Anmol Narang, Arjanveer Singh Chadha, Shagun Jain, Vikranth Varma & Ankit Wadhawan Dominate the Sunday Flagships

The National Poker Series (NPS), currently on its debut run on PokerBaazi, has well and truly captured the attention of the poker-playing masses. So much so that after a long time, Spartan Poker’s Sunday marquees, including the ever-popular The Millionaire, were hit with overlays. Given the highly affordable buy-ins and massive guarantees, it comes as no surprise that all the NPS tourneys so far have crushed their respective guarantees – and the aggressive marketing by PokerBaazi has only helped make NPS a roaring success.

While the NPS has enjoyed a successful start, Sunday’s biggest guarantee event was still Spartan Poker’s ₹1 Crore GTD The Millionaire. With 1,864 entrants on board, the event filled in ₹6.80 Lakhs in overlays. Anmol Narag became the latest entrant in the “Millionaire Club,” and he bagged his career-first Millionaire title for a personal-best ₹17.42 Lakhs*!

Vikranth Varma became the third player after Mohammad Azhar (Won NPS Kick-Off) and Satyam Prakash (Won NPS#36 NPS Super Highroller) to qualify for the ‘NPS Night of Champions’ that takes place on July 3. Varma won the NPS #48 Mini Main Event (Warm Up) for a whopping ₹11.05 Lakhs to earn his place at the champion’s table.

PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh Chadha came excruciatingly close to claiming his first NPS gold medal, losing the battle heads-up to Vikranth Varma. Chadha settled for the silver medal, along with a ₹7.75 Lakhs payday. Nevertheless, he did make up for it by taking down Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹2.04 Lakhs. The Chandigarh-based pro ended the night with cumulative winnings worth ₹11.55 Lakhs.

Speaking of multiple FT finishes, the former Grand Mega Suits winner, Shagun Jain, pocketed ₹10.28 Lakhs in overall Sunday earnings. He took down PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller (PKO) and placed third in both PokerBaazi’s NPS Mini Main Event (Warm Up) and PokerStars India’s Sunday Special (PKO).

PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit Wadhawan has been on a breakout run since last week, and he took down yet another title on Sunday. This time it was the Adda52 Millions, adding ₹7.07 Lakhs to his ever-growing bankroll.

Pranav Bang (Won Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹6.83 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul Raj (Won Adda52’s DeepStack Madness for ₹4.96 Lakhs), Kumar Vatsal (Won NPS #47 Marathon for ₹3 Lakhs), Anish Arora (Won Spartan Poker’s Money Heist for ₹2.28 Lakhs), and Amar Mehta (Won PokerBaazi’s NPS #50 Sprint for ₹2.61 Lakhs), were the other Sunday winners!

Here are the Sunday highlights!

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Spartan Poker

The third Millionaire tourney of June gathered 1,864 entries across five starting flights and, after a long time, was made to fill in an overlay worth ₹6.80 Lakhs. Given the National Poker Series (NPS) onslaught on PokerBaazi, perhaps this shortfall isn’t that surprising. We’ll talk about the NPS in the following segment. Coming back to The Millionaire, 258 qualifying stacks (176 unique) made it through to Day 2.

After a little over six hours of play, the Day 1D chip leader Anmol ‘luckychewy23’ Narang emerged as the latest Millionaire netting a personal-best ₹17.20 Lakhs. Narang also placed 58th for ₹22,100, cashing ₹17.42 Lakhs overall.

Anmol Narang defeated the mystery reg ‘virgincow’ heads-up before grabbing his career-first Millionaire title, the latter settling for a runner-up finish worth ₹9.61 Lakhs. They also finished 188th for ₹11,300.

As we have come to expect, The Millionaire final table comprised of several well-known names like Anant ‘Prometheius’ Purohit (3rd for ₹6.72 Lakhs), Anirban ‘pokernoob’ D Das (5th for ₹3.88 Lakhs), Young Gun Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi (6th for ₹3.08 Lakhs), Kaushik ‘ikigai’ Tibrewal (7th for ₹2.35 Lakhs) and PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj (8th for ₹1.66 Lakhs).

The weekly Sunday bonanza, ₹40 Lakhs GTD Sunday Superstack, logged in 393 entries, overlaying ₹70,000. Pranav ‘I’mThePlayboi’ Bang championed the event for ₹6.83 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with poker coach, NPS bronze medallist, and PokerBaazi’s The Pre-Flop Show panelist, Abhishek ‘MambaMentality’ Goindi (runner-up for ₹6.51 Lakhs).

Anish ‘HotsForTheSlots’ Arora shipped the ₹12 Lakhs GTD Money Heist for ₹2.28 Lakhs, with ‘The Thunder Guy’ placing second for ₹1.40 Lakhs. The event attracted 995 participants, resulting in an overlay deficit worth ₹1.05 Lakhs.

