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It was another action-driven day for online MTT players, with PokerBaazi’s first-ever 1000X Series setting the stage for a blockbuster Thursday. Spearheading the day’s proceedings was the ₹35 Lakhs GTD 1000X#20 Thursday Prime that had the virtual felts buzzing with excitement. PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish Munot came out all guns blazing on Spartan Poker last night, making top finishes in the two primetime tournaments, banking the day`s best ₹7.58 Lakhs (overall). He won Ultron (₹4.40 Lakhs) – his first title on the site in over ten weeks and finished fourth in the Thursday High Roller (₹3.18 Lakhs). Snehil Aggarwal came second in the Ultron for ₹2.93 Lakhs.
The PBC#15 Game Changer finalist Avish Sharma championed the biggest guaranteed tournament last night, PokerBaazi’s 1000X#20 Thursday Prime, for ₹5.70 Lakhs, winning his first title in over seven months and crossing ₹1 Crore in tracked online winnings. A heads-up deal ensured the user ‘jjjjjokerjjjj’ banked a career-best ₹5.06 Lakhs in second place.
Young Gun Shardul Parthsarathi has not been putting the same volume online because of his live poker travels! The MTT beast ended an over four-month-long title drought by taking down Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller for ₹5.16 Lakhs. He chopped the High Roller title five-way with PokerGuru Ambassadors Kartik Ved (2nd for ₹4.50 Lakhs), Ankit Wadhawan (3rd for ₹3.67 Lakhs), Ultron champion Ashish Munot (4th for ₹3.18 Lakhs), and Vivek Singh (5th for ₹3.17 Lakhs).
Young Gun Neel Joshi made a grand return to the winner’s circle last night after almost five months with a victory march in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹5.04 Lakhs – his second time winning the Thursday title. Ram Kakkar, chasing his second Godfather title (in 2022), collected ₹4.71 Lakhs as the runner-up, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
PokerStars India reg and nine-time Primetime Grind champion Sarthak Singhal came out on top in the Highroller to collect a site-best ₹2.16 Lakhs. ‘Trashcan20’ pocketed ₹1.68 Lakhs for their second-place finish.
The Millionaire Series 5.0 – D’Lite champion Kritagya Sharma won PokerBaazi’s 1000X#21 for ₹1.62 Lakhs, climbing to #2 on the 1000X Series leaderboard. He struck a heads-up deal with Kritika Chugh (2nd for ₹1.25 Lakhs).
Abhishek Sonu (Won 1000X#19 for ₹1.03 Lakhs) and ‘talkless’ (Won 1000X#18 for ₹65,499) won the other 1000X Series titles on Thursday.
The two-time Millionaire champion Ayush Garg shipped Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹1.40 Lakhs (won ₹1.77 Lakhs overall). Abhishek Rajagopal finished runner-up for ₹82,080.
Arun Sriram conquered Spartan Poker’s all-new Thursday Showdown for ₹1.21 Lakhs (won ₹1.79 Lakhs overall) after striking a five-way deal with Abhishek Gautam (2nd for a career-best ₹1.14 Lakhs), ‘livefordie’ (3rd for ₹1.13 Lakhs), ‘kush1968’ (4th for ₹98,223), and Mayank Maruka (5th for ₹77,258).
Manish Jangid (won two titles), Abhishek Batra, Arun Karthik, and Animesh Thakur won the other Thursday marquees.
Here are the Thursday highlights!
PokerBaazi
1000X#20 Thursday Prime – ₹35 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 521
Re-entries – 541
Prize Pool – ₹37,17,000
Places Paid – 126
The PBC#15 Game Changer third-place finisher Avish ‘thehorse7’ Sharma blasted his way through a stacked 1,062-player field in the biggest guaranteed tournament running last night, PokerBaazi’s ₹35 Lakhs GTD 1000X#20 Thursday Prime, to collect ₹5.70 Lakhs – scoring his first title victory in over seven months and crossing ₹1 Crore in tracked online winnings.
