – ₹40,500
  5. Amit Kumar ‘amit28091992’ Sahu – ₹28,620
  6. Kovid ‘fzzzyyy’ Saraswat – ₹20,280
  7. blessedsoul – ₹16,560
  8. Ankit ‘Ankitmodi’ Modi – ₹13,500

 

THC#75 (7-Max) Turbo – ₹6 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 355

Re-entries – 296

Prize Pool – ₹6,51,000

Places Paid – 107

The #8 ranked player of the year, Siddharth ‘GangnamGangi’ Gangwar, has made a habit of winning tournaments and he added another title to his tally yesterday, winning PokerBaazi`s THC#75 (7-Max) Turbo for ₹99,975 (his second THC title). He struck a heads-up deal with Kshitij ‘kmk1127’ Kucheria (2nd for ₹91,028).

Siddharth Gangwar pulled out one of his characteristic runs last night, cashing ₹1.16 Lakhs across five ITM finishes. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.10 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.13 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #14

Siddharth Gangwar
Siddharth Gangwar

 

Final Table Results

  1. Siddharth ‘GangnamGangi’ Gangwar – ₹99,975*
  2. Kshitij ‘kmk1127’ Kucheria – ₹91,028*
  3. thebigdino01 – ₹54,684
  4. bungakat – ₹38,084
  5. Ganesh ‘Ganesh24’ Durgade – ₹26,496
  6. Vaibhav ‘vaibhi18’ Arora – ₹18,488
  7. Ravinder ‘Ravikirti’ Singh – ₹13,411

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

THC#71 – ₹6 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 315

Re-entries – 242

Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000

Places Paid – 95

Vignesh ‘Rajjni007’ Kumar fired two bullets in PokerBaazi`s ₹6 Lakhs GTD THC#71 before coming out on top of the 557-player field, banking the ₹87,366 up-top. He struck a heads-up deal with Sabur ‘sabur’ Ali, the latter making away with a better ₹92,394.

The 1,100 buy-in event fell ₹43,000 short of breaking even and only 95 players from a 557 starting field earned a payday.

Final Table Results

  1. Vignesh ‘Rajjni007’ Kumar – ₹87,366*
  2. Sabur ‘sabur’ Ali – ₹92,394*
  3. Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal – ₹51,480
  4. Ragemonster – ₹35,820
  5. Texas07 – ₹24,960
  6. Rajavelu ‘rajvijay’ Vijaykumar – ₹17,400
  7. paramjot60 – ₹12,120
  8. Dinesh ‘wizard’ Kumar – ₹9,600

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

THC Main Event Qualifier 1 – ₹1 Crore GTD

> Day 2: Entries – 1,050 | Re-entries – 363 | Survivors – 136 | Chip Leader – Nitin ‘Gambler42’ Rawat (545,000)

The ongoing THC is now just five days away from culmination. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur (14,013 points) remains firmly entrenched as the #1 ranked player in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD THC Leaderboard standings. Shubham ‘backchodAgarwal (11,929 points) climbed two spots up to rally right behind Thakur. Dinesh ‘wizard’ Kumar (11,516 points) rounds out the podium on the THC Series Leaderboard.

THC Leaderboard Standings After Day 15

RankPlayerPoints
1Rajneesh 'msdhoni' Thakur14,013
2Shubham 'bakchod' Agarwal11,929
3Dinesh 'wizard' Kumar11,516
4Deepak '3streakbluff' Singh11,391
5Ganesh 'Ganesh24' Durgade10,088
6Neeraj 'SelfClaimedPro' Kumar10,079
7Abhishek 'chipndchair' Sonu9,725
8Ravinder ‘Ravikirti’ Singh9,381
9Sarthak 'sarthak2222' Aswal8,803
10Clinton 'clintontavares' Tavares8,772

Karan ‘collingwood’ Sitlani (Won Daily Night SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹54,080), Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj (Won SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹41,870), Suraj ‘Walao’ Nameirakpam (Won PLO Daily ₹40K GTD for ₹13,700), and ‘hobs007’ (Won 5-Max Daily ₹50K GTD for ₹8,890) were others who won titles on the site.

 

PokerStars India

The rescheduled Summer Series events were played on Tuesday.

Summer Series–55 Highroller – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹7,700

Entries – 87

Re-entries – 56

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 17

The Goan reg Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira championed PokerStars India’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD Summer Series–55 Highroller for a site-best ₹2.52 Lakhs, picking up his first Summer Series title. Sreekanth ‘LaganaHiToHai’ Narayan finished runner-up for ₹1.96 Lakhs.

Myron Pereira also cashed two more events, collectively taking home ₹2.57 Lakhs. His Tuesday scores were:

> Won PokerStars India’s Summer Series–55 Highroller for ₹2.52 Lakhs

> 53rd in PokerBaazi’s THC#75 7-Max Turbo for ₹2,864

> 5th in PokerStars India’s Summer Series-58 PLO6-Max Turbo for 1,793

Myron Pereira’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.25 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹97.67 Lakhs | Annual Winnings: ₹1.07 Crores

The ₹7,700 buy-in Summer Series Highroller brought in 143 entrants, overlaying ₹1.99 Lakhs, and the top 17 places finished ITM.

Myron Pereira
Myron Pereira

 

Final Table Results

  1. Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira – ₹2,51,883
  2. Sreekanth ‘LaganaHiToHai’ Narayan – ₹1,95,657
  3. Faiz ‘LFGgggg’ Alam – ₹1,51,983
  4. Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar – ₹1,18,058
  5. tabahi2k18 – ₹91,705
  6. Kanchan ‘thandicoke’ Sharma – ₹71,235
  7. Don903 – ₹55,334
  8. Suraj ‘MR.BEAST(SNY)’ N Yadav – ₹42,982
  9. Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo – ₹35,419

 

Summer Series–57 The Classic – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 106

Re-entries – 70

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 20

The Summer Series-63 Ultra KO 75% winner Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar clinched his second title of the Summer Series after taking the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Summer Series–57 The Classic for ₹81,749. The Mint winner Rising Star Aman ‘KarmaPoker77’ Parakh (2nd for ₹80,607) and ‘dhondu.chilll’ (3rd for ₹75,813) secured podium finishes, courtesy of a three-way deal.

The MTT pro Armaan Kochhar ITM-ed four more events (including two FT scores), winning a collective ₹2.43 Lakhs. His Tuesday scores were:

> 4th PokerStars India’s Summer Series–55 Highroller for ₹1.18 Lakhs

> Won PokerStars India’s Summer Series–57 The Classic for ₹81,749

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #90 for ₹33,795

> 22d in PokerBaazi’s THC#74 Frenzy for ₹6,000

> 31st in PokerBaazi’s THC#72 Megastack for ₹3,850

Armaan Kochhar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.76 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.17 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹91.03 Lakhs | No. of Title Wins in 2022: #11

The ₹2,750 buy-in event clocked in a 176-entry field, overlaying ₹60,000.

Armaan Kochhar
Armaan Kochhar

 

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

  1. Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar – ₹81,749*
  2. Aman ‘KarmaPoker77’ Parakh – ₹80,607*
  3. dhondu.chilll – ₹75,813*
  4. Nitin ‘NRIPOKER’ Rawat – ₹46,007
  5. Swapnil ‘pokpom1’ Patil – ₹35,422
  6. Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla – ₹27,273
  7. Sanchit ‘devilsanchit’ Anand – ₹20,998
  8. Raghav ‘scambrahm’ Ananth – ₹16,167
  9. Mandar ‘MAMA4000’ Madaye – ₹12,447

*denotes a three-way deal

 

The user ‘Kush0078’ won two Summer Series titles for a collective ₹15,683. He won Summer Series-54 Bounty Builder PKO ₹40K GTD for ₹8,279 and Summer Series-51 7-Max PKO ₹35K GTD for ₹7,404.

