Daily Majors: Anmol Mehta is the Latest MoneyMaker Champion; Sanchit Anand, Laksh Pal Singh & Anurag Srivastava Bank the Big Thursday Scores

It was a mid-week bonanza with three headline series, Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series 5.0, PokerStars India’s Galactic Series, and MPL Poker’s Master Series, kicking off! Add to that PokerDangal’s Dangal Birthday Bash in celebration of the site’s fifth anniversary; it was an action-packed Thursday, to say the least!

Young Gun Anmol Mehta topped the Thursday charts on the back of his scintillating run in PokerBaazi’s ₹1 Crore GTD The MoneyMaker, banking a personal-best ₹16.13 Lakhs. He chopped the title heads-up with PokerGuru Ambassador Sanchit Anand (2nd for ₹15.05 Lakhs). Mehta made away with ₹16.22 Lakhs overall, while Anand pocketed ₹15.09 Lakhs in Thursday winnings.

Sanchit Anand’s fellow PokerGuru Staking stablemate Laksh Pal Singh FT-ed the two headline tournaments last night – PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker (3rd for ₹8.33 Lakhs) and Spartan Poker’s MS #2 – Thursday Millionaire (7th for ₹1.04 Lakhs) – and made another two ITM runs, netting ₹9.72 Lakhs cumulatively.

Anurag Srivastava was another standout winner. Though the online crusher did not win any titles, he ran deep in several tourneys, including making FT appearances in Spartan Poker’s MS #2 – Thursday Millionaire (3rd for ₹3.73 Lakhs) and Adda52’s Godfather (2nd for ₹3.59 Lakhs), netting almost ₹8 Lakhs!

Spartan Poker user ‘lucky Fish’ championed the Millionaire Series Day 1 headliner, MS #2 Thursday Millionaire, for a site-best ₹10.11 Lakhs and their maiden title on the site.

MPL Poker Pro Siddharth Karia captured his career-second Millionaire Series title in MS #4 for ₹3.44 Lakhs. He added ₹3.73 Lakhs in Thursday earnings, breaching the ₹1 Crore mark in annual earnings.

‘Bittoo Bauji’ (Won MS #1 Showtime for ₹2.12 Lakhs), Harsh Bubna (Won MS #3 for ₹1.46 Lakhs), and Mritunjay Singh (Won MS #5 for ₹80,601) shipped the other Millionaire Series titles!

Young Gun Siddhanth Kripalani made quite the comeback on Adda52 as he took down the site`s Thursday flagship, Godfather, for ₹6.15 Lakhs. The IPC Megastacks Main Event champion rounded up ₹6.26 Lakhs in total winnings, crossing ₹3 Crores in online profits.

PokerGuru Ambassadors came out swinging in the Thursday marquees, and joining the list of winners was PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal Bajaj, who shipped PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹5.31 Lakhs (won ₹5.60 Lakhs overall across three deep runs).

PokerBaazi’s Afternoon Boost winner Myron Pereira went on a rampage yesterday. He raked in a hefty ₹5.24 Lakhs across eight ITM finishes.

Vikram Mishra defeated Pereira heads-up to claim PokerStars India’s Galactic Series – 5 [Highroller] title and the top prize of ₹3.02 Lakhs (won ₹3.06 Lakhs overall).

The PokerGuru Staking head honcho Kartik Ved got the stable its second title yesterday after shipping Galactic Series – 06 [The Classic] for ₹84,618. He struck a heads-up deal with stablemate Debneil Mukherjee (2nd for ₹92,775).

Yaramala Kiran took down MPL Poker’s Master Series #2 for ₹85,000, while Shivam Chauhan came second for ₹62,500.

Sunny Prajapati (Won Master Series #1 for ₹31,946) and Md Tabrej Alam (Won Master Series #3 for ₹22,142) clinched the other Master Series titles on Thursday.

