Daily Majors: Advait Rajguru, Anand Babu Pallikona, Neeraj Sattawat & Sarthak Singhal Crack the Top Four Monday Flagships

The Spartan Poker-hosted India Turbo Masters and PokerBaazi’s biggest-ever National Poker Series India 2023 broke the Monday dullness. In a day ridden with overlays, the NPS tournaments led the charge, registering guarantee-crushing turnouts for the sixth day straight.

Online crusher Advait Rajguru made the most of the prizes on offer, topping the day’s scorecard by reeling in at least ₹5.39 Lakhs. Rajguru won his career-first NPS gold medal in PokerBaazi`s NPS#32 Monday Medley, collecting the top prize of ₹5.26 Lakhs. ‘Heisenbergj’ finished runner-up to collect the silver medal and ₹3.20 Lakhs, with Adithya NG taking home the bronze medal and ₹2.56 Lakhs in third place.

Sunday’s ITM #57 Deepstack Turbo champion, Anand Babu Pallikona, continued his scintillating performance at the India Turbo Masters, taking down Spartan Poker`s ITM #63 Monday Supersonic – 6 Max for ₹3.05 Lakhs (won ₹3.14 Lakhs overall).

Sarthak Singhal added an NPS gold medal and a site-best ₹2.73 Lakhs to his name by shipping PokerBaazi’s NPS#34 Slamdunk (won ₹3.21 Lakhs overall). The NPS #17 Deepdive winner Karan Sitlani bagged ₹1.67 Lakhs and his first silver medal as the runner-up.

Neeraj Sattawat busted an over three-week-long dry spell with a top finish in Adda52’s Iron Man for ₹2.34 Lakhs (won ₹2.84 Lakhs overall), defeating the ITM #56 Sunday Supersonic champion Deepankur Gupta (2nd for ₹1.42 Lakhs) heads-up, the latter adding at least ₹1.58 Lakhs from two deep runs.

Satyapal a.k.a ‘burgersingh’ (Won ITM #65 Hyper for ₹1.12 Lakhs), ‘prometheus1224’ (Won ITM #64 Turbo for ₹84,600), Prince Kumar (Won ITM #61 (6-Max) Turbo for ₹84,600), and ‘trailblazer97’ (Won ITM #66 Turbo for ₹81,852) won the other India Turbo Masters Monday tournament.

The Sunday Special champion Shubham Agarwal pulled a two-in-two on

Monday, shipping PokerBaazi’s NPS#30 (4-Max) Hyper SPRINT for ₹2.12 Lakhs, and his second NPS gold medal, following a heads-up deal with ‘barbaric’ (2nd for ₹1.92 Lakhs). Agarwal cashed four other NPS tournaments yesterday, adding ₹2.51 Lakhs and storming to #3 on the NPS Series and Podium leaderboards.

The newly-minted Players Pot Ambassador Anant Purohit added a fourth NPS gold medal to his name, winning PokerBaazi’s NPS#31 SPRINT for ₹2.36 Lakhs. Manipur-based poker streamer Dannish Thiyam almost grabbed a second gold medal on stream but had to settle for the silver medal and ₹1.44 Lakhs (won ₹1.48 Lakhs overall).

Rajneesh Thakur (Won NPS#33 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT for ₹1.24 Lakhs) was the fifth NPS gold medal winner on Monday.

Piyush Ravi championed PokerStars India’s Eliminator [8-Max] for ₹92,857, defeating Vaibhav Bhatia (2nd for ₹41,078) heads-up.

Raman Arora, Mayank Shekhar, Rahul Thakur, and Nachiket Jha won the other Monday marquees.

Here are the Monday highlights!

PokerBaazi

NPS #32 Monday Medley – ₹30 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in -₹3,850

Entries – 561

Re-entries – 659

Prize Pool – ₹42,70,000

Places Paid – 148

We knew it was a matter of time before Advait ‘ExploitativeGTO’ Rajguru got his hands on the NPS gold medal. And the online crusher wrote his name among the NPS medallists by taking down the biggest guaranteed tournament running last night, PokerBaazi`s 7.30 PM attraction, ₹30 Lakhs GTD NPS#32 Monday Medley, storming through a guarantee-crushing 1,220-player field to win ₹5.26 Lakhs.

Rajguru, who had a terrific March, added at least ₹5.39 Lakhs from four deep runs in the National Poker Series marquees, climbing to #7 on the NPS Series leaderboard.

