Daily Majors: Himanshu Arora, Dhinesh Kumar, Vikhyat Ahlawat & Manish Lakhotia Hit the Friday Jackpot

Action always goes on an uptick as we approach the weekend. Still, Friday turned out to be super busy, with Spartan Poker’s Legend Poker Series, PokerBaazi’s APT Online India Series, and PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder Series running side-by-side.

Himanshu Arora made the Friday headlines and went on an absolute heater in the LEGEND flagships, netting ₹8.92 Lakhs across seven deep runs! Arora placed second in Spartan Poker`s LEGEND #53 Friday Showdown for ₹5.37 Lakhs and finished sixth in the LEGEND #56 Friday Magnate for ₹2.19 Lakhs.

Dhinesh Kumar was another top reg binking a flagship tournament. He took down Spartan Poker`s LEGEND #56 Friday Magnate, reeling in his best score of 2022, worth ₹7.43 Lakhs (his second title in three days). Kumar chopped the Friday Magnate title three-way with Tarush Gupta (2nd for ₹6.95 Lakhs) and Aditya Singh (3rd for ₹6.35 Lakhs).

Vikhyat Ahlawat has been one of the biggest revelations of the year, and the upcoming pro dazzled his way to victory in Spartan Poker`s LEGEND #53 Friday Showdown, taking it down for ₹5.57 Lakhs (won ₹6.02 Lakhs overall). Ahlawat satellited into the tournament and ended up striking a three-way deal with Himanshu Arora (2nd for ₹5.37 Lakhs) and Nitin Gupta (3rd for ₹5.23 Lakhs).

‘Sami5’ (Won ₹15 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #54 Multi Entry for ₹2.82 Lakhs), ‘Been there Done that’ (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #57 Turbo for ₹1.06 Lakhs), Sanchit ‘Laika’ Pande (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #51 for ₹99,984), and ‘Bholagurjar’ (Won ₹4 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #52 Thunder for ₹79,511) won the other Legend Poker Series marquees on Friday.

The APT Online India Series Day 1 headliner, PokerBaazi`s APT#3 Friday Major, found a champion in Puneet Jain, who clinched his maiden APT trophy and a site-best ₹6.91 Lakhs. The BTH High Roller champion Amrit Mishra collected a site-best ₹4.59 Lakhs in second place.

Fresh off winning two BSS tournaments on Thursday, Abhishek Sonu kept his scorecard ticking by taking down the APT Online India series-opener APT#1 Kickoff for ₹3.50 Lakhs (won ₹3.74 Lakhs overall).

Last year`s APT#10 Monday Major winner, Shubham Agarwal, nailed PokerBaazi’s APT#4 Monsterstack for ₹2.12 Lakhs, striking a heads-up deal with Rafiq Khan (2nd for ₹1.85 Lakhs).

Chirag Khanduja (Won ₹8 Lakhs GTD APT#2 for ₹1,13,972) and Vikram Mishra (Won ₹8 Lakhs GTD APT#5 (7-Max) Turbo for ₹1,11,440) took down the other APT Online titles on Friday.

Manish Lakhotia finished #2 on the Friday charts behind Himanshu Arora, notching up a hefty ₹7.84 Lakhs from four deep runs and even made Day 2 in The Spartan Poker`s LEGEND Sterling. He shipped Adda52’s The Ballers for the second time in six weeks for ₹5.35 Lakhs. Sanish Chhabra collected ₹3.24 Lakhs in second place (won ₹3.34 Lakhs overall), crossing ₹6 Crores in tracked online winnings.

The 2020 India Poker Champion Rubin Labroo came out on top in PokerStars India’s BBS-24 Uppercut 6-Max to collect ₹2.63 Lakhs, while The Ballers champion Manish Lakhotia pocketed ₹1.72 Lakhs as the runner-up.

Avneesh Munjal, Niraj Munka, Shubham Tyagi, and Aditya Kesharwani shipped the other Friday majors.

Here are the Friday highlights!

Spartan Poker

LEGEND #53 Friday Showdown – ₹35 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 185

Re-entries – 69

Rebuys – 102

Prize Pool – ₹35,60,000

Places Paid – 31

Vikhyat ‘Super Saiyan’ Ahlawat has been quite the revelation this year, with an extensive record of top finishes at marquee stops like ITM, THC, BTS, DCS, Millionaire Series, and the ongoing Legend Poker Series!

