Daily Majors: Anuj Yadav Strikes in NPS#92 Super HighRoller; Kunal Bhatia, Kartik Ved & Bharat Vasan Reel in Seven-Figure Payouts in the Friday Showstopper

PokerBaazi`s record-crushing NPS India 2023 is fast approaching its Sunday finale, and all eyes are on the two blockbuster weekend attractions, the NPS#106 Main Event and NPS#104 Golden Rush.

With a full crowd of regs busy playing the WPT Prime India tournaments in Goa, most online poker operators took the conservative route with guarantees. The strategy worked as most big-ticket tournaments avoided overlays.

The 2022 POY, Young Gun Anuj Yadav, couldn’t have asked for a better start to the weekend. The online phenom, in his trademark style, rode his final table chip lead to victory in the Friday showstopper, ₹1.25 Crores GTD NPS#92 Super HighRoller, clinching his first NPS gold medal of the series (his second overall) and ₹17.96 Lakhs in prize money (his single-best score of the year). He chopped the Super HighRoller title with the former IIOPC – The Crown Main Event runner-up finisher Kunal Bhatia (2nd for ₹18.53 Lakhs), who made a stunning comeback late in the tournament to win his first NPS silver medal and the day`s single-largest score.

Kartik Ved (3rd for ₹12.75 Lakhs) and Bharat Vasan (4th for ₹10.75 Lakhs) were others picking up seven-figure paychecks in NPS#92 Super HighRoller.

Young Guns were a dominating force yesterday, and Siddhanth Kripalani featured right up there among the Friday chartbusters. The IPC Megastacks Main Event champion nailed PokerBaazi’s NPS#93 (7-Max) Big SPRINT to win his first NPS gold medal and ₹4.29 Lakhs (won ₹4.49 Lakhs overall), busting an over four-month-long title drought.

Sunday`s NPS#62 Mini Main Event bronze medallist Tarush Gupta (2nd for ₹2.63 Lakhs), and last Friday`s NPS#56 HighRoller champion, Puneet Dua (3rd for ₹2.13 Lakhs) made the NPS#93 podium.

Armaan Kochhar (Won NPS#94 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT for ₹1.59 Lakhs), Ravi Jain (Won NPS#89 Marathon for ₹1.66 Lakhs), Shreyansh Sharma (Won NPS#90 Megadive for ₹1.28 Lakhs), Yuvraj Bhardwaj (Won NPS#91 Deepdive for ₹81,857) won the other NPS gold medals on Friday.

Fresh off a Tuesday rampage, Young Gun Sanat Mehrotra pulled out another blinder of a run last night, winning Adda52’s The Ballers (₹5.01 Lakhs) and placing runner-up in Spartan Poker’s Futuristic – Triple Chance (₹1.42 Lakhs from three stacks) for ₹7.30 Lakhs in total winnings, crossing ₹4 Crores online profits.Spartan Poker user ‘KwiSatZ’ shipped The Elite (6-Max) for a site-best ₹4.18 Lakhs (their maiden title on the site). Ashwin Vijay satellited his way into the Friday headliner and collected ₹3.96 Lakhs as the runner-up (his second close finish this week), courtesy of a heads-up deal.

The former The MoneyMaker champion, Young Gun Anmol Mehta, dusted off a seven-week-long title jinx with a top finish in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [6-Max PKO] for ₹1.04 Lakhs (₹54,469 in bounties) and added ₹3.04 Lakhs across five deep runs. Last week’s Bounty Builder HR winner Anmolraj Singh Chawla, bagged away ₹86,715 (₹36,969 in bounties) in second place.

Last night, the IndiaPlays Bounty Championship hosted its featured tournament, Texas Bounty. The 33-year-old full-time poker grinder Lave Kumar nailed the showstopper for ₹1.08 Lakhs (₹10,000 in bounties). ‘AyushRai’ finished runner-up for ₹77,500 (₹7,000 in bounties).

Yash Shrivastava, Abilash Bala, Ankit Nahar, and Mayank Shekhar won the other Friday majors!

