Daily Majors: Anmol Srivats Champions Spartan Poker`s IOPC #115 Mega High Roller For ₹53.35 Lakhs; Abhinav Iyer & Ashish Munot Make Podium Finishes

The weekend is approaching, and Thursday predictably saw all the top pros in action, all thanks to Spartan Poker`s IOPC #115 Mega High Roller.

With Spartan Poker’s biggest-ever India Online Poker Championship (IOPC) 14.0, PokerStars India’s brand-new Red Spade Series (RSS), and Pocket52’s FUNtastic February offerings running neck-to-neck, MTT players were spoilt for choice. Adding to the electrifying action will be PokerBaazi’s PLO-only MTT series – ₹5 Crores GTD PLO Championship, which starts today!

Grabbing the Thursday headlines was the former Young Gun and IPC High Roller champion Anmol Srivats, who won the biggest buy-in tournament ever at the IOPC, Spartan Poker’s ₹1 Crore GTD IOPC #115 Mega High Roller, for a jaw-dropping ₹53.35 Lakhs – the biggest payout at the ongoing series so far and the IOPC gold badge.

WSOP bracelet winner Abhinav Iyer (2nd for ₹37.93 Lakhs) (won ₹38.19 Lakhs overall) and last week’s “#PokerGuru Star of the Week,” Ashish Munot (3rd for ₹24.83 Lakhs) (won ₹25 Lakhs overall) raked in hefty scores on the IOPC #115 Mega High Roller podium.

‘Craftplayer’ (4th for ₹18.78 Lakhs), ‘kunfupanda7’ (5th for ₹15.13 Lakhs), and Harshad Barve (6th for ₹11.83 Lakhs) were others banking seven-figure scores in IOPC MHR.

Two days after winning IOPC #100 Tuesday Spotlight, the in-form Aditya Singh bagged his second badge in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #114 Thursday Prime, winning his third tournament title on consecutive days for ₹8.71 Lakhs. He made at least three deep runs last night (including a 5th place finish in PokerStars India’s Red Spade Series-01 The Colosseum for ₹1.18 Lakhs), adding ₹10 Lakhs overall – and was the only player outside the Mega High Roller finalists to collect a seven-figure payday.

Nikhil Jain nailed Spartan Poker’s IOPC #116 Thursday Spotlight, picking up his second IOPC silver badge (his first this year) and ₹4.19 Lakhs in first-place prize money (his fourth-best score on the site). Joseph Rochungh Touthang collected ₹2.64 Lakhs in second place.

Pravin Jain (Won IOPC #117 All-Rounder for a career-best ₹1.57 Lakhs), IOPC #33 champion Amol Nakhwa (Won IOPC #113 Triple Chance for ₹1.64 Lakhs), Shrey Baj (Won IOPC #111 for ₹1.10 Lakhs), ‘HIGH FREQUENCY’ (Won IOPC #112 for ₹87,705), and ‘Prometheue’ (Won IOPC #110 for ₹87,262) won the other IOPC marquees on Thursday.

Long-time pro Sahil Mahboobani thrashed out four deep runs yesterday, netting ₹8.97 Lakhs – hitting ₹4 Crores in online profits. He most notably conquered PokerBaazi’s The Summit for an incredible sixth time for ₹4.48 Lakhs and finished runner-up in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1.97 Lakhs.

The IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime champion from the day before, Sashank Chakravarthy kept his title-winning streak going, lapping up ₹6.47 Lakhs last night. He most prominently won Adda52`s Godfather for ₹4.98 Lakhs and finished runner-up in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹1.38 Lakhs – both tournaments playing down to a heads-up deal.

Vaibhav Sharma is off to a firecracker start in PokerStars India’s inaugural Red Spade Series as he shipped the series-opener RSS-01 The Colosseum for ₹3.99 Lakhs (won ₹4.05 Lakhs overall). Last night`s Monster Turbo champion Ashit Sharma pocketed ₹2.95 Lakhs as the runner-up (won ₹4.43 Lakhs overall).

Clinton Tavares (Won RSS-2 Uppercut Mini for ₹68,546), ‘amar9031’ (Won RSS-4 Ultrasonic for ₹26,484), and Rahul Thakur (Won RSS-3 Bounty Adrenaline 6-Max for ₹17,716) won the other Red Spade Series marquees on Day 1 of the series.

