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It might still be early in the week, but it was a firecracker Tuesday with PokerBaazi’s biggest-ever APT India Online Series ramping up the action. Simultaneously, MPL Poker’s Steal Deal Series came to a rousing close last night and dished out massive prizes on the final day.
Ashish Nailwal had a breakout run on PokerBaazi yesterday, making him Tuesday`s top scorer. More than making up for his slow start early this year, Nailwal bagged three titles throughout the day, including two APT Online marquees for a career-best ₹8.68 Lakhs overall. He got his big breakthrough in the day’s biggest GTD event, the APT#25 PLO Highroller, which he won for ₹6.86 Lakhs. Ranjeet Negi collected a better ₹7.09 Lakhs for his runner-up finish, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
Ashish Nailwal’s Tuesday wins include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s APT#25 PLO Highroller for ₹6.86 Lakhs
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s APT#23 (5-Max) Hyper for ₹1.07 Lakhs
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Afternoon Boost for ₹62,609
The three-time IOPC title winner, Avadh Shah, raked in over ₹5.41 Lakhs last night, including Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller title for ₹5.25 Lakhs. Last week’s Thursday High Roller champion and the reigning POY topper, Young Anuj Yadav, finished runner-up for ₹3.56 Lakhs (₹4.90 Lakhs overall across seven ITM finishes).
Seasoned MTT pro Rajat Sharma shipped Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹4.13 Lakhs, while the first-ever IOPC – The Crown champion Harshit Sanghi came second for ₹2.62 Lakhs.
The online reg ‘happyfish’ (anonymity requested) won Adda52’s The Mint for ₹3.74 Lakhs after defeating Mohit Mehta (2nd for ₹2.21 Lakhs) heads-up.
The CIO of BalleBaazi, Puneet Dua, picked up his first APT title after shipping the APT#26 MegaStack for ₹2.70 Lakhs.
‘TheTamizhDurrr’ (Won APT #27 (6-Max) Turbo for ₹1.86 Lakhs) & Puneet Sachan (Won APT#24 PKO for ₹1.22 Lakhs) won the other APT Online titles on Tuesday.
Bharath Kumar was the last player standing in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder (On-time Rake Refund) and picked up his second title this month and a ₹2.34 Lakhs cash prize. Tanmay Benara came second for ₹1.26 Lakhs.
Nisha Devi championed MPL Poker’s Steal Deal Series showstopper, SDS#40 Main Event, for a site-best ₹1.80 Lakhs. Pradip Dewangan made away with ₹1.15 Lakhs in second place.
Kunal Yadav, Sagar Gulati, and PokerGuru Ambassador Chandan Arora won the other Tuesday marquees.
Here are the Tuesday highlights!
Spartan Poker
Mega Stack – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹4,400
Entries – 252
Re-entries – 98
Rebuys – 180
Prize Pool – ₹21,20,000
Places Paid – 47
The former The Millionaire champion Rajat ‘NoPrisoners’ Sharma outlasted a reg-laden 530-entry field in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday headliner, the ₹20 Lakhs GTD Mega Stack, collecting ₹4.13 Lakhs in first-place prize money. The first-ever IOPC – The Crown champion (also last night`s APT#25 PLO High Roller finalist), Harshit ‘HeroCaller2.0’ Sanghi, finished runner-up for ₹2.62 Lakhs.
Rajat Sharma boosted his online bankroll by almost 4.80 Lakhs yesterday on the back of four ITM finishes (across sites). His Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹4,13,188
> 6th in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹53,410
> 44th in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR (On-time Rake Refund) for ₹7,000
> 48th in PokerBaazi’s APT#26 Megastack for ₹6,160
Rajat Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.84 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.81 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #5 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.15 Crores
Harshit Sanghi FT-ed two events for a hefty ₹4.27 Lakhs. His Tuesday finishes include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹2,62,456
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s APT#25 PLO Highroller ₹1,64,220
Harshit Sanghi’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.76 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.20 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹72.42 Lakhs
Final Table Results
Tuesday High Roller (6-Max) – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 119
Re-entries – 43
Rebuys – 64
Prize Pool – ₹22,60,000
Places Paid – 23
Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah topped the Tuesday charts on Spartan Poker with a hefty ₹5.41 Lakhs in total winnings. The three-time IOPC title winner got his big breakthrough after outlasting a star-studded 226-entry field in Spartan Poker’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Tuesday High Roller that fetched him ₹5.25 Lakhs. The ranked #1 player of the year, Young Gun Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav, came close to winning his second High Roller title on the site in under a week and collected ₹3.56 Lakhs in second place.