His known Monday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s NPS #32 Monday Medley for ₹5,26,064

> 61st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#31 SPRINT for ₹7,130

> 143rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#34 Slamdunk for ₹4,000

> 120th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#33 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT for ₹1,990

PokerBaazi reg ‘Heisenbergj’ bagged the silver medal and ₹3.20 Lakhs in NPS#32 Monday Medley, while Adithya ‘ading1’ NG landed the bronze medal and ₹2.56 Lakhs in third place.

Vaibhav ‘durrrr1310’ Saigal (4th for ₹2.06 Lakhs), and NPS #2 Deepdive winner Shivam Kumar ‘daddyaddy’ Dubey (6th for ₹1.23 Lakhs) also FT-ed the 7:30 PM NPS#32 Monday Medley.

The ₹3,850 entry buy-in tournament collected a ₹42.70 Lakhs prize pool, paying out the top 148 finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Advait ‘ExploitativeGTO’ Rajguru – ₹5,26,064
2. Heisenbergj – ₹3,20,250
3. Adithya ‘ading1’ NG – ₹2,56,200
4. Vaibhav ‘durrrr1310’ Saigal – ₹2,06,241
5. slayerking – ₹1,63,541
6. Shivam Kumar ‘daddyaddy’ Dubey – ₹1,22,549
7. phaizal – ₹87,535
8. Haydos21 – ₹64,050

NPS#31 SPRINT – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 359

Re-entries – 354

Prize Pool – ₹17,82,500

Places Paid – 115

The newly-signed PlayerzPot Ambassador Anant ‘Pro_Pro’ Purohit has won a gold medal in every NPS edition for the last two years running. The seventh Game Changer champion filled in his annual quota yesterday after conquering a 713-player field (359 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD NPS#31 SPRINT, taking it down for ₹2.35 Lakhs and his career-fourth NPS gold medal – his first title win in 16 days.

Anant Purohit’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.43 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.09 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #5 | NPS Medals Won: 4 Gold

The NPS#14 Run-Up champion Thiyam ‘thiyam’ Dannish, is a streaming beast. The player with a panache for pulling off marathon streams almost clinched his second NPS gold medal on stream last night but finished runner-up in NPS#31 SPRINT to win his first silver medal and ₹1.44 Lakhs in prize money.

The Manipur-based player also cashed NPS#33 (5-Max) Hyper Sprint (49th for ₹3,448), netting ₹1.48 Lakhs overall. His online stats (PokerBaazi and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹24.73 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.29 Lakhs| Titles Won in 2023: #1 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold and 1 Silver

You can watch Dannish’s Monday stream below.

M ‘Bluffmaster055’ Jimmy (5th for ₹79,143), Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar (6th for ₹60,962), and NPS #11 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT winner (ranked #8 on the NPS Podium leaderboard) Akshay ‘CallmeAK’ Kapoor (7th for ₹45,454) also FT-ed the 5:30 PM NPS#31 SPRINT.

The ₹2,750 entry buy-in tournament registered a ₹17.82 Lakhs prize pool, and 115 players got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Anant ‘Pro_Pro’ Purohit – ₹2,35,290
2. Thiyam ‘thiyam’ Dannish – ₹1,44,383
3. Waystead – ₹1,17,110
4. DronGhost7 – ₹97,859
5. M ‘Bluffmaster055’ Jimmy – ₹79,143
6. Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar – ₹60,962
7. Akshay ‘CallmeAK’ Kapoor – ₹45,454
8. rocky9971 – ₹35,650

NPS #34 Slamdunk – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 513

Re-entries – 599

Prize Pool – ₹22,24,000

Places Paid – 148

Sarthak ‘snickers21’ Singhal couldn`t have asked for a better start to the week. Dusting off the disappointment of a seventh-place finish in NPS#27 Sunday Slamdunk the day before, Singhal outlasted a stacked 1,112-player field in PokerBaazi`s ₹12 Lakhs GTD NPS#27 Sunday Slamdunk to win his first NPS gold medal and a site-best ₹2.73 Lakhs in first-place prize money – ending a five-month-long title drought.

Singhal came out charging in the National Poker Series on Monday. He cashed all five NPS tournaments running yesterday, raking in a commendable ₹3.21 Lakhs in total winnings – his second-best single-day score.

His Monday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#34 Slamdunk for ₹2,73,997

> 43rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#32 Monday Medley for ₹25,620

> 31st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#33 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT for ₹4,179

> 36th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#31 SPRINT for ₹10,695

> 57th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#30 (4-Max) Hyper SPRINT for ₹6,453

Sarthak Singhal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹72.26 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹11.42 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold

The NPS #17 Deepdive winner Karan ‘Collingwood’ Sitlani added a silver medal to the gold he won last week, scoring ₹1.82 Lakhs from three deep runs on Monday, which include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#34 Slamdunk for ₹1,66,800

> 95th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#32 Monday Medley for ₹8,540

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹6,578

Karan Sitlani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.28 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.19 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold and 1 Silver

Sandeep Varma ‘effuno’ RS locked in ₹1.26 Lakhs from five deep runs, and his top Monday finishes include:

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#34 Slamdunk for ₹85,179

> 38th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#32 Monday Medley for ₹29,890

Shiven ‘Sampapa’ Meena made three deep runs, two of them FT scores, making for a Monday haul worth ₹1.23 Lakhs.

