Thursday delivered a firecracker lineup of tournaments, with all the flagships crushing their listed guarantees comfortably. The inaugural National Poker Series (NPS) was, once again, the star attraction of the day, and PokerBaazi had six NPS events running, and five of them played down to a winner.

PokerGuru Ambassadors had a field day posting multiple FT scores along with winning an NPS gold medal. Ankit Wadhawan was, by and far, the star performer of the day. The Chandigarh-based MTT pro championed the NPS Deepstack Championship to win ₹10.66 Lakhs and his first NPS Gold Medal. He almost won a second flagship title in Spartan Poker’s Trending Thursday, placing runner-up for ₹3.13 Lakhs. Not just that, he bagged the Day 1A chip lead in the weekend flagship, the ₹1 Crore GTD The Millionaire. Take a bow, Ankit!

PokerGuru Ambassadors indeed dominated the action, with Ashish Ahuja (runner-up for ₹7.47 Lakhs) and Naresh Veeravalli (3^rd for 4.82 Lakhs) cashing the top three payouts in the NPS DeepStack Championship.

Annant Jain took down Spartan Poker’s Trending Thursday for ₹4.71 Lakhs.

Young Gun Arsh Grover came out on top in PokerStars India’s Highroller for an impressive sixth time last night for ₹2.88 Lakhs, becoming only the third player on our tracked database to cross ₹8 Crores in lifetime online winnings.

Ashish Nailwal, Shashank Choudhary, Kunal Yadav, Aditya Kulkarni Monish Annthem, Utkarsh Vaish, Anmolraj Singh Chawla, Karan Malhotra, Varun Devayya, Srijan Batra, and Adwait Pol took down the other Thursday marquees.

Here’s a complete recap of all that transpired on the virtual felts on Thursday.

 

Spartan Poker

The National Poker Series might be making a lot of noise currently, but Spartan Poker set the tone for an action-packed weekend with its ₹1 Crore GTD The Millionaire commencing its third edition of June at 7 PM last night. Day 1A of the five-flight event registered 317 entries, and 37 survived the day`s onslaught. PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘Shippament’ Wadhawan who simply unstoppable last night. He fired two bullets on Day 1A and ended up bagging a massive 276,602 stack for Day 2 Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (254,529) and this week`s The Millionaire champion Kunal ‘kvohra’ Vohra (209,315) placed #2 and #3 on the end-of-day chip counts list.

 

Spartan Poker has been tweaking the prize pool guarantee of its Thursday headliner, the Trending Thursday, quite frequently. While the past few editions have seen the guarantee fluctuate between ₹20 Lakhs to ₹19 Lakhs, it offered a ₹25 Lakhs GTD last week. The Trending Thursday ran with a slightly reduced ₹23 Lakhs prize pool guarantee last night and registered 470 entries to collect a ₹23.50 Lakhs prize pool. In the end, it was Annant ‘Yennnefer’ Jain who shipped the event for ₹4.71 Lakhs. The NPS Deepstack Championship winner Ankit ‘Shippament’ Wadhawan missed a second title – placing runner-up for ₹3.13 Lakhs.

Annant Jain secured his second-best finish on Spartan Poker with this win. Last year in April, Jain had won ₹10 Lakhs by finishing as one of the toppers in SSS The Millionaire X5. He now boasts ₹33.06 Lakhs in lifetime online winnings.

Ankit Wadhawan went on a tear last night. He delivered a stunning performance in the reg-laden ₹50 Lakhs GTD NPS Deepstack Championship on PokerBaazi, winning ₹10.66 Lakhs and the NPS Gold Medal. Along with his runner-up finish in the Trending Thursday, Wadhawan added ₹13.79 Lakhs in Thursday winnings.

