Daily Majors: Avneesh Munjal’s ₹14.54 Lakhs WPT India Online Bounty Hunter Win Makes Him Friday’s Top Gun

December is shaping up to be a month of high-stakes action and intense competition in the world of poker. While the record-breaking USOP Grand Finale recently wrapped up in Hai Phong, Vietnam, the international live scene is really turning up the heat as we head towards Christmas. And Indian pros are making a splash everywhere!

At the WSOP Paradise in the Bahamas, all eyes are on the ground-breaking $50 Million GTD Super Main Event. Sriharsha Doddapaneni has already advanced to Day 2, while other Indian players, including the nation’s all-time money leader, Santhosh Suvarna, are still in the hunt. And let’s not forget the WPT Championship heating up in Las Vegas, where a small group of Indian players are in the mix!

Back on the digital front, PokerBaazi’s ₹35 Crores GTD WPT India Online series continues to dominate the headlines. Friday, Day 6 of the series, featured five thrilling tournaments with ₹1.65 Crores in guaranteed prizes. The weekend promises even greater excitement, with almost ₹6 Crores in guaranteed prize money on the line, including the much-awaited WPT Mini Main finale – the third WPT trophy event of the series. Adding to the allure, widespread overlays provided exceptional value for players of all levels. While Friday saw a rare absence of major scores by Indians on Natural8 India, the flagship tournaments on Adda52 and Pocket52 more than compensated, delivering another day of captivating online poker action.

Emerging as the hero of the day, Avneesh Munjal, the Mumbai poker pro, delivered a performance for the ages. He seized his second WPT title (his first online) in PokerBaazi’s WPT#31 Bounty Hunter (PKO), taking home a staggering ₹14.54 Lakhs, including ₹3.29 Lakhs in bounties. Fresh off a career-best ₹51+ Lakhs win at the APT Phu Quoc 2024 High Roller – Double Stack, and having already conquered the WPT Prime Vietnam VN₫ 8.80 Million NLHE – WPT Opener last year, this latest win is his second-best online score and his best performance on PokerBaazi. With his Friday earnings exceeding a stunning ₹14.90 Lakhs from three deep runs, he stormed to #3 on the WPT India Online Leaderboard, becoming the undisputed champion of the day. Siddharth Jolly, who finished second, raked in a personal best ₹8.28 Lakhs. His total winnings for the day reached almost ₹8.38 Lakhs, pushing him past the ₹50 Lakhs mark in tracked online earnings for a sharp recovery from past losses.

Aditya Kulkarni also achieved a breakthrough in Pocket52’s Pocket Highroller, earning ₹3.97 Lakhs – his first win in four weeks. He also reached the final table in Adda52’s The Ballers, racking up over ₹5.54 Lakhs for the day. Shreyansh Sharma, who hit a career-best mystery bounty jackpot on Natural8 India last month and currently sits at #16 in the POY rankings, finished second in the Pocket Highroller for a site-best ₹2.78 Lakhs. Adding another small score, Sharma’s Friday winnings topped ₹2.85 Lakhs.

Naman Agrawal, one of June’s Baazi Millionaires, became the second player to win two titles at the ongoing WPT India Online series, joining Young Gun Gaurav Sood in this achievement. He triumphed in PokerBaazi’s WPT#29 Monsterstack, taking home ₹3.75 Lakhs just four days after winning the WPT#10 Superstack. With two more deep runs, his Friday winnings totalled nearly ₹4.08 Lakhs. He also advanced to Day 2 of the WPT#44 Mini Main, holding strong at #5 on the WPT India Online leaderboard. Platform regular ‘Saiupp87‘ continued their impressive performance, finishing second in the Monsterstack for ₹2.45 Lakhs—their fourth-best score of the year that brings them close to profitability.

Adda52 regular ‘laddu1992‘ was another player to pull off a double, conquering The Ballers for the second time in three weeks. This win brought them ₹3.21 Lakhs—their second-best platform score—after a three-way deal. This is their second win of the year, both in the same event. Siddhant Singh, a consistent mid-stakes player, came close to breaking his month-long title drought in The Ballers, finishing second with a site-best ₹3 Lakhs. Veteran player Phanindra Akkina, a two-time The Millionaire champion, rounded out The Ballers podium with ₹2.71 Lakhs from the deal.