Summer Series Leaderboard Final Standings

RankPlayerPrize Amount
1Harshit 'arora17' Arora₹1,50,000
2Manish 'manish jangid' Jangid₹75,000
3rkrohan@&₹50,000
4honey mhr 1423₹35,000
5Akhilesh 'GM2318' Gautam₹20,000
6Aniruddha 'pocketacesaj69' Joshi₹15,000
7Rahul 'LaughingBoddha' Sengar₹10,000
8Vaibhav 'vaibsss' Bhatia₹10,000
9I am VR4Poker₹10,000
10Kunal 'kunalduggal13' Duggal₹10,000

‘dedpul7’ (Won Summer Series-59 Ultrasonic ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹42,521), Gurpal ‘twizelll’ Singh (Won Summer Series-53 Ultra KO 90% ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹54,294), ‘VaishOnu’ (Won Summer Series-50 Afternoon on Stars ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹34,565), ‘proffz4’ (Won Summer Series-52 Alternating Blinds ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹24,010), Sanjay ‘baba1g10’ Mohan (Won Summer Series-56 Primetime Grind ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹21,433), and ‘luckybuoy’ (Won Summer Series-58 PLO 6-Max Turbo ₹25K GTD for ₹9,316) were the other title winners on the last day of the series.

 

MPL Poker

Tuesday Slam – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 188

Re-entries – 95

Prize Pool – ₹8,49,000

Places Paid – 45

Last year’s FTS #25 – Main Event third-place finisher, Kushagra ‘KUSHAGRA’ Mehta topped the 283-entry field in MPL Poker’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD Tuesday Slam, pocketing a ₹2.03 Lakhs payday. Jeetendra ‘lusentboy’ Kumar placed runner-up for ₹1.35 Lakhs.

Kushagra Mehta`s online stats ([excluding MPL Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.04 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹13.96 Lakhs

Kushagra Mehta
Kushagra Mehta

 

Final Table Results

  1. Kushagra ‘KUSHAGRA’ Mehta – ₹2,03,760
  2. Jeetendra ‘lusentboy’ Kumar – ₹1,35,840
  3. Hansraj ‘alonelover1’ Kumar – ₹87,447
  4. Manish ‘12fail1rupesh’ Kumar – ₹67,920
  5. Suraj ‘fastrook703626’ Parkash – ₹46,695
  6. Suresh ‘suresh0024’ Kumar – ₹31,837
  7. Jitendra ‘Jeet Awana’ Awana – ₹26,319
  8. Himanshu ‘80***307’ Arora – ₹20,379

 

Adda52

The Mint – ₹14 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 231

Re-entries – 194

Prize Pool – ₹14,87,501

Places Paid – 43

Rising Star Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh took down Adda52’s ₹14 Lakhs GTD The Mint for ₹3.68 Lakhs, while Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava finished runner-up for ₹2.23 Lakhs.

Aman Parakh picked up ₹6.46 Lakhs on the back of seven ITM deep runs. His top finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹3,68,900

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #92- Tuesday Prime for ₹1,63,382

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Summer Series-57 [The Classic] for ₹80,607

> 13th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹17,472

Aman Parakh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.51 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.55 Crores

Anurag Srivastava collected ₹2.59 Lakhs in Tuesday winnings after scoring in six events. His top finishes include:

Anurag Srivastava
Anurag Srivastava

 

> 2nd in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹2,23,125

> 51st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #92- Tuesday Prime for ₹12,053

> 15th in PokerStars India’s Summer Series-57 [The Classic] for ₹9,218

> 35th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #94 – All Rounder for ₹6,558

Aman Parakh
Aman Parakh

 

Final Table Results

  1. Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh – ₹3,68,900
  2. Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava – ₹2,23,125
  3. Priya ‘priyaranjan2k12’ Ranjan Das – ₹1,56,188
  4. Gaurav ‘gauravarod’ Sood – ₹1,19,000
  5. Akshat ‘akshat03’ Sharma – ₹77,350
  6. Adarsh ‘storm007’ Subham – ₹52,063
  7. Puneet ‘puneet03’ Sachan – ₹40,906
  8. deathknell – ₹33,469

 

Voyager – ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 159

Re-entries – 116

Prize Pool – ₹2,75,003

Places Paid – 30

Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna shipped the ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD Voyager, banking a ₹70,400 payday. ‘dharmpur1234’ came in second for ₹41,938.

Harsh Bubna scored in six events, netting ₹1.11 Lakhs in earnings, which include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Voyager for ₹70,400

> 9th in PokerBaazi’s THC#72 Megastack for ₹11,620

> 11th in PokerStars India’s Summer Series-57 [The Classic] for ₹10,712

> 10th in PokerBaazi’s THC#75 (7-Max) Turbo for ₹8,658

> 21st in PokerBaazi’s THC#74 Frenzy for ₹6,000

> 27th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #90 for ₹3,735

Harsh Bubna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.06 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹63.59 Lakhs

Harsh Bubna
Harsh Bubna

 

Final Table Results

  1. Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹70,400
  2. dharmpur1234 – ₹41,938
  3. Frontline – ₹31,625
  4. Bujo – ₹23,375
  5. footrocks – ₹15,813
  6. Manoj ‘Manojk786’ Kumar – ₹11,000
  7. Alok ‘Elusiveflame’ Kumar – ₹8,250
  8. harrych007 – ₹6,875

 

eswar518’ (Won Afternoon Adda ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD for ₹32,940), ‘Glassofwhiskeyy’ (Won Nighttide DST Adda ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹30,059), ‘rajan678’ (Won Evening Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹9,939), ‘Samimeel’ (Won Freeze Out Adda ₹40K GTD for ₹14,266), and ‘proscorpion’ (Won Bounty Adda ₹60K GTD for ₹10,374) took down the other Adda52 MTT yesterday.

 

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‘Pradzzz’ Champions The Millionaire Series Main Event; Ujjwal Narwal, Adarsh Jha, Mukesh Surana, Ashish Ahuja & Neel Joshi Rake in Seven-Figures Scores on Sunday

This past Sunday was another blockbuster one for poker players! While the fourth edition of The Millionaire Series wrapped up on Spartan Poker and other sites on the Quadnet Poker Network, PokerBaazi hosted the 16th MoneyMaker as a part of its #BaaziBillion bonanza.

The mystery user ‘Pradzzz’ was the day’s biggest winner as they took down the ₹1.50 Crores GTD Millionaire Series#27 – The Millionaire Main Event for a jaw-dropping ₹41.74 Lakhs. Young Gun Ujjwal Narwal (2nd for ₹21.65 Lakhs, Biplob Rana (3rd for ₹14.37 Lakhs), and Young Gun Neel Joshi (4th for ₹8.98 Lakhs) rounded out the top four payouts.

PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish Ahuja is now a Millionaire champion and won the distinction after taking down Millionaire Series #25 – Sunday Millionaire for ₹10.19 Lakhs. Ahuja ended the night with ₹11.32 Lakhs in winnings, jumping to #3 in the annual leaderboard rankings.

Mukesh Surana entered the history books as the 16th MoneyMaker champion after taking down PokerBaazi’s ₹1 Crore GTD #BB3 MoneyMaker for ₹10.96 Lakhs. A three-way deal saw Adarsh Jha take home a better ₹14.96 Lakhs for his runner-up finish, while Sriram Sridhar locked in a third-place payout worth ₹11.76 Lakhs.