His top Monday finishes include:

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#34 Slamdunk for ₹63,829

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #61 Turbo for ₹56,317

Shiven Meena’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹76.73 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹13.41 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Like the other NPS tournaments, the 9.30 PM NPS #34 Slamdunk blew its advertised guarantee to smithereens, distributing a hefty ₹22.24 Lakhs in prize money to the top 148 finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Sarthak ‘snickers21’ Singhal – ₹2,73,997
2. Karan ‘Collingwood’ Sitlani – ₹1,66,800
3. harprit_tuteja – ₹1,33,440
4. JCchon413 – ₹1,07,419
5. Sandeep Varma ‘effuno’ RS – ₹85,179
6. Shiven ‘Sampapa’ Meena – ₹63,829
7. CHALBAZG1 – ₹45,592
8. monkster28 – ₹33,360

NPS#30 (4-Max) Hyper SPRINT – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in- ₹2,200

Entries – 332

Re-entries – 455

Prize Pool – ₹15,74,000

Places Paid – 137

Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal is on a two-day heater. He won PokerStars India’s Sunday Special the day before and grabbed the gold medal (his first in the series and second overall) in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD NPS#30 (4-Max) Hyper SPRINT last night for ₹2.12 Lakhs in first place prize money.

Agarwal struck a heads-up deal in the 4 PM NPS marquee with the user ‘barbaric,’ who banked an equally impressive ₹1.92 Lakhs in second place and the NPS silver medal.

Agarwal, who won the silver medal in NPS#23 SPRINT on Saturday, cashed four other NPS tournaments yesterday, collectively adding ₹2.51 Lakhs, catapulting to #3 on the NPS Series and Podium leaderboards.

His Monday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#30 (4-Max) Hyper Sprint for ₹2,11,900

> 30th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#34 Slamdunk for ₹17,792

> 66th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#32 Monday Medley for ₹12,810

> 81st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#31 Sprint for ₹6,239

> 110th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#33 (5-Max) Hyper Sprint for ₹2,403

Shubham Agarwal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.19 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹62.74 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4 | NPS Medals Won: 2 Gold, 2 Silver, and 2 Bronze

Nakul ‘naksrocks’ Sharma (3rd for ₹1.31 Lakhs) and Rahul ‘Godfather10’ Purohit (4th for ₹92,866) also FT-ed NPS#30 (4-Max) Hyper SPRINT.

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament had 787 hopefuls (332 unique) vying for a share of the ₹15.74 Lakhs prize pool, and 137 players scored a payday.

Final Table Results

1. Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal – ₹2,11,900*
2. barbaric – ₹1,92,303*
3. Nakul ‘naksrocks’ Sharma – ₹1,31,429
4. Rahul ‘Godfather10’ Purohit – ₹92,866

NPS#33 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT – ₹6 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 636

Re-entries – 670

Prize Pool – ₹10,45,000

Places Paid – 220

The annual TLB leaderboard fiend Rajneesh’ msdhoni’ Thakur broke a rare two-week title slump with a golden run in PokerBaazi’s ₹6 Lakhs GTD NPS#33 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT. Thakur outplayed the 1,306-player field (636 unique) in the 8:30 PM NPS tournament, bagging his first NPS gold medal and ₹1.24 Lakhs in prize money following a heads-up deal with another top reg Yuvraj’ Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj, who clinched the silver medal but a better ₹1.27 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

Thakur cashed seven Monday tournaments, boosting his bankroll by ₹1.42 Lakhs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.46 Crores | Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.05 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #12 | Ranked #2 in the Annual TLB (Points) Standings | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold

Yuvraj ’Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj packed in ₹2.22 Lakhs from seven deep runs yesterday, and his top finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS #33 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT for ₹1,27,174* (heads-up deal)

> 35th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#32 Monday Medley for ₹29,890

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹33,491

> 19th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#31 SPRINT for ₹16,399

Yuvraj Bhardwaj’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.59 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹19.64 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #6 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Silver

Last night`s ITM #60 Hyper 6-Max champion Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan (opted out of our tracking) won his third medal at the series (his second bronze medal) in NPS #33 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT (3rd for ₹80,659), rounding up at least ₹1.61 Lakhs yesterday.

