Daily Majors: Debneil Mukherjee Banks Big; Praveen KR, Sanat Mehrotra & Anish Arora Extend Heaters on a Value-Packed Wednesday

While the digital poker tables continue to generate plenty of heat, the live poker scene will grab the spotlight this weekend as APT Taipei 2025 begins tomorrow. A solid group of Indian players is expected to make the trip, which might slightly thin out the online fields back home in the coming days. But make no mistake, Wednesday night’s action was still intense, blazing with high-stakes clashes across the major platforms. One interesting wrinkle: with many regulars likely en route to Taipei, nearly every flagship tournament hit an overlay, offering some unexpected extra value.

Despite the slight turnout dip, PokerBaazi is setting the pace domestically. With its player-friendly TDS-free cashout offer (on the first three April withdrawals), the platform continues to draw strong fields for its marquee events, keeping those leaderboard races interesting! Elsewhere, Natural8 India’s Omaholic Series 2025 is well underway (running until May 5), Adda52 maintained its beefed-up schedule, and Junglee Poker’s Poker Premiere League added to the mid-stakes mix. Overall, it was a Wednesday defined by familiar names extending hot streaks and overlays creating a value fest for participants!

Making the biggest financial splash was Debneil Mukherjee, who broke his 2025 silence with a statement performance. After months chasing a title on PokerBaazi, he came incredibly close in The Pride. Despite finishing runner-up, he cleverly locked up the largest payout of the night – ₹4.67 Lakhs – thanks to a heads-up deal. This was his best score this year and his fourth-largest ever on the site. A small extra cash meant his Wednesday haul climbed to nearly ₹4.73 Lakhs, positioning him as the night’s single biggest earner across all platforms.

Praveen KR just keeps adding chapters to his incredible story. This IIT Kanpur grad from Bengaluru, famously balancing a demanding day job with poker, notched his unbelievable 20th title of the year by winning PokerBaazi’s The Pride for the first time. The heads-up deal netted him ₹3.48 Lakhs – his fourth title this month and eighth on PokerBaazi in 2025. His multi-tabling wizardry extended to Adda52, where he notched five deep runs, including three final table finishes. All told, his Wednesday efforts resulted in earnings north of ₹4.28 Lakhs, making him the day’s second-biggest winner.

Young Gun Sanat Mehrotra has been operating at an elite level all year, and he kept that heater going last night. He took down Adda52’s Head Hunter, collecting a ₹4.01 Lakhs payday, significantly boosted by ₹1.60 Lakhs in bounties. Two more deep runs on PokerBaazi pushed his total Wednesday take past ₹4.24 Lakhs! The finale turned into a battle of Young Guns, as Mehrotra faced off against the always-dangerous Arsh Grover. While the title slipped away, Grover added ₹2.15 Lakhs (₹37,110 in bounties) to his bankroll for the runner-up finish. With five cashes across three sites, Grover pulled in over ₹2.45 Lakhs for his session and sailed past the monumental ₹19.50 Crores milestone in tracked online winnings!

Mohit Mehta also shifted into beast mode! The former The MoneyMaker runner-up and NPS India 2025 standout managed an incredible feat, storming three final tables last night and piling up almost ₹3.71 Lakhs in total winnings! His highlight was a fifth-place finish in Natural8 India’s Bounty Hunters Forty Stack 44 for ₹1.98 Lakhs. He complemented this with a runner-up finish in PokerBaazi’s The Pride Lite for ₹1 Lakh and eighth place in The Pride for another ₹72,600.

Anish Arora, who’s been enjoying a great run over the past year, finally broke a frustrating three-week cold spell. He stylishly shipped PokerBaazi’s WTF for ₹3.06 Lakhs – his second-best score on the site and his second flagship title of 2025. Another deep run boosted his Wednesday tally past ₹3.29 Lakhs. Dilpreet Singh Kochhar came close to his first win of 2025 in WTF but had to settle for second, banking ₹2 Lakhs – his second-largest cash on the platform.