And Ahlawat couldn`t have asked for a better start to the weekend, for he took down Spartan Poker`s ₹35 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #53 Friday Showdown last night for ₹5.57 Lakhs (his second-best online score) after getting in through a ₹880 satellite. He chopped the title three-way with last night`s top scorer Himanshu ‘WhatIffGawd’ Arora (2nd for ₹5.37 Lakhs) and Nitin ‘mickyn34’ Gupta (3rd for ₹5.23 Lakhs).

Ahlawat made away with over ₹6.02 Lakhs on the back of six deep runs, which include:

> 1^st in Spartan Poker`s LEGEND #53 Friday Showdown for 5,56,948

> 91^st in Spartan Poker`s LEGEND #54 Multi Entry 5,068

> 57^th in PokerBaazi’s APT#5 (7-MAX) TURBO for 3,440

> 48^th in PokerBaazi’s APT#3 FRIDAY MAJOR for 28,420

> 27^th in Spartan Poker`s LEGEND #51 for 4,258

> 24^th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #52 Thunder for 3903

Vikhyat Ahlawat`s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹99.47 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹23.63 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Moves to #2 on the LEGEND Mix Hold’em LBD Leaderboard

Himanshu Arora was all the rage yesterday, and he made the Friday headlines, netting ₹8.92 Lakhs across seven deep runs!

His Friday winnings include:

> 2^nd in Spartan Poker`s LEGEND #53 Friday Showdown for ₹5,37,401

> 6^th in Spartan Poker`s LEGEND #56 Friday Magnate for ₹2,19,000 (won his entry through a ₹4,400 satellite)

> 7^th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹64,244

> 28^th in PokerBaazi’s APT#3 FRIDAY MAJOR for ₹32,480

> 10^th in PokerStars India’s BBS-24 for ₹28,084

> 25^th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹5,900

> 84^th in PokerBaazi’s APT#4 MONSTERSTACK for ₹4,906

Himanshu Arora’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.05 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.39 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #19 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.07 Crores

Thursday’s LEGEND #49 – High Roller champion Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar accumulated ₹2.18 Lakhs for his seventh-place finish in the LEGEND #53 Friday Showdown – Deepstack LBD and another five deep runs.

His top Friday finishes include:

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #53 Showdown for ₹1,27,093

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #54 Multi Entry for ₹66,418

Mahesh Shyamsundar`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.68 Crore | Lifetime Profits: ₹24 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #10

Final Table Results

1. Vikhyat ‘Super Saiyan’ Ahlawat – ₹5,56,948*
2. Himanshu ‘WhatIffGawd’ Arora – ₹5,37,401*
3. Nitin ‘mickyn34’ Gupta – ₹5,22,959*
4. suitedrockets – ₹2,89,784
5. Jess2010 – ₹2,29,264
6. Kanishka ‘Wildflower’ Samant – ₹1,74,084
7. Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar – ₹1,27,092
8. Buhr ‘C@rnage’ Advirkar – ₹92,916

*denotes a three-way deal

LEGEND #56 Friday Magnate – ₹35 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹27,500

Entries – 68

Re-entries – 30

Rebuys – 48

Prize Pool – ₹36,50,000

Places Paid – 13

Three days into December, Dhinesh ‘kendralust’ Kumar has already picked up two marquee titles! And he scored the Friday breakthrough after storming past 145 other regs in Spartan Poker`s ₹35 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #56 Friday Magnate, reeling in his best score of 2022, worth ₹7.43 Lakhs.

Thursday`s BBS-19 Uppercut Mini winner, Kumar, chopped the Friday Magnate title three-way with SCS High Main Event champion Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta (2nd for ₹6.95 Lakhs) and the Galactic Series Main Event champion Aditya ‘Ben K Rolle’ Singh (3rd for ₹6.35 Lakhs).

Kumar made another deep run in PokerBaazi`s APT#3 FRIDAY MAJOR (23rd for ₹32,480) and collected a bounty in PokerStars India`s BBS-26 #BattleRoyale, cashing over ₹7.76 Lakhs and crossing ₹2 Crores in online profits.

Dhinesh Kumar`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.40 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.01 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.78 Crores

Final Table Results

1. Dhinesh ‘kendralust’ Kumar – ₹7,42,996*
2. Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta – ₹6,95,218*
3. Aditya ‘Ben K Rolle’ Singh – ₹6,34,986*
4. Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹3,48,575
5. Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha – ₹2,81,050
6. Himanshu ‘WhatIffGawd’ Arora – ₹2,19,000

*denotes a three-way deal

LEGEND #54 Multi Entry – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 1,189 (707)

Rebuys – 562

Prize Pool – ₹15,75,900

Places Paid – 175

The mystery crusher ‘Sami5’ fired up a scintillating Friday run, taking down a whopping 1,751-entry field in Spartan Poker`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #54 Multi Entry to bank the lion`s share of the ₹15.76 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹2.82 Lakhs.

