Daily Majors: Dhruvin Kothari, Aayush Arya, Gopal Bajaj & Laksh Pal Singh Make the Thursday Headlines

India’s biggest online poker festival is BACK! Thursday marked the onset of the 18-day-long run of the ₹43+ Crores GTD 14th edition of the IOPC on Spartan Poker (and other partner sites), and eight players bagged IOPC titles. Given the opening day`s guarantee-crushing turnouts, we might have another record-breaking series on our hands. Running alongside were three PokerBaazi Classics tournaments.

Most of the day’s biggest guaranteed tournaments came from the IOPC stable, and Spartan Poker reg Kiran Ainala won the top draw, IOPC #5 Thursday Prime, for a site-best ₹7.62 Lakhs. A heads-up deal saw last week`s (7-Max) SPRINT champion Parag Shah banking a career-best ₹6.48 Lakhs in second place (won ₹6.81 Lakhs overall), storming to #2 in the ₹1.50 Crores IOPC leaderboard standings.

The 37-year-old CA from Bhavnagar, Dhruvin Kothari, a former IOPC Millionaire Legends and Super High Roller winner, championed Spartan Poker’s IOPC #6 Thursday High for ₹8.75 Lakhs, bagging away IOPC title #5 and the #5 position on the IOPC Leaderboard. He chopped the title three-way with ‘KAKAROT98$’ (2nd for ₹7.12 Lakhs), and the #2 ranked player in the 2023 POY race Himanshu Arora (3rd for ₹5.40 Lakhs).

Upcoming poker pro Gopal Bajaj nailed Spartan Poker’s IOPC #7 Thursday Spotlight for ₹3.67 Lakhs, picking up his 10th career IOPC title. He chopped the 9:30 PM IOPC marquee heads-up with Kovid Saraswat (2nd for ₹3.43 Lakhs).

The current IOPC leaderboard topper Siddharth Sudhir (Won IOPC #1 Launch Party for a career-best ₹2.73 Lakhs), Young Gun Ujjwal Narwal (Won IOPC #4 Monster Stack for ₹2.15 Lakhs), Snehil Aggarwal (Won IOPC #2 for ₹2.09 Lakhs), Vikas Yadav (Won IOPC #8 All Rounder Deepstack for a site-best ₹2.04 Lakhs) and Abhishek Sonu (Won IOPC #3 for ₹1.06 Lakhs) won the other IOPC titles on Thursday.

Last week`s Deepstack Turbo (IOPC FT) champion Kashish Gupta shipped PokerBaazi’s PBC#12 Summit for ₹6.19 Lakhs. WSOP bracelet winner Abhinav Iyer scored a runner-up payday of ₹4.11 Lakhs (won ₹4.36 Lakhs overall).

Siddharth Gangwar won the other PokerBaazi Classics fixture, PBC#11 Holdem Boost, for ₹1.38 Lakhs.

Young Gun Aayush Arya took down Adda52’s Godfather for ₹6.12 Lakhs (won ₹6.87 Lakhs overall) after besting the IOPC July 2021 The Crown champion, Vaibhav Temani (2nd for ₹3.62 Lakhs) heads-up.

Top pro Laksh Pal Singh finally scored his first title win of 2023 last night in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max], which he took down for ₹2.45 Lakhs (won ₹3.26 Lakhs overall). Anmolraj Singh Chawla (2nd for ₹2.45 Lakhs) and Tanmay Benara (3rd for ₹2.21 Lakhs) made away with hefty prizes on the podium, courtesy of a three-way deal.

Young Gun Karan Radia, Shubham Agarwal, Piyush Jain, Rising Star Aman Parakh, Abinav Menon, Dishani Vijay, Hrithik Singh, Piyush Nanda, and Sarvesh Sharma won the other Thursday marquees.

Here are the Thursday highlights!

Spartan Poker

IOPC #5 Thursday Prime – ₹45 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 424

Re-entries – 155

Rebuys – 324

Prize Pool – ₹45,15,000

Places Paid – 79

One of the big success stories on Day 1 of IOPC January 2023 was Kiran ‘Yuki2417’ Ainala. The Spartan Poker reg topped a competitive 903-entry field (424 unique) in the day`s biggest guaranteed event, ₹45 Lakhs GTD IOPC #5 Thursday Prime, for a site-best ₹7.62 Lakhs (his first ITM finish on the site in over two weeks).

