Daily Majors: Aniket Waghmare Chops IOPC #14 High Roller Title With Dhinesh Kumar; Arvind Halaharvi, Sanat Mehrotra & Ashish Munot Champion the Other Friday Flagships

If the opening day of Spartan Poker’s India Online Poker Championship 14th Edition was a blockbuster one, the Day 2 turnouts were even better. With the PokerBaazi Classics running in tandem, Friday was a fantastic start to the weekend!

The first of five IOPC High Rollers, Spartan Poker’s ₹1 Crore GTD IOPC #14 High Roller, crowned a champion in IOPC crusher Aniket Waghmare! The first-ever IOPC MasterMind bagged away his sixth IOPC title, his third-best payout of ₹20.23 Lakhs, and the first of the six IOPC gold badges on offer in the series! He fired up another deep run in IOPC #13 Friday Prime (15th for ₹73,326), adding ₹20.96 Lakhs in Friday earnings.

Not to be outdone, December’s Legend Poker Series Main Event champion, Dhinesh Kumar, gave Waghmare a run for his money but eventually settled for a runner-up payday worth ₹20.07 Lakhs, courtesy of a heads-up deal. Kumar pocketed ₹20.57 Lakhs in Friday winnings.

Arvind Halaharvi came out on top in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #13 Friday Prime, winning the IOPC silver badge and the ₹11.76 Lakhs up top. Young Gun Arsh Grover missed out on the title, settling for a runner-up paycheque of ₹7.45 Lakhs (won ₹9.61 Lakhs overall), crossing ₹6 Crores in online profits!

Gopal Kumar Jha closed out his almost 21-month-long dry spell by shipping the IOPC #15 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance, clinching his maiden IOPC title for a career-best ₹4.19 Lakhs and the IOPC silver badge. Areyann Gurbaxani came second for ₹2.36 Lakhs.

Ravinder Singh (Won IOPC #16 All Rounder – Deepstack for ₹2.25 Lakhs), Nandan Pugalia (Won IOPC #10 for ₹2.10 Lakhs), Rohan Kumar (Won IOPC #12 Deepstack for ₹1.89 Lakhs), Young Gun Karan Radia (Won IOPC #11 for ₹1.22 Lakhs), and ‘chips generator’ (Won IOPC #9 for ₹1.13 Lakhs) won the other IOPC titles on Friday.

Young Gun Sanat Mehrotra picked up his third title of the year in Adda52’s The Ballers, winning the Friday title for the second time and pocketing a winner’s paycheque worth ₹6.34 Lakhs. Saurabh Arora collected ₹3.84 Lakhs in second place.

The reigning Winter Series Main Event champion Ashish Munot emerged victorious in PokerBaazi’s PBC#15 Weekly HighRoller, walking away with his second title of the year and ₹6.13 Lakhs in prize money. He chopped the PokerBaazi Classics headliner heads-up with his good friend and former mentor, WSOP bracelet winner Kartik Ved (2nd for ₹6.08 Lakhs) (won ₹6.35 Lakhs overall).

Debneil Mukherjee was the last player standing in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash, taking home ₹2.40 Lakhs in first-place prize money. ‘theoldestkid’ (anonymity requested) collected the runner-up payday of ₹1.29 Lakhs.

Kishor Bhanushali, Clinton Tavares, Sandeep Varma RS, Raghav Ananth, Rahul Lillaney, and Rahul Thakur shipped the other Friday majors.

Here are the Friday highlights!

Spartan Poker

IOPC #14 High Roller (6-Max) – ₹1 Crore GTD

Buy-in – ₹55,000

Entries – 107

Re-entries – 41

Rebuys – 46

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,00,000

Places Paid – 20

Aniket ‘TakingSouls’ Waghmare has a terrific track record at the IOPC – his top two career finishes have come in past editions of the series! And the first IOPC MasterMind got his third top score yesterday after crushing a 195-entry field (107 unique) in the first eight-figure GTD tournament at IOPC 14.0, Spartan Poker’s ₹1 Crore GTD IOPC #14 High Roller, picking up his sixth career IOPC title, the first-ever IOPC gold badge, and ₹20.23 Lakhs in prize money.

If that was not enough, the two-time The Millionaire champion, Waghmare, also ITM-ed the other IOPC headliner last night, IOPC #13 Friday Prime (15th for ₹73,326), and booked a Day 2 seat in IOPC Blaze, posting ₹20.96 Lakhs in Friday earnings.

