Daily Majors: Anurag Srivastava, Avish Sharma, Neeraj Kumar & Vikhyat Ahlawat Made the Thursday Headlines

The overlay woes for poker operators seemed to have significantly subsided as Thursday brought an action-driven day of MTT action. PokerBaazi’s first-ever PLO Championship Series added firepower to the day’s proceedings, and the top regs led the charge.

Topping the Thursday charts was Adda52 reg Raghuvinder Singh. The old-timer hit a new career milestone last night, winning the day`s biggest guaranteed tournament, Adda52`s Godfather, for a site-best ₹6.12 Lakhs. The #3 ranked player of 2022, Arjanveer Singh Chadha fell one place short of winning the Thursday flagship for a fourth time, banking ₹3.63 Lakhs in second place (won ₹3.81 Lakhs overall).

The former IOPC Millionaire Main Event champion, Anurag Srivastava, ended a three-week title drought with a victory march in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹2.76 Lakhs (won ₹3.92 Lakhs overall).

The first-ever GOAT finalist Avish Sharma drove up the action on PokerBaazi with a scintillating run in The Summit, winning the Thursday tournament for the second time in over four years for ₹3.67 Lakhs (his best score of the year). The former The Millionaire champion Anmol Narang finished runner-up for ₹2.55 Lakhs (won ₹2.88 Lakhs).

TLB crusher Neeraj Kumar posted ten deep runs on Thursday for a total take-home worth ₹3.57 Lakhs and most notably championed Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹3.27 Lakhs (his fifth title of the year). He struck a three-way deal with Advait Rajguru (2nd for ₹3.04 Lakhs) and Gaurav Bhutra (3rd for ₹2.80 Lakhs).

The PC#1 (PLO-4) Kickoff winner Vikhyat Ahlawat has been quite the revelation in PokerBaazi’s ongoing PLO Championship. He pulled out another firecracker run yesterday, accumulating ₹3.03 Lakhs from five ITM finishes on the site, with top finishes in Daily Value Boost (1st for ₹1.46 Lakhs*), PC#30 (PLO-4) (2nd for ₹95,920), and PC#26 (PLO-5) (4th for ₹43,000).

Raghavendra Hada collected ₹1.15 Lakhs as the Daily Value Boost runner-up, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

The PC#19 (PLO-6) winner, Jimmy Arora, championed the PLO Championship headliner, PC#28 (PLO-5), for ₹2.74 Lakhs (his second-best score on PokerBaazi) following a heads-up deal with ‘Agrim1739’ (2nd for ₹2.36 Lakhs).

Himanshu Dewan (Won PC#30 PLO-4 for ₹1.38 Lakhs), Aditya Pratap Singh (Won PC#27 PLO-6 KO ₹1.07 Lakhs), and ‘Carlton’ (Won PC#26 PLO-5 for ₹86,050) won the other PLO Championship tournaments on Thursday.

Kashish Sachdev, Aman Parakh, Anmolraj Singh Chawla, Periyar Selvam, Ryan Cardoso, Sandeep Malik, Yuvraj Bhardwaj, Gaurang Bhati, Dayanand Prass, and Abhinav Menon won the other Thursday majors.

Here are the Thursday highlights!

Spartan Poker

Ultron – ₹17 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹6,600

Entries – 166

Re-entries – 44

Rebuys – 124

Prize Pool – ₹20,04,000

Places Paid – 31

TLB crusher Neeraj ‘$elfClaimedPro’ Kumar has been on a phenomenal scoring spree in the mid-stakes MTTs, but he hit the ball right off the park last night. Like the day before, the online grinder posted ten deep runs on Thursday for a collective ₹3.57 Lakhs – notably championing Spartan Poker’s top draw, ₹17 Lakhs GTD Ultron, for ₹3.27 Lakhs* (three-way deal) – his fifth title of the year.

Kumar also made Day 2 in PokerBaazi’s ₹1 Crore GTD Value Blast. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.39 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ~₹1.62 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #5 | Ranked #4 on the 2023 TLB (Points) Leaderboard

Kumar chopped the Ultron title three-way with Advait ‘Rattler$’ Rajguru (2nd for ₹3.04 Lakhs) and Gaurav ‘$BiG BuLL$’ Bhutra (3rd for ₹2.80 Lakhs).

The 8 PM Ultron registered a 334-player field (166 unique), and 31 players got paid a share of the ₹20.04 Lakhs prize pool.