Before taking down the title, the lawyer cum poker player, Sharma, struck a heads-up deal with ‘jjjjjokerjjjj’ (2nd for a career-best ₹5.06 Lakhs).
Avish Sharma’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.06 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹35.22 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2 | Annual Winnings: ₹40.37 Lakhs
Seasoned MTT pro Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma added ₹4.62 Lakhs across two FT finishes, which include:
> 3rd in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹2,50,000
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#20 Thursday Prime for ₹2,12,241
Rajat Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.37 Crores| Lifetime Profits: ₹4.06 Crores| Titles Won in 2022: #7 |Annual Winnings: ₹1.68 Crores
Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra filled in a nifty ₹3.86 Lakhs last night across four ITM finishes (three of them FT scores), which include:
> 6th in SpartanPoker’s Thursday High Roller for ₹1,62,840
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#20 Thursday Prime for ₹1,58,344
> 7th in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹47,449
> 30th in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹17,121
Sanat Mehrotra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.32 Crores| Lifetime Profits: ₹3.27 Crores| Titles Won in 2022: #9 |Annual Winnings: ₹2.12 Crores | Ranked #12 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
1000X#21 – ₹9 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹990
Entries – 679
Re-entries – 658
Prize Pool – ₹12,03,000
Places Paid – 227
Sunday`s Millionaire Series 5.0 – D’Lite winner Kritagya ‘Kritagya_17’ Sharma fired four bullets before shattering the 1,337-strong field in PokerBaazi’s 9 PM marquee, ₹9 Lakhs GTD 1000X#21, bagging away the first-place prize worth ₹1.62 Lakhs.
Kritika ‘jessepinkman420’ Chugh fired the same four bullets before collecting ₹1.25 Lakhs as the runner-up, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
1000X#19 – ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹825
Entries – 492
Re-entries – 396
Prize Pool – ₹7,50,000
Places Paid – 143
The ever-consistent Abhishek ‘chipndchair’ Sonu started his Thursday grind on a terrific note by conquering PokerBaazi’s ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD 1000X#19 for ₹1.03 Lakhs. ‘handysam’ placed runner-up for ₹82,500.
Abhishek Sonu scored another four times through the rest of his Thursday session, adding ₹1.15 Lakhs altogether.
His Thursday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#19 for ₹1,02,825
> 14th in PokerStars India’s Deepstack for ₹7,105
> 21st in PokerBaazi’s SPRINT for ₹1,804
> 216th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#21 for ₹1,685
> 99th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#18 for ₹1,267
Abhishek Sonu’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.49 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹36.82 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #45 | Annual Winnings: ₹76.50 Lakhs
The ₹880 buy-in 1000X#19 clocked in 888 entries, falling ₹84,000 short of its advertised guarantee.
Final Table Results
1000X#18 – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 529
Re-entries – 527
Prize Pool – ₹5,28,000
Places Paid – 185
PokerBaazi user ‘talkless’ made it past the 1,056-player field in PokerBaazi’s 3 PM slotted ₹5 Lakhs GTD 1000X#18 to collect a personal-best ₹65,499 and their second title on the site following a heads-up deal with Nandan ‘ragemonster’ Pugalia (2nd for ₹64,178).
‘Talkless’ made another ITM finish in 1000X#21 (32nd for ₹4,693), adding ₹70,192 in Thursday winnings. Their PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.90 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2
Nandan Pugalia crossed the money line in all four 1000X events yesterday, making away with ₹84,144 (overall). His Thursday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#18 for ₹64,178
> 50th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#20 Thursday Prime for ₹14,125
> 34th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#19 for ₹3,675
> 145th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#21 for 2,166
Nandan Pugalia’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹24.09 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹5.61 Lakhs |Titles Won in 2022: #5
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
1000X Leaderboard Standings – Day 5
Gaurav ‘gauravgoru’ Bhutra`s (4,589 points) breakout Wednesday run has kept him in pole position in the ₹10 Lakhs-added 1000X Series leaderboard race.