Ankit Wadhawan`s stats: Lifetime Winnings – ₹5.58 Crores | Lifetime Profits – ₹1.64 Crores| Annual Winnings – ₹1.19 Crores | Annual Profits – ₹27.96 Lakhs | Ranked #22 on the Annual Leaderboard Standings

The ₹9 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack starting at 9.30 PM, registered 483 entries, collecting a hefty ₹9.66 Lakhs prize pool. The mystery user ‘Vakeel.sahab’ came out on top to win a personal-best (on Spartan Poker) ₹1.55 Lakhs, after striking a heads-deal with Rajiv ‘BHAI HO THO AISA’ Srivastava (runner-up for ₹1.53 Lakhs).

The champion ‘Vakeel.sahab’ now has ₹13.75 Lakhs in recorded winnings on Spartan Poker (₹4.07 Lakhs in site-profits).

Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹65,819), Karan ‘Karangogi’ Malhotra (Won ₹2.1 Lakhs GTD Night Rider – DeepStack Turbo for ₹46,634), ‘Buntydon’ (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Epic for ₹24,582) & Srijan ‘TheDawnFacere’ Batra (Won ₹1.10 Lakhs GTD The Centurion for ₹19,384) took down the other Spartan Poker marquees.

 

PokerStars India

PokerStars India returned with a high-octane dose of Highroller action with its ₹12 Lakhs GTD Highroller registering 199 entries, making for a guarantee-crushing ₹13.93 Lakhs prize pool. Young Gun Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover overcame the competition to win the title for an impressive sixth time last night for ₹2.88 Lakhs (includes ₹1.64 Lakhs in bounties). Grover raked in over ₹3.23 Lakhs in winnings as he also final-tabled Adda52’s Monster Turbo, placing 5th for ₹34,965.

 

The user ‘thisisme16’ placed runner-up for ₹1.73 Lakhs (includes ₹50,094 in bounties).

This week`s Mega Stack winner, Arsh Grover, hit a new career milestone by crossing ₹8 Crores in lifetime online winnings. He is only the third player on our tracked database (after Gaurav Sood and Ashish Ahuja) to achieve this feat. The win fetched him his fourth Super Achiever badge, pushing him up two places to #6 in the annual leaderboard standings.

Arsh Grover`s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.02 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.99 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹1.58 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹80.18 Lakhs

Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD The Classic PKO for ₹48,312), ‘mcp1212’ (Won ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Ultrasonic for ₹33,693), Varun ‘wardev’ Devayya (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Bigstack Turbo for ₹27,873), ‘lavesh786’ (Won ₹75K GTD Afternoon on Stars for ₹16,849), Adwait ‘Adwait Pol’ Pol (Won ₹50K GTD Ultra KO 90% for ₹15,674), ‘Dujatha332562’ (Won ₹70K GTD Deepstack for ₹12,894), and ‘ukpo284’ (Won ₹60K GTD Primetime Grind for ₹11,967) won the other PokerStars India marquees.

 

 

PokerBaazi

The National Poker Series is on track to become one of the year’s most successful online poker events. Day 5 had six NPS events on the schedule, and five of them played down to a winner.

The ₹550 entry buy-in ₹1 Crore GTD Golden Rush completed Flight 1E yesterday, with 1,374 entries joining the fast-expanding field. After 27 levels of play, 121 hopefuls made it through to Day 2. PokerBaazi user ‘LordRedthunder’ bagged the end-of-day chip lead & also took on the overall chip lead after bagging a massive 927,000 stack. ‘belagaamghoda’ (661,000) and ‘bilodenge’ (513,000) rounded out the top three stacks of the flight.

The event needs a whopping 20,000 entries to break even and has logged in 7,545 entries so far (Day 1A – 1,995, Day 1B – 1,677, Day 1C – 1,262, Day 1D – 1,237, and Day 1E – 1,374). There are 10 more flights on the tap.