Sony Puthussery dominated PokerBaazi’s WPT#28 (PLO-5), winning his first WPT Online title and his biggest single score of the year, worth ₹3 Lakhs. With two other smaller scores, his Friday earnings reached ₹3.09 Lakhs. The formidable ‘thekid‘ (anonymity requested), who had an incredible fourth win in Adda52’s The Ballers last week, finished as the runner-up, earning ₹2 Lakhs. With another min-cash on PokerBaazi, their total winnings for the day reached ₹2.04 Lakhs.

PokerBaazi’s ‘hustlerboi04‘ got their first-ever title in WPT#32 (6-Max) Hyper Turbo, pocketing a platform-best ₹3.04 Lakhs in the lightning-fast showdown. Arjun Baskaran finished as the runner-up, taking home ₹2.02 Lakhs. With three deep runs, he added ₹2.22 Lakhs to his bankroll.

Mahesh Shyamsundar snapped a two-month title drought with a victory in PokerBaazi’s WPT#27 Deepstack, netting ₹2.98 Lakhs after a heads-up deal. This was his second WPT Online title (his first in this series) and his second-best score this year. Rohit Yadav, who finished second, collected a personal-best ₹3.22 Lakhs from the deal, recovering nearly a quarter of his past losses in the process.

Junglee Poker’s ‘missdreavous‘ won the Friday Supernova, earning ₹1.54 Lakhs!

Friday also saw impressive performances from Shivam Kumar Dubey, Kamal Joshi, Sharad Haridasan (who won two titles), and Rahul Kumar, who each won the other marquee events!

Here are the Friday highlights!

PokerBaazi

WPT#31 Bounty Hunter (PKO) – ₹75 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹10,000

Entries – 496

Re-entries – 423

Regular Prize Pool – ₹75,00,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹18,38,000

Places Paid – 146

It’s been an insane week on PokerBaazi, fueled by the adrenaline-pumping action of the ₹35 Crores GTD WPT India Online series. Day 6 of this groundbreaking year-end series – a collaboration between poker giants WPT and PokerBaazi – saw another five thrilling events unfold, offering a combined ₹1.65 Crores in guaranteed prizes. Meanwhile, the ₹2 Crores GTD WPT#44 Mini Main was heating up with the second of its four starting flights. But the real story of the night was the ₹75 Lakhs GTD WPT#31 Bounty Hunter (PKO), where Mumbai’s poker pro Avneesh ‘iamam’ Munjal put on a show for the ages.

Fresh off his incredible victory at the APT Phu Quoc 2024 High Roller – Double Stack, where he scooped up a career-best ₹51+ Lakhs, Munjal brought that same fire online. This guy, who also tore it up as a star player for the Bigcash Bengaluru Allstars in the Pocket52 PSL Season 6, faced a fierce field of 919 entrants (496 unique) in the 7:30 PM Friday showstopper. He had to fire two bullets after an early setback, but that didn’t stop him.

Munjal dug deep, drawing on his years of experience and battling for a marathon ten hours before finally emerging as the champion. This was no ordinary win – it was his second WPT title (his first online!), adding to his previous victory at the 2023 WPT Prime Vietnam VN₫ 8.80 Million NLHE – WPT Opener. When the dust settled, he’d amassed a jaw-dropping ₹14.54 Lakhs, including ₹3.29 Lakhs in bounties. This was his second-best online score ever and his best performance on PokerBaazi.

But that wasn’t all. He continued his rampage with deep runs in two other events, pushing his Friday winnings to over ₹14.90 Lakhs and making him the undisputed king of the day. This incredible run catapulted him five spots up the ₹50 Lakhs GTD WPT India Online leaderboard, landing him in the #3 position with 5,797 points from 21 scores, including a third-place finish in the WPT#3 Megastack on Day 1.