Aniket Waghmare’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.85 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.29 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | IOPC Titles Won: #6

Last month’s Legend Poker Series Main Event champion, Dhinesh ‘kendralust’ Kumar, chasing his maiden IOPC title, pocketed ₹20.07 Lakhs in second place (his third-best online score) courtesy of a heads-up deal. He fired another two deep runs and made Day 2 in IOPC Blaze, adding ₹20.57 Lakhs overall.

Dhinesh Kumar’s Friday finishes include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #14 High Roller for ₹20,07,254* (heads-up deal)

> 34th in PokerBaazi’s PBC#15 Weekly HighRoller for ₹32,325

> 29th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹17,759

Dhinesh Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.64 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.63 Crores

The IOPC #5 Thursday Prime runner-up, Parag ‘Persie’ Shah, added ₹10.96 Lakhs in Friday earnings on the back of four deep runs, with his biggest score coming in the IOPC #14 High Roller (3rd for ₹10.75 Lakhs).

Parag Shah`s online stats (Spartan Poker and PokerBaazi): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.76 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹15.57 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | Ranked #3 in the IOPC January 2023 Leaderboard Standings

Final Table Results

1. Aniket ‘TakingSouls’ Waghmare – ₹20,22,746*
2. Dhinesh ‘kendralust’ Kumar – ₹20,07,254*
3. Parag ‘Persie’ Shah – ₹10,75,000
4. Omicron – ₹8,88,000
5. Rohit ‘soulcrusher’ Mittal – ₹6,91,505
6. TheDevilsHand – ₹5,59,000

*denotes a heads-up deal

IOPC #13 Friday Prime – ₹55 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 310

Re-entries – 75

Rebuys – 201

Prize Pool – ₹60,60,000

Places Paid – 55

Arvind ‘MysteriousWays’ Halaharvi was one of four players to land a seven-figure score yesterday. He worked his way around a guarantee-crushing 606-player field (310 unique) in the day`s second IOPC headliner, Spartan Poker’s ₹55 Lakhs GTD IOPC #13 Friday Prime, to win ₹11.76 Lakhs and the IOPC silver badge.

One of the top poker pros in the country, Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover, has been eyeing a title victory since November. However, despite his valiant efforts, Grover lost the Friday Prime title heads-up, raking in ₹7.45 Lakhs in second place.

The #4 ranked player of 2022, Grover, accumulated almost ₹9.61 Lakhs across his scintillating Friday run, crossing ₹6 Crores in online profits! His Friday finishes include:

> 2nd in SpartanPoker’s IOPC #13 Friday Prime for ₹7,45,380

> 11th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #14 High Roller for ₹1,78,505

> 25th in PokerBaazi’s PBC#15 Weekly HighRoller for ₹34,480

> Won ₹2,500 in bounties in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash

Arsh Grover’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.09 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹6.03 Crores | IOPC Titles Won: #2 | Finished #4 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Thursday’s Godfather champion, Young Gun Aayush ‘Eureka226’ Arya, added a mouth-watering ₹9.58 Lakhs to his bankroll through two deep runs, which include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #13 Friday Prime for ₹5,38,734

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #14 High Roller for ₹4,19,000

Aayush Arya’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.34 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.74 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | Finished #9 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Young Gun Shardul ‘fish2022’ Parthasarathi bagged nine scores, bringing in ₹5.12 Lakhs in Friday winnings, and made his deepest run last night in IOPC #13 Friday Prime (4th for ₹4.36 Lakhs).

Shardul Parthasarathi`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.58 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.67 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Utkarsh ‘Pokeriist’ Somaaieyaa converted a ₹880 satellite buy-in into a hefty ₹3.45 Lakhs payday by finishing fifth in IOPC #13 Friday Prime. He made another three deep runs, rallying up ₹3.64 Lakhs in Friday earnings.

