Daily Majors: Young Gun Aayush Arya Sends the Cash Registers Ringing With The Big Show Victory & ₹5.13 Lakhs Monday Haul!

Looks like the “Monday Blues” are a thing of the past, especially given the red-hot action on PokerBaazi! Following a Sunday where the Baazi Super Sunday (BSS) flagships crushed it across the board, Monday kept that heat coming with tournaments overflowing with players and prize money going through the roof – no doubt helped by that sweet TDS-free withdrawal offer running all April.

And it wasn’t just PokerBaazi. Over at Natural8 India, even with the massive Millions Week wrapped up, the action keeps rolling. All eyes are now on the Bounty Hunters Series 2025, a three-week knockout extravaganza promising serious loot until April 21. Add Junglee Poker’s intense ₹3.50+ Crores GTD Battle Ground Series and Adda52 reviving its classic Inception tournament with extra cash added, and you had a Monday packed with opportunities.

Catching the spotlight and making the biggest noise was Young Gun Aayush Arya. After navigating some close calls since his hot start to the year, this WSOP bracelet winner found his groove again, landing a much-applauded victory in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show. He knows this stage well – it’s his second time taking down this particular headliner in 2025 (third time overall). The win itself funnelled a sweet ₹5.08 Lakhs his way, counting as his fourth major title this year and ranking as his fourth-biggest score ever on the platform. Another solid cash finish boosted his day’s total haul to a very tidy ₹5.13 Lakhs, establishing him as Monday`s top scorer. This performance also nudged Arya’s lifetime recorded online winnings over the ₹9 Crore line, while his 2025 ledger crossed ₹50 Lakhs. Nearly sharing that top billing was Ritesh Kothari. He put in a great performance to finish runner-up in The Big Show, earning a platform-best ₹3.05 Lakhs—more than four times his previous PokerBaazi high and his second-best career score, trailing only his epic Adda52 Mega Millions win last year.

Over at Natural8 India, Anant Purohit was once again the one to watch. Still radiating from that colossal ₹1.92 Crores win in last month’s PLOSSUS Bounty 400 – a result that locked him in as March’s top dog – Purohit was right back in the thick of it. He plunged into the massive Super Monday Bounty Hunters 525, battling through a field of 2,498 players to finish 70th and add another ₹2.62 Lakhs to his expanding war chest. With his year’s earnings now tallying ₹3.64 Crores, he’s making a serious run at Tarun Goyal for the #1 spot in the 2025 Player of the Year standings.

Rajneesh Thakur just keeps finding ways to win. Showing zero fatigue after that demanding NPS India 2025 run (where he played every event and picked up two medals), the 2024 TLB points runner-up popped back into the winner’s circle. He expertly took down PokerBaazi’s The Big Show Lite – his second career victory in this event – for ₹1.94 Lakhs. Tallying up five deep runs across the day, his Monday grind netted him over ₹2.15 Lakhs. He had solid company at the end, with Omkar Nath providing the challenge. Nath, clearly riding a wave of confidence after ending a year-plus title gap last week with a WTF win, nearly went back-to-back, finishing a strong second for ₹1.26 Lakhs.

PokerBaazi also served up some feel-good comeback tales. Ramji Kishore G, a steady hand known online and live, finally broke a six-month victory drought. He shipped the popular Daily Last Chance, collecting ₹1.78 Lakhs and shaking off that winless spell. A couple more cashes saw Kishore’s day conclude with earnings north of ₹1.94 Lakhs, a welcome result that offset some past losses. Bhanu Prakash Dwivedi, another long-time regular, was searching for his own return to glory, having not hoisted a trophy since November’s BSS win. He got painfully close again, finishing second in the Daily Last Chance for ₹1.17 Lakhs – a tough case of déjà vu, mirroring his runner-up finish in this same event just last week.