LEGEND #12 PKO winner Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma pocketed ₹1.66 Lakhs in second place.

Final Table Results

1. Sami5 – ₹2,82,244
2. Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma – ₹166,257
3. Sumeet ‘Sumitsingh199’ Rajpurohit – ₹116,931
4. BuddyAAA – ₹87,620
5. Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar – ₹67,133
6. Manav ‘Gehe15’ Gehe – ₹49,640
7. PKJB007 – ₹37,837
8. conquerorbhaiya – ₹26,964

LEGEND #57 Turbo – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 180

Re-entries – 33

Rebuys – 114

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 31

The user ‘Been there Done that’ raced past 326 other competitors in Spartan Poker`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #57 Turbo, winning the 9:30 PM marquee for ₹1.06 Lakhs. Ankit ’BuddyLove’ Gupta grabbed the runner-up payday worth ₹71,200.

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in LEGEND #57 Turbo experienced an overlay shortfall of ₹9,500, and the top 31 places got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Been there Done that – ₹1,05,750
2. Ankit ’BuddyLove’ Gupta – ₹71,200
3. Rise@boveHate – ₹50,200
4. Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha – ₹40,700
5. Mayank ‘barrelbrat’ Maruka – ₹32,200
6. Kaps ‘pokerkaps’ Sahitya – ₹24,450
7. Giraldik – ₹17,850
8. Shakti ‘Allineveryone’ Soni – ₹13,050

LEGEND #51 – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 267

Re-entries – 73

Rebuys – 173

Prize Pool – ₹5,13,000

Places Paid – 47

Thursday’s Monster Turbo winner Sanchit ‘Laika’ Pande made a grand showing in Spartan Poker’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #51, outplaying a formidable 513-entry field to collect a site-best ₹99,984 – picking up his second title on consecutive days.

Sanchit Pande crossed the money line in three other APT events, netting ₹1.30 Lakhs overall.

His Friday finishes include:

> 1^st in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #51 for ₹99,984

> 18^th in PokerBaazi’s APT#1 KICKOFF for ₹23,000

> 20^th in PokerBaazi’s APT#5 (7-MAX) TURBO for ₹5,360

> 147^th in PokerBaazi’s APT#2 for ₹1,729

Sanchit Pande online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.23 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹32.81 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3

TLB Crusher Neeraj ‘UnsafeChoice’ Kumar collected ₹63,509 as the runner-up – one of two tournaments he came second in yesterday. He charged into the money in 12 events, scoring ₹1.08 Lakhs altogether, formally entering the prestigious “₹8 Crores Club.’

His top Friday finishes include:

> 2^nd in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #51 for ₹63,509

> 2^nd in PokerBaazi’s PLO-6 BOOST for ₹29,050

> 16^th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹10,000

Neeraj Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ~₹8.01 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.57 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #56 | Annual Winnings: ~₹1.50 Crores

Final Table Results

1. Sanchit ‘Laika’ Pande – ₹99,984
2. Neeraj ‘UnsafeChoice’ Kumar – ₹63,509
3. Amit ‘Kavipri 2.0’ Gehani – ₹47,606
4. Parag ‘Persie’ Shah – ₹38,526
5. Dracary$ – ₹30,370
6. Tkolte – ₹23,188
7. Bharath ‘sanapalbhar’ Kumar – ₹17,032
8. ASMBGShShRKN – ₹12,517

Legend #52 Thunder – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹660

Total Entries – 692

Prize Pool – ₹4,15,200

Places Paid – 87

A relatively new Spartan Poker user ‘Bholagurjar,’ who has been honing their poker skills playing freerolls, took their shot at the multi-flight, ₹4 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #52 Thunder, and ended up outlasting the 692-player starting field, banking ₹79,511 in first-place prize money. Site user ‘le_godmod’ came second for ₹49,492.

Bholagurjar’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.07 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹38,478 Lakhs | Titles Won: #5

The ₹660 entry buy-in Thunder was a single-day, multi-flight marquee that registered 692 entrants across two starting flights. The ₹4.15 Lakhs prize pool was distributed among the top 87 finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Bholagurjar – ₹79,511
2. le_godmod – ₹49,492
3. StereotypesPoker – ₹35,417
4. luck12 – ₹27,403
5. Ravindra ‘RJVENOM’ Jogi – ₹21,590
6. aja85 – ₹16,899
7. KINGPIN09 – ₹12,498
8. Ritik ‘AWMSHOT’ Nirwal – ₹8,595

Legend Poker Series Leaderboards – Day 9

Five of the six LPS leaderboards saw minor fluctuations in standings yesterday, with only the Legend Multi Flight Leaderboard staying unchanged.