PokerBaazi’s featured event of the day was the ₹50 Lakhs GTD NPS#30 DeepStack Championship. The 8 PM event logged in 800 entries, posting a guarantee-smashing ₹60 Lakhs prize pool (20% more than the advertised guarantee). PokerGuru Ambassador`s had a field day with three players from the team bagging the top three payouts in the event. PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan was the last player standing with his teammates Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (2^nd for ₹7.47 Lakhs) and Naresh ‘Emperor457’ Veeravalli (3^rd for ₹4.82 Lakhs) banking the other top payouts.

 

Ankit Wadhawan went on a rampage last night, collecting almost ₹13.79 Lakhs overall. His Thursday exploits included:

> 1^st in PokerBaazi`s NPS#30 DeepStack Championship for ₹10.66 Lakhs

> 2^nd in Spartan Poker`s Trending Thursday for ₹3.13Lakhs

> Chip leader (1/37 survivors) on Day 1A of The Millionaire

PokerBaazi user ‘energetic52’ outlasted the 540-entry field in the ₹6 Lakhs GTD NPS#31 PLO Slam Dunk to collect a site-best ₹2.10 Lakhs. The ever-consistent Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah finished runner-up for ₹1.47 Lakhs.

 

Shashank ‘shazhank’ Choudhary (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD NPS#32 Sprint for ₹1.97 Lakhs), Kunal ‘callmeifyoucan’ Yadav (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD NPS#29 Evening Sprint for ₹1.46 Lakhs), and Monish ‘Monish1221’ Annthem (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD NPS#27 Relay for ₹86,590) won the other NPS Gold Medals on Day 5 of the series.

Kunal ‘callmeifyoucan’ Yadav topped the ₹3 Lakhs-added Daily Leaderboard to win ₹75,000. Prateek ‘Dontbluff’ Pandey (2nd for ₹45,000) & Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (3rd for 33,000) rounded out the top three places.

 

The ₹35 Lakhs-added, NPS Leaderboard race, has Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal (4,560 points) headlining the standings, with Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal (4,130 points) & Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (4,060 points) holding the top three spots.

 

NPS Leaderboard Standings After Day 5

Rank	Player	Points
1	Vinay 'vinay09' Rajpal	4,563
2	Shubham 'bakchod' Agarwal	4,127
3	Sanat 'mehro2511' Mehrotra	4,056
4	Mohammad 'chandlerbing' Azhar	3,946
5	Bhanu 'Chennaino1' Prakash KC	3,598
6	gd1921	3,552
7	Anirban 'pottysingh' D Das	3,266
8	BigFishh	3,252
9	Neeraj 'SelfClaimedPro' Kumar	2,978
10	Rohan 'likeaboss85' Bhasin	2,952

 

Adda52

Adda52`s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather didn`t do too bad either, with 575 runners collecting a profitable ₹28.75 Lakhs prize pool. Ashish ‘xznny112’ Nailwal scored a thumping victory, winning a personal-best ₹4.78 Lakhs after striking a four-way deal with Kshitij ‘kmk1127’ Kucheria (runner-up for ₹3.90 Lakhs), Karann ‘ICMsucks’ Dembla (3rd for ₹3.40 Lakhs), and Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ B (4th for ₹3.24 Lakhs).

 

Ashish Nailwal sits on ₹1.26 Crores in lifetime online winnings, with ₹30.76 Lakhs in site profits.

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo logged in 259 entries, collecting ₹5.83 Lakhs in the prize pool. APT Online India Super High Roller runner-up finisher Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni was the last player standing and won ₹1.32 Lakhs, with Rishabh ‘rishlangda’ Baj placing runner-up for ₹1.17 Lakhs, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

 

Aditya Kulkarni also placed ninth in the NPS DeepStack Championship for ₹1.07 Lakhs, lapping up ₹2.43 Lakhs overall. He boasts ₹1.89 Crores in lifetime online winnings (₹58.79 Lakhs in net profits).