Avadh Shah made an ITM finish in the other Tuesday flagship, Mega Stack (31st for ₹15,476). His Tuesday run pushed him past ₹2 Crores in tracked online winnings. His online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.04 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹50.18 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2 | Annual Winnings: ₹22.78 Lakhs
The reigning POY Anuj Yadav came out all guns blazing yesterday with seven in-the-money finishes (2 FT scores), cumulatively adding ₹4.90 Lakhs.
His Tuesday finishes include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹3,55,950
> 7th in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR (On-time Rake Refund) for ₹58,126
> 16th in PokerBaazi’s APT#25 PLO Highroller for ₹41,837
> 47th in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹12,084
> 35th in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹8,393
> 34th in PokerBaazi’s APT#26 Megastack for ₹8,309
> 49th in PokerBaazi’s APT#27 (6-Max) Turbo for ₹5,400
Anuj Yadav’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.69 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.74 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #16 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.74 Crores | Ranked #1 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #2 in Annual Profits
The ₹11,000 buy-in Tuesday High Roller generated a guarantee-crushing ₹22.60 Lakhs prize pool (over 50% more than the advertised guarantee) and paid out 23 places.
Final Table Results
Tuesday PN – ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 164
Re-entries – 46
Rebuys – 102
Prize Pool – ₹4,68,000
Places Paid – 31
The former IOPC – Value Mine champion, Shakti ‘Allineveryone’ Soni, came out on top of the 312-entry field in Spartan Poker’s all-new ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD Tuesday PN to win ₹98,982 (his third title of the year). Yesterday`s APT#27 (6-Max) Turbo runner-up finisher Atishay ‘momstacos’ Samuel fell one place short of the finish line here as well, netting ₹66,643.
Shakti Soni’s online stats (Spartan Poker & PokerBaazi): Lifetime Winnings: ₹25.16 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹8.03 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3 | Annual Winnings: ₹19.90 Lakhs
Final Table Results
Kunal ‘WiFimOneY’ Yadav (Won ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Sundowner for ₹41,530), ‘chipsmith’ (Won ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD PN Night Rider for ₹37,829), ‘AKHUB’ (Won ₹50K GTD Centurion for ₹10,025), Ankit ‘GongZilla’ Singh (Won ₹18K GTD Striker for ₹4,529), and ‘soojan patni’ (Won ₹12K GTD 6 Cards PLO – Epic for ₹3,295) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
MPL Poker
SDS#40 Main Event – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹550
Total Entries – 1,708
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 115
Nisha ‘cardsguru738796’ Devi championed MPL Poker’s Steal Deal Series headliner, SDS#40 Main Event, for a personal-best ₹1.80 Lakhs. Pradip ‘master9922604’ Dewangan took home ₹1.15 Lakhs in second place.
Final Table Results
Tuesday Slam – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,800
Entries – 109
Re-entries – 78
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 30
Ladies ruled the MPL felts last night as another women player, Pooja ‘prince8303989’ Kumari, overcame a 187-player field in MPL Poker’s ₹4 Lakhs GTD Tuesday Slam to collect a site-best ₹96,000. Vikas ‘funrook33671410’ Gupta collected ₹65,000 in second place.
Final Table Results
Sunil ‘ganesh00950048’ Kumar (Won ₹80K GTD SDS #39 Terrific Tuesday for ₹18,580), Abhinav ‘kehkelunga0049’ (Won ₹80K SDS #41 Monster Stack ₹16,800), Sunny ‘fossilman’ Kumar (Won ₹50K GTD SDS #38 MPL Brunch for ₹13,000) and Vicky ‘iamjoker0003’ Mahto (Won ₹40K GTD SDS #37 MPL Shark Nights for ₹12,000) won the other Steal Deal Series titles on the last day of the series.
PokerBaazi
APT#25 PLO Highroller – ₹30 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 179
Re-entries – 212
Prize Pool – ₹39,10,000
Places Paid – 45
Ashish ‘Notoriouskonvict’ Nailwal went on a rampage on PokerBaazi yesterday! Nailwal`s breakout run saw him taking down three titles on the site, including two APT Online India marquees, including the APT trophy event of the day for a career-best ₹8.68 Lakhs overall!
