Daily Majors: Ashish Munot Champions IOPC #62 Super High Roller For ₹31.94 Lakhs; Akshat Sharma & James Mathews Lock in Hefty Payouts on the IOPC SHR Podium

It`s not been a dull day for players since Spartan Poker`s biggest-ever India Online Poker Championship 14.0 got underway on January 19. The Thursday action on the site was particularly explosive, thanks to the ₹1.25 Crores GTD IOPC #107 Super High Roller.

The mega event saw the recent Winter Series Main Event champion Ashish Munot conquering a stacked field of 84 top pros (124 entries total) to win the IOPC gold badge and a jaw-dropping ₹31.94 Lakhs (his second-best online score). The MTT pro made another deep run in IOPC #61 Thursday Prime, rounding up a whopping ₹32.11 Lakhs overall.

Akshat Sharma (2nd for a career-best ₹22 Lakhs) and James Mathews (3rd for online-best ₹14.26 Lakhs) raked in hefty scores on the IOPC #61 SHR podium.

The IOPC #2 & IOPC #36 winner Snehil Aggarwal became the first player to win three tournaments in the ongoing IOPC 14.0 as he took down Spartan Poker’s IOPC #61 Thursday Prime for ₹8.30 Lakhs – his fifth title and the best score of 2023 so far.

It was a red-letter Thursday for Ayush Arora, who set the felts ablaze, taking down two marquee tournaments in quick succession for a total take-home worth ₹6.86 Lakhs (his best single-day score). He won Spartan Poker’s IOPC #63 Thursday Spotlight for a site-best ₹4.20 Lakhs (his first IOPC title) shortly after conquering PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹2.35 Lakhs.

Vikram Mishra (Won IOPC #64 All Rounder Monster Stack for ₹2.13 Lakhs), IOPC #8 All Rounder Deepstack winner Vikas Yadav (Won IOPC #60 Monster Stack for ₹1.68 Lakhs), IOPC #37 champion Sumeet Rajpurohit (Won IOPC #58 for ₹1.17 Lakhs), Akash Bohra (Won IOPC #57 PKO for ₹1.10 Lakhs), and Sanjay Mohan (Won IOPC #59 for ₹89,362) won the other IOPC titles on Thursday.

Young Gun Shardul Parthasarathi had a cracker of a run yesterday! The poker coach thrashed out two podium finishes and another four deep runs for a hefty ₹8.77 Lakhs in Thursday winnings. He most notably won PokerStars India’s The Colosseum (₹3.51 Lakhs) and placed runner-up in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #63 Thursday Spotlight (₹2.65 Lakhs).

Goa-based MTT pro Myron Pereira finished runner-up in The Colosseum for ₹2.68 Lakhs (won ₹3.27 Lakhs overall), hitting ₹1 Crore in online profits.

The first The MoneyMaker of the year, Himanshu Arora, reeled in almost ₹6.20 Lakhs last night, climbing to #2 in the annual rankings. His best run was in Adda52’s Godfather – the title victory fetching him ₹6.13 Lakhs.

The banker-turned-poker-pro Kunal Patni won PokerBaazi’s The Summit for an impressive fifth time last night for ₹3.93 Lakhs (won ₹6.87 Lakhs overall) following a heads-up deal with Vivek Jain (2nd for ₹3.72 Lakhs).

Vinay B, Siddharth Kadel, Mayank Maruka, Abhishek Sonu, Shivakumar Dubey, Sanjay Bharti, and Lakshmikanth Kandula won the other Thursday marquees.

Here are the Thursday highlights!

Spartan Poker

IOPC #62 Super High Roller (6-Max) – ₹1.25 Crores GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,05,000

Entries – 84

Re-entries – 25

Re-buys – 15

Prize Pool – ₹1,25,00,000

Places Paid – 15

Affirming his status as one of the best in the country, Ashish ‘0mg_spew’ Munot won the IOPC 14.0 Thursday showstopper, Spartan Poker’s ₹1.25 Crores GTD IOPC #62 Super High Roller (6-Max). Doing one better than his runner-up finish in IOPC #54 Wednesday High the day before, Munot conquered a stacked field of 84 top pros (124 entries total) to collect the IOPC gold badge and a jaw-dropping ₹31.94 Lakhs in first-place prize money (his second-best online score).

The recent Winter Series Main Event champion, Munot, made another deep run in IOPC #61 Thursday Prime (45th for ₹17,733), rounding up an awesome ₹32.11 Lakhs overall.