Kiran Ainala’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹42.24 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹6.05 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Ainala chopped the title with last week`s (7-Max) SPRINT champion Parag ‘Persie’ Shah (2nd for a career-best ₹6.48 lakhs), who has been chasing an IOPC title for almost three years.

Shah came prepared for a busy grind yesterday, for he pulled in deep runs in three other IOPC marquees for a total take-home worth ₹6.81 Lakhs (his best single-day score), storming to #2 in the ₹1.50 Crores IOPC leaderboard standings with 1,528 points.

Parag Shah’s online stats (PokerBaazi and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.65 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹15.69 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | Ranked #2 in the IOPC January 2023 Leaderboard Standings

The #4 ranked player of 2022, Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover (4th for ₹3.03 Lakhs), Vinay ‘vinay0902’ Rajpal (5th for ₹2.38 Lakhs), WSOP bracelet winner Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved (6th for ₹1.87 Lakhs), Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve (7th for ₹1.40 Lakhs), and Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarty (8th for ₹96,621) made for a fiercely competitive FT line-up in the IOPC #5 Thursday Prime.

The top 79 finishers earned a share of the ₹45.15 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Kiran ‘Yuki2417’ Ainala – ₹7,61,607*
2. Parag ‘Persie’ Shah – ₹6,48,427*
3. Blinddaddy – ₹3,89,193
4. Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover – ₹3,03,408
5. Vinay ‘vinay0902’ Rajpal – ₹2,37,941
6. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹1,86,921
7. Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve – ₹1,39,514
8. Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarty – ₹96,621

*denotes a heads-up deal

IOPC #6 Thursday High (6-Max) – ₹35 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹22,000

Entries – 105

Re-entries – 27

Rebuys – 68

Prize Pool – ₹40,00,000

Places Paid – 17

Shining through on the opening day of the richest-ever ₹43+ Crores GTD IOPC January 2023 was the four-time IOPC title holder Dhruvin ‘thepokerplayer’ Kothari.

The 37-year-old CA from Bhavnagar, who happens to be a former IOPC Millionaire Legends and Super High Roller champion, towered over the 200-entry field (105 unique) in the Spartan Poker’s ₹35 Lakhs GTD IOPC #6 Thursday High to win ₹8.75 Lakhs (his first title in over seven months), bagging away IOPC title #5 and the #5 position on the ₹1.50 Crores IOPC leaderboard.

Dhruvin Kothari’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹2.25 Crores | Site Profits: ₹98.47 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | IOPC Titles Won: #5 | Ranked #5 in the IOPC JAN 2023 Leaderboard Standings

Kothari chopped the title three-way with ‘KAKAROT98$’ (2nd for ₹7.12 Lakhs) and the #2 ranked player in the 2023 POY race Himanshu ‘WhatIffGawd’ Arora (3rd for ₹5.40 Lakhs).

The ₹22,000 entry buy-in IOPC #6 Thursday High paid out 17 players a share from the massive ₹40 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Dhruvin ‘thepokerplayer’ Kothari – ₹8,75,216*
2. KAKAROT98$ – ₹7,12,825*
3. Himanshu ‘WhatIffGawd’ Arora – ₹5,40,359*
4. Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar – ₹3,66,000
5. Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi – ₹2,95,200
6. Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh – ₹2,32,800

*denotes a three-way deal

IOPC #7 Thursday Spotlight – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 381

Re-entries – 105

Re-buys – 266

Prize Pool – ₹22,56,000

Places Paid – 71

Gopal ‘Mamacita’ Bajaj has been preparing for a good run in the 14th edition of the IOPC and recently tweeted, “IOPC starts and super crazy action for next two weeks. Stay strong, calm & mentally healthy!”

Well, the upcoming poker superstar couldn’t have asked for a better start in India’s biggest poker festival, for he stormed past a 752-entry field (381 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD IOPC #7 Thursday Spotlight last night, picking up his 10th career IOPC title and ₹3.67 Lakhs in first-place prize money (his best score of 2023 yet). He chopped the 9:30 PM IOPC marquee heads-up with Kovid ‘Fzzfzz’ Saraswat (2nd for ₹3.43 Lakhs).