Here are the Friday highlights!

PokerBaazi

NPS#92 Super HighRoller – ₹1.25 Crores GTD

Buy-in – ₹44,000

Entries – 181

Re-entries – 90

Prize Pool – ₹1,25,00,000

Places Paid – 35

PokerBaazi`s ₹1.25 Crore GTD NPS#92 Super HighRoller was the perfect Friday night spectacle, with a massive rail following the action as 181 top regs (271 total entries) battled for the top-heavy paydays and the NPS medals.

The ₹44K buy-in Super HighRoller went on for over ten hours, eventually playing down to a heads-up deal in the early hours today!

The 2022 POY, Young Gun Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav, was the player with all the chips in play in the end and won his first NPS gold medal of the series (his second overall) and ₹17.96 Lakhs in prize money (his single-best score and 14th title this year).

The former IOPC – The Crown Main Event runner-up finisher Kunal ‘lncognito’ Bhatia made an amazing comeback in the tournament. The shortest stack around the FT bubble, a double-up with vs. Yadav`s , gave him the momentum to win his first-ever NPS silver medal, and he negotiated a better ₹18.54 Lakhs as the runner-up.

Kunal Bhatia`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.66 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹55.09 Lakhs | NPS Medals Won: 1 Silver

WSOP bracelet winner Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved, the NPS 2.0 Super HighRoller champion, made a strong run to defend his title but fell out in third place for ₹12.75 Lakhs, picking up his first NPS medal this series. He locked in ₹13.05 Lakhs across three deep runs last night, which include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#92 Super HighRoller for ₹12,75,000

> 20th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹17,616

> 11th in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [6-Max PKO] for ₹12,230

Kartik Ved`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.95 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.15 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold, 1 Silver, and 2 Bronze

The #4 ranked player on the NPS Podium leaderboard, Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan (opted out of tracking), made at least ₹11.44 Lakhs across three deep runs (two FT scores)!

His known Friday finishes include:

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#92 Super HighRoller for ₹10,75,000

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#89 Marathon for ₹68,530

> 182nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#91 Deepdive for ₹907

Sushil ‘qazxsw2’ Kumar (5th for ₹8,87,500) and Vishal ‘Vishzz’ Bajaj (6th for ₹7,06,250) round out the NPS#92 Super HighRoller final table.

Last week`s chartbuster Shashank ‘Iverson003’ Shekhar (7th for ₹5.31 Lakhs), Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi (8th for ₹4.06 Lakhs), Gautam ‘rabbithunter’ Kaul (9th for ₹3.12 Lakhs) and Jyoti ‘joey114114’ Ranjan Nayak (10th for ₹2.50 Lakhs) were others making a deep run in the 7:30 PM Super HighRoller.

With a packed field of regs busy playing the WPT Prime India tournaments in Goa, the ₹44,000 NPS#92 Super HighRoller registered a glaring ₹16.60 Lakhs in overlays. The top 35 finishers got a share of the massive ₹1.25 Crores guaranteed in prize money.

Final Table Results

1. Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹17,96,340*
2. Kunal ‘lncognito’ Bhatia – ₹18,53,660
3. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹12,75,000
4. Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan – ₹10,75,000
5. Sushil ‘qazxsw2’ Kumar – ₹8,87,500
6. Vishal ‘Vishzz’ Bajaj – ₹7,06,250

*denotes a heads-up deal

NPS#93 (7-Max) Big SPRINT – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 448

Re-entries – 364

Prize Pool – ₹32,48,000

Places Paid – 115

The first-ever IPC Megastacks Main Event champion Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani, had been on the hunt for a title win for over four months and finally broke the title jinx last night. The Young Gun bagged away his first NPS gold medal in the ongoing series (his second overall) by taking down a stacked 812-entry field (448 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD NPS#93 (7-Max) Big SPRINT, winning the 8:30 PM NPS flagship for ₹4.29 Lakhs.