Sreekanth ‘Vhagar’ Narayan (4th for ₹1,63,126), the recent Wednesday High Roller champion Devendra ‘thekid2003’ Suthar (5th for ₹1,29,058), Ankit ‘AKJ615’ Jajodia (7th for ₹71,543), and two-time POY, Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (8th for ₹52,304) were notables posting FT scores in the Ultron!

Final Table Results

1. Neeraj ‘$elfClaimedPro’ Kumar – ₹3,26,589*
2. Advait ‘Rattler$’ Rajguru – ₹3,03,861*
3. Gaurav ‘$BiG BuLL$’ Bhutra – ₹2,79,967*
4. Sreekanth ‘Vhagar’ Narayan – ₹1,63,126
5. Devendra ‘thekid2003’ Suthar – ₹1,29,058
6. Bhothard – ₹97,996
7. Ankit ‘AKJ615’ Jajodia – ₹71,543
8. Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood – ₹52,304

*denotes a three-way deal

Deepstack Turbo – ₹3 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 129

Re-entries – 31

Rebuys – 79

Prize Pool – ₹3,58,500

Places Paid – 23

Anmolraj ‘Bigboy larry barese’ Singh Chawla (opted out from tracking) blasted past a 239-player field (129 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹3 Lakhs GTD Deepstack Turbo to win ₹83,351 – taking down his first marquee title of the year. Rising Star Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh finished runner-up for ₹56,464.

Aman Parakh made quite the Thursday splash, winning Adda52`s Nano DST and making another five ITM finishes for a total take-home worth ₹1.51 Lakhs.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹56,464

> 1st in Adda52’s Nano DST for ₹55,536

> 22nd in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹16,250

> 26th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹9,000

> 13th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹8,000

> 41st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹5,750

Aman Parakh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.81 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.87 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in Deepstack Turbo registered a prize pool of ₹3.58 Lakhs, and 23 players got a share of the spoils.

Final Table Results

1. Anmolraj ‘Bigboy larry barese’ Singh Chawla – ₹83,351
2. Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh – ₹56,464
3. Srijan ‘TheDawnFacere’ Batra – ₹37,643
4. Ashish ‘X– factor’ Pareek – ₹30,831
5. Rohan ‘conquerorbhaiya’ Kumar – ₹24,737
6. dkd1003 – ₹19,180
7. pickled – ₹14,197
8. Mahima ‘mambojojo’ Walia Das – ₹10,432

‘Badass’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹50,502), ‘chips generator’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹40,256), ‘Super_bad’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Hold’em PKO for ₹33,000), Deepstack Turbo fourth-place finisher Ashish ‘X– factor’ Pareek (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Sundowner – Triple Chance for ₹21,947), ‘Jatinxx’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up – Triple Chance for ₹19,420), and ‘Tunia1’ (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 – 145

Re-entries – 139

Prize Pool – ₹21,30,000

Places Paid – 35

The first-ever GOAT finalist Avish ‘thehorse7’ Sharma made the Thursday headlines for taking down a guarantee-crushing 284-player field (145 unique) in PokerBaazi`s ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Summit – winning the flagship title for the second time in over four years for ₹3.67 Lakhs (his best score of the year)!

Avish Sharma`s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.70 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹57.74 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

The former The Millionaire champion Anmol ‘airball’ Narang fired up two ITM finishes, earning approximately ₹2.88 Lakhs.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹2,55,387

> 11th in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹32,191

Anmol Narang’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.85 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹31.92 Lakhs

This week`s Wednesday High Roller champion Devendra ‘thablack’ Suthar, kept the winning momentum going by thrashing out FT finishes in two headline tournaments, raking in ₹3.12 Lakhs overall.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹1,83,180

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹1,29,058

Devendra Suthar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.02 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹30.91 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

The Tuesday chartbuster Deepankur ‘Dp179’ Gupta (3rd for ₹2.17 Lakhs), the #2 ranked player on the TLB (points) leaderboard Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur (5th for ₹1,51,230), Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh (6th for ₹1.20 Lakhs), and The Colosseum fourth-place finisher Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani (7th for ₹90,525) rounded up the reg-heavy FT in the ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Summit.