The other notable winners lighting up PokerBaazi included Young Gun Karan Radia (Won Big PLO-5 for ₹2.20 Lakhs), Aditya Kesharwani (Won The Pride Lite for ₹1.53 Lakhs), and Ganesh Durgade (Won Daily Last Chance for ₹1.40 Lakhs).

The 2024 POY runner-up, Anant Purohit, shows no signs of letting up in 2025! Following that incredible ₹1.92 Crores win in March and a close call on Sunday in the Omaholic Sunday Bounty Big Game 215, Purohit was back in the high-stakes mix last night. He battled a tough 105-entry field in the Omaholic Bounty Hunters HR 525, finishing 10th for ₹2.93 Lakhs! With this score, Purohit’s 2025 earnings have climbed to ₹3.76 Crores – putting more pressure on current POY race frontrunner Tarun Goyal. With APT Taiwan kicking off, we might see both these titans take a short breather before the summer grind truly explodes!

The other performers on Natural8 India last night include:

Other notable performers on Natural8 India last night include:

• Siddhanth Kapoor, just days after his first Natural8 India title, hit two final tables: sixth in Omaholic Bounty Daily Main 54 (₹1.06 Lakhs) and fourth in Daily Hypersonic 20 (₹79,239), totalling ₹1.86 Lakhs.
• Snehil Aggarwal grabbed his first Natural8 India win in the Speed Racer Bounty 108 for ₹1.72 Lakhs – only two days after his platform debut.
• ‘zenddamo’ made a strong first impression, finishing seventh in the Zodiac Dragon High Roller for ₹1.21 Lakhs.

Over on Junglee Poker, ‘jjgtmbkj05‘ topped the field in the PPL Wednesday Superstack, clinching the marquee title for ₹1.29 Lakhs (₹71,438 in bounties).

Wednesday also saw marquee victories for Sneha Karmakar, Babu Ajay Kumar, and Imran Dalal and double titles for Samay Singh Modi and Dhaval Doshi.

Here are the Wednesday highlights!

PokerBaazi

The Pride – ₹30 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,750

Entries – 319

Re-entries – 252

Prize Pool – ₹30,00,000

Places Paid – 84

PokerBaazi is setting the pace in the Indian online poker scene this April, no question. That TDS-free withdrawal offer on the first three cashouts is putting gas in the tank for grinders across the board. Players are feeling the value, and it’s building some serious anticipation for a monster May featuring the daily ₹1 Crore GTD The MoneyMaker, hitting the tables every evening at 7:30 PM for 31 straight days. You can feel the community is plugged in and ready to go.

Now, Wednesday night itself served up a bit of a head-scratcher – overlays were seen across almost all the majors on different sites. It was a rare breather in what’s been a non-stop April grind. Still, when it came down to it, all attention snapped back to PokerBaazi’s ₹30 Lakhs GTD The Pride, the night’s main attraction, and boy, did it deliver the drama.

And standing tall above the rest was Praveen ‘PinaWXD’ KR, a player who’s been running ridiculously hot. This IIT Kanpur grad from Bengaluru somehow balances a demanding corporate gig during the day with torching the online felts at night. His poker game has only gotten sharper since March, when he turned heads at the NPS India 2025, snagging Gold in the NPS#49 (6-Max) SPRINT and Silver in the NPS#77 (7-Max) SPRINT.

April, however, is turning into Praveen’s personal highlight reel. Last night’s victory gave him his fourth title this month alone, his first in a flagship in April, his eighth PokerBaazi title in 2025, and, incredibly, his 20th tournament win of the year across all platforms.

Praveen bossed through a tough 571-entry field (319 unique) in The Pride, committing over eight hours to the felt. He finally took it down after agreeing to a heads-up deal, pocketing ₹3.48 Lakhs and ticking off his first-ever win in The Pride.

Praveen’s hot run wasn’t just on PokerBaazi. He was also busy on Adda52, posting five deep runs there, including three final table finishes. His cross-platform assault pulled in earnings topping ₹4.28 Lakhs for the session, making him the second-biggest winner across the virtual felts Wednesday night.