For a second consecutive week, PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik Ved took down Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹6.01 Lakhs. Kunal Yadav (2nd for ₹3.51 Lakhs) and Sanish Chhabra (3rd for ₹2.38 Lakhs) secured podium finishes, courtesy of a three-way deal.

Meanwhile, Adda52’s ₹2 Crores GTD Big Millions ran Day 2 yesterday and played down to an eight-handed final table. Vivek Singh (6,271,554) bagged the FT chip lead, with Rishabh Sharma (5,914,592) and Avinash Koneru (4,767,915) rounding out the top three stacks. The event’s final leg will be played live onboard Casino Deltin Royale in Goa on April 19, the last day of the upcoming Deltin Poker Tournament series.

Young Gun Anuj Yadav looks determined to hold his top spot on the annual rankings and won over ₹4.09 Lakhs last night. He most prominently took down PokerStars India’s Sunday Special (On-time Rake Refund) for ₹3.26 Lakhs.

Aditya Singh championed the Sunday Highroller for ₹2.38 Lakhs.

Ashwin Vijay, Tanmay Benara, Debashis Bal, Neelakantan Murali, and Alexcy Newmai won the other Sunday marquees.

Here are the Sunday highlights!

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Spartan Poker

Millionaire Series #27 – The Millionaire Main Event – 1.50 Crores GTD (1st Place 25 Lakhs GTD)

Buy-in – 11,000

Total Entries – 971

Total Re-entries – 242

Total Rebuys – 584

Total Survivors – 247 (173)

Prize Pool – 1,79,70,000

Places Paid – 225

It turned out to be a thrilling finale for The Millionaire Series 4.0, with the 1.50 Crores GTD Millionaire Series #27 – The Millionaire Main Event lighting up the weekend schedule of the series. The 11,000 buy-in, multi-flight event logged in 1,797 entries across five starting flights, accumulating a guarantee-smashing 1.79 Crores prize pool.

Day 2 commenced at 10 PM and ran till 2:51 AM, and the mystery user ‘Pradzzz’ overcame the stiff competition, banking a personal-best 41.74 Lakhs payday! The user is no stranger to tournament success, and last July, they won IOPC #117 Super High Roller. Not done yet, the user went on to win The Masters Table SnG for the bragging rights of becoming The Mastermind.

‘Pradzzz’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: 87.76 Lakhs | Site Profits: 65.12 Lakhs

Young Gun Ujjwal ‘Lord Hendrix’ Narwal (2nd for 21.65 Lakhs), Biplob ‘hellhell’ Rana (3rd for 14.37 Lakhs), and Young Gun Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi (4th for 10.06 Lakhs) were others who banked seven figures in the event.

Young Gun Neel Joshi picked up ₹10.58 Lakhs (overall) on the back of three deep runs. He scored in the Millionaire Series Main Event twice, his best finish for taking fourth-place for ₹8.98 Lakhs. His Sunday finishes include:

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series #27- The Millionaire Main Event for ₹10,06,320 (cumulative)
> 64th in PokerBaazi’s #BB3 MoneyMaker for ₹28,000
> 35th in Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series #25 -Sunday Millionaire for ₹23,880

Neel Joshi’s online stats – Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.13 Crores | Lifetime Profit: ₹2.14 Crores

Abhimanyu ‘Asraat Manfi’ Mittal (5th for 6.64 Lakhs), Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi (6th for 4.45 Lakhs), and Amit ‘deshominisation’ Kaushik (8th for 2.96 Lakhs) also FT-ed the Millionaire Series #27 – The Millionaire Main Event.

Mohit ‘monuguru’ Gupta (9th for 1.98 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha (10th for 1.44 Lakhs), Gopal ‘TheRealG’ Bajaj (11th for 1.26 Lakhs), Apratim ‘checm@te’ Sharma (12th for 1.26 Lakhs), last night`s BSS SuperStack winner Vinay ‘BeepBeepImaJeep’ Rajpal (13th for 1.26 Lakhs), Shashank ‘Goldfish097’ Shekhar (14th for 1.26 Lakhs), the two-time Mega Suits winner, PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (15th for 1.26 Lakhs), Ramji ‘bluffpolice123’ Kishore G (16th for 1.08 Lakhs), Romit ’tilt_83′ Advani (17th for 1.08 Lakhs), Vidwath ‘QU@NTUM’ Shetty (18th for 1.08 Lakhs), and Nitesh ‘KATIYAR11’ Katiyar (19th for 1.08 Lakhs) were the notables who finished in the top 20.

Ujjwal Narwal
Ujjwal Narwal

 

Final Table Results

  1. Pradzzz – 41,51,070
  2. Ujjwal ‘Lord Hendrix’ Narwal – 21,65,385
  3. Biplob ‘hellhell’ Rana – 14,37,600
  4. Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi – 8,98,500
  5. Abhimanyu ‘Asraat Manfi’ Mittal – 6,64,890
  6. Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi – 4,13,310
  7. UNKNOWN – 2,69,550
  8. Amit ‘deshominisation’ Kaushik – 2,24,625

 

Millionaire Series #25 – Sunday Millionaire 45 Lakhs GTD (1st Place 10 Lakhs GTD)

Buy-in – 6,600

Entries – 388

Re-entries – 134

Rebuys – 274

Prize Pool – 47,76,600

Places Paid – 70

PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja championed the 45 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series #25 – Sunday Millionaire for 10.19 Lakhs, posting his fourth-best career finish. He chopped the title heads-up with the first-ever APT Online India Main Event champion Rajat ‘SlugaBed’ Mahajan (2nd for 8.90 Lakhs).

Last night, the lawyer-turned poker pro Ashish Ahuja made another four ITM finishes, rounding up 11.32 Lakhs (overall). His ITM finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series #25 -Sunday Millionaire for 10,19,824

> 5th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for 56,571

> 42nd in Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series #27 – The Millionaire Main Event for 44,925

> 59th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for 9,602

> 63rd in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special (On-time Rake Refund) for 1,250

Ashish Ahuja’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 10.87 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 4.18 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #9 | Annual Winnings: 1.29 Crores | Ranked #3 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Finished #6 in the 2021 Leaderboard Rankings (Total Cashes)

Ashish Ahuja
Ashish Ahuja

 

Final Table Results

  1. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – 10,19,824
  2. Rajat ‘SlugaBed’ Mahajan – 8,90,576
  3. Thomas Tuchel – 4,05,960
  4. heimdall – 2,86,560
  5. thejuniorkid – 1,86,803
  6. Kunal ‘SoormaBhopali’ Patni – 1,43,280
  7. Siddharth ‘champ-ak’ Pandey – 91,283
  8. Shardul ‘Caribbean Flex’ Parthasarathi – 71,640

 

Millionaire Series #26 – 10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 1,100

Entries – 580

Rebuys – 198

Rebuys – 419

Prize Pool – 11,97,111

Places Paid – 111

The 10 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series #26 registered 1,197 entries, creating a 11.97 Lakhs. The user ‘Gabbar1973’ came out on top to collect 2.26 Lakhs, while Brijesh ‘Sanu15’ Rao came second for 1.37 Lakhs.