PokerBaazi

Sunday marked Day 8 of the inaugural National Poker Series (NPS) on PokerBaazi with six events on the schedule and five NPS gold medals to be won. All eyes were on the series, and unsurprisingly all the events overrode their advertised guarantees by significant margins.

The ₹1 Crore GTD NPS Golden Rush played out the eighth of its 15 starting flights. Flight 1H drew 888 entries, and only 84 of them could qualify through to Day 2. Leading the lot is Dhaval ‘dhavhe’ Heda (710,000), with Janish ‘janish1998’ Jain (456,000), and ‘Realfc’ (384,000) being the other two top stacks of the day. The tournament has, by now, recorded 10,816 entries. With another seven starting flights still to run course, the event looks right on track to create a new attendance record!

Headlining the Sunday lineup of National Poker Series (NPS) events was the ₹50 Lakhs GTD NPS #48 Mini Main Event (Warm Up) that took off at 7.30 PM. With a field of 1,316 entries, the event collected a massive ₹65.80 Lakhs prize pool – a good 30% more than the listed guarantee. It was 5.18 AM today when play culminated, with former Millionaire Legends runner-up finisher Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma making his way to the top to claim the ₹11.05 Lakhs top prize. PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh ‘holdbaby’ Chadha placed runner-up for ₹7.75 Lakhs.

This is Vikranth Varma’s eighth title win of the year and also his best-recorded score of 2021. He also final-tabled the Sunday Superstack yesterday, and his Sunday grind earned him a collective ₹12.26 Lakhs. His top finishes include:

> 1^st in the NPS #48 Mini Main Event Warm Up ₹50 Lakhs GTD for ₹11.05 Lakhs

> 8^th in the Sunday Superstack ₹40 Lakhs GTD for ₹95,071

> 62^nd in The Millionaire ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹18,800

Vikranth Varma’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.27 Crores|Lifetime Profits: ₹2.38 Crores

The 31-years old Arjanveer Singh Chadha from Chandigarh was another star performer on Sunday. He cashed in six events that include winning Adda52`s Sunday Showdown for ₹2.04 Lakhs. He lapped up over ₹11.55 Lakhs yesterday and is now ranked #5 on the annual rankings with annual cashes worth ₹1.70 Crores. Chadha’s lifetime winnings stand at ₹7.31 Crores.

The ₹20 Lakhs GTD NPS #49 Sunday Slam Dunk began at 9 PM and witnessed 779 players compete for a share of the guarantee-smashing ₹31.16 Lakhs prize pool. The mystery player ‘panther193’ proved the last player standing and won a site-best ₹5.64 Lakhs. The Game Changer 4.0 runner-up Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor finished runner-up for ₹3.95 Lakhs.

The champion ‘panther193’ now has ₹7.04 Lakhs in recorded earnings on PokerBaazi (₹2.51 Lakhs in net profits).

Mohak Kapoor cashed in two more events, adding ₹4.41 Lakhs in Sunday winnings. He currently boasts ₹2.06 Crore in lifetime online winnings.

Another NPS tourney that registered a bumper field was the ₹12 Lakhs GTD NPS #47 Marathon, where 1,319 entries led to a prize pool collection of ₹22.78 Lakhs. After a long-drawn run that lasted for over nine hours, the final two players decided to end it with a deal that handed Kumar ‘23offsuits’ Vatsal the NPS Gold Medal and ₹3 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘thepokeraja’ Mahesh finished runner-up, however, pocketing a bigger payday worth ₹3.59 Lakhs.

Kumal Vatsal made ITM finishes in the Sunday Slam Dunk, the Mini Main Event, and The Millionaire, collecting a cumulative ₹3.65 Lakhs. He currently boasts ₹81.19 Lakhs in recorded online winnings.

Mahesh also added three more Sunday scores, winning a collective ₹4.98 Lakhs. The PokerGuru Staking member has now ₹3.87 Crore in tracked online winnings.

Amar ‘kidpoker0109’ Mehta championed the ₹8 Lakhs GTD NPS #50 Sprint for ₹2.61 Lakhs after toppling the 719-strong field that included his heads-up rival, bracelet winner Aditya ‘gangajal’ Sushant (runner-up for ₹1.83 Lakhs). The event collected a hefty ₹14.44 Lakhs prize pool – over 80% more than the advertised guarantee! Amar Mehta picked up four more ITM finishes yesterday, working up ₹3.30 Lakhs in total winnings. He now has ₹1.67 Crore in recorded lifetime scores.

‘Bisu4444’ (Won NPS#45 PLO5 DST ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹43,610) was the other NPS Gold Medal winner on Sunday.

TLB crusher Bhanu ‘Chennaino1’ Prakash KC currently leads the ₹35 Lakhs-added NPS Leaderboard race with 6,987 points, with Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal (6,501 points) and Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar (5,952 points) rounding out the top three on the leaderboard standings.

