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Online MTT players are arguably entering the biggest weekend ever, with Spartan Poker`s IOPC June 2022 and PokerBaazi`s 1100 THC now two days away from wrapping up! The spike in online action is visible with players prepping up for the big Sunday coming up ahead.
Coming to the Friday recap, Abhimanyu Mittal topped the charts with panache after crushing the competition in Spartan Poker`s IOPC #115 – Friday Spotlight, picking up his first IOPC title and the hefty ₹11.44 Lakhs up-top (his second-best career finish). Mittal also FT-ed #IOPC #114 – Friday Prime (4th for ₹1.18 Lakhs), making away with the day`s best ₹12.67 Lakhs overall. Coming in hot after winning the IOPC #107 Super High Roller the day before, Saurabh Rohila finished runner-up for an impressive ₹7.21 Lakhs.
The now two-time IOPC – Legends champion Sahil Chutani kept his heater going by shipping PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for the second time this year for ₹3.91 Lakhs. He chopped the Friday flagship with Anmolraj Singh Chawla (2nd for ₹3.49 Lakhs). The most profitable MTT player of the year on our tracked database, Chutani, made another three ITM runs yesterday, banking ₹4.19 Lakhs overall.
Akshat Sharma pulled out his best finish of the year last night. He won Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹5.31 Lakhs, also cashing another three events for a total take-home worth ₹6.22 Lakhs. The Friday run pushed Sharma past the ₹50 Lakh mark in annual earnings.
Rishab Malik added the missing THC title to his tally after winning PokerBaazi’s THC#88 Superstack for ₹2.32 Lakhs. He squeezed out another two deep runs, including an FT finish in The Weekly HighRoller (4th for ₹1.45 Lakhs), netting ₹3.94 Lakhs.
Manish Kumar (Won THC#87 Monsterstack for ₹1.21 Lakhs), Akshay Joshi (Won THC#89 – (5-max) Turbo for ₹90,260), and Abhishek Sonu (Won THC#86 – PKO for ₹88,250) won the other THC titles.
The former WCS #95 – The Millionaire – Feature Main Event runner-up finisher Nitesh Katiyar opened his title tally for the year in style with a victory march in Spartan Poker`s IOPC #114 – Friday Prime for ₹3.43 Lakhs.
Like Young Gun Sanat Mehrotra and Sreekanth Narayan the day before, Siddharth Gangwar booked two title victories on Friday. The IOPC #107 – Super High Roller runner-up finisher clinched a title each at the IOPC and THC – winning the THC#90 (6-Max) Turbo for ₹1.15 Lakhs, and IOPC #113 for ₹95,175, pocketing ₹2.33 Lakhs across his Friday grind.
‘boosterx’ (Won IOPC #116 – All-Rounder for ₹2.12 Lakhs), ‘rtj11’ (Won IOPC #111 for ₹1.23 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh Chadha (Won IOPC #112 for ₹90,225), and Anurag Srivastava (Won IOPC #110 for ₹45,554) were the other IOPC winners of the day.
MTT reg Harsh Dembla (opted out of our tracked database) won the Friday flagship on PokerStars India, Uppercut, for ₹1.07 Lakhs.
Pranay Sikka, Vignesh Kumar, Alok Kumar, Akhilesh Gautam, and Vijay Pandit shipped the other Friday majors.
Here are the Friday highlights!
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IOPC #115 – Friday Spotlight – ₹50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 303
Re-entries – 133
Rebuys – 155
Prize Pool – ₹59,10,000
Places Paid – 63
The ₹50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #115 – Friday Spotlight was the biggest attraction on Day 16 of the IOPC June 2022 series, and the turnouts didn`t disappoint as 591 hopefuls joined the Friday flagship, generating a hefty ₹59.10 Lakhs prize pool.