Abhishek ‘78suited’ Mishra (4th for ₹54,330) and Thursday`s Daily Night Sprint winner Manoj ‘cutymannu’ Sharma (6th for ₹38,658) also made the 5-max NPS#33 Hyper SPRINT final table.

The ₹880 buy-in tournament treated players to a massive ₹10.45 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 120 finishers earned a payout.

Final Table Results

1. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹1,23,892*
2. Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj – ₹1,27,174*
3. Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan – ₹80,659
4. Abhishek ‘78suited’ Mishra – ₹54,330
5. Manoj ‘cutymannu’ Sharma – ₹38,658

*denotes a heads-up deal

₹50 Lakhs GTD NPS Value Mine – Qualifier 4

Qualifier 4 > Entries – 485 | Re-entries – 232 | Survivors – 86 | Chip Leader – ‘Ijju’ (406,000)

Combined > Total Entries – 2,752 | Total Re-entries – 972 | Total Survivors – 470 | Overall Chip Leader – ‘Ijju’ (406,000)

NPS India 2023 Leaderboard Standings After Day 6

Following his runner-up finish in NPS#33 (5-MAX) HYPER SPRINT, Yuvraj ‘yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj climbed two places to the top of the ₹50 Lakhs GTD NPS Series leaderboard.

The NPS#28 SPRINT champion Akshay ‘akdolos’ Joshi (6,048 points) cashed three NPS tournaments yesterday (seventeen ITM scores) to retain his #2 spot.

Yesterday’s NPS#30 (4-MAX) Hyper SPRINT champion Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal (5905 points) picked up his first gold medal at the series (his second overall) to go with the silver medal he collected in NPS#23 SPRINT to jump to #3 on the NPS Series and Podium leaderboards.

The NPS#4 Wednesday Volley and NPS#10 Thursday Thunder champion, Tanmay ‘truman’ Benara (5,667 points), has dropped to #5 on the NPS Series leaderboard but continues to lead the charge on the NPS Podium leaderboard.

The NPS#8 PLO-5 champion Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani (5,816 points) is currently ranked #4 on the NPS Series leaderboard but continues to hold the #2 position on the NPS Podium leaderboard.

‘RTPB’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD 7-Max Midnight SPRINT for ₹47,970), ‘spades9’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹44,220), Raman ‘Ranzoo9’ Arora (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹40,730) ‘FireonNuts’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹36,430) and ‘ghost89’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 Boost Monster for ₹19,100) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

Spartan Poker

ITM#63 Monday Supersonic (6-Max) – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in -₹3,300

Entries – 256

Re-entries – 79

Re-buys – 187

Prize Pool – ₹15,66,000

Places Paid – 47

Anand ‘$treet$mart’ Babu Pallikona seems to have aced the faster India Turbo Masters structures. He won the ITM #57 Deepstack Turbo on Sunday and, keeping the winning form running, outplayed the 522-strong field (256 unique) in Spartan Poker’s Monday headliner, ₹15 Lakhs GTD ITM#63 Monday Supersonic, to win ₹3.05 Lakhs.

Pallikona had won 15 ITM Supersonic tickets through a ₹9,900 satellite, and he sure made good on that investment.

The February The MoneyMaker champion, Pallikona, made another deep run in Adda52’s Iron Man (14th for ₹9,438), rounding up ₹3.15 Lakhs in Monday earnings.

Anand Babu Pallikona`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.46 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹51.73 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #7

Saturday’s ITM #50 Saturday Supersonic finalist, James ‘Jomathu’ Mathews (3rd for ₹1,45,325), last week’s ITM #26 Hyper finalist, Yogesh ‘Borntogamble’ Yogi (4th for ₹1,17,607), and online reg Mayank ‘barrelbrat’ Maruka (5th for ₹92,707) also FT-ed the 8 PM ITM #63 Monday Supersonic.

The ₹3,300 buy-in Monday headliner generated a ₹15.66 Lakhs prize pool. The top 47 finishers crossed the money line.

Final Table Results

1. Anand ‘$treet$mart’ Babu Pallikona – ₹3,05,213
2. clinger01 – ₹1,93,871
3. James ‘Jomathu’ Mathews – ₹1,45,325
4. Yogesh ‘Borntogamble’ Yogi – ₹1,17,607
5. Mayank ‘barrelbrat’ Maruka – ₹92,707
6. supersaiyan21 – ₹70,783

ITM #65 Hyper – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 184

Re-entries – 50

Re-buys – 118

Prize Pool – ₹5,28,000

Places Paid – 31

The former Wednesday Vibes champion, Satyapal a.k.a ‘Burgersingh’ came out on top of a 352-player field (184 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD ITM #65 Hyper, taking down the 9:30 PM super-fast tournament in just five and a half hours to win his maiden ITM title (their third win on Spartan Poker) and a cool ₹1.12 Lakhs payday (their second-best score on the site).