NPS Leaderboard Standings After Day 8

PokerStars India

With the Summer Series now in the books, PokerStars India has shifted back to its weekly schedule. The site is also hosting the super-exciting “Sundays With PokerStars” live streams hosted by ace comedians Samay Raina and Tanmay Bhat on Raina’s massively popular YouTube channel.

Two ₹12 Lakhs GTD PKO events headlined the site’s Sunday roster, namely the Sunday Special and the Sunday Highroller, and both of them crushed their advertised guarantees comfortably.

Commencing at 5 PM was the Sunday Special that dragged in 314 entries, posting a ₹15.70 Lakhs prize pool. Play concluded at 1:10 AM with the mystery user ‘demons_rulzz’ claiming the top prize of ₹2.55 Lakhs (includes ₹1.25 Lakhs in bounties). Young Gun Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover, who joined the ‘₹8 Crores Club’ on Saturday, crossed ₹8.08 Crores in lifetime earnings after placing runner-up in this event for ₹1.64 Lakhs (includes ₹34,766 in bounties).

Starting almost two-and-a-half hours later was the Sunday Highroller. Sporting a ₹11,000 entry buy-in, the event logged in 133 entries, generating a ₹13.30 Lakhs prize pool. After a little over seven hours of play, the Game Changer 2.0 champion Shagun ‘Sogani22’ Jain took down the event for ₹3.61 Lakhs (includes ₹2.36 Lakhs in bounties).

The Summer Series – 93 Super Highroller champion Shagun Jain, was in sublime form last night as he came close to shipping two more events, hauling in a whopping ₹10.28 Lakhs (cumulative). His FT scores include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#48 Mini Main Event (Warm Up) for ₹5,02,712

> 1st in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller – PKO for ₹3,61,220

> 3rd in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special – PKO for ₹1,61,093

Young Gun Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood ran deep in multiple events last night but only FT-ed the Sunday Highroller, securing the runner-up finish for ₹1.72 Lakhs (includes ₹47,500 in bounties). With ₹2.38 Lakhs in Sunday winnings, Sood now has ₹8.81 Crores in lifetime online earnings – the most on our tracked player database.

Another player who deserves special mention is the online beast Anirban D Das, who bagged almost ₹6.85 Lakhs on the back of nine ITM scores that included three FT finishes. He notably final tabled both the Sunday Special (5th for ₹79,315) and the Sunday Highroller (9th for ₹38,876), in addition to his FT score in The Millionaire (5th for ₹3.88 Lakhs).

The user ‘MrBigSlick139’ (anonymity requested) was another breakout performer as they took down the Sunday Supersonic for ₹34,028 and the Ultrasonic for ₹30,951, raking in ₹64,979 overall.

‘lavesh786’ (Won ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Sunday Warm-up for ₹32,772), Chaitanya ‘crylighter’ Dhingra (Won ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Sunday Storm for ₹29,042) and ‘lilholdem143’ (Won ₹70K GTD Deepstack for ₹14,920) won the other PokerStars India marquees.

Adda52

PokerGuru Ambassadors dominated the Sunday marquees on Adda52 with Ankit Wadhawan, Gokul Raj, and Arjanveer Singh Chadha, making a clean sweep of all the flagship events running on the site last evening.

The Sunday headliner ₹25 Lakhs GTD Adda52 Millions locked in 272 entries, creating a ₹27.20 Lakhs prize pool. The NPS#30 DeepStack Championship winner Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan captured his second title, and third FT finish in less than a week, taking down the event for ₹7.07 Lakhs. The former PPL High Roller champion Shashank ‘felter’ Jain finished runner-up for ₹4.21 Lakhs.

Ankit Wadhawan raked in about ₹8.20 Lakhs in total winnings from seven ITM finishes on Sunday, moving up one place to #18 on the annual leaderboard standings.

The former SSS Millionaire champion Gokul ‘Niruha’ Raj added yet another title to his tally by taking down the ₹20 Lakhs GTD DeepStack Madness for ₹4.96 Lakhs. The DOPT Highroller winner locked horns with Bharat ‘rungooserun’ Vasan for the title, and the latter took home a second-place payout worth ₹2.89 Lakhs.

Besides shipping the Deepstack Madness, Gokul Raj picked up five more ITM finishes, raking in ₹8.64 Lakhs in Sunday winnings. His ITM finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52’s DeepStack Madness for ₹4,96,320

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#48 Mini Main Event (Warm Up) for ₹2,77,676

> 89th in Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire for ₹38,800

> 33rd in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹27,600

> 9th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO for ₹21,488

Joining Ankit Wadhawan and Gokul Raj on the winner’s podium was fellow PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘arjan30’ Singh Chadha, who came out on top in the ₹8 Lakhs GTD Sunday Showdown for ₹2.04 Lakhs. The Young Gun bested Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta (runner-up for ₹1.49 Lakhs) heads-up to bag the title.