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s WPT#31 Bounty Hunter (PKO) for ₹14,54,351* (₹3,29,351 in bounties)

> 17th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹22,978

> 23rd in PokerBaazi’s WPT#28 (PLO-5) for ₹13,000

> Made Day 2 in PokerBaazi’s WPT#44 Mini Main (Qualifier 2)

Avneesh Munjal’s (excluding Natural8 India, Junglee Poker and Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.27 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.72 Crores | Titles Won in 2024: #11 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.14 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹49.98 Lakhs| Moves to #3 on the ₹50 Lakhs WPT India Online Leaderboard

The WPT#31 Bounty Hunter (PKO) also saw another player rise to the occasion: Siddharth ‘Afterhours’ Jolly. He fought his way to a second-place finish, also with two bullets, locking up a personal-best ₹8.28 Lakhs (₹77,616 in bounties).

Jolly’s hot streak continued in the WPT#27 Deepstack, where he finished 46th for ₹10,000, bringing his total winnings for the night to almost ₹8.38 Lakhs. These impressive results pushed him past the ₹50 Lakhs milestone in tracked online winnings and put a serious dent in his online losses.

Siddharth Jolly’s online stats (PokerBaazi, Adda52 and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹55.90 Lakhs

The WPT#31 Bounty Hunter (PKO) final table was replete with rising stars, many of whom achieved personal bests. ‘Angerfreak’ took third place for a site-best ₹5.98 Lakhs – over 35 times their previous best! Last month’s The Endeavour Lite runner-up, Nishant ‘madcat’ Lakhotia, snagged fourth place for ₹4.85 Lakhs. ‘aaru07’ grabbed fifth for a platform-best ₹3.63 Lakhs. Recent WPT#19 (PLO-4) HighRoller runner-up, Devbrat ‘GarethBale’ Rout, came in sixth for ₹2.90 Lakhs. ‘teachertiago‘ finished seventh for a personal-best ₹2.27 Lakhs, and ‘Yunogasai’ rounded out the final table in eighth place for a site-best ₹1.59 Lakhs.

With a ₹10,000 buy-in, the WPT#31 Bounty Hunter (PKO) fell a glaring ₹11.07 Lakhs short of its ambitious ₹75 Lakhs guarantee, and with an extra ₹20.58 Lakhs in the bounty pool, the action was electric! 146 warriors cashed in, and countless others snagged bounties, making this event another unforgettable chapter in the WPT India Online story.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Avneesh ‘iamam’ Munjal – ₹14,54,351
2. Siddharth ‘Afterhours’ Jolly – ₹8,27,616
3. Angerfreak – ₹5,97,500
4. Nishant ‘madcat’ Lakhotia – ₹4,85,047
5. aaru07 – ₹3,62,750
6. Devbrat ‘GarethBale’ Rout – ₹2,89,656
7. teachertiago – ₹2,27,235
8. Yunogasai – ₹1,58,500

WPT#27 Deepstack – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 563

Re-entries – 529

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 161

The excitement kicked off at 4 PM with the ₹25 Lakhs GTD WPT#27 Deepstack, the event that set Day 6 of PokerBaazi’s ₹35 Crores GTD WPT India Online series in motion. A packed field of 1,092 entries (563 unique) dove it, and it was clear from the start that this would be a war of attrition. After a little over eight hours of intense poker action, a familiar name emerged above the carnage: online grinder Mahesh ‘mahikalra’ Shyamsundar.

Shyamsundar, who hadn’t taken down a title since his Daily Super Value win in September, was hungry for another victory. He finally broke through, claiming his second WPT Online win (his first this series) and ₹2.98 Lakhs in prize money after a heads-up deal.

With a live tournament victory in the IPC Megastacks Kickoff and a breakthrough online win in the Legend Poker Series High Roller, both from 2022, Shyamsundar’s poker resume speaks for itself. But this was no easy feat. Shyamsundar had to fire four bullets to survive this gauntlet, demonstrating the resilience and never-say-die attitude that defines a true champion. And here’s a fun fact: while this score is his second-best of the year and his second title of 2024, it doesn’t even make it into his top 25 all-time online scores!

Mahesh Shyamsundar’s online stats (excluding Natural8 India, Junglee Poker and Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.85 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹64.80 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2024: #2 | Annual Winnings: ₹49.07 Lakhs

Rohit ‘rohit0004’ Yadav almost snatched the WPT#27 Deepstack title for himself. After his last win in the (7-Max) Afternoon Boost in October, he’d been sniffing around the top of the charts with two more deep runs in flagship events on PokerBaazi. He fired two bullets in the WPT#27 Deepstack and came agonizingly close to victory. Although he fell just short of the title, the heads-up deal saw him walk away with the lion’s share of the prize pool: a cool ₹3.22 Lakhs – a new personal best for Yadav that erased nearly a quarter of his past losses in one fell swoop!