The other Thursday winners were:

Player	Prize Amount	Event	Poker Site
Shashank ‘shazhank’ Choudhary	₹1.97 Lakhs	NPS#32 Sprint ₹5 Lakhs GTD	PokerBaazi
Kunal ‘callmeifyoucan’ Yadav	₹1.46 Lakhs	NPS#29 Evening Sprint ₹5 Lakhs GTD	PokerBaazi
Monish ‘Monish1221’ Annthem	₹86,590	NPS#27 Relay (6-Mx) ₹2 Lakhs GTD	PokerBaazi
Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish	₹65,819	Monster Stack ₹3 Lakhs GTD	Spartan Poker
Anmolraj 'modi chai wala' Singh Chawla	₹48,312	The Classic PKO ₹2 Lakhs GTD	PokerStars India
Karan ‘Karangogi’ Malhotra	₹46,634	Night Rider – DeepStack Turbo ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD	Spartan Poker
mcp1212	₹33,693	Ultrasonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD	PokerStars India
Russell92	₹31,500	The Closer ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD	GoodPoker
Ankit 'Ankkiii' Pummy Talwar	₹28,800	Warrior Arena ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD	PokerDangal
Varun 'wardev' Devayya	₹27,873	Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakh GTD	PokerStars India
Buntydon	₹24,582	Epic ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD	Spartan Poker
Srijan ‘TheDawnFacere’ Batra	₹19,384	The Centurion ₹1.10 Lakhs GTD	Spartan Poker
lavesh786	₹16,849	Afternoon on Stars ₹75K GTD	PokerStars India
Adwait 'Adwait Pol' Pol	₹15,674	Ultra KO 90% ₹50K GTD	PokerStars India
Don365	₹15,000	Hitman PLO ₹30K GTD	Khelo365
Dujatha332562	₹12,894	Deepstack ₹70K GTD	PokerStars India
ukpo284	₹11,967	Primetime Grind ₹60K GTD	PokerStars India

 

The Millionaire ₹1 Crore GTD Day 1A – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 148

Re-entries – 50

Rebuys – 119

Survivors – 37

Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire kicked off another edition on Thursday, with the first of its five starting flights running course. Day 1A logged in 317 entries, and only 37 of them could book a berth for Day 2.

PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘Shippament’ Wadhawan (276,602) was unstoppable last night and went on to bag the chip lead, with Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (254,529) and last Sunday’s Millionaire champion Kunal ‘kvohra’ Vohra (209,315) sitting a close #2 and #3 in the day-end chip counts.

Former Millionaire champion`s Deepak ‘chimpoo’ Bothra (208,305) & Naresh ‘FreeFlow’ Veeravalli (161,287) along with Ankit ‘Asymptote05’ Khattar (157,445), and Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar (138,822) made the Day 1A top 10 chip counts list.

 

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1A

1. Ankit ‘Shippament’ Wadhawan – 276,602
2. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – 254,529
3. Kunal ‘kvohra’ Vohra – 209,315
4. Deepak ‘chimpoo’ Bothra – 208,305
5. TheBeard – 171,216
6. Naresh ‘FreeFlow’ Veeravalli – 161,287
7. [email protected][email protected]@ – 159,130
8. Ankit ‘Asymptote05’ Khattar – 157,445
9. Any1WillDo – 150,672
10. Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar – 138,822

 

NPS#20 Golden Rush ₹1 Crore GTD Flight 1E – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 891

Re-entries – 483

Survivors – 121

The fifth starting flight of the ₹1 Crore GTD NPS Golden Rush, Flight 1E, ran from 5:30 PM to 10:26 PM on Thursday. Only 121 runners from a starting field of 1,374 participants made the cut for Day 2.

The total field size has touched 7,545 entries so far (Day 1A – 1,995, Day 1B – 1,677, Day 1C – 1,262, Day 1D – 1,237 and Day 1E – 1,374), with 10 starting flights left to run.

After the stipulated 27 levels of play, PokerBaazi user ‘LordRedthunder’ (927,000) bagged the end-of-day chip lead – also taking on the overall chip lead.