Rahul Sengar, Arpan Majhi, Adwait Pol, Utkarsh Srivastava, Ankit Nahar, Sarthak Singhal, Shrikant Sanjay Pradhan, Sahil Singh, and NS Gautam shipped the other Thursday majors.

Here are the Thursday highlights!

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Spartan Poker

MS #2 Thursday Millionaire (1st Place ₹10 Lakhs GTD) – ₹40 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹6,600

Entries – 323

Re-entries – 119

Rebuys – 250

Prize Pool – ₹41,52,000

Places Paid – 60

The user ‘lucky Fish’ clinched their maiden title on Spartan Poker in the ₹40 Lakhs GTD MS #2 Thursday Millionaire, and what a first-time victory it was! The player took home ₹10.11 Lakhs, becoming the first of the 13 Millionaires that the series promises to dole out! ‘smokebutt’ cashed ₹7.33 Lakhs in second place.

lucky Fish’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹10.81 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹3.98 Lakhs

The ₹6,600 buy-in tourney registered 692 entries, generating a guarantee-crushing ₹41.52 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 60 places got paid.

Anurag ‘CultOfPersonality’ Srivastava was among the standout winners last night. The former IOPC – Millionaire Main Event champion did not win any titles. Still, he managed to rake in nearly ₹8 Lakhs through six deep runs, which included three FT scores.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s MS #2 – Thursday Millionaire for ₹3,73,680

> 2nd in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹3,59,100

> 79th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹25,872

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s MS #1 – Showtime for ₹23,575

> 13th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹7,500

> 27th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹4,243

Anurag Srivastava’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.64 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.71 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹2.05 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #20 | Ranked #12 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

The IPC Megstacks ₹100K High Roller champion Alok ‘Mazacar’ Birewar pocketed ₹1.50 Lakhs through two deep runs, which include:

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s MS #2 – Thursday Millionaire for ₹83,040

> 26th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹65,758

Alok Birewar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.36 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.60 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #5| Annual Winnings: ₹16.74 Lakhs

Final Table Results

1. lucky Fish – ₹10,10,668
2. smokebutt – ₹7,33,162
3. Anurag ‘CultOfPersonality’ Srivastava – ₹3,73,680
4. Mitesh ‘mikefrbike’ Gupta – ₹2,69,860
5. Vivek ‘acchemicals’ Karwa – ₹1,70,232
6. Loot_era – ₹1,24,560
7. Laksh ‘b00mTilt23’ Pal Singh – ₹1,03,800
8. Alok ‘Mazacar’ Birewar – ₹83,040

MS #4 (6-Max) – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 289

Re-entries – 85

Rebuys – 218

Prize Pool – ₹17,76,000

Places Paid – 55

Wednesday’s The Pride runner-up finisher, MPL Poker Team Pro Siddharth ‘SherRun’ Karia, did one better last night in Spartan Poker’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD MS #4, overcoming the 592-player field to capture his career-second Millionaire Series title and ₹3.44 Lakhs in prize money. Site user ‘ON A MISSION’ placed runner-up for ₹2.18 Lakhs.

Karia, who had crossed ₹1 Crores in annual winnings just a day back, cashed another three events for a Thursday take-home of ₹3.73 Lakhs.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s MS #4 for ₹3,44,544

> 93rd in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹19,404

> 30th in Spartan Poker’s MS #1 Showtime for ₹6,039

> 54th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹3,320

Siddharth Karia`s online stats (excluding PokerStars India & MPL Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.37 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.45 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: 9 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.04 Crores | Ranked 2 in the Millionaire Series Leaderboard Standings

Final Table Results

1. Siddharth ‘SherRun’ Karia – ₹3,44,544
2. ON A MISSION – ₹2,18,448
3. Pranay ‘Alvida’ Chawla – ₹1,57,886
4. Au$tin – ₹1,27,694
5. RangeMerge – ₹1,01,054
6. Akhilesh ‘Ikk@5’ Chauhan – ₹77,789

MS #1 Showtime – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 734

Re-entries – 203

Rebuys – 414

Prize Pool – ₹13,51,000

Places Paid – 135

Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series 5.0 series-opener, ₹10 Lakhs GTD MS #1 Showtime, got the festival off to a roaring start! The ₹1,100 buy-in event brought in 1,351 entrants, creating a guarantee-crushing ₹13.51 Lakhs in the prize pool.