Sunday`s NPS#62 Mini Main Event bronze medallist Tarush ‘Busterr’ Gupta (opted out of tracking) collected the silver medal and ₹2.63 Lakhs in second place. Last Friday`s NPS#56 HighRoller champion, Puneet ‘neo1’ Dua, won the bronze medal and ₹2.13 Lakhs for making the NPS#93 podium.

Kripalani added ₹4.49 Lakhs to his glittering resume across two deep runs, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#93 (7-Max) Big SPRINT for ₹4,28,736

> 19th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹20,552

Siddhanth Kripalani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.29 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.52 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | NPS Medals Won: 2 Gold and 1 Silver

Last night’s The Big Bash [6-Max PKO] champion, Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta, packed away ₹3.04 Lakhs in Friday earnings on the back of five scores, which include:

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#93 (7-Max) Big SPRINT for ₹1,78,315

> 1st in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [6-Max PKO] for ₹1,04,215

> 29th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹15,659

> 63rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#94 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT for ₹4,544

> 68th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#91 Deepdive for ₹1,755

Anmol Mehta’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.66 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.87 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Bronze

Onni ‘Onimalhotra’ Malhotra (6th for ₹1.11 Lakhs) also FT-ed NPS#93 (7-Max) Big SPRINT.

The ₹4,400 entry buy-in tournament made a guarantee-crushing run, with 115 players getting a share from the ₹32.48 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani – ₹4,28,736
2. Tarush ‘Busterr’ Gupta – ₹2,63,088
3. Puneet ‘neo1’ Dua – ₹2,13,394
4. Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹1,78,315
5. nk9771 – ₹1,44,211
6. Onni ‘Onimalhotra’ Malhotra – ₹1,11,082
7. ManiakGod – ₹82,824

NPS#89 Marathon – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 396

Re-entries – 284

Prize Pool – ₹13,60,000

Places Paid – 70

Ravi ‘rvjn91’ Jain joined the ever-expanding list of first-time NPS gold medallists last night after ransacking a 680-player field (396 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD NPS#89 Marathon to win ₹1.66 Lakhs. He struck a heads-up deal in the 8:30 PM NPS marquee with the user ‘xxxtentacion,’ who bagged away the silver medal and ₹1.47 Lakhs.

Ravi Jain’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹27.16 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹10.46 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold

The #2 ranked player on the NPS Series leaderboard, Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha, kept the grind mode on by adding more TLB points and ₹76,596 from deep runs in five NPS tournaments, which include:

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#89 Marathon for ₹51,086

> 84th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#93 (7-Max) Big SPRINT for ₹11,368

> 11th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#90 Megadive for ₹9,064

> 94th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#94 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT for ₹3,807

> 132nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#91 Deepdive for ₹1,271

Chirag Sodha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.86 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.42 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | NPS Medals Won: 2 Gold, 1 Silver, and 2 Bronze | Ranked #2 on the NPS Series Leaderboard

Last night`s NPS#92 #SuperHighRoller fourth-place finisher Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan (4th for ₹68,530) and Tuesday`s NPS#73 Deepdive silver medallist Raghavendra ‘ThikanaCK’ Hada (8th for ₹21,057) were other site regs on the NPS#89 Marathon final table.

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament distributed ₹13.60 Lakhs in prize money to the top 70 finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Ravi ‘rvjn91’ Jain – ₹1,65,700*
2. xxxtentacion – ₹1,46,672*
3. Abhi3292 – ₹1,05,910
4. Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan – ₹68,530
5. Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha – ₹51,086
6. Smar077 – ₹35,386
7. grippingCracks3 – ₹25,668
8. Raghavendra ‘ThikanaCK’ Hada – ₹21,057

*denotes a heads-up deal

NPS#94 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in- ₹2,200
Entries – 293
Re-entries – 321
Prize Pool – ₹12,28,000
Places Paid – 107

Armaan ‘Armaan007’ Kochhar quickly sprinted past the 614-strong field (293 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD NPS#94 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT, winning the 9:30 PM tournament in just four hours for his first NPS gold medal and ₹1.59 Lakhs in prize money, posting his first title victory in over six weeks.

