Daily Majors: Aditya Singh, Deepankur Gupta, Harshad Barve & Rajat Sharma Hit the Friday Jackpot

As we approach the weekend, action always goes on an uptick, but with no major series underway, Friday witnessed an overlay avalanche. The micro-stakes players had three rake-free tournaments to choose from in IndiaPlays’ inaugural The Dominator Series. As for the regs, the wait for the third edition of PokerBaazi`s Baazi Turbo Series is almost over, with the action set to take off at 2:30 PM on Sunday, February 19.

Aditya Singh took the Friday tournaments by storm, raking in an impressive ₹7.34 Lakhs across at least five deep runs (four FT finishes). He won PokerBaazi`s Daily Value Boost for the second time in four days and picked up FT scores in Spartan Poker`s The Elite, PokerBaazi`s The Weekly HighRoller, and PokerStars India`s The Big Bash – emerging as the day`s top scorer.

Deepankur Gupta was not too far behind Singh and banked the day`s single-biggest score worth ₹6.65 Lakhs in Spartan Poker’s The Elite – collecting over ₹6.77 Lakhs across two deep runs. Hot on the heels of a runner-up finish in Ultron the day before, Rushik Patel bagged away a personal-best ₹4.49 Lakhs as The Elite runner-up.

PSPC Platinum Pass winner Rajat Sharma took down his first online tournament since returning from the 2023 PSPC in The Bahamas – PokerBaazi`s The Weekly HighRoller – for ₹4.12 Lakhs (won ₹5.04 Lakhs overall) – his third time winning the Friday tournament.

Last week`s The Weekly HighRoller champion Vaibhav Sharma almost went back-to-back, scoring ₹3.91 Lakhs in second place. Sharma fired up an explosive Friday session, accumulating ₹6.60 Lakhs from five deep runs (three FT scores) – crossing ₹10 Crores in tracked online winnings and ₹4 Crores in net profits.

Harshad Barve championed Adda52’s The Ballers for the second time for ₹5.29 Lakhs (his third-best score on Adda52). The #1 ranked player of the year, Young Gun Arsh Grover, finished runner-up for ₹3.15 Lakhs.

MTT pro ‘theoldestkid’ (anonymity requested) won PokerStars India’s The Big Bash for the second time in two months for ₹2.31 Lakhs (won ₹2.88 Lakhs overall). Siddharth Gangwar finished runner-up for ₹1.09 Lakhs (won ₹1.17 Lakhs overall).

The February The MoneyMaker champion Anand Babu Pallikona came out on top in Spartan Poker’s Futuristic – Triple Chance to collect ₹2.01 Lakhs (won ₹2.32 Lakhs overall) – posting his fourth tournament victory this month.

Ritesh Joshi took down PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for a career-best ₹1.86 Lakhs, busting an almost 18-month-long title drought. He struck a heads-up deal with ‘Rj147’ (anonymity requested) (2nd for ₹1.71 Lakhs).

Mayank Maruka, Akshay Kadam, Armaan Kochhar, Ramji Kishore G, Karan Thakker, Sanjay Bharti, and Sumanth Kumar won the other Friday majors.

Here are the Friday highlights!

Spartan Poker

The Elite (6-Max) – ₹30 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 147

Re-entries – 48

Rebuys – 92

Prize Pool – ₹30,00,000

Places Paid – 27

Deepankur ‘AngryPitbull’ Gupta entered the weekend on a high! The former The Millionaire champion stomped past a 287-player field in Spartan Poker`s ₹30 Lakhs GTD The Elite, taking down the Friday headliner for ₹6.65 Lakhs – the day`s single biggest score. He made another ITM finish in PokerStars India`s The Big Bash (19th for ₹12,756), posting over ₹6.77 Lakhs in Friday earnings.

Deepankur Gupta`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.43 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.07 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Rushik ‘rushik44’ Patel is on quite a heater! Following through on his runner-up finish in Ultron the day before, Patel again fell one place short of The Elite title last night, scoring a new personal-best ₹4.49 Lakhs. His two-day run has got him back in the green on Spartan Poker.

Rushik Patel’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹14.31 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹91,985

All said and done, Aditya ‘Konstantin’ Singh (opted out of tracking) was the biggest head-turner on Friday. The MTT pro championed PokerBaazi`s Daily Value Boost and made at least four other deep runs, rounding up a hefty ₹7.34 Lakhs in Friday earnings.