Akshat ‘doubledown’ Sharma raked in a career-best ₹22 Lakhs from his runner-up finish in the ₹1.05 Lakh buy-in IOPC #62 Super High Roller.

James ‘Jomathu’ Mathews (3rd for online-best ₹14.26 Lakhs), Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (4th for ₹11.69 Lakhs), Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar (5th for ₹9.44 Lakhs), and poker pioneer Aditya ‘Yennefer’ Agarwal (6th for ₹7.37 Lakhs) were others scoring FT payouts in the 9 PM Super High Roller.

The third eight-figure GTD event at the ongoing IOPC 14.0 and the second most expensive event on the schedule, the ₹1.05 Lakhs buy-in flagship, brought together a 124-entry field, falling one entry short of its 125-player guarantee.

The IOPC #62 Super High Roller had some of the best players in the country vying for a share of the massive prize pool, and several among them made ITM finishes. These include WSOP bracelet winner Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (7th for ₹5.81 Lakhs), Young Gun Sahil ‘C.Dickens’ Chutani (8th for ₹4.44 Lakhs), PokerBaazi Team Pro Abhishek ‘MambaMentality’ Goindi (9th for ₹3.25 Lakhs), Deepankur ‘AngryPitbull’ Gupta (10th for ₹2.62 Lakhs), Aman ‘Zontory’ Bhadu (12th for ₹2.44 Lakhs), last night’s The Colosseum winner Young Gun Shardul ‘fish2022’ Parthasarathi (13th for ₹2.44 Lakhs), Ankit ‘d00mtr00per’ Wadhawan (14th for ₹2.07 Lakhs, and The Summit champion Kunal ‘SoormaBhopali’ Patni (15th for ₹2.07 Lakhs).

Final Table Results

1. Ashish ‘0mg_spew’ Munot – ₹31,93,750
2. Akshat ‘doubledown’ Sharma – ₹22,00,000
3. James ‘Jomathu’ Mathews – ₹14,43,750
4. Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh – ₹11,68,750
5. Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar – ₹9,43,750
6. Aditya ‘Yennefer’ Agarwal – ₹7,37,500

IOPC #61 Thursday Prime – ₹40 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 383

Re-entries – 149

Re-buys – 333

Prize Pool – ₹43,25,000

Places Paid – 79

Snehil ‘snehil99’ Aggarwal became the first player to win three tournaments in the ongoing IOPC 14.0 yesterday. Having won IOPC silver badges in IOPC #2 and IOPC #36, Aggarwal drove up the Thursday action on Spartan Poker by toppling a massive 865-player field (383 unique) in the ₹40 Lakhs GTD IOPC #61 Thursday Prime to win ₹8.30 Lakhs – his fifth title and the best score of 2023 so far.

The user ‘Bonomo888’ collected ₹5.21 Lakhs in second place.

Aman ‘Zontory’ Bhadu had an eventful Thursday run, reeling in ₹3.36 Lakhs from two ITM finishes, which include:

> 12th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #62 Super High Roller for ₹2,43,750

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #61 Thursday Prime for ₹92,555

Aman Bhadu’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.93 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹80.18 Lakhs

The 8 PM Thursday headliner attracted 865 entrants, collecting a guarantee-crushing ₹43.25 Lakhs in prize money. The top 79 places got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Snehil ‘snehil99’ Aggarwal – ₹8,29,968
2. Bonomo888 – ₹5,20,730
3. goneKAse – ₹3,72,815
4. Live2Bluff – ₹2,90,640
5. ksingla – ₹2,27,928
6. Ankit ‘AKJ615’ Jajodia – ₹1,79,055
7. Gokul ‘Born NinjAA’ Raj – ₹1,33,643
8. Aman ‘Zontory’ Bhadu – ₹92,555

IOPC #63 Thursday Spotlight – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 339

Re-entries – 106

Re-buys – 279

Prize Pool – ₹21,72,000

Places Paid – 63

It was a red-letter Thursday for Ayush ‘$etMiner06’ Arora, who set the felts ablaze, achieving many firsts in the process. He won two marquee tournaments in quick succession and cashed another for a total take-home worth ₹6.86 Lakhs (his best single-day score).

Arora most prominently took down Spartan Poker’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD IOPC #63 Thursday Spotlight, overcoming the 724-entry field (339 unique) to clinch his career-first IOPC title and a site-best ₹4.20 Lakhs.

