Daily Majors: Aditya Agarwal Makes a Grand Comeback, Wins Spartan Poker’s IOPC #69 Friday Prime For ₹13.04 Lakhs

A mad rush to win IOPC silver badges had the digital felts buzzing with activity yesterday, paving the way for a blockbuster weekend.

With massive prizes being won all around, India’s poker pioneer, Aditya Agarwal, grabbed the spotlight last night with a terrific run in the day’s biggest guaranteed tournament. The IOPC July 2021 The Crown runner-up finisher shipped Spartan Poker`s IOPC #69 Friday Prime for ₹13.04 Lakhs, picking up his first IOPC silver badge (his second IOPC title)! The #2 ranked player of the year, Tarush Gupta, pocketed ₹8.22 Lakhs in second place.

Avinash Kumar scored a thumping victory in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #70 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance, winning the multi-entry marquee for ₹3.36 Lakhs (his best IOPC score) (won ₹3.52 Lakhs overall).

Wednesday’s (7-Max) SPRINT champion, Manish Lakhotia, scored his second top finish in three days by taking down Spartan Poker’s IOPC #66 Monster Stack for ₹1.62 Lakhs (his sixth IOPC title) – and accumulated ₹2.53 Lakhs across five deep runs. Ashwin Vijay finished runner-up for ₹1.03 Lakhs.

Suman Lahoti conquered Spartan Poker’s IOPC #71 All Rounder (6-Max) for ₹2.22 Lakhs, bagging away his first IOPC title, becoming the seventh entrant on the IOPC #137 All Rounder SNG. Hemant Meena pocketed a site-best ₹1.40 Lakhs (over 4X of his previous site-best score) in second place (won ₹1.58 Lakhs across three IOPC events).

The #2 finisher in the 2022 POY race, Ashish Ahuja, clinched his third title this week by shipping Spartan Poker’s IOPC #68 for ₹1.33 Lakhs (his sixth IOPC title)!

Sawan Kumar (Won IOPC #65 for ₹81,364) and Moji Padu (Won IOPC #67 for ₹77,448) won the other IOPC titles on Friday.

Adda52 reg ‘blackjaws’ jumped over an extended eight-month dry spell last night by taking down The Ballers for a site-best ₹5.33 Lakhs. The mystery user struck a heads-up deal with Sahil Mahboobani (2nd for ₹5.20 Lakhs) (won ₹5.29 Lakhs overall).

With five final table scores on his 2023 tally, Pavankiran Bellamkonda finally made the finish line in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller to win ₹4.78 Lakhs. He chopped the Friday title heads-up with last night’s (7-Max) SPRINT runner-up finisher Sashank Chakravarty (2nd for ₹4.71 Lakhs) (won ₹6.48 Lakhs overall).

Exactly six weeks after winning PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO), Praveen KR nailed the 8 PM Friday headliner again last night for ₹1.81 Lakhs (₹84,612 in bounties), bagging his maiden title of the year (won ₹2.06 Lakhs overall). Siddharth Gangwar posted a runner-up finish worth ₹1.41 Lakhs (₹44,617 in bounties).

Gautam Sachdeva claimed a long-pending title victory in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹1.48 Lakhs (his third-best online score), breaking an over four-year title drought. The in-form champion Siddharth Kadel came close to clinching his fifth title of the week, finishing runner-up for ₹1.17 Lakhs (won ₹1.67 Lakhs overall).

Abilash Bala, Subhojit Roy, Karan Batra, Mayank Maruka, Satyam Verma, Kishor Bhanushali, and Shiv Chugh won the other Friday marquees.

Here are the Friday highlights!

Spartan Poker

IOPC #69 Friday Prime – ₹60 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 329

Re-entries – 132

Rebuys – 213

Prize Pool – ₹67,40,000

Places Paid – 63

India`s poker pioneer and mentor to some of the best poker players in the country today, Aditya ‘Yennefer’ Agarwal, grabbed the Friday headlines. The MTT phenom, who`s got back to the online grind only recently, took a little over nine hours to storm through the 674-player field (329 unique) in Spartan Poker`s ₹60 Lakhs GTD IOPC #69 Friday Prime, winning the day`s star attraction for ₹13.04 Lakhs and his first IOPC silver badge (his second IOPC title)!