Satyapal’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹10.30 Lahks | Titles Won: #3

Making his third podium finish in six days, Deepak ‘Optimist’ Singh scored ₹75,187 as the ITM #65 Hyper runner-up, netting ₹92,311 from three deep runs, which include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #65 Hyper for ₹75,187

> 16th in Adda52’s Iron Man for ₹9,438

> 128th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#32 Monday Medley for ₹7,686

Deepak Singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.37 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.06 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #7

Mahima ‘mambojojo’ Walia Das went on a Monday charge in the India Turbo Masters, cashing four of the seven ITM tournaments for ₹73,516, reclaiming the #1 position on the ITM leaderboard.

Her Monday finishes include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #65 Hyper for ₹53,011

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #64 Turbo for ₹14,280

> 29th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #60 Hyper for ₹3,120

> 33rd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #66 Turbo for ₹3,105

Mahima Walia Das’s online stats (#SpartanPoker and #Adda52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.57 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹67.57 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | Ranked #1 on the ITM Leaderboard

Yesterday’s ITM #62 Turbo champion, Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma (4th for ₹42,979), the #9 ranked player on the ITM leaderboard, Neeraj ‘$elfClaimedPro’ Kumar (7th for ₹18,849) and last night’s Iron Man finalist, Karan ‘Engineerlonda’ Malhotra (8th for ₹13,780) were other notables on the ITM #65 Hyper final table.

The ₹1,650 buy-in tournament collected a guarantee-busting ₹5.28 Lakhs prize pool. The top 31 finishers got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Satyapal ‘Burgersingh’ – ₹1,11,672
2. Deepak ‘Optimist’ Singh – ₹75,187
3. Mahima ‘mambojojo’ Walia Das – ₹53,011
4. Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma – ₹42,979
5. Sesi357 – ₹34,003
6. recshark – ₹25,819
7. Neeraj ‘$elfClaimedPro’ Kumar – ₹18,849
8. Karan ‘Engineerlonda’ Malhotra – ₹13,780

ITM #66 Turbo – ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 215

Re-entries – 95

Re-buys – 185

Prize Pool – ₹4,50,000

Places Paid – 39

Spartan Poker user ‘trailblazer97’ got their first taste of success at the India Turbo Masters on Monday as they packed up the 495-strong field (215 unique) in the ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD ITM #66 Turbo in under six hours to collect a site-best ₹81,852 (their maiden title on Spartan Poker). Deepesh ‘deep1407’ Jain finished runner-up for ₹68,358.

trailblazer97’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.19 Lakhs | Titles Won: #1

Prabhas ‘Baba_Tufaani’ Sharma bagged away a six-figure Monday paycheque ₹1.11 Lakhs from eight deep runs, and his top finishes include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #66 Turbo for ₹43,875

> 19th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#34 Slamdunk for ₹22,240

> 6th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #61 Turbo for ₹19,560

Prabhas Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹65.71 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Saturday’s NPS#21 (PLO-6) HighRoller finalist, Myron ‘mehhhhh’ Pereira (6th for ₹21,015), also FT-ed ITM #66 Turbo.

The ₹990 entry buy-in late-night marquee fell five entries short of its 500-player guarantee. The top 39 finishers got a share of the ₹4.50 Lakhs guaranteed in the prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. trailblazer97 – ₹81,852
2. Deepesh ‘deep1407’ Jain – ₹68,358
3. Prabhas ‘Baba_Tufaani’ Sharma – ₹43,875
4. pinchu99 – ₹35,415
5. rage_king – ₹27,765
6. Myron ‘mehhhhh’ Pereira – ₹21,015

ITM #61 (6-Max) Turbo – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in- ₹1,100

Entries – 196

Re-entries – 45

Re-buys – 126

Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 31

The IOPC #140 Value Mine champion from February 5, Prince ‘drilller’ Kumar, shipped Spartan Poker’s ITM #61 (6-Max) Turbo for ₹84,600, reeling in his first title of the year. Kumar prevailed over site regular Shiven ‘Sammyy’ Meeena (2nd for ₹56,960) in the heads-up battle.

Prince Kumar lapped up ₹1.29 Lakhs from three ITM finishes; two of them FT scores. His Monday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s ITM #61 (6-Max) Turbo for ₹84,600

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #64 Turbo for ₹40,160

> 22nd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #60 (6-Max) Hyper for ₹3,920

Prince Kumar’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹63.80 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹16.70 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #5

The ₹1,100 entry buy-in tournament registered ₹33,000 in overlays, with 31 players crossing the money line.