Chadha was, in fact, the biggest winner among the three PokerGuru Staking lads with a total of five ITM finished that saw him rake in ₹11.55 Lakhs in cumulative earnings. He jumped up two spots to #5 on the annual leaderboard. His ITM finishes from Sunday include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#48 Mini Main Event (Warm Up) for ₹7,75,124

> 1st in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹2,04,136

> 4th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller – PKO for ₹99,643

> 12th in the Adda52 Millions for ₹40,800

> 57th in Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire for ₹35,900

The other Sunday winners were:

The Millionaire ₹1 Crore GTD Day 2 – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries –901

Re-entries – 253

Re-buys –710

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,00,000

Places Paid – 255

Spartan Poker’s ₹1 Crore GTD The Millionaire closed out another edition last night with the Day 1D chip leader Anmol ‘luckychewy23’ Narang winning his first-ever Millionaire title for a career-best ₹17.20 Lakhs. Narang had made it to Day 2 with two stacks and cashed on both of them. His other score was a 58^th place finish for ₹22,100, securing him a cumulative ₹17.42 Lakhs payday.

This happens to be Anmol Narang`s fourth tourney title of the year and his second title victory on the site in less than two weeks. He had ended a four-month-long dry spell on June 8 after taking down the Mega Stack for ₹4.21 Lakhs.

Narang crossed ₹53.16 Lakhs (Spartan Poker & PokerBaazi stats only) in lifetime cashes with ₹18.56 Lakhs in net profits.

Before taking down the Millionaire title, Narang defeated the mystery reg ‘virgincow’ in the heads-up play. The latter banked ₹9.61 Lakhs for placing runner-up – and also placed 188th for ₹11,300.

The Millionaire registered an overlay after a long time with 1,864 participants (Day 1A – 317, Day 1B – 291, Day 1C – 298, Day 1D – 437, and Day 1E – 521) joining the action across five starting flights, resulting in an overlay deficit of ₹6.80 Lakhs.

Day 2 had 258 qualifying stacks (Day 1A – 37, Day 1B – 44, Day 1C – 42, Day 1D – 54, and Day 1E – 81) coming together at 10 PM last night, and this included 176 unique players. Only 255 places were assured a min-cash of ₹10,400.

As each weekend, The Millionaire had the top poker talent in the country in contention, and some very well-known players made it on the FT. The lineup included Anant ‘Prometheius’ Purohit (3rd for ₹6.72 Lakhs, 58th for ₹22,100 & 178th for ₹12,400), Anirban ‘pokernoob’ D Das (5^th for ₹3.88 Lakhs, 16th for ₹75,000, 32nd for ₹33,200 & 164th for ₹12,400), Young Gun Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi (6^th for ₹3.09 Lakhs & 139th for ₹13,800), Kaushik ‘ikigai’ Tibrewal (7^th for ₹2.36 Lakhs), and former The Millionaire champion, PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj (8^th for ₹1.66 Lakhs & 136th for ₹13,800).

The in-form Anirban D Das earned a collective ₹6.85 Lakhs on the back of nine ITM scores, including three FT scores. His top finishes included:

> 5^th in Millionaire for ₹3.88 Lakhs

> 5^th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO for ₹79,315

> 9^th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller PKO for ₹38,876

Anirban’s Stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.64 Crores|Lifetime Profits: ₹2.05 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹1.48 Crores|Annual Profits: ₹29.46 Lakhs | Ranked #14 on the Annual Leaderboard.

Final Table Results

1. Anmol ‘luckychewy23’ Narang – ₹17,20,000
2. virgincow – ₹9,61,000
3. Anant ‘Prometheius’ Purohit – ₹6,72,000
4. Chen_Khulli_Ki_Maiin – ₹4,87,000
5. Anirban ‘pokernoob’ D Das – ₹3,88,000
6. Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi – ₹3,08,700
7. Kaushik ‘ikigai’ Tibrewal – ₹2,35,900
8. Vishal ‘CrownUpJr’ Bajaj – ₹1,66,500

NPS#34 Golden Rush ₹1 Crore GTD Flight 1H – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 582

Re-entries – 306

Survivors – 84

Flight 1H of the ₹1 Crore GTD NPS Golden Rush added 888 entries, taking the entry count in the event to five figures, i.e., 10,816 entries (Flight 1A – 1,995, Flight 1B – 1,677, Flight 1C – 1,262, Flight 1D – 1,237, Flight 1E – 1,374, Flight 1F – 1,353, Flight 1G – 1030, Flight 1H – 888). Only 84 players advanced to Day 2.

Dhaval ‘dhavhe’ Heda (710,000), Janish ‘janish1998’ Jain (456,000), and ‘Realfc’ (384,000) banked the top three stacks of the day.

Anudeep ‘zeroseven’ Gupta (314,000) was also among the top ten stacks from the flight.