Avinash Kumar, Devendra Suthar, Zafar Ahmed, Yash Jaiswal, Vishal Kumar, Dhirendra Singh, Pankaj Nanda, Natansh Basandra, Sharad Haridasan, and Rohit Agarwal won the other Thursday majors.

Here are the Thursday highlights!

Spartan Poker

IOPC #115 Mega High Roller (6-Max) – ₹1 Crore GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,10,000

Entries – 66

Re-entries – 20

Rebuys – 11

Prize Pool – ₹1,94,00,000

Places Paid – 11

Anmol ‘gapyorn’ Srivats, a maths graduate from the UK and a former Young Gun with an IPC High Roller title under his belt, is now Spartan Poker`s first-ever IOPC #115 Mega High Roller champion.

The 27-year-old made a solid comeback to the spotlight after years by winning the biggest buy-in tournament ever at the India Online Poker Championship, Spartan Poker’s ₹1 Crore GTD IOPC #115 Mega High Roller (6-Max), for a jaw-dropping ₹53.35 Lakhs – the single-biggest payout awarded at IOPC 14.0 so far and the IOPC gold badge. The massive Thursday score has pushed Srivats into a commanding lead in the weekly rankings & into the top #10 in the POY race.

Anmol Srivats’ online stats (Spartan Poker and Adda52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹88.38 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹53.10 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | IOPC Titles Won: #1

WSOP bracelet winner Abhinav ‘hightr0ller’ Iyer was one of the 97 entrants (66 unique) who ponied up the steep ₹2.10 Lakhs to enter the Mega High Roller, and the top pro raked in an online-best ₹37.93 Lakhs (on a domestic site) as the runner-up. He managed another ITM finish in PokerBaazi’s The Summit (20th for ₹26,325) and made Day 2 in IOPC #141 The Crown – rounding up an impressive ₹38.19 Lakhs overall.

Abhinav Iyer’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.38 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.48 Crores | IOPC Titles Won: #1

Last week`s “#PokerGuru Star of the Week,” Ashish ‘0mg_spew’ Munot (3rd for ₹24.83 Lakhs), Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve (6th for ₹11.83 Lakhs), Rahul ‘palawat’ Jain (7th for ₹9.31 Lakhs), the most profitable player of 2022 Sahil ‘C.Dickens’ Chutani (8th for ₹6.94 Lakhs), IOPC #85 Beast champion Madhav ‘APcomingsoon’ Sethi (9th for ₹5.53 Lakhs), Vishal ‘SimSlave’ Bajaj (10th for ₹4.85 Lakhs), and Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (11th for ₹4.85 Lakhs) were other top guns making an ITM finish in IOPC #115 Mega High Roller.

The ₹2.10 Lakhs buy-in IOPC MHR collected a mammoth ₹1.94 Crores (almost twice its advertised guarantee), and 11 places got paid with a min-cash worth ₹4.85 Lakhs.

Final Table Results

1. Anmol ‘gapyorn’ Srivats – ₹53,35,000
2. Abhinav ‘hightr0ller’ Iyer – ₹37,92,700
3. Ashish ‘0mg_spew’ Munot – ₹24,83,200
4. Craftplayer – ₹18,77,567
5. kunfupanda7 – ₹15,13,200
6. Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve – ₹11,83,400

IOPC #114 Thursday Prime – ₹40 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 394

Re-entries – 160

Rebuys – 354

Prize Pool – ₹45,40,000

Places Paid – 79

Aditya ‘Ben K Rolle’ Singh is in breakout form. Two days after winning IOPC #100 Tuesday Spotlight, the online phenom bagged his second IOPC silver badge in Spartan Poker’s 8 PM flagship, ₹40 Lakhs GTD IOPC #114 Thursday Prime, winning his third tournament title on consecutive days for ₹8.71 Lakhs. The user ‘Doge Coin’ placed runner-up for ₹5.47 Lakhs.

Aditya Singh made at least three ITM finishes yesterday – two of them FT scores – netting ₹10 Lakhs overall, making him the only player outside the IOPC #115 Mega High Roller to walk with seven figures last night.