Final Table Results

1. Prince ‘drilller’ Kumar – ₹84,600
2. Shiven ‘Sammyy’ Meena – ₹56,960
3. Paras ‘Jhukega nahi $ala’ Jain – ₹40,160
4. Vikram ‘greenSTUFF79’ Mishra – ₹32,560
5. Lokesh ‘cheetah929’ Barwal – ₹25,760
6. Prabhas ‘Baba_Tufaani’ Sharma – ₹19,560

ITM #64 Turbo – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 193

Re-entries – 35

Re-buys – 126

Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 31

Spartan Poker user ‘prometheus1224’ dominated the 354-entry field (193 unique) in the ₹4 Lakhs GTD ITM #64 Turbo, winning the 8 PM tournament for a site-best ₹84,600 – over 4X their previous best score. Another mystery reg, ‘hutu001,’ placed runner-up for ₹56,960.

prometheus1224’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹4.10 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Mahima ‘mambojojo’ Walia Das had an eventful Monday run in the India Turbo Masters, cashing four of the seven ITM tournaments yesterday for ₹73,516, catapulting back to the #1 position on the ITM leaderboard.

Her Monday finishes include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #65 Hyper for ₹53,011

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #64 Turbo for ₹14,280

> 29th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #60 Hyper for ₹3,120

> 33rd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #66 Turbo for ₹3,105

Mahima Walia Das’s online stats (#SpartanPoker and #Adda52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.57 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹67.57 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | Ranked #1 on the ITM Leaderboard

ITM #61 (6-Max) Turbo winner Prince ‘drilller’ Kumar (3rd for ₹40,160), Shrikant ‘baphomate’ Sanjay Pradhan (6th for ₹19,560), and Hari ‘akhanda’ Jonnalagadda (8th for ₹10,440) also FT-ed ITM #64 Turbo.

The ₹1,100 entry buy-in tournament registered ₹46,000 in overlays, and the top 31 finishers got a share of the ₹4 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. prometheus1224 – ₹84,600
2. hutu001 – ₹56,960
3. Prince ‘drilller’ Kumar – ₹40,160
4. NotSoRegee – ₹32,560
5. BoomTheBlunt1 – ₹25,760
6. Shrikant ‘baphomate’ Sanjay Pradhan – ₹19,560
7. Mahima ‘mambojojo’ Walia Das – ₹14,280
8. Hari ‘akhanda’ Jonnalagadda – ₹10,440

ITM #60 Hyper 6-Max – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in- ₹990

Entries – 208

Re-entries – 57

Re-buys – 126

Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 39

The Daily Value Boost winner from March 24, Bharat ‘MirchiSeth’ Vasan (opted-out from tracking), overcame the 391-entry field (208 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹4 Lakhs GTD ITM #60 Hyper 6-Max, winning the 3 PM tournament for ₹80,200.

Karan ‘kk1305’ Walia scored ₹53,320 for his runner-up finish.

Vasan also bagged up the bronze medal in PokerBaazi NPS #28 #SPRINT (3rd for ₹80,659), netting at least ₹1.61 Lakhs yesterday. This was also his third podium finish in the ongoing series after deep runs in NPS #28 SPRINT (3rd for ₹1.95 Lakhs) and NPS#7 Megadive (2nd for ₹2.16 Lakhs).

NPS#29 SundaySmash winner Sachin ‘brownguy26’ Raj (3rd for ₹39,000), and last month`s Destiny 26.0 champion Amit ‘Kavipri 2.0’ Gehani (5th for ₹24,680) also FT-ed ITM #60 Hyper 6-Max.

The ₹990 entry buy-in tournament registered ₹48,100 in overlays, and 39 players scored a payday.

Final Table Results

1. Bharat ‘MirchiSeth’ Vasan – ₹80,200
2. Karan ‘kk1305’ Walia – ₹53,320
3. Sachin ‘brownguy26’ Raj – ₹39,000
4. ba12@ – ₹31,480
5. Amit ‘Kavipri 2.0’ Gehani – ₹24,680
6. Pokertard – ₹18,680

ITM #62 Turbo – ₹3 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 163

Re-entries – 28

Re-buys – 132

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 27

Sunday’s Mega Suits champion, Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma, went on a back-to-back tournament-winning mission! The MTT phenom ransacked a 323-strong field (163 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹3 Lakhs GTD ITM #62 Turbo to win ₹66,450 – his second ITM title. Arunav ‘arcadiaaa’ Mittal collected ₹44,850 in second place.