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹3,48,110* (heads-up deal)

> 7th in Adda52’s Head Hunter for ₹45,388* (₹6,563 in bounties)

> 4th in Adda52’s Bounty Madness for ₹23,783* (₹11,104 in bounties)

> 5th in Adda52’s Head Hunter Lite for ₹7,107* (₹837 in bounties)

> 9th in Adda52’s Daily Deep Dive for ₹2,604

> 17th in Adda52’s Bounty Adda for ₹1,041

Praveen KR’s online stats (excluding Natural8 India and Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.49 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹69.07 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2024: #20 | Annual Winnings: ₹76.22 Lakhs | Annual Profits: ₹25.85 Lakhs

On the other side of that heads-up deal was Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee, who’d been keeping things relatively quiet this year before deciding to make a statement last night. After months of searching for that first 2025 PokerBaazi title, Mukherjee came incredibly close, putting on a powerful performance in The Pride even as the top spot just evaded him.

Mukherjee put in the volume during NPS India 2025 (playing 139 events, cashing 66), with a Bronze Medal in the NPS#6 Marathon as his key achievement. But last night, Mukherjee found a different gear. He battled to heads-up in The Pride and, through the deal, collected the largest payout of the tournament – a massive ₹4.67 Lakhs – despite finishing second on paper. This stands as his best score on PokerBaazi this year and his fourth-largest cash ever on the site.

He tacked on another small cash in The Pride Lite (48th for ₹6,000), pushing his Wednesday earnings to almost ₹4.73 Lakhs – making him the undisputed king of the hill, the single biggest winner across all platforms for the night!

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹4,66,990 * (heads-up deal)

> 48th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride Lite for ₹6,000

The Pride final table was, as expected, a shark tank. It featured killers like Sunday’s BSS Superstack finalist Amar ‘PsykoEko’ Iyer (3rd for ₹2.48 Lakhs), the biggest crusher at the NPS India 2025 & Sunday’s BSS Superstack champion Bhanu ‘shennaino1’ Prakash KC (4th for ₹1.91 Lakhs), recent The Endeavour Lite finalist Pranav ‘MeenakshiSundareshwar’ Khandalkar (6th for ₹1.12 Lakhs), the always steady Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B making a strong return (7th for ₹91,200), and Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta, who also finished fifth in Natural8 India’s Bounty Hunters Forty Stack 44 last night (8th for ₹72,600).

Like the other PokerBaazi majors on Wednesday, The Pride had a slight overlay, missing its guarantee by just ₹1.45 Lakhs. For the players, this meant more value packed in. The top 84 finishers all walked away with at least ₹10,200 from the ₹5,750 buy-in event. All told, it was another scorcher of a mid-week grind on PokerBaazi, only dialling up the heat for the rest of the week as the countdown to the daily The MoneyMaker madness in May ticks louder!

Final Table Results

1. Praveen ‘PinaWXD’ KR – ₹3,48,110*
2. Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee – ₹4,66,990*
3. Amar ‘PsykoEko’ Iyer – ₹2,47,500
4. Bhanu ‘hennaino1’ Prakash KC – ₹1,90,500
5. utkarsh420 – ₹1,34,700
6. Pranav ‘MeenakshiSundareshwar’ Khandalkar – ₹1,11,600
7. Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B – ₹91,200
8. Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – ₹72,600

*denotes a heads-up deal

WTF – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 389

Re-entries – 357

Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000

Places Paid – 111

The summer poker sizzle is undeniable, and Wednesday night on PokerBaazi kept that fire burning bright. With players still vibing off the platform’s TDS-free deal on the first three withdrawals this month, the mid-week session delivered plenty of fireworks, with Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora lighting one of the biggest fuses.

Already a familiar face after steering Team Crushers to victory in PokerBaazi’s ‘Poker Masterclass’ on JioCinema, Arora has been on an incredible upswing this past year, and last night, he finally broke through a frustrating three-week cold streak. Arora went the distance in the ₹20 Lakhs GTD WTF, grabbing the title and a cool ₹3.06 Lakhs – his second-best haul ever on the site.