Unlike the IOPC July 2021 – The Crown, where Agarwal lost the heads-up to Vaibhav Temani, there was no denying him the glory yesterday. To add to his big win, Agarwal bagged the second-biggest stack on Day 1A of IOPC #85 Beast – putting himself on a two-day heater after his FT finish in IOPC #62 Super High Roller the day before!

Aditya Agarwal`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.59 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.28 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | IOPC Titles Won: #2

The #2 ranked player of the year, Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta, fell one place short of the finish line in IOPC #69 Friday Prime, netting ₹8.22 Lakhs in second place – closing in on Aniket Waghmare for the #1 spot in the POY race.

Spartan Poker loyalist, Devvrat ‘devvrat89’ Himatsingka, chasing his first title after a three-month-long dry spell, finished third for ₹5.90 Lakhs.

Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila (5th for ₹3.67 Lakhs), IOPC July 2021 The Crown champion Vaibhav ‘Lang Syne’ Temani (6th for ₹2.88 Lakhs) and the recent PBC#23 Game Changer champion Anant ‘ProMaco’ Purohit (8th for ₹1.47 Lakhs) picked up FT scores in the event.

The ₹11,000 buy-in IOPC #69 Friday Prime crushed its listed guarantee by ₹7.40 Lakhs and paid out 63 places.

Final Table Results

1. Aditya ‘Yennefer’ Agarwal – ₹13,03,516
2. Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta – ₹8,22,280
3. Devvrat ‘devvrat89’ Himatsingka – ₹5,89,750
4. Vhagar – ₹4,68,430
5. Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila – ₹3,67,330
6. Vaibhav ‘Lang Syne’ Temani – ₹2,87,798
7. dRagonfly10 – ₹2,16,354
8. Anant ‘ProMaco’ Purohit – ₹1,47,198

IOPC #70 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 787

Re-Entries – 594

Rebuys – 1,013

Prize Pool – ₹21,54,600

Places Paid – 207

Avinash ‘BeastPitamah’ Kumar beasted his way through the guarantee-crushing 2,394-entry field (787 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD IOPC #70 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance, winning the ₹990 entry buy-in multi-entry marquee for ₹3.36 Lakhs (his best IOPC score) and his first IOPC silver badge. Spartan Poker user ‘kiriti5’ scored the runner-up payday of ₹2.63 Lakhs.

Kumar made another deep run in IOPC #66 Monster Stack (9th for ₹16,620), accumulating ₹3.52 Lakhs across his Friday run. His online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.20 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹11.06 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | IOPC Titles Won: #2

India’s first WSOP bracelet winner Aditya ‘SuperuSer’ Sushant, raked in ₹1.67 Lakhs across two deep runs, which include:

> 3^rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #70 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance for ₹1,53,408

> 16^th in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO] for 13,770.

Aditya Sushant’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.55 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.20 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

The 9:30 PM IOPC #70 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance ended at 5:51 AM, and the top 207 finishers got a share from the ₹21.55 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Avinash ‘BeastPitamah’ Kumar – ₹3,35,731
2. kiriti5 – ₹2,62,817
3. Aditya ‘SuperuSer’ Sushant – ₹1,53,408
4. Bmbangalore – ₹1,13,117
5. Saransh ‘TerrorGandhi$’ Garg – ₹88,554
6. Sagar ‘Jo$ins888’ Raj – ₹67,180
7. xyzpokerdark – ₹51,409
8. Laksh ‘b00mTilt23’ Pal Singh – ₹36,434

IOPC #66 Monster Stack – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 270

Re-entries – 71

Rebuys – 213

Prize Pool – ₹8,31,000

Places Paid – 47

Wednesday’s (7-Max) SPRINT champion, Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia, scored his second top finish in three days by running over the 554-entry field (270 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD IOPC #66 Monster Stack, collecting ₹1.62 Lakhs and his first IOPC silver badge (his sixth IOPC title). Ashwin ‘A116’ Vijay settled for a runner-up payday of ₹1.03 Lakhs.