‘belagaamghoda’ (661,000), ‘bilodenge’ (513,000), NPS#3 Evening Slam Dunk champion Sameer ‘Killersam’ Tavanandi (495,000), Aayush ‘Goyal0279’ Goyal (491,000), NPS#14 PLO Deepdive third-place finisher Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta (420,000), and Prince ‘NaNki’ Singh (356,000) made the top 10 chip count`s list.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Flight 1E

1. LordRedthunder – 927,000
2. belagaamghoda – 661,000
3. bilodenge – 513,000
4. ilikemyodds – 499,000
5. jimmy0507 – 497,000
6. Sameer ‘Killersam’ Tavanandi – 495,000
7. Aayush ‘Goyal0279’ Goyal – 491,000
8. Ajaysingar – 481,000
9. Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta – 420,000
10. Prince ‘NaNki’ Singh – 356,000

 

NPS#30 DeepStack Championship ₹50 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹8,250

Entries – 442

Re-entries – 358

Prize Pool – ₹60,00,000

Places Paid – 99

Lighting up the Thursday action was the PokerBaazi 8 PM extravaganza, the ₹50 Lakhs GTD, NPS#30 DeepStack Championship. The event brought in a massive 800 entries, generating a ginormous ₹60 Lakhs prize pool – a constant theme at the ongoing NPS.

Staring on schedule at 8 PM, the event ran till 6:42AM, with PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan coming out on top to win ₹10.66 Lakhs – the single-biggest payday of Thursday.

The event had three PokerGuru Ambassadors on the final table, and all of them made it to three-handed play. Surprisingly, there was no deal on the FT with Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (2^nd for ₹7.47 Lakhs) and former The Millionaire champion Naresh ‘Emperor457’ Veeravalli (3^rd for ₹4.82 Lakhs) adding hefty scores for PokerGuru Staking.

Ankit Wadhawan came out all guns blazing last night with another runner-up finish in Trending Thursday, fetching him ₹13.79 Lakhs overall. His Thursday exploits included:

• 1st in PokerBaazi`s ₹50 Lakhs GTD NPS Deepstack Championship for ₹66 Lakhs
• 2nd in Spartan Poker`s Trending Thursday ₹23 Lakhs GTD for ₹13 Lakhs
• Chip leader on Day 1A of Spartan Poker’s ₹1 Crore GTD The Millionaire

Arun ‘Yoda’ Poply (3^rd for ₹3.57 Lakhs), Tuesday’s NPS#18 Deepdive champion Rohan ‘likeaboss85’ Bhasin (4^th for ₹2.67 Lakhs), bracelet winner Abhinav ‘griezmann’ Iyer (6^th for ₹2.16 Lakhs), and Kritagya ‘Kritagya_17’ Sharma (7^th for ₹1.79 Lakhs) also FT-ed the event.

 

Final Table Results

1. Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – ₹10,65,600
2. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹7,47,000
3. Naresh ‘Emperor457’ Veeravalli – ₹4,82,400
4. Arun ‘Yoda’ Poply – ₹3,57,000
5. Rohan ‘likeaboss85’ Bhasin – ₹2,67,000
6. Abhinav ‘griezmann’ Iyer – ₹2,16,000
7. Kritagya ‘Kritagya_17’ Sharma – ₹1,78,800

 

Godfather ₹25 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 280

Re-entries – 295

Prize Pool – ₹28,75,000

Places Paid – 63

Adda52`s Thursday showstopper, the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather, returned after a week’s absence because of the DOPT. The ₹5,500 entry buy-in event registered 575 entries – its biggest field in the last five weeks.