The former FTS #13 – Supreme runner-up finisher, Abhimanyu ‘Asraat Manfi’ Mittal, made it past the competition to grab a hefty ₹11.44 Lakhs payday – his second-best career finish. Friday’s IOPC #107 – Super High Roller Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila lost out on grabbing a career-fifth IOPC title and collected ₹7.21 Lakhs in second place.
Abhimanyu Mittal pulled out his best finish yet this year as he also FT-ed IOPC #114 – Friday Prime and cashed another two events, netting ₹12.67 Lakhs overall.
His top Friday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #115 – Friday Spotlight for 11.44 Lakhs
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #114 – Friday Prime for ₹1.18 Lakhs
Abhimanyu Mittal`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.33 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.08 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #3 | Ranked #1 in the IOPC June 2022 Daily Leaderboard for ₹30K in Bonus Money
Final Table Results
IOPC #114 – Friday Prime – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹990
Entries – 1,389 (764)
Re-entries – 625
Rebuys – 1,140
Prize Pool – ₹22,76,100
Places Paid – 207
Nitesh ‘KATIYAR11’ Katiyar cut his way through the vast 2,529-entry field in Spartan Poker`s ₹20 Lakhs GTD IOPC #114 – Friday Prime and made away with a ₹3.43 Lakhs cash prize and his first title of the year (his career-second IOPC title).
The win ensured Katiyar’s #3 position in the IOPC Daily Leaderboard (₹20K in Bonus Money). His online stats (excluding Adda52 and PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.20 Crores | ₹46.46 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #1
Final Table Results
IOPC #116 – All-Rounder – ₹11 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 351
Re-entries – 136
Rebuys – 238
Prize Pool – ₹11,00,000
Places Paid – 71
The ₹11 Lakhs GTD IOPC #116 – All-Rounder brought in 725 entrants, filling in a marginal ₹12,500 in overlays. The user ‘boosterx’ was the last player standing and won the title for ₹2.12 Lakhs along with the last remaining seat in the IOPC #128 – All-Rounder SnG. ‘noscOPe’ came second for ₹1.34 Lakhs.
Final Table Results
IOPC #111 – ₹6 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 220
Re-entries – 66
Rebuys – 172
Prize Pool – ₹6,87,000
Places Paid – 39
The mystery user ‘rtj11’ made their way past the guarantee-crushing 458-entry field in the 3 PM IOPC marquee, the ₹6 Lakhs GTD IOPC #111, netting ₹1.23 Lakhs. ‘Elbulli’ collected ₹1.05 Lakhs in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
IOPC – Value Mine Day 1E – ₹35 Lakhs GTD
> Day 1E: Entries – 280 | Re-entries – 39 | Rebuys – 221 | Survivors – 59 | Chip Leader – Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha (210,241)
> Combined: Entries – 1,354 | Re-entries – 205 | Rebuys – 1,028 | Survivors – 259 | Overall Chip Leader: ‘elbedonk’ (340,963)
IOPC – The Crown Day 1E – ₹4 Crores GTD
> Day 1E: Entries – 274 | Re-entries – 99 | Rebuys – 181 | Survivors – 77 | Chip Leader – Vivek ‘Kill Ivey’ Bajaj (381,847)
> Combined: Entries – 1,295 | Re-entries – 355 | Rebuys: 818 | Survivors – 349 |
Overall Chip Leader – Saurabh ‘Beast555’ Jain (383,945)
Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar (Won ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #113 for ₹95,175), Arjanveer Singh ‘bazzingaa’ Chadha (Won ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #112 for ₹90,225), and Anurag ‘CultOfPersonality’ Srivastava (Won ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #110 for ₹45,554) were the other IOPC winners of the day.
The ₹33 Crores GTD IOPC edition is just two days from culmination. And the three-time IOPC Leaderboard crusher Bhanu ‘MafiaGaming’ Prakash KC (16,710 points) looks well on track to repeat the feat once again. Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta (15,402 points) and Dinesh ‘$Lucky Guy$’ Singh (15,018 points) continue to trail him in #2 and #3 places, respectively!
