Daily Majors: Ashish Munot, Rishab Malik, Ritwik Khanna, Saransh Garg & Vishal Bajaj Rake in Hefty Scores in the Thursday MTTs

With the weekend closing in, the MTT turnouts on Thursday were encouraging, and the top regs dominated most of the day’s flagships!

PokerGuru Ambassadors dominated the action with two titles and a bunch of FT runs. PokerGuru Staking coach Ashish Munot emerged as the day`s top scorer for winning Adda52’s Godfather for ₹6.12 Lakhs. Kshitij Kucheria placed runner-up for ₹3.62 Lakhs.

The IOPC #108 – PKO champion ‘SlugaBed’ (anonymity requested) bagged their second title this month in Spartan Poker’s Trending Thursday for ₹4.23 Lakhs. ‘RoshuRen’ (2^nd for ₹2.85 Lakhs) and Saransh Garg (3^rd for ₹2.01 Lakhs) round out the podium.

Following through on his The Pride win the day before, Rishab Malik shipped PokerBaazi‘s The Summit last night for ₹3.90 Lakhs. Monam Hayat came second for ₹2.74 Lakhs.

Online reg ‘dilbaghsingh’ (anonymity requested) took down PokerBaazi‘s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1.29 Lakhs. Rising Star Ritwik Khanna finished runner-up for ₹90,250. Khanna also FT-ed Trending Thursday (6^th for ₹97,800), collectively adding ₹2.04 Lakhs.

PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal Bajaj was the second player from the PokerGuru Staking stable making the Thursday headlines. The former The Millionaire champion chopped PokerStars India’s Highroller with Avijit Jaiswal, and both players pocketed ₹1.83 Lakhs in prize money.

Shrey Baj, Mukesh Surana, Anish Arora, Neeraj Sattawat, Sameer Agarwal, Piyush Lalchandani, Prince Singh, Avinash Koneru, and Shubham Chaudhary won the other Thursday marquees.

Here are the Thursday highlights!

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Spartan Poker

Spartan Poker`s ₹20 Lakhs GTD Trending Thursday registered a marginal ₹10,000 overlay shortfall as 398 users registered to play. The IOPC #108 – PKO winner ‘SlugaBed’ (anonymity requested) came out on top to win ₹4.23 Lakhs and their second title of the month. ‘RoshuRen’ (2^nd for ₹2.85 Lakhs) and Saransh ‘iammrmeeseeks’ Garg (3^rd for ₹2.01 Lakhs) made podium finishes.

‘SlugaBed’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹7.99 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹19,481

Mayank ‘barrelbrat’ Maruka has been a consistent winner in recent weeks, and the MTT reg cashed four events yesterday (including three FT finishes), filling in over ₹1.87 Lakhs.

His ITM finishes include:

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Trending Thursday for ₹1.29 Lakhs

> 6^th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹25,812

> 7^th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo 5L for ₹18,750

> 49^th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹13,750

Mayank Maruka’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹86.17 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹24.21 Lakhs

Aditya ‘konstantinn’ Singh FT-ed two events yesterday, collectively worth ₹1.17 Lakhs.

His FT finishes include:

> 7^th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹64,974

> 8^th in Spartan Poker’s Trending Thursday for ₹52,200

Aditya Singh’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.18 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹66.91 Lakhs

The site`s second Thursday marquee, ₹5 Lakhs GTD Deepstack, logged in a 476-entry field, overlaying ₹24,000. Mukesh ‘Bhavandar’ Surana was the last player standing and won ₹84,260 following a heads-up deal with ‘Gabbar1973’ (2^nd for ₹82,640).

Mukesh Surana’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹91.26 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹9.74 Lakhs

Day 4 of the Ultimate Value Series (UVS) had six events playing down to a winner while the ₹40 Lakhs GTD UVS Everest completed Day 1D.

The featured UVS event of the day, ₹5.50 Lakhs GTD UVS#22, saw ‘Rohitjain201’ outlasting the 465-entry field to collect a site-best ₹1.10 Lakhs. Raghav ‘Mr. Bean’ Ananth came second for ₹73,315.

‘Rohitjain201’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹3.99 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹88,964

Day 1D of the ₹15 Lakhs GTD UVS Everest had 200 hopefuls in the fray, and only 24 among them survived the day’s onslaught. Gopal ‘TheRealG’ Bajaj (191,776), Akshay ‘hitler9’ Singh (145,436), ‘Denton_99’ (128,666), Ankit ‘ON_MY_MAC’ Omprakash Bajaj (114,384), and ‘ameya7777’ (112,646) topped the day-end chip counts.

The ₹550 buy-in UVS – Everest has clocked in a total of 787 entries across its first four starting flights (Day 1A – 177, Day 1B – 221, Day 1C – 189, and Day 1D – 200). It needs another 2,213 participants to come in through the remaining six flights to hit the advertised guarantee.