It was 5.01 AM by the time the tournament`s final hand was dealt with a four-handed deal declaring Ashish ‘xznny112’ Nailwal the champion, fetching them a career-best ₹4.78 Lakhs. Kshitij ‘kmk1127’ Kucheria (runner-up for ₹3.90 Lakhs), Karann ‘ICMsucks’ Dembla (3^rd for ₹3.40 Lakhs), and Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ B (4^th for ₹3.24 Lakhs) were the other top finishers, courtesy of the deal.

Sandeep ‘40chor’ Bhatnagar (7^th for ₹79,063) and PokerGuru Ambassadors Ratul ‘riverking021’ Steves (6^th for ₹1.01 Lakhs) and Shashank ‘IndianRat’ Desai (8^th for ₹57,500) FT-ed the tourney.

 

Final Table Results

1. Ashish ‘xznny112’ Nailwal – ₹4,78,307*
2. Kshitij ‘kmk1127’ Kucheria – ₹3,90,353*
3. Karann ‘ICMsucks’ Dembla – ₹3,39,825*
4. Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ Bk – ₹3,23,890*
5. suyuboy – ₹1,43,750
6. Ratul ‘riverking021’ Steves – ₹1,00,625
7. Sandeep ‘40chor’ Bhatnagar – ₹79,063
8. Shashank ‘IndianRat’ Desai – ₹57,500

*denotes a four-way deal

 

Trending Thursday ₹23 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 210

Re-entries – 64

Rebuys – 196

Prize Pool – ₹23,50,000

Places Paid – 39

The NPS rush has resulted in a significant decline in turnouts on Spartan Poker this week. Last night, the ₹23 Lakhs GTD Trending Thursday registered 470 entries, which is 107 entries lesser than the event’s previous run. However, with the site reducing the event`s prize pool guarantee by ₹2 Lakhs, it registered a profitable ₹23.50 Lakhs prize pool.

Last April’s SSS The Millionaire X5 finalist Annant ‘Yennnefer’ Jain bested the field to win ₹4.71 Lakhs, just as PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘Shippament’ Wadhawan finished runner-up for ₹3.13 Lakhs.

Anant Jain currently boasts ₹33.06 Lakhs in lifetime online earnings.

Wadhawan may have lost the battle to the finish line, but he closed out a super Thursday run by taking down the ₹50 Lakhs GTD NPS #30 Deepstack Championship for ₹10.66 Lakhs. His collective winnings equaled ₹13.79 Lakhs, pushing his lifetime winnings north of ₹5.58 Crores.

Rising Star Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh (3^rd for ₹2.29 Lakhs), Vinayak ‘haayegarmi’ Bajaj (4^th for ₹1.85 Lakhs), Pawan ‘_luffy_1x1’ Tez (5^th for ₹1.45 Lakhs), Sanket ‘BANK$Y’ Arora (6^th for ₹1.10 Lakhs), and Rajesh ‘Folsom’ Kumar (8^th for ₹59,220) FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Annant ‘Yennnefer’ Jain – ₹4,71,175
2. Ankit ‘Shippament’ Wadhawan – ₹3,13,255
3. Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh – ₹2,29,125
4. Vinayak ‘haayegarmi’ Bajaj – ₹1,84,945
5. Pawan ‘_luffy_1x1’ Tez – ₹1,44,995
6. Sanket ‘BANK$Y’ Arora – ₹1,05,078
7. nirmal512 – ₹80,605
8. Rajesh ‘Folsom’ Kumar – ₹59,220

 

Highroller ₹12 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹7,700

Entries – 115

Re-entries – 84

Total Prize Pool – ₹13,93,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹6,96,500

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹6,96,500

Places Paid – 20

PokerStars India`s ₹12 Lakhs GTD Highroller made a profitable run with 199 participants pooling in ₹13.93 Lakhs in the prize pool.

Taking down his second flagship title in three days, Young Gun Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover championed the event to win ₹2.88 Lakhs (includes ₹1.64 Lakhs in bounties). ‘thisisme16’ locked in a runner-up finish worth ₹1.73 Lakhs (includes ₹50,094 in bounties).

