Daily Majors: Dhinesh Kumar, Siddhanth Kripalani & Shashank Shekhar Raked in Over ₹1 Million in Friday Winnings

The action has been on an uptick for a while now, with Spartan Poker’s Legend Poker Series, PokerBaazi’s Asian Poker Tour Online India Series, and Adda52’s Series of Legends running in tandem. Friday unleashed a flurry of tournament action, promising an exciting weekend ahead.

PokerBaazi user, ‘JCchon413,’ grabbed the single-biggest score of the day. Last week`s APT#8 Saturday Major winner hit the Friday jackpot, taking down PokerBaazi`s APT#40 Super Highroller for a site-best ₹18.80 Lakhs and the coveted APT trophy! Dhinesh Kumar settled for a runner-up payday of ₹14.40 Lakhs (won ₹14.60 Lakhs overall).

Young Gun Siddhanth Kripalani was another top reg scoring a seven-figure payday, and he made an impressive three FT finishes for ₹12.94 Lakhs in Friday earnings. He most notably finished third in the APT#40 SHR for ₹11.20 Lakhs.

Less than three weeks after shipping the XXX Poker Series Main Event, Shashank Shekhar had another seven-figure winning day, scoring ₹10.47 Lakhs. He FT-ed two headline tournaments yesterday, prominently winning Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #99 Friday Magnate for ₹9.58 Lakhs.

Vaibhav Sharma won the LPS showstopper of the day, Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #97 Friday Showdown, for ₹8.02 Lakhs (₹8.94 Lakhs overall). Gautam Kaul finished runner-up for ₹5.33 Lakhs.

The #BB5 MoneyMaker champion Wilson Yomso kept his title-winning spree running by taking down Adda52’s Moneymaker Malik (named after Gagandeep Malik) for ₹6.72 Lakhs, bagging his third flagship title in seven days. Arun Sriram pocketed the runner-up payday worth ₹4.06 Lakhs (won ₹4.49 Lakhs overall), hitting ₹5 Crores in tracked online winnings.

The #2 ranked player of 2021, Manish Lakhotia, nailed PokerStars India’s The Big Bash for ₹2.53 Lakhs.

Mranal Sharma took down Spartan Poker`s LEGEND #98 Multi Entry for a site-best ₹2.19 Lakhs, while Adarsh Jha came second for ₹1.84 Lakhs.

Ritika Kumari (Won LEGEND #101 for ₹1.44 Lakhs), Onas Malhotra (Won LEGEND #95 for ₹1.06 Lakhs), Ashwani Kumar (Won LEGEND #96 Thunder for ₹64,632), and Parag Shah (Won LEGEND #100 PLO4 for ₹33,342) won the other Legend Poker Series title on Friday.

Neeraj Bajaj conquered PokerBaazi’s APT#42 (6-Max) Turbo for ₹1.98 Lakhs after defeating Young Gun Kanchan Sharma (2nd for ₹1.57 Lakhs) (won ₹1.66 Lakhs overall) in the heads-up play.

Young Gun Shardul Parthasarathi (Won APT#41 Freezeout for ₹1.03 Lakhs), Bashir Ahmad Bhat (Won APT#38 5-Max Hyper for ₹91,560), and Venkat Vishwanath (Won APT#39 for ₹84,800) won the other APT Online India titles.

Abhishek Sonu, Yash Shrivastava, Vivek Rawat, Shailesh Kumar Patel, Niteen Raj, Ramakrishna Sagi, Abhay Gupta, Noel Pais, Saheb Bhowmick, and Shivakumar Dubey won the other Friday majors.

Here are the Friday highlights!

Spartan Poker

LEGEND #97 Friday Showdown – ₹40 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 191

Re-entries – 78

Rebuys – 124

Prize Pool – ₹40,00,000

Places Paid – 39

Having kept a relatively low profile in the Legend Poker Series (LPS) in the last two weeks, MTT beast Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma really turned up the heat yesterday with deep runs in three headline tournaments! He took down the LPS showstopper of the day, Spartan Poker’s ₹40 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #97 Friday Showdown, for ₹8.02 Lakhs and posted ₹8.94 Lakhs in total winnings. Gautam ‘Rabbithunter’ Kaul finished runner-up for ₹5.33 Lakhs.