His most standout run of the day came in the ₹30 Lakhs GTD APT#25 PLO Highroller, where he overcame 390 other regs (including re-entries) to collect his first-ever APT trophy and a personal-best ₹6.86 Lakhs in prize money. Online reg Ranjeet ‘Rj147’ Negi made away with a better ₹7.09 Lakhs in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
Ashish Nailwal`s top Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s APT#25 PLO Highroller for ₹6.86 Lakhs
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s APT#23 (5-Max) Hyper for ₹1.07 Lakhs
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Afternoon Boost for ₹62,609
Ashish Nailwal`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.68 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹44.70 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #4
The ₹11,000 buy-in event had 391 participants vying for a share of the guarantee-crushing ₹39.10 Lakhs prize pool (an over 30% surplus). The 7:30 PM event ended at 4:16 AM, and the top 45 finishers got paid.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
APT #27 (6-Max) Turbo – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 334
Re-entries – 266
Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000
Places Paid – 101
The ₹8 Lakhs GTD APT #27 (6-Max) Turbo found a champion in the mystery reg ‘TheTamizhDurrr,’ who won the title for ₹1.86 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with Atishay ‘nutscracker’ Samuel (runner-up for ₹1.71 Lakhs).
Atishay Samuel has a super busy Tuesday for his belted out five ITM finished – two of them runner-up scores – for a total take-home worth ₹2.82 Lakhs. His Tuesday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi`s APT#27 (6-Max) Turbo for ₹1,71,562* (heads-up deal)
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday PN for ₹66,643
> 15th in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹25,339
> 30th in PokerBaazi’s APT#26 Megastack for ₹8,309
Atishay Samuel`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.23 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹67.01 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #15
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
APT#26 MegaStack – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 301
Re-entries – 272
Prize Pool – ₹14,32,000
Places Paid – 72
The CIO of BalleBaazi (the fantasy arm of PokerBaazi), Puneet ‘neo1’ Dua, was the last player standing in the site`s 8:30 PM marquee, the ₹8 Lakhs GTD APT#26 MegaStack, and made away with his first APT Online title and ₹2.70 Lakhs in prize money. ‘prashant1982’ collected ₹1.89 Lakhs in second place.
Puneet Dua`s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.37 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #3
Final Table Results
APT#23 (5-Max) Hyper – ₹6 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,380
Entries – 265
Re-entries – 217
Prize Pool – ₹6,03,000
Places Paid – 83
Ashish ‘Notoriouskonvict’ Nailwal went on a tear last night. Just a few hours before taking down the biggest guaranteed tournament of the day, the APT#25 PLO Highroller, he had already bagged two titles, including the fast-paced ₹6 Lakhs GTD APT#23 (5-Max) Hyper for ₹1.07 Lakhs. ‘Gameon1111’ settled for a runner-up finish worth ₹74,650.
Ashish Nailwal`s Tuesday wins include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s APT#25 PLO Highroller for ₹6.86 Lakhs
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s APT#23 (5-Max) Hyper for ₹1.07 Lakhs
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Afternoon Boost for ₹62,609
Final Table Results
APT#24 PKO – ₹6 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 218
Re-entries – 208
Prize Pool – ₹6,39,000
Places Paid – 71
PokerBaazi loyalist Puneet ‘puneetdurr111’ Sachan fired five bullets in the ₹6 Lakhs GTD APT#24 PKO before lifting the title and ₹1,22,898 (₹7,750 in bounties) in first-place prize money. Site user ‘borntrouble’ collected ₹84,514 (₹4,000 in bounties) for his runner-up finish.
Puneet Sachan made another FT run in APT#26 Megastack (7th for ₹45,267), banking ₹1.68 Lakhs overall. His online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹25.68 Lakhs | Lifetime Profit: ₹3.01 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
‘gladragz’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹71,890), Tuesday`s top scorer Ashish ‘Notoriouskonvict’ Naiwal (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Boost for ₹62,610), ‘Mrperfecto’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD SPRINT for ₹29,080), Sagar ‘sagargulati’ Gulati (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD SPRINT for ₹29,630), and ‘nihar789’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Baazi Super Value for ₹18,160) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
PokerStars India
Bounty Builder (On-time Rake Refund) – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹7,700
Entries – 76
Re-Entries – 58
Regular Prize Pool – ₹5,31,000
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹4,69,000
Total Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 15
The former NPS gold medallist Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar took down PokerStars India’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Bounty Builder (On-time Rake Refund) for ₹2.34 Lakhs (₹1.35 Lakhs in bounties), posting this third-best finish on the site.
