Daily Majors: Himanshu Arora, Dhaval Doshi, Neeraj Kumar & Anubhav Ray Make the Monday Headlines

Monday’s online poker tournament action may have been slower than usual, with most featured tournaments reporting overlays, but PokerBaazi’s PLO Championship 2.0 managed to provide some excitement by hosting four PLO tournaments alongside other regular marquee events.

With PokerStars India’s ‘5 Year Anniversary Fiesta’ starting its Anniversary Special boosted guaranteed tournaments from tomorrow, April 26, and PokerBaazi’s ₹3+ Crores GTD India Micro Poker Series Gold Edition kicking off on April 30, the online poker action is expected to pick up soon.

Despite the slow start to the week, Himanshu Arora, the first The MoneyMaker champion of the year, made a significant impact last night. Arora made it to two final tables and cashed a third event, bagging away the day’s best ₹2.73 Lakhs in total earnings. Although he almost won PokerBaazi’s PC#19 (PLO-5), he scored a better ₹2.05 Lakhs in second place after striking a heads-up with Anubhav Ray (1st for ₹2.04 Lakhs).

Dhaval Doshi finished #2 behind Himanshu Arora in total earnings, scoring ₹2.27 Lakhs from three deep finishes. Doshi made a big breakthrough in Adda52’s Iron Man, winning the Monday flagship for the third time for ₹2.05 Lakhs – his third title this month.

Saturday’s PC#11 (PLO-6) champion Neeraj Kumar hauled up ₹2.39 Lakhs from seven deep runs! The #3 ranked player on the annual TLB leaderboard clinched his second PLO Championship title in PokerBaazi’s PC#17 (PLO-5) for ₹1.22 Lakhs. Akshay Gupta finished runner-up for ₹78,146.

The three-time India Turbo Masters title winner Satyam Verma took down PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for the second time, netting ₹1.79 Lakhs.

Abhimanyu Mittal conquered Spartan Poker`s The CashMaker – Triple Chance for ₹1.69 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with the user ‘noobnoob’ (2nd for ₹1.46 Lakhs).

The top-ranked player on the annual TLB leaderboard, Mohak Kapoor, made a sparkling Monday run with ₹1.14 Lakhs in total earnings. He scored a thumping victory in Adda52’s Nighttide DST Adda (1st for ₹31,209), finished runner-up in Voyager (2nd for ₹40,625), and FT-ed PokerBaazi`s The Big Show (8th for ₹33,735)!

Jimmy Arora posted his first victory in PokerBaazi’s ongoing PLO Championship (won his third PC title) with a victory march in PokerBaazi`s PC#20 (PLO-6) for ₹1.23 Lakhs. He struck a heads-up deal with ‘Amank01′ (2nd for ₹1.03 Lakhs).

Friday’s The Big Bash champion, PokerStars India reg ‘nirwair’ shipped Eliminator [8-Max] for ₹93,177, with ‘manth_shravs,’ banking ₹61,811 in second place.

Puneet Mishra, Pradeep Singh, Mohit Savargaonkar, Kamlesh Raul (won two titles), Subhayan Das, Vikram Ved Batra, Sanchit Nag, Abdul Aziz, Rahul Sahni, Mrityunjay Singh, Ankit Nahar, and Abhas Bandlish won the other Monday marquees.

Here are the Monday highlights!

PokerBaazi

PC#19 (PLO-5) – ₹14 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 143

Re-entries – 167

Prize Pool – ₹14,00,000

Places Paid – 35

Anubhav ‘Shovemaster’ Ray ended a five-month title drought last night with an impressive victory in PokerBaazi`s PLO Championship Monday headliner, ₹14 Lakhs GTD PC#19 (PLO-5). Ray, who had placed sixth in The Millionaire on Sunday, outlasted a field of 310 players in the 8 PM tournament to win ₹2.04 Lakhs. He struck a heads-up deal with Himanshu ‘pokerbrat7’ Arora, who scored a better ₹2.05 Lakhs as the runner-up.

Anubhav Ray’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.22 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The MoneyMaker champion from January, Himanshu’ pokerbrat7’ Arora, added ₹2.73 Lakhs from deep runs in three PC tournaments, emerging as the day`s top scorer and storming to #3 on the series leaderboard.