‘Gabbar1973’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: 24.64 Lakhs | Title Wins: #35 | Final Table Finishes: #135

Final Table Results

  1. Gabbar1973 – 2,26,113
  2. Brijesh ‘Sanu15’ Rao – 1,37,775
  3. BBOND007 – 97,675
  4. Abhishek ‘uncle_scrooge’ Kumar – 73,735
  5. Devang ‘THENERDGUY’ Yadav – 58,414
  6. Rajat ‘SlugaBed’ Mahajan – 44,169
  7. UraiseIshove2 – 31,721
  8. Yash ‘gambler11’ Jaiswal – 21,666

 

Millionaire Series #28 D’Lite – 10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 550

Entries – 2,090

Prize Pool – 10,46,500

Places Paid – 239

Survivors – 244

The mystery user with the moniker ‘AceBoy’ was the last player standing in Spartan Poker’s 10 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series #28 D’Lite and walked away with the 1.43 Lakhs up-top. He chopped the title with Navdeep ‘Psychonaut’ Sahi (2nd for 1.42 Lakhs).

The 550 buy-in event logged in a total of 2,090 entries across three starting flights (Day 1A – 815, Day 1B – 635, Day 1C Turbo – 640), and the top 239 places got a share from the 10.46 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

  1. AceBoy – 1,43,251*
  2. Navdeep ‘Psychonaut’ Sahi – 1,42,098*
  3. Abhishek ‘abhiom’ Chhajer – 71,790
  4. hutu001 – 52,220
  5. Bigboy larry barese – 42,823
  6. $unLyht – 32,379
  7. Suraj ‘MichaelScarn’ Arora – 24,760
  8. Myron ‘mehhhhh’ Pereira – 17,487

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

Millionaire Series #24 – 6 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 1,650

Entries – 292

Re-entries –48

Re-buys – 182

Prize Pool – 7,83,000

Places Paid – 47

The IOPC JULY 2021 Blaze of Glory runner-up finisher Ashwin ‘A116’ Vijay was the last player standing in Spartan Poker`s 6 Lakhs GTD Millionaire Series #24 and won the 1.52 Lakhs up-top. The user ‘cobainkurt’ placed runner-up for 96,935.

Ashwin Vijay also cashed in Adda52’s Holdem Bash (21st for 2,125). His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 1.63 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 37 Lakhs | Titles won in 2022: #2

Ashwin Vijay
Ashwin Vijay

 

Final Table Results

  1. Ashwin ‘A116’ Vijay – 1,52,607
  2. cobainkurt – 96,935
  3. Raghav ‘Mr. Bean’ Ananth – 72,662
  4. Jaggi11 – 58,803
  5. Archit ‘Archit810’ Agarwal – 46,354
  6. UNKNOWN – 35,392
  7. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – 25,996
  8. Bally123 – 19,105

 

With the last of The Millionaire Series 4.0 events wrapping up yesterday, the final standings in the 20 Lakhs-added leaderboard race have been announced. The MS #11 champion Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta topped the leaderboard standings, netting 4.80 Lakhs in leaderboard prizes. Amit ‘deshominisation’ Kaushik finished runner-up for 3 Lakhs, and Harsh ‘Chiraunjilal Khosla’ Bubna finished third for 2.40 Lakhs.

Mohit Mehta
Mohit Mehta

 

The Millionaire Series 4.0 Leaderboard Final Standings

RankPlayerPrize Amount (BM)
1Mohit 'thejoker' Mehta₹4,80,000
2Amit 'deshominisation' Kaushik₹3,00,000
3Harsh 'Chiraunjilal Khosla' Bubna₹2,40,000
4Manish 'thekid' Lakhotia₹2,00,000
5Bhushan 'funchampion' Sohani₹1,80,000
6Anil 'anil999' Arora₹1,60,000
7Abhijeet 'TheSupremeOne' Kumar₹1,40,000
8Ashutosh 'stupefy' Balodhi₹1,20,000
9InscrutablE₹1,00,000
10Jaikiran 'GOLI SODA' Kumar₹80,000

‘failor’ (Won Reloaded 1.50 Lakhs GTD for 34,875) and ‘Jainsaab96’ (Won The Centurion 50K GTD for 10,575) won the other Sunday marquees on Spartan Poker.

 

PokerBaazi

#BB3 MoneyMaker – 1 Crore GTD

Buy-in – 11,000

Entries – 483

Re-entries – 388

Prize Pool – 1,00,00,000

Places Paid – 108

PokerBaazi’s 1 flight 1 Crore GTD #BB3 MoneyMaker, the third in a series of seven MoneyMaker tournaments scheduled on subsequent Sundays, drove up the weekend action on the site! The 11,000 buy-in event roped in an 871-entry field and played down to a three-way deal.

Mukesh ‘Guruuu’ Surana emerged as the eventual champion and, along with a career-best 10.96 Lakhs in prize money, grabbed the distinction of becoming the 16th player to win the MoneyMaker title.

Even though denied the title, Adarsh ‘lazygamer007’ Jha banked the lion`s share of the prize money, 14.96 Lakhs, in second place, as he held the chip lead when the FT deal was struck. The second-place finisher Sriram ‘onepotoneshot88’ Sridhar didn`t have much to complain about as he raked in 11.76 Lakhs for his efforts.

A former Mega Suits winner, Mukesh Surana, made another ITM finish in Spartan Poker’s Reloaded (11th for 2,925), adding 11 Lakhs on Sunday. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 99.17 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: 20.83 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #6

Adarsh Jha was in spectacular form last night and lapped up 15.59 Lakhs from two deep runs.

Adarsh Jha
Adarsh Jha

 

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s #BB3 MoneyMaker for 14,96,421

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BSS 2 Lakhs GTD for 63,219

The 11,000 buy-in flagship filled in 12.90 Lakhs in overlays.

Siddharth ‘GangnamGangi’ Gangwar (5th for 4.38 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Deepankur ‘Dp179’ Gupta (6th for 3.54 Lakhs), and Young Gun’s Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani (7th for 2.93 Lakhs) and Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma (8th for 2.33 Lakhs) FT-ed the event.

Siddharth Gangwar made quite the run last, cashing in six events for a collective ₹5.73 Lakhs. His Sunday finishes include:

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s #BB3 MoneyMaker for ₹4,38,000
> 8th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹67,211
> 7th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller (On-time Rake Refund) for ₹49,368
> 21st in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special (On-time Rake Refund) for ₹12,717
> 45th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS SPRINT for ₹5,033
> 34th in PokerStars India’s Big Bubble Rush for ₹875

Siddharth Gangwar’s online stats – Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.45 Crores | Lifetime Profit: ₹85.09 Lakhs

Pavankiran ‘rootahuamachi’ Bellamkonda (9th for 1.75 Lakhs), Atul ‘ChampioNNN’ Nagpal (10th for 1.30 Lakhs), Kanishk ‘gooner1317’ Upreti (12th for 1.30 Lakhs), Pravin ‘littlejony’ Garle (13th for 1.05 Lakhs), Rising Star Pratibh ‘pratibhsaluja’ Saluja (14th for 1.05 Lakhs), Young Gun Siddharth ‘schemer’ Karia (17th for 90,000), Anmol ‘airball’ Narang (18th for 90,000), and Ankit ‘akj290’ Jajodia (19th for 80,000) posted a deep run!

Mukesh Surana
Mukesh Surana

 

Final Table Results

  1. Mukesh ‘Guruuu’ Surana – 10,96,466*
  2. Adarsh ‘lazygamer007’ Jha – 14,96,421*
  3. Sriram ‘onepotoneshot88’ Sridhar – 11,76,113*
  4. TheBrunson – 5,86,000
  5. Siddharth ‘GangnamGangi’ Gangwar – 4,38,000
  6. Deepankur ‘Dp179’ Gupta – 3,54,000
  7. Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani – 2,93,000
  8. Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma – 2,33,000

*denotes a three-way deal

 

BSS SuperStack – 20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 5,500

Entries – 255

Re-Entries – 264

Prize Pool – 25,95,000

Places Paid – 63

The 20 Lakhs GTD BSS SuperStack, logged in 519 entries in its latest run to post 25.95 Lakhs in the prize pool (29.75% more than its listed guarantee).

