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Monday brought no respite for the online grinders as Spartan Poker’s IOPC 14.0 laid out a busy schedule of tournaments, awarding seven silver badges. With the PokerBaazi Classics in the books, the MTT action saw the usual marquees returning, and the turnouts were a mixed bag as several headliners registered overlays.
The former The Millionaire champion Gokul Raj was hands down Monday`s top scorer and accumulated a hefty ₹8.60 Lakhs across six ITM finishes. The poker pro most prominently won the day`s star attraction, Spartan Poker’s IOPC #38 Monday Prime, clinching his fifth IOPC title and his first IOPC silver badge along with ₹7.72 Lakhs in first-place prize money. Rishabh Harsh pocketed an online-best ₹4.86 Lakhs as the runner-up.
Mohit Mehta fired up quite the Monday run, shipping two IOPC events that added to an impressive ₹3.55 Lakhs in Monday winnings, bringing his IOPC title count to 10. Mehta captured the IOPC #40 All Rounder Monster Stack for ₹1.87 Lakhs, following a heads-up deal with ‘Boz_Dag’ (2nd for ₹1.80 lakhs). He also went the distance in IOPC #35, where he claimed the top prize of ₹1.69 Lakhs. Vinay Rajpal collected ₹1.07 Lakhs in the second place and cashed all but one IOPC marquee to storm into the lead in the IOPC 14.0 leaderboard rankings.
Sunday’s PBC#22 BSS Megastack winner Siddharth Kadel lapped up ₹3.06 Lakhs from four deep runs. He shipped Spartan Poker’s IOPC #39 Monday Spotlight for his maiden IOPC title and the top prize of ₹2.96 Lakhs, following a three-way deal with Kashish Gupta (2nd for ₹2.50 Lakhs) and ‘RexxarF’ (3rd for ₹2.18 Lakhs).
Sumeet Rajpurohit (Won IOPC #37 for ₹1.67 Lakhs), Vikram Mishra (Won IOPC #34 Triple Chance for ₹1.21 Lakhs), and Snehil Aggarwal (Won IOPC #36 for ₹97,000) were others adding IOPC titles to their poker resumes.
Several Monday flagships were taken down by mystery players.
PokerBaazi loyalist ‘4betdonkey’ nailed The Big Show for a site-best ₹2.16 Lakhs, besting Karan Malhotra (2nd for ₹1.43 Lakhs) heads-up. Malhotra locked in ₹1.73 Lakhs across six ITM finishes.
Adda52 user ‘goofy25’ took down the site`s Monday mainstay, Iron Man, for ₹2.20 Lakhs, with national-level chess player Ishita Arora scoring the runner-up payday of ₹1.33 Lakh.
Returning after a prolific Sunday session, Abhimanyu Mittal pulled out another scorching run last night, accumulating ₹1.67 Lakhs from four ITM finishes. Ending an over two-month-long title drought, Mittal championed PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹75,307, chopping the 7:15 PM marquee heads-up with ‘rajesh1010’ (2nd for ₹69,645).
The user ‘fishbot’ nailed PokerBaazi`s Daily Value Boost for a site-best ₹1.39 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with ‘waynil10’ (2nd for ₹1.24 Lakhs).
On PokerStars India, ‘iamhunting’ took down the Eliminator [8-Max] for ₹1.02 Lakhs, denying Advait Rajguru (2nd for ₹61,630) the top honors.
Ankit Jajodia, Sanjay Khanna, Armaan Kochhar, Suyog Pawar, and Induprakash Mishra won the other Monday marquees.
Here are the Monday highlights!
Spartan Poker
IOPC #38 Monday Prime – ₹40 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 356
Re-entries – 159
Rebuys – 259
Prize Pool – ₹40,00,000
Places Paid – 71
After a smashing Sunday that saw several top pros scoring massive paydays, it was former The Millionaire champion Gokul ‘Born NinjAA’ Raj driving up the Monday action at the ongoing IOPC 14.0. The poker pro topped a 774-entry field (356 unique) in Spartan Poker`s ₹40 Lakhs GTD IOPC #38 Monday Prime, banking the day`s top score worth ₹7.72 Lakhs and the IOPC silver badge, bagging away his fifth IOPC title (his first in the ongoing series)!
Rishabh ‘Rishabh13’ Harsh collected an online-best ₹4.86 Lakhs in second place.
Raj cranked out another five deep runs in the other Monday marquees, raking in over ₹8.60 Lakhs for the day`s work (his best yet in 2023) – storming past ₹8 Crores in tracked online winnings.
