Daily Majors: Ankit Wadhawan, Kartik Ved, Kushal Jain & Devang Yadav Reel in the Top Thursday Scores

Even with a sizeable number of regs busy at the 2023 WPT Prime Cambodia, Thursday witnessed intense action across the top poker platforms. The micro-stakes players also had their hands full, with the IndiaPlays Micro Poker League and PokerDangal’s Dangal Micro Value Series running at full capacity.

The first-ever FTS G.O.D. runner-up finisher Ankit Wadhawan, led the Thursday winners, packing away ₹8.21 Lakhs from three deep runs, climbing to #8 in the POY rankings. He shipped Adda52’s Godfather (₹6.12 Lakhs) and placed fifth in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller (₹1.68 Lakhs). Manesh Rathod locked in ₹3.62 Lakhs as the Godfather runner-up (his best score this year).

Kartik Ved made quite the comeback to the winner`s circle with a dominating run in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller, shipping the 9 PM tournament for ₹5.57 Lakhs (won ₹5.81 Lakhs overall). He chopped the title heads-up with the #1 ranked player of the year, Ashish Munot (2nd for ₹5.16 Lakhs) (won ₹5.39 Lakhs overall).

Kushal Jain came out on top in Spartan Poker’s Ultron to win ₹4.49 Lakhs (his second-biggest score on the site), busting a three-month-long title drought. Sunday’s FTS #56 Sunday Titan third-place finisher Utkarsh Vaish picked up ₹3.02 Lakhs in second place.

The recent 1000X#23 winner ‘fishbot’ conquered PokerBaazi`s The Summit for a site-best ₹3.57 Lakhs (their third title this year), striking a three-way deal with Manvendra Singh (2nd for a personal-best ₹3.05 Lakhs) and #BB2 MoneyMaker champion Sahil Nair (3rd for ₹2.69 Lakhs).

Young Gun Devang Yadav was another well-known pro busting an extended dry spell last night. The IIT Delhi alumnus won PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹2.43 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with Ashish Ahuja.

The first-ever FTS G.O.D. champion, Ashish Ahuja, filled in at least ₹5.17 Lakhs from three breakout scores in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] (2nd for ₹2.49 Lakhs), Spartan Poker’s Ultron (4th for ₹1.73 Lakhs), and PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT (4th for ₹95,354).

The top-ranked player on the annual TLB leaderboard, Mohak Kapoor, championed PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹2.02 Lakhs (won ₹2.48 Lakhs overall). He struck a heads-up deal with Rohan Sahni (2nd for ₹1.87 Lakhs).

Raghuvinder Singh, Yash Jaiswal, Bhavit Jain, Abhishek Sonu, Jaikishan Jangid, Ashish Pareek, Gaurang Bhatti, Sumit Rajpurohit, Saumil Krishnni, and Karan Pantola won the other Thursday majors.

Here are the Thursday highlights!

Spartan Poker

Thursday High Roller (6-Max) – ₹22 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹22,000

Entries – 62

Re-entries – 22

Rebuys – 30

Prize Pool – ₹22,80,000

Places Paid – 11

Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller was a reg-fest with 62 notables (114 total entries) battling for the biggest share of the ₹22.80 Lakhs prize pool. Poker coach Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved outlasted them all and woke up from a two-month slumber, scoring ₹5.57 Lakhs for the win. He chopped the 9 PM headliner title heads-up with a good friend and the #1 ranked player of the year, Ashish ‘0mg_spew’ Munot (2nd for ₹5.16 Lakhs).