A three-way deal saw Abhineet ‘abbubro’ Singla bagging his first-ever NPS silver medal and ₹1.37 Lakhs in second place, while Anmol ‘freakweird0’ Agarwal collected his second NPS bronze medal and ₹1.23 Lakhs in third place.

Armaan Kochhar min-cashed two other tournaments, locking in ₹1.62 Lakhs overall. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.88 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.67 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #5 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold

Deepankur ‘Dp179’ Gupta (4th for ₹76,136) and Pavankiran ‘rootahuamachi’ Bellamkonda (5th for ₹52,313) were other notables on the NPS#94 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT final table.

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in marquee generated a ₹12.28 Lakhs prize pool. The top 107 places got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Armaan ‘Armaan007’ Kochhar – ₹1,58,748*
2. Abhineet ‘abbubro’ Singla – ₹1,37,131*
3. Anmol ‘freakweird0’ Agarwal – ₹1,22,501*
4. Deepankur ‘Dp179’ Gupta – ₹76,136
5. Pavankiran ‘rootahuamachi’ Bellamkonda – ₹52,313

*denotes a three-way deal

NPS#90 Megadive – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 422

Re-entries – 458

Prize Pool – ₹8,80,000

Places Paid – 143

The low-to-mid-stakes online grinder, Shreyansh ‘Halifax7701’ Sharma, made a lot of firsts yesterday. The upcoming poker pro persevered through an over eight-hour ordeal in PokerBaazi’s NPS#90 Megadive to win his maiden NPS gold medal (also his first title victory on the site), banking a career-best ₹1.28 Lakhs, posting his first-ever six-figure score!

Sharma fired two bullets in the 5:30 PM tournament (he won his first bullet through a ₹110 buy-in satellite), and the winning score helped him recoup all his past losses on PokerBaazi.

‘I was putting in the work and finally reaped the medal to show for it!’ said Shreyansh after winning the tournament.

Shreyansh Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹17.67 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.01 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #6

Last week`s NPS#52 (PLO-5) Slam Dunk winner Ankit ‘akj290’ Jajodia fell one short of a second NPS gold medal, banking a runner-up payday of ₹95,656 and the NPS silver medal. He managed deep runs in PokerBaazi’s NPS#94 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT (95th for ₹3,807) and NPS#89 Marathon (61st for ₹4,361), netting almost ₹1.04 Lakhs post the Friday grind.

Omkarnath ‘omipower’ Nath (5th for ₹38,016) and the #5 ranked player on the NPS Podium leaderboard Abdul ‘ManiakGod’ Aziz (7th for ₹19,360) were other known players on the NPS#90 final table.

The ₹1,100 entry buy-in tournament had 143 players grabbing a share of the ₹8.80 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Shreyansh ‘Halifax7701’ Sharma – ₹1,27,952
2. Ankit ‘akj290’ Jajodia – ₹95,656
3. Mhonjan – ₹73,040
4. Cryptanosaurus – ₹52,536
5. Omkarnath ‘omipower’ Nath – ₹38,016
6. unr007 – ₹25,784
7. Abdul ‘ManiakGod’ Aziz – ₹19,360
8. BondBhar007 – ₹13,992

NPS#91 Deepdive – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 641

Re-entries – 569

Prize Pool – ₹6,05,000

Places Paid – 209

Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj stormed to #3 on the NPS Series leaderboard after a stellar Friday run, jumping nine places with ₹1.98 Lakhs in total winnings from four deep runs! His biggest score of the night came in the Friday showstopper, PokerBaazi’s NPS#92 Super HighRoller (33rd for ₹93,750), but it was his victory march in the evening marquee, ₹5 Lakhs GTD NPS#91 Deepdive, that stood out.

Wednesday’s (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT champion, Bhardwaj, packed up a guarantee-crushing 1,210-strong field in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD NPS#91 Deepdive in a little over eight hours to win his maiden NPS gold medal and the ₹81,857 up top.