Vaibhav Sharma’s Friday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #97 Friday Showdown for ₹8,02,000

> 10th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #99 Friday Magnate for ₹78,750

> 19th in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash for ₹13,116

Vaibhav Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.42 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.81 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #24 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.76 Crores

Wednesday’s APT#29 Mini Main Event champion Ashutosh ‘stupefy’ Balodhi dished out three FT runs for ₹2.62 Lakhs in total winnings.

His Friday finishes include:

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #97 Friday Showdown for ₹1,37,200

> 6th in Adda52’s Moneymaker Malik for ₹94,815

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #101 for ₹24,453

> 76th in PokerBaazi’s APT#42 (6-Max) Turbo for ₹5,411

Ashutosh Balodhi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.98 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.28 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #7 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.86 Crores

September’s MS #21 -The Millionaire winner Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik reeled in ₹2.68 Lakhs in Friday winnings across the following deep runs:

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #97 Friday Showdown for ₹1,00,800

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s APT#41 Freezeout for ₹75,816

> 5th in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash for ₹67,998

> 32nd in Adda52’s Moneymaker Malik for ₹17,609

> 76th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #98 Multi Entry for ₹6,050

Rishab Malik’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.51 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.74 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #13

Final Table Results

1. Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma – ₹8,02,000
2. Gautam ‘Rabbithunter’ Kaul – ₹5,33,200
3. Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹3,90,000
4. Vikaash ‘viks82’ Shah – ₹3,14,800
5. Nitesh ‘KATIYAR11’ Katiyar – ₹2,46,800
6. ksc7 – ₹1,86,800
7. Ashutosh ‘stupefy’ Balodhi – ₹1,37,200
8. Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik – ₹1,00,800

LEGEND #99 Friday Magnate – ₹35 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹27,500

Entries – 81

Re-entries – 24

Rebuys – 45

Prize Pool – ₹37,50,000

Places Paid – 15

Less than three weeks after shipping the XXX Poker Series Main Event, Shashank ‘Goldfish097’ Shekhar had another seven-figure winning day (his fourth time doing so), scoring ₹10.47 Lakhs! He FT-ed two Friday headliners, most notably overtaking a 150-entry field in Spartan Poker’s ₹35 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #99 Friday Magnate to win ₹9.58 Lakhs, and even made Day 2 in the LEGEND Main Event.

His Friday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #99 Friday Magnate for ₹9,58,125 (his first LPS title)

> 4th in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash for ₹89,259

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND Main Event

Shashank Shekhar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.69 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.42 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #6 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.84 Crores

Last week’s LEGEND #49 High Roller champion Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar banked ₹6.60 Lakhs as the LEGEND #99 Friday Magnate runner-up after getting in through a ₹2,200 satellite (won ₹7.44 Lakhs overall), reclaiming the #1 position on the LEGEND High Roller leaderboard.

His Friday finishes include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #99 Friday Magnate for ₹6,60,000

> 37th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #97 Friday Showdown for ₹21,108

> 15th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #98 Multi Entry for ₹19,885

> 31st in Adda52’s Moneymaker Malik for ₹17,609

> 11th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #95 for ₹9,150

> 19th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #96 Thunder for ₹4,237

Mahesh Shyamsundar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.86 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹25.14 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #8 | Moves to #1 on the LEGEND High Roller Leaderboard

The two-time POY leaderboard topper, Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood, is moving up the charts quickly. The MTT crusher ITM-ed three events (and one bounty), locking in ₹4.47 Lakhs overall, climbing to #7 in the annual rankings.

His Friday finishes include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #99 Friday Magnate for ₹4,33,125

> 35th in PokerBaazi’s APT#42 (6-Max) Turbo for ₹8,186

> 95th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #98 Multi Entry for ₹2,329

Gaurav Sood’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹14.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹7.32 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹3.29 Crores | Moves to #7 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #4 in Annual Profits

Noted poker commentator Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall kept his scorecard ticking by locking in ₹3.99 Lakhs in Friday earnings on the back of three deep runs (and one bounty).