There are still seven starting flights yet to play out, putting the event on track to set a new attendance record.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Flight 1H

1. Dhaval ‘dhavhe’ Heda – 710,000
2. Janish ‘janish1998’ Jain – 456,000
3. Realfc – 384,000
4. suneethkalmady – 381,000
5. gaurav0501 – 322,000
6. Anudeep ‘zeroseven’ Gupta – 314,000
7. srsrsrsr – 293,000
8. nafeesahmed – 292,000
9. poker_101 – 271,000
10. Lucif3rr – 267,000

NPS#48 NPS Mini-Main Event Warm-up ₹50 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 725

Re-entries – 591

Prize Pool – ₹65,80,000

Places Paid – 144

The featured NPS event on Day 8 of the series, ₹50 Lakhs GTD NPS #48 Mini Main Event Warm Up, was a roaring success. Starting at 7.30 PM, the tournament blew its posted guarantee to smithereens after registering 1,316 entries to collect a whopping ₹65.80 Lakhs prize pool, over 30% more than the listed guarantee.

The former Millionaire Legends runner-up finisher Vikrant ‘borntrouble’ Varma was the last player standing and won his first NPS Gold Medal for ₹11.05 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh ‘holdbaby’ Chadha finished runner-up for ₹7.75 Lakhs.

Not only did Varma collect his best finish of the year in the NPS Mini Main Event Warm-up, but he also FT-ed the Sunday Superstack. In all, adding ₹12.26 Lakhs in total winnings. His top finishes include:

> 1^st in the NPS #48 Mini Main Event Warm Up ₹50 Lakhs GTD for ₹11.05 Lakhs

> 8^th in the Sunday Superstack ₹40 Lakhs GTD for ₹95,071

> 62^nd in The Millionaire ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹18,800

Vikranth Varma’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.27 Crores|Lifetime Profits: ₹2.38 Crores

Arjanveer Singh Chadha posted five more ITM scores, collecting ₹11.55 Lakhs in Sunday winnings. His annual winnings have crossed ₹1.70 Crores while his lifetime earnings stand tall at ₹7.31 Crores.

The FT had the two other Sunday winners, the Game Changer 2.0 champion Shagun ‘sogani22’ Jain (3^rd for ₹5.03 Lakhs and PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Nygma’ Raj (5^th for ₹2.78 Lakhs).

Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh (6^th for ₹2.24 Lakhs), Saksham ‘Razorfish’ Sharma (7^th for ₹1.87 Lakhs), and Gaurav ‘kira1545’ Kaul (8^th for ₹1.49 Lakhs) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Vikrant ‘borntrouble’ Varma – ₹11,05,440
2. Arjanveer Singh ‘holdbaby’ Chadha – ₹7,75,124
3. Shagun ‘sogani22’ Jain – ₹5,02,712
4. acessorted – ₹3,72,428
5. Gokul ‘Nygma’ Raj – ₹2,77,676
6. Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh – ₹2,24,378
7. Saksham ‘Razorfish’ Sharma – ₹1,86,872
8. Gaurav ‘kira1545’ Kaul – ₹1,48,708

Sunday Superstack ₹40 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 199

Re-entries – 80

Re-buys – 114

Prize Pool – ₹40,00,000

Places Paid – 39

Spartan Poker’s Sunday mainstay, the ₹11,000 entry buy-in Sunday Superstack registered 393 entries – falling seven entries (₹70,000) short of its 400-player guarantee.

After nine hours and 19 minutes of non-stop action, the former AOPS Main Event third-place finisher Pranav ‘I’mThePlayboi’ Bang came out on top to win ₹6.84 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with poker coach Abhishek ‘MambaMentality’ Goindi (runner-up for ₹6.52 Lakhs).

The Sunday score fetched last week`s Destiny winner Pranav Bang, his best-recorded finish of the year.

Romit ’tilt_83′ Advani (4th for ₹3.15 Lakhs), Ghanshyam ‘Tiger10’ Tripathi (7th for ₹1.37 Lakhs), and NPS Mini Main Event Warm-Up champion Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (8th for ₹1.01 Lakhs) were some top regs on the FT.

Two-time ‘The Millionaire’ champion Yudhishter ‘McFly’ Jaswal bubbled the FT in ninth place for ₹83,600.

Final Table Results

1. Pranav ‘I’mThePlayboi’ Bang – ₹6,83,564
2. Abhishek ‘MambaMentality’ Goindi – ₹6,51,636
3. nirmal512 – ₹3,90,000
4. Romit ’tilt_83′ Advani – ₹3,14,800
5. papertiger – ₹2,46,800
6. chiku16 – ₹1,86,800
7. Ghanshyam ‘Tiger10’ Tripathi – ₹1,37,200
8. Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma – ₹1,00,800

*denotes a heads-up deal

Adda52 Millions ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 150

Re-entries – 122

Prize Pool – ₹27,20,000

Places Paid – 27

PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan has been on a rampage recently. Last week’s #2 ranked player was one of the three PokerGuru Staking members to win an Adda52 Sunday flagship title.