The user ‘vijaykumar91’ collected the NPS silver medal and ₹63,525, even as Dayanand ‘dayanandprass’ Prass bagged his first NPS bronze medal and ₹46,101 in third place.

Yuvraj Bhardwaj’s Friday finishes include:

> 33rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#92 Super HighRoller for ₹93,750

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#91 Deepdive for ₹81,857

> 9th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#94 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT for ₹15,718

> 100th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#93 (7-Max) Big SPRINT for ₹7,146

Yuvraj Bhardwaj’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.70 Crores | Lifetime Profits ₹19.11 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #9 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold | Moves to #3 on the NPS Series Leaderboard

Tuesday’s NPS#72 (4-Max) Hyper SPRINT bronze medallist Kritarth ‘AgentJack’ Pant (6th for ₹15,609) and Rukshad ‘Culllensss’ Siganporia (8th for ₹7,563) also FT-ed NPS#91 Deepdive.

The ₹550 entry buy-in tournament posted ₹6.05 Lakhs in the prize pool, with 209 players punching a payday.

Final Table Results

1. Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj – ₹81,857
2. vijaykumar91 – ₹63,525
3. Dayanand ‘dayanandprass’ Prass – ₹46,101
4. jewelcichlid – ₹30,976
5. value_bluff – ₹22,385
6. Kritarth ‘AgentJack’ Pant – ₹15,609
7. OG4twenty – ₹10,830
8. Rukshad ‘Culllensss’ Siganporia – ₹7,563

₹3 Crores GTD NPS Main Event – Qualifier 5

Qualifier 5: Entries – 352 | Re-entries – 204 | Survivors – 74 | Chip Leader: Dhaval ‘rehab77’ Mudgal (343,000)

Combined: Entries – 2,815 | Re-entries – 923 | Survivors (Unique) – 411 | Overall Chip Leader: Ravinder ‘ravikirti’ Singh (536,000)

₹1 Crore GTD Golden Rush – Qualifier 9 & 10

Q 9 & 10: Entries – 760 | Re-entries – 330 | Survivors – 165

Combined: Entries – 8,060 |Re-entries – 2,302 | Survivors (Unique) – 1,180 | Overall Chip Leader – ‘Pralayantaka197’ (623,000)

NPS India 2023 Leaderboard Standings After Day 16

With the NPS India 2023 fast approaching its finale, Monday’s NPS#69 Deepdive winner Avneesh ‘iamam’ Munjal (16,475 points) continues to hold the fort as the #1 ranked player on the ₹50 Lakhs GTD NPS Series leaderboard. He crossed the money line in all six NPS tournaments yesterday, pushing his series tally to 75 cashes in 94 NPS tournaments, with a gold and silver medal each.

The defending NPS Main Event champion, Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha (14,907 points), has been relentlessly grinding throughout the series. Despite an impressive record of 82 scores (the most of anyone else), Sodha needs a lot of run good to close in the 1,568 points deficit on Munjal.

Last night’s NPS#91 Deepdive winner Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj (14,009 points) cashed four NPS tournaments yesterday, climbing nine places to #3 on the NPS Series leaderboard. He boasts 63 cashes in the series, including a gold and silver medal.

The top three spots of the NPS Podium leaderboard remain unchanged. In a three-way tie, Areyann ‘KreishhAA’ Gurbaxani (30 points) leads with three gold medals.

Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra (30 points) holds steady at #2 with two gold and two silver medals, and Thiyam ‘thiyam’ Dannish (30 points) holds the #3 spot with the same two gold and two silver medals. The battle is too close to call now, and it will be exciting to see who comes out on top to win the all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas.

‘emo919’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹53,840), ‘winnerwinner’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹31,840), ‘Acegikmoqsu’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 Boost Monster for ₹27,000) and Abilash ‘Steelbala’ Bala (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹25,870) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

Spartan Poker

The Elite (6-Max) – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 105

Re-entries – 34

Re-buys – 63

Prize Pool – ₹20,20,000

Places Paid – 20

Spartan Poker user ‘KwiSatZ,’ active on the site for over 16 months, won their first tournament last night. The mystery player outplayed 104 other contenders (202 total entries) in the ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Elite (6-Max), shipping the Friday flagship after seven hours and thirty-four minutes of gameplay for a site-best ₹4.18 Lakhs.