Adda52 featured its own story of breaking through. Nandan Pugalia, after weathering a two-month dry spell marked by several near-wins, put it all together in the revived Inception (back after years, stepping in for Iron Man). A heads-up deal saw him collect ₹1.72 Lakhs and significantly pushed his recorded online winnings past the ₹4 Crore mark! Victory wasn’t handed to him, though; he had to get past Prince Singh. Singh, hot off a productive NPS showing and The Ballers win just three days ago, was definitely aiming for another win but agreed to the deal, walking away with ₹1.63 Lakhs.

Hopping over to Junglee Poker, Amit J—a former IOPC 2021 The Crown finalist—turned a near-miss into a direct hit. Improving on his third-place finish in the BG#8 Sunday Special Knockout the previous night, he grabbed the Battle Ground series title he’d been eyeing in the BG#11 Monday Monster. The win delivered ₹1.17 Lakhs (₹64,609 in bounties) and put an end to his own lengthy quest for a title. Putting up a good fight was ‘adluck_rene_.’, who finished runner-up for ₹58,411 (₹5,625 in bounties).

Monday also saw notable wins posted by Samarth Bhandari, Habil Jiruwala, Bhushan Sohani, Manish Jangid, Vinay Verma, and Niteen Raj in other marquee tournaments!

Here are the Monday highlights!

The Big Show – ₹30 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,750

Entries – 339

Re-entries – 270

Prize Pool – ₹30,45,000

Places Paid – 87

Sure, the echoes of the monster NPS India 2025 might have faded (hard to believe it’s been two weeks!), and the poker community is starting to buzz about the National Poker Champion showdown set for Goa next week. But clearly, the MTT action on PokerBaazi is back in top gear—with all its flagships hitting their guarantees yet again on Monday (usually considered the slowest day of the week for online poker), keeping the weekend momentum going strong heading into another action-packed week. You can bet the platform`s TDS-free April withdrawals are hitting the sweet spot with players; Monday’s numbers made that plain as day.

The main event under the Monday night lights was clearly the ₹30 Lakhs GTD The Big Show. It attracted a bustling crowd of 339 players, with re-entries ballooning the field to 609 participants ready for the 8 PM showdown. After a demanding eight-hour grind at the virtual tables, the familiar face of Young Gun Aayush ‘Learnnwin’ Arya stood victorious. Firing two bullets, he scooped up a striking ₹5.08 Lakhs for his efforts. This isn’t Arya’s first rodeo in this event; it was his second The Big Show title this year (third overall) and his fourth-biggest score on PokerBaazi.

This latest win adds another line to an already stacked resume of this WSOP bracelet winner and 2023 People’s Poker Championship finalist, who finished strong in 2024 inside the top 10 for Player of the Year. Maybe his NPS run didn’t quite catch fire the way he wanted, but Arya’s 2025 has already seen him take down The Quest Lite and The Big Show Lite in January, plus another The Big Show win in February, not to mention some nice scores over on Natural8 India last month. The bottom line is this guy’s always a threat whenever he hits the virtual felt!

But the night wasn’t over for Arya yet! He also snagged a cash in PokerBaazi’s Daily Last Chance, finishing 49th for ₹5,447. Adding that to his The Big Show winnings, Arya’s Monday earnings rocketed past ₹5.13 Lakhs, pushing his tracked online winnings beyond the ₹9 Crore stratosphere. With his annual earnings already cruising past ₹50 Lakhs, it’s clear who the Monday night MVP was!

Aayush Arya’s online stats (PokerBaazi, Adda52 and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.05 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.50 Crores | Titles Won in 2025: #4

A surprising name in The Big Show’s final stages was Ritesh ‘Reddington’ Kothari. Having been actively playing on PokerBaazi for just eight months, Kothari had been navigating a tough downswing since his explosive entry into the scene with a massive ₹17.35 Lakhs victory in Adda52’s Mega Millions in July 2024 – on only his fourth tournament ever on that site! Last night, he almost pulled off another jaw-dropper in The Big Show, fighting hard into the wee hours. The title eluded him in the heads-up duel. However, Kothari still snagged a personal best on PokerBaazi, a hefty ₹3.05 Lakhs for his runner-up finish – more than quadrupling his previous platform best and his second-largest career score, trailing only that unforgettable Mega Millions win last year!