Over ten hours of play later, the user ‘Bittoo Bauji’ was the last player standing and won ₹2.12 Lakhs (ending a month-long title drought), following a heads-up deal with ‘Hamdard’ (2nd for ₹1.91 Lakhs).

Bittoo Bauji’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹4.35 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹2.53 Lakhs | Ranked #1 in the Millionaire Series 2 Million Leaderboard Standings

The #5 ranked player of the year, Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar, locked in ₹1.14 Lakhs through six ITM finishes which include:

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s MS #1 – Showtime for ₹62,416

> 34th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹16,673

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹13,928

> 9th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹12,022

> 16th in PokerBaazi’s Holdem BOOST for ₹4,500

> 39th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹3,923

Siddharth Gangwar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.02 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.53 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹2.38 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #14 | Ranked #5 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #6 in Annual Profits

Young Gun Sahil ‘$lim$hady19’ Chutani banked ₹66,449 on the back of three finishes which include:

> 6th in Spartan Poker’s MS #1 – Showtime for ₹46,204

> 53rd in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹11,543

> 40th in Spartan Poker’s MS #4 for ₹8,702

Sahil Chutani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.47 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.70 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹2.89 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #17 | Ranked #2 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #1 in Annual Profits

Final Table Results

1. Bittoo Bauji – ₹2,11,587*
2. Hamdard – ₹1,90,741*
3. Sawan ‘PaisaWala’ Kumar – ₹1,06,864
4. HEMAKUNA – ₹80,249
5. Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar – ₹62,416
6. Sahil ‘$lim$hady19’ Chutani – ₹46,204
7. screw_me – ₹33,086
8. Anurag ‘CultOfPersonality’ Srivastava – ₹23,575

*denotes a heads-up deal

MS #3 – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 303

Re-entries – 64

Rebuys – 237

Prize Pool – ₹9,06,000

Places Paid – 55

The Kolkata-based MTT reg Harsh ‘Chiraunjilal Khosla’ Bubna came out on top of a 604-player field in Spartan Poker’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD MS #3 to win the 8 PM marquee for ₹1.46 Lakhs. ‘Ashkon Axel’ collected ₹1.41 Lakhs in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

Bubna’s last recorded title victory was winning Adda52’s Voyager on August 1. Yesterday`s win got him his first title after a month, and he went on to collect ₹1.89 Lakhs through five ITM finishes.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s MS #3 for ₹1,45,814

> 113th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹16,170

> 42nd in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹14,108

> 14th in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-06 [The Classic] for ₹8,221

> 21st in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹5,000

Harsh Bubna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.59 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹79.73 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.46 Crores

PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja filled in a six-figure payday worth ₹1.05 Lakhs through six finishes which include:

> 10th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹32,063

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s MS #3 for ₹29,536

> 94th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹19,404

> 33rd in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹16,371

> 33rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹4,527

> 133rd in Spartan Poker’s MS #1 – Showtime for ₹2,661

Ashish Ahuja’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.92 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.60 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹2.33 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #18 | Ranked #7 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Final Table Results

1. Harsh ‘Chiraunjilal Khosla’ Bubna – ₹1,45,814*
2. Ashkon Axel – ₹1,41,388*
3. Harryputtar24 – ₹80,543
4. mchlmanoj – ₹65,141
5. Deepesh ‘prince1993’ Raka – ₹51,551
6. Ankit ‘magnum736’ Saurabh – ₹39,683
7. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹29,536
8. Deepakbaba1 – ₹21,382

*denotes a heads-up deal

MS ₹1 Crore GTD The Millionaire – Day 1A

> Day 1A – Entries: 233 | Re-entries: 35 | Rebuys: 138 | Survivors: 49 | Chip Leader: ‘MagicMan13’ (246,541)