Looking to give the IOPCleaderboard a shot, Bajaj cashed in IOPC #4 Monster Stack (23rd for ₹7,235) and made Day 2 in IOPC – D’Lite (through Day 1B), adding ₹3.74 Lakhs overall.

Gopal Bajaj`s online stats (Spartan Poker and PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.26 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.15 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | IOPC Titles Won: #10

Top pro Vinay ‘vinay0902’ Rajpal FT-ed two IOPC marquees, collectively adding ₹3.21 Lakhs from five deep runs, crossing ₹1 Crore in tracked online profits.

His top Thursday finishes include:

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #5 Thursday Prime for ₹2,37,941

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #7 Thursday Spotlight for ₹49,858

> 11th in PokerBaazi’s (7-MAX) SPRINT for ₹24,316

> 25th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #4 Monster Stack for ₹5,457

> 55th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #3 for ₹3,060

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s IOPC – Blaze (through Day 1A)

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s IOPC – D’Lite (through Day 1A & 1B)

Vinay Rajpal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.31 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹21.22 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

The 9:30 PM IOPC marquee collected ₹22.56 Lakhs in the prize pool and paid out 71 places.

Final Table Results

1. Gopal ‘Mamacita’ Bajaj – ₹3,66,725*
2. Kovid ‘Fzzfzz’ Saraswat – ₹3,43,012*
3. Deepak ‘Optimist’ Singh – ₹1,96,498
4. Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood – ₹1,54,762
5. Amit ‘Penguin071’ Gaikwad – ₹1,21,598
6. Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta – ₹94,978
7. anantrocks – ₹71,515
8. Vinay ‘vinay0902’ Rajpal – ₹49,858

*denotes a heads-up deal

IOPC #1 Launch Party – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 2,278

Re-entries – 941

Rebuys – 1,135

Prize Pool – ₹21,77,000

Places Paid – 415

The 14th edition of India’s richest online poker festival, the ₹43+ Crores GTD IOPC, got off to a blistering start with the series-opener ₹20 Lakhs GTD IOPC #1 Launch Party clocking 4,354 entries (2,278 unique), generating a juicy ₹21.77 Lakhs prize pool.

Siddharth ‘Haywire910’ Sudhir traversed the vast player field to grab the first title of the series (also his maiden IOPC title) for a career-best ₹2.73 Lakhs, ending a two-month-long dry spell. A heads-up deal saw ‘jaybholay’ netting ₹2.69 Lakhs in second place.

Siddharth Sudhir Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹6.35 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.84 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | Ranked #1 in the IOPC January 2023 Leaderboard Standings

Randeep ‘SUDDEN’ Lather accumulated ₹1.78 Lakhs from three ITM finishes, which include:

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #1 Launch Party for ₹97,041

> 12th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #6 Thursday High for ₹72,000

> 62nd in IOPC #7 Thursday Spotlight for ₹8,573

The Player Hunt Season 2 champion, Samay ‘Limitless’ Singh Modi, locked in ₹66,130 from three deep runs, which include:

> 6th for Spartan Poker’s IOPC #1 Launch Party for ₹58,779

> 58th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #2 for ₹4,779

> 117th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #4 Monster Stack for ₹2,572

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s IOPC Blaze

> Made Day 2 in PokerBaazi’s PBC#16 Game Changer

Final Table Results

1. Siddharth ‘Haywire910’ Sudhir – ₹2,73,383*
2. jaybholay – ₹2,68,821*
3. jatsharkar – ₹1,23,893
4. Randeep ‘SUDDEN’ Lather – ₹97,290
5. p@tience7744 – ₹75,760
6. Samay ‘Limitless’ Singh Modi – ₹58,779
7. Gopal ‘pokkersstar’ Kumar Jha – ₹43,757
8. Raidotnet – ₹33,917

*denotes heads-up deal

IOPC #8 All Rounder Deepstack – ₹11 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 486

Re-entries – 110

Rebuys – 257

Prize Pool – ₹12,79,500

Places Paid – 87

Vikas ‘Grabaka_Hitman’ Yadav overcame an 853-entry field (486 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹11 Lakhs GTD IOPC #8 All Rounder Deepstack, winning the late-night IOPC marquee for a site-best ₹2.04 Lakhs, busting an almost nine-week-long title drought.