The well-known pro, Lakhotia, grossed ₹2.53 Lakhs across five deep runs (including the title victory), which include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #66 Monster Stack for ₹1,61,962

> 18th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #69 Friday Prime for ₹55,871

> 16th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹16,538

> 17th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #70 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance for ₹15,410

> 107th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,302

Manish Lakhotia’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.34 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.58 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4

The Sunday Showdown champion from earlier this month, Gaurang ‘callmerockets’ Bhatti, pocketed ₹45,315 from two FT finishes, which include:

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #66 Monster Stack for ₹20,276

> 2nd in Adda52’s Afternoon Adda for ₹25,039

Gaurang Bhatti’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹20.26 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.06 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #5

The ₹880 entry buy-in IOPC #66 Monster Stack registered a starting field of 554 entrants and paid 47 players a share from the ₹8.31 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹1,61,962
2. Ashwin ‘A116’ Vijay – ₹1,02,878
3. Zeeshan ‘Zed49’ Hamza – ₹77,117
4. Suraj ‘MR.BEAST’ N Yadav – ₹62,408
5. Pranav ‘R_U_SUAR’ Khandalkar – ₹49,195
6. Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹37,561
7. Blunder Master – ₹27,589

IOPC #71 All Rounder (6-Max) – ₹11 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 347

Re-entries – 126

Rebuys – 291

Prize Pool – ₹11,46,000

Places Paid – 63

The former FTS Sunday Special finalist, Suman ‘suman4456’ Lahoti, entered the IOPC winner`s circle last night after toppling a 764-player field (347 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹11 Lakhs GTD IOPC #71 All Rounder (6-Max) to win ₹2.22 Lakhs and the IOPC silver badge, becoming the seventh entrant on the ₹6 Lakhs GTD IOPC #137 All Rounder SNG.

Suman Lahoti’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹14.08 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | IOPC Titles Won: #1

Hemant ‘$Hamza$’ Meena chasing his first MTT title on Spartan Poker, pocketed a site-best ₹1.40 Lakhs (over 4X of his previous site-best score) in second place, adding ₹1.58 Lakhs across deep runs in three IOPC events, which include:

> 2^nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #71 All Rounder (6-Max) for ₹1,39,812

> 9^th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #68 for ₹13,047

> 93^rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #70 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance for ₹5,413

The PBC#23 Game Changer champion, Anant ‘ProMaco’ Purohit, final-tabled two IOPC marquees last night, lapping up ₹2.47 Lakhs overall.

His Friday finishes include:

> 8^th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #69 Friday Prime for ₹1,47,198

> 3^rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #71 All Rounder (6-Max) for ₹1,00,275

Anant Purohit’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.15 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.02 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2

IOPC #71 All Rounder (6-Max) paid the top 63 finishers a share from the ₹11.46 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Suman ‘suman4456’ Lahoti – ₹2,21,636
2. Hemant ‘$Hamza$’ Meena – ₹1,39,812
3. Anant ‘ProMaco’ Purohit – ₹1,00,275
4. Al-Qaeda – ₹79,647
5. Akshit ‘alwaysgud’ Madan – ₹61,199
6. Deepak ‘ON A MISSION’ Jain – ₹48,934

IOPC #68 – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 344

Re-entries – 71

Rebuys – 344

Prize Pool – ₹6,83,100

Places Paid – 55

The #2 ranked player of 2022, Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja, is back to his winning ways as he clinched his third title of the week yesterday. After taking down The Pride on Wednesday, Ahuja went fishing in a 759-player pool in Spartan Poker’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD IOPC #68 and emerged triumphant in the 7 PM marquee after eight hours of action-packed play, taking home ₹1.33 Lakhs and his first IOPC silver badge (his sixth IOPC title)!

The IOPC #61 Thursday Prime champion, Snehil ‘snehil99’ Aggarwal, came close to winning his fourth title at the ongoing IOPC 14.0, falling one place short of glory, generating a runner-up payday of ₹84,021.

