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The Friday online MTT action was as busy as it usually gets, serving as the perfect precursor to what can be expected in the upcoming weekend.
Amrit Mishra turned out to be the MVP of the day as he sattied his way into a title win in Adda52’s BTH Highroller for a personal-best ₹8.91 Lakhs, while Thursday’s top winner Aayush Arya, placed second for ₹5.61 Lakhs.
Another breakout performer was the Thursday High Roller champ, Raghav Singh Chauhan who picked up a flagship title for the second day in a row! Chauhan championed Spartan Poker’s The Elite for ₹6.22 Lakhs up top, with Dhirendra Kumar finishing runner-up for ₹4.14 Lakhs.
Young Gun Sahil Chutani came out trumps in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller and earned a paycheck of ₹4.56 Lakhs after defeating Rahul Singhroha (runner-up for ₹3.19 Lakhs) in the heads-up match.
Day 2 of MPL Poker’s IPF saw Ashwin Vijay taking home the IPF #2 title and the ₹4.45 Lakhs up top. PokerGuru Ambassador Ashutosh Balodhi placed runner-up for ₹3.10 Lakhs.
Young Gun Anmol Mehta, raced past the competition in PokerStars India’s Super Highroller for ₹3.11 Lakhs – his second time winning this tournament!
Saurabh Jain, Himanshu Arora, Anurag Srivastava, Millind Satam, Rudramani Pokhrel, Shashank Mehrotra, Akshit Madan, Ayush Goyal, and Swapnil Patil championed the other Friday marquees!
Here are the Friday highlights!
Spartan Poker
The Elite (6-Max) (IOPC Bubble) – ₹28 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 144
Re-entries – 61
Rebuys – 76
Prize Pool – ₹28,10,000
Places Paid – 27
The Thursday High Roller champ, Raghav ‘sariyaa’ Singh Chauhan went the distance for the second day in a row in a Spartan Poker flagship and took down the ₹28 Lakhs GTD The Elite. Chauhan took home ₹6.22 Lakhs up top, with Dhirendra ‘BustedFish’ Kumar placing runner-up for ₹4.14 Lakhs.
Raghav Singh Chauhan’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹42.58 Lakhs | Site Profit: ₹20.46 Lakhs
Young Gun Anuj ‘tittooTauji’ Yadav money-bubbled the event and received a free ticket to the upcoming IOPC #13 Friday Spotlight.
The ₹11,000 buy-in MTT managed to break even after logging in 281 entrants. The 9:30 PM tourney ended at 4:37 AM and the top 27 places boarded the money bus.
Final Table Results
Futuristic (IOPC FT) – ₹8.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹880
Entries – 566 (331)
Rebuys – 296
Prize Pool – ₹8,50,000
Places Paid – 79
The ₹8.50 Lakhs GTD Futuristic (IOPC FT) was taken down by Saurabh ‘Beast555’ Jain who took away ₹1.48 Lakhs in cash prize following a heads-up deal with ‘aishni12’ (runner-up for ₹1.17 Lakhs). ‘suminus’ placed third and netted ₹73,270 in prize money.
The top three finishers of the event received a free ticket to the IOPC #1 Launch Party.
The ₹880 buy-in MTT faced an overlay deficit of ₹1.60 Lakhs on the back of 862 participants, and the top 79 places got paid.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
Akshit ‘alwaysgud’ Madan (Won Monster Stack ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹47,616), ‘surefire’ (Won Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD for ₹41,714), ‘khela hobe’ (Won Sundowner ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD for ₹40,688), Paras ‘Jhukega nahi $ala’ Jain (Won Ultimate 6 card PLO ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹25,077), ‘iamthebestest’ (Won Chip Up ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹17,650), ‘Maverick009’ (Won Centurion ₹50K GTD for ₹10,575), ‘rupeshsah56’ (Won Energise ₹30K GTD for ₹8,539), ‘krishver’ (Won Epic – Multi Entry ₹30K GTD for ₹8,703), ‘Born Gamer’ (Won Epic – 6 card PLO ₹22K GTD for ₹7,308), won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
MPL Poker
IPF #2 – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹4,400
Entries – 239
Re-entries – 125
Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000
Places Paid – 55
Ashwin ‘JohnWick99’ Vijay emerged victorious in MPL Poker’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD IPF #2, walking away with ₹4.45 Lakhs in top prize. PokerGuru Ambassador Ashutosh ’83*****397′ Balodhi finished runner-up for ₹3.10 Lakhs while Rajiv ‘loser888’ Kumar placed third and netted ₹1.95 Lakhs.