His top Friday finishes include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s The Elite (6-Max) for ₹3,08,700

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹2,34,000

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹1,43,549

> 6th in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO] for ₹43,528

> 38th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹4,076

Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma fired up an explosive Friday session – adding ₹6.60 Lakhs from five deep runs – becoming the latest entrant in the elite “₹10 Crore Club” and hitting ₹4 Crores in online profits!

His top Friday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹3,90,547* (heads-up deal)

> 6th in SpartanPoker’s The Elite for ₹1,47,942

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,10,628

Vaibhav Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.20 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.01 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4

The ₹11,000 entry buy-in The Elite registered an overlay shortfall of ₹1.30 Lakhs, with 27 players digging into the guaranteed ₹30 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Deepankur ‘AngryPitbull’ Gupta – ₹6,64,500
2. Rushik ‘rushik44’ Patel – ₹4,48,500
3. Aditya ‘Ben K Rolle’ Singh – ₹3,08,700
4. Vishal ‘vishalkumar1’ Kumar – ₹2,51,700
5. SnakeBabu – ₹2,00,700
6. Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma – ₹1,54,200

Futuristic – Triple Chance – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 295 (185)

Rebuys – 154

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 39

It`s been a fantastic February for Anand ‘$treet$mart’ Babu Pallikona, and the results continue to pile on. PokerBaazi`s newest The MoneyMaker champion had already won three tournaments coming into the Friday grind and packed in a fourth win, taking down a 449-strong field (185 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Futuristic – Triple Chance for ₹2.01 Lakhs.

A five-day-old Spartan Poker user, ‘Santu3441’, scored a runner-up payday worth ₹1.33 Lakhs.

Pallikona accumulated ₹2.32 Lakhs in Friday winnings across three deep runs, which include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Futuristic – Triple Chance for ₹2,00,500

> 13th in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash for ₹16,624

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Ultrasonic for ₹14,668

Anand Babu Pallikona’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.31 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹53.34 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4

Thursday`s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT third-place finisher, Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal, made away with ₹1.33 Lakhs on the back of five ITM finishes, which include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Futuristic – Triple Chance for ₹97,500

> 30th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹16,532

> 29th in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹10,080

> 23rd in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹4,640

> 74th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,813

Avneesh Munjal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.14 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹90.96 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Last night’s The Weekly HighRoller champion, Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma, lapped up almost ₹5.04 Lakhs from three deep runs, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹4,12,333* (heads-up deal)

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Futuristic – Triple Chance for ₹61,700

> 10th in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash for ₹29,973

Rajat Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.93 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.64 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Faiz ‘FoldTo1BB’ Alam (6th for ₹46,700) and Karan ‘Engineerlonda’ Malhotra (8th for ₹25,200) were two other notables who FT-ed the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Futuristic – Triple Chance.

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in multi-entry tournament registered an overlay shortfall of ₹1.02 Lakhs, and 39 players scored a payday.

Final Table Results

1. Anand ‘$treet$mart’ Babu Pallikona – ₹2,00,500
2. Santu3441 – ₹1,33,300
3. Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal – ₹97,500
4. kilzzz – ₹78,700
5. Rajat ‘AimB0t’ Sharma – ₹61,700
6. Faiz ‘FoldTo1BB’ Alam – ₹46,700
7. Arigato Dinero – ₹34,300
8. Karan ‘Engineerlonda’ Malhotra – ₹25,200

Deepstack Turbo – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 132

Re-entries – 22

Rebuys – 71

Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 23

Last month’s IOPC #22 Saturday Spotlight champion, Spartan Poker user ‘Devilis007,’ was the last player standing in the site’s ₹4 Lakhs GTD Deepstack Turbo. Playing their 80th tournament on the site, the mystery player outlasted a 132-player field (225 total entries) in the 9:30 PM marquee to win ₹93,000.

The former The Prestige champion, Suraj ‘MR.BEAST’ N Yadav, fell inches shy of clinching his fourth title of the year, scoring a runner-up payday of ₹63,000.