After eight hours and forty-two minutes of play, the former Full House runner-up Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal championed the event to win his fourth title of the year for5.04 Lakhs. Vaibhav ‘WakhraSwagNi’ Sharma placed runner-up for 3.53 Lakhs.

Vinay Rajpal also ran deep in Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series #27 – The Millionaire Main Event, placing 13th for 1.26 Lakhs. His collective scores for the day were 6.30 Lakhs. His online stats:

Lifetime Winnings: 3.74 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 95.39 Lakhs | Annual Winnings: 56.53 Lakhs |Titles Won in 2022: #4

MTT pro Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani crossed the money line in five events (including two FT scores), cumulatively earning 3.04 Lakhs. His scores were:

Sahil Mahboobani
Sahil Mahboobani

 

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for 1.01 Lakhs

> 4th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for 76,701

> 104th in Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series #27 – The Millionaire Main Event for 48,519

> 15th in Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series #25 – Sunday Millionaire for 47,760

> 10th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller for 29,464

Sahil Mahboobani’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: 9.62 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 3.23 Crores

Vinay Rajpal
Vinay Rajpal

 

Final Table Results

  1. Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal – 5,04,209
  2. Vaibhav ‘WakhraSwagNi’ Sharma – 3,53,439
  3. Varun ‘omniknight’ Meena – 2,27,322
  4. Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar – 1,68,156
  5. Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg – 1,26,117
  6. Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani – 1,01,205
  7. Shriram ‘MasterBet10’ Varma – 84,338
  8. Siddharth ‘GangnamGangi’ Gangwar – 67,211

 

(7-Max) BSS SPRINT – 5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 2,200

Entries – 248

Re-entries – 218

Prize Pool – 9,32,000

Places Paid – 54

PokerBaazi’s Sunday 9 PM fixture, 5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) BSS SPRINT, made a quick six-hour sprint. The site regular ‘Realfc’ (anonymity requested) walked away with the title and 1.87 Lakhs in first-place prize money, while Madhab ‘madhabpal2017’ Pal finished runner-up for 1.31 Lakhs.

Shankar ‘Indianmessi’ Singh came fourth for 62,444.

Final Table Results

  1. Realfc – 1,87,332
  2. Madhab ‘madhabpal2017’ Pal – 1,31,319
  3. abhiboi – 84,439
  4. Shankar ‘Indianmessi’ Singh – 62,444
  5. King19 – 46,880
  6. shahraj – 37,560
  7. Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar – 31,315

 

BSS MonsterStack (6-Max) – 5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 2,750

Entries – 151

Re-entries – 149

Prize Pool – 7,50,000

Places Paid – 36

Debashis ‘Alln’ Bal topped a guarantee-crushing field in 5 Lakhs GTD BSS MonsterStack 6-Max to collect 1.65 Lakhs, picking up his first title of the year. The in-form Ayush ‘thesetminer’ Arora mopped up 1.16 Lakhs in second place.

Debashis Bal’s online stats (PokerBaazi and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: 44.97 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: 2.83 Lakhs

Debashis Bal
Debashis Bal

 

Final Table Results

  1. Debashis ‘Alln’ Bal – 1,65,675
  2. Ayush ‘thesetminer’ Arora – 1,16,250
  3. Amar ‘kidpoker0109’ Mehta – 74,775
  4. stonedurrr – 55,350
  5. Aditya ‘Konstantin’ Singh – 41,550
  6. zarxi – 33,225

 

Adarsh ‘lazygamer007’ Jha (Won BSS 2 Lakhs GTD for 63,220), ‘miresh12’ (Won BSS Night SPRINT 1.50 Lakhs GTD for 51,230), ‘intervntion’ (anonymity requested) (Won BSS Kickoff 1 Lakh GTD for 50,030) ‘Miracle’ (Won BSS Afternoon SPRINT 1 Lakh GTD for 34,774), Neelakantan ‘difsripp007’ Murali (Won SPRINT 1 Lakh GTD for 29,370) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

 

PokerStars India

Sunday Special (On-time Rake Refund) – 15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 5,500

Entries – 166

Re-entries – 123

Regular Prize Pool – 7,77,500

Bounty Prize Pool – 7,22,500

Total Prize Pool – 15,00,000

Places Paid – 31

The #1 ranked player of the year, Young Gun Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav, won PokerStars India`s Sunday mainstay, 15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special (On-time Rake Refund), and padded his burgeoning bankroll by 3.26 Lakhs. Online reg Vishnu ‘violator2018’ Khandelwal finished runner-up for 1.60 Lakhs.

Vishnu Khandelwal
Vishnu Khandelwal

 

The MTT beast posted another three ITM finishes, collectively adding 4.09 Lakhs. His Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerStars India`s Sunday Special for 3,26,613

> 148th in Spartan Poker`s Millionaire Series #27 Main Event for 41,331

> 73rd in PokerBaazi`s #BB3 MoneyMaker for 25,000

> 61st in SpartanPoker`s Millionaire Series #25 – Sunday Millionaire for 16,716

Anuj Yadav`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 8.12 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 4.78 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #10 | Annual Winnings: 1.68 Crores | Ranked #1 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes and Net Profits)

The 5,500 buy-in event recorded a 289-play field, overlaying 55,000, and the top 31 places got paid.

As part of its On-time Rake Refund promotion, the site refunded the 500 in rake to all the players who registered for the event before it started.

Anuj Yadav
Anuj Yadav

 

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

  1. Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – 3,26,613
  2. Vishnu ‘violator2018’ Khandelwal – 1,60,695
  3. Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar – 1,32,424
  4. Devendra ‘ThaBlack(3’ Suthar – 1,02,613
  5. muttonmm – 52,563
  6. Saurabh ‘saurabh21’ Rohila – 62,233
  7. Algorithm101 – 37,385
  8. Devang ‘Infic11’ Mehta – 37,542
  9. Sreekanth ‘LaganaHiToHai’ Narayan – 37,991

 

Sunday Highroller (On-time Rake Refund) – 10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 11,000

Entries –60

Re-entries – 33

Prize Pool – 10,00,000

Places Paid – 11

Last week`s Battle Royale champion Aditya ‘ukid767’ Singh went the distance in PokerStars India`s Sunday Highroller yesterday, netting 2.38 Lakhs for the win! ‘crishabh770’ finished runner-up for 1.83 Lakhs.

Aditya Singh added another 29,195 from his 22nd place finish in the Millionaire Series #25 – Sunday Millionaire. His online stats (excluding PokerStarsIndia): Lifetime Winnings: 1.33 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 44.52 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #9

The 11,000 buy-in event clocked in an overlay shortfall of 70,000, falling seven entries shy of its 100 player guarantee.

Like the Sunday Special, the site refunded the 1,000 in rake to all players who had entered the 8 PM flagship before its start time.