The ₹990 entry buy-in IOPC #68 paid out 55 places a share from the ₹6.83 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹1,32,521
2. Snehil ‘snehil99’ Aggarwal – ₹84,021
3. Ace_Ventura – ₹60,728
4. MrRobot2.0 – ₹49,115
5. RoshuRen – ₹38,868
6. Neeraj ‘NeeruNJ’ Sattawat – ₹29,920
7. Aniket ‘TakingSouls’ Waghmare – ₹22,269
8. 2Face – ₹16,121

IOPC #65 – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹660

Entries – 312

Re-entries – 103

Rebuys – 320

Prize Pool – ₹4,41,000

Places Paid – 55

Sawan ‘PaisaWala’ Kumar came out on top of the 735-entry field (312 unique) in Spartan Poker’s afternoon IOPC marquee, ₹4 Lakhs GTD IOPC #65, to win ₹81,364 and his first IOPC silver badge, closing out an almost six-week dry spell. ‘BIG DADDY..’ finished runner-up for ₹58,433.

His title victory aside, Kumar made another ITM finish in IOPC #70 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance (119th for ₹2,138)! His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹34.13 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.57 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | IOPC Titles Won: #1

The ₹660 entry buy-in IOPC #65 made out 55 players a share from the ₹4.41 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Sawan ‘PaisaWala’ Kumar – ₹81,364
2. BIG DADDY.. – ₹58,433
3. mikeamiri – ₹39,205
4. Robert Patterson – ₹31,708
5. Yash8178 – ₹25,093
6. Ashkon Axel – ₹19,316
7. Rajesh ‘PokerKnight’ Uttam – ₹14,377
8. True caller – ₹10,408

IOPC #67 – ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 272

Re-entries – 66

Rebuys – 226

Prize Pool – ₹4,51,200

Places Paid – 47

Spartan Poker loyalist Moji ‘Zaalimp’ Padu raced past the 564-entry field (272 unique) in the ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #67 to win his maiden IOPC title for ₹77,448 and his first IOPC silver badge. He chopped the title heads-up with ‘R-Dog’ (2nd for ₹66,350).

Moji Padu’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹28.25 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹4.26 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | IOPC Titles Won: #1

The FT was replete with regs like Nitin ‘NITINABD’ Rawat (3rd for ₹41,871), the ever-consistent Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu (4th for ₹33,885), Thursday`s IOPC #64 All Rounder – Monster Stack winner Vikram ‘greenSTUFF79’ Mishra (5th for ₹26,711), last night`s Daily Value Boost runner-up finisher Siddharth ‘FLIPopotamus’ Kadel (6th for ₹20,394) and Animesh ‘animess’ Sehgal (7th for ₹14,980).

The ₹880 entry buy-in IOPC #67 paid 47 places a share from the ₹4.51 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Moji ‘Zaalimp’ Padu – ₹77,448*
2. R-Dog – ₹66,350*
3. Nitin ‘NITINABD’ Rawat – ₹41,871
4. Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu – ₹33,885
5. Vikram ‘greenSTUFF79’ Mishra – ₹26,711
6. Siddharth ‘FLIPopotamus’ Kadel – ₹20,394
7. Animesh ‘animess’ Sehgal – ₹14,980
8. crown2121 – ₹11,009

*denotes a heads-up deal

₹2.50 Crores GTD IOPC – Beast (6-Max) – Day 1A

> Day 1A: Entries – 143 | Re-entries – 32 | Rebuys – 74 | Survivors – 42 | Chip Leader – ‘APcomingsoon’ (390,429)

₹40 Lakhs GTD IOPC – Wanderer – Day 1E

> Day 1E: Entries – 221 | Re-entries – 48 | Rebuys – 230 | Survivors – 61 | Chip Leader – Rishabh ‘radda’ Gupta (254,116)

> Combined: Entries – 1,264 | Re-entries – 212 | Rebuys – 1,136 | Survivors – 339 | Overall Chip Leader – Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (332,218)

IOPC 14.0 Leaderboard Standings After Day 9

The top-order of the ₹1.50 Crores GTD IOPC leaderboard standings remained unchanged for a third consecutive day.