His known Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #114 Thursday Prime for ₹8,71,226

> 5th in PokerStars India’s Red Spade Series-01 The Colosseum for ₹1,18,453

> 44th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹10,143

Samit ‘waghoneblood$’ Mehta (3rd for ₹3.91 Lakhs), Parminder ‘Bounceez’ Randhava (4th for ₹3.05 Lakhs), Avijit ‘evilpotato’ Jaiswal (5th for ₹2.39 Lakhs), Tuesday’s Turbo Masters winner Harsh ‘Chiraunjilal Khosla’ Bubna (6th for ₹1.88 Lakhs), Young Gun Aayush ‘Eureka226’ Arya (7th for ₹1.40 Lakhs), and Shyam ‘shyam1190’ Sundar (8th for ₹92,664) made FT runs in the 8 PM IOPC headliner.

The ₹40 Lakhs GTD IOPC #114 Thursday Prime registered a 908-player field (394 unique), and 79 places got paid from the ₹45.40 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Aditya ‘Ben K Rolle’ Singh – ₹8,71,226
2. Doge Coin – ₹5,46,616
3. Samit ‘waghoneblood$’ Mehta – ₹3,91,348
4. Parminder ‘Bounceez’ Randhava – ₹3,05,088
5. Avijit ‘evilpotato’ Jaiswal – ₹2,39,258
6. Harsh ‘Chiraunjilal Khosla’ Bubna – ₹1,87,956
7. Aayush ‘Eureka226’ Arya – ₹1,40,286
8. Shyam ‘shyam1190’ Sundar – ₹92,664

IOPC #116 Thursday Spotlight – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 373

Re-entries – 102

Rebuys – 248

Prize Pool – ₹21,69,000

Places Paid – 71

The former Millionaire Series High Roller finalist, Nikhil ‘OnedOtOne’ Jain, stormed past the 723-player field (373 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD IOPC #116 Thursday Spotlight, picking up his second IOPC silver badge (first of the series) and the ₹4.19 Lakhs up-top (his fourth-best score on the site).

Joseph ‘axone’ Rochungh Touthang settled for a runner-up payday worth ₹2.64 Lakhs.

Nikhil Jain’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹55.56 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹52,792 | | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | IOPC Titles Won: #2

The ranked #2 player on the IOPC 14.0 leaderboard, Young Gun Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav thrashed out at least four ITM finishes yesterday, raking in over ₹2.72 Lakhs and also made Day 2 in IOPC #141 The Crown.

His top Thursday finishes include:

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #116 Thursday Spotlight for ₹1,48,793

> 9th in PokerStars India’s Red Spade Series-01 The Colosseum for ₹57,412

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #113 Triple Chance for ₹26,401

> 16th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹21,250

> 48th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹18,428

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown

IOPC #100 Tuesday Spotlight runner-up finisher Ruhaan ‘malindcorp’ Malhotra (3rd for ₹1.89 Lakhs) and Rahul ‘Klopp’ Sharma (8th for ₹47,935) were other known players who FT-ed the IOPC #116 Thursday Spotlight.

The 9:30 PM IOPC marquee collected ₹21.69 Lakhs in the prize pool, and 71 players got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Nikhil ‘OnedOtOne’ Jain – ₹4,18,617
2. Joseph ‘axone’ Rochungh Touthang – ₹2,63,750
3. Ruhaan ‘malindcorp’ Malhotra – ₹1,88,920
4. Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹1,48,793
5. riverofsorrow – ₹1,16,909
6. Potamophobia – ₹91,315
7. Fliptripp – ₹68,757
8. Rahul ‘Klopp’ Sharma – ₹47,935

IOPC #117 All Rounder – ₹11 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 344

Re-entries – 132

Rebuys – 215

Prize Pool – ₹11,00,000

Places Paid – 71

Pravin ‘RaiseyourEdge’ Jain had his best outing of the year yet on Spartan Poker last night, shipping the ₹11 Lakhs GTD IOPC #117 All-Rounder for a career-best ₹1.57 Lakhs and the IOPC silver badge. He overcame the 691-player field in the 11 PM marquee and struck a three-way deal with ‘Twins_ ACES’ (2nd for ₹1.42 Lakhs) and Ashay ‘rockfan24’ Barve (3rd for ₹1.42 Lakhs).