Aditya Singh
Aditya Singh

 

Final Table Results

  1. Aditya ‘ukid767’ Singh – 2,38,966
  2. crishabh770 – 1,83,734
  3. Rahul ‘LaughingBoddha’ Sengar – 1,41,267
  4. Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood – 1,08,616
  5. Partho ‘SpidermanIndia’ Datta – 83,511
  6. Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta – 64,209
  7. Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar – 49,368
  8. Sailor431 – 37,958
  9. dejavutilt – 33,443

 

‘girish101’ (Won Big Bubble Rush 1 Lakh GTD for 35,956), ‘sumitm74’ (Won Ultrasonic 1 Lakh GTD for 22,351), ‘harsh9876’ (Won Sunday Storm 1.25 Lakhs GTD for 24,931), ‘hgwills’ (Won Total KO 40K GTD for 15,093), ‘KOLKATA360’ (Won Afternoon on Stars 50K GTD for 16,846), and ‘kush0078’ (Won Deepstack 50K GTD for 11,510) took down the other PokerStars India marquees.

 

Adda52

Big Millions Finale – 2 Crores GTD

Buy-in – 11,000

Entries – 1287

Re-Entries – 649

Prize Pool – 2,00,00,000

Places Paid – 197

Adda52 did away with most of its weekday flagships last week to accommodate the 2 Crores GTD Big Millions! And the experiment worked as the 11,000 buy-in event roped in a total of 1,936 entries across six starting flights (Day 1A – 343, Day 1B – 314, Day 1C – 246, Day 1D Turbo – 195, Day 1E – 287, and Day 1F – 551), falling a marginal 6.40 Lakhs short of its ambitious guarantee.

Day 2 of the event began yesterday at 10 PM with 227 unique survivors, and the top 197 places earned a min-cash of at least 37,414. The event played down to the eight-handed final table – taking an over week-long break before the finalists convene aboard Casino Deltin Royale in Goa. All the eight finalists have locked-in 3.14 Lakhs prize money and will be vying for the 31.63 Lakhs up top.

The former The Ballers winner Vivek ‘void191’ Singh (6,271,554) bagged the FT chip lead. Rishabh ‘nerfhitler’ Sharma (5,914,592), Avinash ‘avinkon’ Koneru (4,767,915), Himanshu ‘pirateking7’ Arora (3,583,094), Mohit ‘FloatingMonkey’ Bohra (2,680,308), ‘bvrn’ (2,337,204), PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘GigaaBet’ Bajaj (1,810,760), and poker coach Kanishka ‘kanishka27’ Samant (1,155,792) are the others in contention for the title.

Abhishek ‘thegrinder’ Garg was knocked out on the final table bubble in ninth place for 2.26 Lakhs.

Sahil ‘bluffme19’ Chutani (10th for 1.62 Lakhs), Vikash ‘charuz’ Kumar (11th for 1.62 Lakhs), Yudhishthir ‘rowdy6’ Singh Rathore (12th for 1.62 Lakhs), Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (14th for 1.17 Lakhs), Areyann ‘paisenikalbc’ Gurbaxani (15th for 1.17 Lakhs), Advait ‘ronaldinho018’ Rajguru (16th for 1.17 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi (18th for 83,928), Ayush ‘lazyman’ Garg (19th for 83,928), and Rahul ‘qwerty3293’ Singhroha (20th for 83,928) posted a deep run in the event.

Final Table Chip Counts

  1. Vivek ‘void191’ Singh – 6,271,554
  2. Rishabh ‘nerfhitler’ Sharma – 5,914,592
  3. Avinash ‘avinkon’ Koneru – 4,767,915
  4. Himanshu ‘pirateking7’ Arora – 3,583,094
  5. Mohit ‘FloatingMonkey’ Bohra – 2,680,308
  6. bvrn – 2,337,204
  7. Vishal ‘GigaaBet’ Bajaj – 1,810,760
  8. Kanishka ‘kanishka27’ Samant – 1,155,792

 

Mega Suits – 25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 5,500

Entries – 255

Re-entries – 246

Prize Pool – 25,05,021

Places Paid – 55

PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘Pegasus1505’ Ved won the 25 Lakhs GTD Mega Suits AGAIN last night. The bracelet winner topped the 501-entry field to clinch the Mega Suits title for the second consecutive Sunday for 6.01 Lakhs.

Kunal ‘Kunotaguero’ Yadav (2nd for 3.51 Lakhs) and Sanish ‘sanish21’ Chhabra (3rd for 2.38 Lakhs) secured podium finishes.

Last month`s NPS – Super Highroller champion, Kartik Ved, posted deep runs in two more events, collectively banking 8.14 Lakhs. These scores helped him cross the “8 Crores” milestone in lifetime tracked earnings.

His Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Mega Suits for 6.01 Lakhs

> 15th in Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series #27 – The Millionaire Main Event for 2.01 Lakhs

> 51st in PokerBaazi’s BSS Superstack for 11,418

Kartik Ved’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 8.03 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 3.78 Crores | Annual Winnings: 83.05 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5 | Ranked #26 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Arun ‘runyrules’ Sriram ITM-ed three events, collectively adding 2.46 Lakhs. His Sunday finishes include:

Arun Sriram
Arun Sriram

 

> 4th in Adda52’s Mega Suits for 1.88 Lakhs

> 63rd in Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series #27 – The Millionaire Main Event for 30,549

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s BSS MonsterStack for 27,600

Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta crossed the money line in three events, collectively banking 2.44 Lakhs. His Sunday finishes include:

Anmol Mehta
Anmol Mehta

 

> 5th in Adda52’s Mega Suits for 1.25 Lakhs

> 6th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller for 64,209

> 115th in Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series #27 – The Millionaire Main Event for 44,925

> 15th in PokerBaazi’s BSS MonsterStack for 9,900

Vikash ‘charuz’ Kumar collected 1.18 Lakhs last night. His Sunday finishes include:

> 6th in Adda52’s Mega Suits for 87,675

> 1st in Adda52’s Ultimate DST for 30,301

Kartik Ved
Kartik Ved

 

Final Table Results

  1. Kartik ‘Pegasus1505’ Ved – 6,01,200
  2. Kunal ‘Kunotaguero’ Yadav – 3,50,700
  3. Sanish ‘sanish21’ Chhabra – 2,37,975
  4. Arun ‘runyrules’ Sriram – 1,87,875
  5. Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – 1,25,250
  6. Vikash ‘charuz’ Kumar – 87,675
  7. Ashish ‘ragspoker’ Munot – 62,625
  8. Akshay ‘Powershell’ Asawa – 50,100

 

Sunday Showdown – 10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 2,500

Entries – 233

Re-entries – 163

Prize Pool – 10,00,000

Places Paid – 44

Saturday`s (7-Max) SPRINT winner Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara kept his winning streak going as he took down the 10 Lakhs GTD Sunday Showdown for 1.65 Lakhs. The former WCS – The Elite winner struck a three-way deal with the #BB2 MoneyMaker champion Sahil ‘you3bi4b’ Nair (2nd for 1.41 Lakhs) and Mayank ‘mayankp0985’ P (3rd for 1.30 Lakhs).

Tanmay Benara ITM-ed four events yesterday, adding over 2.41 Lakhs in Sunday winnings. He is now sitting on the edge of crossing the “2 Crores” milestone in tracked online winnings. His Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for 1.65 Lakhs

> 75th in Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series #27 – The Millionaire Main Event for 50,316

> 53rd in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for 11,418

> 16th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SPRINT for 9,600

> 79th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special for 5,625

Tanmay Benara’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 2 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 61.93 Lakhs

Sahil Nair ITM-ed six events (including a title win and a runner-up finish), adding 2.78 Lakhs altogether. His Sunday finishes include:

Sahil Nair
Sahil Nair

 

> 2nd Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for 1.41 Lakhs

> 1st in Adda52’s Holdem Bash for 68,625

> 9th in Adda52’s Mega Suits for 37,575

> 45th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for 13,494

> 23rd in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special for 12,404

> 31st in PokerBaazi’s BSS MonsterStack for 5,100

Sahil Nair’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 1.29 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 49.49 Lakhs

The 2,500 buy-in event clocked in 396 entries and filled in 1.09 in overlays.