The top 35 places got a share of the ₹21.30 Lakhs collected in the prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Avish ‘thehorse7’ Sharma – ₹3,66,573
2. Anmol ‘airball’ Narang – ₹2,55,387
3. Deepankur ‘Dp179’ Gupta – ₹2,17,260
4. Devendra ‘thablack’ Suthar – ₹1,83,180
5. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹1,51,230
6. Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh – ₹1,20,345
7. Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani – ₹90,525

PC#28 (PLO-5) – ₹18 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 167

Re-entries – 192

Prize Pool – ₹18,00,000

Places Paid – 49

Two days after shipping his first PLO Championship title in PC#19 (PLO-6), Jimmy ‘jeeven’ Arora chopped the Thursday PC headliner, ₹18 Lakhs GTD PC#28 (PLO-5), for ₹2.74 Lakhs (his second-best score on the site). ‘Agrim1739’ pocketed ₹2.36 Lakhs in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

Last night’s win was Arora’s 13th score in the series, which includes one FT finish and two titles. He is currently ranked #8 on the PC leaderboard.

Jimmy Arora’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.65 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹32.80 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | Ranked #8 on the PLO Championship Series Leaderboard

Eka ‘gettingthere’ Vedantham (4th for ₹1.25 Lakhs) and last night`s PC#27 (PLO-6) KO runner-up finisher, Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (5th for ₹1.04 Lakhs), were well-known players on the PC#28 (PLO-5) FT.

The ₹4,400 entry buy-in flagship had a starting field of 359 entrants (167 unique), experiencing a sizeable ₹3.64 Lakhs overlay shortfall. The top 49 finishers boarded the money bus.

Final Table Results

1. Jimmy ‘jeeven’ Arora – ₹2,74,181*
2. Agrim1739 – ₹2,35,759*
3. truecaller10 – ₹1,58,040
4. Eka ‘gettingthere’ Vedantham – ₹1,25,100
5. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹1,04,040
6. bajrangibhaiijaan – ₹84,960

*denotes a heads-up deal

(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 194

Re-entries – 145

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 35

PokerBaazi user ‘p0kerguru’ trounced the 339-entry field (194 unique) in the site`s weekly 9 PM fixture, ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT, winning his first tournament on the site for ₹2.07 Lakhs (their second-best score on the site).

p0kerguru’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹10.78 Lahks | Titles Won: #1

The two-time The Millionaire champion, Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg, has a litany of deep runs on his scorecard, but his last recorded tournament win was almost 12 weeks ago. He missed out on correcting that by finishing runner-up in the (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1.44 Lakhs. He made another deep run in Adda52’s Monster Turbo (20th for ₹5,000), netting ₹1.49 Lakhs overall.

Ayush Garg’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.52 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.69 Crores

Girish ‘gitty17’ Bhavnani (4th for ₹1.03 Lakhs), Noel ‘noelpais’ Pais (5th for ₹85,200), Deepesh ‘deep1221’ Raka (6th for ₹67,800) and Aditya ‘gangajal’ Sushant (7th for ₹51,000) also FT-ed the ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT.

The ₹3,850 entry buy-in tournament overlaid ₹13,500, and 35 players got a share of the ₹5 Lakhs guaranteed in prize money.

Final Table Results

1. p0kerguru – ₹2,06,520
2. Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg – ₹1,43,880
3. Ronywalker – ₹1,22,400
4. Girish ‘gitty17’ Bhavnani – ₹1,03,200
5. Noel ‘noelpais’ Pais – ₹85,200
6. Deepesh ‘deep1221’ Raka – ₹67,800
7. Aditya ‘gangajal’ Sushant – ₹51,000

Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 349

Re-entries – 348

Prize Pool – ₹10,45,500

Places Paid – 119

The PC#1 (PLO-4) Kickoff winner Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat has been quite the revelation in PokerBaazi’s first-ever PLO Championship, where he is ranked #2 on the series’ leaderboard.

In addition to a scoring frenzy in the PLO festival last night, Ahlawat showed off his NLHE skills by winning his second Hold’em tournament of the month in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost. He stomped past a 697-entry field (349 unique) in the 7:30 PM tournament to win ₹1.45 Lakhs, striking a heads-up deal with Raghavendra ‘ThikanaCK’ Hada (2nd for ₹1.15 Lakhs).