Utkarsh Somaaieyaa’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹91.54 Lakhs | LIfetime Profits: ₹3.96 Lakhs

Final Table Results

1. Arvind ‘MysteriousWays’ Halaharvi – ₹11,75,640
2. Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover – ₹7,38,896
3. Aayush ‘Eureka226’ Arya – ₹5,38,734
4. Shardul ‘fish2022’ Parthasarathi – ₹4,35,714
5. Utkarsh ‘Pokeriist’ Somaaieyaa – ₹3,44,814
6. Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara – ₹2,58,944
7. Siddhanth ‘PluRibu$’ Kripalani – ₹1,97,556
8. Chirag ‘chiruji’ Khanduja – ₹1,43,016

IOPC #15 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 1556 (902)

Rebuys – 1106

Prize Pool – ₹23,95,800

Places Paid – 231

The IOPC #1 Launch Party finalist, Gopal ‘pokkersstar’ Kumar Jha, might have slipped up his chance at clinching his maiden IOPC title in the IOPC 14.0 series-opener. But he earned his dues last night by powering through a vast 2,662-entry field (902 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD IOPC #15 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance, winning the IOPC silver badge and a career-best ₹4.19 Lakhs, while climbing to #4 in the IOPC leaderboard rankings.

Jha went heads-to-head with rising poker talent Areyann ‘TheManiacInTheCircuit’ Gurbaxani, besting the latter to end an almost 21-month-long dry spell. Gurbaxani took home ₹2.36 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

Gopal Kumar Jha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.86 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.17 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | Ranked #4 in the IOPC January 2023 Leaderboard Standings

Areyann Gurbaxani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹63.45 Lakhs

Wednesday’s Daily Night SPRINT, Vaibhav ‘vaibhi18’ Arora, collected ₹1.10 Lakhs in Friday winnings on the back of six ITM finishes, and his best run came in IOPC #15 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance (5th for ₹96,072).

Vaibhav Arora`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.70 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹45.54 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Prabhat ‘Hondrick’ Paliya pocketed ₹80,987 from deep runs in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #15 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance (6th for ₹76,592) and PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT (31st for ₹4,395).

Prabhat Paliya`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.70 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹34.47 Lakhs

The 2022 POY, Young Gun Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav, locked in at least ₹90,181 through two deep runs, charging to the top of the IOPC leaderboard standings.

His Friday finishes include:

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #15 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance for ₹55,701

> 28th in PokerBaazi’s PBC#15 Weekly HighRoller for ₹34,480

The 9:30 PM flagship generated a guarantee-crushing ₹23.96 Lakhs prize pool, and 231 places got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Gopal ‘pokkersstar’ Kumar Jha – ₹4,18,786
2. Areyann ‘TheManiacInTheCircuit’ Gurbaxani – ₹2,36,226
3. GKJAT – ₹1,66,508
4. Ashkon Axel – ₹1,21,707
5. Vaibhav ‘vaibhi18’ Arora – ₹96,072
6. Prabhat ‘Hondrick’ Paliya – ₹76,592
7. Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹55,701
8. MirchiSeth – ₹40,154

IOPC #16 All Rounder – Deepstack – ₹11 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 405

Re-entries – 109

Rebuys – 262

Prize Pool – ₹11,64,000

Places Paid – 71

After a Tuesday carnage that saw him winning three tournaments in one day, Ravinder ‘BROgoingPRO’ Sing returned to the winner’s circle again yesterday. This time, he parlayed a ₹385 satellite buy-in into his career-first IOPC title, clinching the IOPC silver badge in Spartan Poker’s ₹11 Lakhs GTD IOPC #16 All Rounder – Deepstack for ₹2.25 Lakhs (his fourth-best score on the site) and a seat in the ₹6 Lakhs GTD All Rounder SnG.

Singh defeated Peter ‘Sigmund’ Nazareth (2nd for ₹1.61 Lakhs) heads-up en route to clinching his fifth title of 2023 and lapped up ₹2.46 Lakhs in Friday earnings from four deep runs (and one bounty), which include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #16 All Rounder – Deepstack for ₹2,24,652

> 23rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #10 for ₹9,612

> 15th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #9 R+A for ₹6,793

> 130rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #15 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance for ₹2,921

> 15th in PokerBaazi’s Afternoon PLO-5 Boost for ₹2,129

Ravinder Singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.46 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹44.79 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #5

Last night’s The Ballers third-place finisher, Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha, pocketed ₹4.46 Lakhs across six ITM runs, including a third-place finish worth ₹1.01 Lakhs in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #16 All Rounder – Deepstack.