Devilis007’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹7.32 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹2.91 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Suraj N Yadav posted ₹1.36 Lakhs in Friday winnings across two final table finishes, which include:

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹72,828

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹63,000

Suraj N Yadav’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.67 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Last month’s IOPC #52 winner Jatin ‘chipUp124’ Sablani (4th for ₹34,400), Shalvin ‘tigress83’ Vohra (5th for ₹27,600), Vikas ’Grabaka_Hitman’ Yadav (6th for ₹21,400), and Shrey ‘Kingsb30’ Baj (8th for ₹11,640) were other known players on the Deepstack Turbo FT.

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament experienced an overlay deficit of ₹62,500, and 23 places got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Devilis007 – ₹93,000
2. Suraj ‘MR.BEAST’ N Yadav – ₹63,000
3. Sagar97706 – ₹42,000
4. Jatin ‘chipUp124’ Sablani – ₹34,400
5. Shalvin ‘tigress83’ Vohra – ₹27,600
6. Vikas ‘Grabaka_Hitman’ Yadav – ₹21,400
7. gTo_Ny – ₹15,840
8. Shrey ‘Kingsb30’ Baj – ₹11,640

‘No Hope’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Turbo for ₹63,000), Akshay ‘Iceman24’ Kadam (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹55,109), ‘viki2201’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Dark Knight for ₹37,344), ‘Cereal_killer’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹28,503), ‘kush1968’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Hold’em PKO for ₹28,147), Karan ‘Karannthakker’ Thakker (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Sundowner – Triple Chance for ₹22,150), ‘vikassahu90999’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up – Triple Chance for ₹21,510), ‘panditji98’ (Won ₹50K GTD Turbo – Triple Chance for ₹9,952), and ‘chibhai88’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹9,062) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

PokerBaazi

The Weekly HighRoller – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 114

Re-entries – 94

Prize Pool – ₹20,80,000

Places Paid – 22

Taking down his first online tournament since returning from the 2023 PSPC in The Bahamas, PSPC Platinum Pass winner Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma championed PokerBaazi`s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller for the third time last night.

Improving upon his runner-up finish in Thursday’s The Colosseum [6-Max], Sharma toppled the 208-player field in the Friday headliner to collect ₹4.12 Lakhs (his first title in five weeks). Last week`s The Weekly HighRoller champion Vaibhav ‘WakhraSwagNi’ Sharma almost went back-to-back, falling one place shy of winning the Friday title for the fifth time – netting ₹3.91 Lakhs in second place.

Rajat Sharma pocketed almost ₹5.04 Lakhs last night from three deep runs, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹4,12,333* (heads-up deal) (his third time winning the event)

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Futuristic – Triple Chance for ₹61,700

> 10th in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash for ₹29,973

Rajat Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.93 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.64 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Vaibhav Sharma stormed into the weekend with three FT scores on his back, collectively banking ₹6.60 Lakhs from five deep runs – becoming the latest entrant in the elite “₹10 Crore Club” and hitting ₹4 Crores in online profits!

His top Friday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹3,90,547* (heads-up deal)

> 6th in SpartanPoker’s The Elite for ₹1,47,942

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,10,628

Vaibhav Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.20 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.01 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4

Last night`s top scorer Aditya Singh (3rd for ₹2.34 Lakhs), Gaurav ‘gauravgoru’ Bhutra (4th for ₹1.65 Lakhs), the in-form Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarthy (5th for ₹1.25 Lakhs), and this week`s Thursday High Roller champion Rishabh ‘rgeader’ Gupta (6th for ₹1.01 Lakhs) were others who FT-ed The Weekly HighRoller.

The ₹11,000 entry buy-in tournament paid 22 players a share of the ₹20.80 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma – ₹4,12,333*
2. Vaibhav ‘WakhraSwagNi’ Sharma – ₹390,547*
3. Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh – ₹2,34,000
4. Gaurav ‘guravgoru’ Bhutra – ₹1,65,360
5. Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarthy – ₹1,24,800
6. Rishabh ‘rgeader’ Gupta – ₹1,00,880

*denotes a heads-up deal

(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 209

Re-entries – 151

Prize Pool – ₹12,60,000

Places Paid – 49

Ritesh ‘rj7117’ Joshi had a red-letter Friday. He trampled over a 360-strong field (209 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT to collect a career-best ₹1.86 Lakhs – winning his first tournament title after almost 18 months. He chopped the 9 PM flagship title heads-up with site regular ‘Rj147’ (anonymity requested) (2nd for ₹1.71 Lakhs).