Millionaire Series 5.0 2 Million Leaderboard – Day 1

Spartan Poker`s biggest-ever Millionaire Series 5.0 got off to a roaring start yesterday, signaling the start of the 2 Million Leaderboard race! The MS #1 Showtime champion ‘Bittoo Bauji’ has pulled ahead into an early lead with 1,224 points, with Young Gun Siddharth ‘SherRun’ Karia (1,089 points) and Anurag ‘CultOfPersonality’ Srivastava (1,012 points) rounding out the top three names in the leaderboard rankings.

Mritunjay ‘Nahi chahiye’ Singh (Won ₹4 Lakhs GTD MS #5 for ₹80,601), ‘CanineClan’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹51,840), ‘Nandikeshvara’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Thur Poker Nite #4 for ₹44,736), ‘R.K.K’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Thur Poker Nite #2 PLO6 for ₹30,080), ‘battlefury’ (Won ₹60K GTD Striker PKO for ₹20,288), and ‘yangerpgn’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹8,434) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

PokerBaazi

The MoneyMaker – ₹1 Crore GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 565

Re-entries – 513

Prize Pool – ₹1,08,00,000

Places Paid – 126

Friday night saw exciting action unfold on PokerBaazi, with the site`s flagship, ₹1 Crore GTD The MoneyMaker making its scheduled run from 7.30 PM onwards. Even as the tournament crushed its advertised guarantee by pulling in 1,078 players that made for a prize pool of ₹1.08 Crores, things went down the wire at 5.11 AM.

The fourth-generation lawyer turned poker pro, Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta, bested the competition to claim the title and a personal-best ₹16.13 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with PokerGuru Ambassador Sanchit ‘devilsanchit’ Anand. The latter also picked a career-best ₹15.05 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.

Anmol Mehta picked up another small cash in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) #SPRINT (14th for 8,752), boosting his online bankroll by almost ₹16.22 Lakhs. As he now approaches the ₹6 Crore mark in tracked online winnings, he hit two significant milestones last night –

> Crossed ₹2 Crores in tracked winnings on PokerBaazi

> Crossed ₹1 Crore in annual winnings!

The young PokerGuru Staking recruit, Sanchit Anand, cashed another three tourneys, adding ₹15.09 Lakhs in Thursday winnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹81.32 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹14.62 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #20

PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal ‘boomtlt23’ Singh completed the podium with a third-place finish worth ₹8.33 Lakhs. He also FT-ed the MS #2 – Thursday Millionaire while posting another two ITM runs, raking in ₹9.72 Lakhs overall.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹8,33,294

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s MS #2 – Thursday Millionaire for ₹1,03,800

> 19th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹23,834

> 45th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹11,543

Final Table Results

1. Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹16,13,184*
2. Sanchit ‘devilsanchit’ Anand – ₹15,05,470*
3. Laksh Pal ‘boomtlt23’ Singh – ₹8,33,294
4. Arjanveer Singh ‘holdbaby’ Chadha – ₹6,15,538
5. Gautam ‘johny3’ Bansal – ₹4,59,228
6. Samay Singh ‘Sammybigstac’ Modi – ₹3,71,910
7. Mmkay711 – ₹3,08,308
8. Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo – ₹2,45,784

*denotes a heads-up deal

The Summit – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹8,250

Entries – 160

Re-entries – 161

Prize Pool – ₹24,07,000

Places Paid – 36

PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘Vishzz’ Bajaj scored a thumping victory in PokerBaazi`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Summit, overcoming a vast 321-entry field to collect the ₹5.31 Lakhs. Raubin ‘pkhelp123’ Sainju pocketed a site-best ₹3.73 Lakhs in second place.