The former AOPS Mega Suits champion, Yadav, won his maiden IOPC title (his first title of 2023) after striking a heads-up deal with ‘JIMMY BOY’ (2nd for ₹1.93 Lakhs), booking the first of 12 seats on the ₹6 Lakhs GTD IOPC #137 All Rounder SnG (February 5 at 9 PM).

Vikas Yadav’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.36 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹49.07 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | IOPC Titles Won: #1

Last Sunday’s (7-Max) BSS Championship winner, Navaneesha ‘np406’ P, added ₹1.13 Lakhs to his online tally through five ITM finishes (and one bounty), which include:

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #8 All Rounder Deepstack for ₹84,447

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹19,942

> 12th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for ₹3,465

> 39th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹2,256

> 95th in PokerBaazi’s PBC#11 Holdem Boost for ₹2,500

Navaneesha P’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.47 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹52.77 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Final Table Results

1. Vikas ‘Grabaka_Hitman’ Yadav – ₹2,04,207*
2. JIMMY BOY – ₹1,93,334*
3. Devilis007 – ₹1,09,141
4. Navaneesha ‘np406’ P – ₹84,447
5. Suraj ‘MR.BEAST’ N Yadav – ₹66,534
6. High Stack – ₹52,076
7. HERMES888 – ₹38,513
8. BackdoorBangkok – ₹26,485

*denotes a heads-up deal

IOPC #2 – ₹11 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 424

Re-entries – 118

Re-buys – 319

Prize Pool – ₹12,91,500

Places Paid – 79

A former IOPC title holder, Snehil ‘snehil99’ Aggarwal (opted out of tracking) made it to the top of an 861-player field in Spartan Poker’s ₹11 Lakhs GTD IOPC #2 to collect ₹2.09 Lakhs (at least his second IOPC title). He chopped the 3 PM tourney heads-up with Michael ‘folditnoob’ Keishing (2nd for ₹1.95 Lakhs).

Michael Keishing reeled in ₹1.96 Lakhs in Thursday winnings across two deep runs, which include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #2 for ₹1,94,831 (heads-up deal)

> 374th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #1 Launch Party for 1,253

Michael Keishing`s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹30.57 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹3.33 Lakhs

Ashish ‘notoriouskonvict1’ Nailwal (4th for ₹86,789), Sunday`s BSS Value Boost champion Natansh ‘NepotismkiMKB’ Basandra (6th for ₹53,468), last Friday`s (7-Max) SPRINT winner Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal (7th for ₹39,907) and the #1 ranked player in the POY race, Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta (8th for ₹27,638) also FT-ed the ₹11 Lakhs GTD IOPC #2.

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in IOPC #2 had 861 hopefuls vying for a share of the ₹12.91 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 79 places made the payouts list.

Final Table Results

1. Snehil ‘snehil99’ Aggarwal – ₹2,08,503*
2. Michael ‘folditnoob’ Keishing – ₹1,94,831*
3. GrGambler – ₹1,11,327
4. Ashish ‘notoriouskonvict1’ Nailwal – ₹86,789
5. limitless147 – ₹68,062
6. Natansh ‘NepotismkiMKB’ Basandra – ₹53,468
7. Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal – ₹39,907
8. Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta – ₹27,638

*denotes a heads-up deal

IOPC #4 Monster Stack – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 643

Re-entries – 173

Rebuys – 454

Prize Pool – ₹11,43,000

Places Paid – 119

Young Gun Ujjwal ‘$hitreg’ Narwal flagged off his IOPC crusade in style by taking down Spartan Poker’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD IOPC #4 Monster Stack on the opening day of the record-breaking series. He outwitted the 1,270-entry field (643 unique) in the 7:30 PM tourney, reeling in the lion’s share of the ₹11.43 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹2.15 Lakhs and his third title this year.

The Beast Mode Poker co-founder, Narwal, must have other scores on Day 1 of the 14th IOPC series, for he sits at #9 on the IOPC January 2023 leaderboard with 1,336 points.