Arjanveer Singh Chadha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.10 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.58 Crores | Finished #3 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Dhawal ‘Stick3rz’ Lachhwani posted ₹93,202 in Friday’s earnings from deep runs in two IOPC marquees, which include:

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #16 All Rounder – Deepstack for ₹79,850

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #9 R+A for ₹13,352

Dhawal Lachhwani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹84.23 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹34.52 Lakhs

The 11 PM marquee registered 776 entries (405 unique), generating a guarantee-surpassing ₹11.64 Lakhs prize pool. The top 71 finishers crossed the money line.

Final Table Results

1. Ravinder ‘BROgoingPRO’ Singh – ₹2,24,652
2. Peter ‘Sigmund’ Nazareth – ₹1,61,237
3. Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha – ₹1,01,384
4. Dhawal ‘Stick3rz’ Lachhwani – ₹79,850
5. $uperBaba2925 – ₹62,740
6. O Monstro – ₹49,004
7. Sanket ‘BANK$Y’ Arora – ₹36,899
8. Sanket ‘Sanket1402’ Rajput – ₹25,724

IOPC #10 – ₹8.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 312

Re-entries – 88

Rebuys – 320

Prize Pool – ₹10,80,000

Places Paid – 55

The Friday grind brought a lot of firsts for Nandan ‘RageMonster’ Pugalia, who not only won his first title of the year but also his first-ever IOPC title after topping the 720-player field (312 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹8.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #10, bagging away the IOPC silver badge and ₹2.10 Lakhs! Ashwin ‘A116’ Vijay finished one spot behind Pugalia for ₹1.33 Lakhs.

Pugalia had his best day yet on the domestic felts yesterday, as he ITM-ed six events, collectively banking ₹2.56 Lakhs.

His top Friday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #10 for ₹2,09,520

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for ₹31,428

Nandan Pugalia’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹56.87 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹15.13 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Pranav ‘R_U_SUAR’ Khandalkar made away with ₹84,959 on the back of five deep runs. His top finishes include:

> 6th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #10 for ₹47,304

> 10th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹24,133

Pranav Khandalkar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.43 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹87.14 Lakhs

Rudramani ‘rud1478’ Pokhrel (3rd for ₹96,012), Ramesh ‘Flimflam’ Tripathi (4th for ₹77,652), and Shreepad ‘SansuS’ Sansare (8th for ₹25,488) were others who FT-ed the 3 PM IOPC #10.

Final Table Results

1. Nandan ‘RageMonster’ Pugalia – ₹2,09,520
2. Ashwin ‘A116’ Vijay – ₹1,32,840
3. Rudramani ‘rud1478’ Pokhrel – ₹96,012
4. Ramesh ‘Flimflam’ Tripathi – ₹77,652
5. p@tience7744 – ₹61,452
6. Pranav ‘R_U_SUAR’ Khandalkar – ₹47,304
7. GoldGrinding – ₹35,208
8. Shreepad ‘SansuS’ Sansare – ₹25,488

IOPC #12 Deepstack – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 493

Re-entries – 109

Rebuys – 384

Prize Pool – ₹9,86,000

Places Paid – 87

Last week’s Money Heist champion, Rohan ‘conquerorbhaiya’ Kumar, got his first taste of IOPC success yesterday! He trampled over the 986-player field (493 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD IOPC #12 Deepstack to win the IOPC silver badge and the ₹1.89 Lakhs up top. Anand ‘$treet$mart’ Babu Pallikona finished runner-up for ₹1.17 Lakhs.

Rohan Kumar added ₹2.02 Lakhs to his Spartan Poker wallet yesterday after making deep runs in three IOPC marquees, as follows:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #12 Deepstack for ₹1,88,819

> 21st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #16 All Rounder Deepstack for ₹8,846

> 100th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #15 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance for ₹4,025

Rohan Kumar’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹9.78 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹2.88 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

The ₹1,100 entry buy-in IOPC #12 Deepstack paid out the top 87 finishers a share from the ₹9.86 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Rohan ‘conquerorbhaiya’ Kumar – ₹1,88,819
2. Anand ‘$treet$mart’ Babu Pallikona – ₹1,17,531
3. Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta – ₹84,105
4. Joker144 – ₹65,076
5. BiggBuLlll – ₹51,272
6. Sameer ‘Hakuna matata’ Sharma – ₹40,130
7. Laksh ‘b00mTilt23’ Pal Singh – ₹29,679
8. Saransh ‘TerrorGandhi$’ Garg – ₹20,410

IOPC #11 – ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 362

Re-entries – 89

Re-buys – 343

Prize Pool – ₹6,35,200

Places Paid – 63

After maintaining an average of winning at least one tournament each week throughout 2022, the Delhi-based MTT crusher Karan ‘Majestic’ Radia is on track to repeat the same this year!