His Friday finishes include:

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #99 Friday Magnate for ₹2,83,125

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #101 for ₹97,256

> 29th in Adda52’s Moneymaker Malik for ₹17,609

Goonjan Mall’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.7 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.86 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #4 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.92 Crores

Final Table Results

1. Shashank ‘Goldfish097’ Shekhar – ₹9,58,125
2. Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar – ₹6,60,000
3. Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood – ₹4,33,125
4. KAKAROT98$ – ₹3,50,625
5. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹2,83,125
6. Suraj ‘MR.BEAST’ N Yadav – ₹2,21,250
7. Rahul ‘BubbleDropMusic’ Kumar – ₹1,74,375
8. Advait ‘Rattler$’ Rajguru – ₹1,33,125

LEGEND #98 Multi Entry – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 1,155 (713)

Rebuys – 582

Prize Pool – ₹15,63,300

Places Paid – 167

Mranal ‘MSTHEBOSS’ Sharma raced past the 1,737-entry field in Spartan Poker’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #98 Multi Entry, clinching his maiden LPS title for a site-best ₹2.19 Lakhs. Adarsh ‘I m d GOAT’ Jha picked up the runner-up payday worth ₹1.84 Lakhs.

A micro stakes player, Sharma’s previous best score came when he shipped his first tournament on the site, the ₹15K GTD Express, two days ago for ₹4,138 and improved upon that record 50X last night.

Mranal Sharma’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹2.73 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2

The 8 PM marquee generated a ₹15.63 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 167 places were paid.

Final Table Results

1. Mranal ‘MSTHEBOSS’ Sharma – ₹2,18,690
2. Adarsh ‘I m d GOAT’ Jha – ₹1,84,372
3. Myanbemo ‘Shootingstar’ Ovung – ₹1,62,853
4. Grass and Bone – ₹88,482
5. Meet ‘gogobhai’ Jariwala – ₹67,378
6. Navaneesha ‘np406’ P – ₹49,557
7. Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram – ₹37,597
8. MirchiSeth – ₹26,842

LEGEND #101 – ₹6 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 137

Re-entries – 39

Rebuys – 71

Prize Pool – ₹6,17,500

Places Paid – 23

The Tuesday High Roller runner-up finisher from October, Ritika ‘Sweetie12’ Kumari stormed past a 247-player field in Spartan Poker’s ₹6 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #101, winning the 9:30 PM tourney for ₹1.44 Lakhs

Ritika Kumari’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹53.01 Lakhs | Titles Won: #7

Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall was among the several regs firing up a scintillating Friday run and accumulated ₹3.99 Lakhs from three ITM finishes which include:

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #99 Friday Magnate for ₹2,83,125

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #101 for ₹97,256

> 29th in Adda52’s Moneymaker Malik for ₹17,609

Another top reg, Ashutosh’ stupefy’ Balodhi, placed seventh in LEGEND #101 for ₹24,453. Wednesday’s APT#29 Mini Main Event champion’s Friday run saw him making another two FT runs for ₹2.62 Lakhs in total winnings.

The ₹2,750 entry buy-in LEGEND #101 exceeded its guarantee by ₹17,500 and paid out 23 places.

Final Table Results

1. Ritika ‘Sweetie12’ Kumari – ₹1,43,569
2. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹97,256
3. Amit ‘en el vacio’ Kaushik – ₹64,838
4. boomhoops – ₹51,809
5. Hulk66 – ₹42,608
6. Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna – ₹33,036
7. Ashutosh’ stupefy’ Balodhi – ₹24,453
8. Rohan’ conquerorbhaiya’ Kumar – ₹17,969

LEGEND #95 – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 178

Re-entries – 48

Rebuys – 78

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 31

After three FT finishes in Legend Poker Series marquees, Onas ‘papatumhare’ Malhotra finally scored the title victory he had been chasing for over six weeks yesterday. The FTS #1 Big Bang champion from October added ₹1.27 Lakhs from deep runs in two LPS tourneys and most notably crushed the 304-entry field in Spartan Poker`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #95 to collect ₹1.06 Lakhs.

His Friday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker`s LEGEND #95 for ₹1,05,750

> 16th in Spartan Poker`s LEGEND #98 #MultiEntry for ₹20,995

Onas Malhotra`s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹23.95 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹11.39 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2

Thursday`s APT#34 (PLO – 5) winner Varun ‘buffalosoldier’ Meena, placed second in the 5 PM LEGEND #95 for ₹71,200, and posted ₹80,531 overall across the following ITM finishes:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker`s LEGEND #95 for ₹71,200

> 73rd in PokerBaazi’s APT#42 (6-Max) Turbo for ₹5,411

> 90th in Spartan Poker`s LEGEND #98 Multi Entry for ₹2,329

> 19th in Spartan Poker`s LEGEND #100 PLO4 for ₹1,561

Varun Meena’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.07 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹48.35 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #6 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.26 Lakhs