Vikhyat was in top gear yesterday, for he added ₹3.03 Lakhs from five deep runs on PokerBaazi, including a title and two FT scores.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹1,45,638* (heads-up deal)

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s PC#30 (PLO-4) for ₹95,920

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s PC#26 (PLO-5) for ₹43,000

> 31st in PokerBaazi’s PC#28 (PLO-5) for ₹13,500

> 28th in PokerBaazi’s PC#27 (PLO-6) KO for ₹4,500

> Made Day 2 in PokerBaazi’s Value Blast (through Qualifier 10)

Vikhyat Ahlawat’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.45 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹33.35 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam (7th for ₹20,283) and Ronen ‘Bat456’ Achouba KH (8th for ₹15,787) were two other known players on the Daily Value Boost final table.

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in Daily Value Boost collected over ₹10.45 Lakhs in the prize pool, and 119 players scored a payday.

Final Table Results

1. Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat – ₹1,45,638*
2. Raghavendra ‘ThikanaCK’ Hada – ₹1,15,005*
3. rahulsingh111 – ₹86,777
4. hgnvn – ₹59,071
5. nnavin3386 – ₹39,729
6. Rajatji – ₹27,183
7. Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam – ₹20,283
8. Ronen ‘Bat456’ Achouba KH – ₹15,787

*denotes a heads-up deal

PC#30 (PLO-4) – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 186

Re-entries – 163

Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000

Places Paid – 35

It was a breakout Thursday for Himanshu ‘ISquirtBullets’ Dewan, who busted a long three-year dry spell by taking down PokerBaazi’s 9:30 PM PLO Championship marquee, ₹8 Lakhs GTD PC#30 (PLO-4), for ₹1.38 Lakhs (his second-best score on the site).

Last night’s Daily Value Boost champion Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat made a close run to shipping a second tournament in PC#30 (PLO-4) but could only manage a runner-up finish worth ₹95,920. He added ₹3.03 Lakhs from five deep runs.

Himanshu Dewan, who has made several appearances in international tournaments in Rozvadov, also scored in PC#28 (PLO-5) (29th for ₹14,400), working up ₹1.52 Lakhs in Thursday winnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹40.56 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹7.18 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Pankaj ‘King533933’ Khandelwal (3rd for ₹81,600), Siddharth ‘FrancescoTotti’ Ranshevre (4th for ₹68,800) and Yogesh ‘BadBeatBazzi’ Kadukar (5th for ₹56,800) also FT-ed the ₹8 Lakhs GTD PC#30 (PLO-4).

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in PC#30 (PLO-4) registered a 349-strong field (186 unique), falling ₹1.02 Lakhs short of the advertised guarantee. The top 35 runners crossed the money line.

Final Table Results

1. Himanshu ‘ISquirtBullets’ Dewan – ₹1,37,680
2. Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat – ₹95,920
3. Pankaj ‘King533933’ Khandelwal – ₹81,600
4. Siddharth ‘FrancescoTotti’ Ranshevre – ₹68,800
5. Yogesh ‘BadBeatBazzi’ Kadukar – ₹56,800
6. puppetpoker – ₹45,200

PC#27 (PLO-6) KO – ₹6 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 128

Re-entries – 218

Prize Pool – ₹6,92,000

Places Paid – 35

A day after finishing fifth in PokerBaazi’s PC#23 (PLO-5) HighRoller, Aditya ‘jesus’ Pratap Singh came out on top of a 346-strong field (128 unique) in the ₹6 Lakhs GTD PC#27 (PLO-6) KO, winning the 6:30 PM PLO marquee for ₹1.07 Lakhs (his maiden title of the year). The Chandigarh-based MTT crusher – also the #2 ranked player of 2022 – Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (opted out of tracking) collected ₹78,940 in second place.

The #BB1 MoneyMaker runner-up finisher, Aditya Pratap Singh, filled in almost ₹1.11 Lakhs into his Thursday tally as he also scored in PC#26 (PLO-5) (27th for ₹3,750).

Aditya Pratap Singh`s online stats (PokerBaazi and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹34.57 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹17.64 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The ₹2,200 buy-in PC#27 (PLO-6) KO paid out 35 players a share of the ₹6.92 Lakhs prize pool (including bounty pool).

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Aditya ‘jesus’ Pratap Singh – ₹1,06,760
2. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹78,940
3. hik18 – ₹63,200
4. sujit211990 – ₹54,600
5. Nishant ’Blackdragon’ Kumar – ₹48,600
6. saurav29 – ₹35,900

PC#26 (PLO-5) – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,375

Entries – 140

Re-entries – 193

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 35

PokerBaazi user ‘Carlton’ raced to the top of a 333-entry field (140 unique) in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD PC#26 (PLO-5), bagging away the 4 PM marquee title for ₹86,050. Last month’s Afternoon PLO-5 Boost champion, Debashis ‘Nazgul’ Bal, scored the runner-up payday of ₹59,950.