Ved was returning to the online grind for the first time after Sunday and added over ₹5.81 Lakhs from two deep runs:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller for ₹5,57,129* (heads-up deal)

> 12th in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum for ₹24,095

Kartik Ved’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.71 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ~₹4.17 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | Annual Winnings: ₹44.18 Lakhs

Last week’s FTS #46 Super High Roller champion Ashish Munot, one of the few top regs not in Cambodia, raked in over ₹5.39 Lakhs on Thursday, overtaking Srihari Bang at the top of the monthly standings.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller for ₹5,15,611* (heads-up deal)

> 22nd in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹23,625

Ashish Munot’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.76 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.19 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #6 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.95 Crores | Ranked #1 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Moves to #1 in the March Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

The India Turbo Masters 2.0 Main Event winner Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara made quite the Thursday splash. He added ₹4.56 Lakhs from three deep runs (including two FT scores), breaching ₹50 Lakhs in annual winnings.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller for ₹2,24,580

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹2,13,250

> 27th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹17,719

Tanmay Benara’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.60 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.47 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | Annual Winnings: ₹54.53 Lakhs

Last night`s (7-Max) SPRINT fifth-place finisher Aditya ‘Ben K Rolle’ Singh (3rd for ₹2.92 Lakhs), Godfather champion Ankit ‘d00mtr00per’ Wadhawan (5th for ₹1.78 Lakhs), and Sriharsha ‘lvey2’ Doddapaneni (6th for ₹1.39 Lakhs) made for a star-studded final table lineup.

The ₹22,000 entry buy-in Thursday High Roller paid the top 11 finishers a share of the ₹22.80 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹5,57,129*
2. Ashish ‘0mg_spew’ Munot – ₹5,15,611*
3. Aditya ‘Ben K Rolle’ Singh – ₹2,91,840
4. Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara – ₹2,24,580
5. Ankit ‘d00mtr00per’ Wadhawan – ₹1,77,840
6. Sriharsha ‘lvey2’ Doddapaneni – ₹1,39,080

*denotes a heads-up deal

Ultron – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹6,600

Entries – 174

Re-entries – 51

Rebuys – 129

Prize Pool – ₹21,24,000

Places Paid – 31

Kushal ‘Bhothard’ Jain busted a three-month-long title slump yesterday with a victory march in Spartan Poker’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD Ultron. He took down a 354-entry field (174 unique) in the 8 PM Thursday flagship to win ₹4.49 Lakhs – his second biggest score on the site after his runner-up finish in IOPC #46 Tuesday High (6-Max) on January 24.

Jain lapped up almost ₹4.68 Lakhs from four deep runs on Thursday, crossing ₹50 Lakhs in tracked online winnings. His Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹4,49,226

> 44th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹13,750

> 10th in Adda52’s Kill Shot PLO Bounty for ₹4,376

> 14th in Adda52’s Bounty Adda for ₹761

Kushal Jain’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹51.30 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹7.84 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Sunday’s FTS #56 Sunday Titan third-place finisher Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish lost the Ultron title heads-up to Jain, scoring a runner-up payday of ₹3.02 Lakhs. He also cashed the 9:30 PM Daily Turbo (6-Max) (31st for ₹4,792), adding ₹3.07 Lakhs overall.

Utkarsh Vaish’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.83 Crores | Site Profits: ₹60.24 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | Annual Winnings: ₹14.21 Lakhs

Last night’s Thursday High Roller fourth-place finisher Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara (3rd for ₹2.13 Lakhs), The Colosseum runner-up finisher Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (4th for ₹1.73 Lakhs), the #7 ranked player of the year, Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (6th for ₹1.04 Lakhs), and Sreeharsha ‘yUDdam’ Boneni (7th for ₹75,827) were other notables on the Ultron final table.

The 8 PM tournament paid 31 players a share from the ₹21.24 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Kushal ‘Bhothard’ Jain – ₹4,49,226
2. Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish – ₹3,02,458
3. Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara – ₹2,13,250
4. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹1,72,894
5. Cereal_killer – ₹1,36,786
6. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹1,03,864
7. Sreeharsha ‘yUDdam’ Boneni – ₹75,827
8. NAA ORU ALIEN – ₹55,436

Daily Turbo (6-Max) – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 172

Re-entries – 62

Rebuys – 123

Prize Pool – ₹5,44,500

Places Paid – 31

Redeeming himself after a close runner-up finish in Spartan Poker’s Daily Turbo (6-Max) on February 25, Bhavit ‘HarveyHomes’ Jain (opted out from tracking) obliterated the 357-player field (172 unique) in the 9:30 PM tournament last night to win ₹1.15 Lakhs – his first marquee title of the year. The user ‘Steel69’ walked away with ₹77,537 in second place.