Shipping a marquee tournament for the second day in a row, Radia took down Spartan Poker’s ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #11 for ₹1.22 Lakhs and the IOPC silver badge (his fifth IOPC title since 2022). Making a close finish for the second day in a row, Kovid ‘Fzzfzz’ Saraswat collected ₹77,494 for a second-place finish.

Saraswat pocketed ₹87,464 last night from two deep runs, which include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #11 for ₹77,494

> 11th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹9,970

Kovid Saraswat’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.35 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹20.92 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The ₹880 entry buy-in IOPC #11 logged in 794 entries to create a guarantee-smashing ₹6.35 Lakhs prize pool, and 63 places got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Karan ‘Majestic’ Radia – ₹1,22,090
2. Kovid ‘Fzzfzz’ Saraswat – ₹77,494
3. Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma – ₹55,580
4. Somesh ‘JackNotMa’ Patel – ₹43,388
5. mikeamiri – ₹34,618
6. Kidwithin12 – ₹27,123
7. Samay ‘Limitless’ Singh Modi – ₹20,390
8. Arithmo – ₹14,483

IOPC #9 – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹660

Entries – 429

Rebuys – 432

Add-ons – 115

Prize Pool – ₹5,85,000

Places Paid – 63

Spartan Poker user ‘chips generator’ came out trumps over the 976-player field in the first IOPC marquee on Friday, ₹5 Lakhs GTD IOPC #9, winning the 1 PM tourney for ₹1.13 Lakhs and the IOPC silver badge. ‘YourLastNightmare’ collected ₹71,443 in second place.

chip generator’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.56 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹74,849 | Titles Won: #2

Dhawal ‘Stick3rz’ Lachhwani added ₹93,202 to his online tally from two deep runs in IOPC marquees, which include:

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #16 All Rounder Deepstack for ₹79,850

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #9 for ₹13,352

Dhawal Lachhwani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹83.43 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹34.51 Lakhs

Final Table Results

1. chips generator – ₹1,13,255
2. YourLastNightmare – ₹71,443
3. Ishaan ‘ip007’ Pandya – ₹51,240
4. Jisan1234 – ₹40,699
5. thekid2003 – ₹31,915
6. Shahid3660 – ₹25,005
7. The Basilisk – ₹18,798
8. Dhawal ‘Stick3rz’ Lachhwani – ₹13,352

₹2 Crores GTD IOPC – Blaze – Day 1B

Day 1B: Entries – 209 | Re-entries – 46 | Rebuys – 132| Survivors – 48 | Chip Leader – ‘Bonnie_’ (287,582)

Combined: Entries – 437 | Re-entries – 98 |Rebuys – 258 | Survivors – 96 | Overall Chip Leader – Bhanu ‘MafiaGaming’ Prakash KC (340,558)

₹30 Lakhs GTD IOPC – D’Lite – Day 1C and 1D

> Day 1C: Entries – 243 | Re-entries – 35 |Rebuys – 201| Survivors – 43 | Chip Leader – Ashwani ‘ashwani0007’ Kumar (248,201)

> Day 1D: Entries – 301 | Re-entries – 55 | Rebuys – 190 | Survivors – 55 | Chip Leader – Dhaval ‘mahakal07’ Solanki (226,955)

> Combined: Entries – 1,186 | Re-entries – 176 | Rebuys – 870| Survivors – 197 | Overall Chip Leader – Dipin ‘dk1841’ Tamang (387,559)

IOPC January 2023 Leaderboard Standings After Day 2

Following intense tournament action on Day 2 of the IOPC that crowned eight winners, Young Gun Anuj Yadav (2,686 points) climbed two rungs to take up the top spot in the ₹1.50 Crores GTD IOPC leaderboard rankings. Yadav most notably finished seventh in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #15 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance for ₹55,701.

Sitting at #2 in the standings in ‘p@tience7744’ (2,532 points), who posted four deep runs across Friday’s IOPC events, headlined by a fifth-place finish in IOPC #10 worth ₹59,914.