While the IOPC #27 PLO6 Card champion Vinay ‘vinay0902’ Rajpal (9,941 points) is still holding the #1 rank, the IOPC June 2021 leaderboard topper Young Gun Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav (9,273 points) has almost caught up with Rajpal.

The mystery pro ‘p@tience7744’ (8,566 points) has kept steady at #3.

Subhojit ‘subhojitR’ Roy (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹40,128), ‘R.K.K’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Holdem PKO for ₹23,873), ‘AceBase23’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up – Triple Chance for ₹20,050), and ‘Naman1741’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹10,575) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

PokerBaazi

The Weekly HighRoller – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 129

Re-entries – 117

Prize Pool – ₹24,60,000

Places Paid – 22

After five FT finishes in 2023, Pavankiran ‘rootahuamachi’ Bellamkonda scored his first touchdown of the year in PokerBaazi’s Friday headliner, ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller. The IOPC July 2021 Sunday Prime champion outlasted the 246-player field (129 unique) in the ₹11,000 The Weekly HighRoller to win ₹4.78 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with last night’s (7-Max) SPRINT runner-up finisher Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarty (2nd for ₹4.71 Lakhs).

Pavan Kiran made another deep run in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #69 Friday Prime (25th for ₹48,865), adding ₹5.27 Lakhs on Friday. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.63 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹56.31 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The APT Online July 2022 finalist Sashank Chakravarty was one of Friday`s star performers, banking ₹6.48 Lakhs from four deep runs (and a bounty).

His Friday finishes include:

> 2^nd in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹4,71,258* (heads-up deal)

> 2^nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-MAX) SPRINT for ₹1,49,499

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹18,360

> 21^st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹6,248

Sashank Chakravarty online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.36 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹27.30 Lakhs

Thursday’s IOPC #62 Super High Roller finalist Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh (3rd for ₹2.77 Lakhs) & yesterday’s Afternoon Boost champion Abilash ‘Steelbala’ Bala (4th for ₹1.96 Lakhs) were two known players on the ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller FT.

The ₹11,000 entry buy-in The Weekly HighRoller collected a guarantee-crushing ₹24.60 Lakhs (2.05X the advertised guarantee) and paid out 22 places.

Final Table Results

1. Pavankiran ‘rootahuamachi’ Bellamkonda – ₹4,78,302*
2. Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarty – ₹4,71,258*
3. Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh – ₹2,76,570
4. Abilash ‘Steelbala’ Bala – ₹1,95,570
5. destiny1008 – ₹1,48,000
6. DiLiDa – ₹1,19,000

*denotes a heads-up deal

(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 218

Re-entries – 160

Prize Pool – ₹13,23,000

Places Paid – 49

PokerBaazi’s 9 PM flagship, ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT, brought in 378 entrants yesterday, generating a guarantee-crushing ₹13.23 Lakhs prize pool. Well-known reg ‘twister’ (anonymity requested) is no stranger to success in online MTTs. Last night, the top pro beat out the competition in the SPRINT, winning the title for ₹2.25 Lakhs after defeating Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarty (2nd for ₹1.49 Lakhs) heads-up.

Shashank Chakravarty went on a scoring rampage, firing up four deep runs, including a runner-up finish in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller, raking in a hefty ₹6.48 Lakhs overall. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.36 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹27.30 Lakhs

Shashank ‘indianrat’ Desai locked in ₹1.25 Lakhs from four ITM finishes, including an impressive three FT scores.

His top Friday finishes include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,16,000

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Turbo for ₹3,225

> 6th in Spartan Poker’s Centurion for ₹2,445

Shashank Desai’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.19 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹29,8.76 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

The TLB leaderboard fiend Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur thrashed out six ITM finishes worth ₹89,765 overall.

His top Friday finishes include:

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹62,450

> 20th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹7,136

> 28th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹5,080

Rajneesh Thakur’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.70 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹91.40 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4

Animesh ‘ogamayaken’ Tripathi (4^th for ₹91,950) and Bhushan ‘bhushansohani’ Sohani (7^th for ₹49,480) were others who FT-ed the 9 PM tournament.