KwiSatZ’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹18.08 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

This week’s Sunday Highroller runner-up finisher, Ashwin ‘A116’ Vijay, banked an equally impressive ₹3.96 Lakhs as the runner-up (his second runner-up finish this week), courtesy of a heads-up deal. The score was even sweeter for Vijay, who entered the tournament through a ₹1,100 satellite and spun it up to collect his best payday of the year so far.

Vijay also cashed the Futuristic – Triple Chance (24th for ₹8,800) and Adda52’s Friday Bounty (28th for ₹3,825), adding over ₹4.08 Lakhs in Friday earnings.

Ashwin Vijay’s online stats (excluding PokerBaazi): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.27 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹59.39 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Haider ‘Callmebabe’ Madraswala (3rd for ₹2,17,150) rounded out The Elite podium!

The ₹11,000 entry buy-in Friday headliner hit its advertised guarantee, with 20 players digging into the ₹20.20 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. KwiSatZ – ₹4,18,419*
2. Ashwin ‘A116’ Vijay – ₹3,95,641*
3. Haider ‘Callmebabe’ Madraswala – ₹2,17,150
4. Whateveh – ₹1,79,376
5. Vaid51 – ₹1,44,026
6. TheDriver – ₹1,12,918

*denotes a heads-up deal

Futuristic – Triple Chance – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 209

Re-entries – 96

Rebuys – 170

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 39

Like The Elite, a mystery user ‘ILOVEYOUU,’ active on Spartan Poker for almost a year, hit the bullseye in the 8 PM Friday marquee, ₹10 Lakhs GTD Futuristic – Triple Chance. The player toppled the 536-entry field (209 unique) in the multi-entry tournament to collect a personal-best ₹2 Lakhs, winning their maiden title on Spartan Poker.

ILOVEYOUU’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹2.34 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.36 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Coming in fresh from a Tuesday rampage, Young Gun Sanat ‘orhem3001’ Mehrotra went on a tear last night. He took down Adda52’s The Ballers (₹5.01 Lakhs), came second in Spartan Poker’s Futuristic – Triple Chance (₹1.42 Lakhs – from three stacks), and cashed two other tournaments for ₹7.30 Lakhs in total winnings, crossing ₹4 Crores in tracked online profits.

His Friday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹5,01,079

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Futuristic – Triple Chance for ₹1,42,473 (from three stacks)

> 9th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#93 (7-Max) Big SPRINT for ₹56,840

> 17th in Spartan Poker’s The Elite (6-Max) for ₹29,694

Sanat Mehrotra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.31 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.02 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #8 | Ranked #12 in All-Time Winnings

This week’s Wednesday High Roller runner-up finisher Gopal ‘Mamacita’ Bajaj (3rd for ₹97,500), Venkatesh ‘Balthazar’ Mukundan (6th for ₹46,700), and last night’s Daily Turbo finalist Biplob ‘hellhell’ Rana (8th for ₹25,200) were other site regs on the Futuristic – Triple Chance final table.

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament registered ₹50,000 in overlays, and 39 players got paid.

Final Table Results

1. ILOVEYOUU – ₹2,00,500
2. Sanat ‘orhem3001’ Mehrotra – ₹1,33,300
3. Gopal ‘Mamacita’ Bajaj – ₹97,500
4. MaestroEric – ₹78,700
5. YoungPrince – ₹61,700
6. Venkatesh ‘Balthazar’ Mukundan – ₹46,700
7. mukulmukulsharma – ₹34,300
8. Biplob ‘hellhell’ Rana – ₹25,200

‘Rkraj’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹48,000), ‘BBZ POKER’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹41,292), ‘Decomposed’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up- Triple Chance for ₹21,305), ‘crownTHEclown’ (Won ₹50K GTD Turbo – Triple Chance for ₹12,743) and ‘KRISHNA0602’ (Won ₹50K GTD Centurion for ₹10,575) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

Pocket52

Pocket Knights – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 185

Re-buys – 80

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 43

Pocket52’s Action Packed April Friday headliner, ₹10 Lakhs GTD Pocket Knights saw the poker network user ‘ravindra_SBl2WCCBUV’ breeze past the 265-player field to collect the hefty ₹1.80 Lakhs up-top.