Rohit Yadav’s online stats (PokerBaazi and Adda52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹63.46 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2024: #2

Meanwhile, WPT#27 Deepstack third-place finisher Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna has been hard to ignore lately. He was likely still in Vietnam (or just recently back in India) after competing in the USOP Grand Finale in Hai Phong. Bubna is a poker stalwart – a former Patni Millionaire on Adda52 and a two-time The MoneyMaker champion. In Vietnam, he narrowly missed out on his first international live title in the Championship Event. Due to time constraints imposed by local regulations, he had to accept an ICM-based runner-up payout of VN₫ 1.909 Billion (~₹63.72 Lakhs). This score is not only his personal best (both online and live) but also the second-largest score by an Indian player in that series.

Bubna carried that momentum back to the virtual felt, crushing the WPT#27 Deepstack for a third-place finish and ₹1.75 Lakhs. But he wasn’t finished. He proceeded to dominate three more events, adding almost ₹2.63 Lakhs in total Friday winnings. Bubna is a man on a mission, and it seems like nothing can slow him down, no matter where he’s playing.

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s WPT#27 Deepstack for ₹1,75,000

> 31st in PokerBaazi’s WPT#31 Bounty Hunter for ₹47,625

> 9th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹34,217

> 60th in PokerBaazi’s WPT#32 (6-Max) Hyper Turbo for ₹6,072

The WPT#27 Deepstack final table was studded with names that few in the poker community would overlook, including the recent Tuesday Phoenix runner-up Sreeharsha ‘yUDdam’ Boneni (6th for ₹87,000), the recent WPT#8 (6-Max) Hyper Turbo runner-up Deepak ‘3streakbluff’ Singh (7th for ₹65,000) and this week’s The Mint finalist Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik (8th for ₹46,750).

Although the WPT#27 Deepstack fell ₹1.26 Lakhs short of its guarantee, the top 161 finishers still walked away with at least ₹4,250 each—more than 1.7 times the ₹2,500 buy-in. This event was a prime example of the incredible value on offer at the WPT India Online series, with excitement building towards a massive Sunday schedule!

Final Table Results

1. Mahesh ‘mahikalra’ Shyamsundar – ₹2,97,664*
2. Rohit ‘rohit0004’ Yadav – ₹3,21,836*
3. Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹1,75,000
4. Saiupp87 – ₹1,40,250
5. AilaGaya – ₹1,11,000
6. Sreeharsha ‘yUDdam’ Boneni – ₹87,000
7. Deepak ‘3streakbluff’ Singh – ₹65,000
8. Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik – ₹46,750

*denotes a heads-up deal

WPT#29 Monsterstack – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 641

Re-entries – 471

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 161

Naman ‘instamuckk’ Agrawal, already a June Baazi Millionaire, has done it again! He’s the second player in PokerBaazi’s ongoing ₹35 Crores GTD WPT India Online series to achieve a double victory, hot on the heels of Young Gun Gaurav Sood‘s repeat win the night before. Four days after conquering the WPT#10 Superstack, this Delhi-based prodigy proved his skills again by taking down the ₹25 Lakhs GTD WPT#29 Monsterstack. This marks his second win in the WPT India Online series, a remarkable feat considering he’s only been playing on PokerBaazi for a little over a year.

It’s been a wild ride for Agrawal, who burst onto the scene just over a year ago. He kicked things off with a victory in the BSS Super Value in June, and he hasn’t looked back since. Two Indian Poker Masters titles in August, a win in The Endeavour in October, another in The Big Show last month, and his first WPT India Online title in the WPT#10 Superstack just four days ago – this guy is racking up titles like it’s nobody’s business.

Friday night’s victory was a nail-biter. Agrawal jumped into the 6:30 PM flagship event with two bullets and never took his foot off the gas. He charged through a packed field of 1,112 runners (641 unique) for over nine gruelling hours. The tension mounted with every hand, but Agrawal remained cool under pressure, systematically dismantling his opponents one by one. When the dust settled, he stood tall as the last man standing, claiming the ₹3.75 Lakhs top prize (his seventh-best score on the platform this year) and his seventh title of the year!