This win adds more gloss to Arora’s already sparkling 2025 campaign. He made noise during NPS India 2025 with a Gold Medal win in the NPS#143 Slamdunk and four other final table appearances. Having already shipped Adda52’s Bounty Madness earlier this month, last night’s victory gives him his second flagship title of the year.

The 7:30 PM WTF drew a tough field – 389 players ballooning to 746 total entries by the time registrations closed. It was a real endurance test, stretching over seven and a half hours. Through it all, Arora kept his cool, navigating the long haul to finally capture his first WTF crown after landing on the final table six times before in this tournament (three times this year alone).

Not stopping there, Arora also made a deep charge in PokerBaazi’s other Wednesday biggie, The Pride, finishing 25th to add another ₹23,100 to his nightly winnings. That pushed his total take for the Wednesday session north of ₹3.29 Lakhs.

Anish Arora’s online stats (PokerBaazi, Adda52 and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.98 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.25 Crores | Titles Won in 2025: #3 | Annual Winnings: ₹40.10 Lakhs

Right there in the mix, Dilpreet ‘dilpreet333’ Singh Kochhar came oh-so-close. This circuit regular has been finding a nice rhythm lately, building on a recent second-place finish in PokerBaazi’s BSS and a podium finish in The Quest Lite late last month. He was knocking on the door for his first 2025 title in the WTF, but had to settle for second place after firing three bullets. Still, Kochhar walked away with a sweet ₹2 Lakhs – his second-biggest score on the platform and a nice boost to his bankroll, trailing only another runner-up finish in last year’s BSS Super Value.

Dilpreet Singh Kochhar’s #PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹49.80 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹5.08 Lakhs

The WTF final table had plenty of other action heroes. Abeer ‘Abeer21’ Chopra, who nearly won the Daily Last Chance last month, pocketed ₹1.48 Lakhs for third. Abhishek ‘Adrit’ Singh, fresh off winning Monday’s (PLO-6) Daily, banked ₹1.15 Lakhs for fourth. Nitin ‘Gambler42’ Rawat, Tuesday’s The Endeavour conqueror, kept his streak alive with a fifth-place finish worth ₹95,000. Adwait ‘SSHOTT’ Pol, who recently took down Adda52`s The Mint, earned ₹76,800 for sixth, while Rahul ‘heisenberg9’ Rajpoot rounded out the known finalists in eighth, earning ₹44,200.

Interestingly, it was a rare overlay day across PokerBaazi’s flagships. Even the popular WTF missed its ₹20 Lakhs guarantee, falling short by ₹2.17 Lakhs. Despite the overlay, the ₹2,750 buy-in event paid out the top 111 finishers, guaranteeing them at least ₹7,200 – more than double their initial entry fee. Between the value created by overlays, the TDS-free cashout perk, and the upcoming The MoneyMaker series promising massive prize pools throughout May, PokerBaazi is keeping the summer poker scene lively.

Final Table Results

1. Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora – ₹3,06,000
2. Dilpreet ‘dilpreet333’ Singh Kochhar – ₹2,00,000
3. Abeer ‘Abeer21’ Chopra – ₹1,48,000
4. Abhishek ‘Adrit’ Singh – ₹1,14,800
5. Nitin ‘Gambler42’ Rawat – ₹95,000
6. Adwait ‘SSHOTT’ Pol – ₹76,800
7. Stackmate – ₹60,200
8. Rahul ‘heisenberg9’ Rajpoot – ₹44,200

The Pride Lite – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,000

Entries – 299

Re-entries – 249

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 87

Even while several players were busy extending their scorching hot streaks last night, Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani jumped in and said, “Hold my beer!” This sharp regular hailing from Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, navigated the field in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Pride Lite, taking it down for the second time in his career and banking a sweet ₹1.53 Lakhs. This victory notched up his third flagship title of the year and his fourth tournament win in 2025.

Kesharwani has been all over this year! He came out swinging in 2025, grabbing Adda52’s Iron Man title in January. He then went through a bit of a dry spell title-wise for a few months, though he kept putting in the volume, and results were ticking over. But April’s been Kesharwani’s comeback month – he shipped Adda52`s Sunday Big Slick early on, followed that with a Daily Boost win, and now, just two weeks later, he’s hoisting another trophy.