Vicky ‘Fullhouse’ Mishra posted a superb runner-up finish, banking a cool ₹1.30 Lakhs.

Final Table Results

1. ravindra_SBl2WCCBUV – ₹1,80,000
2. Vicky ‘Fullhouse’ Mishra – ₹1,30,000
3. Vishal09_WURvVHdLeVJaZFdZZS9VbjdCR0FTQT09 – ₹90,000
4. FishyPlayer – ₹65,000
5. HousePlayer52 – ₹47,000
6. FishingRod – ₹40,000

‘TommyFookinShelby’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch for ₹42,000), ‘Ganesh06’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Soda for ₹28,750), Mayank ‘MasterDevil’ Shekhar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹23,000), and ‘open_ardinghelli152_24626674’ (Won the ₹75K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹16,500) won the other Pocket52 marquees.

IndiaPlays

Texas Bounty Main Event – ₹500K GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 98

Re-buys – 18

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 18

The 33-year-old full-time poker grinder Lave ‘KillerRavanasur’ Kumar stole the thunder in the IndiaPlays Bounty Championship showstopper, ₹500K GTD Texas Bounty, obliterating a soft 116-player field to win the series’ Main Event for ₹1.08 Lakhs (won an additional ₹10,000 in bounties).

The user ‘AyushRai’ finished runner-up for ₹77,500 and pocketed ₹7,000 in bounties.

Final Table Results (Excluding Bounties)

1. Lave ‘KillerRavanasur’ Kumar – ₹1,07,500
2. AyushRai – ₹77,500
3. Partha – ₹55,000
4. TUZW1811 – ₹45,000
5. CJPL1735 – ₹36,250
6. Ragnarok98 – ₹31,250
7. AOHD8419 – ₹27,500

PokerDangal

Friday Fun – ₹1 Lakh GTD

Buy-in – ₹660

Entries – 90

Re-buys – 38

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 20

PokerDangal reg ‘88bluff’ outplayed the 128-player field (90 unique) in the ₹1 Lakh GTD Friday Fun, taking down the 8 PM tournament for ₹22,000. The site user ‘destroyer’ picked up ₹16,500 in second place.

Mahlima ‘zokid’ Fanai, who has been on a rampage in PokerDangal tournaments off late, finished fifth for ₹6,750.

Final Table Results

1. 88bluff – ₹22,000
2. destroyer – ₹16,500
3. heavytilter – ₹12,000
4. vinnu87 – ₹9,000
5. Mahlima ‘zokid’ Fanai – ₹6,750
6. AltF4Kishan – ₹5,000
7. LeonardoNo7 – ₹3,750

PokerSaint

Sapphire – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,000

Entries – 95

Re-entries – 98

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 35

PokerSaint user ‘clocktiktik’ fired three bullets before totaling the 193-player field in the site`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Sapphire, taking down the Friday marquee for ₹94,294. ‘Rebel@3’ placed runner-up for ₹69,502.

Final Table Results

1. clocktiktik – ₹94,294
2. Rebel@3 – ₹69,502
3. kibolche – ₹51,228
4. Ali$ha – ₹37,759
5. raj1010 – ₹27,831
6. AnuragKureel – ₹20,513
7. lastpenny – ₹16,519
8. BeepBeepImaJeep – ₹13,302

PokerStars India

The Big Bash [6-Max PKO] – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in- ₹4,400

Entries – 72

Re-entries – 62

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,36,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,68,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,68,000

Places Paid – 17

The former The MoneyMaker champion, Young Gun Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta, took down the 134-entry field (72 unique) in PokerStars India’s Friday headliner, ₹5 Lakhs GTD The Big Bash [6-Max PKO], to win ₹1.04 Lakhs (₹54,469 in bounties), posting his first top finish since winning the Godfather in February.