Kashish ‘Nahihorha’ Gupta (3rd for ₹54,668), Tuesday’s Voyager champion Karan ‘Majestic’ Radia (5th for ₹35,066), and Rohit ‘Hulk66’ Singh (6th for ₹26,626) were other known players on the 6-max Daily Turbo final table.

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament distributed ₹5.44 Lakhs in prize money to the top 31 finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Bhavit ‘HarveyHomes’ Jain – ₹1,15,162
2. Steel69 – ₹77,537
3. Kashish ‘Nahihorha’ Gupta – ₹54,668
4. boomhoops – ₹44,322
5. Karan ‘Majestic’ Radia – ₹35,066
6. Rohit ‘Hulk66’ Singh – ₹26,626

Ashish ‘X—factor’ Pareek (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Turbo for ₹51,742), Gaurang ‘callmerockets’ Bhatti (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Dark Knight for ₹42,624), ‘Ariavat’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up- Triple Chance for ₹23,782), ‘Twins_ ACES’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Hold’em PKO for ₹22,019), and ‘monu2405’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Sundowner – Triple Chance for ₹21,192) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

PokerBaazi

The Summit – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹8,250

Entries – 159

Re-entries – 156

Prize Pool – ₹23,63,000

Places Paid – 35

The 1000X#23 winner from March 8, ‘fishbot,’ made the Thursday headlines on PokerBaazi after conquering a guarantee-crushing 315-player field (159 unique) in the ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Summit, banking a site-best ₹3.57 Lakhs (their third title this year).

fishbot’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹13.13 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

The player struck a three-way deal in the 8 PM headliner with Manvendra ‘Kiki0100’ Singh (2nd for a personal-best ₹3.05 Lakhs) and the #BB2 MoneyMaker champion Sahil ‘you3bi4b’ Nair (3rd for ₹2.69 Lakhs).

Manvendra Singh spun up a ₹825 satellite buy-in into a personal-best runner-up payday in The Summit. His PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹5.01 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹3.48 Lakhs

The recent FTS #20 Marathon winner Sahil Nair packed in almost ₹2.88 Lakhs from four ITM finishes (two FT scores), which include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹2,68,512* (three-way deal)

> 14th in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum for ₹24,095

> 8th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹13,331

> 30th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹6,014

Sahil Nair’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.59 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.05 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #5

The former The Millionaire champion Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra raked in ₹2.88 Lakhs from six deep runs (3 FT scores), crossing ₹6.50 Crores in tracked online winnings.

His top Thursday finishes include:

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹1,00,406

> 6th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹87,500

> 8th in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum for ₹40,642

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹38,205

> 17th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹17,150

> 74th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹4,046

Sanish Chhabra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.51 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.92 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | Annual Winnings: ₹36.94 Lakhs

Wednesday’s Daily Value Boost champion JaiKiran ‘testify’ Kumar (4th for ₹2.03 Lakhs), Divyanshu ‘Divyansh1995’ Agrawal (5th for ₹1.68 Lakhs), and Parag ‘vix786’ Shah (6th for ₹1.33 Lakhs) were other site regs on The Summit final table.

The top 35 finishers got a share of the ₹23.63 Lakhs collected in the prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. fishbot – ₹3,57,487*
2. Manvendra ‘Kiki0100’ Singh – ₹3,04,827*
3. Sahil ‘you3bi4b’ Nair – ₹2,68,512*
4. JaiKiran ‘testify’ Kumar – ₹2,03,175
5. Divyanshu ‘Divyansh1995’ Agrawal – ₹1,67,738
6. Parag ‘vix786’ Shah – ₹1,33,481
7. Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹1,00,406

*denotes a three-way deal

(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in –3,850

Entries – 225

Re-entries – 167

Prize Pool – ₹13,72,000

Places Paid – 49

The annual TLB leaderboard topper Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor, after crushing the mid-stakes MTTs, has now set his sights on the bigger marquees. Kapoor’s consistency is laudable, as he has made 11 top-10 finishes since Sunday, including his BSS Night SPRINT victory.