His top Monday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker`s IOPC #38 Monday Prime for ₹7,72,000
> 5th in Adda52`s Iron Man for ₹46,103
> 11th in PokerStars India`s Eliminator [8-Max] for ₹19,967
>16th in PokerBaazi`s The Big Show for ₹15,863
Gokul Raj`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.04 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.37 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | IOPC Titles Won: #5
Sunday’s IOPC #25 champion Vinay B thrashed out ₹3.70 Lakhs across four deep runs.
His top Monday finishes include:
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #38 Monday Prime for ₹3,48,400
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹15,900
Vinay B’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings; ₹6.82 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.35 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2
Young Gun Sanat ‘orhem3001’ Mehrotra (6th for ₹1.68 Lakhs), Ruhaan ‘malindcorp’ Malhotra (7th for ₹1.27 Lakhs), and Rahul ‘iLiSHMaCh’ Sahni (8th for ₹88,400) were others who FT-ed IOPC #38 Monday Prime.
The ₹5,500 entry buy-in Monday headliner filled in an overlay shortfall of ₹1.30 Lakhs, and the top 71 finishers got paid.
Final Table Results
IOPC #39 Monday Spotlight – ₹17 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 376
Re-entries – 103
Rebuys – 282
Prize Pool – ₹19,02,500
Places Paid – 71
Siddharth ‘FLIPopotamus’ Kadel is off to a title-winning start this week. He nailed PokerBaazi`s PBC#22 BSS Megastack on Sunday and displayed the same dominating form in Spartan Poker’s ₹17 Lakhs GTD IOPC #39 Monday Spotlight last night, taking down a 761-player field (376) to win the IOPC silver badge and ₹2.96 Lakhs in first-place prize money (his first IOPC title)!
Kadel chopped the 9:30 PM IOPC title three-way with last week`s PBC #12 Summit champion Kashish ‘Nahihorha’ Gupta (2nd for ₹2.50 Lakhs) and ‘RexxarF’ (3rd for ₹2.18 Lakhs.
The former Mega Stack winner, Siddharth Kadel, had another three scores on his Monday scorecard, making for a total take-home worth ₹3.06 Lakhs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.46 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹35.56 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | IOPC Titles Won: #1
Old-timer Romit ’tilt_83′ Advani (4th for ₹1.31 Laks), last night`s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT champion Abhimanyu ‘foul child’ Mittal (6th for ₹80,095), and Abhijeet ‘TheSupremeOne’ Kumar (8th for ₹42,045) were known names on the ₹17 Lakhs GTD IOPC #39 Monday Spotlight final table.
The 9:30 PM IOPC #39 Monday Spotlight paid out the top 71 places a share from the ₹19.03 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
*denotes a three-way deal
IOPC #40 All Rounder – Monster Stack – ₹11 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 394
Re-entries – 140
Rebuys – 249
Prize Pool – ₹11,74,500
Places Paid – 79
Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta (opted out of tracking) went on a rampage last night, becoming the first player to win two IOPC titles on the same day in the ongoing series! The first of his two IOPC victories came in Spartan Poker’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD IOPC #35 (₹1.69 Lakhs) before he won the ₹11 Lakhs GTD IOPC #40 All Rounder – Monster Stack for ₹1.87 Lakhs (his best score of the day). He made at least one other ITM finish, accumulating over ₹3.55 Lakhs and improving his IOPC title record to #10.
Mehta chopped the IOPC #40 All Rounder – Monster Stack title heads-up with ‘Boz_Dag’ (2nd for ₹1.80 Lakhs). Mehta is now the third player to book a seat in the ₹6 Lakhs GTD IOPC #137 All Rounder SnG that takes place on February 5 (9 PM).
Mehta’s known Monday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #40 All Rounder – Monster Stack for ₹1,86,598
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #35 for ₹1,68,780
> 59th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹4,541
The sports entrepreneur Siddharth ‘SIDDO19’ Pandey collected ₹2.37 Lakhs across six deep runs, making the FT in three.
His Monday finishes include:
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #40 All Rounder – Monster Stack for ₹1,01,242
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹88,196
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #36 for ₹37,550
> 32nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹4,018
> 17th in Adda52’s Voyager for ₹3,125
> 33rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-MAX) Midnight SPRINT for ₹2,767
Siddharth Pandey’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.09 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹36.46 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2
Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish accumulated ₹85,277 on the back three ITM finishes and banked his best score in IOPC #40 All Rounder – Monster Stack (5th for ₹61,896).