Narwal`s fellow Beasts Mode Poker co-founder and the 2022 POY, Young Gun Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav, came excruciatingly close to winning his sixth tournament title of the year but busted one place short, netting a runner-up payday of ₹1.31 Lakhs.

The IOPC July 2021 leaderboard topper, Anuj Yadav, made at least one other deep run in IOPC #8 All Rounder Deepstack (15th for ₹12,539), catapulting straight to #3 on the IOPC January 2023 Leaderboard (1,524 points)!

Final Table Results

1. Ujjwal ‘$hitreg’ Narwal – ₹2,15,341
2. Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹1,30,988
3. Narender9699 – ₹92,583
4. Ace_Ventura – ₹69,723
5. chief57 – ₹54,978
6. Amit ‘en el vacio’ Kaushik – ₹41,262
7. Devil_Fish12 – ₹29,375
8. Mahima ‘mambojojo’ Walia Das – ₹20,345

IOPC #3 – ₹6 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 438

Re-entries – 106

Rebuys – 389

Prize Pool – ₹7,46,400

Places Paid – 79

The mid-stakes title-winning phenom Abhishek ‘letmewinplease’ Sonu won his first-ever IOPC title on Thursday. He struck early by running over a 933-player field in Spartan Poker`s 4:30 PM marquee, ₹6 Lakhs GTD IOPC #3, for ₹1.06 Lakhs (his third title of 2023). He chopped the day-time tourney three-way with ‘Harryputtar24’ (2nd for ₹1.01 Lakhs) and Ajit ‘ace_bob’ Singh Arora (3rd for ₹90,267).

Sonu ITM-ed seven events for a Thursday take-home worth ₹1.94 Lakhs. His top finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #3 for ₹1,06,308

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT ₹39,825

> 19th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #5 Thursday Prime for ₹36,572

Abhishek Sonu’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.03 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹48.73 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Final Table Results

1. Abhishek ‘letmewinplease’ Sonu – ₹1,06,308
2. Harryputtar24 – ₹1,00,866
3. Ajit ‘ace_bob’ Singh Arora – ₹90,267
4. Fishheehun – ₹50,158
5. Live2Bluff – ₹39,335
6. Prakash ‘Robin Van Charsi’ Gupta – ₹30,901
7. Sethuram ‘Setherson8’ Kannan – ₹23,064
8. Buhr ‘C@rnage’ Advirkar – ₹15,973

₹2 Crores GTD IOPC – Blaze – Day 1A

> Day 1A: Entries – 228 | Re-entries – 52 | Rebuys – 126 | Survivors – 48 | Chip Leader – Bhanu ‘MafiaGaming’ Prakash KC (340,558)

₹30 Lakhs GTD IOPC – D’Lite – Day 1A & 1B

> Day 1A: Entries – 366 | Re-entries – 47 | Rebuys – 281 | Survivors – 59 | Chip Leader – Prabhat ‘Hondrick’ Paliya (282,918)

> Day 1B: Entries – 276 | Re-entries – 39 | Rebuys – 198 | Survivors – 40 | Chip Leader – Dipin ‘dk1841’ Tamang (387,559)

> Combined: Entries – 642 | Re-entries – 86 | Rebuys – 479 | Survivors – 99 | Overall Chip Leader – Dipin ‘dk1841’ Tamang (387,559)

IOPC January 2023 Leaderboard Standings After Day 1

The IOPC #1 Launch Party victory has pushed Siddharth Sudhir (2,098 points) into a healthy lead in the ₹1.50 Crores GTD IOPC leaderboard rankings.

The IOPC #5 Thursday Prime runner-up finisher, Parag Shah (1,528 points) made three deep runs in IOPC-branded events yesterday to storm to #2, while the IOPC July 2021 leaderboard topper (and 2022 POY), Young Gun Anuj Yadav (1,524 points) is a close #3 in the standings, earning most points for his runner-up finish in IOPC #4 Monster Stack.