The top 49 finishers got to take a bite out of the ₹13.23 Lakhs collected in the prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. twister – ₹2,25,000
2. Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarty – ₹1,49,000
3. Shashank ‘indianrat’ Desai – ₹1,16,000
4. Animesh ‘ogamayaken’ Tripathi – ₹91,950
5. Yoanatanwar – ₹76,470
6. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹62,450
7. Bhushan ‘bhushansohani’ Sohani – ₹49,480

Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 357

Re-entries – 353

Prize Pool – ₹10,65,000

Places Paid – 119

Gautam ‘BEATTHEFISH’ Sachdeva has been cashing intermittently in online MTTs and reeled in a long-pending title victory last night. The 2020 BPT Main Event champion overcame the 710-player field in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost to win ₹1.48 Lakhs (his third-best online score), breaking an over four-year title drought.

Gautam Sachdeva’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹36.53 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹29.65 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Thursday’s Monster Turbo champion Siddharth ‘CarDashian66’ Kadel came close to clinching his fifth title this week in the Daily Value Boost, scoring a runner-up payday of ₹1.17 Lakhs. He added ₹1.67 Lakhs across four deep runs, which include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹1,17,150

> 41st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #69 Friday Prime for ₹25,204

> 6th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #67 for ₹19,730

> 38th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #66 Monster Stack for ₹5,318

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s IOPC Wanderer

Siddharth Kadel’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.50 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹38.93 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4

Laksh Pal ‘boomtlt23’ Singh locked in ₹1.64 Lakhs from five deep runs while qualifying through Day 1A of Spartan Poker’s IOP – Beast.

His Friday finishes include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹88,395

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #70 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance for ₹36,434

> 8th in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO] for ₹32,340

> 31st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #71 All Rounder for ₹7,163

Laksh Pal Singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.06 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.11 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | Finished #20 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Areyann ‘kreishhAA’ Gurbaxani final-tabled at least two marquees, lapping up ₹90,985 in the process.

His known Friday finishes include:

> 9th in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO] for ₹50,515

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹40,470

The 7:30 PM Daily Value Boost paid out 119 places a share from the ₹10.65 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Gautam ‘BEATTHEFISH’ Sachdeva – ₹1,48,000
2. Siddharth ‘CarDashian66’ Kadel – ₹1,17,000
3. Laksh Pal ‘boomtlt23’ Singh – ₹88,390
4. stepup – ₹60,170
5. Areyann ‘kreishhAA’ Gurbaxani – ₹40,470
6. Superfast07 – ₹27,690
7. Vaibhav ‘vaibhi18’ Arora – ₹20,660
8. kawkaw13 – ₹16,080

(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 144

Re-entries – 110

Prize Pool – ₹5,08,000

Places Paid – 47

PokerBaazi user ‘Ak56u’, who has been active on the site for three months, scored their first top finish in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT, winning the 7:15 PM marquee for ₹68,040. The 254-player starting field (144 unique) played down to a three-way deal with ‘playurgame’ (2nd for ₹60,160) and ‘arnavpuri’ (3rd for ₹49,190) banking the other top payouts.

Ak56u’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹69,137 | Site Profits: ₹24,805 | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The final table featured the likes of Shobhit ‘shobhit3373’ Naveen (4th for ₹33,833), Shrvan ‘SSAScorpion’ Amlekar (5th for ₹25,146), and Neelakantan ‘difsripp007’ Murali (6th for ₹17,932).

The top 47 finishers dug into the ₹5.08 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Ak56u – ₹68,040*
2. playurgame – ₹60,160*
3. arnavpuri – ₹49,190*
4. Shobhit ‘shobhit3373’ Naveen – ₹33,833
5. Shrvan ‘SSAScorpion’ Amlekar – ₹25,146
6. Neelakantan ‘difsripp007’ Murali – ₹17,932
7. KrazzyPampa – ₹14,780

*denotes a three-way deal

(7-Max) Afternoon Boost – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 155

Re-entries – 130

Prize Pool – ₹5,70,000

Places Paid – 47

Abilash ‘Steelbala’ Bala has been crushing PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost since the start of 2023, and yesterday was no different. The site-reg outclassed a guarantee-crushing 285-entry field to win the 2 PM marquee the third time this month for ₹75,450 – also his fourth podium finish in the event.