Ritesh Joshi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹17.03 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The mid-stakes crusher Clinton ‘clintontavares’ Tavares had a profitable Friday session, accumulating ₹1.27 Lakhs from seven deep runs.

His top Friday finishes include:

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹87,570

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹12,384

> 12th in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash for ₹12,249

Clinton Tavares`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 1.64 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 46.32 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #8

Suraj N ‘MR8BEAST’ Yadav thrashed out ₹1.36 Lakhs across two deep finishes, which include:

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹72,828

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹63,000

Suraj N Yadav’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.67 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Last night’s breakout winner Vaibhav ‘WakhraSwagNi’ Sharma, finished third for ₹1.11 Lakhs, rounding up a hefty ₹6.60 Lakhs overall – crossing ₹10 Crores in tracked online winnings.

The ₹3,850 entry buy-in tournament collected a guarantee-crushing ₹12.60 Lakhs prize pool, and 49 players got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Ritesh ‘rj7117’ Joshi – ₹1,85,620*
2. Rj147 – ₹1,71,338*
3. Vaibhav ‘WakhraSwagNi’ Sharma -₹1,10,628
4. Clinton ‘clintontavares’ Tavares – ₹87,570
5. Suraj N ‘MR8BEAST’ Yadav – ₹72,828
6. waynil10 – ₹59,472
7. akashjasus – ₹47,124

*denotes a heads-up deal

Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 361

Re-entries – 326

Prize Pool – ₹10,30,500

Places Paid – 119

Online crusher Aditya ‘Konstantin’ Singh has been killing it on the virtual felts! After winning PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost on Tuesday, the UP-based pro shipped the 7:30 PM tournament again last night, nailing it for the second time in four days for ₹1.44 Lakhs.

The first-ever Galactic Series – Main Event champion, Aditya Singh, went on a rampage last night with at least five deep runs (four of them FT finishes) worth a whopping ₹7.34 Lakhs.

His top Friday finishes include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s The Elite for ₹3,08,700

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹2,34,000

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹1,43,549 (his second time winning the event this week)

> 6th in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash for ₹43,528

> 38th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹4,076

Aditya Singh’s 2023 wins include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost on February 17

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost on February 14

> 1st in SpartanPoker’s IOPC #123 Friday High on February 3

> 1st in SpartanPoker’s IOPC #114 Thursday Prime on February 2

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT on February 1

> 1st in SpartanPoker’s IOPC #100 Tuesday Spotlight on January 31

> 1st in Adda52 Millions on January 22

The Daily Value Boost final table was replete with notables like Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora (4th for ₹58,223), Friday Bounty fourth-place finisher Myron ‘priyankAAchoprAA’ Pereira (5th for ₹39,159), the #2 ranked player of the year, Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood (6th for ₹26,793), and Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra (8th for ₹15,561).

The 7:30 PM tournament registered a 687-entry field (361 unique), with the top 119 finishers digging into the ₹10.30 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Aditya ‘Konstantin’ Singh – ₹1,43,549
2. shakeshwar – ₹1,13,355
3. hgnvn – ₹ 85,532
4. Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora – ₹58,223
5. Myron ‘priyankAAchoprAA’ Pereira – ₹39,159
6. Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood – ₹26,793
7. Kidpoker07 – ₹19,992
8. Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹15,561

(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 153

Re-entries – 105

Prize Pool – ₹5,16,000

Places Paid – 47

Poker coach ‘Highness’ (anonymity requested) fired two bullets before besting the 258-player field in PokerBaazi`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT, winning the 7:15 PM marquee for ₹76,936. ‘Komkom16’ finished runner-up for ₹57,998.

‘Highness’ added ₹1 Lakhs to their online scorecard through three deep runs on PokerBaazi yesterday, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹76,936
> 18th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹12,600
> 10th in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT for ₹10,760

Highness’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹76.24 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹11.40 Lakhs | Titles Won: #15

The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO] third-place finisher Anurag ‘13anurag’ Srivastava (3rd for ₹45,253) and Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan (5th for ₹25,542) were other notables who final-tabled the (7-Max) Daily SPRINT.

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament collected a ₹5.16 Lakhs prize pool, and 47 players earned a share of the spoils.