This was Arsh Grover`s sixth time shipping the Highroller title, and his total Thursday winnings amounted to ₹3.23 Lakhs – he also placed fifth in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹34,965. Moreover, the former Millionaire champion became only the third player on our tracked database to cross ₹8 Crores in lifetime online earnings and won his fourth Super Achiever badge.

The FT was replete with online regs like Sreekanth ‘LaganaHiToHai’ Narayan (3rd for ₹1.02 Lakhs), Young Gun Karan ‘The Annihilator’ Radia (5th for ₹82,627), Amar ‘PsykoEko’ Iyer (7th for ₹37,223), Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni (8th for ₹29,971), and Karan ‘999AykA999’ Jain (9th for ₹46,172).

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

1. Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover – ₹2,88,086
2. thisisme16 – ₹1,73,242
3. Sreekanth ‘LaganaHiToHai’ Narayan – ₹1,01,740
4. Sailor431 – ₹82,020
5. Karan ‘The Annihilator’ Radia – ₹82,627
6. 041195 – ₹61,298
7. Amar ‘PsykoEko’ Iyer – ₹37,223
8. Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni – ₹29,971
9. Karan ‘999AykA999’ Jain – ₹46,172

 

Monster Stack ₹9 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 248

Re-entries – 73

Rebuys – 162

Prize Pool – ₹9,66,000

Places Paid – 47

The ₹9 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack, Spartan Poker`s 9.30 PM Thursday marquee, registering 483 total entries and played down to a heads-up deal. Site regular ‘Vakeel.sahab’ shipped the title and the top prize of ₹1.55 Lakhs, while Rajiv ‘BHAI HO THO AISA’ Srivastava placed runner-up for ₹1.53 Lakhs.

The champion ‘Vakeel.sahab’ now has ₹13.75 Lakhs in site cashes, of which ₹4.07 Lakhs comprises his profits.

Former IOPC Millionaire Legends champion Aniket ‘Ntwadumela’ Waghmare (3^rd for ₹89,645), PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘deranzzdd’ Arya (4^th for ₹72,547), Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora (5^th for ₹57,187), and Vinay ‘BeepBeepImaJeep’ Rajpal (8^th for ₹23,570) also FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

1. Vakeel.sahab – ₹1,55,077*
2. Rajiv ‘BHAI HO THO AISA’ Srivastava – ₹1,52,788*
3. Aniket ‘Ntwadumela’ Waghmare – ₹89,645
4. Devvrat ‘deranzzdd’ Arya – ₹72,547
5. Nitin ‘Demogorgon’ Arora – ₹57,187
6. Billy the Kid – ₹43,663
7. pokerboy420 – ₹32,071
8. Vinay ‘BeepBeepImaJeep’ Rajpal – ₹23,570

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

NPS#31 Slam Dunk ₹6 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 231

Re-entries – 309

Prize Pool – ₹10,80,000

Places Paid – 63

PokerBaazi user ‘energetic52’ came out on top in the ₹6 Lakhs GTD NPS#31 Slam Dunk to win the lion`s share of the massive ₹10.80 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹2.10 Lakhs. Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah finished runner-up for ₹1.47 Lakhs.

One of the more consistent winners in PokerBaazi`s late-night marquees, Sankalp Marwah, is dangling on the edge of the ₹1 Crore mark in lifetime online earnings.

Wednesday’s NPS#21 Kick-Off champion Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar (5^th for ₹52,488) and Bhanu ‘aloo29’ Prakash Mishra (6^th for ₹42,120) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. energetic52 – ₹2,09,844
2. Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah – ₹1,47,096
3. somzprash – ₹94,608
4. omniknight – ₹69,984
5. Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar – ₹52,488
6. Bhanu ‘aloo29’ Prakash Mishra – ₹42,120

 

Monster Turbo ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 155

Re-entries – 104

Prize Pool – ₹5,82,752

Places Paid – 27

Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni outran the 259-entry field in Adda52`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo to win ₹1.32 Lakhs. He chopped the top prize heads-up with Adda52 regular Rishabh ‘rishlangda’ Baj, who finished runner-up for an equally handsome ₹1.17 Lakhs.