Before taking down the title, Bala struck a four-way deal with ‘destiny1008’ (2nd for ₹69,750), last night’s PLO6 BOOST PKO winner Kishor ‘greatper’ Bhanushali (3rd for ₹67,890), and ‘Sihan’ (4th for ₹65,980).

Bala fired up another scintillating run on PokerBaazi yesterday, accumulating a nifty ₹2.92 Lakhs from five deep runs, which include:

> 4^th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹1,95,570

> 1^st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹75,450* (four-way deal)

> 18^th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹13,230

> 25^th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹5,080

> 17^th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹2,368

Abilash Bala’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹82.52 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹16.24 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

The 2 PM (7-Max) Afternoon Boost saw the top 47 finishers digging into the ₹5.70 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Abilash ‘Steelbala’ Bala – ₹75,450*
2. destiny1008 – ₹69,750*
3. Kishor ‘greatper’ Bhanushali – ₹67,890*
4. Sihan – ₹65,980*
5. Nandan ‘ragemonster’ Pugalia – ₹27,189
6. SINGH29 – ₹19,270
7. ashcashsmash – ₹15,730

*denotes a four-way deal

‘Marcopolo10’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹42,050), ‘Jaigautam’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 BOOST for ₹40,060), ‘deepakrud’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹39,820), ‘rajvlal15’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹34,790), ‘bigusdikus’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹33,920), Karan ‘Gloomytrap’ Batra (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Afternoon SPRINT ₹27,870), Satyam ‘satyamverma25’ Verma (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 1 PM SPRINT for ₹23,980), ‘abhi3292’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Afternoon PLO-5 Boost for ₹22,950), Kishor greatper’ Bhanushali (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 BOOST PKO for ₹22,280) shipped the other Friday marquees on PokerBaazi.

PokerStars India

The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO] – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 119

Re-entries – 105

Prize Pool – ₹11,20,000

Places Paid – 27

Exactly six weeks after winning PokerStars India’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO), Praveen ‘pinawxd’ KR rallied to the top once again in the site`s 8 PM Friday headliner. He bested the 224-player field last night to claim the bragging rights for ₹1.81 Lakhs (₹84,612 in bounties) – his first title of 2023!

Thursday’s IOPC #62 Super HighRoller finalist, Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar, kept his scorecard ticking by posting a runner-up finish worth ₹1.41 Lakhs (₹44,617 in bounties).

Praveen KR locked in ₹2.06 Lakhs across an eventful Friday run from eight ITM finishes. His top Friday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO] for ₹1,80,771

> 6th in PokerStars India’s Uppercut for ₹8,755

> 32nd in Adda52’s Friday Bounty for ₹4,017

Praveen KR’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.03 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹10.55 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Arun ‘realruny’ Sriram made away with ₹1.65 Lakhs on the back of five ITM finishes.

His top finishes include:

> 15th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #69 Friday Prime for ₹78,184

> 4th in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO] for ₹63,860

> 33rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹10,369

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s IOPC Wanderer

Arun Sriram’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.25 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.77 Crores

Lavesh ‘lavesh786’ Meena (3^rd for ₹74,493), Bharat ‘MojoJojo2193’ Vasan (5^th for ₹66,086), last night`s The Weekly HighRoller champion, Pavankiran ‘Rootahua Macchi’ Bellamkonda (6^th for ₹31,420), IOPC #46 Tuesday High champion Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj (7^th for ₹45,750), Laksh Pal ‘B00MTilt23’ Singh (8^th for ₹32,340), and (7-Max) SPRINT finalist Areyann ‘paisenkalbc’ Gurbaxani (9^th for ₹50,515) were the others who FT-ed the ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Big Bash.