The 26-year-old poker pro, Vishal Bajaj, made away with over ₹5.60 Lakhs for the day`s work across three deep runs, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi`s The Summit for ₹5,31,817

> 41st in Spartan Poker`s MS #2 – Thursday Millionaire for ₹17,854

> 32nd in Spartan Poker`s MS #4 for ₹10,478

Vishal Bajaj`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.71 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.50 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #10 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.75 Crores

Final Table Results

1. Vishal ‘Vishzz’ Bajaj – ₹5,31,817
2. Raubin ‘pkhelp123’ Sainju – ₹3,73,163
3. Puneet ‘pg83’ Gaur – ₹2,40,028
4. Rajesh ‘path1716’ Pawar – ₹1,77,674
5. tyso2506 – ₹1,33,376
6. Amit ‘quark’ Kaushik – ₹1,06,652
7. Ishan0603 – ₹88,596

(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 289

Re-entries – 214

Prize Pool – ₹7,54,000

Places Paid – 63

Rahul ‘GhatakTheGreat’ Sengar broke through the 503-player barrier in PokerBaazi`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT on his way to collecting ₹1.39 Lakhs in first-place prize money.

Goan MTT-pro Clinton ‘clintontavares’ Tavares succumbed one short of the finish line but made away with an equally impressive ₹1.10 Lakhs for taking up the runner-up spot, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

Rahul Sengar FT-ed one other event and cashed another two tourneys, netting ₹1.49 Lakhs overall. His Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,39,147

> 6th in PokerBaazi`s PLO5 BOOST for ₹5,040

> 18th in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-01 [Big Bang 8-Max] for ₹2,774

> 39th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for ₹1,534

Rahul Sengar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.98 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹41.98 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #26 | Annual Winnings: ₹49.15 Lakhs

Tavares, ITM-ed two more events, banking ₹1.19 Lakhs altogether.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,10,215

> 8th in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-03 [Laser Tag UKO 75%] for ₹3,943

> 30th in the Spartan Poker’s MS #5 for ₹3,136

Clinton Tavares online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹95.13 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹21.85 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #31 | Annual Winnings: ₹29.28 Lakhs

The #1 ranked player in the annual TLB (points) standings, Rajneesh Thakur, filled in ₹81,141 in Thursday winnings on the back of six ITM finishes, which include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹66,094

> 32nd in PokerBaazi’s Afternoon Boost for ₹4,500

> 12th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹4,380

> 22nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night Sprint for ₹2,392

> 47th in PokerBaazi’s Holdem BOOST for ₹2,010

> 27th in PokerBaazi`s SPRINT for ₹1,765

Final Table Results

1. Rahul ‘GhatakTheGreat’ Sengar – ₹1,39,147*
2. Clinton ‘clintontavares’ Tavares – ₹1,10,215*
3. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹66,094
4. Gaurav ‘balyanbali’ Balyan – ₹48,892
5. Kripansh ‘GentMrK’ Khosla – ₹36,669
6. dreado – ₹29,426
7. Ankur ‘enigma89’ Aryan – ₹24,521

* denotes a heads-up deal

(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 153

Re-entries – 119

Prize Pool – ₹5,44,000

Places Paid – 36

The three-time Holdem BOOST DST champion Arpan ‘Novus’ Majhi was the last player standing from a starting field of 272 entrants in PokerBaazi`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT and won the 7:30 PM tournament for ₹1.06 Lakhs. He chopped the title heads-up with ‘Shravankapur’ (2nd for ₹98,029).

Arpan Majhi made another deep run in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT (11th for ₹10,789), raked in ₹1.17 Lakhs in Thursday winnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.37 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹29.88 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #8

Final Table Results

1. Arpan ‘Novus’ Majhi – ₹106,461*
2. Shravankapur – ₹98,029*
3. Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar – ₹54,237
4. Marciva – ₹40,147
5. Vinayak ‘salmanbhai’ Bajaj – ₹30,138
6. Debashis ‘Alln’ Bal – ₹24,099
7. royalking7424 – ₹20,019

*denotes a heads-up deal

Afternoon Boost – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 113

Re-entries – 99

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 41

Myron ‘priyankAAchoprAA’ Pereira went on a tear across the Thursday marquees! The online reg from Goa shipped PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Boost, where he dismantled a 212-strong field to collect ₹80,000 in first-place prize money. Well-known poker streamer Bhushan ‘bhushansohani’ Sohani cashed for ₹62,950 as the runner-up.