Sharma brought his A-game to the online grind yesterday, making three final table finishes (including the ITM win), netting ₹1.43 Lakhs on the back of four deep runs, which include:

> 1st in SpartanPoker’s ITM #62 Turbo for ₹66,450

> 4th in SpartanPoker’s ITM #65 Hyper for ₹42,017

> 6th in PokerStars India’s Eliminator [8-Max] for ₹25,917

> 46th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#31 SPRINT for ₹8,913

Vaibhav Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.45 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.92 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #6 | Annual Winnings: ₹84.16 Lakhs

Dhaval ‘optionseller’ Heda (3rd for ₹30,870), Abhinav ‘Enthusiasticholmes’ Nath (4th for ₹25,170), Lionel ‘NEVERGIVEUP.’ Mathayas (6th for ₹15,420), Arpan ‘Cadis Etrama Di Raizel’ Majhi (7th for ₹11,220), and Kashish ‘Charmender’ Sachdev (8th for ₹8,130) also FT-ed ITM #62 Turbo.

The ₹990 entry buy-in tournament registered ₹9,300 in overlays, and the top 27 finishers got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma – ₹66,450
2. Arunav ‘arcadiaaa’ Mittal – ₹44,850
3. Dhaval ‘optionseller’ Heda – ₹30,870
4. Abhinav ‘Enthusiasticholmes’ Nath – ₹25,170
5. shyhyena – ₹20,070
6. Lionel ‘NEVERGIVEUP.’ Mathayas – ₹15,420
7. Arpan ‘Cadis Etrama Di Raizel’ Majhi – ₹11,220
8. Kashish ‘Charmender’ Sachdev – ₹8,130

India Turbo Masters 3.0 Leaderboard Standings After Day 9

After taking an early lead on the ITM leaderboard, the rankings of Mahima ‘mamojojo’ Walia Das` (6,229 points) had slipped in the last few days. After cashing four ITM tournaments yesterday, she reinstated herself in the top spot, sending site user ‘zmxncbv’ (5,719 points) (anonymity requested) down to #2. Parag ‘persie’ Shah (5,408 points) retained his #3 position.

‘hadlee’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up- Triple Chance for ₹22,864) and Nachiket ‘KnowsBleed’ Jha (Won ₹50K GTD Centurion for ₹11,075) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

Pocket52

Pocket Jacks – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,800

Entries – 136

Re-entries – 102

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 38

Pocket52 user ‘vinay3’ overcame the 238-player field in the poker network`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, taking down the Monday marquee for ₹92,500 after defeating the user ‘king123_dM28XHzsYC’ (2nd for ₹65,000) heads-up!

Final Table Results

1. vinay3 – ₹92,500
2. king123_dM28XHzsYC – ₹65,000
3. karthik_TNqWYdnFr9 – ₹45,000
4. Devilfish1 – ₹35,000
5. user1612879970 – ₹25,000
6. open_ardinghelli152_24626674 – ₹20,000

‘coastal_magnezone_6986666’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹31,500), ‘Sourav8348’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Soda for ₹26,250), Mayank ‘MasterDevil’ Shekhar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹21,000), and ‘LALBABU1’ (Won the ₹75K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹17,250) won the other Pocket52 marquees.

PokerSaint

Amethyst – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,500

Entries – 102

Re-entries – 98

Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 35

PokerSaint’s Monday attraction, ₹4 Lakhs GTD Amethyst, saw the user ‘Akka4551’ topping the 200-entry field (102 unique) to win ₹75,435. ‘Blackadam1988’ placed runner-up for ₹55,601.

Final Table Results

1. Akka4551 – ₹75,435
2. Blackadam1988 – ₹55,601
3. Nitharpgi1992 – ₹40,982
4. bhallaldev – ₹30,207
5. AllGunsBlazing – ₹22,265
6. JeevanJuwaaHai – ₹16,411
7. samrakwal – ₹13,215
8. 9999lifetime – ₹10,642

PokerStars India

Eliminator [8-Max] – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 101

Re-entries – 72

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,03,126

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,96,874

Total Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 17

PokerStars India reg Piyush ‘anCap_78’ Ravi, after placing third in Saturday’s Royal Rumble PKO, covered the distance in the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Eliminator [8-Max] last night. He shattered the 173-player field in the 8 PM marquee, banking ₹92,857 (₹56,082 in bounties) – his best score of the year.

Piyush Ravi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹68.65 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹7.57 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #6

Saturday’s Royal Rumble PKO runner-up finisher Vaibhav ‘vaibsss’ Bhatia (opted out of our tracking) fell short of the finish line yet again, picking up ₹41,078 (₹4,303 in bounties) in second place. Bhatia also FT-ed Spartan Poker’s ITM #65 Hyper (6th for ₹25,819), raking in at least ₹66,897 across his Monday run.