Last night, Bharath Kumar cashed another two APT Online India events, rounding up ₹2.45 Lakhs in Tuesday winnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.24 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹15.61 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #10
Tanmay ‘tanmay1909’ Benara locked in ₹1.41 Lakhs across four ITM runs, which include:
> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR for ₹1,26,301 (₹26,688 in bounties)
> 38th in PokerBaazi’s APT#26 Megastack for ₹7,163
> 63rd in PokerBaazi’s APT#27 (6-Max) Turbo for ₹4,440
> 50th PokerBaazi’s APT#24 KO for ₹3,451
The two-time POY, Young Gun Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood, raked in ₹1.40 Lakhs overall. His Tuesday finishes include:
> 3rd in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR for ₹1,09,413 (₹40,906 in bounties)
> 34th in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹13,568
> 33rd in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹9,919
> 42nd in PokerBaazi’s APT#26 Megastack for ₹7,163
Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)
‘tumharabaap77’ (Won ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Uppercut Mini for ₹50,329), ‘kutkut3’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹27,520), PokerGuru Ambassador Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora (Won ₹75K GTD Evening on Stars for ₹24,159), Clinton ‘Clinton Tavares’ Tavares (Won ₹50K GTD Afternoon on Stars for ₹15,796), ‘jaGonline0027’ (Won ₹50K GTD Deepstack for ₹14,020), and ’07Lt07′ (Won ₹50K GTD Primetime Grind for ₹12,768) won the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
The Mint – ₹14 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 226
Re-entries – 210
Prize Pool – ₹15,26,000
Places Paid – 49
The user ‘happyfish’ (anonymity requested) came out on top in Adda52’s ₹14 Lakhs GTD The Mint, netting ₹3.74 Lakhs (their best finish this year). Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta making his seventh FT finish in the Tuesday flagship, collected ₹2.21 Lakhs in second place.
The first-ever APT Online India Main Event champion, ‘happyfish,’ also cashed PokerBaazi’s APT#27 (6-Max) Turbo (16th for ₹10,200), banking ₹3.84 Lakhs overall. Their online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.22 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.21 Crores
Himanshu ‘StupidCommonMan’ Kataria has been a consistent winner on Adda52 in recent weeks and had an eventful Tuesday grind, collecting ₹1.96 Lakhs on the back of seven ITM finishes, which include:
> 3rd in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹1,52,600
> 23rd in PokerBaazi’s APT#26 Megastack for ₹10,887
> 13th in PokerBaazi’s APT#24 KO for ₹9,179
> 7th in Spartan Poker’s Sundowner for ₹8,364
> 6th in Spartan Poker’s PN Hi-Fi for ₹5,750
> 27th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday PN for ₹4,586
> 57th in PokerBaazi’s APT#27 (6-Max) Turbo for ₹4,440
Birthday boy Siddhanth ‘bullzeyepower’ Kapoor had something to celebrate as he pocketed ₹1.22 Lakhs across three ITM finishes, which include:
> 5th in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹76,300
> 11th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹44,070
> 75th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for ₹1,382
Final Table Results
Voyager – ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 163
Re-entries – 110
Prize Pool – ₹2,73,006
Places Paid – 27
Adda52`s 9:30 PM marquee, the ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Voyager, logged in 273 entries, generating a ₹2.73 Lakhs prize pool. ‘asdfmrinal’ shipped the event for ₹70,980, while Shrey ‘kingsb30’ Baj finished runner-up for ₹42,315.
asdfmrinal’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹2.95 Lakhs | Titles Won: #1 | Final Table Finishes: #6
Shrey Baj posted ₹54,641 in Tuesday winnings from three ITM finishes which include:
> 2nd in Adda52’s Voyager for ₹42,315
> 15th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday PN for ₹6,926
> 50th in PokerBaazi’s APT#27 (6-Max) Turbo for ₹5,400
Final Table Results
‘QAJK’ (Won ₹1.90 Lakhs GTD Nano Mint for ₹31,327), ‘abhinavjain1988’ (Won ₹70K GTD Nano Crack Jack for ₹11,611), ‘somen3’ (Won ₹5K GTD Quad KO 200 for ₹3,323), and ‘Birendr1977’ (Won ₹10K GTD Power Up for ₹2,987) won the other Adda52 marquees.
Khelo365
The user ‘AAJAQ’ won Khelo365`s ₹10K GTD Sundowner for ₹3,700.
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