Debashis Bal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹85.99 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹13.98 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The #2 ranked player on the PLO Championship leaderboard, Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat, had a bountiful Thursday run, collecting ₹3.03 Lakhs across five ITM finishes on PokerBaazi, including the Daily Value Boost title and a runner-up finish in PC#30 (PLO-4). He placed fourth in PC#26 (PLO-5) for ₹43,000.

The ₹1,375 entry buy-in PC#26 (PLO-5) registered a starting field of 333 entrants, falling ₹83,750 short of breaking even. The top 35 finishers made the money line.

Final Table Results

1. Carlton – ₹86,050
2. Debashis ‘Nazgul’ Bal – ₹59,950
3. tiltsingh – ₹51,000
4. Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat – ₹43,000
5. Rahul ‘Rurrr’ Rana – ₹35,500
6. CrystalTurtle44 – ₹28,250

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

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 141

Re-entries – 113

Prize Pool – ₹5,08,000

Places Paid – 47

Periyar ‘Sagittarius’ Selvam outplayed a 254-entry field (141 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost, reeling in his first title of the year and a winner`s due worth ₹70,743. Selvam recorded his first top finish since taking down (7-Max) SPRINT in October and chopped the daytime marquee heads-up with ‘pransh14’ (2nd for ₹62,099).

Periyar Selvam’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.26 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.39 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Kunal ‘symbolicchamp’ Agrawal finished third in Afternoon Boost for ₹44,552 and made the same third-place finish in yesterday`s biggest GTD tournament, Adda52’s Godfather (3rd for ₹2.50 Lakhs), adding ₹2.95 Lakhs overall.

The 2 PM marquee collected ₹5.08 Lakhs in prize money, and 47 players got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Periyar ‘Sagittarius’ Selvam – ₹70,743*
2. pransh14 – ₹62,099*
3. Kunal ‘symbolicchamp’ Agrawal – ₹44,552
4. sevenpockets – ₹33,833
5. Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah – ₹25,146
6. ansh91174000000 – ₹17,932
7. Archit ‘RareAbility’ Saraogi – ₹14,783

*denotes a heads-up deal

PLO Championship Leaderboard Standings After Day 7

The mystery user ‘hik18’ (6,087 points) continues to be the runaway leader on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD PLO Championship leaderboard. Seven days into PokerBaazi’s first-ever PLO Championship Series, he has rallied up 15 ITM scores in the PLO festival, including Monday’s PC#15 (PLO-5) and last week’s PC#4 (PLO-6) titles and five other FT finishes.

Wednesday’s PC#23 (PLO-5) Highroller finalist, Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat (5,196 points), further strengthened his #2 position with four scores in PC events yesterday.

Last night`s PC#27 (PLO-6) champion, Aditya ‘jesus’ Pratap Singh (4,223 points), jumped from #5 to #3 on the leaderboard rankings, displacing Sony ‘swAAmi’ Puthussery (3,862 points) to #4.

₹1 Crore GTD PCS#29 (PLO-4) Main Event – Day 1B

Day 1B: Entries – 82 | Re-entries – 52 | Survivors – 22 | Chip Leader – Ranjeet ‘Rj147’ Negi (230,000)

Combined: Entries – 525 | Re-entries – 108 | Survivors – 87 | Overall Chip Leader – ‘CharPatteWala’ (377,000)

₹1 Crore GTD Value Blast – Qualifier 9 & 10

Qualifier 9: Entries – 305 | Re-entries – 55 | Survivors – 91 | Chip Leader – ‘hgnvn’ (163,000)

Qualifier 10: Entries – 235 | Re-entries – 63 | Survivors – 67 | Chip Leader – Muthukumar ‘hero1965’ Rajagopalan (218,000)

Combined: Entries – 3,021 | Re-entries – 645 | Survivors – 871 (Unique) | Overall Chip Leader – ‘snoodogg23’ (317,000)

Ryan ‘AceFromSpace’ Cardoso (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹46,300), ‘udixi18’ (Won ₹2.50 Lahs GTD (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT for ₹43,150), ‘chumbakman’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹41,340), ‘iveystare’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹31,650), ‘Poker4everz’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹30,310), Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD SPRINT for ₹29,950), and Dayanand ‘dayanandprass’ Prass (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO Boost Monster for ₹21,030) won the other Thursday marquees on PokerBaazi.