Wadhawan took down the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Adda52 Millions for ₹7.07 Lakhs after prevailing over high stakes cash game reg Shashank ‘felter’ Jain (runner-up for ₹4.21 Lakhs) heads-up. Wadhawan raked in over ₹8.20 Lakhs last night, courtesy of seven ITM scores, crossing ₹5.83 Crores in tracked online earnings!

Juli ‘Lily8’ Kumari (3^rd for ₹3.16 Lakhs) and Basant ‘Rush99’ Kumar Singh (6^th for ₹1.15 Lakhs) also FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

1. Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – ₹7,07,200
2. Shashank ‘felter’ Jain – ₹4,21,600
3. Juli ‘Lily8’ Kumari – ₹3,16,880
4. anna0906 – ₹2,31,200
5. checkthat – ₹1,56,400
6. Basant ‘Rush99’ Kumar Singh – ₹1,15,600

NPS#49 Sunday Slam Dunk ₹20 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 376

Re-entries – 403

Prize Pool – ₹31,16,000

Places Paid – 90

The ₹20 Lakhs GTD NPS #49 Sunday Slam Dunk ran from 9 PM to 6.02 AM, with 779 players in contention. The event ended up collecting ₹11.16 Lakhs more than its posted guarantee.

The anonymous player ‘panther193’ came out on top to score the lion`s share of the prize money, a personal-best ₹5.64 Lakhs after defeating the Game Changer 4.0 runner-up finisher Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor (runner-up for ₹3.95 Lakhs) heads-up.

The champion ‘panther193’ currently boasts ₹7.04 Lakhs in recorded winnings on PokerBaazi (₹2.51 Lakhs in net profits).

Mohak Kapoor added two more cashes to collect ₹4.41 Lakhs overall on Sunday, improving his lifetime online earnings to ₹2.06 Crore.

PokerGuru Ambassadors Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (3^rd for ₹2.55 Lakhs), and Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi (4^th for ₹1.89 Lakhs) along with Umang ‘Umang94’ Kankaria (5^th for ₹1.41 Lakhs), Piyush ‘Piyush303’ Lalchandani (7^th for ₹94,415) and Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani (8^th for ₹75,096) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. panther193 – ₹5,63,996
2. Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor – ₹3,95,420
3. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹2,54,889
4. Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi – ₹1,88,518
5. Umang ‘Umang94’ Kankaria – ₹1,41,155
6. PayYourDealer – ₹1,14,046
7. Piyush ‘Piyush303’ Lalchandani – ₹94,415
8. Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani – ₹75,096

DeepStack Madness ₹20 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 295

Re-entries – 222

Prize Pool – ₹20,68,000

Places Paid – 55

Adda52’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD DeepStack Madness obliterated its posted guarantee by ₹68,000 after registering 517 entries. The 7:30 PM event ran till 3:07 AM and paid out 55 places.

Bagging the second Sunday title for PokerGuru Staking, Gokul ‘Niruha’ Raj outlasted the competition to win ₹4.96 Lakhs. Bharat ‘rungooserun’ Vasan finished runner-up for ₹2.89 Lakhs.

The former SSS The Millionaire and DOPT Highroller champion, Gokul Raj, added an impressive ₹8.64 Lakhs in Sunday winnings after running deep in four other marquees, including a fifth-place finish in the NPS#48 Mini Main Event for ₹2.77 Lakhs!

At the same time, the former Sunday Superstack and Ultron champion, Bharat Vasan, penetrated the ₹1.72 Crore mark in online winnings after his runner-up finish.

Rishab ‘rish1994’ Malik (3^rd for ₹1.96 Lakhs), Yudhishter ‘yud1006’ Jaswal (5^th for ₹1.03 Lakhs), Rising Star Ritwik ‘ritwik27’ Khanna (6^th for ₹72,380), Haider ‘donktown22’ Madraswala (7^th for ₹51,700), and Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (8^th for ₹41,360) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Gokul ‘Niruha’ Raj – ₹4,96,320
2. Bharat ‘rungooserun’ Vasan – ₹2,89,520
3. Rishab ‘rish1994’ Malik – ₹1,96,460
4. blackjaguar – ₹1,55,100
5. Yudhishter ‘yud1006’ Jaswal – ₹1,03,400
6. Ritwik ‘ritwik27’ Khanna – ₹72,380
7. Haider ‘donktown22’ Madraswala – ₹51,700
8. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹41,360

Sunday Highroller – PKO ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 85

Re-entries – 48

Total Prize Pool – ₹13,30,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹6,65,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹6,65,000

Places Paid – 15

PokerStars India Sunday flagship, the Sunday Highroller – Progressive KO, ran with a reduced ₹12 Lakhs prize pool guarantee last night and ended up crushing the advertised guaranteed by ₹1.30 Lakhs on the back of a 133-entry field.

The Summer Series-93 Super Highroller champion Shagun ‘Sogani22’ Jain raced past the competition to win ₹3.61 Lakhs (includes ₹2.37 Lakhs in bounties), besting the #3 ranked player on the annual leaderboard, Young Gun Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood (runner-up for ₹1.72 Lakhs, includes ₹47,500 in bounties) heads-up.