Arora’s Monday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s PC#19 (PLO-5) for ₹2,04,902* (heads-up deal)

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s PC#17 (PLO-5) for ₹62,887

> 45th in PokerBaazi’s PC#20 (PLO-6) for ₹5,600

Himanshu Arora’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.47 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.91 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | Moves to #3 on the PLO Championship Leaderboard

Ganesh ‘Ganesh24’ Durgade crossed the money line in six tournaments, including a 5th place finish in PC319 (PLO-5) (₹99,400) and an 11th place score in PC#17 (PLO-5) (₹10,954), rounding up ₹1.26 Lakhs in total earnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.04 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹8.37 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

The #3 ranked player on the annual TLB (points) standings, Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar, kept to his prolific scoring spree by adding ₹2.39 Lakhs across seven deep runs.

Kumar, who shipped PC#11 (PLO-6) on Saturday, reeled in his second PLO Championship title in PokerBaazi’s PC#17 (PLO-5) and made another two FT finishes, jumping two places to #4 on the PLO Championship leaderboard.

Kumar`s top Monday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s PC#17 (PLO-5) for ₹1,21,726

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s PC#19 (PLO-5) for ₹79,100

> 17th in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹12,975

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹10,519

Neeraj Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.89 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.73 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #16 | Ranked #3 in the 2023 TLB (Points) Leaderboard | Moves to #4 on the PLO Championship Leaderboard

Friday`s PC#6 (PLO-5) winner Vikram ‘Vikramsurana’ Surana finished fourth in PC#19 (PLO-5) for ₹1,20,400.

The ₹4,400 entry buy-in tournament registered ₹1.60 Lakhs in overlays, with 35 players getting a share of the ₹14 Lakhs collected in the prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Anubhav ‘Shovemaster’ Ray – ₹2,03,898*
2. Himanshu ‘pokerbrat7’ Arora – ₹2,04,902*
3. FireonNuts – ₹1,42,800
4. Vikram ‘Vikramsurana’ Surana – ₹1,20,400
5. Ganesh ‘Ganesh24’ Durgade – ₹99,400
6. Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar – ₹79,100

*denotes a heads-up deal

The Big Show – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 180

Re-entries – 166

Prize Pool – ₹10,38,000

Places Paid – 35

Satyam ‘satyamverma25’ Verma, a three-time India Turbo Masters title winner, bagged his first title victory in two weeks by winning PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Big Show. Verma emerged victorious over a starting field of 346 players (180 unique), winning the Monday flagship for the second time and taking home a substantial ₹1.79 Lakhs in prize money. The user ‘pranshubansal’ collected ₹1.24 Lakhs as the runner-up.

Satyam Verma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.20 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹37 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #12

Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma RS had a fantastic Monday, raking in ₹1.56 Lakhs in total earnings from four FT finishes, which are listed below:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹1,05,876

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹36,270

> 5th in PokerStars India’s SuperStack 8-Max for ₹7,706

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Holdem PKO for ₹5,900

Sandeep Verma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹23.14 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.61 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #10

The #1 ranked player on the annual TLB (points) leaderboard, Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor fired up a smashing Monday run. He shipped Adda52’s Nighttide DST Adda (₹31,209) and made two FT finishes, netting ₹1.14 Lakhs from six deep runs.

Kapoor`s top Monday finishes include:

> 2nd in Adda52’s Voyager for ₹40,625

> 1st in Adda52’s Nighttide DST Adda for ₹31,209

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹33,735

Mohak Kapoor’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.03 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹77.41 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #18 | Ranked #1 on the 2023 TLB (Points) Leaderboard

Aishwary ‘czarash’ Sharma (4th for ₹89,268) and Rachit ‘baba_ramdev’ Soni (5th for ₹73,698) were other notables on The Big Show final table.

The ₹3,300 entry buy-in tournament awarded ₹10.38 Lakhs in prize money to the top 35 finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Satyam ‘satyamverma25’ Verma – ₹1,78,640
2. pranshubansal – ₹1,24,456
3. Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma RS – ₹1,05,876
4. Aishwary ‘czarash’ Sharma – ₹89,268
5. Rachit ‘baba_ramdev’ Soni – ₹73,698
6. bigfish21 – ₹58,647
7. Viratkohli14 – ₹44,115
8. Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor – ₹33,735

Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 320

Re-entries – 273

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 107

The NPS#73 Deepdive gold medallist from earlier this month, ‘TheBrunson’ stormed past the 593-strong field in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost, shipping the 7:30 PM tournament for ₹1.05 Lakhs.