Utkarsh Vaish`s online stats (Spartan Poker and PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.71 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹52.31 Lakhs
The 11 PM IOPC #40 All Rounder – Monster Stack generated a very enticing ₹11.75 Lakhs in prize money, and the top 79 places boarded the money bus.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
IOPC #35 – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 298
Re-entries – 70
Rebuys – 212
Prize Pool – ₹8,70,000
Places Paid – 55
Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta (opted out of tracking) was undoubtedly the star on Monday, taking down two IOPC tournaments in a single day – becoming the first player to do so in the ongoing series.
Almost seven hours before shipping IOPC #40 All Rounder Monster Stack (₹1.87 Lakhs), Mehta ran past the 580-player field in Spartan Poker`s ₹8 Lakhs GTD IOPC #35, winning the 3 PM marquee for ₹1.69 Lakhs.
Mehta collected over ₹3.55 Lakhs from the top finishes alone, improving his IOPC title record to #10! He also became the third player to book his seat in the ₹6 Lakhs GTD IOPC #137 All Rounder SnG.
Sunday’s IOPC #27 PLO6 Card champion, Vinay ‘vinay0902’ Rajpal, finished runner-up in IOPC #35 for ₹1.07 Lakhs and made away with ₹1.44 Lakhs on the back of six ITM finishes, scoring in all but one IOPC marquee, storming to the #1 position on the IOPC 14.0 Leaderboard.
His top Monday finishes include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #35 for ₹1,07,010
> 9th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #37 for ₹13,703
> 56th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #38 Monday Prime for ₹11,563
Vinay Rajpal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.42 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.01 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | Ranked #1 on the IOPC January 2023 Leaderboard
Kanav ‘slickooo’ Parwal (4th for ₹62,553), Abhimanyu ‘VaTMosTVaT’ Mittal (6th for ₹38,106), and Harshit ‘harshit0026’ Dadhich (8th for ₹20,532) were others who FT-ed the 3 PM IOPC #35.
The 580-player starting field helped generate a juicy ₹8.70 Lakhs in prize money, and the top 55 places got paid.
Final Table Results
IOPC #37 – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹880
Entries – 510
Re-entries – 127
Re-buys – 454
Prize Pool – ₹8,72,800
Places Paid – 95
Last Tuesday’s Daily Night SPRINT winner Sumeet ‘Sumitsingh199’ Rajpurohit made his IOPC title debut by storming past a guarantee-crushing 1,091-entry field (510 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD IOPC #37, taking down the 7:30 PM tourney for ₹1.67 Lakhs and the IOPC silver badge. Site-reg ‘ManiakGod’ scored ₹1,02,816 as the runner-up.
Rajpurohit accumulated ₹1.84 Lakhs in Monday earnings from four deep runs, which include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #37 for ₹1,66,530
> 10 in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #36 for ₹8,400
> 9th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for ₹4,723
> 76th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #40 All Rounder – Monster Stack for ₹3,993
Sumeet Rajpurohit`s online stats (Spartan Poker and PokerBaazi): Lifetime Winnings: ₹72.09 Lakhs| Lifetime Profits: ₹19.64 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2
The ₹880 entry buy-in IOPC #37 collected a guarantee-crushing ₹8.73 Lakhs prize pool and paid out 95 places.
Final Table Results
IOPC #34 Triple Chance – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹660
Entries – 637 (375)
Rebuys – 581
Prize Pool – ₹7,30,800
Places Paid – 95
Vikram ‘greenSTUFF79’ Mishra had a profitable Monday outing with four deep runs and ₹1.52 Lakhs in total winnings. The former INCOOP HERCULES champion added a fourth IOPC title to his name (his first in the ongoing series) after ransacking a packed 1,218-entry field (375 unique) in Spartan Poker`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD IOPC #34 Triple Chance for ₹1.25 Lakhs and the IOPC silver badge! He chopped the 1 PM marquee heads-up with ‘limitless147’ (2nd for ₹1.04 Lakhs).
Mishra’s Monday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #34 Triple Chance for ₹1,25,108* (heads-up deal)
> 46th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #38 Monday Prime for ₹13,562
> 8th in PokerStars India’s Eliminator for ₹10,732
> 57th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #37 for ₹2,924
> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s IOPC Wanderer
Vikram Mishra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.93 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹78.90 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | IOPC Titles Won: #4
The IOPC #34 sixth-place finisher, Hemant ‘hkm2828’ Meena, collected at least ₹66,435 last night as he also placed fourth in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹37,350.