The star-studded FT featured one of Sunday`s standout winners, PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘ballistik310’ Singh Chadha (3^rd for ₹99,643), Guruprasad ‘fishcalling1’ Gupta (5^th for ₹68,176), Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhuy (6^th for ₹58,958), Young Gun Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav (7^th for ₹57,542), former The Millionaire champion Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra (8^th for ₹27,449) and DOPT Colossus champion Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das (9^th for ₹33,876).

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

1. Shagun ‘Sogani22’ Jain – ₹3,61,220
2. Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood – ₹1,72,157
3. Jaffery25 – ₹1,20,186
4. Arjanveer ‘ballistik310’ Singh Chadha – ₹99,643
5. Guruprasad ‘fishcalling1’ Gupta – ₹68,176
6. Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury – ₹58,958
7. Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹57,542
8. Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra – ₹27,449
9. Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das – ₹33,876

NPS#47 Marathon ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 576

Re-entries – 563

Prize Pool – ₹22,78,000

Places Paid – 126

Piggy riding on the big influx of players on the site was the ₹12 Lakhs GTD NPS #47 Marathon that recorded 1,139 entries, dishing out a whopping ₹22.78 Lakhs in prize money to the top 126 places.

It took over nine hours of playing for the field to whittle down to the final two players. The finalists quickly agreed to a heads-up deal that saw Kumar ‘23offsuits’ Vatsal walk away as the winner for ₹3 Lakhs and the NPS Gold Medal. PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘thepokeraja’ Mahesh bagged the bigger share of the prize pool, a ₹3.59 Lakhs paycheque, but had to settle for the Silver Medal.

Last Friday’s NPS#37 Marathon champion Kritagya ‘Kritagya_17’ Sharma would have defended the title had he not busted in third place. Nonetheless, Sharma picked up ₹1.76 Lakhs for his deep finish.

Arjunn ‘MaalChaHee’ Agrawal (4^th for ₹1.30 Lakhs) and Anant ‘anant_infiniti’ Malik (8^th for ₹51,938) also FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

1. Kumar ‘23offsuits’ Vatsal – ₹2,99,651*
2. Mithun ‘thepokeraja’ Mahesh – ₹3,59,375*
3. Kritagya ‘Kritagya_17’ Sharma – ₹1,76,089
4. Arjunn ‘MaalChaHee’ Agrawal – ₹1,30,074
5. huhututu – ₹97,043
6. Realfc – ₹78,591
7. 9534133737 – ₹65,151
8. Anant ‘anant_infiniti’ Malik – ₹51,938

*denotes heads-up deal

Sunday Special – PKO ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 177

Re-entries – 137

Regular Prize Pool – ₹7,85,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹7,85,000

Total Prize Pool – ₹15,70,000

Places Paid – 34

Even though it was an incredibly packed Sunday with all the sites running multiple flagship events, PokerStars India opted to run two Sunday flagships. The biggest draw on the site was the ₹12 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special – Progressive KO.

The 5 PM tourney found a champion in the mystery player ‘demons_rulzz,’ who collected the winner’s paycheck worth ₹2.56 Lakhs (₹1.26 Lakhs in bounties). Friday’s Uppercut MAGIC Edition winner, Young Gun Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover came second for ₹1.60 Lakhs (includes ₹34,766 in bounties).

The Sunday Highroller PKO champion Shagun ‘Sogani22’ Jain (₹1.60 Lakhs), Friday’s NPS#38 Hyper Sprint runner-up finisher Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal (4^th for ₹79,632), Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das (5^th for ₹79,315), Sunday`s NPS#47 Marathon runner-up finisher, PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh (6^th for ₹44,911), Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar (7^th for ₹36,708), and the Deepstack Madness champion, PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Haxton Jr’ Raj (9^th for ₹21,488) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. demons_rulzz – ₹2,55,690
2. Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover – ₹1,64,557
3. Shagun ‘Sogani22’ Jain – ₹1,59,843
4. Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal – ₹79,632
5. Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das – ₹79,315
6. Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh – ₹44,911
7. Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar – ₹36,708
8. mafakaralte7 – ₹33,822
9. Gokul ‘Haxton Jr’ Raj – ₹21,488

Money Heist ₹12 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,200

Entries – 486

Re-entries – 160

Re-buys – 349

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 95

Like the other Spartan Poker Sunday marquees like The Millionaire and the Sunday Superstack, even the ₹12 Lakhs GTD Money Heist experienced an overlay worth ₹1.05 Lakh after registering 995 hopefuls.

The 9 PM tournament ended at 5.58 AM, with Anish ‘HotsForTheSlots’ Arora taking down the title for a career-best ₹2.29 Lakhs. The user ‘The Thunder Guy’ finished runner-up for ₹1.41 Lakhs.