Kritagya ‘Kritagya_17’ Sharma`s (4,538 points) 1000X#21 victory catapulted him five places to #2 in the standings, with TLB crusher Neeraj’ SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (3,661 points) staying put at #3.
Rank Player Points
1 Gaurav 'gauravgoru' Bhutra 4,589
2 Kritagya 'Kritagya_17' Sharma 4,538
3 Neeraj 'SelfClaimedPro' Kumar 3,661
4 Bharath 'hzgod' Kumar 3,636
5 Ashish 'Notoriouskonvict' Nailwal 3,499
6 Uttam 'brokenpocker' Gope 3,363
7 Abhishek 'chipndchair' Sonu 3,342
8 Pratik 'zpAAced' Manjrekar 2,897
9 Kanchan 'Kanchansharma' Sharma 2,884
10 Sandy 'Ziigmund' Lamba 2,856
Abhishek ‘abbie1987’ Batra (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Midnight SPRINT for ₹49,990), ‘@Economist’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹48,410), ‘SoulDarkness’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹36,080), Rugal ‘Smikijoejr’ Advani (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD SPRINT for ₹32,230), ‘knahsahs’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹30,450), ‘realBully0786’ (Won ₹50K GTD 5-Max Daily for ₹5,440) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
Spartan Poker
Thursday High Roller (6-Max) – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹22,000
Entries – 80
Re-entries – 20
Rebuys – 38
Prize Pool – ₹27,60,000
Places Paid – 15
Spartan Poker’s biggest Thursday draw, the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Thursday High Roller, made a seven-hour run from 9 PM to 3.58 AM, with 138 hopefuls vying for a share of the ₹27.60 Lakhs prize pool.
Bringing the tournament to a close was a five-way FT deal, and Young Gun Shardul ‘fish2022’ Parthasarathi was declared the eventual champion and won ₹5.16 Lakhs – ending an over four-month dry spell online.
The FT was stacked with PokerGuru Ambassadors, and four players from the stable encashed on the five-way deal, namely, Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (2nd for ₹4.50 Lakhs), Ankit ‘d00mtr00per’ Wadhawan (3rd for ₹3.67 Lakhs), last night`s Ultron champion Ashish ‘Donkey 07’ Munot (4th for ₹3.18 Lakhs), and Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (5th for ₹3.17 Lakhs).
Parthasarathi, a former WPT Prime Cambodia Super High Roller champion, crossed the money line in another flagship tournament, Adda52’s Godfather (11th for ₹31,250), making away with a hefty ₹5.47 Lakhs overall. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.19 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.23 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #7
PokerGuru Staking`s Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh collectively added ₹3.31 Lakhs across two ITM finishes, which include:
> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹3.17 Lakhs
> 53rd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#20 Thursday Prime for ₹14,125
Vivek Singh`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.35 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.23 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #19 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.26 Crores
Young Gun Sanat ‘orhem3001’ Mehrotra added ₹3.86 Lakhs to his burgeoning bankroll from four ITM finishes (three of them FT scores), which include:
> 6th in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller for ₹1,62,840
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#20 Thursday Prime for ₹1,58,344
> 7th in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹47,449
> 30th in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹17,121
Sanat Mehrotra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.32 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.27 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #8 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.12 Crores | Ranked #12 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover (7th for ₹1.28 Lakhs), Highroller third-place finisher Anurag ‘Norman Bates’ Srivastava (8th for ₹97,980), and Guneet ‘GeeKay’ Kwatra (9th for ₹71,760) made top ten finishes in the Thursday High Roller.
Final Table Results
*denotes a five-way deal
Ultron – ₹21 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 205
Re-entries – 58
Rebuys – 176
Prize Pool – ₹21,95,000
Places Paid – 39
PokerGuru Ambassadors crushed the Thursday flagships on Spartan Poker, none more so than Ashish ‘Donkey 07’ Munot! The PokerGuru Staking stalwart, one of the most profitable players of the year, finally clinched a flagship title after several recent near-misses.