Ritesh Kothari’s online stats (PokerBaazi and Adda52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹34.47 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹11.01 Lakhs

The Big Show final table was a familiar sight for many, packed with seasoned regulars. Among them was Daksh ‘KidwithaDream’ Kapoor, who had also finished as the runner-up in last Thursday’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost, this time taking third place for a career-best ₹2.44 Lakhs. Aurkodyuti ‘ad87’ Das, last month’s WTF podium finisher, added another strong result with a fourth-place finish worth ₹1.85 Lakhs. Siddharth ‘Afterhours’ Arya Jolly, the runner-up in last week’s The Summit who finished fourth on last week’s earnings chart, continued his strong run with a fifth-place finish for ₹1.37 Lakhs. And Praveen ‘PinaWXD’ KR, the runner-up in last week’s The Ballers Lite and third on last week’s earnings chart, added another final table appearance to his recent streak, finishing seventh for ₹92,568.

Like all the major tournaments on PokerBaazi, the ₹5,750 buy-in The Big Show blew past its guarantee, creating a luscious ₹30.45 Lakhs prize pool. With 87 players cashing, each took home at least ₹10,353, making it another night of high-octane action and serious value on the platform! Given the incredible turnouts on Monday, the week ahead looks set to explode with even more thrilling poker on India’s leading online poker destination!

Final Table Results

1. Aayush ‘Learnnwin’ Arya – ₹5,07,602
2. Ritesh ‘Reddington’ Kothari – ₹3,04,500
3. Daksh ‘KidwithaDream’ Kapoor – ₹2,43,600
4. Aurkodyuti ‘ad87’ Das – ₹1,85,136
5. Siddharth ‘Afterhours’ Arya Jolly – ₹1,36,721
6. newcomer – ₹1,13,274
7. Praveen ‘PinaWXD’ KR – ₹92,568
8. Bbrox – ₹73,689

The Big Show Lite – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,000

Entries – 407

Re-entries – 320

Prize Pool – ₹12,64,980

Places Paid – 111

“Monday Blues” must have missed the memo for PokerBaazi this week! Coming off a fiery Sunday where every Baazi Super Sunday (BSS) tournament crushed its guarantee, Monday just kept that high-energy train rolling. For the second day running, the platform’s big tournaments didn’t just meet the mark – they blew past it, no doubt helped by that sweet TDS-free withdrawal offer running all April. While The Big Show was the main attraction later on, players first whetted their appetites with the ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Big Show Lite—a spicy starter before the prime-time feast.

The 7:30 PM tournament drew a lively field of 727 entries (from 407 players), setting the stage for serious competition. After a determined six-hour, sixteen-minute session at the tables and needing two bullets to get there, Delhi’s notorious volume beast, Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur, snagged the victory. This win landed him his second career title in The Big Show Lite and a handsome ₹1.94 Lakhs to line his pockets.

Thakur is currently on some kind of heater. He just came off an absolute marathon at NPS India 2025, where he incredibly played all 191 events. Get this – he cashed in an astounding 129 of them and made the final table six times, even grabbing two NPS Medals along the way: Gold in NPS#13 Deepdive and Silver in NPS#166 Slamdunk, finishing #20 on the NPS Series Leaderboard for ₹1.50 Lakhs!

But this volume monster apparently doesn’t understand the concept of “time off.” Even after that herculean NPS effort, he jumped right back into the action. He closed out March by taking down Adda52’s Maverick, finishing second in the Sunday Big Slick, and grabbing third in PokerBaazi’s (PLO-6) BSS. That hot streak bled right into April, starting with final table appearances in both The Mint and Voyager on Adda52 before this powerful Monday performance!

As usual, Thakur was a multi-tabling machine, mixing it up in the big flagships and the mid-stakes marquees. His efforts across five tournaments on Monday accumulated over ₹2.15 Lakhs, adding another solid score to his seemingly endless run of good form.

