Daily Majors: Gaurav Sood, Wilson Yomso, Shravan Chhabria & Allen Romeo Nailed the Friday Marquees

With just a few hours left for the year to end, there was quite an uptick in online traffic as most of the Friday marquees comfortably surpassed their guarantees. There’s a lot of exciting action waiting for MTT lovers in the new year, starting with PokerBaazi’s ₹5+ Crores GTD 1000X Series 2.0 (January 1-8), followed by Spartan Poker’s India Online Poker Championship (IOPC) 14.0 (January 19 to February 5). MPL Poker is also offering ₹7 Crores in prizes across a well-rounded palate of MTTs, leaderboard-based sprints, real Gold, Freerolls, and more throughout January!

Coming back to online action that played out last night, Young Gun Gaurav Sood was back in the spotlight. The two-time POY leaderboard topper took down Spartan Poker’s The Elite for a second time taking home a winner’s paycheque worth ₹6 Lakhs (won ₹6.23 Lakhs overall).

Mohit Kumar Singh was among the standout performers last night as he championed both the Adda52 Friday flagships, the Ferris Wheel (for ₹4.19 Lakhs) and Bumper Car (for ₹68,625), while also FT-ing the Bounty Adda (6th for ₹2,593), lapping up ₹4.90 Lakhs in total winnings.

The #BB5 MoneyMaker champion Wilson Yomso clinched his fourth title of December in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller, banking ₹4.05 Lakhs up top. Prolific multi-scorer Abhishek Sonu secured the runner-up spot for ₹2.91 Lakhs (won ₹2.95 Lakhs overall).

Seasoned pro Shravan Chhabria was the last player standing in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash PKO, netting ₹2.24 Lakhs in top prize. Utkarsh Somaaieyaa converted a ₹880 buy-in satellite to a runner-up payout worth ₹1.41 Lakhs.

Allen Romeo championed PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for a third time this month, pocketing ₹2.12 Lakhs for his outright victory. Bharat Vasan finished runner-up for ₹1.40 Lakhs.

Shashank Mehrotra, Amarjeet Singh, Vijaya Bhaskara Rao, Prithvi Singh, Yuvraj Bhardwaj, Anudeep Gupta, Pankaj Nanda, and Nachiket Jha shipped the other Friday marquees.

Here are the Friday highlights!

Spartan Poker

The Elite (6-Max) – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 130

Re-entries – 65

Rebuys – 76

Prize Pool – ₹27,10,000

Places Paid – 27

On the penultimate day of 2022, Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood, closed out his nearly eight-week-long title dry spell, taking down Spartan Poker’s 9:30 PM flagship, the ₹25 Lakhs GTD The Elite (his second time winning the title) for a handsome ₹6 Lakhs payday. ‘TheManiacInTheCircuit’ finished runner-up for ₹4.05 Lakhs

The two-time POY leaderboard topper raked in ₹6.23 Lakhs overall through three deep runs, which include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s The Elite for ₹6,00,265

> 13th in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash for ₹18,722

> 59th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹4,400

Gaurav Sood’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹14.61 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹7.43 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #14 | Annual Winnings: ₹3.47 Crores | Ranked #5 on the 2022 POY Leaderboard | Ranked #4 in Annual Profits

Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta banked ₹2.84 Lakhs in Friday winnings through four ITM finishes, with his deepest run of the night coming in Spartan Poker’s The Elite (3rd for ₹2.73 Lakhs). His online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.99 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.35 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #17

Wednesday’s The Pride champion, Aditya ‘SuperuSer’ Sushant, lapped up ₹2.29 Lakhs on the back of two FT finishes (and one bounty). His Friday finishes include:

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s The Elite for ₹1,81,299

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹41,000

Aditya Sushant’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.21 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.09 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.23 Crores

The two-time Millionaire winner, Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik, pocketed ₹1.49 Lakhs through three ITM finishes, with his biggest Friday score coming in The Elite (6th for ₹1.39 Lakhs). His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.6 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.74 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.27 Crores

The ₹11,000 buy-in headliner logged in 271 entries, posting a guarantee-smashing ₹27.10 Lakhs prize pool. The top 27 players claimed payouts.

