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Even with most of the MTT crowd in Goa for the Baazi Poker Tour, the weekend online flagships received encouraging numbers. The first of seven 1-flight ₹1 Crore GTD The MoneyMaker`s (part of the Baazi Billion) on PokerBaazi and Spartan Poker’s The Prestige headlined the Sunday action.
Umesh Paswan won the ₹1 Crore GTD #BaaziBillion The MoneyMaker for a career-best ₹17.50 Lakhs, becoming the 14th player to champion the PokerBaazi marquee. Aditya Pratap Singh (2nd for ₹12.26 Lakhs) and Vinay B (3rd for ₹7.93 Lakhs) secured podium finishes.
Parth Budhraja championed Spartan Poker’s The Prestige for a career-best ₹9.34 Lakhs. The former NPS #4 Sunday Marathon champion Areyann Gurbaxani finished runner-up for ₹5.67 Lakhs.
The #1 ranked player on the annual leaderboard standings, Young Gun Anuj Yadav, added another ₹7.71 Lakhs to his online tally from four ITM finishes, including FT runs in Spartan Poker’s The Prestige (3rd for ₹4 Lakhs) and PokerBaazi’s #BB1 The MoneyMaker (7th for ₹2.93 Lakhs).
Spartan Poker Team Pro Nikita Luther championed Adda52 Millions for ₹6.86 Lakhs. Rishab Malik secured a runner-up payday worth ₹4 Lakhs.
The former SSS – The Millionaire runner-up finisher, Vaibhav Sharma, won Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for the third time last night for ₹5.54 Lakhs. Ankit Bajaj posting his third runner-up score this month, pocketed ₹3.74 Lakhs in second place.
Ram Kakkar won the Nano Main Event for ₹3.90 Lakhs, while Mohsin Shaikh came second for ₹2.83 Lakhs.
Goonjan Mall proved the last player standing in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller and added ₹3.11 Lakhs.
Young Gun Sanat Mehrotra took down the other PokerStars India flagship, Sunday Special PKO, for the third time for ₹3.08 Lakhs. The IPC 2020 Main Event champion Rubin Labroo finished runner-up for ₹2.02 Lakhs.
Karan Thakker was the last player standing in Adda52’s Nano Highroller and banked a career-best ₹2.82 Lakhs. Aniket Waghmare placed runner-up for ₹2.07 Lakhs.
Rishi Mundhra, Sanchit Anand, Myron Pereira, Akshay Dhingra, Jimmy Arora, and Rahul Lal won the other Sunday marquees.
So, without further ado, let’s look at the Sunday highlights!
The Prestige – ₹50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 517
Re-entries – 119
Rebuys – 180
Prize Pool – ₹50,00,000
Places Paid – 127
Grabbing the biggest Sunday paycheque on Spartan Poker was Parth ‘ucallucry’ Budhraja. Budhraja was among the 129 qualifying stacks and 115 unique players who made it to Day 2 of the ₹5,500 buy-in The Prestige. Fresh off winning the ₹2 Lakh GTD House Party on Saturday, Budhraja cut his way across the competition to claim the title for a career-best ₹9.34 Lakhs. The former NPS #4 Sunday Marathon champion Areyann ‘VerbalDiarrhea’ Gurbaxani finished runner-up for ₹5.67 Lakhs.
Parth Budhraja’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹51.89 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹26.36 Lakhs| Titles won in 2022: #3
The three-time The Millionaire champion Young Gun Anuj ‘tittooTauji’ Yadav was one of the star performers on Sunday. The #1 ranked player of the year, posted four ITM finishes, collectively earning ₹7.71 Lakhs. His Sunday finishes include:
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s The Prestige for ₹4 Lakhs
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s #BB1 The MoneyMaker for ₹2.93 Lakhs
> 9th in Adda52 Millions for ₹50,000
> 23rd in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹27,500
Anuj Yadav’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.94 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.68 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹1.50 Crores | Ranked #1 in the Annual Leaderboard Standings | Ranked #1 in Annual Profits |Titles Won in 2022: #9
Both Yadav and Gurbaxani are in Goa and played the Sunday session from there.
Akhilesh ‘Ikk@5’ Chauhan (6th for ₹1.77 Lakhs), Yohan ‘PAPITO’ Patel (7th for ₹1.24 Lakhs), and Aniket ‘TakingSouls’ Waghmare (8th for ₹87,500) also FT-ed the event.
Ayush ‘thesetminer’ Arora (11th for ₹57,250), Priyank ‘Satoshi_Nakamoto’ Kothari (13th for ₹51,250), Uttam ‘ulam’ Lamba (14th for ₹46,250), Anish ‘TheProtagonist’ Arora (17th for ₹41,250), and Meet ‘gogobhai’ Jariwala (18th for ₹36,250) were others posting a deep run in the event.