Last night Kapoor shipped his second tournament his week by riding his stack to the finish line in PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT. The mid-stakes grinder toppled the 392-strong player field (225 unique) in the 9 PM tournament to collect ₹2.02 Lakhs (his first time winning the (7-Max) SPRINT) and struck a heads-up deal with Rohan ‘theoldrod’ Sahni (2nd for ₹1,87,090).

Kapoor scored in an astounding dozen tournaments, adding ₹2.48 Lakhs to his Thursday tally. His top finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹2,01,598

> 13th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹8,037

> 18th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹7,326

> 9th in PokerBaazi’s PLO5 BOOST for ₹6,072

Mohak Kapoor’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.68 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹76.36 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #12 | Ranked #1 in the 2023 TLB (Points) Standings

Top pro Laksh Pal ‘boomtlt23’ Singh added ₹1.52 Lakhs from two deep runs, which include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,20,462

> 10th in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum for ₹31,293

Laksh Pal Singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.09 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.56 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: ##5 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.34 Crores | Ranked #6 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Finished #20 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #4 in the March Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Last night`s The Colosseum runner-up finisher Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (4th for ₹95,354) and Thursday High Roller third-place finisher Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh (5th for ₹79,302) were other notables on the (7-Max) SPRINT final table.

The ₹3,850 entry buy-in tournament distributed a guarantee-crushing ₹13.72 Lakhs in prize money among the top 49 finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor – ₹2,01,598*
2. Rohan ‘theoldrod’ Sahni – ₹1,87,090*
3. Laksh Pal ‘boomtlt23’ Singh – ₹1,20,462
4. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹95,354
5. Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh – ₹79,302
6. Chat.081 – ₹64,758
7. Note70 – ₹51,313

*denotes a heads-up deal

Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 392

Re-entries – 337

Prize Pool – ₹10,93,500

Places Paid – 119

January’s The Pride finalist ‘smitchahawala’ put into the terminator avatar last night, firing as many as nine bullets in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost before taking down a guarantee-crossing 729-strong field to collect a site-best ₹1.37 Lakhs (their maiden title of the year)!

smitchahawala’s PokerBaazi stats: Site winnings: ₹8.91 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

There were a lot of 2nds for the 1000X#4 runner-up finisher from earlier this month, Sameer ‘tandoori’ Agarwal, who fell one place shy of shipping a PokerBaazi marquee for the second time this month. He walked away with a profitable ₹1.35 Lakhs (his second-best career score) in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

Agarwal accumulated almost ₹1.50 Lakhs in Thursday earnings from five deep runs (including a runner-up finish), which include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹1,35,490* (heads-up deal)

> 12th in Spartan Poker’s Daily Turbo (6-Max) for 7,803

> 20th in PokerStars India’s Super Stack PKO [8-Max] for ₹2,448

> 47th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹2,262

> 26th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for ₹1,840

Sameer Agarwal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹19.65 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.97 Lakhs

Sunday`s BSS Value Boost champion Sachin ‘browguy26’ Raj rounded out the Daily Value Boost podium (3rd for ₹90,761). He made a similar third-place finish in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT (3rd for ₹51,449), adding over ₹1.42 Lakhs for the day`s work.

Sachin Raj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹75.33 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹20.12 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #6

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament dished out almost ₹10.94 Lakhs in prize money to the top 119 finishers.

Final Table Results

1. smitchahawala – ₹1,37,120*
2. Sameer ‘tandoori’ Agarwal – ₹1,35,490*
3. Sachin ‘browguy26’ Raj – ₹90,761
4. divinehaa – ₹61,783
5. Sigmaa – ₹41,553
6. dpatron – ₹28,431
7. kallolbecs – ₹21,214
8. Heisenbergj – ₹16,512

* denotes a heads-up deal

(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 161

Re-entries – 122

Prize Pool – ₹5,66,000

Places Paid – 53

Following through on his top finish in the 1000X#25 earlier this month, Abhishek ‘chipndchair’ Sonu bagged away his third tournament title of March last night. The mid-stakes crusher ransacked a 283-entry field (161 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT to win ₹87,504, while the recent The Pride winner ‘rema’ pocketed ₹66,279 as the runner-up.