Arora’s Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #63 Thursday Spotlight for a site-best ₹4,20,065 (his first IOPC title)

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹2,35,440

> 22nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #61 Thursday Prime for ₹30,708

Ayush Arora’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹67.09 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹7.97 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | IOPC Titles Won: #1

Last night’s The Colosseum winner, Young Gun Shardul ‘fish2022’ Parthasarathi, made a close run to the title in IOPC #63 Thursday Spotlight, scoring ₹2.65 Lakhs in second place and locking in a whopping ₹8.77 Lakhs overall.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹3,51,040

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #63 Thursday Spotlight for ₹2,64,984

> 13th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #62 Super High Roller for ₹2,43,750

> 33rd in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹18,900

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

> 33rd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹5,792

Shardul Parthasarathi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.73 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.70 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

The 9:30 PM flagship registered a 724-player starting field, and 63 players dug into the ₹21.72 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Ayush ‘$etMiner06’ Arora – ₹4,20,065
2. Shardul ‘fish2022’ Parthasarathi – ₹2,64,984
3. Anand ‘$treet$mart’ Babu Pallikona – ₹1,90,050
4. Godfather10 – ₹1,50,954
5. Buhr ‘C@rnage’ Advirkar – ₹1,18,374
6. Whateveh – ₹92,744
7. Pure Vegetarian – ₹69,721
8. Siddhanth ‘PluRibu$’ Kripalani – ₹49,522

IOPC #64 All Rounder Monster Stack – ₹11 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 350

Re-entries – 114

Re-buys – 248

Prize Pool – ₹11,00,000

Places Paid – 63

Monday’s IOPC #34 Triple Chance winner Vikram ‘greenSTUFF79’ Mishra bagged up his second IOPC silver badge last evening in Spartan Poker’s ₹11 Lakhs GTD IOPC #64 All Rounder Monster Stack. He stormed past the 712-player field (350 unique) in the 11 PM tourney to win ₹2.13 Lakhs, becoming the fifth entrant in the ₹6 Lakhs GTD IOPC #136 All-Rounder SNG.

Fresh off a third-place finish in IOPC #56 Wednesday Spotlight the day before, Neeraj ‘NeeruNJ’ Sattawat collected ₹1.34 Lakhs in second place.

The former INCOOP HERCULES champion, Mishra, added approximately ₹2.43 Lakhs from four ITM finishes.

His top Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #64 All Rounder Monster Stack for ₹2,12,740 (his second title in the ongoing series)

> 22nd in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹19,519

> 23rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #59 for ₹4,264

Vikram Mishra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.97 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹79.25 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4 | IOPC Titles Won: #5

Siddharth ‘FLIPopotamus’ Kadel may have lost his chances in IOPC #64 (3rd for ₹96,250) but finished two places better in Adda52’s Monster Turbo, winning the 9:30 PM marquee for ₹1.38 Lakhs (added ₹2.67 Lakhs overall) – his fourth title victory this week.

His top Thursday finishes include:

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

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #64 All Rounder Monster Stack for ₹96,250

> 19th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #61 Thursday Prime for ₹30,685

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s IOPC Wanderer

Siddharth Kadel’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.50 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹36.89 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4

The IOPC #21 Saturday Prime champion, Arjanveer Singh ‘bazzingaa’ Chadha, sailed into the IOPC #64 final table but fell out in seventh place. He cashed out for ₹1.57 Lakhs from the following ITM finishes:

> 9th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #61 Thursday Prime for ₹68,745

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #64 All Rounder Monster Stack for ₹35,310

> 15th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹33,750

> 13th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹9,477

> 47th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹9,678

Arjanveer Singh Chadha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.25 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.66 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | Finished #3 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Sumit ‘Toin Coss’ Sapra (4th for ₹76,450) and the 2022 POY, Young Gun Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav (8th for ₹25,080), were other top pros who FT-ed the 11 PM IOPC #64 All Rounder Monster Stack.