IOPC June 2022 Leaderboard Standings After Day 16
Rank Player Points
1 Bhanu 'MafiaGaming' Prakash KC 16,710
2 Mohit 'thejoker' Mehta 15,402
3 Dinesh '$Lucky Guy$' Singh 15,018
4 Anurag 'CultOfPersonality' Srivastava 13,832
5 Arjanveer 'bazzingaa' Singh Chadha 13,818
6 Ashish 'X--factor' Pareek 12,604
7 Vinay 'BeepBeepImaJeep' Rajpal 12,129
8 Varun 'buffalowsoldier' Meena 11,016
9 WhatIffGawd 10,180
10 UnsafeChoice 10,122
PokerBaazi
THC#88 Superstack – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 669
Re-entries – 668
Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000
Places Paid – 221
The former Millionaire winner Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik clinched his first-ever THC title yesterday, winning PokerBaazi`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD THC#88 Superstack for ₹2.32 Lakhs. He bested ‘pokersadu’ (2nd for ₹1.62 Lakhs) in the heads-up play.
Rishab Malik made another two deep runs, rounding up ₹3.94 Lakhs in Friday earnings. His Friday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s THC#88 Superstack for ₹2,32,350
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹1,45,250
> 25th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹16,604
Rishab Malik’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.51 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.56 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #11 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.56 Crores
Final Table Results
The Weekly HighRoller – ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 101
Re-entries – 74
Prize Pool – ₹17,50,000
Places Paid – 21
This past Sunday, Sahil ‘bluffme19’ Chutani defended the IOPC – Legends title to ride into the top of the weekly charts. Chutani extended his winning streak to Friday night when he topped a field of 175 runners to win PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller for the second time this year, adding ₹3.91 Lakhs to his name. He chopped the title heads-up with Anmolraj ‘PINCIOTTI’ Singh Chawla (2nd for ₹3.49 Lakhs).
Also, the most profitable MTT player of the year on our tracked database, Sahil Chutani, made another three ITM runs last night, adding ₹4.19 Lakhs to his burgeoning bankroll.
His top Friday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi`s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹3.91 Lakhs
> 46th in Spartan Poker`s IOPC #115 – Friday Spotlight for ₹22,070
Sahil Chutani`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.62 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.19 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #10 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.04 Crores | Ranked #3 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings | Ranked #1 in Annual Profits
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
THC#89 – (5-max) Turbo – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 377
Re-entries – 336
Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000
Overlay – ₹87,000
Places Paid – 113
Poker Baazi reg and former PBC#15 Game Changer runner-up finisher, Akshay ‘akdolos’ Joshi, took down the ₹8 Lakhs GTD THC#89 (5-max) Turbo for ₹90,260. He chopped the title three-way with Clinton ‘clintontavares’ Tavares (2nd for ₹1.02 Lakhs), and ‘Kombucha’ (3rd for ₹1.05 Lakhs), who made away with better payouts.
Akshay Joshi lapped up ₹95,210 overall from his two ITM runs yesterday. His PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹46.06 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹26.76 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2
Final Table Results
*denotes a three-way deal
THC#87 Monsterstack – ₹7 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 343
Re-entries – 294
Prize Pool – ₹7,00,000
Places Paid – 107
Manish ‘manishkmrxxx’ Kumar came out on top in PokerBaazi`s ₹7 Lakhs GTD THC#87 Monsterstack, winning the 5 PM marquee for ₹1.21 Lakhs. Online reg Ankit ’tiltplay’ Khattar stood second for ₹84,350.
Manish Kumar’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹3.70 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹98,756
The ₹1,100 buy-in event logged in 637 entries, overlaying ₹63,000.