The Afternoon Boost victory was just a precursor for things to come as online reg FT-ed three other events and cashed another four to make away with an impressive ₹5.24 Lakhs (overall).

His Thursday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerStars India`s Galactic Series-05 [Highroller] for ₹2,33,985

> 1st in PokerBaazi`s Afternoon Boost for ₹80,000

> 2nd in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹80,000

> 3rd in PokerStars India`s Galactic Series-06 [The Classic] for ₹58,746

> 30th in PokerBaazi`s The MoneyMaker for ₹56,056

> 23rd in The Spartan Poker`s MS #1 – Showtime for ₹8,363

> 30th in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹3,699

> 19th in PokerStars India`s Galactic Series-09 [Blizzard] for ₹3,408

Myron Pereira’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.76 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹96.14 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #6 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.54 Crores

The ₹2,200 buy-in Afternoon Boost registered a marginal ₹76,000 in overlays, and the top 41 places walked past the money line.

Final Table Results

1. Myron ‘priyankAAchoprAA’ Pereira – ₹80,000
2. Bhushan ‘bhushansohani’ Sohani – ₹62,950
3. Srishti ‘kombucha’ Negi – ₹47,600
4. Kunal ‘symbolicchamp’ Agrawal – ₹37,350
5. tyso2506 – ₹27,100
6. Somesh ‘jacknotma’ Patel – ₹19,650
7. sevenpockets – ₹15,900
8. Atishay ‘nutscracker’ Samuel – ₹12,850

MPL Poker

Master Series #2 – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Total Entries – 482

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 80

Yaramala ‘covid19899’ Kiran shipped the opening day headliner of MPL Poker’s inaugural Master Series, ₹5 Lakhs GTD Master Series #2, for ₹85,000. He successfully outmaneuvered a 482-strong field and bested Shivam ‘shivamop’ Chauhan (2nd for ₹62,500) heads-up!

Kiran made another ITM run in the series-opener ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Master Series #1 (4th for ₹13,237), netting ₹98,237 across his Thursday run on the site.

Final Table Results

1. Yaramala ‘covid19899’ Kiran – ₹85,000
2. Shivam ‘shivamop’ Chauhan – ₹62,500
3. R Venkat ‘rockybhai1’ Sai – ₹45,000
4. Katkuri ‘fffffffffffl’ Vijayvardhanreddy – ₹35,000
5. Karan ‘rpgoutcome153’ Kashyap – ₹26,250
6. Sonal ‘sonallllll’ Gehlot genius695183 – ₹18,250
7. Mudavath ‘epicability1342’ Chantibabu – ₹14,500
8. Farhan ‘genius695183’ Khan – ₹11,500

Sunny ‘player1046343’ Prajapati (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Master Series #1 for ₹31,946) and MD TABREJ ‘tabrej11’ ALAM (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Master Series #3 for ₹22,142) won the other Master Series titles on Day 1 of the festival.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India’s ₹3.60 Crores GTD Galactic Series was one of three flagship MTT series roaring to life yesterday. Day 1 of the series had nine events on the tap, headlined by the Galatic Series – 05 [Highroller].

Galactic Series – 05 [Highroller] – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹8,250

Entries – 88

Re-entries – 78

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 20

The former INCOOP HERCULES champion Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra made the headlines on Day 1 of PokerStars India’s Galactic Series. He fired two bullets in the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Galactic Series – 5 [Highroller], eventually trampling the 166-strong field to win ₹3.02 Lakhs, bagging his second high roller title in six days. Yesterday’s breakout scorer Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira, added ₹2.34 Lakhs in second place.