The three-time 1000X title holder, Sonu, made three deep runs yesterday, all ending in an FT finish – rounding up ₹1.12 Lakhs overall.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹87,504

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for ₹6,930

> 3rd in PokerBaazi`s Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹17,172

Abhishek Sonu’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.24 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹49.74 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #11

Sachin ‘browguy26’ Raj locked in ₹1.42 Lakhs from third-place finishes in two PokerBaazi marquees, which include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹90,761

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹51,449

Sachin Raj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹75.33 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹20.12 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #6

Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra fired up a terrific Thursday session with ₹2.88 Lakhs in total winnings from six ITM finishes (four FT scores).

His Thursday finishes include:

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹1,00,406

> 6th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹87,500

> 8th in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum for ₹40,642

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹38,205

> 17th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹17,150

> 74th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹4,046

Sanish Chhabra`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.51 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.91 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Wednesday`s standout winner Neha ‘bugsy’ Kamath (5th for ₹26,998), Monster Turbo fourth-place finisher Sarthak ‘snickers21’ Singhal (6th for ₹19,131), and Retheesh ‘shaddy’ K R (7th for ₹15,622) were others on the (7-Max) Daily SPRINT final table.

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament awarded ₹5.66 Lakhs in prize money to the top 53 finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Abhishek ‘chipndchair’ Sonu – ₹87,504
2. rema – ₹66,279
3. Sachin ‘browguy26’ Raj – ₹51,449
4. Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹38,205
5. Neha ‘bugsy’ Kamath – ₹26,998
6. Sarthak ‘snickers21’ Singhal – ₹19,131
7. Retheesh ‘shaddy’ K R – ₹15,622

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

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 158

Re-entries – 126

Prize Pool – ₹5,68,000

Places Paid – 53

Vignesh ‘Rajjni007’ Kumar has been on an absolute tear recently and looking at his present form, his downswing days might be behind him. Scoring a title victory for three days straight, Wednesday’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost champion Vignesh ‘Rajjni007’ Kumar won the daytime tournament for a second day in a row!

Kumar outlasted a 284-entry field (158 unique) in the 2 PM (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹77,461 – his second consecutive time championing the event (his third time this year). He struck a heads-up deal with a six-day-old PokerBaazi user ‘Azria1996’ (2nd for ₹76,865).

Vignesh Kumar accumulated ₹82,163 from two deep runs, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹77,461

> 44th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹4,702

Vignesh Kumar’s online stats (PokerBaazi and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹54.46 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits (excluding rake): ₹1.10 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament generated a healthy ₹5.68 Lakhs in prize money, and the top 53 finishers got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Vignesh ‘Rajjni007’ Kumar – ₹77,461*
2. Azria1996 – ₹76,865*
3. phaizal – ₹51,631
4. Mrinal85857 – ₹38,340
5. skshahab – ₹27,094
6. Aceee11 – ₹19,198
7. thebullu – ₹15,677

*denotes a heads-up deal

Jaikishan ‘royalking7424’ Jangid (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹53,100), Ravinder ‘Ravikirti’ Singh (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 Boost for ₹43,350), Sumit ‘Sumitsingh199’ Rajpurohit (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹41,970), ‘bigusdikus’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹41,170), ‘player28’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹40,370), ‘aubalaca’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹31,440), Saumil ‘indianavatar’ Krishnni (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 Boost Monster for ₹24,150), ‘seram’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 Boost PKO for ₹20,270) and ‘YashasviBhatti’ (Won ₹50K GTD 5-Max Daily for ₹6,100) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

Pocket52

Pocket Jacks – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,800

Entries – 145

Re-entries – 80

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 34

Pocket52 user ‘ADGameing’ coasted their way to the top of the 225-strong field in the poker network`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, taking down the 8 PM marquee for an impressive ₹95,500. The user ‘allinpro’ finished runner-up for ₹70,000.