‘David2000’ (Won UVS#24 – Deepstack ₹2.85 Lakhs GTD for ₹88,060), ‘stonedurr’ (Won UVS#21 – Monster Stack ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD for ₹67,172), ‘CashMeIfYouCan’ (Won Night Rider – DeepStack ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD for ₹46,872), ‘sherpalife’ (Won UVS#20 – 4 Card PLO ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹23,795), and ‘om@hero786’ (Won UVS#19 ₹45K GTD for ₹9,524) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Summit registered a guarantee-crushing 221-entry field, and the ₹16.57 Lakhs prize pool was distributed among the top 27 finishers. Wednesday’s The Pride champion Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik booked back-to-back wins as he raced past the reg-laden field to win ₹3.90 Lakhs. Monam ‘loosingfreak’ Hayat finished runner-up for ₹2.74 Lakhs.

Rishab Malik cashed another two events, including a seventh-place in PokerStars India’s for ₹42,677, adding ₹4.37 Lakhs overall. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.73 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.34 Crore | Titles Won in 2022: #4

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT had 427 challengers vying for a share of the ₹6.41 Lakhs prize pool. Site regular ‘dilbaghsingh’ (anonymity requested) waltzed past the competition to win ₹1.29 Lakhs. Rising Star Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna placed runner-up for ₹90,250.

Ritwik Khanna also FT-ed Spartan Poker`s Trending Thursday (6^th for ₹97,800). Along with a deep run in The Summit, he made away with ₹2.04 Lakhs, boosting his online rally to ₹4.85 Crores.

His top ITM finishes include:

> 6^th in Spartan Poker’s Trending Thursday for ₹97,800

> 2^nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹90,246

> 24^th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹15,581

Monday’s SPRINT champion Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora shipped the ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹65,610. He cashed another two events, rounding up ₹72,516 in total winnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹82.09 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹16.53 Lakhs

Neeraj ‘neerunj’ Sattawat (Won Hyper SPRINT ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹60,470), Sameer ‘tandoori’ Agarwal (Won Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹41,700), Piyush ‘Piyush303’ Lalchandani (Won SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹36,850), Prince ‘NaNki’ Singh (Won Holdem BOOST ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹36,060), ‘CR7Fever’ (Won Daily Afternoon SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹32,340), and ‘buyaka’ (Won SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹32,960) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India Thursday Highroller brought in 104 participants, falling ₹1.72 Lakhs short on its ₹9 Lakhs prize pool guarantee. PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘Vishalb22’ Bajaj marched away with the title and chopped the title heads-up with Avijit ‘SwangoRay’ Jaiswal. Both players banked ₹1.83 Lakhs in prize money.

Vishal Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.52 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.29 Crores |Titles Won in 2022: #3

The ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic gathered 137 entries, overlaying a nominal ₹4,100. The fast-paced event lasted about three hours, and ‘AA660819’ emerged as the victor, banking a ₹23,134 top prize (includes ₹13,377 in bounties). Wednesday’s Primetime Grind winner Pranay ‘pranay1245’ Thawait finished runner-up for ₹13,104 (includes ₹3,347 in bounties).

Shubham ‘theViperArena’ Chaudhary (Won Afternoon on Stars ₹50K GTD for ₹13,001), ‘annusthan’ (Won Primetime Grind ₹50K GTD for ₹12,871), and ‘hgwills’ (Won Deepstack ₹50K GTD for ₹10,918) shipped the other Thursday marquees on PokerStars India.

Adda52

Adda52`s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather had the biggest guarantee on offer across all the flagships running across all the prominent sites. However, the ₹5,500 buy-in event could only bring in 438 runners, filling in a glaring ₹3.10 Lakhs in overlays. The top 49 places got paid. And coming out on top was none other than one of the top-ranked MTT players in the country and PokerGuru Staking coach, Ashish ‘ragspoker’ Munot (opted out of our tracked database), who won the title for ₹6.12 Lakhs. Kshitij ‘kmk1127’ Kucheria placed runner-up for ₹3.62 Lakhs.

Shrey ‘kingsb30’ Baj kept his heater going as he took down the 187-player field in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo to win ₹1.39 Lakhs. Yudhishthir ‘rowdy6’ Singh Rathore finished runner-up for ₹84,000. The ₹2,500 buy-in event logged in 187 entries, and the top 19 finishers benefitted from the ₹79,250 overlay value added by the site.

Shrey Baj’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹83.81 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹6.98 Lakhs

Avinash ‘avinkon’ Koneru (Won Afternoon Adda ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹24,215), ‘beingpokerer’ (Won Bounty Adda ₹60K GTD for ₹12,586), and ‘A1904’ (Won Morning Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹10,588) took down the other Adda52 marquees.

Khelo365

Khelo365 regular ‘Amazonking’ took down the ₹10K GTD Sundowner for ₹4,551 and bested ‘Ashu079’ (2nd for ₹3,075) heads-up.

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