The ₹660 entry buy-in IOPC #34 Triple Chance drew a guarantee-crushing 1,218-entry field, and 95 players took a bite out of the ₹7.31 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
IOPC #36 – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹880
Entries – 273
Re-entries – 68
Rebuys – 244
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 47
Having struck early in the ongoing IOPC 14.0, the IOPC #2 winner Snehil ‘snehil99’ Aggarwal became the third player (alongside Aniket Waghmare and Mohit Mehta) to bag two IOPC titles in the ongoing series! He took down a 585-entry field (273 unique) in Spartan Poker`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD IOPC #36 for ₹97,450 (at least his career-third IOPC title) and his second IOPC silver badge.
‘Gururam1997,’ who was eyeing their first top finish on the site, ended up finishing runner-up in the 4:30 PM tournament for ₹61,900.
Gururam1997’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹3.63 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.51 Lakhs
The ₹880 entry buy-in IOPC #26 logged in 585 participants to leave an overlay shortfall of ₹32,000, and the top 47 places got paid.
Final Table Results
₹40 Lakhs GTD IOPC – Wanderer – Day 1A
> Day 1A: Entries – 293 | Re-entries – 52 | Rebuys – 48 | Survivors – 79 | Chip Leader – Areyann ‘TheManiacInTheCircuit’ Gurbaxani (206,189)
IOPC January 2023 Leaderboard Standings After Day 5
The ongoing IOPC 14.0 continues to bring in guarantee-crushing turnouts. Five days into the action, Sunday’s IOPC #27 PLO6 Card winner Vinay Rajpal (6,501 points) has sprinted on the top of the ₹1.50 Crores GTD IOPC leaderboard. Rajpal scored in all but one IOPC marquee yesterday and, most notably, finished runner-up in IOPC #35.
After dominating the IOPC 14.0 leaderboard for two consecutive days, Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha (6,144 points) has slipped to #2, with Sunday’s second-ranked ‘p@tience7744’ (6,014 points) sliding to #3.
Rank Player Points
1 Vinay 'vinay0902' Rajpal 6,501
2 Arjanveer 'bazzingaa' Singh Chadha 6,144
3 p@tience7744 6,014
4 Anuj 'br0ckLesnar95' Yadav 5,217
5 Bhanu Prakash 'MafiaGaming' KC 5,129
6 Saransh 'TerrorGandhi$' Garg 4,859
7 Samay Singh 'Limitless' Modi 4,514
8 Blunder Master 4,405
9 Parag 'persie' Shah 4,163
10 Prakash 'Robin Van Charsi' Gupta 3,906
PokerBaazi
The Big Show – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 220
Re-entries – 203
Prize Pool – ₹12,69,000
Places Paid – 49
PokerBaazi loyalist ‘4betdonkey’‘ claimed their fourth title on the site (third this month) after trouncing a 423-entry field (220 unique) in the 8 PM Monday headliner, ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Big Show, for a site-best ₹2.16 Lakhs.
Karan ‘karangogi’ Malhotra, fresh off winning the Sunday Showdown the day before, finished runner-up for ₹1.43 Lakhs.
4betdonkey’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹13.83 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹4.08 Lakhs | Titles Won: #4
Karan Malhotra had an eventful Monday session with ₹1.73 Lakhs in total earnings across six deep runs, which include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹1,43,397
> 68th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #38 Monday Prime for ₹15,200
> 41st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹4,250
> 76th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,907
> 47th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹3,292
> 42nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #37 for ₹3,273
Karan Malhotra’s online stats (excluding Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.49 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹78.35 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2
The ₹3,300 entry buy-in flagship posted a guarantee-smashing ₹12.69 Lakhs, distributed among the top 49 finishers.
Final Table Results
Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 357
Re-entries – 347
Prize Pool – ₹10,56,000
Places Paid – 119
PokerBaazi reg ‘fishbot’ crossed over an almost 13-week-long dry spell last night when they shipped the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost for a career-best ₹1.39 Lakhs. The user outlasted a 704-entry field in the 7:30 PM marquee and stuck a heads-up deal with ‘waynil10’ (2nd for ₹1.24 Lakhs).
fishbot’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹6.45 Lakhs | Titles Won: #16
Sumanth ‘sp175’ Kumar pocketed ₹49,124 across five deep runs. His top Monday finishes include:
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹27,456
> 20th in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹12,690
The ₹1,650 entry buy-in Daily Value Boost generated a guarantee-surpassing ₹10.56 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 119 places got paid.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 230
Re-entries – 142
Prize Pool – ₹5,58,000
Places Paid – 71
A mystery player, ‘bullets777’ proved to be the last player standing in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT and won the 9 PM title for ₹85,150. Playing their 21st tournament on the site, ‘sameekhana’ scored a site-best ₹64,730 in second place.