And the accolades didn’t stop there. Agrawal also went deep in other WPT Online events and even made Day 2 in the WPT#44 Mini Main, racking up almost ₹4.08 Lakhs for the night. This incredible performance keeps him firmly at #5 on the ₹50 Lakhs GTD WPT India Online leaderboard, where he now has 5,210 points from 12 scores in the series.

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s WPT#29 Monsterstack for ₹3,75,000

> 86th in PokerBaazi’s WPT#31 Bounty Hunter (PKO) for ₹23,000

> 42nd in PokerBaazi’s WPT#27 Deepstack for ₹10,000

> Made Day 2 in PokerBaazi’s WPT#44 Mini Main (Qualifier 2)

Naman Agrawal’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.04 Crores | Site Profits: ₹38.83 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2024: #7 | Annual Winnings: ₹98.47 Lakhs | Annual Profits: ₹28.20 Lakhs | Ranked #5 on the ₹50 Lakhs WPT India Online Leaderboard

In the final heads-up showdown of the WPT#29 Monsterstack, Agrawal faced off against online regular ‘Saiupp87,’ a player who’s been making a splash on the platform for over four months. Known for their impressive victory in The Endeavour in August, ‘Saiupp87’ came close to capturing their second flagship title and their first WPT India Online win. This near miss adds another chapter to their story of close calls, which includes final table appearances in the IPM#92 Super Value and 1000X#14.

‘Saiupp87’ put on another impressive display last night, finishing runner-up in the Monsterstack after firing three bullets. While the title may have slipped through their fingers, they still walked away with a respectable ₹2.45 Lakhs – their fourth-highest score on PokerBaazi. They even went on to notch two more deep runs, including a fourth-place finish in WPT#27 Deepstack. This boosted their Friday earnings to almost ₹3.87 Lakhs, bringing them closer to a return to profitability on PokerBaazi after a six-week slump.

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s WPT#29 Monsterstack for ₹2,44,500

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s WPT#27 Deepstack for ₹1,40,250

> 26th in PokerBaazi’s (PLO-6) Daily for ₹1,984

Saiupp87’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹31.85 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2024: #1 | Moves to #44 on the ₹50 Lakhs WPT India Online Leaderboard

The WPT#29 Monsterstack final table was stacked with other familiar faces, including ‘dilbaghsingh’ (anonymity requested) (3rd for ₹1.75 Lakhs), recent WPT#17 Megastack finalist Abhineet ‘abbubro’ Singla (5th for ₹1.11 Lakhs), last month’s Boost champ Pravin ‘littlejony’ Garle (6th for ₹87,000), and Shashank ’Iverson003’ Shekhar (8th for ₹46,750).

The WPT#29 Monsterstack truly delivered! With an ₹82,512 overlay and a ₹2,500 buy-in, it paid out the top 161 places at least ₹4,250. It was a fantastic chance for mid-stakes players to get in on the action, build their bankrolls, and gain some recognition before the big weekend grind!

Final Table Results

1. Naman ‘instamuckk’ Agrawal – ₹3,75,000
2. Saiupp87 – ₹2,44,500
3. dilbaghsingh – ₹1,75,000
4. richybaba08 – ₹1,40,250
5. Abhineet ‘abbubro’ Singla – ₹1,11,000
6. Pravin ‘littlejony’ Garle – ₹87,000
7. NoLimitSoldier – ₹65,000
8. Shashank ’Iverson003’ Shekhar – ₹46,750

WPT#28 (PLO-5) – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 355

Re-entries – 402

Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000

Places Paid – 108

Ever since his victory in Spartan Poker’s Fullhouse last month, Sony ‘swAAmi’ Puthussery had been on a quest to end the year with a bang. He’d put in the hours, the patience, and the sweat, grinding his way through tournaments and even racking up eight final table appearances. But that elusive December title remained just out of reach. Night after night, he faced relentless opponents who refused to yield. It felt like he was trapped in a poker labyrinth, always close to the centre but never quite finding the exit.