While the IOPC #117 All Rounder victory breaks a near six-week dry spell for Jain, he becomes the 10th player to advance to the ₹6 Lakhs GTD IOPC #137 All-Rounder SNG (February 5 at 9 PM).

Pravin Jain’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹31.03 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.67 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | IOPC Titles Won: #1

Chasing his third IOPC silver badge, Ravinder ‘BROgoingPRO’ Singh FT-ed two IOPC tournaments, adding ₹59,595 overall.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 6th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #117 All Rounder for ₹46,310

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #113 Triple Chance for ₹13,285

Ravinder Singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.56 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹51.05 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #6

Last month`s Nighttide DST winner, Yash ‘gambler11’ Jaiswal, accumulated ₹81,778 across the following deep runs:

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #117 All Rounder for ₹34,870

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Night Rider for ₹39,552

> 34th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹6,122

> 36th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹2,171

Yash Jaiswal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹74.72 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹7.95 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Four-time IOPC Leaderboard topper Bhanu Prakash ‘MafiaGaming’ KC (4th for ₹75,460), Mitesh ‘mikefrbike’ Gupta (5th for ₹59,290), and last night`s The Summit fifth-place finisher Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra (8th for ₹24,310) were others who FT-ed the 11 PM IOPC #117 All Rounder.

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in late-night marquee registered an overlay shortfall of ₹63,500, and the top 71 finishers got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Pravin ‘RaiseyourEdge’ Jain – ₹1,56,769*
2. Twins_ ACES – ₹1,43,060*
3. Ashay ‘rockfan24’ Barve – ₹1,42,041*
4. Bhanu Prakash ‘MafiaGaming’ KC – ₹75,460
5. Mitesh ‘mikefrbike’ Gupta – ₹59,290
6. Ravinder ‘BROgoingPRO’ Singh – ₹46,310
7. Yash ‘gambler11’ Jaiswal – ₹34,870
8. Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹24,310

*denotes a three-way deal

IOPC #113 Triple Chance – ₹6 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 350

Re-entries – 213

Rebuys – 505

Prize Pool – ₹8,54,000

Places Paid – 69

IOPC #33 champion Amol ‘Oustiner’ Nakhwa won his second IOPC silver badge last night after toppling a 1,068-player field (350 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹6 Lakhs GTD IOPC #113 Triple Chance for ₹1.64 Lakhs. The user ‘sagru’ collected ₹1.03 Lakhs in second place.

Nakhwa notched up almost ₹1.94 Lakhs across his Thursday run from the following ITM finishes:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #113 Triple Chance for ₹1,63,959

> 35th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #114 Thursday Prime for ₹21,338

> 62nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #116 Thursday Spotlight for ₹8,242

Amol Nakhwa’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹27.15 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain (3rd for ₹73,649), Utsav ‘Cost of Zero’ Taneja (5th for ₹45,027), Young Gun Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav (7th for ₹26,400), and IOPC #117 All Rounder finalist Ravinder ‘BROgoingPRO’ Singh (8th for ₹18,284) were others who FT-ed IOPC #113 Triple Chance.

The 7.30 PM marquee filled in a hefty ₹8.54 Lakhs in the prize pool and the top 69 finishers got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Amol ‘Oustiner’ Nakhwa – ₹1,63,959
2. sagru – ₹1,02,870
3. Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain – ₹73,649
4. TeenTakle1212 – ₹57,416
5. Utsav ‘Cost of Zero’ Taneja – ₹45,027
6. p@tience7744 – ₹35,372
7. Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹26,400
8. Ravinder ‘BROgoingPRO’ Singh – ₹18,284

IOPC #111 – ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 226

Re-entries – 75

Rebuys – 227

Prize Pool – ₹5,50,000

Places Paid – 39

The IOPC June 2022 The Crown finalist, Shrey ‘Kingsb30’ Baj, outran a 528-player field (226 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #111, winning the 3 PM tourney for ₹1.10 Lakhs – his first top finish in the ongoing series. Last night`s IOPC #113 Triple Chance third-place finisher, Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain, pocketed ₹73,315 in second place.