‘bullets777’ accumulated ₹88,420 from two ITM finishes on PokerBaazi yesterday as they also placed 88th in Daily Value Boost for ₹3,270. Their PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹27.41 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹3.20 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
The ₹1,650 entry buy-in (7-Max) SPRINT had 372 hopefuls vying for a share of the ₹5.58 Lakhs prize pool. The top 71 places landed in the money.
Final Table Results
(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 146
Re-entries – 84
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 41
After making two final table finishes on Sunday, Abhimanyu ‘AbhimanyuMittal’ Mittal ended an over two-month-long title drought yesterday by taming a 230-player field (146 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT to win ₹75,307. The former FTS #13 – Supreme runner-up finisher chopped the 7:15 PM marquee heads-up with ‘rajesh1010’ (2nd for ₹69,645).
Abhimanyu Mittal went on a scorching Monday run, banking ₹1.67 Lakhs from four ITM finishes (including a title), which include:
> 6th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #39 Monday Spotlight for ₹80,095
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹75,307* (heads-up deal)
> 22nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹7,075
> 58th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #40 All Rounder – Monster Stack for ₹4,346
Abhimanyu Mittal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.80 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.53 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1
The ₹2,200 entry buy-in (7-Max) Daily SPRINT registered a 230-player field (84 re-entries), falling ₹40,000 short of its listed guarantee. The top 41 places got paid.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
Pocket52
Pocket Jacks – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 133
Re-entries – 97
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 38
Pocket52’s weekday value offering, ₹4 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, brought in 230 runners, and the user ‘nick001_McvghjwsAt’ outlasted them all to collect ₹74,000. ‘risky’ finished runner-up for ₹52,000.
Final Table Results
‘chota_tAYcFDedf1’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹26,250), ‘sbkabhai’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Soda for ₹17,250), ‘Triglott007’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹16,500), and ‘enormous_cubone18_22649015’ (Won ₹60K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹13,800) won the other Pocket52 marquees on Sunday.
PokerStars India
Eliminator [8-Max] – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 117
Re-entries – 93
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 23
PokerStars India user ‘iamhunting’ outran a 210-entry field (117 unique) in the site`s primetime Monday offering, ₹5 Lakhs GTD Eliminator [8-Max], to win ₹1.02 Lakhs. Advait ‘ronaldinh18’ Rajguru (opted out of tracking) was chasing his first title victory since taking down the Daily Value Boost five weeks ago and fell one place shy of the finish line, netting ₹61,630.
The ₹2,500 entry buy-in Eliminator fell ₹22,040 short of breaking even, and 23 places got paid.
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
Sanjay ‘raghav1990’ Khanna (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹35,548), ‘gblaze8611’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹25,972), ‘Kush0078’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹12,973), and ‘whitebill9352’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹12,340) won the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
Iron Man – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,400
Entries – 212
Re-entries – 191
Prize Pool – ₹8,86,600
Places Paid – 43
Adda52 user ‘goofy25’ stomped past the 403-entry field in the site’s Monday headliner, ₹8 Lakhs GTD Iron Man, picking up their first title of 2023 for ₹2.20 Lakhs. National-level chess player Ishita ‘ishitawarrior’ Arora posted a runner-up finish worth ₹1.33 Lakhs.
goofy25’s Adda52’s stats: Site Winnings: ₹29.15 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹5.66 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
The Iron Man final table was replete with pros like Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi (3rd for ₹93,093), yesterday’s chartbuster Gokul ‘Niruha’ Raj (5th for ₹46,103), and two-time POY Young Gun Gaurav ‘BuildPuntOK’ Sood (6th for ₹31,031).
The ₹2,400 entry buy-in Iron Man attracted 403 entrants, and the top 43 finishers dug into the ₹8.87 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
‘Maelwyn’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Voyager for ₹65,000), Armaan ‘SpaceRacer’ Kochhar (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹31,209), Suyog ‘suyog15’ Pawar (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹28,361), ‘sweetsundar’ (Won ₹70K GTD Iron Man Lite for ₹14,464), ‘Asarishi’ (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹11,600), ‘Unmesh100’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹11,065), and ‘Ammi20’ (Won ₹30K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹10,270) won the other Adda52 marquees.
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