Final Table Results

1. Onas ‘papatumhare’ Malhotra – ₹1,05,750
2. Varun ‘buffalosoldier’ Meena – ₹71,200
3. Rahul ‘Rockydgreat’ Jindgar – ₹50,200
4. Pratik ‘GorillaGlue’ Manjrekar – ₹40,700
5. Sanchit ‘Laika’ Pande – ₹32,200
6. Mayank ‘barrelbrat’ Maruka – ₹24,450
7. Samay ‘Limitless’ Singh Modi – ₹17,850
8. Vikhyat ‘Super Saiyan’ Ahlawat – ₹13,050

₹2.50 Crores GTD LEGEND Main Event – Day 1E

Day 1E: Entries – 142 | Re-entries – 17| Rebuys – 81 | Survivors – 32 | Chip Leader – Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal (333,884)

Combined: Entries – 733 | Re-entries – 116| Rebuys – 424 | Survivors – 185 | Overall Chip Leader – Raghav ‘Chinchan0524’ Choudhary (438,084)

Ashwani ‘ashwani0007’ Kumar (Won ₹4 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #96 Thunder for ₹64,632), and Parag ‘Persie’ Shah (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #100 PLO4 for ₹33,342) won the other Legend Poker Series titles on Friday.

Legend Poker Series Leaderboards – Day 16

Legend – High Roller Leaderboard – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

The LEGEND #49 – High Roller (6-Max) champion, Mahesh Shyamsundar (1,795 points), stormed back into the lead on the ₹20 Lakhs GTD Legend High Roller Leaderboard after his runner-up finish in the LEGEND #99 Friday Magnate (6-Max) last night. The LEGEND #68 Sunday Magnate champion, Vivek Singh (1,661 points), dropped to #2, while Young Gun Anuj Yadav (1,555 points) retained his #3 position.

Legend – Deepstack Leaderboard – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

The ₹15 Lakhs GTD LEGEND Deepstack Leaderboard saw LEGEND #9 Friday Showdown champion Vikaash Shah (2,345 points) catapulting to the top as he added more points with his fourth-place finish in the LEGEND #97 Friday Showdown yesterday. Young Gun Anuj Yadav (2,259 points) shot up to the #2 position after placing third in LEGEND #97. LEGEND #40 Wednesday Showdown champion Abhinav Iyer (2,255 points) slipped to #3.

Legend – Turbo Leaderboard – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Mandar Madaye (2,521 points) is still leading the charge on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Legend Turbo Leaderboard and added 162 leaderboard points last night. Harsh Karanpuria (2,164 points) added a few more points to his tally at #2, with Amit Gehani rounding out the top three names on the top.

Legend – PLO Leaderboard – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Induprakash Mishra (1,925 points) is still the frontrunner on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD LEGEND PLO Leaderboard. However, competition is beckoning as Parag Shah. (1,918 points) climbed to #2 after winning LEGEND #100 – PLO4 yesterday, displacing Sony Puthussery (1,803 points) to #3.

Legend – Mix Hold’em Leaderboard – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

The top order on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD LEGEND Mix Hold’em Leaderboard maintained the status quo. However, the top three players added a few leaderboard points to their tally to strengthen their top standings. Samay Singh Modi (6,725 points) is still the runaway leader, with Vikhyat Ahlawat (5,754 points) & ‘HEMAKUNA’ (5,592 points) trailing him at the #2 and #3 positions, respectively.

Legend – Multi Flight Leaderboard – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD LEGEND Multi Flight Leaderboard witnessed no changes as no multi-flight event played down to a winner yesterday. The LEGEND #25 Esteem champion Gursimrann Brar (1,144 points), is still the top-ranked player, followed by the LEGEND #70 Sterling winner Harshad Barve (786 points), and Young Gun Ujjwal Narwal (782 points).

‘annabhai’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Dark Knight for ₹33,810), ‘simsimpola’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹33,590), ‘pin2chem’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹17,840), and ‘chief57’ (Won ₹50K GTD Centurion for ₹10,025) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

PokerBaazi

APT#40 Super Highroller – ₹80 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹55,000

Entries – 109

Re-entries – 50

Prize Pool – ₹80,00,000

Places Paid – 17

Last week`s APT#8 Saturday Major winner, ‘JCchon413,’ had one helluva Friday run! The mystery user shipped the most expensive event on the APT Online India Series 5.0 schedule, the ₹55K entry buy-in APT#40 Super Highroller, for a personal-best ₹18.80 Lakhs – bagging his second APT Online title and the coveted APT trophy.