Utkarsh ‘Irraiseerr’ Somaaieyaa (3rd for ₹46,259) (₹20,733 in bounties), Gopal ‘MrBigSlick139’ Bajaj (4th for ₹29,068) (₹8,962 in bounties), Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar (5th for ₹17,615) (₹1,778 in bounties), ITM #62 Turbo winner Vaibhav ‘GTO_LIFE_GG’ Sharma (6th for ₹25,917) (₹13,443 in bounties) and Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (9th for ₹7,697) (₹1,423 in bounties) were other regs on the Eliminator final table.

The ₹2,500 entry buy-in tournament registered a marginal ₹6,252 in overlays, and 17 players crossed the money line.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Piyush ‘anCap_78’ Ravi – ₹92,857
2. Vaibhav ‘vaibsss’ Bhatia – ₹41,078
3. Utkarsh ‘Irraiseerr’ Somaaieyaa – ₹46,259
4. Gopal ‘MrBigSlick139’ Bajaj – ₹29,068
5. Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar – ₹17,615
6. Vaibhav ‘GTO_LIFE_GG’ Sharma – ₹25,917
7. Donkeshwar – ₹15,018
8. YKARKI2147 – ₹12,007
9. Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹7,697

‘IamLimitless01’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹31,023), Rahul ‘andarkiaag’ Thakur (Won ₹50K Bounty Adrenaline 6-Max for ₹17,569) and ‘Ajay67776’ (Won ₹50K Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹11,603) won the other PokerStars India marquees.

Adda52

Iron Man – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,400

Entries – 228

Re-entries – 201

Prize Pool – ₹9,43,800

Places Paid – 43

The scoring machine Neeraj ‘NeeruNJ’ Sattawat pulled out his first title victory in over three weeks last night by marching past the 429-strong field (228 unique) in Adda52’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD Iron Man, winning the Monday flagship for the first time for ₹2,34,062.

ITM #56 Sunday Supersonic winner from the day before, Deepankur ‘dp178’ Gupta (opted out of tracking), almost went back-to-back, scoring ₹1,41,570 in second place.

Sattawat made another three deep runs yesterday, accumulating ₹2.84 Lakhs overall. His Monday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Iron Man for ₹2,34,062

> 14th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#34 Slamdunk for ₹24,464

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#33 (5-Max) Hyper Sprint for ₹18,597

> 55th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#30 (4-Max) Hyper Sprint for ₹6,453

Neeraj Sattawat’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.57 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹51.40 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4

Deepankur Gupta added at least ₹1.58 Lakhs across two deep runs, which include:

> 2nd in Adda52’s Iron Man for ₹1,41,570

> 19th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #63 Monday Supersonic for ₹16,130

Sameer ‘underscore’ Agarwal posted ₹96,072 on his Monday tally from five deep runs, which include:

> 4th in Adda52’s Iron Man for ₹75,504

> 147th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#32 Monday Medley for ₹7,686

> 68th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#34 Slamdunk for ₹6,672

> 29th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #65 Hyper for ₹4,646

> 183rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#33 (5-Max) Hyper Sprint for ₹1,567

Sameer Agarwal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹23.93 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.22 Lakhs

The ever-consistent Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra put up ₹87,084 on his Monday tally from four deep runs, which include:

> 5th in Adda52’s Iron Man for ₹49,078

> 20th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#34 Slamdunk for ₹22,240

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #65 Hyper for ₹13,781

> 116th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#33 (5-Max) Hyper Sprint for ₹1,985

Karan Malhotra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.91 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹84.28 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #5

Last week`s Godfather champion Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta (3rd for ₹99,099) (opted out of tracking) also FT-ed Iron Man.

The ₹2,400 entry buy-in tournament dished out almost ₹9.44 Lakhs in prize money to the top 43 finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Neeraj ‘NeeruNJ’ Sattawat – ₹2,34,062
2. Deepankur ‘dp178’ Gupta – ₹1,41,570
3. Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta – ₹99,099
4. Sameer ‘underscore’ Agarwal – ₹75,504
5. Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra – ₹49,078
6. rj147 – ₹33,033

‘rpadeveloper’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Voyager for ₹58,243), ‘Valle’ (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹32,940), ‘proff_z4’ (Won ₹80K GTD Iron Man Lite for ₹13,426), ‘Bluffminister’ (Won ₹50K GTD Morning Adda for ₹12,260), ‘Samimeel’ (Won ₹30K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹11,056) won the other Adda52 marquees.

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