Abinav ‘Borntogamble’ Menon (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹37,740), Hrithik ‘Scavanger1’ Singh (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Holdem PKO for ₹30,556), and ‘TheRahul23’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹8,309) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

PokerBaazi

PBC#12 Summit – ₹35 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹8,250

Entries – 248

Re-entries – 237

Prize Pool – ₹36,38,000

Places Paid – 49

Last week`s Deepstack Turbo (IOPC FT) champion Kashish ‘kashish007’ Gupta (opted out of tracking) hit another home run yesterday by taming a 485-player field in the PokerBaazi Classics headliner, ₹35 Lakhs GTD PBC#12 Summit, for a top prize of ₹6.19 Lakhs.

India`s first solo WSOP bracelet winner, Abhinav ‘griezmann’ Iyer made a commendable runner-up finish in the PBC flagship, netting ₹4.11 Lakhs. He also ran deep in Adda52’s Godfather (12th for ₹25,000), posting ₹4.36 Lakhs in Thursday earnings.

Abhinav Iyer’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.15 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.96 Crores

Haider ‘Haider’ Madraswala accumulated ₹1.66 Lakhs from four deep runs. His top Thursday finishes include:

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s PBC#12 Summit for ₹1,36,043

> 42nd in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹13,750

Haider Madraswala’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.16 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹86.96 Lakhs

Wednesday’s Deepstack Turbo champion and last night`s Godfather finalist, Young Gun Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi, thrashed out ₹2.02 Lakhs in total winnings from five deep runs. His top Thursday finishes include:

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s PBC#12 SUMMIT for ₹1,03,669

> 6th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹87,500

Shardul Parthasarathi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.53 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.65 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Bashir Ahmed ‘babloo321’ Bhat (3rd for ₹3.19 Lakhs), Kumar ‘23offsuits’ Vatsal (5th for ₹2.10 Lakhs), and Chandan ‘darkfish’ Arora (6th for ₹1.72 Lakhs), were others picking up FT scores in the ₹35 Lakhs GTD PBC#12 Summit.

Final Table Results

1. Kashish ‘kashish007’ Gupta – ₹6,19,466
2. Abhinav ‘griezmann’ Iyer – ₹4,11,038
3. Bashir Ahmed ‘babloo321’ Bhat – ₹3,19,373
4. thekid – ₹2,52,806
5. Kumar ‘23offsuits’ Vatsal – ₹2,10,248
6. Chandan ‘darkfish’ Arora – ₹1,71,690
7. Haider ‘Haider’ Madraswala – ₹1,36,043
8. Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi – ₹1,03,669

(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 236

Re-entries – 161

Prize Pool – ₹13,89,000

Places Paid – 49

Last week’s Iron Man champion, Young Gun Karan ‘Apocalypto’ Radia (opted out of tracking) ransacked a 397-entry field in PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT, winning the 9 PM headliner for ₹1.98 Lakhs – his second title of 2023. Pranay ‘5pranay’ Chaudhry pocketed ₹1.96 Lakhs in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

Radia added at least ₹2.17 Lakhs from two deep runs, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,97,810* (heads-up deal)

> 22nd in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹18,750

Last night`s IOPC #6 Thursday High finalist, Young Gun Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma, made away with ₹2.80 Lakhs across six ITM finishes, which include:

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #6 Thursday High for ₹1,78,000

>7th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹51,967

> 29th in PokerBaazi’s PBC#12 Summit for ₹29,100

> 45th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹13,750

Kanchan Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.68 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.37 Crores

The 2022 TLB leaderboard topper Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur (3rd for ₹1.22 Lakhs), two-time The Millionaire champion Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg (5th for ₹80,313), and Onas ‘papatumhare’ Malhotra (6th for ₹65,584) also FT-ed the (7-Max) SPRINT.

Final Table Results

1. Karan ‘Apocalypto’ Radia – ₹1,97,810*
2. Pranay ‘5pranay’ Chaudhry – ₹1,95,835*
3. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹1,21,998
4. Bhelke6611 – ₹96,570
5. Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg – ₹80,313
6. Onas ‘papatumhare’ Malhotra – ₹65,584
7. Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma – ₹51,967

*denotes a heads-up deal

PBC#11 Holdem Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 492

Re-entries – 439

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 155

Online reg Siddharth ‘GangnamGangi’ Gangwar finally got his big break last night when he came out on top of a 931-player field in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD PBC#11 Holdem Boost, winning his first title of 2023 for ₹1.38 Lakhs. Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora posted a runner-up finish worth ₹1.08 Lakhs.