JCchon413’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹24.48 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹17.89 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3

Last week`s LEGEND #56 Friday Magnate winner Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar went on a tear again last night, posting a runner-up finish in the APT#40 SHR for a site-best ₹14.40 Lakhs (won ₹14.60 Lakhs overall) and also advancing through Day 1E of Spartan Poker`s LEGEND Main Event.

Dhinesh Kumar`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.77 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.98 Crores

Thursday`s Mighty Arjan champion, Young Gun Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani, kept his heater going by finishing third in the APT#40 SHR for ₹11.20 Lakhs (won ₹12.94 Lakhs from three FT finishes) and even made Day 2 in Spartan Poker`s LEGEND Main Event.

Siddhanth Kripalani`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.87 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.61 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #18 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.81 Crores | Moves to #18 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

The FTS 3.0 Main Event champion Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (4th for ₹6.80 Lakhs), Vishal ‘karan23’ Kumar (5th for ₹4.80 Lakhs) and seasoned pro Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra (6th for ₹4 Lakhs) were others who FT-ed the ₹80 Lakhs GTD APT#40 Super Highroller.

Akshat ‘takingcuntrol’ Sharma (7th for ₹3.20 Lakhs), poker coach Mithun ‘thepokeraja’ Mahesh (8th for ₹2.80 Lakhs), Myron ‘priyankAAchoprAA’ Pereira (9th for ₹2.40 Lakhs), and Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh (10th for ₹2 Lakhs) made a deep run in the Friday showstopper.

Final Table Results

1. JCchon413 – ₹18,80,000
2. Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar – ₹14,40,000
3. Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani – ₹11,20,000
4. Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – ₹6,80,000
5. Vishal ‘karan23’ Kumar – ₹4,80,000
6. Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra – ₹4,00,000

APT#42 (6-Max) Turbo – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 295

Re-entries – 260Prize Pool – ₹13,88,000

Places Paid – 101

Neeraj ‘neeraj2828’ Bajaj topped the 555-entry field in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD APT#42 (6-Max) Turbo to win ₹1.98 Lakhs (his second-best score of 2022), clinching his career-first APT Online title and busting an over seven-month-long title drought.

Neeraj Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.30 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹17.51 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3

Young Gun Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma was chasing her first title in seven weeks and came close, netting ₹1.57 Lakhs in second place (won ₹1.66 Lakhs overall).

Kanchan Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.48 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.39 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #6 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.31 Crores

Young Gun Karan ‘Apocalypto’ Radia (3rd for ₹1.21 Lakhs), Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan (4th for ₹88,523), Siddharth ‘overthinker’ Saxena (5th for ₹57,720), and Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma (6th for ₹40,238) were others who made the 6-max FT in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD APT#42 (6-Max) Turbo.

The ever-consistent Ashit Sharma made five deep runs, lapping up ₹1.33 Lakhs altogether.

His top Friday finishes include:

> 12th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #99 Friday Magnate for ₹73,125

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s APT#42 (6-Max) Turbo for ₹40,238

Ashit Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.80 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.30 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #24 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.08 Crores

Final Table Results

1. Neeraj ‘neeraj2828’ Bajaj – ₹1,98,413
2. Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma – ₹1,56,788
3. Karan ‘Apocalypto’ Radia – ₹1,21,406
4. Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan – ₹88,523
5. Siddharth ‘overthinker’ Saxena – ₹57,720
6. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹40,238

APT#41 Freezeout – ₹6 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 324

Prize Pool – ₹6,48,000

Places Paid – 59

After dominating the Asian tournament circuit, Young Gun Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi has been making quite a splash on the virtual felts. The Thursday High Roller champion from September outclassed a 324-strong field in PokerBaazi’s ₹6 Lakhs GTD APT#41 Freezeout, clinching his maiden APT Online title for ₹1,02,773.

The victory was a redemption of sorts for Parthasarathi, who missed shipping the APT#35 Championship Event by inches on Thursday. The poker coach ITM-ed four other events yesterday, adding ₹1.98 Lakhs to his flourishing poker bankroll, bringing him on the edge of the “₹7 Crore Club.”