The Pride Lite wasn’t immune to the overlay bug hitting PokerBaazi’s majors on Wednesday. However, the 7:30 PM flagship still pulled a respectable 548 entries (299 unique) for a nearly seven-hour battle. When the dust settled, Kesharwani stood tall, claiming his second career The Pride Lite title (he’d won this same event just two months back) after firing two bullets.

Kesharwani wasn’t just camping out at one table, either. He put together three other deep runs across different sites, wrapping up his Wednesday night grind with winnings over ₹2.17 Lakhs. The solid session also pushed his tracked online earnings past the major ₹4 Crore milestone.

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Pride Lite for ₹1,53,200

> 16th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹39,600

> 12th in Adda52’s Head Hunter for ₹33,224* (₹17,285 in bounties)

> 89th in PokerBaazi’s WTF for ₹7,200

Victory didn’t come easily, with Sirsa’s online beast Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta blocking his path heads-up. The #25 The MoneyMaker runner-up with a decorated NPS India 2025 run (one Gold, one Silver, two Bronze Medals), Mehta gave Kesharwani a real fight. The heads-up clash was intense, but Kesharwani closed it out, leaving Mehta with a hard-earned ₹1 Lakh for second place after two entries.

While second place in The Pride Lite was a strong result, Mehta’s biggest score of the night came on Natural8 India. He grabbed a fifth-place finish in the Bounty Hunters Forty Stack 44 for ₹1.98 Lakhs. Add that to his runner-up prize and a final table appearance in The Pride (8th), and Mehta racked up almost ₹3.71 Lakhs in total Wednesday winnings!

> 5th in Natural8India’s Bounty Hunters Forty Stack 44 for ₹1,97,931

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s The Pride Lite for ₹1,00,000

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹72,600

The Pride Lite final table wasn’t short on talent further down the list either. Harsimranjeet ‘sherry19’ Singh, coming right off a Daily Last Chance win the night before, battled hard for a third-place finish worth ₹75,100. Friday’s Supreme champion, mid-stakes grinder Ambika ‘IronThrone’ Chowdhury, locked up fourth for ₹57,000. And PokerBaazi loyalist Thiyam ‘thiyam’ Danish rounded out the known names at the final table, finishing seventh for a respectable ₹31,500.

Like the other PokerBaazi flagships that night, the ₹2,000 buy-in The Pride Lite offered extra juice with a slight overlay of ₹46,480. A good chunk of the field, 87 players, got paid, with even a min-cash worth ₹4,400—more than double the entry fee, contributing to another value-heavy mid-week session on India’s leading online poker platform!

Final Table Results

1. Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani – ₹1,53,200
2. Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – ₹1,00,000
3. Harsimranjeet ‘sherry19’ Singh – ₹75,100
4. Ambika ‘IronThrone’ Chowdhury – ₹57,000
5. Stackmate – ₹48,300
6. Rajput0227 – ₹39,800
7. Thiyam ‘thiyam’ Danish – ₹31,500
8. Pocket__aces – ₹23,300

Daily Last Chance – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 266

Re-entries – 187

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 65

The mid-week action on PokerBaazi always cranks up, and last night didn’t miss a beat. What really turned heads, though, was a rare string of overlays across the platform’s biggest tournaments – even the crowd-favourite ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Last Chance felt it. With extra value floating around, the regulars had a field day.

Standing tall above the field was Ganesh ‘Ganesh24’ Durgade! The man is on fire in 2025, and last night he added another commanding victory to his ledger, leaving no doubt about the legitimacy of his current heater.

Durgade’s rise this year is the kind of story players love. He started 2025 mostly feeling things out at the micro-stakes. Then came NPS India 2025, and the Pune player found a new level. He didn’t just cash; he swept the podium, grabbing Gold in the NPS#30 Slamdunk, Bronze in the NPS#43 (5-Max) Hyper, and Silver in the NPS#177 (6-Max) SPRINT. Bagging that full set of medals seemed to ignite something. March saw him hitting four more flagship final tables, twice in the Daily Last Chance itself.