Final Table Results

1. Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood – ₹6,00,265
2. TheManiacInTheCircuit – ₹4,05,145
3. Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – ₹2,73,013
4. Rohan ‘conquerorbhaiya’ Kumar – ₹2,27,369
5. Aditya ‘SuperuSer’ Sushant – ₹1,81,299
6. Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik – ₹1,39,294

Futuristic (Multi Entry) – ₹6 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 560 (352)

Rebuys – 311

Prize Pool – ₹6,96,800

Places Paid – 79

Spartan Poker user ‘Kingbadshah’ topped the 871-entry field in the site’s 8 PM marquee, the ₹6 Lakhs GTD Futuristic, taking home career-best ₹1.34 Lakhs up top. ‘kelvinkean3’ came in second for ₹83,895.

Kingbadshah’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹8.95 Lakhs | Titles Won: #5

The ₹880 buy-in tourney collected a ₹6.97 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 79 places were paid.

Final Table Results

1. Kingbadshah – ₹1,33,716
2. kelvinkean3 – ₹83,895
3. Madmoney005 – ₹60,064
4. B@baYaga08 – ₹46,825
5. Relentle$$ – ₹36,721
6. 11_11 – ₹28,848
7. Seaplane – ₹21,531
8. Coinofdiamonds – ₹14,205

Prithvi ‘Blunders whale’ Singh (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹50,325), ‘Cookie’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹37,740), ‘sadakchap’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Dark Knight for ₹28,023), Nachiket ‘KnowsBleed’ Jha (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹20,835), and ‘best1818’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹8,299) won the other titles on Spartan Poker.

PokerBaazi

The Weekly HighRoller – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 99

Re-entries – 73

Prize Pool – ₹17,20,000

Places Paid – 20

The #BB5 MoneyMaker champion Wilson ‘kalingkaling’ Yomso posted his fourth title victory of December last night, overcoming the 172-player field in the ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller (his first time winning the Friday marquee) for ₹4.05 Lakhs. Wednesday’s Master Minds champion Abhishek ‘chipndchair’ Sonu attempted to grab a second title in three days but fell in second place to pocket a ₹2.91 Lakhs payout.

Wilson Yomso’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.61 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹53 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #8 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.04 Crores

Abhishek Sonu cashed another event, making away with ₹2.95 Lakhs in Friday winnings. His Friday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹2,91,024

> 47th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹4,400

Abhishek Sonu’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.97 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹49.97 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #67 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.25 Crores

Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna rounded out ₹2.25 Lakhs across three ITM finishes, which include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹2,20,676

> 10th in PokerStars India’s Uppercut for ₹3,115

Harsh Bubna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.34 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹88.89 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #18 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.21 Crores

The #1 ranked player in the annual TLB (points) standings, Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur added a cool ₹1.65 Lakhs to his bankroll on the back of six ITM finishes, which include:

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹1,14,380

> 2nd in Adda52’s Nighttide DST Adda for ₹22,842

> 17th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹15,531

Rajneesh Thakur’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.36 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹81.48 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #58

Final Table Results

1. Wilson ‘kalingkaling’ Yomso – ₹4,05,060
2. Abhishek ‘chipndchair’ Sonu – ₹2,91,024
3. Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹2,20,676
4. Tarush ‘Busterr’ Gupta – ₹1,52,220
5. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹1,14,380
6. gdgdg – ₹80,840

(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 202

Re-entries – 153

Prize Pool – ₹12,43,000

Places Paid – 49

August’s BTS#19 Mini Main Event winner, Allen ‘romeo333’ Romeo, championed PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for a third time this month, walking away with a cool ₹2.12 Lakhs up top (his fifth-best score on the site). Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan settled for a runner-up payout worth ₹1.40 Lakhs.

Allen Romeo’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹66.83 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹7.12 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #20

The 9 PM marquee gathered 355 entrants, creating a ₹12.43 Lakhs prize pool. The top 49 runners crossed the money line.

Final Table Results

1. Allen ‘romeo333’ Romeo – ₹2,11,598
2. Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan – ₹1,40,403
3. Avish ‘thehorse7’ Sharma – ₹1,09,092
4. Saju3595 – ₹86,354
5. Kunal ‘callmeifyoucan’ Yadav – ₹71,817
6. leninkh – ₹58,646
7. Dinesh ‘htc170209’ Kukreja – ₹46,470

Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in- ₹1,650

Entries – 337

Re-entries – 299

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 113

January’s PBC#1 The MoneyMaker champion, Shashank ‘Broadway17’ Mehrotra, came out trumps over a 636-player field in the site’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost, ending over a month-long title draught, eventually cutting a heads-up deal to grab the title and the top prize of ₹1.29 Lakhs. Kamal ‘bagdadi345’ Joshi collected ₹1.22 Lakhs in second place.