The IOPC #5 Thursday Prime runner-up finisher Parag Shah (2,532 points) continued his hot run in the ongoing series! He fired up an impressive third-place finish in the IOPC #13 High Roller worth a whopping ₹10.80 Lakhs. Still, with Yadav charging ahead, Shah slipped to #3 in the standings.

Rahul ‘Thakur615’ Thakur (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Holdem PKO for ₹30,556), ‘Meghraj08’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up – Triple Chance for ₹20,050), and ‘DEEPA48’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹10,575) won the other titles on Spartan Poker.

PokerBaazi

PBC#15 Weekly HighRoller – ₹40 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 221

Re-entries – 210

Prize Pool – ₹43,10,000

Places Paid – 49

The PokerBaazi Classics headliner of the day, ₹40 Lakhs GTD PBC#15 Weekly HighRoller, played down to a clash between two titans. The reigning Winter Series – Main Event champion Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot (opted out of our tracking) scored a thumping victory over a star-studded 431-player field (221 unique) in the 8 PM flagship, bagging away his second title of the year for ₹6.13 Lakhs.

Munot’s good friend and former mentor, Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved, banked an equally impressive ₹6.08 Lakhs in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal. The WSOP bracelet winner made another ITM finish in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO] (11th for ₹27,200), collectively adding ₹6.35 Lakhs.

Kartik Ved’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.47 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.25 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | Annual Winnings: ₹19.43 Lakhs

Myron ‘priyankAAchoprAA’ Pereira (4th for ₹3 Lakhs), Chandan ‘Darkfish’ Arora (5th for ₹2.49 Lakhs), and Sparsh ‘sparsh1231’ Gupta (6th for ₹2.03 Lakhs) were others on the 6-max FT in the ₹40 Lakhs GTD PBC#15 Weekly HighRoller.

The ₹11,000 entry buy-in PBC#15 Weekly HighRoller collected a guarantee-crushing ₹43.10 Lakhs prize pool and paid out 49 places.

Final Table Results

1. Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot – ₹6,13,173*
2. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹6,07,850*
3. mamyam – ₹3,78,418
4. Myron ‘priyankAAchoprAA’ Pereira – ₹2,99,545
5. Chandan ‘Darkfish’ Arora – ₹2,49,118
6. Sparsh ‘sparsh1231’ Gupta – ₹2,03,432

*denotes a heads-up deal

(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 237

Re-entries – 157

Prize Pool – ₹13,79,000

Places Paid – 49

PokerBaazi user ‘Shivakripa,’ who has been active on the site for five months, scored their first top finish last night in the ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT. They outlasted the 394-entry field in the 9 PM headliner to collect a personal-best ₹1.97 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with ‘Thakurji3017’ (2nd for a site-best ₹1.93 Lakhs).

Shivakripa’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹4.57 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.18 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The ENDBOSS 2020 finalist, Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani, added almost ₹1.26 Lakhs in Friday earnings across three deep runs (and a bounty), which include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,21,076

> 74th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #12 Deepstack for ₹3,057

> 34th in Adda52’s The Ballers Lite for ₹1,915

Aditya Kesharwani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.68 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹72.59 Lakhs

The ₹3,850 entry buy-in (7-Max) SPRINT had 394 hopefuls vying for a share of the ₹13.79 Lakhs prize pool, and 49 players boarded the money bus.

Final Table Results

1. Shivakripa – ₹1,97,418*
2. Thakurji3017 – ₹1,93,253*
3. Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani – ₹1,21,076
4. Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee – ₹95,841
5. Praveen ‘baroozgar’ Kumar – ₹79,706
6. Advait ‘ExploitativeGTO’ Rajguru – ₹65,089
7. Ritik ‘gargritik’ Garg – ₹51,575
8. Dinesh ‘htc170209’ Kukreja – ₹39,302

*denotes a heads-up deal

PBC#14 Holdem Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 501

Re-entries – 425

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 155

The user ‘khrawkupar’ fired up quite the run on PokerBaazi yesterday, banking ₹1.38 Lakhs from two top finishes. The unknown player emerged victorious over a 926-entry field (501 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD PBC#14 Holdem Boost, walking away with a site-best ₹1.13 Lakh.

Before taking down the 7:30 PM PBC title, the eventual champion struck a three-way deal with Vishal ‘karan23’ Kumar (2nd for ₹1.08 Lakhs) and ‘snoodogg23’ (3rd for ₹1.06 Lakhs).