Last week’s Bounty Builder HR winner Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla, improving upon his sixth-place finish in Monster Stack the day before, locked in ₹86,715 (₹36,969) as the runner-up.

The lawyer-turned-poker pro, Anmol Mehta, locked in a lofty ₹3.07 Lakhs across five deep runs (and one bounty) last night, which include:

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#93 (7-Max) Big SPRINT for ₹1,78,315

> 1st in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [6-Max PKO] for ₹1,04,215

> 29th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹15,659

> 63rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#94 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT for ₹4,544

> 68th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#91 Deepdive for ₹1,755

Tuesday’s The Mint runner-up finisher Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar (3rd for ₹70,923), NPS#9 Slamdunk winner JaiKiran ‘ZEEKE777’ Kumar (4th for ₹29,046), and last Thursday’s breakout winner Shagun ‘Sogani22’ Jain (6th for ₹29,843) were other regs on The Big Bash final table.

The 8 PM tournament dished out ₹5.36 Lakhs in prize money to the top 17 finishers.

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

1. Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta – ₹1,04,215
2. Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla – ₹86,715
3. Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar – ₹70,923
4. JaiKiran ‘ZEEKE777’ Kumar – ₹29,046
5. imhobadshah – ₹20,636
6. Shagun ‘Sogani22’ Jain – ₹29,843
7. yash1297 – ₹13,809

Yash ‘hasyY@$#116’ Shrivastava (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Uppercut for ₹36,908), ‘lebowski287’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹21,718), ‘BattleBuddha’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline for ₹14,202) and Ankit ‘I am VR4Poker’ Nahar (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack 8-Max for ₹11,438) won the other PokerStars India marquees.

Adda52

The Ballers – ₹18 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹7,500

Entries – 149

Re-entries – 138

Prize Pool – ₹19,57,340

Places Paid – 30

Young Guns dominated the Friday flagships, and driving up the action on Adda52 was Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra. The full-time pro had a blockbuster Tuesday outing, winning Spartan Poker`s Mega Stack and Adda52`s The Mint. He kept the heater going by nailing Adda52`s ₹18 Lakhs GTD The Ballers last night for ₹5.01 Lakhs – his third time winning the tournament.

Mehrotra fired four bullets in the 8 PM Friday flagship, eventually outlasting the 287-strong field (149 unique) and defeating the user ‘IBluffULol’ (2nd for ₹2.98 Lakhs) heads-up!

The IIT-IIM alum, Mehrotra, raked in a hefty ₹7.30 Lakhs from three top finishes, hitting ₹4 Crores in online profits.

His Friday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹5,01,079

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Futuristic – Triple Chance for ₹1,42,473 (from three stacks)

> 9th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#93 (7-Max) Big SPRINT for ₹56,840

Sanat Mehrotra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.31 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.02 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #8 | Ranked #12 in All-Time Winnings

Deepak ‘peaceyo’ Singh (5th for ₹1.13 Lakhs) and Young Gun Neel ‘neeljoshi23’ Joshi (6th for ₹78,294) also FT-ed The Ballers.

The ₹7,500 entry buy-in tournament distributed the ₹19.57 Lakhs collected in the prize pool among the top 30 finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹5,01,079
2. IBluffULol – ₹2,98,494
3. DooMAni – ₹2,25,094
4. helloall123 – ₹1,66,374
5. Deepak ‘peaceyo’ Singh – ₹1,12,547
6. Neel ‘neeljoshi23’ Joshi – ₹78,294

‘Ved5959’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹32,123), ‘amanpoker07’ (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹28,354) and ‘dustp’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Kill Shot Bounty for ₹23,597) won the other Adda52 marquees.

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