Shashank Mehrotra’s Online stats: Site Winnings: ₹84.75 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹34.66 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #8

Kamal Joshi also sailed into the (7-Max) SPRINT final table where he placed sixth, collecting ₹1.40 Lakhs in cashes. His Friday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹1,22,026

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹17,650

Kamal Joshi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹40.71 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #8

The two-time The MoneyMaker champion Aditya ‘gangajal’ Sushant, finished fifth in the Daily Value Boost for ₹41,000, collecting ₹2.29 Lakhs in winnings across three ITM finishes. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.21 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.09 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.23 Crores

The ₹1,650 buy-in event filled in ₹46,000 in overlay shortfall, and the top 113 finishers got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Shashank ‘Broadway17’ Mehrotra – ₹1,28,674*
2. Kamal ‘bagdadi345’ Joshi – ₹1,22,026*
3. BigJee – ₹85,000
4. handysam – ₹55,000
5. Aditya ‘gangajal’ Sushant – ₹41,000
6. tanmay1818 – ₹28,400
7. Mukesh ‘Mukeshahuja’ Ahuja – ₹20,600
8. slickksid – ₹16,900

*denotes a heads-up deal

(7-Max) Afternoon Boost – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 133

Re-entries – 119

Prize Pool – ₹5,04,000

Places Paid – 41

Thursday’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost runner-up finisher, Amarjeet ‘superchor89’ Singh, finally got the monkey off his back and scored a thumping victory in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for a ₹97,121 payday.

Amarjeet Singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.74 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹30.47 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #4

Last night’s Ferris Wheeel runner-up finisher, Suraj ‘MR8BEAST’ N Yadav, earned a paycheck of ₹69,199 for another second-place finish. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.39 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #8

The ₹2,200 buy-in MTT managed to break even after clocking in 252 participants, and the top 41 places finished ITM.

Final Table Results

1. Amarjeet ‘superchor89’ Singh – ₹97,121
2. Suraj ‘MR8BEAST’ N Yadav – ₹69,199
3. Habil ‘Habz420’ Jiruwala – ₹49,241
4. Parteek ‘ptk007’ Maheshwari – ₹35,078
5. Superfast07 – ₹24,948
6. BHARATSINGH01 – ₹17,791
7. Aceee11 – ₹14,666

(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 137

Re-entries – 98

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 47

Vijaya ‘q1989’ Bhaskara Rao came out tops over the 235-player field in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT to collect the title and a career-best ₹74,550. ‘ayushrathour’ finished runner-up for ₹56,200.

Rao also ran deep in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost, collecting ₹84,850 last evening. His Friday finishes include:

>1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹74,550

> 13th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹10,300

Vijaya Bhaskara Rao’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹5.41 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2

Final Table Results

1. Vijaya ‘q1989’ Bhaskara Rao – ₹74,550
2. ayushrathour – ₹56,200
3. Yudhishthir Singh ‘Rowdy6’ Rathore – ₹43,850
4. Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani – 33,300
5. Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan – ₹24,750
6. Kamal ‘bagdadi345’ Joshi – ₹17,650
7. unwrittenBric – ₹14,550

‘AffableSatan’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹51,270), ‘Poker4everz’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹39,710), ‘talkless’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 BOOST for ₹40,060), ‘kidddd37’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹45,140), ‘amandeep11’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹31,350), ‘DhimanR’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD SPRINT for ₹28,750), Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹27,880), Anudeep ‘zeroseven’ Gupta (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹26,960) and ‘swAAmi’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 BOOST for ₹21,150) also bagged titles on PokerBaazi.

Pocket52

Pocket Queens – ₹6 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,925

Entries – 152

Re-entries – 89

Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000

Places Paid – 38

User ‘MrBluff7_y0C82JD1Bj’ outran a 241-entry field in the Pocket52’s Friday’s headliner, the ₹6 Lakhs GTD Pocket Queens, taking home the 8 PM marquee title and ₹1.11 Lakhs in first-place prize money! Site user ‘user1646580655’ placed second for ₹78,000.

Final Table Results

1. MrBluff7_y0C82JD1Bj – ₹1,11,000
2. user1646580655 – ₹78,000
3. TheMiracleBoy – ₹54,000
4. Soleiyu – ₹42,000
5. danielnegreanu – ₹30,000
6. bigsourav – ₹24,000

‘squealing_jagadeesan_8091388’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch for ₹31,500), ‘lively_volcanion_6818747’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Soda for ₹17,250), ‘Naranu11’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹16,500) and ‘4betbluff’ (Won ₹60K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹13,200) won the other Pocket52 marquees on Friday.