The event drew 816 entries (Day 1A – 149, Day 1B – 233, Day 1C – 434) across three starting flights, filling in a landslide ₹9.20 Lakhs in overlays.
Final Table Results
Sunday Superstack – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 133
Re-entries – 48
Rebuys – 69
Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000
Places Paid – 27
The former SSS – The Millionaire runner-up finisher, Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma, topped a 250-entry field in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack, winning the marquee title for the third time for ₹5.54 Lakhs. The former IOPC – The Crown sixth-place finisher Ankit ‘ON_MY_MAC’ Bajaj making his third runner-up finish this month, banked ₹3.74 Lakhs.
Vaibhav Sharma scored in three more events (including two more FT finishes), altogether adding over ₹7.81 Lakhs. His Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹5.54 Lakhs
> 4th in Adda52’s Nano Highroller for ₹1.11 Lakhs
> 6th in Adda52 Millions for ₹1.06 Lakhs
> 121st in Spartan Poker’s The Prestige for ₹10,500
Vaibhav Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.12 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.87 Crores| Annual Winnings: ₹46.56 Lakhs | Titles won in 2022: #4
PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj crossed the money line in three events (including two FT scores), collectively banking ₹2.50 Lakhs. His Sunday finishes include:
> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹1.67 Lakhs
> 6th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller for ₹60,389
> 94th in Spartan Poker’s The Prestige for ₹22,000
Vishal Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.90 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.41 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹94.18 Lakhs | Ranked #10 in the Annual Leaderboard Standings | Ranked #15 in Annual Profits
Final Table Results
Sunday Sundowner – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 134
Re-entries – 20
Rebuys – 72
Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000
Places Paid – 23
‘Marshal1239‘ took down Spartan Poker`s ₹8 Lakhs GTD Sunday Sundowner for a site-best ₹1.59 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with Abhishek Reddy ‘GoneCase00’ Rachur (2nd for ₹1.53 Lakhs).
‘Marshal1239’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.92 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹99,077
Abhishek Reddy Rachur made another two ITM finishes, adding ₹1.60 Lakhs in Sunday winnings. His Sunday exploits helped Rachur cross ₹1 Crore in tracked online winnings.
The event clocked in 226 entries, filling in ₹1.22 Lakhs in overlays. The top 23 finishers earned a share of the prize pool.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
Money Heist – ₹6 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,200
Entries – 263
Re-entries – 86
Rebuys – 138
Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000
Places Paid – 47
The ₹6 Lakhs GTD Money Heist brought in 487 entries, filling in ₹64,300 in overlays. The mystery reg ‘David2000‘ was the last player standing and won ₹1.17 Lakhs, with last Thursday‘s The Summit and Highroller champion Harsh ‘aaja maal phuka’ Dembla (opted out of our tracking) making away with ₹74,280 in second place.
‘David2000’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹26.44 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹20,475
Harsh Kumar Dembla FT-ed two events for a collective ₹1.02 Lakhs. His FT finishes include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Money Heist for ₹74,280
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s BSS MonsterStack (6-Max) for ₹27,260
Final Table Results
Myron ‘mehhhhh’ Pereira (Won Sunday Monster Stack ₹2.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹57,488), ‘Kailen‘ (Won Sunday Night Rider ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹36,672), and ‘barbaric‘ (Won Reloaded ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹33,225) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
#BB1 MoneyMaker – ₹1 Crore GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 522
Re-entries – 410
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,00,000
Places Paid – 108
The popular 1-flight ₹1 Crore GTD The MoneyMaker made a grand return this Sunday as part of PokerBaazi’s #BaaziBillions celebrations. The first of the seven ₹11,000 buy-in events scheduled every Sunday got underway at 6 PM yesterday and logged in a reg-infested 932-entry field, filling in ₹6.80 Lakhs in overlays.
After nine hours and fifteen minutes of grueling action, Umesh ‘Ukumar187’ Paswan came out on top to collect a career-best ₹17.50 Lakhs – also becoming the 14th The MoneyMaker champion.
Umesh Paswan’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹19.64 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹17.32 Lakhs
Aditya Pratap ‘jesus’ Singh (2nd for ₹12.26 Lakhs), Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B (3rd for ₹7.93 Lakhs), Neelakantan ‘difsripp007’ Murali (4th for ₹5.86 Lakhs), Rahul ‘witcher3293’ Singhroha (5th for ₹4.38 Lakhs), Paawan ‘ukissmyace’ Bansal (6th for ₹3.54 Lakhs), Spartan Poker’s The Prestige third-place finisher Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav (7th for ₹2.93 Lakhs), and Arun ‘Yoda’ Poply (8th for ₹2.33 Lakhs) also FT-ed the Sunday flagship.