Earlier on Friday, ‘khrawkupar’ finished runner-up in the Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹24,835. khrawkupar’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹7.12 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹46,136 | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The cash registers went ringing for the G.O.A.T. 2022 finalist Vishal Kumar, who made away with over ₹1.55 Lakhs on PokerBaazi across four deep runs, which include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s PBC#14 Holdem Boost for ₹1,08,388* (three-way deal)

> 9th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹27,580

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s PLO-5 BOOST for ₹11,682

> 17th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹7,611

Vishal Kumar’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.31 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹66.26 Lakhs

The ₹1,100 entry buy-in PBC marquee registered a marginal ₹74,000 overlay shortfall, and the top 155 places benefitted from the value on offer.

Final Table Results

1. khrawkupar – ₹1,12,953*
2. Vishal ‘karan23’ Kumar – ₹1,08,388*
3. snoodogg23 – ₹1,06,058*
4. Shadab ‘shadab076’ Siddiqui – ₹55,000
5. Movieee – ₹38,000
6. Neeraj ‘neerunj’ Sattawat – ₹26,500
7. Daisy2307 – ₹18,900
8. tanmay1818 – ₹14,100

*denotes a three-way deal

₹2 Crores GTD PBC#13 Game Changer – Qualifier 3

Qualifier 2: Entries – 480 | Re-entries – 224 | Survivors – 78 | Chip Leader – ‘clintontavares’ (454,000)

Combined Entries – 1,421 | Combined Re-entries – 618 | Combined Survivors – 231 | Overall Chip Leader – Avish ‘Thehorse7’ Sharma (571,000)

Kishor ‘greatper’ Bhanushali (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD 7-Max Afternoon Boost for ₹94,122), Clinton ‘clintontavares’ Tavares (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD 7-Max Daily SPRINT for ₹82,866), ‘potter7676’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹54,170), ‘Jaigautam’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 BOOST for ₹45,480), ‘Marcopolo10’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹44,390), ‘udixi18’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹34,270), ‘Heisenberg02’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹32,660), ‘nash007’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Afternoon PLO Boost for ₹27,280), ‘Shankarnarayan’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 1 PM SPRINT for ₹25,609), and Shrvan ‘SSAScorpion’ Amlekar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹23,010) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

MPL Poker

Full Stack Friday – ₹1 Lakh GTD

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 439

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 100

MPL Poker user ‘fastrace3359718’ nailed the ₹1 Lakh GTD Full Stack Friday for ₹21,950, just as ‘samir_pawar’ came second for ₹12,621.

Final Table Results

1. fastrace3359718 – ₹21,949
2. samir_pawar – ₹12,621
3. lady0148030 – ₹6,804
4. livestar770412 – ₹5,487
5. aakashii06 – ₹4,390
6. rahul00980041 – ₹3,292
7. kk13qq12 – ₹2,743
8. travelblast1310 – ₹2,304

Pocket52

Pocket Queens – ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,000

Entries – 154

Re-entries – 137

Prize Pool – ₹7,50,000

Places Paid – 49

The Pocket52-hosted Friday showstopper, ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Queens, brought in 284 runners, and the user ‘molla_c4U3aQ7Fwb’ outlasted them all to grab the lion’s share of ₹1.35 Lakhs. ‘Mixon’ finished runner-up for ₹97,500.

Final Table Results

1. molla_c4U3aQ7Fwb – ₹1,35,000
2. Mixon – ₹97,500
3. fishyvishy – ₹67,500
4. enormous_cubone18_22649015 – ₹48,750
5. Sam_PEDbKBtEzK – ₹35,250
6. user1664966032 – ₹30,000

‘kashvishah’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch for ₹31,500), ‘user1646580655’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹16,500), ‘762791_BIHgkvEDGa’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Soda for ₹15,750), and ‘shyam44’ (Won ₹60K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹13,800) won the other Pocket52 marquees on Tuesday.

PokerStars India

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

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 122

Re-entries – 91

Regular Prize Pool – ₹5,32,500

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹5,32,500

Total Prize Pool – ₹10,65,000

Places Paid – 27

Debneil ‘ChhotaD0N’ Mukherjee (opted out of tracking) juggernaut his way through the 213-entry field in PokerStars India’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO], winning the site’s Friday headliner for ₹2.40 Lakhs. This week`s Wednesday High Roller champion, ‘theoldestkid’ (anonymity requested), placed second for ₹1.29 Lakhs.