Last night, Mishra made another ITM finish in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) #SPRINT (38th for ₹3,923), netting ₹3.06+ Lakhs overall. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹66.75 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: 6 | Annual Winnings: ₹58.19 Lakhs

The Goan reg Myron Pereira went on a rampage yesterday. He won PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Boost for ₹80,000 and cashed another seven events, rounding up a hefty ₹5.24 Lakhs (overall).

Final Table Results

1. Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra – ₹3,02,409
2. Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira – ₹2,33,985
3. Nitin ‘Mickyn34’ Gupta – ₹1,81,043
4. Pavankiran ‘Rootahua Macchi’ B – ₹1,40,079
5. Aditya ‘ukid767’ Singh – ₹1,08,384
6. Himanshu ‘himkat@stars’ Kataria – ₹83,861
7. Sahni1509 – ₹64,886
8. Lavesh ‘lavesh786’ Meena – ₹50,205
9. Karan ‘JUNIOR1-KK’ Kapur – ₹42,158

Galactic Series – 06 [The Classic] – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in- ₹2,750

Entries – 109

Re-entries – 55

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 23

PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved fired up the Thursday action in PokerStars India’s inaugural Galactic Series by running past the 164-entry field in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Galactic Series – 06 [The Classic] to win ₹84,618. He chopped the title heads-up with last week`s Night on Stars winner and fellow stablemate Debneil ‘ChhotaD0N’ Mukherjee (2nd for ₹92,775).

Kartik Ved’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.61 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.02 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #6 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.41 Crores

Debneil Mukherjee cashed another four events, netting ₹1.30 Lakhs.

His top Thursday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series – 06 [The Classic] for ₹92,775

> 16th in Spartan Poker’s MS #4 for ₹19,289

Debneil Mukherjee’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.79 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹36.04 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #13

Final Table Results

1. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹84,618*
2. Debneil ‘ChhotaD0N’ Mukherjee – ₹92,775*
3. Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira – ₹58,476
4. s291405 – ₹44,567
5. kenpachipoker – ₹33,967
6. Amar B ‘PsykoEko’ Iyer – ₹25,888
7. Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu – ₹19,731
8. zakki_khan – ₹15,038
9. Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik – ₹11,461

*denotes a heads-up deal

Adwait ‘Adwait Pol’ Pol (Won ₹2 Lakh GTD Galactic Series – 1 [Big Bang 8-Max] for ₹60,501), ‘WaveBosss’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Galatic Series – 03 [Laser Tag UKO 75% for ₹47,315), ‘arnavM’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Galactic Series – 09 [Blizzard] for ₹41,778), Ankit ‘I am VR4Poker’ Nahar (Won ₹50K GTD Afternoon on Stars for ₹17,577), Sarthak ‘sarthaksinghal’ Singhal (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD Galactic Series – 08 [Solar Cycle] for ₹16,626), ‘WaveBoss’ (Won ₹40K GTD Galactic Series – 07 [Pulsar PLO [6-Max Turbo] for ₹12,589), NS ‘NSGautamoo7’ Gautam (Won ₹50K GTD Galactic Series – 02 [Big Bang for ₹10,531), and ‘ORCA1590’ (Won ₹50K GTD Galactic Series – 4 [Bounty Planet] [Progressive KO] for ₹10,191) won the other Galactic Series titles yesterday.

Galactic Series Leaderboard – Day 1

Following Day 1 of the Galactic Series, the Galactic Series – 03 & 07 winner, ‘WaveBoss’ (240 points), has taken charge of the ₹5 Lakhs-added series leaderboard. Ravi ‘rkcravi’ Kumar (200 points) and Prabhat ‘Pabhat1028’ Kumar (175 points) are ranked #2 and #3, respectively, after the opening day.

Galactic Series Standings After Day 1

Pocket52

Pocket Jacks – ₹2 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 99

Re-entries – 75

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 24

Pocket52`s ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacksengaged 174 runners, and ‘GodG’ outlasted them all to clinch the title for ₹42,000. ‘Pant08’ finished runner-up for ₹31,000.