The ₹4,400 buy-in MTT clocked in 489 challengers to leave an overlay of ₹44,000, and the top 55 places got paid.
Final Table Results
PokerBaazi
The Weekly HighRoller – ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 110
Re-entries – 79
Prize Pool – ₹18,90,000
Places Paid – 24
Young Gun Sahil ‘bluffme19’ Chutani raced past 189 entries in the ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller to claim the lion’s share of the ₹18.90 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹4.56 Lakhs.
Sahil Chutani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.84 Crores | Lifetime Profit: ₹2.49 Crores
Rahul ‘witcher3293’ Singhroha finished runner-up and pocketed ₹3.86 Lakhs in cumulative winnings that includes:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹3,19,977
> 12th in Adda52’s BTH High Roller for ₹65,992
Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra netted ₹2.90 Lakhs on the back of two deep runs. His ITM finishes include:
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹2,05,632
> 5th in PokerStars India’s Super Highroller (On-time Rake Refund) for ₹83,799
Final Table Results
(7 Max) SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 265
Re-entries – 223
Prize Pool – ₹7,32,000
Places Paid – 63
The ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7 Max) SPRINT gathered 488 entries, posting a guarantee-smashing ₹7.32 Lakhs prize pool. ‘happyfish’ (anonymity requested) took down the event for ₹1.42 Lakhs, while ‘harshsrt’ came in second for ₹99,698.
‘happyfish’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.16 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.18 Crores
Final Table Results
Weekly PLO-5 HighRoller – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 61
Re-entries – 57
Prize Pool – ₹5,90,000
Places Paid – 15
Himanshu ‘pokerbrat7’ Arora took down the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Weekly PLO-5 HighRoller for ₹1.19 Lakhs, following a three-way chop with Sumanth ‘sp175’ Kumar (2nd for ₹1.14 Lakhs) and Taliwabang ‘Meverick’ Jamir (3rd for ₹1.05 Lakhs).
Himanshu Arora also placed 37th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹3,806, netting ₹1.23 Lakhs collectively. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.38 Crores | Lifetime Profit: ₹91.23 Lakhs
Final Table Results
*denotes a three-way deal
Millind ‘ulimpiraise’ Satam (Won Holdem BOOST ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹72,900), Shashank ‘shashank171992’ Mehrotra (Won Afternoon Boost ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹68,350), Vinay ‘keechad’ Verma (Won Daily Boost ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹63,840), ‘kv2210’ (Won Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹51,070), ‘alpacino0029’ (Won Hyper Sprint ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹43,080), Aman ‘stardust’ Roy (Won Evening SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹31,930), Akhilesh ‘Aone1’ Gautam (Won Daily Afternoon SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹29,460), ‘gamblerakhil’ (Won SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹27,540), Kunal ‘symbolicchamp’ Agrawal (Won Daily Morning SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹25,640), and ‘sandy303’ (Won 5-max Daily ₹50K GTD for ₹10,270) shipped the other Friday flagships on PokerBaazi.
PokerStars India
Super Highroller (On-time Rake Refund) ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹12,500
Entries – 33
Re-entries – 28
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 7
The former PPL Highroller champion, Young Gun Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta, overcame the 61-player field to capture PokerStars India’s Super Highroller for ₹3.11 Lakhs – his second time winning this tournament! ‘ShoveAnyTurn’ finished one spot behind Mehta to bank ₹2.24 Lakhs.
Mehta also cashed PokerBaazi’s SPRINT, where he placed 52nd for ₹3,221, banking over ₹3.13 Lakhs on Friday.