Siddharth Gangwar rounded out ₹1.50 Lakhs in Thursday earnings across three ITM finishes, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s PBC#11 Holdem Boost for ₹1,38,400

> 13th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹8,378

> 76th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #4 Monster Stack for ₹2,972

Siddharth Gangwar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.84 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.51 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | Finished #19 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Ganesh ‘Ganesh24’ Durgade (3rd for ₹81,000), Hemanshu ‘papakancha00’ Tomar (6th for ₹26,500), and Chirag ‘chiragkhanduja’ Khanduja (7th for ₹18,900) also made the 8-max FT in the PBC#11 HOLDEM BOOST.

Final Table Results

1. Siddharth ‘GangnamGangi’ Gangwar – ₹1,38,400
2. Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora – ₹1,08,000
3. Ganesh ‘Ganesh24’ Durgade – ₹81,000
4. pjprateek – ₹55,000
5. Fisherman89 – ₹38,000
6. Hemanshu ‘papakancha00’ Tomar – ₹26,500
7. Chirag ‘chiragkhanduja’ Khanduja – ₹18,900
8. siddhantsyal – ₹14,100

₹2 Crores GTD PBC#13 Game Changer – Qualifier 2

Qualifier 2: Entries – 646 | Re-entries – 227 | Survivors – 94 | Chip Leader – ‘poker_lord’ (532,000)

Combined Entries – 941 | Combined Re-entries – 394 | Combined Survivors – 153 | Overall Chip Leader – Avish ‘Thehorse7’ Sharma (571,000)

Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹91,210), ‘swaggstar234’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹49,010), Rising Star Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT for ₹46,760), ‘Tiltsingh’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 BOOST for ₹42,530), ‘Kirti88’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹42,392), Dishani ‘Dishvish’ Vijay (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD SPRINT for ₹31,126), and ‘sumitghai’ (Won ₹50K GTD Daily for ₹6,325) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

MPL Poker

Thursday Showdown – ₹1 Lakh GTD

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 412

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 100

MPL Pokers’ ₹1 Lakh GTD Thursday Showdown had 412 entrants in the fray, and the top 100 finishers dug into the six-figure prize pool. ‘funbower8154984’ bagged the top honors and ₹20,600 in prize money, while ‘chesspro3274421’ finished runner-up for ₹11,845.

Final Table Results

1. funbower8154984 – ₹20,600
2. chesspro3274421 – ₹11,845
3. akshaygurap – ₹6,386
4. kailram12345667 – ₹5,150
5. princeyaar9 – ₹4,120
6. maruthu68 – ₹3,090
7. dealsace380157 – ₹2,575
8. divu6414 – ₹2,163

Pocket52

Pocket Jacks – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,000

Entries – 131

Re-entries – 104

Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 38

Pocket52’s ₹4 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks registered a 235-player starting field, collecting a profitable ₹4.70 Lakhs in the prize pool. The user ‘Only_Jua’ ran past the field to clinch the title for ₹74,000. ‘Guruji’ scored the runner-up payday of ₹52,000.

Final Table Results

1. Only_Jua – ₹74,000
2. Guruji – ₹52,000
3. Pan8145 – ₹36,000
4. Intervention – ₹28,000
5. MurphDog – ₹20,000
6. HassiAces – ₹16,000

‘Nuso’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹25,938), ‘convincing_wrist1085_22950788’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Soda for ₹16,500), ‘MRJOYANTA2023’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹16,500), and ‘sourav_OQFgjZH7F8’ (Won ₹60K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹13,200) won the other Pocket52 marquees on Tuesday.

PokerStars India

The Colosseum [6-Max] – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 79

Re-entries – 67

Prize Pool – ₹14,60,000

Places Paid – 19

After seven final table finishes in the first 18 days of the year, Laksh ‘B00MTilt23’ Pal Singh finally scored the title victory on Thursday. One of the top MTT crushers in the country, Singh lapped up an impressive ₹3.26 Lakhs last night across six deep runs.

The IOPC January 2021 The Crown champion, Singh, most notably outlasted a 146-player field in PokerStars India’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Colosseum [6-Max] to win ₹2.45 Lakhs, striking a three-way deal with Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla (2nd for ₹2.45 Lakhs), and Tanmay ‘tanmay1909’ Benara (3rd for ₹2.21 Lakhs).