April has been even better. He kicked it off with solid final table runs in Adda52’s The Mint and PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour Lite, then blitzed through five more final table appearances across different sites. His recent form has been scorching: back-to-back wins last weekend in Adda52’s Stack Attack (Saturday) and PokerBaazi’s BSS (Sunday), a near miss in the PLO-5 BOOST on Monday, and another final table finish in Tuesday’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost.

Durgade kept that four-day hot streak rolling last night by conquering the Daily Last Chance. He outlasted a 453-entry field (266 unique) after six hours and ten minutes of deep-stack play. A heads-up deal sealed the win, sending ₹1.40 Lakhs his way – his second victory in this event and his ninth time making its final table (an unbelievable five of those this year). This latest trophy is his ninth overall in 2025, his sixth on PokerBaazi, and clocks in as his seventh-biggest cash of the year.

True to form, Durgade was mixing it up across the board, playing all the big ones. He cashed deep in four other events, boosting his total Wednesday take above ₹1.83 Lakhs and keeping that profit graph pointing firmly skyward!

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Last Chance for ₹1,39,994* (heads-up deal)

> 37th in Adda52’s Head Hunter for ₹12,012* (₹2,500 in bounties)

> 26th in PokerBaazi’s WTF for ₹11,000

> 68th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹10,200

> 20th in PokerBaazi’s Big (PLO-5) for ₹10,000

Ganesh Durgade’s online stats (PokerBaazi and Adda52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.70 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹59.64 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2025: #9 | Annual Winnings: ₹67.33 Lakhs

Also making a determined run at that Daily Last Chance title was Pranav ‘ignito’ Kshirsagar. Having won this late-night tournament last October, Kshirsagar has been grinding hard for another big score since returning to the online scene in March after two months off. He skillfully played down to the final two, looking for that repeat win, but ultimately cut a deal and finished a close second, adding a healthy ₹1.25 Lakhs to his bankroll. A min-cash in PokerBaazi’s The Pride Lite (69th for ₹4,400) pushed his total earnings for the day over ₹1.29 Lakhs.

Pranav Kshirsagar’s online stats (PokerBaazi and Adda52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹53.70 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹20.37 Lakhs

The Daily Last Chance final table wasn’t short on known contenders. The consistently performing Nandan ‘ragemonster’ Pugalia finished third, earning ₹82,000. The always dangerous ‘SPRINT King’ Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh collected ₹60,000 for fourth, and Zeshan ‘Deez49’ Hamza walked away with ₹38,900 for sixth place.

Even this PokerBaazi classic, the ₹2,500 buy-in Daily Last Chance, couldn’t escape the overlay trend of the night, though it came remarkably close, missing its ₹10 Lakhs guarantee by just ₹15,178. This made it the best performer among the majors yet again. The top 65 players made the money, starting from ₹5,500, which meant plenty of value and late-night thrills for the tournament regulars who love this nightly battle.

Final Table Results

1. Ganesh ‘Ganesh24’ Durgade – ₹1,39,994*
2. Pranav ‘ignito’ Kshirsagar – ₹1,25,006*
3. Nandan ‘ragemonster’ Pugalia – ₹82,000
4. Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh – ₹60,000
5. azzy0097 – ₹48,000
6. Zeshan ‘Deez49’ Hamza – ₹38,900
7. rahul29340 – ₹30,600
8. Nangashikari15 – ₹22,500

*denotes a heads-up deal

Karan ‘Apocalypto’ Radia won the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Big PLO-5 for ₹2.20 Lakhs.

‘Boogeyman115’ (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD 7-Max Afternoon Boost for ₹48,743), ‘acdcHighLow’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 Boost for ₹33,780), Dhaval ‘Faizal1506’ Doshi (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹27,960), Dhaval ‘Faizal1506’ Doshi (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD PLO-6 Daily for ₹25,810), Sehej ‘UdixiAgain’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹20,410), Samay ‘SamaySinghModi’ Singh Modi (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Midnight SPRINT for ₹10,350), and ‘high7777777777’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Boost for ₹10,550) won the other Wednesday marquees on PokerBaazi.