Final Table Results
THC#90 – (6-Max) Turbo – ₹7 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 382
Re-entries – 329
Prize Pool – ₹7,11,000
Places Paid – 113
Total entries – 711
Following through on his impressive runner-up finish in the IOPC #107 – Super High Roller the day before, Siddharth ‘GangnamGangi’ Gangwar went on to win a title each at IOPC and THC last night. He bested the 711-strong player field to win PokerBaazi’s THC#90 (6-Max) Turbo for ₹1.15 Lakhs and went on to clinch the IOPC #113 title for another ₹95,175, adding over ₹2.33 Lakhs altogether.
His top Friday finishes include:
>1st in PokerBaazi`s THC#90 (6-Max)Turbo for ₹1.15 Lakhs
> 1st in Spartan Poker`s IOPC #113 for ₹95,175 (his third career IOPC title)
> 26th in #Adda52`s The Ballers for ₹16,604
Siddharth Gangwar`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.37 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.37 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #16 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.79 Crores | Ranked #5 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standing | Ranked #5 in Annual Profits | Ranked #4 in the Annual TLB (Points) Standings
Final Table Results
THC – Main Event Qualifier 5 – ₹1 Crore GTD
> Qualifier 5: Entries – 289 | Re-entries – 211 | Survivors – 58 | Chip Leader – ‘gora981’ (370,000)
THC – Main Event Qualifier 6 – ₹1 Crore GTD
> Qualifier 6: Entries – 366 | Re-entries – 257 | Survivors – 60 | Chip Leader – Kunal ‘callmeifyoucan’ Yadav (4,61,000)
> Combined: Entries – 3,599 | Re-entries – 1,734 | Survivors – 522 | Overall Chip Leader – Ashirbad ‘jaimal93’ Behera (749,000)
Abhishek ‘chipndchair’ Sonu (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD THC#86 – PKO for ₹88,250), ‘kundumc’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹50,700), Pranay ‘hungryanimal’ Sikka (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD SPRINT for ₹39,130), ‘Sandy231’ (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD Sprint for ₹38,740), Vignesh ‘Rajjni007’ Kumar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹31,750) and ‘venktesh’ (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD Baazi Super Value for ₹12,310) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
With Day 18 of the THC series now in the books, PokerBaazi loyalist Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur (15,632 points) remains unshakeable from his #1 position in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD THC leaderboard race. Shubham ‘bakchod’ Agarwal (13,940 points) has moved upward to #2, while Deepak ‘3streakbluff’ Singh (13,470 points) is ranked #3.
THC Leaderboard Standings after Day 18
Rank Player Points
1 Rajneesh 'msdhoni' Thakur 15,632
2 Shubham 'bakchod' Agarwal 13,940
3 Deepak '3streakbluff' Singh 13,470
4 Dinesh 'wizard' Kumar 12,709
5 Abhishek 'chipndchair' Sonu 12,330
6 Neeraj 'SelfClaimedPro' Kumar 12,230
7 Ganesh 'Ganesh24' Durgade 12,049
8 Ravinder ‘Ravikirti’ Singh 11,845
9 Clinton 'clintontavares' Tavares 11,736
10 Sarthak 'sarthak2222' Aswal 10,254
MPL Poker
Friday Supreme – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,800
Entries – 126
Re-entries – 99
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 37
‘aaapoker’ was the last player standing in MPL Poker`s ₹4 Lakhs GTD Friday Supreme and won the title for ₹94,000 after besting Rohit ‘1 Tera 1 Mera’ Surana (2nd for ₹59,800) in heads-up play.
The ₹1,800 buy-in event clocked in a 225-entry field to leave an overlay of ₹31,675 and paid out 37 places.
Final Table Results
PokerStars India
Uppercut – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 106
Re-entries – 80
Regular Prize Pool – ₹3,14,000
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,86,000
Total Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 19
Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla (opted out of our tracking) made the victory march in PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Uppercut, winning his sixth title on the site this year and ₹1.07 Lakhs in prize money. ‘JrGetPlay’ finished runner-up for ₹69,966.