Shrey Baj raked in ₹1.12 Lakhs last night as he fired another ITM finish in IOPC #110 (56th for ₹1,963). His online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.74 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹30.38 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | IOPC Titles Won: #2

The ₹1,100 entry buy-in IOPC #111 fell ₹22,000 short of breaking even on its advertised ₹5.50 Lakhs prize pool guarantee, and 39 players got a share of the spoils.

Final Table Results

1. Shrey ‘Kingsb30’ Baj – ₹1,10,275
2. Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain – ₹73,315
3. Bharath ‘sanapalbhar’ Kumar – ₹53,625
4. viki2201 – ₹43,285
5. Bhushan ‘funchampion’ Sohani – ₹33,935
6. Piyush ‘anCap’ Ravi – ₹25,685
7. Abhishek ‘drpokerabc’ Milan Chinya – ₹18,865
8. Forestwow^ – ₹13,860

‘HIGH FREQUENCY’ (Won ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #112 for ₹87,705), and ‘Prometheue’ (Won ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #110 for ₹87,262) won the other IOPC marquees on Thursday.

₹5 Crores GTD IOPC – The Crown – Day 1D

Day 1D: Entries – 289 | Re-entries – 103 | Rebuys – 170 | Survivors – 85 | Chip Leader – Mithun ‘1NTU1T1ON’ Mahesh (324,539)

Combined: Entries – 1,041 | Re-entries – 449 | Rebuys – 717 | Survivors – 308 | Overall Chip Leader – Azaan ‘papertiger’ Ahmed (351,380)

₹35 Lakhs GTD IOPC – Value Mine – Day 1D

Day 1D: Entries – 247 | Re-entries – 27 | Rebuys – 165 | Survivors – 45 | Chip Leader – Areyann ‘TheManiacInTheCircuit’ Gurbaxani (363,027)

Combined: Entries – 991 | Re-entries – 132 | Rebuys – 703 | Survivors – 182 | Overall Chip Leader – Areyann ‘TheManiacInTheCircuit’ Gurbaxani (363,027)

IOPC 14.0 Leaderboard Standings After Day 15

With just three days remaining for the 14th edition of the IOPC to wrap up, it’s still Sunday’s IOPC #84 Wanderer champion Vinay Rajpal (17,390 points) leading the charge with 74 scores – his 11th straight day ranked #1 on the leaderboard.

Rajpal has pulled further ahead in the race and is almost a clear favorite to win ₹30 Lakhs (bonus money) for taking down the ₹1.50 Crores GTD IOPC 14.0 Leaderboard, barring a late rush by the IOPC June 2021 leaderboard topper Young Gun Anuj Yadav (14,849 points) or the #3 ranked ‘p@tience7744’ (14,093 points) over the weekend.

Yash ‘gambler11’ Jaiswal (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹39,552), ‘Chandan4’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up – Triple Chance for ₹17,232), and ‘aludra02’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹10,025) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

PokerBaazi

The Summit – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹8,250

Entries – 164

Re-entries – 187

Prize Pool – ₹26,32,000

Places Paid – 49

Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani, a long-time pro who is part of the elite ‘₹11 Crore Club,’ has entered February with a BANG! He reeled in a whopping ₹8.97 Lakhs across four deep runs last night – winning a title – making a runner-up finish – and another final table score – all in flagship tournaments – hitting ₹4 Crores in online profits.

Mahboobani most notably outlasted the 351-player field (164 unique) in PokerBaazi’s The Summit, winning the 8 PM flagship for an incredible sixth time for ₹4.48 Lakhs. Former BSS HighRoller champion, ‘rivermaster,’ was in the chase to win their first title of the year but had to settle for a runner-up payday worth ₹2.97 Lakhs.

Mahboobani’s Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹4,48,315 (won the event for the sixth time)

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,97,838

> 4th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹1,87,500

> 10th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #114 Thursday Prime for ₹63,106

Sahil Mahboobani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.70 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.01 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Anirban’ pottysingh’ D Das reeled in ₹3.38 Lakhs across seven deep runs. His top finishes include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹2,31,134

> 3rd in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹61,750

> 29th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹16,250

Anirban D Das’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.66 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.20 Crores

The ₹8,250 entry buy-in Thursday headliner generated a hefty ₹26.32 Lakhs in the prize pool, and 49 players got a share of the spoils.