Munot, who finished runner-up in Spartan Poker’s Sunday High Roller for ₹10.50 Lakhs on August 21, and made another second-place finish in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-82 [MAIN EVENT] for ₹8.65 Lakhs on Monday, waded past a 439-player field in Spartan Poker’s Ultron, taking down the title for ₹4.40 Lakhs. Snehil ‘gaurav_arsh’ Aggarwal finished runner-up for ₹2.93 Lakhs.
Munot also stormed into the FT in Spartan Poker`s Thursday High Roller, where he was part of a five-way deal and banked ₹3.18 Lakhs in fourth place, adding ₹7.58 Lakhs to his Thursday tally.
His top Thursday finishes include:
>1st in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹4,40,098
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller (6-Max) for ₹3,17,655
Ashish Munot`s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹4.79 Crores | Site Profits: ₹2.50 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #5
Final Table Results
Thursday Showdown (Multi-Entry) – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 453
Re-entries – 240
Re-buys – 352
Prize Pool – ₹10,45,000
Places Paid – 103
The #9 ranked player of the year, Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram, made quite the Thursday run. The two-time Adda52 Big Game champion nailed Spartan Poker`s all-new ₹10 Lakhs GTD Thursday Showdown (Multi Entry), winning his first title in over a month for ₹1.21 Lakhs following a five-way deal with Abhishek ‘internetkid’ Gautam (2nd for a career-best ₹1.14 Lakhs), ‘livefordie’ (3rd for ₹1.13 Lakhs), ‘kush1968’ (4th for ₹98,223), and Mayank ‘barrelbrat’ Maruka (5th for ₹77,258).
The two-time IOPC title holder, Arun Sriram, made away with over ₹1.80 Lakhs in Thursday winnings on the back of three deep runs, which include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Thursday Showdown for ₹1,20,877
> 12th in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller for ₹53,820
> 118th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#20 Thursday Prime for ₹5,576
Arun Sriram’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.39 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.58 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #11 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.32 Crores | Ranked #9 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
Final Table Results
*denotes a five-way deal
‘harryThakur’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹48,000), ‘Fzzfzz’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Sundowner for ₹44,300), Arun ‘Rohini Sharma’ Karthik (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Thurs Poker Nite #3 for ₹41,280), Animesh ‘animeshth’ Thakur (Won ₹60K GTD Striker for ₹19,645), and ‘KFG01’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹19,490) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
MPL Poker
Thursday Smash – ₹1 Lakh GTD
Buy-in – ₹550
Total Entries – 209
Prize Pool – ₹1,04,500
Places Paid – 30
MPL Poker user ‘winman46’ came out on top of the 209-entry field in the ₹1 Lakhs GTD Thursday Smash, taking home ₹21,945 in first-place prize money. Babita ‘pailot979884540’ Kumari placed runner-up for ₹15,936.
Final Table Results
Pocket52
Pocket Jacks – ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,250
Entries – 129
Re-entries – 60
Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000
Places Paid – 27
Pocket52 network user ‘Alak20’ outmaneuvered a 189-player field in the ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, winning the Thursday title for ₹51,875. ‘onedx’ raked in ₹38,750 in second place.
Final Table Results
‘Mixon’ (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Pocket Tanks for ₹29,304), ‘shiny_atchuta170_21125739’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹22,000), ‘architect_moises179_11773523’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹15,563) and ‘sheetal_bOS3uXI319’ (Won ₹50K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹11,500) won the other Pocket52 marquees.
PokerDangal
PLO 5 Thursday – ₹50K GTD
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 76
Re-entries – 26
Prize Pool – ₹51,000
Places Paid – 17
PokerDangal’s ‘Mastersss’ nailed the site`s ₹50K GTD PLO 5 Thursday for ₹12,240, with the Booter Wednesday fifth-place finisher, ‘HLAT9962,’ banking ₹8,670 in second place.