Final Table Results

1. Vikram ‘greenSTUFF79’ Mishra – ₹2,12,740
2. Neeraj ‘NeeruNJ’ Sattawat – ₹1,34,200
3. Siddharth ‘FLIPopotamus’ Kadel – ₹96,250
4. Sumit ‘Toin Coss’ Sapra – ₹76,450
5. apa65 – ₹59,950
6. pokeraddikt – ₹46,970
7. Arjanveer Singh ‘bazzingaa’ Chadha – ₹35,310
8. Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹25,080

IOPC #60 Monster Stack – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 583

Re-entries – 188

Re-buys – 420

Prize Pool – ₹10,71,900

Places Paid – 111

A week after winning his first IOPC silver badge in IOPC #8 All Rounder Deepstack, Vikas ‘Grabaka_Hitman’ Yadav grabbed his second in the ongoing series! He bested a guarantee-crushing 1,191-player field (583 unique) in Spartan Poker’s 7.30 PM IOPC marquee, ₹8 Lakhs GTD IOPC #60 Monster Stack, for ₹1.68 Lakhs.

And like Yadav`s last IOPC win, this too ended in a heads-up deal that saw Navdeep ‘Psychonaut’ Sahi pocketing ₹1.57 Lakhs in second place.

The former AOPS Mega Suits champion, Yadav, reeled in ₹1.78 Lakhs across two deep runs, which include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #60 Monster Stack for ₹1.68 Lakhs* (heads-up deal)

> 15th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹9,477

Vikas Yadav’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.39 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹50.55 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | IOPC Titles Won: #2

The Colosseum finalist Raghav ‘Mr. Bean’ Ananth (3rd for ₹87,467), Vishal ‘Name Chod Game Dikha’ Bandivadekar (5th for ₹52,309), ₹10K GTD Turbo champion, Satish ‘THE BULL’ Randive (6th for ₹38,905), and yesterday’s The Summit champion Kunal ‘SoormaBhopali’ Patni (8th for ₹19,401) were others who FT-ed the ₹8 Lakhs GTD IOPC #60 Monster Stack.

The ₹10.72 Lakhs in prize money was shared by 111 players.

Final Table Results

1. Vikas ‘Grabaka_Hitman’ Yadav – ₹1,68,360*
2. Navdeep ‘Psychonaut’ Sahi – ₹1,57,497*
3. Raghav ‘Mr. Bean’ Ananth – ₹87,467
4. Magic Mushroom – ₹66,029
5. Vishal ‘Name Chod Game Dikha’ Bandivadekar – ₹52,309
6. Satish ‘THE BULL’ Randive – ₹38,905
7. KPO – ₹28,405
8. Kunal ‘SoormaBhopali’ Patni – ₹19,401

*denotes a heads-up deal

IOPC #58 – ₹6.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 206

Re-entries – 61

Re-buys – 190

Prize Pool – ₹6,85,500

Places Paid – 39

The IOPC #37 champion, Sumeet ‘Sumitsingh199’ Rajpurohit, made the victory march in Spartan Poker’s ₹6.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #58, walking away with ₹1.17 Lakhs and the IOPC silver badge. Prem ‘keepplaying’ Poonia collected ₹1.10 Lakhs in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

Rajopurohit made deep runs in two other IOPC tournaments, lapping xx Lakhs overall. His Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #58 for ₹1,16,775* (heads-up deal)

> 55th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #64 All Rounder Monster Stack for ₹9,774

> 87th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #60 Monster Stack for ₹2,948

Sumeet Rajpurohit’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹14.63 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹6.40 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in IOPC #58 had 457 hopefuls vying for a share of the ₹6.85 Lakhs prize pool, and 39 places got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Sumeet ‘Sumitsingh199’ Rajpurohit – ₹1,16,775*
2. Prem ‘keepplaying’ Poonia – ₹1,10,661*
3. Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹66,836
4. FAKIRAA – ₹53,949
5. Sold_Unsold – ₹42,295
6. Whateveh – ₹32,013
7. Parminder ‘Bounceez’ Randhava – ₹23,513
8. Induprakash ‘A passage to India’ Mishra – ₹17,275

IOPC #57 PKO – ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹770

Entries – 381

Re-entries – 134

Re-buys – 423

Regular Prize Pool – ₹3,28,300

Knockout Prize Pool – ₹3,28,300

Total Prize Pool – ₹6,56,600

Places Paid – 71

Akash ‘AaoChipender’ Bohra powered his way through the 938-entry field (381 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #57 PKO, winning the 1 PM marquee for a site-best ₹1.10 Lakhs and the IOPC silver badge.

The IOPC #45 Tuesday Prime champion, Samay ‘Limitless’ Singh Modi, fell one place short of winning his second title in the ongoing series, pocketing a runner-up payday of ₹52,636.