His Friday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s APT#41 Freezeout for ₹1,02,773

> 12th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #97 Friday Showdown for ₹61,200

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s APT#39 (KO – RE) for ₹18,600

> 17th in Adda52’s Friday Bounty for ₹6,289

> 101st in PokerBaazi’s APT#42 (6-Max) Turbo for ₹4,440

Shardul Parthasarathi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.99 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.43 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #10 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.81 Crores

The MS #21 -The Millionaire champion from September, Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik, succumbed one short of his third APT online title, netting a runner-up payday worth ₹75,816. Malik ran good yesterday, adding ₹2.62 lakhs across five ITM finishes (including two other FT finishes).

His Friday finishes include:

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #97 Friday Showdown for ₹94,308

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s APT#41 Freezeout for ₹75,816

> 5th in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [6-Max, PKO] for ₹67,998

> 32nd in Adda52’s Moneymaker Malik for ₹17,609

> 76th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #98 Multi Entry for ₹6,050

Rishab Malik’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.51 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.74 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #12 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.34 Crores

Dhawal ‘Stick3rz’ Lachhwani placed third in APT#41 for ₹31,234. He also FT-ed the (7-Max) Afternoon Boost (4th for ₹21,054), generating a Friday tally worth ₹52,288.

Dhawal Lachhwani`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹81.50 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹33.96 Lakhs | Annual Winnings: ₹2.26 Lakhs

Vivek ‘Vivek769’ Rawat fired up at least three known scores on PokerBaazi, collectively worth ₹97,490, and notably won the ₹1 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹33,170.

His known Friday finishes include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s APT#39 for ₹46,500

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹33,170

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s APT#41 Freezeout for ₹17,820

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in APT#41 Freezeout had 324 hopefuls vying for a share of the ₹6.48 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 59 finishers made the money cut.

Final Table Results

1. Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi – ₹1,02,773
2. Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik – ₹75,816
3. CardThrower – ₹59,746
4. bullets777 – ₹43,870
5. Dhawal ‘Stick3rz’ Lachhwani – ₹31,234
6. Sandeep ‘janspeed’ Jaiswal – ₹22,226
7. Vivek ‘Vivek769’ Rawat – ₹17,820
8. siddhantgaurav – ₹14,321

APT#38 5-Max Hyper – ₹6 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 187

Re-entries – 147

Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000

Places Paid – 65

The former Daily Value Boost champion Bashir ‘babloo321’ Ahmed Bhat busted a two-month title drought by taking down PokerBaazi’s ₹6 Lakhs GTD APT#38 5-Max Hyper for ₹91,560 – his first APT Online title. The LEGEND #51 winner Sanchit ‘Czar’ Pande, fell one place short of the finish line, collecting ₹68,820.

Bashir Ahmed Bhat’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹20.08 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.37 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #4

Sanchit Pande raked in a cool ₹1.12 Lakhs from three ITM finishes (including two FT scores), which include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s APT#38 5-Max Hyper for ₹68,820

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #95 for ₹32,200

> 21st in PokerBaazi’s APT#42 6-Max Turbo for ₹10,545

Sanchit Pande’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.25 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹33.78 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3

The 4 PM APT#38 5-Max Hyper clocked 707 entries, overlaying ₹99,000. The top 65 finishers crossed the money line.

Final Table Results

1. Bashir ‘babloo321’ Ahmed Bhat – ₹91,560
2. Sanchit ‘Czar’ Pande – ₹68,820
3. Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba – ₹49,800
4. Clinton ‘clintontavares’ Tavares – ₹37,860
5. Saviashi – ₹26,400

APT#39 – ₹5 Lakhs GTD (KO)

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 263

Re-entries – 211

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 89

Venkat ‘iamwinner22’ Vishwanath ran past the 474-player field in PokerBaazi`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD APT#39 to collect ₹84,800 (₹11,000 in bounties). ‘aryaknight came second for ₹59,500 (₹4,500 in bounties).

Venkat Vishwanath’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹51.78 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹9.54 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5

Thursday’s APT#33 Monsterstack winner place finisher, Sylvester ‘Bonty7510’ Vankar, thrashed out two deep finishes, adding ₹54,782 to his online scorecard.