Simarjiv ‘ssc1903’ Chandhok (9th for ₹1.75 Lakhs), Dinesh ‘Daddu26’ Singh (10th for ₹1.30 Lakhs), Ritesh ‘magicianrk’ Khatwani (12th for ₹1.30 Lakhs), Jyotsna ‘mrendboss’ Arora (13th for ₹1.05 Lakhs), Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (14th for ₹1.05 Lakhs), and Raghuram ‘dreamrekha’ Basavaraju (15th for ₹90,000) also posted deep runs in the event.
Final Table Results
BSS SPRINT 7-Max – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 218
Re-Entries – 190
Prize Pool – ₹8,16,000
Places Paid – 45
While The MoneyMaker was undoubtedly the featured tournament on Sunday, PokerBaazi ran two ₹5 Lakhs GTD events on the site. One of them, the ₹2,200 buy-in BSS SPRINT 7-Max logged in 408 entries, collecting a ₹8.16 Lakhs prize pool.
PokerBaazi user ‘Andricklyngdoh’ was the last player standing and banked a career-best ₹1.71 Lakhs. ‘Pkhelp123’ came second for ₹1.20 Lakhs.
‘Andricklyngdoh’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹8.02 Lakhs
Sanchit ‘Devilsanchit’ Anand ITM-ed five events, including a title and an FT score, banking ₹1.48 Lakhs overall.
His top Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BSS for ₹65,607
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SPRINT for ₹57,120
> 16th in Adda52’s Nano Highroller for ₹14,387
Final Table Results
BSS MonsterStack 6-Max – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 124
Re-Entries – 107
Prize Pool – ₹5,78,000
Places Paid – 27
PokerBaazi reg ‘Bencb789’ (anonymity requested) came out on top in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD BSS MonsterStack 6-Max to collect ₹1.36 Lakhs. They beat the user ‘MeenakshiSundareshwar’ (2nd for ₹95,340) heads-up.
‘Bencb789’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹14.41 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹3.54 Lakhs
Final Table Results
PokerBaazi user ‘lveGotTheNuts’ won two titles on the site yesterday for ₹1.16 Lakhs collectively. They won Hyper Sprint ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹60,970 and the BSS Night SPRINT ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹55,490.
Sanchit ‘devilsanchit’ Anand (Won BSS ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹65,610), ‘yswaika’ (Won BSS Kickoff ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹41,631), ‘quickmaths’ (Won BSS Afternoon SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹39,410), ‘akash316’ (Won 5-Max Daily ₹50K GTD for ₹16,940), and ‘raahul62’ (Won PLO Daily ₹40K GTD for ₹12,590) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
Sunday Special PKO – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 108
Re-entries – 74
Total Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000
Regular Prize Pool – ₹10,45,000
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹4,55,000
Places Paid – 20
The former Full House Finale winner Young Gun Sanat ‘durrsanta’ Mehrotra topped the 182-player field in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO to take down the title for the third time for ₹3.08 Lakhs (includes ₹1.23 Lakhs in bounties). The IPC 2020 Main Event champion Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo finished runner-up in the event for ₹2.02 Lakhs (includes ₹16.875 in bounties).
Mehrotra made it past the money line in another two events to add over ₹4.10 Lakhs to his name. His Sunday ITM finishes include:
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO for ₹3.08 Lakhs
> 23rd in PokerBaazi’s #BB1 MoneyMaker for ₹71,000
> 14th in Adda52’s Adda52 Millions for ₹31,250
Sanat Mehrotra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.10 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.94 Crores| Titles won in 2022: #5
Akshay ‘IamUltron’ Dhingra ITM-ed three events, including a title win, collectively winnings ₹1.05 Lakhs.
His scores were:
> Won Adda52’s Nano DST for ₹54,288
> 7th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO for ₹46,002
> 132nd in Adda52’s Nano Main Event Finale for ₹4,317
The Sunday Special recorded a substantial overlay of ₹5.90 Lakhs, and the top 20 spots earned payouts.
Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)
Sunday Highroller – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 47
Re-entries – 20
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 7
The former IOPC – The Millionaire United runner-up Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall proved the last player standing in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller, overcoming the 67-player field in the tourney to win his first title of 2022 – and his third Sunday Highroller victory overall – for ₹3.11 Lakhs. ‘VaishOnu’ secured the runner-up payday of ₹2.24 Lakhs.
Mall ITM-ed another two events to collectively bank ₹3.35 Lakhs in Sunday cashes.
His top Sunday finishes include:
>1st in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller for ₹3.11 Lakhs
> 22nd in Adda52’s Adda52 Millions for ₹21,250
Goonjan Mall’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.05 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.28 Crores| Titles won in 2022: #1
The tourney had a slightly late start at 8.06 PM and ran till 2.04 AM, with the brand catering for an overlay shortfall of ₹3.30 Lakhs.