Final Table Results

1. Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani – ₹4,48,315
2. rivermaster – ₹2,97,473
3. Anirban ‘pottysingh’ D Das – ₹2,31,134
4. easyboy009 – ₹1,82,959
5. Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹1,52,159
6. Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹1,24,254
7. Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – ₹98,456

(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 238

Re-entries – 176

Prize Pool – ₹14,49,000

Places Paid – 49

Avinash ‘I_fart_u_faint’ Kumar came out on top of a 414-player field (238 unique) in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT, winning the 9 PM flagship for ₹2.13 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with last night’s breakout winner, Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani (2nd for ₹1.98 Lakhs).

The satellite reg, Kumar, reeled in ₹2.49 Lakhs last night across two deep runs, and sattied his way into seven tournaments!

His Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹2,12,664

> 16th in Spartan Poker`s IOPC #114 Thursday Prime for ₹36,822

Avinash Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.27 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹15.83 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

The ₹3,850 entry buy-in tournament paid out 49 players a share from the ₹14.49 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Avinash ‘I_fart_u_faint’ Kumar – ₹2,12,664*
2. Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani – ₹1,97,838*
3. Kabir ‘kabira36’ Dhamija – ₹1,27,222
4. Astrologer23 – ₹1,00,706
5. Vivek ‘betraise’ Parmar – ₹83,752
6. Adarsh ‘lazygamer007’ Jha – ₹68,393
7. Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee – ₹54,193

*denotes a heads-up deal

Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 404

Re-entries – 338

Prize Pool – ₹11,13,000

Places Paid – 119

Devendra ‘thablack’ Suthar obliterated a 742-entry field (404 unique) in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost, taking down the 7:30 PM marquee for ₹1.40 Lakhs (his maiden title of the year). He chopped the title heads-up with last night`s Godfather champion Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarthy (2nd for ₹1.37 Lakhs).

Suthar lapped up ₹1.52 Lakhs across two deep runs, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹1,39,968* (heads-up deal)

> 27th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹11,592

Devendra Suthar’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹55.76 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹14.81 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Not long after his close runner-up finish in the Daily Value Boost, Chakravarthy took down Adda52’s Godfather, reeling in ₹6.47 Lakhs across three deep runs. His Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52`s Godfather for ₹4,97,843* (heads-up deal)

> 2nd in PokerBaazi`s Daily Value Boost for ₹1,37,503* (heads-up deal)

> 26th in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹11,592

Shashank Chakravarthy`s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.51 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹38.97 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Last week`s IOPC #46 Tuesday High champion Vinayak ‘salmanbhai’ Bajaj added ₹1.13 Lakhs from two deep runs, which include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹92,379

> 25th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹21,060

Vinayak Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.46 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.98 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in Daily Value Boost filled in a guarantee smashing ₹11.13 Lakhs in the prize pool, and 119 players made the payouts list.

Final Table Results

1. Devendra ‘thablack’ Suthar – ₹1,39,968*
2. Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarthy – ₹1,37,503*
3. Vinayak ‘salmanbhai’ Bajaj – ₹92,379
4. John ‘Jopay.Poker’ Raphael – ₹62,885
5. talkless – ₹42,294
6. Sumanth ‘sp175’ Kumar – ₹28,938
7. Raghav ‘godspeeed’ Aggarwal – ₹21,592
8. Aniket ‘Breakingbread93’ Jain – ₹16,806

*denotes a heads-up deal

‘gureks’ (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Boost for ₹60,420), Zafar ‘Zedd’ Ahmed (Won ₹2.50 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹52,640), ‘Letsrock’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹43,290), ‘Pyaar’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹41,460), Vishal ‘karan23’ Kumar (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 BOOST for ₹34,650), ‘SITOUT15787’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakh GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹31,610), Natansh ‘Evilbunny36’ Basandra (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹30,050), and ‘Rajputpoy99’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 BOOST for ₹25,110) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

PokerStars India

Red Spade Series-01 [The Colosseum] [6-Max] – ₹18 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 112

Re-entries – 91

Prize Pool – ₹20,30,000

Places Paid – 29

Last week’s La Luna champion, Vaibhav ‘GTO_LIFE_GG’ Sharma, made a solid start in PokerStars India’s inaugural Red Spade Series, shipping the series-opener ₹18 Lakhs GTD Red Spade Series-01 [The Colosseum] [6-Max] for ₹3.99 Lakhs. The MTT phenom bested a 203-player field (112 unique) in the 8 PM headliner, with yesterday`s Monster Turbo champion Ashit ‘Cringing’ Sharma finishing runner-up for ₹2.95 Lakhs.