Final Table Results

1. GodG – ₹42,000
2. Pant08 – ₹31,000
3. Viney ‘rude’ Thakur – ₹23,000
4. user1653239136 – ₹16,000
5. ritikgarg – ₹12,000
6. user1649415838 – ₹9,000

‘Charizard’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Tanks for ₹25,000), ‘lucky_bhai’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹17,250), ‘IGNOREENEMY’ (Won ₹60K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹13,800), Sahil ‘Acejpoker’ Singh (Won ₹50K GTD Pocket Chips for ₹11,500) won the other Pocket52 marquees.

PokerDangal

PLO 5 Thursday – ₹50K GTD

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 68

Re-entries – 27

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 15

PokerDangal user ‘pranav’ championed the ₹50K GTD PLO 5 Thursday for ₹12,000. ‘Stanley89’ came second for ₹8,750.

Sumit ‘Sumit_Saraswat’ Saraswat placed third for ₹6,375.

Final Table Results

1. pranav – ₹12,000
2. Stanley89 – ₹8,750
3. Sumit ‘Sumit_Saraswat’ Saraswat – ₹6,375
4. bigbang – ₹4,750
5. limpingKK – ₹3,500
6. Pintu0007 – ₹2,500

Adda52

Godfather – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 255

Re-entries – 258

Prize Pool – ₹25,65,000

Places Paid – 55

The IPC MegaStacks Main Event champion, Young Gun Siddhanth ‘Sidstack’ Kripalani, playing his first tournament on Adda52 after a fortnight, hit the Thursday jackpot as he took down the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather for ₹6.15 Lakhs (winning his first title in over two months) – breaching the ₹3 Crores mark in online profits!

Spartan Poker`s MS #2 – Thursday Millionaire third-place finisher Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava lapped up ₹3.59 Lakhs in second place.

Siddhanth Kripalani made another deep run in Spartan Poker’s MS #4 (38th for ₹10,478), adding ₹6.26 Lakhs in Thursday winnings. His online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.72 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.01 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #9 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.28 Crores

The ₹5,500 buy-in Godfather generated a profitable ₹25.65 Lakhs prize pool after logging in 513 entries, and the top 55 places got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Siddhanth ‘Sidstack’ Kripalani – ₹6,15,600
2. Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava – ₹3,59,100
3. Shubham ‘NewBackchod’ Agarwal – ₹2,43,675
4. nalasoopara – ₹1,92,375
5. Nishant ‘stockfull’ Pandey – ₹1,28,250
6. Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora – ₹89,775
7. Srihari ‘zombieballs – ₹64,125
8. sra96 – ₹51,300

Mosnter Turbo – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 136

Re-entries – 79

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 24

Adda52 reg ‘VishuChi’ made the victory march in Adda52`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo to collect ₹1.36 Lakhs, with last night’s Galactic Series-05 [Highroller] second-place finisher Myron ‘zzzzz369’ Pereira pocketing ₹80,000 for his runner-up finish.

VishuChi`s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹46.30 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹12.26 Lakhs

The ₹2,500 buy-in Monster Turbo registered a starting field of 215 entrants, overlaying ₹16,250, and the top 24 places boarded the money bus.

Final Table Results

1. VishuChi – ₹1,36,250
2. Myron ‘zzzzz369’ Pereira – ₹80,000
3. UNKNOWN – ₹61,250
4. UNKNOWN – ₹43,750
5. tarunalcon ₹30,000
6. Mayank ‘AreyBetaRaise’ Maruka – ₹21,250
7. dharmpur1234 – ₹16,250

Utkarsh ‘sam20542’ Srivastava (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹32,940), ‘iamalooser’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹30,059), Shrikant ‘baphomate’ Sanjay Pradhan (Won ₹40K GTD Freezeout Adda for ₹14,266), and ‘Aditya180388’ (Won ₹50K GTD Evening Adda for ₹9,939) won the other Adda52 marquees.

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