PokerStars India

The Big Bash PKO – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 105

Re-entries – 102

Regular Prize Pool – ₹5,17,500

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹5,17,500

Total Prize Pool – ₹10,35,000

Places Paid – 27

A day after placing third in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum, Shravan ‘lukBo$$13’ Chhabria nailed the ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Big Bash PKO and took home ₹2.24 Lakhs up top along with his second MTT title of the month.

Shravan Chhabria’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.64 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.89 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #6

Utkarsh ‘Irraiseerr’ Somaaieyaa parlayed a ₹880 buy-in satellite and collected ₹1.41 Lakhs for a second-place finish. online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹80.72 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.56 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #4

The ₹5,500 buy-in MTT clocked in 207 participants to create a guarantee smashing ₹10.35 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 27 places got paid.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Shravan ‘lukBo$$13’ Chhabria – ₹2,23,705
2. Utkarsh ‘Irraiseerr’ Somaaieyaa – ₹1,41,049
3. irhs – ₹85,331
4. Suresh ‘Wabi-$abi’ Kolli – ₹66,326
5. Anand ‘easywithducks’ Babu Pallikona – ₹37,405
6. Anmol ’Kaanchacheena’ Mehta – ₹32,445
7. kudakan – ₹23,803
8. Mrinal ‘-booy@h-‘ Manna – ₹24,448
9. Arman ‘huger_pen’ Khan – ₹13,783

Somesh ‘JackNotMa’ Patel (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Uppercut for ₹48,620), ‘charlatan’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹26,728), ‘snow.hawk5’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO [8-Max] for ₹15,701) and ‘roastedalmond’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline [6-Max] for ₹11,795) won the other titles on PokerStars India.

Adda52

Ferris Wheel – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹6,999

Entries – 129

Re-entries – 111

Prize Pool – ₹15,27,121

Places Paid – 24

March’s The Ballers champion, Mohit ‘Betoo’ Kumar Singh, seems ready to greet 2023 in style, after taking down Adda52’s Friday headlining events on the penultimate day of 2022!

Singh’s scintillating Friday run saw him tame a 240-strong entry field in the site’s, ₹12 Lakhs GTD Ferris Wheel just half an hour after having taken down the site’s ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Bumper Car (1st for ₹67,426). He fired thrice in the guarantee-crushing 8 PM flagship to collect the top honour for ₹4.19 Lakhs.

He hauled in ₹4.90 Lakhs yesterday on the backs of two title victories and an FT finish, which include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Ferris Wheel for ₹4,19,194

> 1st in Adda52’s Bumper Car for ₹68,625

> 6th in Adda52’s Bounty Adda for ₹2,593

Mohit Kumar Singh’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹85.53 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹41.80 Lakhs | No. of Title Wins: #24 | Annual Winnings: ₹64.12 Lakhs

The BBS-37 Main Event finalist Suraj ‘MRvBEAST’ N Yadav was close to bagging his third title of the month after his victory in Tuesday’s Mega Stack. He fired as many as four bullets in the Ferris Wheel before colelcting up the runners-up payout worth ₹2.44 Lakhs.

Yadav also placed second in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost (for ₹69,199), taking home ₹3.14 Lakhs across his Friday grind. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.39 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #8 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.26 Crores

MTT beast Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia ran deep in four events (and one bounty) to bag out ₹1.68 Lakhs in Friday’s winnings. His top finishes include:

> 5th in Adda52’s Ferris Wheel for ₹91,627

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹63,640

> 27th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹9,940

Manish Lakhotia’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.94 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.51 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #19 | Annual Winnings: ₹3.17 Crores

The ₹6,999 buy-ins Ferris Wheel crushed its listed guarantee by a whopping ₹3.27 Lakhs, and the top 24 finishers got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Mohit ‘Betoo’ Kumar Singh – ₹4,19,194
2. Suraj ‘MRvBEAST’ N Yadav – ₹2,44,339
3. vedrishit – ₹1,83,254
4. Samimeel – ₹1,31,332
5. Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia – ₹91,627
6. Meghnaath2105 – ₹64,903
7. Rachit ‘baba_ramdev’ Soni – ₹49,631
8. nk0211 – ₹38,178

Mohit ‘Betoo’ Kumar Singh (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Bumper Car for ₹68,625), ‘siva2’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹30,301), Pankaj ‘Pok3rking’ Nanda (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹24,540) and ‘abhinav_hunk’ (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹12,100) won the other titles on Adda52.

Happy New Year to one and all! We’ll see you on the other side!

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