The Big Bash third-place finisher, Sreekanth ‘LaganaHiToHai’ Narayan, made away with ₹2.47 Lakhs last night across two deep runs.

His Friday finishes include:

> 13th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #14 High Roller for ₹1,75,000 (entered through a ₹3,850 satellite)

> 3rd in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO] for ₹71,864

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s IOPC Blaze

Sreekanth Narayan’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.10 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.74 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2

The ₹5,500 entry buy-in The Big Bash had 213 entrants contending for a share of the ₹10.65 Lakhs prize pool, and 27 players got paid.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Debneil ‘ChhotaD0N’ Mukherjee – ₹2,40,461
2. theoldestkid – ₹1,28,546
3. Sreekanth ‘LaganaHiToHai’ Narayan – ₹71,864
4. Shagun ‘Sogani22’ Jain – ₹77,337
5. Spewushhhiiiii – ₹42,755
6. JaiKiran ‘ZEEKE777’ Kumar – ₹28,811
7. kenpachipoker – ₹41,397
8. Ashit ‘Cringing’ Sharma – ₹34,095
9. Praveen ‘pinawxd’ KR – ₹15,396

Raghav ‘scambrahm’ Ananth (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Uppercut for ₹52,099), ‘$00th$ayer’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹30,086), ‘AKKA113131’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline [6-Max] for ₹12,573), and ‘pokerlifedream’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹11,178) won the other PokerStars India marquees.

Adda52

The Ballers – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹7,500

Entries – 185

Re-entries – 187

Prize Pool – ₹25,37,000

Places Paid – 38

Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra kept his scorecard ticking with a dominating run over the 372-player field in Adda52’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Ballers, winning the Friday title for the second time for ₹6.34 Lakhs (his third title of 2023). Saurabh ‘newkidintown’ Arora collected ₹3.84 Lakhs in second place.

The IIT-IIM alumnus Mehrotra also bagged a stack from Qualifier 3 of PokerBaazi’s ₹2 Crores GTD PBC#16 Game Changer.

Sanat Mehrotra`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.71 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.82 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | Finished #11 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

The #3 finisher in the 2022 POY race, Arjanveer Singh ‘arjan30’ Chadha, rounded out ₹4.46 Lakhs in Friday winnings across six ITM finishes while advancing through Day 1C in the IOPC D’Lite.

His top Friday finishes include:

> 3rd in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹2,79,074

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #16 All Rounder Deepstack for ₹1,01,384

> 18th in PokerBaazi’s PBC#15 Weekly Highroller for ₹43,100

> 10th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #10 for ₹17,064

Arjanveer Singh Chadha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.10 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.58 Crores | Finished #3 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Long-time circuit pro Siddarth ‘badtameez_donk’ Singhvi picked up his first few scores of the year yesterday, making two deep runs worth ₹2.39 Lakhs in total.

His Friday finishes include:

> 4th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹2,02,963

> 32nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #13 Friday Prime for ₹35,754

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s IOPC Blaze

Siddarth Singhvi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.50 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.25 Crores

Final Table Results

1. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹6,34,260
2. Saurabh ‘newkidintown’ Arora – ₹3,84,362
3. Arjanveer Singh ‘arjan30’ Chadha – ₹2,79,074
4. Siddarth ‘badtameez_donk’ Singhvi – ₹2,02,963
5. Vivek ‘vivek94540’ Singh – ₹1,37,000
6. ANJ2019 – ₹95,139

Sandeep Varma ‘effuno’ RS (Won ₹4 Lakhs GTD Friday Bounty for ₹80,981), Rahul ‘zilelahi007’ Lillaney (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD The Ballers Lite for ₹39,111), ‘Copenhagen’ (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹33,077), ‘Vickymohta’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹30,620), ‘Sihan’ (Won ₹40K GTD Morning Adda for ₹10,468), and ‘ThePokerProfessor’ (Won ₹30K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹9,193) won the other Adda52 marquees.

Khelo365

Khelo365 regular ‘Loveyoudeler’ defeated ‘Comrade55’ (2nd for ₹7,500) heads-up in the ₹30K GTD Prime Time PLO to win ₹12,000.

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