His Friday finishes include:

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s APT#39 for ₹33,550

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s SPRINT for ₹21,232

Sylvester Vankar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹22.44 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.83 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #10

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Venkat ‘iamwinner22’ Vishwanath – ₹84,800
2. aryaknight – ₹59,500
3. Vivek ‘Vivek769’ Rawat – ₹46,500
4. Sylvester ‘Bonty7510’ Vankar – ₹33,550
5. bhrahma – ₹24,450
6. Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi – ₹18,600
7. Habz420 – ₹13,600
8. Prince ‘NaNki’ Singh – ₹12,800

‘Sud4449’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT for ₹49,200), Abhishek ‘chipndchair’ Sonu (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹45,450), ‘saahil11’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹37,020), ‘ajy1234’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-6 BOOST for ₹33,490), Vivek ‘Vivek769’ Rawat (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹33,170), ‘Wizzy’ (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 Boost Monster for ₹26,190), ‘Venom1010’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹22,280), and Shivakumar ‘daddyaddy’ Dubey (Won ₹50K GTD (5-Max) Daily for ₹4,210) won the other Pokerbaazi marquees!

Pocket52

Pocket Queens – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,500

Entries – 168

Re-entries – 95

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 38

Pocket52 network user ‘4betbluff’ wreaked havoc in a 263-entry field in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Queens, winning the Friday headliner for a handsome ₹92,500. ‘broosky_11647252’ came second for ₹65,000.

Final Table Results

1. 4betbluff – ₹92,500
2. broosky_11647252 – ₹65,000
3. ADGameing – ₹45,000
4. Ego143 – ₹35,000
5. Pan8145 – ₹25,000
6. FishyPlayer – ₹20,000

‘user1654705244’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket knights for ₹46,000), Niteen ‘niteenplus’ Raj (Won ₹1.50 Lakh GTD Pocket Lunch for ₹33,000), ‘sandy4719_A4Oa8y9aOb’ (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD Pocket Soda for ₹22,000), ‘Subhajit11’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹16,500), and ‘bajrangg_EtboQAhMYb’ (Won ₹60K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹13,800) won the other Pocket52 marquees.

PokerDangal

Friday Fun – ₹1 Lakh GTD

Buy-in – ₹660

Entries – 104

Rebuys – 58

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 26

Abhay ‘AbhayGupt’ Gupta outlasted the competition in PokerDangal’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Friday Fun, taking home the top prize worth ₹21,651. ‘Karthick’ finished runner-up for ₹16,305.

Final Table Results

1. Abhay ‘AbhayGupt’ Gupta – ₹21,651
2. Karthick – ₹16,305
3. Anshu ‘nope11’ Pandey – ₹12,296
4. Luizz91 – ₹9,088
5. kuttyma – ₹6,950
6. Pankajkumnon – ₹5,346

PokerStars India

The Big Bash PKO 6-Max – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 122

Re-entries – 125

Total Prize Pool – ₹12,35,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹6,17,500

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹6,17,500

Places Paid – 31

Manish ‘theoldestkid’ Lakhotia has been slaughtering the online MTTs since November. The #2 ranked player of 2021 made another grand showing yesterday, taming a guarantee-surpassing 247-player field in PokerStars India’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Big Bash PKO 6-Max to win ₹2.53 Lakhs (₹1.49 Lakhs in bounties), picking up his sixth flagship title in two months (his second this month). The user ‘devfav4’ finished runner-up for ₹1.49 Lakhs (₹44,648 in bounties).

Lakhotia also made Day 2 in the Spartan Poker’s Legend – Main Event through Day 1E yesterday. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.66 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.46 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #18 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.88 Crores | Ranked #14 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

The first PokerGuru Challenge winner, Shailesh ‘ArithemeticMean’ Kumar Patel, has been doing tremendously well, with a series of remarkable runs off late and yesterday was no different. The 25-year-old took down Adda52’s ₹4 Lakhs GTD Friday Bounty for the second time in a month for ₹99,981 (₹32,579 in bounties) and came third in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash PKO (₹86,194), adding over ₹1.86 Lakhs to his poker bankroll.

Shailesh Patel’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹16.45 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.10 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #6

Shashank ‘Goldfish097’ Shekhar had another seven-figure winning day (his fourth time doing so), scoring ₹10.47 Lakhs on the back of top finishes in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #99 Friday Magnate (1st for ₹9.58 Lakhs) and PokerStars India’s The Big Bash PKO (4th for ₹89,259).