The IOPC #99 Tuesday High winner, Vaibhav Sharma, made another deep run in Adda52’s Monster Turbo, accumulating ₹4.05 Lakhs for the day`s work.

His top finishes include:

> 1st in PokerStars India’s Red Spade Series-01 [The Colosseum] [6-Max] for ₹3,99,161

> 16th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹6,250

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown

Vaibhav Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.97 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.93 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | Finished #18 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Ashit Sharma’s Thursday scorecard read ₹4.43 Lakhs, collected across three deep runs, which include:

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Red Spade Series-01 [The Colosseum] [6-Max] for ₹2,94,610

> 1st in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹1,37,500

> 38th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹10,868

Ashit Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.41 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.48 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4

Anmolraj Singh ‘modi chai wala’ Chawla (4th for ₹1.60 Lakhs), last night`s IOPC #114 Thursday Prime champion Aditya ‘ukid767’ Singh (5th for ₹1.18 Lakhs), Sreekanth ‘LaganaHiToHai’ Narayan (6th for ₹87,427), and Raghav ‘scambrahm’ Ananth (7th for ₹70,848) were others who FT-ed the 6-Max Red Spade Series-01 [The Colosseum] [6-Max].

The top 29 finishers got a share from the ₹20.30 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Vaibhav ‘GTO_LIFE_GG’ Sharma – ₹3,99,161
2. Ashit ‘Cringing’ Sharma – ₹2,94,610
3. AkulG – ₹2,17,444
4. Anmolraj Singh ‘modi chai wala’ Chawla – ₹1,60,490
5. Aditya ‘ukid767’ Singh – ₹1,18,453
6. Sreekanth ‘LaganaHiToHai’ Narayan – ₹87,427
7. Raghav ‘scambrahm’ Ananth – ₹70,848

Clinton ‘Clinton Tavares’ Tavares (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD Red Spade Series-2 Uppercut Mini for ₹68,546), ‘amar9031’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Red Spade Series-4 Ultrasonic for ₹26,484), and Rahul ‘andarkiaag’ Thakur (Won ₹75K GTD Red Spade Series-3 Bounty Adrenaline 6-Max for ₹17,716) won the other Red Spade Series marquees on Day 1 of the series.

Adda52

Godfather – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 251

Re-entries – 237

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 49

The IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime champion from the day before, Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarthy, kept his title-winning streak going by nailing Adda52`s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather. He topped the 488-player field to reel in his second title in two days and ₹4.98 Lakhs in first-place prize money, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

Shortly before winning the Godfather title, Chakravarthy chopped the Daily Value Boost title heads-up with Devendra Suthar, adding ₹1.38 Lakhs in second place. He made another ITM finish in (7-Max) SPRINT (26th for ₹11,592), rounding up a Thursday haul worth ₹6.47 Lakhs.

Shashank Chakravarthy`s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.51 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹38.97 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Shashank Chakravarthy chopped the Godfather title heads-up with Young Gun Shardul ‘vamos96’ Parthasarathi, who fell one place shy of taking down the Thursday flagship for the fourth time last night, pocketing ₹4.77 Lakhs as the runner-up.