Legend – High Roller Leaderboard – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Young Gun Anuj Yadav (1,218 points) usurped the top spot of the ₹20 Lakhs GTD Legend – High Roller Leaderboard after finishing fourth in LEGEND #56 Friday Magnate yesterday.

Thursday’s LEGEND #49 – High Roller (6 Max) champion Mahesh Shyamsundar (1,086 points) slipped to #2, displacing LEGEND #23 Sunday Magnate champion, Young Gun Siddhanth Kripalani (1,082 points) to #3.

Legend – Deepstack Leaderboard – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

The LEGEND #40 Wednesday Showdown champion Abhinav Iyer (1,903 points) retained the #1 position on the ₹15 Lakhs GTD LEGEND Deepstack Leaderboard for the third consecutive day.

The top-ranked player of the year, Young Gun Anuj Yadav (1,509 points), ITM-ed the LEGEND #53 Friday Showdown last night, climbing to #2, relegating the LEGEND #15 Saturday Showdown winner Amit J (1,471 points) to #3.

Legend – Turbo Leaderboard – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

LEGEND #57 was the Turbo event on the Friday schedule. However, the top order on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD LEGEND Turbo Leaderboard went undisturbed.

For the third day straight, Monday’s LEGENDS #31 champion Mandar Madaye (1,989 points) held the #1 position.

The LEGEND #6 winner and LEGEND #24 Deepstack Turbo runner-up finisher, Young Gun Siddhanth Kripalani (1,434 points), is ranked #2 in the standings, followed by Abhishek Kumar Chaurasia (1,258 points) at #3.

Legend – PLO Leaderboard – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

The LEGEND #19 PLO4 Deepstack runner-up finisher Sony Puthussery (1,292 points) posted his fifth ITM finish in an LPS PLO event yesterday, reclaiming the #1 position on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD LEGEND PLO Leaderboard.

The LEGEND #11 PLO6 winner and LEGEND #48 – PLO4 finalist, ‘A passage to India’ (1,219 points), dropped to #2, while the LEGEND #4 PLO4 winner Parag Shah (1,018 points) stayed put at #3.

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

The LEGEND #12 PKO finalist ‘HEMAKUNA’ (3,934 points) continues to headline the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Legend Mix Hold’em Leaderboard – his sixth consecutive day in charge.

Vikhyat Ahlawat (3,234 points) and ‘Forestwow^’ (2,993 points) exchanged positions and are currently ranked #2 and #3, respectively.

Legend – Multi Flight Leaderboard – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD Legend Multi Flight Leaderboard had no changes to report.

The LEGEND #25 Esteem – Main Event champion Gursimrann Brar (904 points) continues to lead the charge, followed by Ujjwal Narwal (638 points) and Ashish Ahuja (601 points).

‘suman4456’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹45,012), ‘Eroii’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Dark Knight for ₹31,080), and ‘pin2chem’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹18,025), won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

PokerBaazi

APT#3 Friday Major – ₹30 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 211

Re-entries – 195

Prize Pool – ₹40,60,000

Places Paid – 49

The fifth edition of the APT India Online Series got off to a roaring start on PokerBaazi yesterday, with the ₹30 Lakhs GTD APT#3 Friday Major headlining the Day 1 schedule.

One of the two trophy events of the day, the Friday Major, drew 406 entries, generating a guarantee-crushing ₹40.60 Lakhs prize pool. Puneet ‘arhanhit’ Jain fired two bullets in the 7 PM flagship en route to clinching his maiden APT trophy and a site-best ₹6.91 Lakhs.

The three-time THC title holder locked horns with the BTH High Roller champion Amrit ‘bungakat’ Mishra in the heads-up battle, with the latter reeling in a site-best ₹4.59 Lakhs in second place.

Amrit Mishra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.81 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹58.71 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #10

Nitin ‘Gambler42’ Rawat raked in ₹4.48 Lakhs through five ITM finishes, breaching the ₹1.50 Crores mark in annual winnings.

His Friday finishes include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s APT#3 FRIDAY MAJOR for ₹3,56,468 (his second-best score on the site)

> 4th in PokerStars India’s BBS-24 [Uppercut] for ₹74,646

> 10th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #51 for ₹8,618

> 45th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #54 Multi Entry for ₹6,549

> 153rd in PokerBaazi’s APT#2 8 for ₹1,729

Nitin Rawat’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.97 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹83.27 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #24 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.53 Crores

The POY contender Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava pocketed ₹2.19 Lakhs last night, jumping to #6 in the annual standings.