Junglee Poker

‘jjgtmbkj05’ won the ₹6 Lakhs GTD PPL Wednesday Superstack for ₹1.29 Lakhs.

The other PPL title winners of the day included ‘dipakpaulpokers’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PPL Wednesday Mania for ₹40,044) and ‘tubhiaaja’ (Won ₹70K GTD PPL Wednesday Sunsetter for ₹16,110).

‘mokdi’ won the ₹50K GTD Hangover for ₹13,675.

Adda52

Head Hunter – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,750

Entries – 143

Re-entries – 142

Rebuys – 11

Total Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹12,60,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹7,40,000

Places Paid – 44

The mid-week grind hit its stride with Adda52 rolling out the ₹20 Lakhs GTD Head Hunter for its third consecutive week. This knockout special, taking over from the previous ₹12.50 Lakhs GTD Maverick, part of Adda52’s fresh focus on bounty and mystery bounty action under their revamped MTT calendar, is quickly becoming a Wednesday night staple.

However, the Head Hunter hasn’t exactly exploded out of the gates like the other new tourneys, with attendance seeing a gradual dip since launch. From 335 entries in week one and 307 in week two, last night’s field settled at 296 entries from 143 unique players – the lowest number yet. Context is key, though; it was a generally slower Wednesday across the board, with overlays noticeable on practically all major platforms, including PokerBaazi.

For the players who dove into the Head Hunter, that lighter field spelt pure value and set up a high-voltage finish. And who better to headline it than one of the most relentlessly consistent performers on the circuit recently, Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra. The Gurgaon pro has been operating on another level all year. He sat down last night with a towering résumé already listing 19 final table appearances in the first quarter alone. Eight times he finished top-three, yet the winner’s photo eluded him until mid-March when he took down the Adda52 Millions for a third time in his career.

Since the new fiscal year kicked off, Mehrotra hasn’t let up one bit. Early April saw him hit the final tables of three Adda52 Sunday majors – Big Slick, Mystery Bounty, and Adda52 Millions. He followed that up with a dominant display last week, conquering the Godfather for an incredible sixth time, and then, just 24 hours later, closing out The Ballers, also for a sixth time, sealing ridiculous back-to-back wins.

Surfing this massive wave of form on Adda52, Mehrotra entered the Head Hunter radiating confidence. He needed two entries in the 8 PM KO flagship but expertly sliced through the field to claim the top spot. This victory landed him his first Head Hunter title and came with a sweet ₹4.01 Lakhs payday, boosted heavily by the ₹1.60 Lakhs he collected purely from bounties.

While locking up another Adda52 headline win during his hot streak, Mehrotra was also firing across town, cashing in PokerBaazi’s two biggest tournaments. His multi-platform Wednesday assault resulted in combined earnings cracking the ₹4.24 Lakhs mark, making him one of the day`s standouts!

> 1st in Adda52’s Head Hunter for ₹4,00,702* (₹1,59,827 in bounties)

> 37th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹13,500

> 22nd in PokerBaazi’s Big PLO-5 for ₹10,000

Sanat Mehrotra’s online stats (excluding Natural8 India, Junglee Poker and Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹16.36 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹6.13 Crores | Titles Won in 2025: #4

As fate would have it, the final fight for the Head Hunter title was an epic clash between two decorated Young Guns. Standing opposite Mehrotra was Arsh ‘bigggtymer’ Grover, another shark putting in huge volume and getting results everywhere this April. A constant name in POY discussions, Grover came in hot off podium finishes in PokerBaazi’s The Summit and Blockbuster, plus a recent Spartan Poker Supreme win.

In the Head Hunter, Grover, like Mehrotra, fired two bullets in his quest for a first title in this event. While the top prize stayed out of reach, he grabbed the second-place payout worth a tidy ₹2.15 Lakhs (₹37,110 in bounties). And matching the winner’s multi-platform grind, Grover’s deep runs across five tourneys on three different sites boosted his session earnings over ₹2.45 Lakhs, pushing his tracked online winnings beyond the jaw-dropping ₹19.50 Crore milestone.