The aspiring actor, Modi, lapped up ₹72,990 last night across deep runs in four IOPC branded events, climbing three places to #4 in the IOPC 14.0 leaderboard rankings.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #57 PKO for ₹52,636

> 49th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #63 Thursday Spotlight for ₹9,774

> 17th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #59 for ₹5,410

> 41st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #64 All Rounder Monster Stack for ₹5,170

Samay Singh Modi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.23 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹90.81 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | IOPC Titles Won: #3 | Ranked #4 on the IOPC 14.0 Leaderboard

The ₹770 entry buy-in IOPC #57 PKO paid out 71 places a share of the ₹6.56 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Akash ‘AaoChipender’ Bohra – ₹109,637
2. Samay ‘Limitless’ Singh Modi – ₹52,636
3. chips generator – ₹36,410
4. amitaarti04 – ₹28,154
5. 4twenty – ₹21,556
6. bluff905 – ₹20,756
7. SSoulShaker – ₹14,695
8. Bharath ‘sanapalbhar’ Kumar – ₹10,441
9. Shailesh ‘MrShailesh’ Kumar Patel – ₹15,129

IOPC #59 – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹770

Entries – 279

Re-entries – 71

Re-buys – 305

Prize Pool – ₹4,58,500

Places Paid – 47

The IOPC January 2022 IOPC #63 runner-up finisher, Sanjay ‘smr1g10’ Mohan, finally picked up his first IOPC title yesterday after ransacking a guarantee-crushing 655-entry field in Spartan Poker’s ₹4 Lakhs GTD IOPC #59, taking down the 4:30 PM tourney for ₹89,362 and the IOPC silver badge. The user ‘driller’ finished runner-up for ₹56,762.

Sanjay Mohan’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹9.01 Lakhs | Titles Won: #9

The ₹770 entry buy-in IOPC #59 paid out 47 players a share of the ₹4.59 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Sanjay ‘smr1g10’ Mohan – ₹89,362
2. driller – ₹56,762
3. Kabir ‘KAKAROT98$’ Tandon – ₹42,549
4. mikeamiri – ₹34,433
5. Dunedain – ₹27,143
6. Shrvan ‘SSAScorpion’ Amlekar – ₹20,724
7. tintedpeep – ₹15,222
8. Devil_Delhi – ₹10,422

₹40 Lakhs GTD IOPC – Wanderer – Day 1D

> Day 1D: Entries – 236 | Re-entries – 42 | Re-buys – 214 | Survivors – 61 | Chip Leader – Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (332,218)

> Combined: Entries – 1043 | Re-entries – 164 | Re-buys – 906 | Survivors – 278 | Overall Chip Leader – Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (332,218)

IOPC Jan 2023 Series Leaderboard Standings After Day 8

The IOPC #27 PLO6 Card champion Vinay ‘vinay0902’ Rajpal (9,478 points) is still the runaway leader in the ₹1.50 Crores GTD IOPC leaderboard standings, retaining his #1 position for the fourth consecutive day.

The IOPC June 2021 leaderboard topper Young Gun Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav (8,242 points) is closing in fast and laddered up three places to #2 in the standings. The unknown poker pro ‘p@tience7744’ (7,942 points) has dropped down to #3 in the standings.

‘Super_bad’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹39,638), ‘Cawww’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up – Triple Chance for ₹18,277), ‘SSoulShake’’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Holdem PKO for ₹18,152), and ‘wednesdae’ (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 – 173

Re-entries – 187

Prize Pool – ₹27,00,000

Places Paid – 49

Well-known poker pro Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni shot down a 360-entry field (173 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Summit, winning the Thursday title for an impressive fifth time for ₹3.93 Lakhs (heads-up deal) – posting his second top finish of 2023.