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show Lite for ₹1,93,542

> 68th in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹10,353

> 64th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Last Chance for ₹5,447

> 25th in Adda52’s Voyager for ₹3,342

> 35th in PokerBaazi’s (PLO-5) BOOST for ₹2,520

Giving Thakur a real run for his money in The Big Show Lite was Omkar ‘omipower’ Nath. Nath just snapped a year-plus title drought last Wednesday by winning the WTF, putting several heart-stopping near misses (including two fourth-place runs at this year’s NPS) firmly behind him. He came incredibly close to making it two titles in short order but had to settle for the runner-up spot this time, adding ₹1.26 Lakhs to his tally for the night.

Omkar Nath’s online stats (PokerBaazi & Adda52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹62.75 Lakhs | Lifetime Profit: ₹18.78 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2025: #1

Like many of the other flagships, The Big Show Lite final table was also stacked, featuring familiar names and players clearly riding a hot hand. Rishabh ‘rgeader’ Gupta, fresh off winning Saturday’s Blockbuster Lite, finished third for ₹93,609. Another Saturday champion, Avishek ‘Ronywalker’ Mistry (who shipped the (7-Max) Afternoon Boost), placed fifth for ₹60,087. Following him was Gaurav ‘balyanbali’ Balyan in sixth with ₹48,575, while Archit ‘storm_77’ Agrawal, last week’s The Pride Lite runner-up, took seventh for ₹38,076. Suchit ‘Jefe24’ Save, runner-up in November’s The Quest, rounded out the final table in eighth, collecting ₹27,956.

Continuing the guarantee-smashing trend on PokerBaazi, The Big Show Lite didn’t just hit its ₹10 Lakhs promise; it generated a tempting ₹12.65 Lakhs prize pool – beating the guarantee by more than 26%! The top 111 finishers got paid, with even the min-cash of ₹4,554 representing more than double the initial ₹2,000 buy-in. If Monday’s action is any indicator, PokerBaazi players are strapped in for a red-hot week ahead!

Final Table Results

1. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹1,93,542
2. Omkar ‘omipower’ Nath – ₹1,26,498
3. Rishabh ‘rgeader’ Gupta – ₹93,609
4. Beatthepro ₹72,610
5. Avishek ‘Ronywalker’ Mistry – ₹60,087
6. Gaurav ‘balyanbali’ Balyan – ₹48,575
7. Archit ‘storm_77’ Agrawal – ₹38,076
8. Suchit ‘Jefe24’ Save – ₹27,956

Daily Last Chance – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 305

Re-entries – 217

Prize Pool – ₹11,34,828

Places Paid – 82

PokerBaazi is setting the pace for Indian online poker right now, and Monday was another scorcher. Guarantees were left in the dust across the board, and the buzzing night of action wrapped up with a fan favourite – the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Last Chance!

The late-night hero of this particular showdown was Ramji ‘upswing4eva’ Kishore G—a long-time regular with a strong presence both live and online—who snapped a six-month title drought spectacularly! Since snagging the WTF title in September, he’s been hitting the tables with dedicated focus. His efforts almost paid off in the same Daily Last Chance in November (where he finished 3rd), the NPS#1 Kickoff, where he snagged his first-ever Bronze Medal and a Silver in NPS#105 (4-Max) Hyper SPRINT. While he cashed in an impressive 78 NPS events, that top spot had remained elusive until now. Ramji finally sealed the deal in last night`s Daily Last Chance, taking down this late-night flagship and announcing his epic return to winning form.

The 10:30 PM flagship once again attracted a field that blew past the guarantee. Kishore G seemed to find an extra gear, overcoming a challenging field of 522 entries (305 unique) in under six hours. Needing two entries to get it done, he punched his first win of the year, banking a cool ₹1.78 Lakhs.

As if that was not enough, Ramji also went deep in two other tournaments. His efforts ballooned his Monday take-home to over ₹1.94 Lakhs, helping him chip away further at past losses.