Final Table Results

1. Highness – ₹76,936
2. Komkom16 – ₹57,998
3. Anurag ‘13anurag’ Srivastava – ₹45,253
4. IshhChadha – ₹34,366
5. Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan – ₹25,542
6. Mintu06 – ₹18,215
7. Advait ‘ExploitativeGTO’ Rajguru – ₹15,016

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

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 148

Re-entries – 103

Prize Pool – ₹5,02,000

Places Paid – 47

Site user ‘DrunkenGoD’ totaled a 251-entry field in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost, bagging away ₹68,334 in first-place prize money. They chopped the daytime marquee heads-up with Jitin ‘Jraj94’ Raj Nath (2nd for ₹62,939).

DrunkenGoD’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.76 Lakhs | Titles Won: #5

Dhirendra ‘dhirekum’ Kumar Chauhan (3rd for ₹44,025) and Atif Khan (5th for ₹24,849) were other site regs on the (7-Max) Afternoon Boost FT.

The 2 PM marquee saw the guaranteed ₹5 Lakhs prize pool being crossed with the help of one extra runner, and 47 players crossed the money line.

Final Table Results

1. DrunkenGoD – ₹68,334*
2. Jitin ‘Jraj94’ Raj Nath – ₹62,939*
3. Dhirendra ‘dhirekum’ Kumar Chauhan – ₹44,025
4. Playcool – ₹33,433
5. Atif ‘at9176’ Khan – ₹24,849
6. blazin666 – ₹17,721
7. nutsornothing03 – ₹14,608
   *denotes a heads-up deal

‘Torsin’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹50,590), Ramji Kishore ‘upswing4eva’ G (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT for ₹42,910), Sanjay ‘Sanju876’ Bharti (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 BOOST for ₹38,580), ‘rakshit21’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹24,690), ‘Kidpoker07’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹23,600), and Sumanth ‘sp175’ Kumar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 BOOST for ₹21,150) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

PokerStars India

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

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 103

Re-entries – 75

Regular Prize Pool – ₹5,55,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹4,45,000

Total Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 20

Well-known poker pro ‘theoldestkid’ came out on top of a 178-player field (103 unique) in PokerStars India’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO], winning the Friday primetime tournament for the second time in two months for ₹2.31 Lakhs (₹1.32 Lakhs in bounties) – their fifth title of the year. The MTT pro ran made another four deep runs, posting ₹2.88 Lakhs in Friday earnings.

The IOPC 13.0 Super High Roller runner-up finisher, Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar, finished runner-up in The Big Bash – his second time doing so in four weeks – netting ₹1.09 Lakhs (₹9,688 in bounties).

Gangwar filled in ₹1.17 Lakhs in Friday winnings from three deep runs, which include:

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash PKO for ₹1,08,920

> 32nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹5,160

> 20th in Adda52’s Friday Bounty for ₹2,982

Siddharth Gangwar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.21 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.64 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2

The former IOPC Millionaire Main Event champion Anurag ‘GutshotHaiBro’ Srivastava scored ₹1.28 Lakhs from three deep runs, which include:

> 3rd in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash for ₹78,548

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹45,253

> 64th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,813

Anurag Srivastava’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.45 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.19 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Vishnu ‘violator2018’ Khandelwal (5th for ₹70,883), last night’s top scorer Aditya ‘ukid767’ Singh (6th for ₹43,528), Pavankiran ‘Rootahua Macchi’ Bellamkonda (7th for ₹47,445), Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (8th for ₹21,076), and Philip ‘minisha_lamba’ Jude (9th for ₹23,723) were the other known names on The Big Bash FT.

The ₹5,500 entry buy-in tournament registered an overlay shortfall of ₹1.10 Lakhs, and 20 players made the payouts list.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. theoldestkid – ₹2,31,499
2. Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar – ₹1,08,920
3. Anurag ‘GutshotHaiBro’ Srivastava – ₹78,548
4. AceOfSpades888 – ₹80,189
5. Vishnu ‘violator2018’ Khandelwal – ₹70,883
6. Aditya ‘ukid767’ Singh – ₹43,528
7. Pavankiran ‘Rootahua Macchi’ Bellamkonda – ₹47,445
8. Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹21,076
9. Philip ‘minisha_lamba’ Jude – ₹23,723

Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Uppercut for ₹42,844), ‘pk7549’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹27,018), ‘gambler55777’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹12,485), and ‘The SittingDuck’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline 6-Max for ₹10,982) won the other PokerStars India marquees.