His Friday finishes include:

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s APT#3 FRIDAY MAJOR for ₹1,91,632

> 28th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹14,990

> 52d in PokerBaazi’s APT#4 MONSTERSTACK for ₹6,963

> 51st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹4,800

Anurag Srivastava’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.88 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.20 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #30 | Annual Winnings: ₹3.25 Crores | Moves to #6 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #26 in Annual Profits

Final Table Results

1. Puneet ‘arhanhit’ Jain – ₹6,91,418
2. Amrit ‘bungakat’ Mishra – ₹4,58,780
3. Nitin ‘Gambler42’ Rawat – ₹3,56,468
4. Areyann ‘kreishhAA’ Gurbaxani – ₹2,82,170
5. SinWithAGrin – ₹2,34,668
6. Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava – ₹1,91,632
7. Arsh ‘Button_Hai_Bro’ Grover – ₹1,51,844
8. Ninad ‘DarAdal’ Naik – ₹1,15,710

APT#1 Kickoff – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 424

Re-entries – 399

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 100

A day after shipping two BBS marquees on PokerStars India, Abhishek ‘chipndchair’ Sonu lifted the first APT trophy at the just-started fifth edition of the APT Online India Series on PokerBaazi, nailing the series-opener ₹25 Lakhs GTD APT#1 Kickoff for ₹3.50 Lakhs (his second-best finish on the site).

Sonu kept his BBS scorecard ticking by cashing two BBS-branded tourneys and collecting a bounty, rounding up ₹3.74 Lakhs across his Friday run.

His Friday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s APT#1 KICKOFF for ₹3,49,500

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s BBS-23 [Laser Tag TKO 100%] for ₹32,727

> 14th in PokerStars India’s BBS-24 [Uppercut] for ₹22,316

Abhishek Sonu’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.71 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹38.58 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #60

Tuesday`s The Mint winner Saransh ‘saransh004’ Garg scored a Friday haul worth ₹2.29 Lakhs, with his biggest score coming in the APT#1 KICKOFF (2nd for ₹2.16 Lakhs).

His Friday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s APT#1 KICKOFF for ₹2,16,250

> 112th in PokerBaazi’s APT#4 MONSTERSTACK for ₹4,906

> 42nd in PokerBaazi’s APT#5 (7-MAX) TURBO for ₹3,440

Saransh Garg’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.38 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.04 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #19 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.92 Crores

The #2 ranked player of the year, Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja, locked in ₹1.82 Lakhs in Friday winnings across five deep runs, which include:

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s APT#1 KICKOFF for ₹1,40,750

> 20th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹20,344

> 18th in PokerStars India’s BBS-24 [Uppercut] for ₹11,151

> 51st in PokerBaazi’s APT#4 MONSTERSTACK for ₹6,963

> 101st in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #54 Multi Entry for ₹2,326

Ashish Ahuja’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.48 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.35 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #26 | Annual Winnings: ₹3.89 Crores | Ranked #2 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #3 in Annual Profits

The ₹3,300 entry buy-in APT#1 Kickoff registered an 823-player starting field, overlaying ₹31,000.

Final Table Results

1. Abhishek ‘chipndchair’ Sonu – ₹3,49,500
2. Saransh ‘saransh004’ Garg – ₹2,16,250
3. Prem ‘lastbluff’ Chand Gope – ₹1,74,000
4. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹1,40,750
5. Mayank ‘Newsolidcash’ Maruka – ₹1,13,500
6. Manash ‘ravenclaws’ Kalita – ₹87,000
7. nutsornothing03 – ₹61,250
8. Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B – ₹50,000

APT#4 Monsterstack – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 356

Re-entries – 277

Prize Pool – ₹15,82,000

Places Paid – 113

The #BB5 MoneyMaker fourth-place finisher Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal was one of five players taking down an APT Online title on Friday! Last year`s APT#10 Monday Major winner, Agarwal, topped the guarantee-crushing 633-player field in PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD APT#4 Monsterstack to collect ₹2.12 Lakhs (his second APT online title) following a heads-up deal with Rafiq ‘Mrkhan’ Khan (2nd for ₹1.85 Lakhs).