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Last Chance for ₹1,78,055

> 66th in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹10,353

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s (PLO-5) Boost for ₹6,048

Ramji Kishore’s online stats (PokerBaazi and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.96 Crores | Titles Won in 2025: #1 | Annual Winnings: ₹33.08 Lakhs | Annual Profits: ₹2.99 Lakhs

Firing two bullets himself was long-time PokerBaazi regular Bhanu ‘hustler009’ Prakash Dwivedi, who was clearly on a mission to break his own four-month title dry spell since a BSS victory last November. Having reached the podium in January’s Blockbuster and finishing runner-up in this same Daily Last Chance just last week, he came painfully close once more. In what must have felt like déjà vu heartbreak, he had to settle for second place again, pocketing a sweet ₹1.17 Lakhs, which provided a significant boost to his profits regardless.

Bhanu Prakash Dwivedi’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹9.27 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.95 Lakhs

The Daily Last Chance final table also saw familiar site regular Ankur ‘SinWithAGrin’ Kumar finish third for ₹88,517, and Ravi ‘Ravi955’ Thakur (who previously placed fourth in this event in February) land in fifth this time for ₹55,153.

Living up to its growing reputation as a must-play late-night event, the ₹2,500 buy-in Daily Last Chance smashed its guarantee again, building a prize pool of ₹11.35 Lakhs. The rewards stretched down to the top 82 finishers, with even the min-cash ringing in at ₹5,450 – making it a seriously value-packed treat for grinders looking for solid returns to cap off their night.

Final Table Results

1. Ramji ‘upswing4eva’ Kishore G – ₹1,78,055
2. Bhanu ‘hustler009’ Prakash Dwivedi – ₹1,17,455
3. Ankur ‘SinWithAGrin’ Kumar – ₹88,517
4. Amish1111995 – ₹65,026
5. Ravi ‘Ravi955’ Thakur – ₹55,153
6. usedSteam189768 – ₹45,393
7. halfrich – ₹35,861
8. MessiGoated10 – ₹26,669

‘FelixShukla12’ (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹73,920), Samarth ‘tiltsingh’ Bhandari (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 Boost for ₹32,270), Habil ‘Habz420’ Jiruwala (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹29,640), ‘siddyfloyd’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹16,640), ‘AllinRiver’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 6-Max Hyper for ₹16,000), Bhushan ‘1LevelUpGuy’ Sohani (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹15,290), ‘Dsoni28’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 6-Max SPRINT for ₹13,650), and ‘riverkingsuri’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Boost for ₹8,590) won the other Monday marquees on PokerBaazi.

Junglee Poker

BG#11 Monday Monster – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,875

Entries – 165

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,93,750

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,06,250

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 17

Junglee Poker isn’t taking its foot off the gas when it comes to high-octane bounty tournament action! Seriously, the digital felt was barely cool after their ₹1.50+ Crores GTD Knockout Series wrapped up on March 30 before they unleashed the brand new Battle Ground (BG) series, packing a guaranteed war chest of over ₹3.50 Crores! Day 4 of this 17-day poker spectacle (running April 4 to 20) kept the energy high with three BG tournaments lighting up the schedule, led by the rebranded ₹5 Lakhs GTD BG#11 Monday Monster.

This 8 PM PKO marquee pulled 165 contenders into the fray, kicking off nearly eight hours of intense poker combat! When the digital dust cloud finally settled, the sometimes-seen online player Amit ‘the_ziro’ J, a former IOPC 2021 The Crown finalist, stood tall. Showing clear improvement from his third-place finish just the night before in the BG#8 Sunday Special Knockout, Amit J put on a clinic. He skillfully dismantled the opposition to finally grab that BG title he was chasing, along with a sweet ₹1.17 Lakhs payday. A hefty chunk of that, ₹64,609 to be exact, came purely from collecting bounties, making this breakout performance and snapping a prolonged title drought.