Adda52

The Ballers – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹7,500

Entries – 158

Re-entries – 145

Prize Pool – ₹20,66,463

Places Paid – 30

Looking at Harshad ‘laiibhari’ Barve’s online poker resume will let anyone know he is a flagship crusher! Since December, the MoneyControl Poker For People 2.0 champion has posted five six-figure and two seven-figure scores.

After a week of bricked results, Barve hit the home run last night. The long-time reg overcame a competitive 303-strong field (158 unique) in Adda52’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Ballers, winning the Friday title for the second time for ₹5.29 Lakhs (his third-best score on Adda52).

Harshad Barve’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.03 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹59.26 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

The #1 ranked player of the year, Young Gun Arsh ‘bigggtymer’ Grover, collected ₹3.15 Lakhs as the runner-up.

Tuesday’s The Mint runner-up, Varunn ‘VarunnG’ Gaala (3rd for ₹2.38 Lakhs), the two-time The Millionaire winner, Rishab ‘rish1994’ Malik (4th for ₹1.76 Lakhs), Sushant ‘Tryndamere’ Singh (5th for ₹1.19 Lakhs), and the inaugural LPS Main Event champion, Dhinesh ‘dinzy009’ Kumar (6th for ₹82,658) made for a star-studded FT in The Ballers.

The Friday flagship attracted 303 entrants (158 unique), posting a guarantee-surpassing ₹20.67 Lakhs prize pool. The top 30 finishers got a share of the spoils.

Final Table Results

1. Harshad ‘laiibhari’ Barve – ₹5,29,014
2. Arsh ‘bigggtymer’ Grover – ₹3,15,135
3. Varunn ‘VarunnG’ Gaala – ₹2,37,643
4. Rishab ‘rish1994’ Malik – ₹1,75,649
5. Sushant ‘Tryndamere’ Singh – ₹1,18,821
6. Dhinesh ‘dinzy009’ Kumar – ₹82,658

Friday Bounty – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,700

Entries – 110

Re-entries – 77

Prize Pool – ₹4,57,776

Places Paid – 20

Mayank ‘AreyBetaRaise’ Maruka stormed past a 110-player field (187 total entries) in Adda52’s 9:30 PM marquee, ₹4 Lakhs GTD Friday Bounty, to collect ₹84,119 – winning his first title in three weeks since taking down this same tournament on January 27.

Maruka locked in ₹1.22 Lakhs in Friday earnings from five deep runs, which include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Friday Bounty for ₹84,119

> 12th in Spartan Poker’s Futuristic – Triple Chance for ₹24,435

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹7,050

> 14th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT for ₹4,806

> 34th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for ₹1,416

Mayank Maruka’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.99 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹29.29 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4

Wednesday’s Sundowner winner Kashish ‘dubaisoon’ Sachdev lapped up ₹88,230 last night across three deep runs and made his best finish in Friday Bounty (2nd for ₹45,630). His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹58.81 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹16.35 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4

Thursday’s Ultron finalist Vikrant ‘borntrouble’ Verma (3rd for ₹40,641), last night’s Daily Value Boost fifth place finisher Myron ‘zzzzz369’ Pereira (4th for ₹38,933), Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra (6th for ₹28,524), Zeshan ‘bondo07’ Hamza (7th for ₹17,553) and The Weekly HighRoller fifth place finisher Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarthy (8th for ₹11,889) were the other known players on the Friday Bounty FT.

The ₹2,700 entry buy-in tournament dished out ₹4.58 Lakhs in prize money to the top 20 finishers.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Mayank ‘AreyBetaRaise’ Maruka – ₹84,119
2. Kashish ‘dubaisoon’ Sachdev – ₹45,630
3. Vikrant ‘borntrouble’ Verma – ₹40,641
4. Myron ‘zzzzz369’ Pereira – ₹38,933
5. rishu1293 – ₹23,764
6. Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra – ₹28,524
7. Zeshan ‘bondo07’ Hamza – ₹17,553
8. Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarthy – ₹11,889

‘knkrajput’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹31,582) and ‘prohaibro’ (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹30,608) won the other Friday marquees on Adda52.

Khelo365

Khelo365 user ‘Pradeepmhto’ took down the ₹30K GTD Hitman PLO title for ₹11,100, while ‘Loveyoudeler’ placed second for ₹7,500. Site-reg Alexcy ‘JonGregor’ Newmai finished fifth for ₹3,300.

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