PokerStars India

The Colosseum [6-Max] – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 70

Re-entries – 56

Prize Pool – ₹12,60,000

Places Paid – 17

The former IOPC Millionaire Main Event champion, Anurag ‘GutshotHaiBro’ Srivastava, ended a three-week title drought after decimating a 126-strong field (70 unique) in PokerStars India’s Thursday headliner, The Colosseum [6-Max], winning the 8 PM flagship for ₹2.76 Lakhs. The user ‘cacofnix’ collected ₹2.08 Lakhs in second place.

MTT phenom Srivastava raked in ₹3.92 Lakhs across his Thursday run from the following ITM finishes:

> 1st in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹2,76,174

> 9th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹53,250

> 15th in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹29,659

> 16th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹18,000

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

> 72nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,868

Anurag Srivastava’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.34 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.14 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira had a profitable Thursday session, for he lapped up ₹2.15 Lakhs from five deep runs, which include:

> 3rd in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹1,56,899

> 22nd in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹21,300

> 16th in PokerBaazi’s PC#27 (PLO-6) for ₹10,000

> 19th in PokerBaazi’s PC#28 (PLO-5) for ₹18,000

> 34th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹9,000

Myron Pereira’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.18 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.02 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani (4th for ₹1.18 Lakhs), #BB2 MoneyMaker champion Sahil ‘you3bi4b’ Nair (5th for ₹89,137), Ravi ‘rkcravi’ Kumar Chandran (6th for ₹67,186), and WSOP bracelet winner Aditya ‘serendipity789’ Sushant (7th for ₹53,101) were other known players on the 7-max The Colosseum FT.

The ₹11,000 entry buy-in The Colosseum paid out 17 players a share of the ₹12.60 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Anurag ‘GutshotHaiBro’ Srivastava – ₹2,76,174
2. cacofnix – ₹2,08,162
3. Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira – ₹1,56,899
4. Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani – ₹1,18,261
5. Sahil ‘you3bi4b’ Nair – ₹89,137
6. Ravi ‘rkcravi’ Kumar Chandran – ₹67,186
7. Aditya ‘serendipity789’ Sushant – ₹53,101

‘Wanabepro299’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹60,252), ‘Garvit01’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹25,075), ‘imhobadshah’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline [6-Max] for ₹12,523), and ‘Prophet414’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹11,404) won the other PokerStars India marquees.

Adda52

Godfather – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 256

Re-entries – 195

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 49

February is shaping to be a breakout month for Adda52 reg Raghuvinder ‘Murti8’ Singh, who won The Mint for ₹4.08 Lakhs just as the month started. Improving upon that score, he hit a new career high last night, with a victory march over a 451-entry field (256 unique) in the day`s biggest guaranteed tournament, the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather, reeling in a personal-best ₹6.12 Lakhs – making him Thursday`s top scorer.

Raghuvinder Singh`s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹60.96 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹14.58 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

The three-time Godfather champion Arjanveer Singh ‘arjan30’ Chadha fell one place short of winning the Thursday title for a fourth time, scoring ₹3.63 Lakhs as the runner-up. Chadha, who finished #3 in the 2022 POY race, added ₹3.81 Lakhs from two deep runs and made Day 2 in PokerBaazi`s ₹1 Crore GTD Value Boost.

Arjanveer Singh Chadha`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.39 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.61 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | Finished #3 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Kunal ‘Champosymbo’ Agrawal (3rd for ₹2.50 Lakhs), Bhavyajeet Singh ‘brbhavya’ Rathore (4th for ₹1.88 Lakhs), Young Gun Neel ‘neeljoshi23’ Joshi (5th for ₹1.25 Lakhs), Rohit ‘paladian’ Kumar (6th for ₹87,500), Sandy ‘Narcos’ Lamba (7th for ₹68,750), and Rahul ‘poker_king52’ Purohit (8th for ₹56,250) were others on 8-max FT of the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather.

The ₹5,500 entry buy-in Godfather registered an overlay shortfall of ₹2.45 Lakhs, with 49 players cashing on the added value on offer.