Giving the champ a real fight was the mystery user ‘adluck_rene_.’ They were clearly gunning hard for the top spot but ultimately had to accept a hard-fought second place, earning ₹58,411 for their efforts, which included ₹5,625 from bounties knocked out along the way.

Now, the ₹2,875 buy-in BG#11 Monday Monster might have missed its advertised guarantee by ₹87,500, creating a nice overlay for the players, but the action was still red-hot! With the top 17 finishers sharing in the ₹2.94 Lakhs cash prize pool and plenty of juicy bounties available from the ₹2.06 Lakhs bounty pool, Junglee Poker continues to prove it’s a haven for mid-stakes players seeking thrilling poker battles and excellent value – now served up daily in its Battle Ground series.

Final Table Results

1. Amit ‘the_ziro’ J – ₹1,17,454
2. adluck_rene_ – ₹58,411
3. Anil26706496 – ₹39,694
4. bc42 – ₹31,675
5. anandam18 – ₹40,292
6. nolimit11 – ₹27,086
7. dhamna – ₹19,448
8. superwinboss – ₹12,332

The other Battle Ground series title winners of the day included Manish ‘manish jangid’ Jangid (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD BG#12 Monday Battleground for ₹50,744) and ‘vishark’ (Won ₹80K GTD Monday Sunsetter for ₹25,339).

‘suri33058228’ won the ₹60K GTD Hangover for ₹11,712.

₹50 Lakhs GTD BG Main Event – Qualifier 8

Q8 > Entries – 47| Survivors – 6 | Chip Leader – ‘vabss’ (235,644)

Combined > Entries – 307| Survivors – 35 | Overall Chip Leader – ‘SaajanDhadialaa’ (522,112)

Adda52

Inception – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,500

Entries – 118

Re-entries – 131

Rebuys – 13

Total Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 39

The Indian online poker scene has been electric this year, building on 2024’s record-breaking momentum, and the energy shows no signs of slowing down! The “slow Monday” concept is ancient history now, and last night yet again proved the action’s still red-hot all week long.

While the headlines often land on the heavy hitters crushing flagship events, the mid and low-stakes grinders keep the heartbeat of the game alive. Monday once again saw PokerBaazi’s flagships obliterate their guarantees, largely thanks to the platform’s enticing April promotion — TDS-free withdrawals on those first three cashouts. The tables were packed, and the atmosphere charged.

Over at Adda52, a platform wrestling with overlays recently, they decided to shake things up. In a nod to its glory days, the site resurrected its Inception, slapping a hefty ₹10 Lakhs guarantee on it, a flagship event that initially ran in 2020, replacing the regular Iron Man (which had a smaller ₹8 Lakhs guarantee). The message is clear: Adda52 is upping the ante. And while Inception still fell short of its guarantee, for the players, it was a value-packed goldmine just waiting to be tapped.

Seizing that opportunity with both hands was the up-and-coming star from Kolkata, Nandan ‘LotJ24’ Pugalia, who finally snapped a two-month title drought!

Pugalia kicked off 2025 with a bang, scoring back-to-back runner-up finishes in PokerBaazi’s Daily Last Chance in January, alongside wins in Junglee Poker’s Monday Monster and Adda52’s Friday Bounty. February started similarly, with a victory in the Daily Last Chance, but what followed was a series of near misses — 12 final table appearances without a title. Even his NPS India 2025 run, while lacking a win, screamed consistency. He went all-in on the grind, playing the entire 191-event schedule, and racked up 120 cashes worth ₹25.62 Lakhs in series winnings, with five final tables and a Bronze Medal in the NPS#154 Big Knockout (PKO). That run placed him #36 on the NPS Series Leaderboard with 25,260 points, earning him an additional ₹75,000 and giving him a big leg up in PokerBaazi’s 2025 POY Leaderboard standings, where he currently sits at #73.