Sahil ‘Acejpoker’ Singh (3rd for ₹45,000), Rising Star Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh (4th for ₹35,000), and Niteen ‘niteenplus’ Raj (5th for ₹25,000) were known players on the Pocket Jacks final table.

Final Table Results

1. ADGameing – ₹95,500
2. allinpro – ₹70,000
3. Sahil ‘Acejpoker’ Singh – ₹45,000
4. Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh – ₹35,000
5. Niteen ‘niteenplus’ Raj – ₹25,000
6. Tanmay0007 – ₹20,000

‘mosti’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹30,000), ‘MRJOYANTA2023’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Soda for ₹22,000), ‘black_cat_bom_QpiUrNBbuE’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹21,000), and ‘raccoon_feroz_9624925’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹16,500) won the other Pocket52 marquees.

MPL Poker

Thursday Throwdown – ₹1 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹275

Total Entries – 418

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

The user ‘endmatters’ stormed past a 418-entry field in MPL Poker`s ₹1 Lakhs GTD Thursday Throwdown to win ₹20,900, with ‘crismess’ banking ₹12,018 in second place.

Final Table Results

1. endmatters – ₹20,900
2. crismess – ₹12,018
3. aditya2596 – ₹6,479
4. mashtactic34987 – ₹5,225
5. raceranj – ₹4,180
6. ultra4944281 – ₹3,135
7. balwant007 – ₹2,613
8. indian037 – ₹2,195

IndiaPlays

IMPL Texas Bounty – ₹50K GTD

Buy-in – ₹330

Entries – 87

Re-entries – 20

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 24

Wednesday’s ₹10K GTD IMPL Texas winner Manoj ‘Antonio’ Yadav went back-to-back, outclassing a soft 107-entry field in IndiaPlays’ ₹50K GTD Texas Bounty, taking down the 8 PM IMPL marquee for ₹11,625. Shubham ‘Victoriya’ Baraiya finished runner-up for ₹8,125.

Final Table Results

1. Manoj ‘Antonio’ Yadav – ₹11,625
2. Shubham ‘Victoriya’ Baraiya – ₹8,125
3. akhilranjan – ₹5,625
4. Hitler822 – ₹3,625
5. Transcendence – ₹2,750
6. Suyashroy1 – ₹2,000
7. Bikash468468 – ₹1,500

Partha ‘Partha’ Basak (Won ₹10K GTD IMPL PLO6 for ₹2,325) won the other IndiaPlays Micro Poker League tournament.

PokerDangal

DMVS #3 PLO5 – ₹1 Lakh GTD

Buy-in – ₹660

Entries – 101

Rebuys – 95

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 24

PokerDangal’s much-awaited Dangal Micro Value Series (DMVS) kicked off yesterday. The opening day headliner, ₹1 Lakh GTD DMVS #3 PLO, registered a 196-player field, 24 of which got paid.

Making the most of the value on offer was site regular Mahlima ‘zokid’ Fanai, who took down the title for ₹28,400, beating ‘Vinex013’ (2nd for ₹19,910) heads up.

Online regular Prabhat ‘Prabhat2810’ Kumar finished third for ₹12,795.

Final Table Results

1. Mahlima ‘zokid’ Fanai – ₹24,400
2. Vinex013 – ₹19,910
3. Prabhat ‘Prabhat2810’ Kumar – ₹12,795
4. MysteriousRahul – ₹9,479
5. 100NU_J1 – ₹7,115
6. Pokerking123 – ₹5,692

PokerStars India

The Colosseum [6-Max] – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 59

Re-entries – 48

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 14

Young Gun Devang ‘trappyfish93’ Yadav made a grand comeback to the winner’s circle last night by championing PokerStars India’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Colosseum [6-Max], his first recorded top finish since winning Spartan Poker’s XXX #71 Sunday Xtreme – Triple Chance on November 21 last year.