But Friday night was different. As he entered PokerBaazi’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD WPT#28 (PLO-5), the 5:30 PM WPT India Online flagship and the third PLO tournament on the schedule, Puthussery knew this was his chance. He wasn’t going to let it slip away. The field was stacked with 757 total entries (355 unique), and he had to fire two bullets to stay in the game. He battled through every challenge for nearly eight gruelling hours, his focus unwavering. And then, it happened. He was the last player standing in this PLO showdown. His first WPT Online title and a ₹3 Lakhs top prize– his biggest single score of the year. After how long he’d waited, those numbers must have looked sweeter than ever.

And that’s not all he took home yesterday. He squeezed in two more cashes before calling it a night, finishing 155th in the WPT#27 Deepstack for ₹4,250 and 161st in the WPT#29 Monsterstack for another ₹4,250. By the end of his Friday session, he’d amassed a hefty ₹3.09 Lakhs – a nice boost to his bankroll and confidence as the year draws to a close.

Sony Puthussery’s online stats (PokerBaazi, Adda52 and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.42 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹76.33 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2024: #20 | Annual Winnings: ₹79.42 Lakhs | Annual Profits: ₹25.61 Lakhs

Of course, he wasn’t the only one chasing a dream. Hot on his heels was ‘thekid’ (anonymity requested), who showed up fresh off an incredible fourth win in Adda52’s The Ballers just last week. They fired three bullets in the WPT#28 (PLO-5), coming agonizingly close to snatching the title. But it wasn’t meant to be. ‘thekid’ had to settle for a runner-up finish and ₹2 Lakhs.

Though they didn’t quite grab what they were after, they still left with something to smile about. With a min-cash in PokerBaazi’s WPT#27 Deepstack (104th for ₹4,250), their Friday earnings reached ₹2.04 Lakhs.

The competition was fierce, and the WPT#28 (PLO-5) final table proved it by drawing in some of the scene’s most recognizable names like Monday’s Daily Last Chance champion and current WPT India Online leaderboard #8, Rising Star Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh (3rd for ₹1.48 Lakhs), last week’s The Big Show runner-up Suraj ‘MR8BEAST’ N Yadav (4th for ₹1.15 Lakhs) and the recent WPT#12 (6-Max) Hyper Turbo podium finisher Pratap ‘Pratap42’ Maurya (5th for ₹95,000).

The ₹2,500 buy-in WPT#28 (PLO-5) was a magnet for PLO enthusiasts, but like other WPT India Online events of the day, it fell short of its advertised guarantee, resulting in a ₹3.54 Lakhs overlay. With the top 108 places paying out at least ₹6,000 – more than double the buy-in – there was plenty of value to be had. The WPT India Online series continues to deliver exciting and rewarding tournaments for players of all levels!

Final Table Results

1. Sony ‘swAAmi’ Puthussery – ₹3,00,000
2. thekid – ₹2,00,000
3. Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh – ₹1,48,000
4. Suraj ‘MR8BEAST’ N Yadav – ₹1,14,800
5. Pratap ‘Pratap42’ Maurya – ₹95,000
6. LuckyGold8 – ₹76,800

‘hustlerboi04’ won the ₹20 Lakhs GTD WPT#32 (6-Max) Hyper Turbo for ₹3.04 Lakhs.

₹2 Crores GTD WPT#30 Mini Main Event – Qualifier 2

Q2 > Entries – 275 | Re-entries – 146 | Survivors – 44 | Chip Leader – Sahil ‘bluffme19’ Chutani – 407,000

Combined > Entries – 562 | Re-entries – 280 | Survivors – 79 (unique) | Overall Chip Leader – Ishan ’rivermaster’ Nadkarni (497,000)

WPT India Online Leaderboard Standings – Day 6

Kamal ‘bagdadi345’ Joshi (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹38,880), ‘donkbetmenot’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD PLO 6 Daily for ₹27,850), ‘rish1995’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs 7-Max SPRINT for ₹21,060), ‘bigusdikus’ (Won ₹1 Lakh 6-Max SPRINT for ₹12,470), and ‘AlwaysSuited’ (Won ₹1 Lakh Midnight SPRINT for ₹12,720) won the other Friday marquees on PokerBaazi.