The former banker chopped The Summit title heads-up with Vivek ‘mittalgang’ Jain (2nd for ₹3.72 Lakhs), accumulating a hefty ₹6.87 Lakhs across five deep runs.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹3,93,281* (heads-up deal) (his fifth time winning the event)

> 15th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #62 Super High Roller for ₹2,25,000 (satellited into the event)

> 20th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #61 Thursday Prime for ₹35,033

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #60 Monster Stack for ₹19,401

> 40th in Adda52`s Godfather for ₹14,053

Kunal Patni’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.17 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.98 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal ran deep in two tournaments, PokerBaazi’s The Summit (3rd for ₹2.37 Lakhs) and (7-MAX) SPRINT (14th for ₹20,738), making away with ₹2.58 Lakhs overall. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹91.87 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.55 Lakhs

Sanket ‘blackcod’ Arora raked in ₹2.06 Lakhs through three deep runs, which include:

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹1,87,650

> 42nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #61 Thursday Prime for ₹13,385

> 55th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #64 All Rounder Monster Stack for ₹4,950

Sanket Arora’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.64 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.15 Crores

Tanmay ‘truman’ Benara picked up three scores, including two fifth-place finishes, making for a Thursday haul worth ₹2.94 Lakhs in earnings.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹1,56,060

> 5th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹1,27,750

> 48th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #63 Thursday Spotlight for ₹9,774

Tanmay Benara’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.21 Crores | Liftetime Profits: ₹1.41 Crores

Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra locked in ₹2.13 Lakhs on the back of three ITM finishes, which include:

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹1,27,440

> 2nd in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹81,250

> 54th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #60 Monster Stack for ₹3,859

Sanish Chhabra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.25 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.91 Crores

Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani accumulated ₹1.80 Lakhs through five ITM finishes, with his best score coming in The Summit (7th for ₹1.01 Lakhs). His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.48 Crores | Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.88 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The Summit paid out 49 players a share from the hefty ₹27 Lakhs collected in the prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni – ₹3,93,281*
2. Vivek ‘mittalgang’ Jain – ₹3,71,629*
3. Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal – ₹2,37,060
4. Sanket ‘blackcod’ Arora – ₹1,87,650
5. Tanmay ‘truman’ Benara – ₹1,56,060
6. Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹1,27,440
7. Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani – ₹1,00,980

*denotes a heads-up deal

(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 217

Re-entries – 178

Prize Pool – ₹13,82,000

Places Paid – 49

Ayush ‘thesetminer’ Arora was the breakout star on Thursday as he banked ₹6.86 Lakhs (his best single-day score) across three deep runs, including two titles! The former Adda52 Millions winner, Arora, clinched his first title of the day in PokerBaazi’s 9 PM marquee, ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT, for ₹2.35 Lakhs (his second best score on the site), ending an over nine-month-long title drought.

Arora made another deep run in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #61 Thursday Prime (22nd for ₹30,708) and wrapped up the day’s proceedings by nailing IOPC #63 Thursday Spotlight for a site-best ₹4.20 Lakhs (his first IOPC title).

Ayush Arora’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹67.09 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹7.97 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | IOPC Titles Won: #1

The two-time Millionaire winner, Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg, pocketed ₹2.16 Lakhs through two FT finishes, which include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,56,223

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹59,495

Ayush Garg’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.43 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.71 Crores

Young Gun Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani added ₹1.54 Lakhs through four Thursday finishes, which include:

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹79,909

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #63 Thursday Spotlight for ₹49,522

> 28th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹21,600

> 113th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,264

Siddhanth Kripalani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.12 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.62 Crores

The ₹3,850 entry buy-in tourney locked in 395 entries, generating ₹13.82 Lakhs in the prize pool. The top 49 runners crossed the money line.

Final Table Results

1. Ayush ‘thesetminer’ Arora – ₹2,35,440
2. Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg – ₹1,56,223
3. destiny1008 – ₹1,21,000
4. Nikhil ‘Nikhilaneja’ Aneja – ₹96,084
5. Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani – ₹79,909
6. Prateek ‘Pm1123’ Ajmani – ₹65,254
7. tjghai – ₹51,700

Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 363

Re-entries – 339

Prize Pool – ₹10,53,000

Places Paid – 119

Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B has been on a scoring spree since the calendar turned over to 2023, and Saturday’s IOPC #25 champion scored his third title victory of the year in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost! The long-time circuit regular crushed the 702-entry field (363 unique) in the 7:30 PM marquee, taking down the event for the second time for ₹1.47 Lakhs.

Aniket ‘Breakingbread93’ Jain lost the heads-up match to Vinay B, collecting the runner-up payday of ₹1.16 Lakhs.