Final Table Results

1. Raghuvinder ‘Murti8’ Singh – ₹6,12,500
2. Arjanveer Singh ‘arjan30’ Chadha – ₹3,62,500
3. Kunal ‘Champosymbo’ Agrawal – ₹2,50,000
4. Bhavyajeet Singh ‘brbhavya’ Rathore – ₹1,87,500
5. Neel ‘neeljoshi23’ Joshi – ₹1,25,000
6. Rohit ‘paladian’ Kumar – ₹87,500
7. Sandy ‘Narcos’ Lamba – ₹68,750
8. Rahul ‘poker_king52’ Purohit – ₹56,250

Monster Turbo – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 118

Re-entries – 88

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 21

It’s been an action-packed week for Kashish ‘dubaisoon’ Sachdev, who has won his first three online tournaments of the year in the last four days. Following through on his top finishes in Monday’s Dark Knight and Tuesday’s Hold’em PKO, Sachdev overcame a 206-player field (188 unique) in Adda52’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo, shipping the 9.30 PM marquee for the first time for ₹1.38 Lakhs (his best score of the year and third-best overall). ‘Petho’ collected a runner-up payday of ₹81,250.

Sachdev also FT-ed PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost, adding ₹1.59 Lakhs to his online winnings. His Thursday finishes include:

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

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹21,833

Kashish Sachdev’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹57.83 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹15.81 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Yuvraj ‘kalidenalii’ Bhardwaj converted a ₹250 satellite buy-in for a ticket into the Monster Turbo into a third-place finish worth ₹61,750. He posted eight deep runs in all, including a title victory in PokerBaazi’s ₹1 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT, raking in ₹1.23 Lakhs overall.

His top Thursday finishes include:

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

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹29,952

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹9,626

> 11th in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹6,991

Yuvraj Bhardwaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.32 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹15.20 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Dayanand ‘1God’ Prass won PokerBaazi`s PLO Boost Monster and made another four deep runs, netting ₹44,125 overall.

His top Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s PLO Boost Monster for ₹21,029

> 7th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹17,500

Dayanand Prass’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹60.87 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹11.92 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #5

Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarthy (4th for ₹45,000), Siddharth ‘kab00m’ Gangwar (5th for ₹31,250), Mayank ‘AreyBetaRaise’ Maruka (6th for ₹21,250), and Clinton ‘RedArmy07’ Tavares (8th for ₹13,750) were other top regs who made the 8-max Monster Turbo FT.

The ₹2,500 entry buy-in tournament filled in ₹36,500 in overlays and 21 players got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Kashish ‘dubaisoon’ Sachdev – ₹1,37,500
2. Petho – ₹81,250
3. Yuvraj ‘kalidenalii’ Bhardwaj – ₹61,750
4. Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarthy – ₹45,000
5. Siddharth ‘kab00m’ Gangwar – ₹31,250
6. Mayank ‘AreyBetaRaise’ Maruka – ₹21,250
7. Dayanand ‘1God’ Prass – ₹17,500
8. Clinton ‘RedArmy07’ Tavares – ₹13,750

₹25 Lakhs GTD Nano Main Event – Day 1B

Day 1B: Entries – 107 | Re-entries – 55 | Survivors – 23 | Chip Leader – ‘captainloura’ (218,541)

Combined Entries: 231 | Combined Re-entries – 94 | Survivors – 45 | Overall Chip Leader – ‘captainloura’ (218,541)

Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD GTD Nano DST for ₹55,536), Sandeep ‘TheUnicorn’ Malik (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Nano Godfather for ₹32,520), ‘Gauravs7770’ (Won ₹90K GTD Nano Siesta for ₹26,779), Gaurang ‘Bhattigaurang77’ Bhatti (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD GTD Nano Daily Adda for ₹21,140), ‘ANJ2019’ (Won ₹70K GTD Nano Crack Jack for ₹14,303), Abhinav ‘Borntogamble’ Menon (Won ₹30K GTD Nano Battleship for ₹8,850), and ‘kvy13’ (Won ₹25K GTD Nano PLO for ₹7,686) won Nano Poker Series titles on Thursday.

Khelo365

Khelo365’s Thursday marquee, ₹30K GTD Hitman PLO, had 49 runners in the fray, and ‘Comrade55’ outlasted them all to win the title for ₹11,100. ‘Storm23’ placed runner-up for ₹7,500.

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