The guarantee-crushing ₹11.20 Lakhs in the prize pool was distributed among the top 27 finishers.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Praveen ‘pinawxd’ KR – ₹1,80,771
2. Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar – ₹1,40,776
3. Lavesh ‘lavesh786’ Meena – ₹74,493
4. Arun ‘realruny’ Sriram – ₹63,860
5. Bharat ‘MojoJojo2193’ Vasan – ₹66,086
6. Pavankiran ‘Rootahua Macchi’ Bellamkonda – ₹31,420
7. Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj – ₹45,750
8. Laksh Pal ‘B00MTilt23’ Singh – ₹32,340
9. Areyann ‘paisenkalbc’ Gurbaxani – ₹50,515

PokerStars India loyalist ‘$00th$ayer’ won two tournaments on the site yesterday, altogether pocketing ₹80,148. Their Friday finishes include:

> 1^st in PokerStars India’s ₹2 Lakhs GTD Uppercut for ₹52,650

> 1^st in PokerStars India’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹27,498

$00th$ayer’s PokerStars India stats: Site Winnings: ₹35.58 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹4.99 Lakhs | Titles Won: #100

‘whitebill9352’ (Won ₹ 50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline for ₹13,019), and ‘jaGonline0027’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹11,980) won the other PokerStars India marquees.

Adda52

The Ballers – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹7,500

Entries – 194

Re-entries – 194

Prize Pool – ₹26,46,161

Places Paid – 43

Adda52 reg ‘blackjaws’ trounced the 388-entry field (194 unique) in the site’s Friday headliner, ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Ballers, pocketing a site-best ₹5.33 Lakhs and closing out an over eight-month-long dry spell. The mystery user struck a heads-up deal with Sahil ‘imhighishove’ Mahboobani (2nd for ₹5.20 Lakhs).

blackjaws’ Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹27.57 Lakhs | Titles Won: #9

Sahil Mahboobani is part of an elite set of players in the ‘₹11 Crore Club,’ and the poker veteran thrashed out ₹5.29 Lakhs in Friday earnings.

Mahboobani’s Friday finishes include:

> 2nd in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹5,19,895 (his best score of the year)

> 29th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹5,858

> 141st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #70 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance for ₹2,995

Sahil Mahboobani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.54 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.93 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Vishal ‘GigaaBet’ Bajaj locked in ₹1.88 Lakhs on the back of two deep runs (and one bounty), which include:

> 5th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹1,37,600

> 26th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #69 Friday Prime for ₹48,865

Vishal Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.72 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.50 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #5

The current IOPC 14.0 leaderboard topper, Vinay ‘vinay0902’ Rajpal, made away with ₹1.03 Lakhs from five deep runs, which include:

> 6th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹92,616

> 32nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #66 Monster Stack for ₹5,318

> 44th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #67 for ₹1,907

> 168th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #70 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance for ₹1,599

> 48th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #65 for ₹1,546

Vinay Rajpal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.47 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.01 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | IOPC Titles Won: #5 | Ranked #1 on the IOPC 14.0 Leaderboard

The Ballers had 388 hopefuls vying for a share of the ₹26.46 Lakhs prize pool, and 43 places got paid.

Final Table Results

1. blackjaws – ₹5,33,277*
2. Sahil ‘imhighishove’ Mahboobani – ₹5,19,895*
3. Aman ‘zontory’ Bhadu – ₹2,77,847
4. Advait ‘ronaldinho018’ Rajguru – ₹2,11,693
5. Vishal ‘GigaaBet’ Bajaj – ₹1,37,600
6. Vinay ‘vinay0902’ Rajpal – ₹92,616

*denotes a heads-up deal

Mayank ‘AreyBetaRaise’ Maruka (Won ₹4 Lakhs GTD Friday Bounty for ₹1.02 Lakhs) ‘Dbegz’ (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹27,101), ‘jkmaheshwari77’ (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹12,526), and ‘Kalli420’ (Won ₹30K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹10,270) shipped the other Adda52 marquees.

Khelo365

Khelo365 user ‘Dilmd786’ took down the ₹10K GTD Sun Dwonwer for ₹3,100. ‘abrar1212’ finished runner-up for ₹2,100.

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