Junglee Poker

‘missdreavous’ (Won ₹9 Lakhs GTD Friday Supernova for ₹1.54 Lakhs), ‘YKARKI2147’ (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD Friday Fighter for ₹45,427), and ‘godfather’ (Won ₹80K GTD Friday Sunsetter for ₹20,804) won the Friday marquees on Junglee Poker.

Adda52

The Ballers – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹8,050

Entries – 160

Re-entries – 132

Prize Pool – ₹20,44,000

Places Paid – 44

Move over, poker veterans! There’s a new sheriff in town, and they’re already shaking things up. The enigmatic ‘laddu1992,’ who first appeared on Adda52 in June 2023, has just captured their second flagship title of the year in the ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Ballers – and get this, they won the same event just last month!

The 8 PM Friday headliner saw ‘laddu1992’ going head-to-head with 159 other players (292 total entries), including some of the toughest regulars around. But this mysterious player didn’t back down. They displayed incredible poker prowess, outmanoeuvring the competition over 7.5 hours to seize the top prize of ₹3.21 Lakhs (their second-best platform score after their previous The Ballers win) after a shrewd three-way deal. This repeat victory adds another impressive accomplishment to their growing list of achievements on Adda52.

laddu1992’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹21.38 Lakhs | Site Winnings: ₹14.05 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2024: #2

But The Ballers wasn’t a one-horse race. Another formidable player, Siddhant ‘AajNahiAana’ Singh, a top contender in the mid-stakes arena, was also vying for the crown. Fresh off a fourth-place finish in Tuesday’s PokerBaazi WPT#11 Megastack and a string of solid results, Singh was determined to break his month-long title drought. He fought his way to a strong runner-up finish, locking up a site-best ₹3 Lakhs from the same deal – a score that now ranks as his sixth-best overall.

Singh also cashed in PokerBaazi’s WPT#27 Deepstack (102nd for ₹4,250), boosting his total winnings for the day to almost ₹3.05 Lakhs.

Siddhant Singh’s online stats (excluding Natural8 India, Junglee Poker and Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.67 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹61.93 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2024: #12 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.44 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹44.62 Lakhs

Poker veteran Phanindra ‘iluvpoker’ Akkina, a stalwart in his own right – a two-time The Millionaire champion, who we saw finishing runner-up in last month’s Spartan Poker Friday Fighter, rounded out The Ballers podium. He walked away with a respectable ₹2.71 Lakhs from the three-way deal, but the elusive first win of the year remains just out of reach.

Phanindra Akkina’s online stats (Adda52, PokerBaazi and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.22 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹55.53 Lakhs | Annual Winnings: ₹12.69 Lakhs | Annual Profits: ₹6.16 Lakhs

The final table of The Ballers was stacked with talent, featuring last night’s Pocket52 Pocket Highroller champion on a tear Aditya ‘whatistheend’ Kulkarni (4th for ₹1.57 Lakhs), recent WPT#18 (5-Max) Hyper Turbo runner-up Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara (5th for ₹1.16 Lakhs) and this week`s The Mint finalist Sunil ‘bababk’ Arora (6th for ₹85,284).

The ₹8,050 buy-in The Ballers smashed its ₹20 Lakhs guarantee by a comfortable ₹44,000. The top 44 finishers left with fatter wallets and smiles on their faces, each pocketing at least ₹15,430, making it a night to remember on India’s longest-running online poker platform!

Final Table Results

1. laddu1992 – ₹3,20,512*
2. Siddhant ‘AajNahiAana’ Singh – ₹3,00,359*
3. Phanindra ‘iluvpoker’ Akkina – ₹2,70,645*
4. Aditya ‘whatistheend’ Kulkarni – ₹1,56,777
5. Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara – ₹1,15,631
6. Sunil ‘bababk’ Arora – ₹85,284

*denotes a three-way deal

Shivam ‘ssoulshaker’ Kumar Dubey (Won ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD Friday Bounty for ₹78,386), ‘djhellboi’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD The Ballers Lite for ₹39,756), ‘flushnace’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹32,772), Sharad ‘zimbawe’ Haridasan (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Afternoon Bounty for ₹22,360), and Sharad ‘zimbawe’ Haridasan (Won ₹50K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹14,771) won the other Friday marquees on Adda52.