Known for his multi-tabling skills, Vinay B accumulated ₹1.79 Lakhs through three deep runs, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹1,46,683

> 6th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹21,250

> 47th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹11,498

Vinay B’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.85 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.35 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | IOPC Titles Won: #2

Another well-known online reg Pranav ‘MeenakshiSundareshwar’ Khandalkar, bagged away ₹59,177 from two deep runs, which include:

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹40,014

> 22nd in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹19,163

Pranav Khandalkar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.47 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹87.77 Lakhs

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in Daily Value Boost posted a guarantee-surpassing ₹10.53 Lakhs prize pool, and 119 places got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B – ₹1,46,683
2. Aniket ‘Breakingbread93’ Jain – ₹1,15,830
3. thekid – ₹87,399
4. Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg – ₹59,495
5. Pranav ‘MeenakshiSundareshwar’ Khandalkar – ₹40,014
6. Ninad ‘DarAdal’ Naik – ₹27,378
7. Deepak ‘sabJuwaaHai’ Choudhary – ₹20,428
8. Rafiq ‘Mrkhan’ Khan – ₹15,900

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

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 163

Re-entries – 116

Prize Pool – ₹5,58,000

Places Paid – 47

PokerBaazi user ‘tripper5689’ trounced a guarantee-crushing 279-entry field in the site’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-MAX) Afternoon Boost, winning the daytime marquee for ₹1.06 Lakhs.

Prateek ‘Pm1123’ Ajmani succumbed one place short of grabbing the 2 PM marquee for the second time this year (he won it last week), banking ₹75,330 in second place. He made another FT finish in the site`s 9 PM (7-Max) SPRINT (6th for ₹65,254), lapping up ₹1.41 Lakhs across his impressive Thursday run.

Prateek Ajmani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹63.66 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in (7-MAX) Afternoon Boost paid out 47 players a share from the ₹5.58 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. tripper5689 – ₹1,06,000
2. Prateek ‘Pm1123’ Ajmani – ₹75,330
3. ktk11 – ₹53,790
4. missmaisel – ₹37,660
5. rani94 – ₹26,620
6. CASTLES – ₹18,860
7. Akhilesh ‘Aone1’ Gautam – ₹15,400

Mayank ‘Newsolidcash’ Maruka (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹47,740), Abhishek ‘chipndchair’ Sonu (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹41,190), ‘Heretowin20’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 BOOST for ₹36,080), Shivakumar ‘daddyaddy’ Dubey (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹33,220), ‘gureks’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹29,960), ‘nazgul’ (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD Afternoon PLO-5 Boost for ₹24,280) and Sanjay ‘Sanju876’ Bharti (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 BOOST for ₹22,110) shipped the other Thursday marquees on PokerBaazi.

MPL Poker

Thursday Throwdown – ₹1 Lakh GTD

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 396

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 85

Lakshmikanth ‘klkr8091’ Kandula championed MPL Poker`s ₹1 Lakh GTD Thursday Throwdown for ₹20,000, just as Md. ‘samprince’ Shahnawaz finished runner-up for ₹11,500.

Final Table Results

1. Lakshmikanth ‘klkr8091’ Kandula – ₹20,000
2. Md. ‘samprince’ Shahnawaz – ₹11,500
3. Raj ‘clashhero99032’ Anand – ₹6,200
4. Sanjay ‘professore’ Choratkar – ₹5,00
5. Basant ‘master8223936’ Rajbhar – ₹4,000
6. Swapan ‘1lacklagbe’ Biswas – ₹3,000
7. Akshay ‘akshaygurap’ Gurap – ₹2,500
8. Prem’ prem_joshi’ Joshi – ₹2,100

Pocket52

Pocket Jacks – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 127

Re-entries – 75

Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 30

The user ‘FirehaiFire_ZoHO7iZaWt’ bested a 202-entry field in the Pocket52’s Thursday primetime marquee, ₹4 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, collecting ₹80,000 in first-place prize money. Site reg ‘Elrond’ placed second for ₹57,000.

Final Table Results

1. FirehaiFire_ZoHO7iZaWt – ₹80,000
2. Elrond – ₹57,000
3. aparna1 – ₹40,000
4. Sanjay ‘smr1g10’ Mohan – ₹28,000
5. KHESARILAL – ₹21,000
6. SirJi09 – ₹16,000

‘Mastergirii’ (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹25,938), ‘SachiBol’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Soda for ₹17,250), ‘Pan8145’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹15,750), and ‘81##.544##97_3967856’ (Won ₹60K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹13,272) won the other Pocket52 marquees on Thursday.

PokerStars India

The Colosseum [6-Max] – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 92

Re-entries – 84

Prize Pool – ₹17,60,000

Places Paid – 24

Poker coach Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi came out all guns firing last night – making two podium finishes and posting another four deep runs – for a hefty ₹8.78 Lakhs in Thursday winnings.