> 2nd in Adda52’s Head Hunter for ₹2,14,768* (₹37,110 in bounties)

> 60th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹10,200

> 22nd in Adda52’s Wednesday Wonder for ₹8,750

> 106th in PokerBaazi’s WTF for ₹7,200

> 18th in Spartan Poker’s Supreme for ₹4,560

Arsh Grover’s online stats (excluding Natural8 India, Junglee Poker and Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹19.51 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹7.84 Crores | Titles Won in 2025: #1

Nailing down the third spot was Aniruddha ‘Pocketaces69’ Joshi, who put up another strong performance. The popular poker streamer and content creator, coming right off a final table appearance in Adda52’s Tuesday Night Stacks, was painfully close to snapping a month-long title-less spell in the Head Hunter. He battled hard but ultimately finished third, collecting ₹2.01 Lakhs for his run (₹69,755 in bounties). Cashes across three flagships helped push his total Wednesday take over ₹2.12 Lakhs, chipping away at that ambitious ₹1 Crore profit challenge he set for himself this year.

> 3rd in Adda52’s Head Hunter for ₹2,00,787* (₹69,755 in bounties)

> 76th in PokerBaazi’s WTF for ₹7,200

> 71st in PokerBaazi’s The Pride Lite for ₹4,400

Aniruddha Joshi’s online stats (excluding Natural8 India, Junglee Poker and Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.76 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹57.92 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2025: #4

The Head Hunter final table wasn’t done serving up known names.Lakshya ‘luckybossipl’ Dawra finished fourth for ₹1.17 Lakhs. Arjun ‘arjunraghani4444’ Raghani, who also podiumed the Bounty Madness, took fifth for ₹94,014. Last night’s The Pride champ Praveen ‘praveen2626’ KR landed in seventh for ₹38,775, and seasoned pro Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja, straight from a final table in Tuesday’s The Mint, finished eighth for ₹28,598.

Despite all that talent battling for big money up top, the tournament ran with a hefty overlay. The ₹5,750 buy-in Head Hunter missed its ₹20 Lakhs guarantee by ₹4.85 Lakhs – a glaring gap close to 25%. For the players who jumped in, this meant crazy value. The top 44 finishers earned at least ₹9,512 from the ₹12.60 Lakhs main prize pool alone. Add to that the separate ₹7.40 Lakhs bounty pool, and the incentive to hunt heads and stack extra cash was huge. No doubt about it, Adda52 dished out another night loaded with value, keeping the knockout fever high deep into the night on India’s OG online poker platform.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹4,00,702
2. Arsh ‘bigggtymer’ Grover – ₹2,14,768
3. Aniruddha ‘Pocketaces69’ Joshi – ₹2,00,787
4. Lakshya ‘luckybossipl’ Dawra – ₹1,16,545
5. Arjun ‘arjunraghani4444’ Raghani – ₹94,014
6. siva9889 – ₹52,572
7. Praveen ‘praveen2626’ KR – ₹38,775
8. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹28,598

Sneha ‘8B9B5C4C4C’ Karmakar (Won ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD Wednesday Wonder for ₹1.50 Lakhs), Babu ‘babuajaykumar’ Ajay Kumar PN (Won ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD Bounty Madness for ₹70,926), Samay Singh ‘sammybulldog’ Modi (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Deep Dive for ₹57,143), ‘7C2D9D6D2D’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Afternoon Bounty for ₹40,101), Imran ‘kingimo9’ Dalal (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Head Hunter Lite for ₹33,737), and ‘RamaRDa’ (Won ₹50K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹14,771) won the other Wednesday marquees on Adda52.

Spartan Poker

‘Alibhai’ (Won ₹4 Lakhs GTD Supreme for ₹68,023), ‘Vipul27031985’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Spotlight for ₹38,200), ‘8X6X1X0X3Y’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹28,650), ‘9X5X1Y2Y3Y’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Kickoff for ₹15,190), and ‘shivaay079’ (Won ₹50K GTD Centurian for ₹9,400) won the Wednesday marquees on Spartan Poker.

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