The 2022 APT Vietnam Hanoi Loyal Main Event champion, Shardul Parthasarathi accumulated ₹4.90 Lakhs across his Thursday run and carried an above-average stack through Day 1D of Spartan Poker`s IOPC #141 The Crown.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 2nd in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹4,77,157

> 42nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #116 Thursday Spotlight for ₹9,327

> 110th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,450

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown

Shardul Parthasarathi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.93 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.79 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

This week’s Adda52 Millions and Eliminator champion, Young Gun Gaurav ‘BuildPuntOK’ Sood boosted his online bankroll by ₹7.70 Lakhs from five deep runs, which include:

> 11th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #115 Mega High Roller for ₹4,85,000

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

> 24th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #116 Thursday Spotlight for ₹14,315

> 37th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹10,868

> 14th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹10,017

Gaurav Sood’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹15.35 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹7.68 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #5 | 2020 and 2021 Player of the Year

Rising Star Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh raked in ₹1.49 Lakhs through four deep runs last night, which include:

> 5th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹1,25,000

> 9th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹11,250

> 47th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #116 Thursday Spotlight for ₹9,327

> 23rd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹3,340

Aman Parakh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.77 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.89 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Three IOPC silver badges winner Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta accumulated ₹1.67 Lakhs across two FT finishes, which include:

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹98,456

> 7th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹68,750

Mohit Mehta’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.07 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.32 Crores

The Summit champion Sahil ‘imhighishove’ Mahboobani (4th for ₹1.88 Lakhs), Rachit ‘baba_ramdev’ Soni (6th for ₹87,500), and Dhiraj ‘supernuts’ Lakhotia (8th for ₹56,250) were other well-known regs on the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather final table.

The ₹5,500 entry buy-in Godfather was hit by an overlay shortfall of ₹60,000 and the top 49 finishers got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarthy – ₹4,97,843*
2. Shardul ‘vamos96’ Parthasarathi – ₹4,77,157*
3. Gaurav ‘BuildPuntOK’ Sood – ₹2,50,000
4. Sahil ‘imhighishove’ Mahboobani – ₹1,87,500
5. Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh – ₹1,25,000
6. Rachit ‘baba_ramdev’ Soni – ₹87,500
7. Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta – ₹68,750
8. Dhiraj ‘supernuts’ Lakhotia – ₹56,250

*denotes a heads-up deal

Monster Turbo – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 124

Re-entries – 86

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 21

Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma fired up quite the Thursday grind, posting ₹4.43 Lakhs in total winnings across three deep runs. He got his big break in Adda52`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo, winning the 9:30 PM marquee for the second time for ₹1.38 Lakhs shortly before finishing runner-up to Vaibhav Sharma in PokerStars India`s Red Spade Series-01 [The Colosseum] (2nd for ₹2,94,610).

Sharma`s Thursday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Red Spade Series-01 [#TheColosseum] [6-Max] for ₹2,94,610

> 1st in #Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹1,37,500 (won the event for the second time)

> 38th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) #SPRINT for ₹10,868

Ashit Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.41 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.48 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4

Anirban ‘ajgar5’ D Das (3rd for ₹61,750), Tuesday`s Turbo Masters runner-up finisher Ayush ‘lazyman’ Garg (4th for ₹45,000), Pranav ‘pkpok’ Khandalkar (5th for ₹31,250), Siddharth ‘kab00m’ Gangwar (6th for ₹21,250), Dayanand ‘1God’ Prass (7th for ₹17,500) and Deepak ‘peacelover’ Singh (8th for ₹13,750) were others who FT-ed the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo.

Final Table Results

1. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹1,37,500
2. Prasad1naik – ₹81,250
3. Anirban ‘ajgar5’ D Das – ₹61,750
4. Ayush ‘lazyman’ Garg – ₹45,000
5. Pranav ‘pkpok’ Khandalkar – ₹31,250
6. Siddharth ‘kab00m’ Gangwar – ₹21,250
7. Dayanand ‘1God’ Prass – ₹17,500
8. Deepak ‘peacelover’ Singh – ₹13,750

Dhirendra ‘dhirendta987’ Singh (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹32,747), Maelwyn’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹32,282), Pankaj ‘Pok3rking’ Nanda (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Godfather Lite for ₹31,703), ‘iamks05’ (Won ₹30K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹11,883), Sharad ‘zimbawe’ Haridasan (Won ₹30K GTD Freeze out Adda for ₹11,817), and Rohit ‘Ddarsh’ Agarwal (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹10,136) won the other Adda52 marquees.

Khelo365

The user ‘meraj786’ defeated ‘sushilkujur’ heads-up in Khelo365’s ₹30K GTD Hitman PLO to win ₹11,100, with the latter banking ₹7,500 in second place.

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