Pocket52

Pocket Highroller – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 86

Re-entries – 81

Prize Pool – ₹15,97,355

Places Paid – 20

Friday night on Pocket52 was a battleground. The ₹15 Lakhs GTD Pocket Highroller, with its ₹11,000 buy-in, drew a crowd of seasoned sharks, ambitious up-and-comers, and everyone in between, all hungry for a taste of victory. But amidst the chaos, one player rose above the rest: Aditya ‘TimeLoop’ Kulkarni (opted out of our tracking). After countless deep runs, he finally broke through for a well-deserved win, ending a four-week title drought that stretched back to his Junglee Poker Friday Fighter victory.

This Mumbai grinder, still buzzing from his recent final table finish in Adda52’s The Mint, brought the heat to the 8 PM Pocket Highroller. He faced a gauntlet of 86 skilled regulars (167 total entries) and battled for nearly seven hours! He proved unstoppable, seizing the top prize of ₹3.97 Lakhs and adding another trophy to his cabinet. And if that was not enough, he also stormed the final table in Adda52’s The Ballers, finishing fourth for ₹1.57 Lakhs. By the time the dust settled, he’d amassed over ₹5.54 Lakhs in winnings – a Friday night he won’t soon forget!

Shreyansh ‘halifax7701’ Sharma, the “Prince of May” (May’s leaderboard king) and current POY#16, was also in the hunt. Fresh off his career-defining mystery bounty jackpot in Natural8 India’s Sunday Showdown 108 last month, he was eager to break his almost two-month title dry spell. He fought hard in the Pocket Highroller, finishing second for a site-best ₹2.78 Lakhs (over 6.5 times his previous best on Pocket52) after firing a third bullet on tilt – a move that almost got him the win!

Sharma also picked up a small score in PokerBaazi’s WPT#29 Monsterstack (63rd for ₹7,000), pushing his Friday winnings to over ₹2.85 Lakhs.

Shreyansh Sharma’s online stats (excluding Pocket52, Natural8 India, Junglee Poker and PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.11 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹76.25 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2024: #9 | Annual Winnings (including all platforms): ₹2.68 Crores | Finished #1 in the May Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #16 in the 2024 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

The Pocket Highroller final table was a star-studded affair, featuring top guns like Mohsin ‘gongo’ Shaikh (3rd for ₹1.79 Lakhs), India’s legendary WSOP bracelet winner Aditya ‘Yennefer’ Agarwal (4th for ₹1.33 Lakhs), Thursday’s dual Pocket52 champion Young Gun Shardul ‘user1687448220’ Parthasarathi (5th for ₹99,515), and last night’s Friday Bounty finalist on a relentless tear Jatin ‘patience124’ Sablani (6th for ₹79,548).

The ₹11,000 buy-in Pocket Highroller smashed its ₹15 Lakhs guarantee by a comfortable ₹97,355, making it a lucrative night for the 20 players who made it into the money. With a min-cash of ₹17,731, even those who finished at the bottom of the payout ladder enjoyed a healthy profit. With this level of action and value, it’s no surprise that Pocket52 has become a haven for serious tournament players.

Final Table Results

1. Aditya ‘TimeLoop’ Kulkarni – ₹3,97,262
2. Shreyansh ‘halifax7701’ Sharma – ₹2,78,419
3. Mohsin ‘gongo’ Shaikh – ₹1,79,064
4. Aditya ‘Yennefer’ Agarwal – ₹1,32,580
5. Shardul ‘user1687448220’ Parthasarathi – ₹99,515
6. Jatin ‘patience124’ Sablani – ₹79,548

‘clearweek_gkuds’ (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD 7-Max Deepstack Turbo for ₹1.10 Lakhs), ‘war1ock’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Soda for ₹38,750), and ‘krishiv9935’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Soda for ₹28,150) won the other Friday marquees on Pocket52.

Spartan Poker

‘pokerbrat7’ (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD Supreme for ₹66,600), ‘8X5X0X2X7Y’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Bullet for ₹36,699), Rahul ‘Rahul4444s’ Kumar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Monster Turbo for ₹22,200), ‘Heartbreak Kid’ (Won ₹50K GTD Holdem for ₹11,100) won the Friday marquees on Spartan Poker.

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