The ₹2,200 buy-in event could only muster 186 signups, resulting in a significant ₹1.28 Lakhs overlay shortfall.
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
Uppercut Mini – ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,375
Entries – 83
Re-entries – 43
Regular Prize Pool – ₹96,250
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹78,750
Total Prize Pool – ₹1,75,000
Places Paid – 14
The PokerStars India user ‘yuvidilwariya’ raced past the competition in the ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Uppercut Mini, collecting ₹39,614 for the win. ‘killeerbeee’ placed runner-up for ₹23,364.
Like in the Uppercut, the Uppercut Mini couldn`t hit its advertised guarantee. The ₹1,375 buy-in event brought in 126 participants, filling in ₹17,500 in overlays (an almost 10% deficit).
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
‘ronaldinh18’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹27,510), ‘greed_a75’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening on Stars for ₹24,291), Akhilesh ‘GM2318’ Gautam (Won ₹50K GTD Afternoon on Stars for ₹17,889), ‘patton120’ (Won ₹50K GTD Deepstack for ₹12,639), and ‘breakdcode1’ (Won ₹50K GTD Primetime Grind for ₹11,948), shipped the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
The Ballers – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹7,200
Entries – 160
Re-entries – 143
Prize Pool – ₹20,75,547
Places Paid – 30
Akshat ‘akshat03’ Sharma had a trailblazing run in the online MTTs he played last night and got his most significant break of the day in Adda52’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Ballers. The online reg overcame the 303-entry field in the Friday flagship, winning the title for ₹5.31 Lakhs – his second-best finish on the site. ‘BackDoorMan‘ finished runner-up for ₹3.16 Lakhs.
Akshat Sharma made another three ITM finishes, pocketing ₹6.22 Lakhs overall, crossing ₹50 Lakhs in yearly winnings. His Friday finishes include:
> 1st in Adda52`s The Ballers for ₹5,31,341
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #116 – All-Rounder for ₹75,460
> 9th in PokerBaazi’s THC#89 (5-Max) Turbo for ₹12,080
> 55th in PokerBaazi’s THC#90 (6-Max) Turbo for ₹2,631
Akshat Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.79 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹83.76 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5 | Annual Winnings: ₹75.64 Lakhs
The #1 ranked player of the year, Young Gun Anuj ‘anuj25395’ Yadav, posted four deep runs across his Friday grind, cumulatively adding ₹3.51 Lakhs.
Anuj Yadav’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.65 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #14 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.50 Crores | Ranked #1 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings | Ranked #2 in Annual Profits
His Friday finishes include:
> 3rd in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹2,38,688
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹72,450
> 29th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #115 – Friday Spotlight for ₹37,233
> 157th in PokerBaazi’s THC#88 Superstack for ₹2,400
Final Table Results
Friday Bounty – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,700
Entries – 99
Re-entries – 64
Total Prize Pool – ₹4,17,279
Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,21,679
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,95,600
Places Paid – 17
The Adda52 user ‘TheGreek’ came out on top of the 163-entry field in the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Friday Bounty, collecting the lion`s share of the ₹4.17 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹89,705 (₹29,851 in bounties). Avinash ‘aksinha97’ Kumar secured a runner-up finish worth ₹47,983 (₹10,297 in bounties).
‘TheGreek’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹3.17 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.12 Lakhs
Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)
Alok ‘Elusiveflame’ Kumar (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹32,123), Vijay ‘GajaniG’ Pandit (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹13,858), and ‘nav545’ (Won ₹20K GTD Midnight Bash for ₹7,227) won the other Adda52 marquees.
Khelo365
The Khelo365-hosted ₹30K GTD Prime Time PLO event was taken down by ‘samarth,’ who added ₹11,100 to their poker bankroll. ‘TheBigDaddy’ placed runner-up for ₹7,500.
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