Shubham Agarwal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.65 Crore | Lifetime Profits: ₹48.51 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #14

Final Table Results

1. Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal – ₹2,11,500*
2. Rafiq ‘Mrkhan’ Khan – ₹1,85,233*
3. Sachin ‘browguy26’ Raj – ₹1,34,513
4. maxpain – ₹87,038
5. Cryptanosaurus – ₹64,883
6. Saahib ‘Junta’ Bawa – ₹44,943
7. Sanjay ‘smr1g10’ Mohan – ₹32,600
8. Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani – ₹26,744

*denotes a heads-up deal

Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,375

Entries – 306

Re-entries – 265

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 101

With ten FT finishes in the last six weeks, Avneesh ‘iamam’ Munjal has been riding high on form even without a title victory! However, he set the record straight yesterday, firing twice before taking apart a 571-entry field in PokerBaazi’s 7:30 PM headliner, ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost, for ₹1.43 Lakhs in first-place prize money. PokerBaazi loyalist Kamlesh ‘Malvette’ Raul collected ₹1.13 Lakhs in second place.

Munjal also ITM-ed APT#5 (7-Max) TURBO (7th for ₹15,520), cumulatively adding ₹1.59 Lakhs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.46 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹68.94 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #4 | Annual Winnings: ₹79.59 Lakhs

The ₹1,375 entry buy-in Daily Value Boost registered 571 entrants, filling in a significant ₹2.86 Lakhs in overlays. The top 101 finishers boarded the money bus.

Final Table Results

1. Avneesh ‘iamam’ Munjal – ₹1,43,000
2. Kamlesh ‘Malvette’ Raul – ₹1,13,000
3. volat – ₹87,500
4. ManhusGambler – ₹63,800
5. Srishti ‘kombucha’ Negi – ₹41,600
6. pjprateek – ₹29,000
7. Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi – ₹20,200
8. Kk13 – ₹16,000

APT#2 – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 474

Re-entries – 441

Prize Pool – ₹8,23,000

Places Paid – 157

PokerBaazi’s APT#2 drew 915 entries, collecting a guarantee-crushing ₹8.23 Lakhs prize pool. Chirag ‘chiragkhanduja’ Khanduja waded past the competition to claim the lion`s share of the prize money worth ₹1.14 Lakhs and his first title in almost two months.

Khanduja made a deep run in another APT Online marquee yesterday, grossing ~₹1.19 Lakhs overall. His Friday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s APT#2 for ₹1,13972

> 99th in PokerBaazi’s APT#4 MONSTERSTACK for ₹4,906

Chirag Khanduja’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹61.61 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3

Final Table Results

1. Chirag ‘chiragkhanduja’ Khanduja – ₹1,13,972
2. Suraj ‘kioshima6969’ Singh – ₹88,938
3. Akshay ‘akdolos’ Joshi – ₹66,704
4. Kritarth ‘AgentJack’ Pant – ₹45,293
5. NewKid – ₹31,293
6. preetam91 – ₹21,823
7. Anish ‘Anyaa’ Pandey – ₹15,564
8. kallolbecs – ₹11,611

APT#5 (7-Max) Turbo – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 402

Re-entries – 305

Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000

Places Paid – 119

Former INCOOP-103 [HERCULES] champion Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra cranked up the heat in the Friday marquees, netting ₹2.20 Lakhs across seven ITM finishes (and one bounty). Busting a two-month title drought, Mishra took down PokerBaai’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD APT#5 (7-Max) Turbo, banking a cool ₹1.11 Lakhs up top. ‘jackeightos’ finished runner-up for ₹88,000.

Mishra’s top Friday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s APT#5 (7-MAX) TURBO for ₹1,11,440

> 12th in PokerBaazi’s APT#3 FRIDAY MAJOR for ₹60,900

> 20th in PokerStars India’s BBS-24 [Uppercut] for ₹18,401

> 3rd in PokerStars India’s BBS-28 [Blizzard] for ₹14,948

Vikram Mishra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.65 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹70.17 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #9

Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra (4th for ₹45,200), Wednesday’s Daily Value Boost winner Mukesh ‘Guruuu’ Surana (5th for ₹30,400), Surya ‘Surya12’ Lohia (6th for ₹20,800) and last night`s Daily Value Boost champion Avneesh ‘iamam’ Munjal (7th for ₹15,520) also FT-ed the 9:30 PM event.

The 9:30 PM APT#5 clocked 707 entries, overlaying ₹93,000. The top 119 finishers crossed the money line.