Tanmay Benara
Tanmay Benara

 

Final Table Results

  1. Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara – 1,64,513*
  2. Sahil ‘you3bi4b’ Nair – 1,41,274*
  3. Mayank ‘mayankp0985’ P – 1,30,375*
  4. Sahil ‘imhighishove’ Mahboobani – 76,701
  5. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – 56,571
  6. Amit ‘ragingbull’ Kaushik – 41,724
  7. Abhimanyu ‘PsychoDrama’ Mittal – 30,774
  8. Rajat ‘oshoswami’ Sharma – 22,697

*denotes a three-way deal

 

MPL Poker

The MPL user ‘Ssraj’ won the site`s 1.50 Lakhs GTD Sunday Showstopper for 35,250.

 

Khelo365

Khelo365’s 1 Lakh GTD Big Bang brought in 41 players, and the user ‘Victor705’ overcame them all to win the title for 37,000. Site regular Alexcy ‘JonGregor’ Newmai finished runner-up for 25,000.

The 50K GTD Dominator was taken down by ‘BlackWood,’ who fired two bullets in the event before taking down the title for 15,500. Alexcy ‘JonGregor’ Newmai, posting his second runner-up finish on the site on Sunday, collected 10,500 in second place.

Rahul ‘Rahulskul’ Kumar FT-ed the event (7th for 3,250).

 

Keep following PokerGuru for daily updates on the biggest winners across the major domestic networks!

Daily Majors: Raghav Bansal, Tanmay Benara, Vishnu Khandelwal, Manish Lakhotia & Jaideep Sajwan Among Friday`s Breakout Winners

On Friday, the MTT action went full throttle, setting the stage for a blockbuster weekend ahead!

The well-known circuit reg Raghav Bansal announced his return to the virtual felts in style after taking down Adda52’s Bullzeye Kapoor for 6.25 Lakhs, making him Friday`s biggest winner. Basant Kumar Singh came second for 3.79 Lakhs.

The former Destiny winner Tanmay Benara took down Spartan Pokers WCS #80 The Elite for a career-best ₹5.49 Lakhs. He chopped the title three-way with ‘magicmountain’ (anonymity requested) (2nd for ₹5.32 Lakhs) and last night`s breakout winner Vishnu Khandelwal (3rd for ₹4.64 Lakhs).

The #2 ranked player of the year, Manish Lakhotia, added 4.17 Lakhs to his annual tally after winning PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller.

Jaideep Sajwan (opted out of our tracking) posted third-place finishes in Adda52’s Bullzeye Kapoor (₹2.75 Lakhs) and PokerStars India’s Super Highroller (₹1.61 Lakhs), banking ₹4.36 Lakhs overall.

PokerStars India`s Super Highroller played down to a heads-up deal, and ‘garima14’ won the title for ₹2.23 Lakhs. Thursday’s WCS #72 High Roller champion Deepesh Raka kept his heater going and bagged a better ₹2.59 Lakhs in second place.

‘Indianthug’ (anonymity requested) went on a scorching run on Spartan Poker yesterday and won two WCS titles for a collective ₹2.34 Lakhs. Their title wins include WCS #78 for ₹2.01 Lakhs and WCS #74 Multi-Entry for ₹32,827.

Akshit Madan came out on top in Spartan Poker`s WCS #81 Monster Stack and won ₹1.04 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with ‘poker_samrat’ (2nd for ₹90,288).

Anuj Laddhad, Bharat Vasan, Kushagra Mehta, Tanay Parekh, Hemant Meena, Pradip Ghosh, Vijendra Kumar Sharma (two tiles), Karan Malhotra, Avinash Kumar, and Manjeet Singh Baghel were the other prominent winners!

Here are the Friday highlights!

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Spartan Poker

With just two days left for Spartan Poker`s inaugural Winter Celebration Series (WCS), the site had a packed 11 WCS events (including separate starting flights) on the Friday schedule.

The biggest guaranteed event that played down to a winner last night, the ₹30 Lakhs GTD WCS #80 The Elite 6-Max, registered a guarantee-crushing 340-entry field, and the top 31 places won a share from the ₹34 Lakhs prize pool. The former Destiny champion Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara topped the field to collect a career-best ₹5.49 Lakhs following a three-way deal with ‘magicmountain’ (anonymity requested) (2nd for ₹5.32 Lakhs) and the two-time Destiny winner Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal (3rd for ₹4.64 Lakhs).

Tanmay Benara
Tanmay Benara

 

Tanmay Benara also FT-ed PokerBaazi’s 6-Max Sprint (5th for ₹24,920), bringing his Friday earnings north of ₹5.73 Lakhs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.35 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹41.57 Lakhs | Annual Winnings: ₹1.17 Crores

The third-place finisher Vishnu Khandelwal (opted-out from our tracking) added at least ₹5.68 Lakhs yesterday.

His ITM finishes include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s WCS #80 The Elite for ₹4.64 Lakhs

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹1.04 Lakhs

Spartan Poker user ‘Indianthug’ (anonymity requested) was one of Friday`s star performers. They won two WCS titles for a collective ₹2.34 Lakhs, boosting their recorded earnings on Spartan Poker to ₹11.69 Lakhs!

Their title wins include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s WCS #78 for ₹2.01 Lakhs * (HU deal)

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s WCS #74 Multi-Entry for ₹32,827

Ajay ‘ajay2706’ Saharan chopped the ₹12 Lakhs GTD WCS#78 title with ‘Indianthug,’ collecting ₹1.81 Lakhs in second place.

Ajay Saharan’s online stats (across PokerBaazi and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹19.42 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹54,649

Rising Star Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna posted three deep runs yesterday, worth ₹1.96 Lakhs (cumulatively).

Ritwik Khanna
Ritwik Khanna

 

His ITM finishes include:

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s WCS #78 for ₹90,120

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹55,566

> 14th in Spartan Poker’s WCS #80 The Elite for ₹50,320

Ritwik Khanna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.96 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.03 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹2.80 Crores |Ranked #10 in the Annual Winnings Leaderboard standings

Akshit ‘alwaysgud’ Madan overcame the 388-entry field in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD WC #81 Monster Stack to win ₹1.04 Lakhs. He chopped the title heads-up with ‘poker_samrat’ (anonymity requested) (2nd for ₹90,288).

Akshit Madan
Akshit Madan

 

The Friday win is Madan’s fifth title victory this year, boosting his online scorecard to ₹37.62 Lakhs.

The WCS showstopper, ₹1 Crore GTD WCS The Millionaire Main Event, completed the second of five starting flights yesterday. The Day 1B of the ₹5,500 entry buy-in event clocked in 256 entries (137 unique, 30 re-entries, and 89 rebuys), and 34 players survived the day’s onslaught. Spartan Poker user ‘Giraldik’ (282,362), Young Gun Kanchan ‘Midge Maisel’ Sharma (258,691), and Mohit ‘monuguru’ Gupta (189,269) topped the day-end chip counts.

Kanchan Sharma
Kanchan Sharma

 

The Millionaire Main Event has signed up 523 entries across two starting flights and needs at least another 1,477 entries through the remaining three flights to hit its 2,000-entry guarantee.