Final Table Results
‘broke08’ (Won Big Bubble Rush ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹38,196), ‘kenpachipoker’ (Won Ultrasonic ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹29,587), ‘hack223321‘ (Won Sunday Storm ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹19,514), ‘ChintanPavlanka‘ (Won Total KO ₹40K GTD for ₹19,395), ‘DrChints‘ (Won Afternoon on Stars ₹50K GTD for ₹13,896), and ‘APOCALYPSE-RULE’ (Won Deepstack ₹50K GTD for ₹10,705) also won titles on PokerStars India yesterday.
Adda52 Millions – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 143
Re-Entries – 89
Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000
Places Paid – 24
Spartan Poker Ambassador Nikita ‘Nikitaluther’ Luther championed Adda52’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Adda52 Millions for ₹6.86 Lakhs. Rishab ‘Rish1994’ Malik secured a runner-up payday worth ₹4 Lakhs.
The ₹11,000 buy-in event logged in 232 entrants, falling ₹1.80 Lakhs short of its listed guarantee.
Final Table Results
Nano Main Event Finale – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 1,189
Re-Entries – 449
Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000
Places Paid – 224
The seven-flight strong ₹25 Lakhs GTD Nano Main Event pulled in 1,630 entries to post a negligible overlay shortfall of ₹55,000. The Finale began yesterday at 10:15 PM with 231 unique survivors and the top 224 places walking away with a min-cash of at least ₹3,313.
After five hours and twenty-one minutes of play, Ram ‘Mowgumotu’ Kakkar championed the event for ₹3.90 Lakhs. Mohsin ‘Gong’ Shaikh (2nd for ₹2.83 Lakhs) and Mohit Kumar ‘Betoo’ Singh (3rd for ₹2.05 Lakhs) secured podium finishes.
Mohit Kumar Singh had an eventful Sunday on Adda52. He posted three Ft scores on the site, including a title win, banking a collective ₹2.98 Lakhs. His scores were:
> 3rd in Adda52’s Nano Main Event for ₹2.05 Lakhs
> 2nd in Adda52’s FTV Flamingo for ₹84,000
> Won Adda52’s Nano Battleship ₹8,700
Final Table Results
Nano Highroller – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,000
Entries – 320
Re-Entries – 184
Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000
Places Paid – 53
The ₹15 Lakhs GTD Nano Highroller logged in 504 entries, overlaying ₹1.24 Lakhs. After eight hours and eighteen minutes of intense action, Karan ‘karannthakker’ Thakker was the last player standing and banked a career-best ₹2.82 Lakhs. Aniket ‘anteman’ Waghmare placed runner-up for ₹2.07 Lakhs.
Karan Thakker’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹25.73 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹12.63 Lakhs| Titles won in 2022: #2
The former IOPC Mastermind Aniket Waghmare ITM-ed five events, including two FT scores, collectively winnings ₹3.92 Lakhs. His top Sunday finishes include:
> 2nd in Adda52’s Nano Highroller for ₹2.07 Lakhs
> 8th in Spartan Poker’s The Prestige for ₹1 Lakh
> 10th in Adda52’s Adda52 Millions for ₹43,750
> 14th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹37,500
Aniket Waghmare’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.10 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.47 Crores
Final Table Results
FTV Flamingo – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 107
Re-Entries – 77
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 19
The ₹5 Lakhs GTD FTV Flamingo attracted 184 hopefuls to post ₹1.32 Lakhs in overlays. Rishi ‘ronaldo94’ Mundhra won the event for ₹1.39 Lakhs. Mohit ‘Betoo’ Kumar Singh placed runner-up for ₹84,000.
Rishi Mundhra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹89.66 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹41.93 Lakhs | Titles won in 2022: #7
Final Table Results
Akshay ‘nofuchsgiven’ Dhingra (Won Nano DST ₹2.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹54,288), ‘TheMiracleBoy’ (Won Nano Monster Turbo ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹40,698), Jimmy ‘milliondollerdream’ Arora (Won Nano Fantastic Four ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹31,552), Rahul ‘BenjaminSisko’ Lal (Won Nano Sunday Blast ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹23,177) won the other Nano event titles of the day.
The ₹100K GTD Big Bang was taken down by ‘Camandobaaji’ for ₹37,000, beating Alexcy ‘JonGregor’ Newmai (runner-up for ₹25,000) in the heads-up confrontation.
Khelo user ‘Haslb1211’ championed the ₹50K GTD Dominator for ₹17,500. ‘Helperotpoker’ finished runner-up for ₹11,000.
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