Final Table Results

1. Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra – ₹1,11,440
2. jackeightos – ₹88,000
3. RPat007 – ₹66,400
4. Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra – ₹45,200
5. Mukesh ‘Guruuu’ Surana – ₹30,400
6. Surya ‘Surya12’ Lohia – ₹20,800
7. Avneesh ‘iamam’ Munjal – ₹15,520

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

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 118

Re-entries – 124

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 41

PokerBaazi user ‘blazin666’ trounced the 242-player field in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost, picking up their tenth title of the year and a site-best ₹96,350. ‘borntrouble’ (anonymity requested) secured a runner-up payday worth ₹68,650.

‘blazin666’ also cashed APT#5 7-Max Turbo (18^th for ₹5,360), netting ₹1.02 Lakhs overall. Their PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹20.34 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #10

The ₹2,200 buy-in Afternoon Boost fell a marginal eight entries short of its advertised 250-player guarantee.

Final Table Results

1. blazin666 – ₹96,350
2. borntrouble – ₹68,650
3. NoNutsNoGlory – ₹48,850
4. Prashant ‘prashant031’ Pandagre – ₹34,800
5. Varunn ‘Varunn’ Gaala – ₹24,750
6. pattelagaobhai – ₹17,650
7. Janish ‘janish1998’ Jain – ₹14,550

‘armaankhan2608’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT for ₹54,366), ‘vineysingal’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-6 BOOST for ₹40,090), ‘tinker_bell’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹37,492), ‘pandit12’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹35,527), ‘chipotle’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹32,247),‘drazer619’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹29,825), Shubham ‘BamBhole3796’ Tyagi (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 Boost Monster for ₹19,780), and ‘Rivert’ (Won ₹50K GTD (5-Max) Daily for ₹6,330) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

Pocket52

PFS#10 Pocket Queens – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 223

Re-entries – 167

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 55

Pocket52 network user ‘pokersage’ wreaked havoc in a 390-entry field in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD PFS#10 Pocket Queens, winning the PFS Friday headliner for a handsome ₹90,000 in first place. ‘user1664966032’ came second for ₹65,000.

Final Table Results

1. pokersage – ₹90,000
2. user1664966032 – ₹65,000
3. user1669896417 – ₹45,000
4. mk0096_B9kda7mBw3 – ₹32,500
5. user1666034791 – ₹23,500
6. Bholenath – ₹20,000

‘adityalucky’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PFS#11 Pocket knights for ₹40,000), Shivam ‘broosky’ Shukla (Won ₹1.50 Lakh GTD PFS#7 Pocket Lunch for ₹27,750), ‘enormous_cubone18_22649015’ (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD PFS#12 Pocket Soda for ₹22,000), ‘PokerGirl62’ (Won ₹75K GTD PFS#9 Pocket Snacks for ₹13,875), and ‘81##.544##97_3967856’ (Won ₹60K GTD PFS#8 Pocket Squares for ₹11,460) won the other PFS marquees.

PokerStars India

PokerStars India’s ₹2.70 Crores GTD Bounty Builder Series had seven tournaments running to a close on Friday.

BBS-24 Uppercut 6-Max – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 186

Re-entries – 186

Total Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹7,56,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹7,44,000

Places Paid – 47

The 2020 India Poker Champion Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo started his weekend with a bang by scoring ₹3.14 Lakhs last night (his first six-figure score in two weeks), including the BBS headliner title. He outlasted the 372-player field in PokerStars India’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD BBS-24 Uppercut 6-Max to collect ₹2.63 Lakhs (₹1.39 Lakhs in bounties) in first-place prize money.

Yesterday’s The Ballers champion Manish ‘theoldestkid’ Lakhotia fell one place short of a second title, clinching ₹1.72 Lakhs (₹52,469 in bounties) as the runner-up.

Rubin Labroo’s top Friday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerStars India’s BBS-24 Uppercut for ₹2,62,979 (₹1,39,375 in bounties)

> 17th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #53 Friday Showdown for ₹47,348

> 60^th in PokerBaazi’s APT#5 7-Max Turbo for ₹3,440

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND Sterling

Rubin Labroo’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.49 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.88 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.17 Crores

The ₹4,400 entry buy-in BBS-24 Uppercut brought in 372 participants, falling a nominal ₹12,000 short of its advertised guarantee.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo – ₹2,59,229
2. Manish ‘theoldestkid’ Lakhotia – ₹1,72,322
3. Jimmy ‘jimmyarora’ Arora – ₹1,09,819
4. Nitin ‘NRIPOKER’ Rawat – ₹74,646
5. Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹74,399
6. Lavesh ‘lavesh786’ Meena – ₹42,622
7. killeerbeee – ₹47,096

BBS-26 Battle Royale 7-Max – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 121

Re-entries – 104

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,62,500

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,81,250

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,81,250

Places Paid – 27

Niraj ‘Niraj2401’ Munka (opted-out from our tracking) trounced the 225-player field in PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD BBS-26 Battle Royale 7-Max, winning the BBS 9:30 PM marquee for ₹1.33 Lakhs (₹85,000 in bounties). ‘ShaktiMaaan’ scored the runner-up payday worth ₹74,184 (₹26,211 in bounties).