The IIT Delhi passout conquered the 59-player field (107 total entries) in the PokerStars India flagship for ₹2.43 Lakhs, striking a heads-up deal with Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (2nd for ₹2.49 Lakhs) – the latter banking a better payout.

The first-ever FTS G.O.D champion, Chandigarh-based former lawyer Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (opted out of tracking), filled in at least ₹5.17 Lakhs on his Thursday tally from three breakout final table scores.

His known Thursday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum for ₹2,48,900* (heads-up deal)

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹1,72,894

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹95,354

The first-ever Legend Poker Series Main Event champion Dhinesh ‘you3betl4bet’ Kumar, accumulated ₹1.70 Lakhs from four ITM finishes.

His top Thursday finishes include:

> 4th in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum for ₹1,20,400

> 13th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹41,344

Dhinesh Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime winnings: ₹6.94 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.53 Crores

Anirban D ‘nocluewho’ Das made away with ₹1.72 Lakhs from six deep runs. His top Thursday finishes include:

> 5th in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum for ₹90,850

> 17th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹29,531

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹39,916

> 5th in Adda52’s Godfather Lite for ₹10,549

Anirban D Das’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.93 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.15 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Ashit ‘Cringing’ Sharma lapped up ₹1.83 Lakhs from two deep runs, which include:

> 3rd in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum for ₹1,59,561

> 23rd in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹23,625

Ashit Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.62 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.45 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #6

The 2022 POY, Young Gun Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav (opted out of tracking), added at least ₹70,504 from the following deep runs:

> 7th in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹52,784

> 31st in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹17,720

Wednesday’s Maverick champion Ayush ‘Kanaamrakhu’ Garg (6th for ₹68,553) also FT-ed The Colosseum.

The 8 PM tournament made a slightly delayed start at 8.20 PM. The ₹11,000 buy-in tournament recorded an overlay shortfall of ₹1.30 Lakhs, and 14 players made the payouts list.

Final Table Results

1. Devang ‘trappyfish93’ Yadav – ₹2,42,798*
2. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹2,48,900*
3. Ashit ‘Cringing’ Sharma – ₹1,59,561
4. Dhinesh ‘you3betl4bet’ Kumar – ₹1,20,400
5. Anirban D ‘nocluewho’ Das – ₹90,850
6. Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg – ₹68,553
7. Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹52,784

*denotes a heads-up deal

‘theghoti’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹53,218), ‘Dheerendra1’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹26,042), ‘TheViralFever’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline [6-Max] for ₹12,799), and ‘vorona’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹11,742) won the other PokerStars India marquees.

Adda52

Godfather – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 244

Re-entries – 210

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 49

With the Thursday flagships left barren with a bunch of top regs busy playing the 2023 WPT Prime Cambodia Main Event, Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan raked in the day`s best ₹8.21 Lakhs from three deep runs, climbing to #8 in the POY rankings.

Wadhawan posted his first title victory since his smashing runner-up finish in the first-ever ₹2 Crores GTD FTS G.O.D on Sunday, overcoming a 454-player field in Adda52’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather to win ₹6.13 Lakhs – the day`s single-largest score.

Sunday’s Adda52 Millions finalist Manesh ‘TEAMfromHELL’ Rathod collected ₹3.63 Lakhs for placing runner-up, picking up his best cash prize this year.

Ankit Wadhawan`s Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹6,12,500

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller for ₹1,68,163

> 9th in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum for ₹40,642

Ankit Wadhawan’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.21 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.96 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #6 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.25 Crores | Moves to #8 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #5 in the March Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #8 in All-Time Winnings

Monday’s Voyager winner Raghuvinder ‘Murti8’ Singh kept his scorecard ticking. He won Godfather LITE and crossed the money line in three other Adda52 tournaments, rounding up ₹2.94 Lakhs overall.