Aditya Kulkarni also placed ninth in the NPS DeepStack Championship for ₹1.07 Lakhs, lapping up ₹2.43 Lakhs overall. He boasts ₹1.89 Crores in lifetime online winnings (₹58.79 Lakhs in net profits).

Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ B (3^rd for ₹69,930), Maverick runner-up finisher Rising Star Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh (4^th for ₹50,991), Sunday’s The Millionaire runner-up, Young Gun Arsh ‘bigggtymer’ Grover (5^th for ₹34,965), Himanshu ‘StupidCommonMan’ Kataria (6^th for ₹24,767), Wednesday’s NPS#26 Sprint third-place finisher Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta (7^th for ₹18,939), Parth ‘punit7690’ Aggarwal (8^th for ₹14,569), and Aditya ‘Opulentadi’ Sharma (9^th for ₹11,655) took the major chunk of the ₹5.83 Lakhs prize pool.

 

Final Table Results

1. Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni – ₹1,32,082*
2. Rishabh ‘rishlangda’ Baj – ₹1,17,044*
3. Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ Bk – ₹69,930
4. Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh – ₹50,991
5. Arsh ‘bigggtymer’ Grover – ₹34,965
6. Himanshu ‘StupidCommonMan’ Kataria – ₹24,767
7. Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹18,939
8. Parth ‘punit7690’ Aggarwal – ₹14,569
9. Aditya ‘Opulentadi’ Sharma – ₹11,655

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

The Classic PKO ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 86

Re-entries – 53

Total Prize Pool – ₹2,08,500

Regular Prize Pool – ₹1,04,250

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,04,250

Places Paid – 15

Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla topped the 139-entry field in PokerStars India’s ₹2 Lakhs GTD The Classic PKO and walked away with the lion’s share of the ₹2.08 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹48,312 (includes ₹28,769 in bounties). The three-time Battle Royale champion, Anmolraj Singh Chawla, clinched his seventh tourney title on PokerStars India this year and currently sits on ₹42.16 Lakhs in tracked online earnings.

The anonymous user ‘Jopay0310’ finished runner-up for ₹20,855 (includes ₹1,313 in bounties). PokerStars India regular Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik placed third for ₹24,407 (includes ₹11,004 in bounties).

NPS#12 Hyper Sprint champion Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das (4th for ₹13,500), Anish ‘sheldon11cooper’ Garg (5th for ₹13,627), Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar (6th for ₹11,276), and Clinton ‘Clinton Tavares’ Tavares (9th for ₹3,432) FT-ed the tourney.

 

The Closer ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD – GoodPoker

Buy-in – ₹1,000

Entries – 106

Re-entries – 47

Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Places Paid – 24

‘Russell92’ traversed the 153-entry field in GoodPoker’s ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD The Closer, taking home ₹31,500. ‘ONCE’ came second for ₹23,250.

 

Warrior Arena ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 81

Re-entries – 25

Prize Pool – ₹1,20,000

Places Paid – 17

PokerDangal’s ₹1.2 Lakhs GTD Warrior Arena dragged in 106 entrants, overlaying ₹14,000. Ankit ‘Ankkiii’ Pummy Talwar won the event for ₹28,800 and ‘777Grkrn777’ finished runner-up for ₹20,400.

 

Hitman PLO ₹30K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 22

Re-entries – 5

Prize Pool – ₹30,000

Places Paid – 3

The Thursday fixture on Khelo365, the ₹30K GTD Hitman PLO, was taken down by ‘Don365,’ who netted ₹15,000 in first-place prize money. ‘Aauss’ finished runner-up for ₹9,000.

 

This report was updated at 7 PM on 18.6.2021.

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