Last night, all that dedication, volume, and sheer persistence beautifully converged in the glorious return of the Inception! Pugalia, carrying momentum from a final table run in Saturday’s Blockbuster, masterfully worked through a 262-entry field (118 unique) in the 8 PM flagship. He outplayed the competition to claim his first Inception title and pocketed a tidy ₹1.72 Lakhs after making a heads-up deal. In a neat display of efficiency, this was also his only cash of the night – a perfect example of quality over quantity. This victory wasn’t just another notch on his belt; it represented a personal achievement, pushing his recorded online winnings past the impressive ₹4 Crores mark!

Nandan Pugalia’s online stats (excluding Natural8 India, Junglee Poker and Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.02 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.24 Crores | Titles Won in 2025: #5 (across all platforms) | Ranked #73 on PokerBaazi`s 2025 POY Leaderboard

And while Pugalia stole the spotlight with a long-overdue title run in Inception, Prince ‘pranavcr07’ Singh came heartbreakingly close to snatching the glory for himself.

Just three days removed from his The Ballers win, Singh was riding a serious wave of momentum. The 2024 Baazi Millionaire had also put in some serious volume at the recently concluded NPS India 2025, cashing in 89 events, making four final tables, and proudly adding a Gold and Bronze Medal to his trophy cabinet. Clearly in top form, Singh brought all that firepower to Inception — and it showed.

He pushed through the field with precision and poise, going head-to-head with Pugalia in the final moments. The pair struck a heads-up deal, with Singh banking ₹1.63 Lakhs — shy of the top prize but still a strong finish that flagged his current hot streak.

Prince Singh’s online stats (Adda52, PokerBaazi and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.71 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.12 Crores | Titles Won in 2025: #7

The Inception final table also featured notables like Sunday’s Big Whale winner Ram ‘mowgumotu’ Kakkar (3rd for ₹1.05 Lakhs), February’s Iron Man DPT Edition champ Vivek ‘vivloc’ Rosario (4th for ₹77,904), popular poker streamer Aniruddha ‘Pocketaces69’ Joshi (5th for ₹57,580), and the ever-present Jatin ‘jatin2929’ Sablani (8th for ₹23,250).

Despite the skilled lineup, the ₹3,500 buy-in Inception couldn’t dodge the overlay gunshot, ending up ₹2.01 Lakhs shy of its ambitious ₹10 Lakhs guarantee. For the players involved, however, this spelt serious added value. The top 39 finishers all walked away with at least ₹8,556, a return of nearly two and a half times their investment.

As the trends suggest, PokerBaazi keeps flexing with guarantee-beating turnouts, while others like Adda52 seem willing to aim high with guarantees, sometimes resulting in overlays. But judging by the quality of play in Monday’s Inception and the value delivered, the grind is definitely rewarding on India’s longest-running online poker platform!

Final Table Results

1. Nandan ‘LotJ24’ Pugalia – ₹1,72,370*
2. Prince ‘pranavcr07’ Singh – ₹1,63,163*
3. Ram ‘mowgumotu’ Kakkar – ₹1,05,400
4. Vivek ‘vivloc’ Rosario – ₹77,904
5. Aniruddha ‘Pocketaces69’ Joshi – ₹57,580
6. Fishlover001 – ₹42,559
7. Yeti – ₹31,456
8. Jatin ‘jatin2929’ Sablani – ₹23,250

*denotes a heads-up deal

Vinay ’vinay2203’ Verma (Won ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD Voyager for ₹58,662), Niteen ‘nittenplus’ Raj (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Afternoon Bounty for ₹29,850), ‘Kushal007891’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Inception Lite for ₹19,014), and ‘Tom_Thy’ (Won ₹50K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹12,719) won the other Monday marquees on Adda52.

Pocket52

‘Mahakal231’ won the ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Deepstack Turbo for ₹40,200.

Spartan Poker

Bhushan ‘funchampion’ Sohani (Won ₹4 Lakhs GTD Supreme for ₹72,597), ‘Jatinxx’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹33,300), ‘ankey’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo for ₹23,550), ‘Sourabh_Singh’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Kickoff for ₹23,533), and ‘smokingaces’ (Won ₹50K GTD Centurian for ₹9,400) won the Monday marquees on Spartan Poker.

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