Anmol Mehta’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.45 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.12 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: 7
The tournament had a slightly delayed start at 8.06 PM, and the brand had to fill in an overlay shortfall of ₹3.07 Lakhs. The play culminated at 2 AM, and the top seven spots got paid.
Final Table Results
Uppercut Mini ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,375
Entries – 86
Re-entries – 54
Prize Pool – ₹1,75,000
Places Paid – 14
Ayush ‘ayushgoyal’ Goyal came out on the top of a 140-strong entry field to win PokerStars India’s Uppercut Mini for ₹37,709 (includes ₹21,602 in bounties). Gopal ‘MrBigSlick139’ Bajaj picked the runner-up score of ₹24,721 (includes ₹7,988 in bounties).
The tournament exactly met the posted guarantee of ₹1.75 Lakhs, and the top 14 spots earned a cut from the prize pool.
Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)
Swapnil ‘pokpom1’ Patil (Won Ultrasonic ₹1 Lakhs GTD for ₹23,995), ‘killeerbeee’ (Won Afternoon on Stars ₹50K GTD for ₹14,730), Nikhil ‘INDslayer’ Kashyap (Won Deepstack ₹50K GTD for ₹11,706) and ‘Allinbugga’ (Won Primetime rind ₹50K GTD for ₹11,522) were others who won the Friday titles on PokerStars India.
Adda52
BTH Highroller – ₹30 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹25,000
Entries – 100
Re-entries – 46
Prize Pool – ₹32,99,600
Places Paid – 15
Amrit ‘amrit1111’ Mishra converted a ₹2,500 buy-in satellite victory to outran the 146-entry field in the ₹30 Lakhs GTD BTH Highroller for a career-best ₹8.91 Lakhs. Thursday’s top winner Aayush ‘aayusharya’ Arya, settled for a runner-up payday worth ₹5.61 Lakhs.
Amrit Mishra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹54.56 Lakhs| Lifetime Profits: ₹19.47 Lakhs |Annual Winnings: ₹26.03 Lakhs | Titles won in 2022: #3
The ₹25,000 buy-in saw the top 15 places walking away with a share from the ₹33 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
BTH Stack Up – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 125
Re-entries – 95
Prize Pool – ₹4,40,000
Places Paid – 24
The Thursday High Roller runner-up Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava did one better on Friday as he came out on top in the ₹4 Lakhs GTD BTH Stack Up for ₹1.21 Lakhs. Adda52 user ‘BCG’ collected ₹70,400 in second place.
Anurag Srivastava also placed 17th in The Weekly HighRoller for ₹23,247, collectively winning ₹1.44 Lakhs. These scores also helped him become the 34th player on our tracked database to cross the “₹1 Crore” milestone in annual winnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.61 Crores| Lifetime Profits: ₹2.35 Crores |Annual Winnings: ₹1.01 Crores | Titles won in 2022: #14
The ₹2,200 buy-in MTT collected 4.40 Lakhs in the prize pool on the back of 220 registrations.
Final Table Results
BTH Main Event ₹1 Crore GTD – Day 1A
Buy-in – ₹7,500
Entries – 129
Re-entries – 57
Survivors – 22
The ₹1 Crore GTD BTH Main Event kicked off yesterday, playing out its first of five starting flights.
Day 1A of the ₹7,500 buy-in event logged in 186 entries. Only 22 players were left standing after the stipulated 29 levels of play.
Mohit ‘Betoo’ Kumar Singh (286,751) emerged as the end-of-day chip leader, followed by Vijay ‘GajaniG’ Pandit (231,779) and Rahul ‘therealslowroller’ Melwani (220,228).
There are four more flights before the Day 2 Finale on Sunday, May 29 (10 PM).
Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1A
Rudramani ‘rud1478’ Pokhrel (Won BTH Ice Cube ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹70,000), Ajay ‘messironaldo007’ Dhayal (Won BTH Knockout ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹46,560), and Kashish ‘dubaisoon’ Sachdev (Won BTH Deep Stack Turbo ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹34,509) were the other title winners on Day 8 of the series.
Khelo365
Khelo365’s ₹10K GTD Sun Downer was taken down by ‘RanchiKurla99’, adding ₹4,000 to their poker bankroll.
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