Singh`s top Thursday finishes include:

> 3rd in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹2,50,000

> 1st in Adda52’s Godfather Lite for ₹36,541

> 16th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹6,666

Raghuvinder Singh’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹66.13 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹17.38 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023 #6

Sanish ‘sanish21’ Chhabra fired up six ITM finishes last night, netting ₹2.88 Lakhs across them. His top Thursday finishes include:

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹1,00,406

> 6th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹87,500

> 8th in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum for ₹40,642

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹38,205

> 17th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹17,150

Sanish Chhabra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.48 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.92 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Monday’s The Big Show winner Debapriya ‘debapriya_12345’ Manna (4th for ₹1,87,500), Utkarsh ‘sam20542’ Srivastava (5th for ₹1,25,000), and Ramakrishna ‘KAdiamonds’ Sagi (7th for ₹68,750) also FT-ed the Godfather.

The ₹5,500 Thursday headliner registered an overlay shortfall of ₹2.30 Lakhs, and 49 players made the payouts.

Final Table Results

1. Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – ₹6,12,500
2. Manesh ‘TEAMfromHELL’ Rathod – ₹3,62,500
3. Raghuvinder ‘Murti8’ Singh – ₹2,50,000
4. Debapriya ‘debapriya_12345’ Manna – ₹1,87,500
5. Utkarsh ‘sam20542’ Srivastava – ₹1,25,000
6. Sanish ‘sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹87,500
7. Ramakrishna ‘KAdiamonds’ Sagi – ₹68,750
8. Kistlersood – ₹56,250

Monster Turbo – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 143

Re-entries – 94

Prize Pool – ₹5,33,250

Places Paid – 24

After clinching two tournament titles earlier this month, Yash ‘gambler11’ Jaiswal booked a third win on Thursday. He championed a 237-strong field (143 unique) in Adda52’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo, winning the 9:30 PM marquee for ₹1.45 Lakhs. ‘ANJ2019’ collected ₹85,320 in second place.

With another middling score in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost (18th for ₹3,480), Jaiswal locked in ₹1.49 Lakhs overall. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹86.41 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹13.27 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #7

Sarthak ‘avi8or101’ Singhal made away with ₹65,790 in Thursday winnings on the back of final table scores in two marquee tournaments, which include:

> 4th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹46,659

> 6th in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹19,131

Sarthak Singhal’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹36.85 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹11.87 Lakhs

Wednesday`s Pocket Jacks winner Mayank ‘AreyBetaRaise’ Maruka added ₹34,313 from two deep runs, which include:

> 5th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹31,995

> 19th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for ₹2,318

Mayank Maruka’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.13 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹33.25 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #6

The in-form Hardik Nair posted ₹39,835 on his Thursday tally from the following deep runs:

> 7th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹17,331

> 34th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹10,290

> 21st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹7,326

> 33rd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹2,749

> 23rd in Adda52`s Nighttide DST Adda for ₹2,139

Hardik Nair’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹55.06 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹23.63 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #8

Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarthy (3rd for ₹65,323) and Amrit ‘amrit1111’ Mishra (6th for ₹22,663) were other regs on the Monster Turbo final table.

The ₹2,500 entry buy-in tournament generated a generous ₹5.33 Lakhs in the prize pool, and 24 players scored a payday.

Final Table Results

1. Yash ‘gambler11’ Jaiswal – ₹1,45,311
2. ANJ2019 – ₹85,320
3. Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarthy – ₹65,323
4. Sarthak ‘avi8or101’ Singhal – ₹46,659
5. Mayank ‘AreyBetaRaise’ Maruka – ₹31,995
6. Amrit ‘amrit1111’ Mishra – ₹22,663
7. Hardik ‘hardiknair1999’ Nair – ₹17,331
8. Sahil ‘you3bi4b’ Nair – ₹13,331

Raghuvinder ‘Murti8’ Singh (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Godfather Lite for ₹36,541), ‘Rukhojara’ (Won ₹50K GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹32,940), ‘Hissickness’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹31,209), Karan ‘Mahadevpoker’ Pantola (Won ₹30K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹10,922), and ‘gunrider’ (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹10,568) won the other Adda52 marquees.

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