Final Table Results
PokerStars India
Highroller – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹7,700
Entries – 78
Re-entries – 69
Prize Pool – ₹10,29,000
Places Paid – 17
PokerStars India reg and nine-time Primetime Grind champion, Sarthak ‘sarthakssinghal’ Singhal, came out on top of a guarantee-crushing 147-player field in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Highroller, winning the title for a site-best ₹2.16 Lakhs. ‘Trashcan20’ collected ₹1.68 Lakhs for their second-place finish.
Sarthak Singal’s PokerStars India stats: Site Winnings: ₹14.99 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹4.34 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #13
Final Table Results
Manish ‘manish jangid’ Jangid went on a rampage on PokerStars India yesterday, taking down both the Deepstack branded events for ₹61,703 overall.
His Thursday wins include:
> 1st in PokerStars India`s ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Deepstack for ₹48,664
> 1st in PokerStars India`s ₹50K GTD Deepstack for ₹13,039
PokerStars India loyalist ‘RAV1619’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹21,546) and ‘sripeyush’ (Won ₹50K GTD Primetime Grind for ₹13,127) shipped the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
Godfather – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 243
Re-entries – 199
Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000
Places Paid – 49
Young Gun Neel ‘neeljoshi23’ Joshi made a grand return to the winner’s circle after almost five months by shipping Adda52’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather for ₹5.04 Lakhs – his second time taking down the Thursday flagship.
Ram ‘mowgumotu’ Kakkar, chasing his second Godfather title (in 2022), collected ₹4.71 Lakhs as the runner-up, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
Neel Joshi made ITM runs in two other featured tournaments, raking in ₹5.31 Lakhs overall. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.60 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.37 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #5
Seasoned pro Rajat ‘oshoswami’ Sharma locked in ₹4.62 Lakhs in winnings through two FT finishes, which include:
> 3rd in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹2,50,000
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#20 Thursday Prime for ₹2,12,241
Rajat Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.37 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.06 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #7 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.68 Crores
Poker Commentator Akshay ‘iamyourdad01’ Kapoor banked ₹1.74 Lakhs through three ITM finishes, which include:
> 5th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹1,25,000
> 9th in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹45,876
> 62nd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#21 for ₹3,369
Akshay Kapoor’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.48 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹71.93 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5 | Annual Winnings: ₹69.01 Lakhs
The ₹5,500 buy-in Godfather attracted 442 entrants, falling ₹2.90 Lakhs short of its ₹25 Lakhs advertised guarantee.
Final Table Results
Monster Turbo – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 127
Re-entries – 101
Prize Pool – ₹5,13,000
Places Paid – 24
The two-time Millionaire champion Ayush ‘lazyman’ Garg topped the 228-entry field in Adda52’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo, winning the 9:30 PM tourney for ₹1.40 Lakhs. Abhishek ‘abhiraja’ Rajagopal finished runner-up for ₹82,080.
The Thursday win brought Garg his first title of September, and it was also his first time winning the Monster Turbo. He made another FT finish in PokerStars India’s Highroller (8th for ₹36,857), netting ₹1.77 Lakhs overall.
Ayush Garg’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.54 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.53 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #14 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.71 Crores
Final Table Results
₹25 Lakhs GTD – Nano Main Event – Day 1B
> Day 1B – Entries – 124 | Re-entries – 49 | Survivors 24 | Chip leader: ‘VishuChi’ (392,261)
> Combined – Entries – 264 | Re-entries – 122 | Survivors 50 | Overall Chip leader: ‘VishuChi’ (392,261)
‘Severine’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Nano DST for ₹56,576) and ‘REDNOTICE’ (Won ₹3 Lakhs Nano Godfather for ₹53,396) shipped the Nano Poker Series titles on Thursday.
Khelo365
The user ‘BlackWood’ fired two bullets in Khelo365’s ₹10K GTD Sun Downer before taking down the title for ₹3,100, while site regular ‘Akolum’ finished runner-up for ₹2,100.
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