Young Gun Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi ITM-ed four events yesterday (including two FT finishes), adding ₹69,269 to his burgeoning poker bankroll.

His Friday finishes include:

> 3^rd in PokerStars India’s BBS-26 Battle Royale 7-Max for ₹34,465

> 7^th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹20,200

> 38^th in PokerBaazi’s APT#4 MONSTERSTACK for ₹8,704

> 26^th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #57 for ₹4,900

Shardul Parthasarathi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.75 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.31 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #9 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.58 Crores

The ₹2,750 entry buy-in BBS-26 Battle Royale had 225 hopefuls vying for a share of the ₹5.62 Lakhs prize pool, and only 27 places got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Niraj ‘Niraj2401’ Munka – ₹1,32,973
2. ShaktiMaaan – ₹74,184
3. Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi – ₹34,465
4. Vinay ‘CharleSCorreA’ B – ₹29,188
5. Naman ‘naman_sal’ Sharma – ₹28,985
6. Yogesh ‘Yogi12340’ Ranka – ₹25,202
7. Manish ‘manish jangid’ Jangid – ₹14,931

‘bina111984’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD BBS-28 Blizzard for ₹46,445), ‘Flambeur Herzog’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD BBS-23 Laser Tag TKO 100% for ₹44,352), ‘sonu201190’ (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD BBS-22 Bubble Rush for ₹30,525), ‘Zikk23461’ (Won ₹75K GTD BBS-27 Bounty Adrenaline 6-Max for ₹18,957), and ‘Singh 025’ (Won ₹50K GTD BBS-25 Pulsar PLO 6-Max Turbo for ₹15,298) won the other BSS marquees.

Adda52

The Ballers – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹7,500

Entries – 162

Re-entries – 152

Prize Pool – ₹21,41,470

Places Paid – 34

Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia finished #2 on the Friday charts behind Himanshu Arora, notching up a hefty ₹7.84 Lakhs from four deep runs and even made Day 2 in Spartan Poker`s ₹1 Crore GTD LEGEND Sterling.

Lakhotia’s biggest score came in Adda52’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Ballers, where he outlasted a 314-player field to grab the top prize of ₹5.35 Lakhs. Sanish ‘sanish21’ Chhabra collected ₹3.24 Lakhs in second place.

Lakhotia`s Friday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52`s The Ballers for ₹5,35,370 (won the event for the second time in six weeks)

> 2nd in PokerStars India`s BBS-24 Uppercut for ₹1,72,322

> 22nd in Spartan Poker`s LEGEND #53 Friday Showdown for ₹38,448

> 12th in PokerBaazi`s APT#1 KICKOFF for ₹37,500

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker`s ₹1 Crore GTD LEGEND Sterling

Manish Lakhotia`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.62 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.48 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #17 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.84 Crores | Moves to #13 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #6 on the LEGEND Deepstack Leaderboard

Posting his fifth FT finish this week, the December MoneyMaker finalist Sanish Chhabra collected ₹3.24 Lakhs as The Ballers runner-up and raked in over ₹3.34 Lakhs altogether, crossing ₹6 Crores in tracked online winnings.

Sanish Chhabra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.01 Crore | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.90 Crore | Titles Won in 2022 #9

Final Table Results

1. Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia – ₹5,35,370
2. Sanish ‘sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹3,24,434
3. Arvind ‘bigredshove’ Halaharvi – ₹2,35,563
4. Sahil ‘bluffme19’ Chutani – ₹178,814
5. Deepankur ‘dp178’ Gupta – ₹1,23,135
6. Kunal ‘FloatToMyBoat’ Patni – ₹80,306
7. Himanshu ‘pirateking7’ Arora – ₹64,244
8. Iamondrugs – ₹53,537

Aditya ‘Beware67’ Kesharwani (Won ₹4 Lakhs GTD Friday Bounty for ₹93,933), ‘visitani06’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹30,059), ‘DooMAni’ (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹11,800), ‘yash8055’ (Won ₹40K GTD Morning Adda for ₹10,605), ‘Harishgujwar’ (Won ₹40K Freeze Out Adda for ₹10,596), and ‘THEGAME26’ (Won ₹50K GTD Evening Adda for ₹8,939) won the other Adda52 marquees.

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