Anish Arora now sits on ₹36.93 Lakhs in lifetime online winnings (₹5.54 Lakhs in net profits).

Man Mohan ‘Gradatim Ferociter’ Singh (3rd for ₹1.01 Lakhs), Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila (4th for ₹77,400), Young Gun Siddharth ‘Ari Tribbiani’ Karia (5th for ₹61,320), and Myron ‘mehhhhh’ Pereira (6th for ₹47,760) also FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

1. Anish ‘HotsForTheSlots’ Arora – ₹2,28,960
2. The Thunder Guy – ₹1,40,570
3. Man Mohan ‘Gradatim Ferociter’ Singh – ₹1,01,040
4. Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila – ₹77,400
5. Siddharth ‘Ari Tribbiani’ Karia – ₹61,320
6. Myron ‘mehhhhh’ Pereira – ₹47,760
7. TheRealG – ₹34,800
8. magnum736 – ₹23,784

NPS#50 Sprint ₹8 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 403

Re-entries – 319

Prize Pool – ₹14,44,000

Places Paid – 90

The ₹8 Lakhs GTD NPS #50 Sprint brought in 719 hopefuls, including 403 unique entries, collecting a bumper ₹14.44 Lakhs prize pool – approximately 80.50% more than the listed guarantee.

Amar ‘kidpoker0109’ Mehta navigated his way to the top to clinch the title for ₹2.61 Lakhs. The former bracelet champion Aditya ‘gangajal’ Sushant finished runner-up for ₹1.83 Lakhs.

Multiple deep runs for a prevalent trend on Sunday, and Amar Mehta posted five ITM finishes, including his NPS victory, netting ₹3.30 Lakhs overall. He now boasts ₹1.67 Crores in lifetime online winnings.

The reg-infested six-max final table featured the likes of Puneet ‘neo1’ Dua (3^rd for ₹1.18 Lakhs), Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (4^th for ₹87,362), Anmolraj Singh ‘PINCIOTTI’ Chawla (5^th for ₹65,413) and Atul ‘atulkhurana’ Khurana (6^th for ₹52,850).

Final Table Results

1. Amar ‘kidpoker0109’ Mehta – ₹2,61,364
2. Aditya ‘gangajal’ Sushant – ₹1,83,244
3. Puneet ‘neo1’ Dua – ₹1,18,119
4. Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar – ₹87,362
5. Anmolraj Singh ‘PINCIOTTI’ Chawla – ₹65,413
6. Atul ‘atulkhurana’ Khurana – ₹52,850

Sunday Showdown ₹8 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 271

Re-entries – 212

Prize Pool – ₹10,86,740

Places Paid – 53

Last night’s NPS#48 Mini Main Event runner-up finisher, PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘arjan30’ Singh Chadha, was the last player standing in Adda52`s ₹8 Lakhs GTD Sunday Showdown and won ₹2.04 Lakhs. Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta finished runner-up for ₹1.49 Lakhs.

Amit ‘ragingbull’ Kaushik (3^rd for ₹1.09 Lakhs), Anuj ‘anuj1610’ Laddhad (4^th for ₹80,395), Kamlesh ‘nirbadh’ Pandey (5^th for ₹58,929), Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (6^th for ₹43,195), Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj (7^th for ₹31,662), and the #1 ranked player of year Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia (8^th for ₹23,208) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Arjanveer ‘arjan30’ Singh Chadha – ₹2,04,136
2. Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta – ₹1,49,631
3. Amit ‘ragingbull’ Kaushik – ₹1,09,679
4. Anuj ‘anuj1610’ Laddhad – ₹80,395
5. Kamlesh ‘nirbadh’ Pandey – ₹58,929
6. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹43,195
7. Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj – ₹31,662
8. Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia – ₹23,208

Big Bang ₹1 Lakh GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 39

Re-entries – 15

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 6

PokerGuru’s very own Arpit ‘bilbobaggins1’ Jain, a.k.a ‘Chota Machhi’ has had a series of setbacks in recent streams. However, he finally clinched that much-needed victory as he conquered Khelo365’s Sunday mainstay, the ₹1 Lakh GTD Bing Bang for an impressive ₹40,000. ‘ajaashish’ fired two bullets to secure the runner-up payday worth ₹21,000.

An upcoming poker streamer, Arpit Jain, clinched the title while streaming his run on the PokerGuru YouTube and Facebook handles. You can watch the stream below.

Daily PLO Grind ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹660

Entries – 75

Re-entries – 43

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 20

The user ‘AkkiZed’ took down PokerDangal`s ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily PLO Grind for ₹22,000. ‘ridingbadluck’ finished runner-up for ₹16,500.

Dominator ₹50K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 51

Re-entries – 27

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 8

Khelo365 user ‘ANGLE99’ came out on top in the ₹50K GTD Dominator to win ₹17,000. ‘MRGoms’ finished runner-up for ₹10,000.

This report was updated at 7:30 PM on 21.06.2021.

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