Laksh Pal Singh’s Thursday winnings include:

> 1st in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹2,44,755

> 43rd in PokerBaazi’s PBC#12 SUMMIT for ₹25,463

> 31st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #5 Thursday Prime for ₹23,930

> 30th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹16,250

> 46th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #7 Thursday Spotlight for ₹9,701

> 22nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹6,490

Laksh Pal Singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.98 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.15 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | Finished #20 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

The Colosseum third-place finisher, Tanmay Benara, made away with almost ₹3.61 Lakhs last night as he also placed 77th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #5 Thursday Prime for ₹15,351. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.13 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.39 Crores

Another well-known reg, Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar, accumulated ₹1.92 Lakhs from four deep runs, which include:

> 4th in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum for ₹1,28,937

> 8th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹56,250

> 59th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #2 for ₹4,779

> 97th in PokerBaazi’s PBC#11 Holdem Boost for ₹2,500

> Made Day 2 of Spartan Poker’s IOPC D’Lite

The ₹11,000 entry buy-in tourney obliterated its listed guarantee by ₹2.60 Lakhs on the back of a 146-player starting field. The top 19 places got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Laksh ‘B00MTilt23’ Pal Singh – ₹2,44,755*
2. Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla – ₹2,45,407*
3. Tanmay ‘tanmay1909’ Benara – ₹2,20,583*
4. Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar – ₹1,28,937
5. Sanat ‘durrsanta’ Mehrotra – ₹96,455
6. allezjuju – ₹72,156
7. Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj – ₹58,935

*denotes a three-way deal

Piyush ‘jacks_apart’ Jain (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹51,828), Piyush ‘noname3006’ Nanda (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹26,361), and ‘love gurjar’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹9,916) won the other PokerStars India marquees.

Adda52

Godfather – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 241

Re-entries – 223

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 49

Young Gun Aayush ‘aayusharya’ Arya finished #9 in the 2022 POY race and could easily sneak into the top ten rankings again this year. The software engineer-turned-poker-pro drove up the action on Adda52 yesterday by taking down a 464-player field in the site’s Thursday flagship, ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather, for ₹6.13 Lakhs (his first time winning the event)!

The 25-year-old Arya accumulated almost ₹6.87 Lakhs across his Thursday night run and made Day 2 in two multi-flight marquees.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹6,12,500

> 11th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #5 Thursday Prime for ₹62,759

> 35th in SpartanPoker’s IOPC #7 Thursday Spotlight for ₹11,280

> Made Day 2 in PokerBaazi’s PBC#13 Game Changer

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s IOPC Blaze

Aayush Arya’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.25 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.70 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | Finished #9 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

The former IOPC The Crown champion, Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani, pocketed ₹3.76 Lakhs through three ITM finishes, with his deepest run coming in the Godfather (2nd for ₹3.63 Lakhs).

Vaibhav Temani`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.94 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹72.51 Lakhs

The ₹5,500 entry buy-in flagship ended up filling ₹1.80 Lakhs in overlays, and the top 49 runners crossed the money line.

Final Table Results

1. Aayush ‘aayusharya’ Arya – ₹6,12,500
2. Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani – ₹3,62,500
3. Samimeel – ₹2,50,000
4. newkidpoker – ₹1,87,500
5. FloatingMonkey – ₹1,25,000
6. Shardul ‘vamos96’ Parthasarathi – ₹87,500
7. Samyak ‘stonedurr’ Sethi – ₹68,750
8. Armaan ‘tandavam’ Kochhar – ₹56,250

‘Inzexet’ (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo for ₹1.39 Lakhs), ‘JimCorbet’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹31,209), ‘maddy712’ (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹11,534), Sarvesh ‘playhereforsure13’ Sharma (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹11,460), ‘lalitlaw’ (Won ₹30K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹10,270), and ‘narayanpn’ (Won ₹40K GTD Morning Adda for ₹8,915) won the other Adda52 marquees.

Khelo365

Khelo365 user ‘Weather65’ won the ₹30K GTD Hitman PLO title for ₹11,100, just as site regular ‘nishantdreams’ fell out in second place for ₹7,500.

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