Shashank Shekhar`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.69 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.42 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #6 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.84 Crores

The two-time The Millionaire champion Rishab ‘NoChan(3’ Malik posted five deep runs (including three FT finishes), collectively adding ₹2.62 Lakhs.

His Friday finishes include:

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #97 Friday Showdown for ₹94,308

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s APT#41 Freezeout for ₹75,816

> 5th in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash PKO for ₹67,998

> 32nd in Adda52’s Moneymaker Malik for ₹17,609

> 76th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #98 Multi Entry for ₹6,050

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s Legend Main Event

Rishab Malik’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.51 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.74 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #12 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.16 Crores

The ₹5,500 entry buy-in The Big Bash PKO registered a guarantee-crushing ₹12.35 Lakhs in the prize pool and paid out 31 places.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Manish ‘theoldestkid’ Lakhotia – ₹2,53,341
2. devfav4 – ₹1,49,122
3. Shailesh ‘ArithemeticMean’ Kumar Patel – ₹86,194
4. Shashank ‘Goldfish097’ Shekhar – ₹89,259
5. Rishab ‘NoChan(3’ Malik – ₹67,998
6. Samay ‘LIM!TLE$$’ Singh Modi – ₹36,306
7. Tapan ‘tweedu_taps’ Mansotra – ₹27,210
8. Pavankiran ‘Rootahua Macchi’ Bellamkonda – ₹31,412
9. jjmaliakal – ₹37,538

Yash ‘hasyY@$#116’ Shrivastava (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Uppercut for ₹44,197), ‘bina111984’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹24,713), ‘screenname113’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline 6-Max for ₹12,048), and ‘abhikhan89’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹10,857) won the other PokerStars India marquees.

Adda52

Moneymaker Malik – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹7,700

Entries – 216

Re-entries – 171

Prize Pool – ₹27,09,016

Places Paid – 43

The #BB5 MoneyMaker champion Wilson ‘kaling’ Yomso is on a roll. Two days after his smashing victory run in LEGEND #84 Wednesday Showdown, the 40-year-old poker reg from Arunachal Pradesh nailed Adda52’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Moneymaker Malik (named after the former DOPT Main Event winner Gagandeep Malik) last night for ₹6.72 Lakhs, reeling in his second-best score on the site and third flagship title in seven days. The #13 ranked player of the year, Arun ‘runyrules’ Sriram, collected ₹4.06 Lakhs in second place.

Wilson Yomso’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.46 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹46.66 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #7 | Annual Winnings: ₹89.79 Lakhs

The two-time Adda52 Big Game champion, Arun Sriram, notched up a hefty ₹4.49 Lakhs from three deep runs, hitting ₹5 Crores milestone in lifetime winnings.

His Friday finishes include:

> 2nd in Adda52’s Moneymaker Malik for ₹4,06,350

> 76th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #98 Multi Entry for ₹36,863

> 20th in PokerBaazi’s APT#41 Freezeout for ₹5,962

Arun Sriram’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.71 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #14 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.94 Crores | Ranked #13 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Final Table Results

1. Wilson ‘kaling’ Yomso – ₹6,71,832
2. Arun ‘runyrules’ Sriram – ₹4,06,350
3. Jagat ‘jk307’ Bhandari – ₹2,84,445
4. G ‘mohan1969’ Mohan – ₹2,16,720
5. Siddhanth ‘Sidstack’ Kripalani – ₹1,40,868
6. Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi – ₹94,815

₹1 Crore GTD Patni Millionaire – Day 1E

Day 1E: Buy-in – ₹4,400 | Entries – 148 | Re-entries – 67 | Survivors – 22 | Chip Leader – Navaneesha ‘np406’ P (441,230)

Combined: Entries: 724 | Re-entries: 417 | Survivors: 125 | Overall Chip Leader: Navaneesha ‘np406’ P (441,230)

Shailesh ‘MrShailesh’ Kumar Patel (Won ₹4 Lakhs GTD Friday Bounty for ₹99,981), ‘badriponting’ (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹33,360), Ramakrishna ‘KAdiamonds’ Sagi (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹27,977), ‘barney’ (Won ₹40K GTD Morning Adda for ₹13,041), Noel ‘noelpais’ Pais (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹12,312), and Saheb ‘Cyborg007’ Bhowmick (Won ₹50K GTD Evening Adda for ₹10,020) won the other Adda52 marquees.

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