The Young Gun grabbed his best score in PokerStars India’s Thursday showstopper, ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Colosseum [6-Max], where he championed a 176-entry field (92 unique) to win ₹3.51 Lakhs. Goa-based MTT pro Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira settled for a runner-up payday of ₹2.68 Lakhs.

Parthasarathi’s Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹3,51,040

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #63 Thursday Spotlight for ₹2,64,984

> 13th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #62 Super High Roller for ₹2,43,750

> 43rd in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹18,900

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

> 33rd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹5,792

Shardul Parthasarathi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.73 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.69 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Myron Pereira accumulated ₹3.27 Lakhs across four ITM finishes, crossing ₹1 Crore in online profits. His Thursday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹2,67,660

> 10th in PokerBaazi’s (7-MAX) SPRINT for ₹24,194

> 25th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹21,600

> 35th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹14,053

Myron Pereira’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.97 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.01 Crores

The Colosseum paid 24 players a share of the guarantee-smashing ₹17.60 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi – ₹351,040
2. Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira – ₹267,660
3. allezjuju – ₹204,084
4. Raghav ‘scambrahm’ Ananth – ₹155,609
5. Sehdev ‘Sahdev6’ Rawat – ₹118,648
6. Ashit ‘Cringing’ Sharma – ₹90,466
7. Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar – ₹70,062

‘killeerbeee’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹54,026), ‘vjTILTing’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹25,366), ‘MsKumari’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹10,899), and ‘imhobadshah’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline 8-Max for ₹13,255) won the other PokerStars India marquees.

Adda52

Godfather – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 253

Re-entries – 258

Prize Pool – ₹25,55,020

Places Paid – 55

Himanshu ‘pirateking7’ Arora has had one of the best starts in 2023. He won the first The MoneyMaker of the year to take a headstart and gave his POY chase a boost by reeling in almost ₹6.20 Lakhs last night, climbing to #2 in the annual rankings.

Arora most notably toppled the 511-player field (253 unique) in Adda52’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather, winning the Thursday headliner for the first time for ₹6.13 Lakhs. The user ‘Ancient’ collected ₹3.58 Lakhs in second place.

Himanshu Arora’s Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹6,13,200

> 56th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹4,528

> 102nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #60 Monster Stack for ₹2,680

Himanshu Arora’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.74 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.80 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | Moves to #2 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma thrashed out ₹3.23 Lakhs across three deep runs, which include:

> 4th in Adda52’s Godfather Lite for ₹1,91,625

> 6th in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹90,466

> 14th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹40,500

Ashit Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.22 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.40 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Another POY contender, Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi, lapped up ₹1.12 Lakhs on the back of four ITM finishes. His top finishes include:

> 6th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹89,425

> 19th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹13,825

Ashutosh Balodhi`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.47 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.49 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2

The WSOP bracelet winner at 2023 PCA Abhinav ‘checkshove’ Iyer (3rd for ₹2.43 Lakhs), The Summit finalist Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara (6th for ₹1.28 Lakhs), Goonjan Mall (7th for ₹63,875), and the IOPC #54 Wednesday High third-place finisher Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh (8th for ₹51,100) were other top regs on the Godfather FT.

The ₹25.55 Lakhs collected in prize money was distributed among the top 55 finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Himanshu ‘pirateking7’ Arora – ₹6,13,200
2. Ancient – ₹3,57,700
3. Abhinav ‘checkshove’ Iyer – ₹2,42,725
4. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹1,91,625
5. Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara – ₹1,27,750
6. Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi – ₹89,425
7. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹63,875
8. Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh – ₹51,100

Siddharth ‘CARDashian66’ Kadel (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo for ₹1,37,500), ‘vish1784’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Godfather Lite for ₹33,648), ‘Karmik’ (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹26,050, ‘Ajayk00’ (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹12,247), and ‘harishgujwar’ (Won ₹30K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹11,618) won the other Adda52 marquees.

Khelo365

Khelo365-hosted Thursday extravaganza, the ₹3 Lakhs GTD Republic Day’23 Special, pulled in 161 contestants and paid out eight places. ‘AAKhelo36’ was the last player standing and won the lion`s share of the prize money worth ₹1.02 Lakhs. ‘bharatsingh’ banked ₹60,000 in second place.

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