The other multi-flight event running starting flights was the ₹5 Lakhs GTD WCS The Punch, and the event played out two starting flights yesterday. Here are the details:

> Day 1A: Total Entries – 111 | Total Survivors – 16 | Chip Leader – Amit ‘kavipri’ Gehani (184,929)

> Day 1B: Total Entries – 159 | Total Survivors – 16| Chip Leader – Prabhas ‘Baba_Tufaani’ Sharma (203,614)

Kushagra ‘The Unconventional’ Mehta (Won WCS#75 ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹53,538), ‘Dancing Rose’ (Won WCS#79 ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹22,150), and ‘jai002’ (Won WCS#76 ₹50K GTD for ₹8,385) won the other WCS titles yesterday!

Kushagra Mehta
Kushagra Mehta

 

With Day 10 of the WCS now in the books, Rising Star Ritwik Khanna headlines the ₹10 Lakhs-added WCS Feature Leaderboard standings with 2,829 points. Young Gun Gaurav Sood (2,421 points) has fallen back to #2, and PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh Chadha (2,309 points) sits a close #3 in the standings.

WCS Feature Leaderboard Standings After Day 10

RankPlayerPoints
1Ritwik 'Fisherman1997' Khanna2,829
2Gaurav 'mozzie17' Sood2,158
3Arjanveer 'bazzingaa' Singh Chadha2,309
4NoConnection1,993
5Tanmay 'Tandroid' Bhalerao1,925
6Ankit 'Asymptote' Khattar1,817
7Nitin 'Demogorgon' Arora1,802
8Kanchan 'Midge Maisel' Sharma1,749
9Mithun 'Zima Blue' Mahesh1,714
10Mohit thejoker' Mehta1,654

 

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi`s Friday staple, 12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller, clocked in 162 entrants – each of them signing up for 11,000. The 16.20 Lakhs prize pool was distributed among the top 18 finishers. The #2 ranked player of the year, Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia, walked away with the title and the 4.17 Lakhs up-top, picking up his first title this month. ‘vinod127515’ stood second for 2.92 Lakhs.

Manish Lakhotia
Manish Lakhotia

 

Manish Lakhotia lapped up over ₹4.46 Lakhs last night as he also FT-ed Spartan Poker’s WCS#78 (8th for ₹29,280), closing the gap on Gaurav Sood for the #1 position on the annual leaderboard.

Manish Lakhotia’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.70 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.18 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹4.16 Crores |Ranked #2 in the Annual Winnings Leaderboard standings

The 4 Lakhs GTD SPRINT 6-Max, couldn`t generate the same interest as The Weekly HighRoller, with a 180-player field resulting in an overlay deficit of 40,000. The 2,200 buy-in event paid out 21 places. Bharat ‘ThinkFloyd’ Vasan was the last player standing and won his first title this month and a 99,480 payday. Last night’s Uppercut Mini champion Anuj ‘MrGreen1610’ Laddhad placed runner-up for 69,720.

Bharat Vasan
Bharat Vasan

 

Bharat Vasan’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.90 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹55.62 Lakhs

Tanay ‘TanayParekh’ Parekh (Won Holdem BOOST 1.50 Lakhs GTD for 51,770), Hemant ‘hkm2828’ Meena (Won Daily Night SPRINT 1.50 Lakhs GTD for 48,770), ‘gedu’ (Won SPRINT 1 Lakh GTD for 32,320), ‘ladda’ (Won PLO Boost Monster 1 Lakh GTD for 27,070), and ‘dheerajgrover03’ (Won 5-max Daily 50K GTD for 10,810) won the other Friday marquees on PokerBaazi.

 

PokerStars India

PokerStars India`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Super Highroller registered a stacked 104-player field. The ₹12,500 buy-in event ran from 8 PM to 2:07 AM, with the top 13 places banking a share of the ₹11.81 Lakhs prize pool. The user ‘garima14’ walked away with the title and a ₹2.23 Lakhs payday, following a heads-up deal with Thursday’s WCS #72 High Roller champion Deepesh ‘deep12322’ Raka – the latter netting a better ₹2.59 Lakhs in second place.

Deepesh Raka
Deepesh Raka

 

Deepesh Raka`s online stats (across PokerStars India and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.39 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹23.80 Lakhs

The surgeon cum poker reg Anuj ‘inandalive’ Laddhad raced past the 149-entry field in the ₹2 Lakhs GTD Uppercut Mini, collecting ₹47,960 (includes ₹28,696 in bounties) and the title. ‘imac2000’ (anonymity requested) finished runner-up for ₹24,292 (includes ₹5,029 in bounties).

Anuj Laddhad
Anuj Laddhad

 

Anuj Laddhad came close to winning PokerBaazi’s 6-Max Sprint as well, and placed runner-up for ₹69,720, the two top finishes earning him ₹1.18 Lakhs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.83 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹42.62 Lakhs

‘sumitm74’ (Won Ultrasonic ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹28,750), ‘ridingbadluck’ (Won Afternoon on Stars ₹60K GTD for ₹18,629), Avinash ‘ficklesoul’ Kumar (Deepstack ₹50K GTD for ₹13,186), and Manjeet ’10JKS’ Singh Baghel (Won Primetime Grind ₹50K GTD for ₹9,936) shipped the other Friday marquees on PokerStars India.

 

Adda52

The 25 Lakhs GTD Bullzeye Kapoor (named after actor/DJ/poker player Siddhanth Kapoor) headlined the Friday schedule on Adda52! A total of 349 players signed up for the 7,700 buy-in event, resulting in an 81,430 overlay shortfall. The seasoned MTT reg Raghav ‘BaLuGaWhAlE’ Bansal made a smashing comeback to the online scene after a prolonged hiatus as he won the title for 6.25 Lakhs – his second-best recorded finish of the year. Basant Kumar ‘Rush99’ Singh (2nd for 3.79 Lakhs) and Jaideep ‘nawjas’ Sajwan (3rd for 2.75 Lakhs) secured podium finishes in the Friday flagship!

Raghav Bansal
Raghav Bansal

 

Raghav Bansal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 4.92 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 2.44 Crores

Jaideep ‘nawjas’ Sajwan posted two podium finishes yesterday, banking a collective 4.36 Lakhs.

Jaideep Sajwan
Jaideep Sajwan

 

His scores were:

> 3rd in Adda52’s Bullzeye Kapoor for 2.75 Lakhs

> 3rd in PokerStars India’s Super Highroller for 1.61 Lakhs

Running alongside the Friday primetime events was Day 1E of the 1 Crore GTD Patni Millionaire. The multi-flight event registered 199 entrants, and only 18 made the cut. Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra (520,631), ‘rishabh52‘ (264,060) and Sagar ‘rajsagar32’ Raj (254,071) topped the advancing field.

Sanish Chhabra
Sanish Chhabra

 

The Patni Millionaire has filled in 911 entries already and has another three starting flights to run before all qualifying stacks converge for Day 2 on Sunday (10 PM)!

Vijendra Kumar ‘sadhu16’ Sharma won two Adda52 marquees for a collective ₹26,012.

> 1st in Bounty Adda 50K GTD for 15,540

> 1st in Evening Adda 50K GTD for 10,472

Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh (Won Nighttide DST Adda for 33,554), ‘Lala07‘ (Won Dinner PLO Adda for 27,266), Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra (Won Freeze Out Adda 50K GTD for 15,512), and ‘nitinsnegi12’ (Won Power Up 50K GTD for 2,900) shipped the other Friday marquees on Adda52.

 

Khelo365

Khelo365’s user ‘Pablopicasso’ added ₹12,000 in winnings after taking down the site`s ₹30K GTD Prime Time PLO. The user ‘Monster333’ finished runner-up for ₹7,500.

 

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