The mystery reg opted to reduce the variance by striking a four-way deal with the latest Sunday Special champion Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (2nd for ₹1,03,471), ‘DogaXII’ (3rd for ₹98,969) and the in-form Hardik ‘HARDIKHARDIK’ Nair (4th for ₹95,660).

TheBrunson’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹19.26 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹2.06 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Harsh Bubna was on the ball again last night and notched up ₹1.24 Lakhs from four deep runs, and his top finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹1,03,471* (four-way deal)

> 20th in PokerBaazi’s PC#18 (PLO-4) for ₹8,750

> 17th in Adda52’s Iron Man for ₹8,400

Harsh Bubna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.22 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.10 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #8

Hardik Nair locked in ₹1.16 Lakhs from three Monday scores (including an FT finish), and his top finishes include:

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹95,660

> 16th in Spartan Poker’s The CashMaker – Triple Chance for ₹18,395

Hardik Nair’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹82.45 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹39.37 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #17

The three-time NPS gold medal winner Abdul ‘ManiakGod’ Aziz, who finished third on the NPS 3.0 Podium leaderboard, beat the Monday blues in style, scoring ₹42,585, courtesy of a title victory and an FT finish. He checked his scoring tally by taking down PokerStars India’s Ultrasonic (1st for ₹26,685) and followed it up with an FT finish in Daily Value Boost (8th for ₹15,900).

Abdul Aziz’s online stats (PokerBaazi and PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹62.87 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹19.22 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #8

Vignesh ‘Rajjni007’ Kumar (5th for ₹42,600) also FT-ed the 7:30 PM Daily Value Boost.

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament booked an overlay loss of ₹1.11 Lakhs, and 107 players scored a payday.

Final Table Results

1. TheBrunson – ₹1,04,600*
2. Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹1,03,471*
3. DogaXII – ₹98,969*
4. Hardik ‘HARDIKHARDIK’ Nair – ₹95,660*
5. Vignesh ‘Rajjni007’ Kumar – ₹42,600
6. pradeepsahani67 – ₹28,800
7. Ronakkkk – ₹20,100
8. Abdul ‘ManiakGod’ Aziz – ₹15,900

* denotes a four-way deal

PC#20 (PLO-6)– ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 156

Re-entries – 207

Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000

Places Paid – 49

Jimmy ‘jeeven’ Arora, the silver medallist of last Sunday’s NPS#103 Sunday Marathon, ended his nearly seven-week title drought with a smashing victory in PokerBaazi’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD PC#20 (PLO-6) last night. Outlasting a starting field of 363 players (156 unique) in the 9:30 PM tournament, Arora secured his third PC title (his first this series) and took home ₹1.23 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with ‘Amank01’ (2nd for ₹1.03 Lakhs).

Jimmy Arora’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.90 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹36.12 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #5

The current PC leaderboard topper and Sunday’s Money Heist – Triple Chance winner, Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat, solidified his lead with deep runs in three PC tournaments, raking in a total of ₹77,638 across four deep runs, which include:

> 4th in PokerBaazi`s PC#20 (PLO-6) for ₹55,600

> 11th in PokerBaazi`s PC#18 (PLO-4) for ₹14,000

> 35th in PokerBaazi`s PC#17 (PLO-5) for ₹4,938

> 95th in PokerBaazi`s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,100

Vikhyat Ahlawat’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.96 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹40.56 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #6

Site regs Nikhil ‘blastupinside’ Arora (7th for ₹29,920) and Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah (8th for ₹22,800) also FT-ed PC#20 (PLO-6).

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament registered ₹74,000 in overlays, and 49 players received a payday.

Final Table Results

1. Jimmy ‘jeeven’ Arora – ₹1,23,380*
2. Amank01 – ₹1,03,260*
3. tattyabicchu – ₹70,240
4. Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat – ₹55,600
5. ayemi1122 – ₹46,240
6. saurav29 – ₹37,760
7. Nikhil ‘blastupinside’ Arora – ₹29,920
8. Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah – ₹22,800

*denotes a heads-up deal

PC#17 (PLO-5) PKO – ₹6 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 135

Re-entries – 177

Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000

Places Paid – 35

The notorious leaderboard chaser, Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar, seems to have set his sights on the PLO Championship leaderboard. After winning PC#11 (PLO-6) on Saturday, he clinched his second PC title in PokerBaazi’s ₹6 Lakhs GTD PC#17 (PLO-5) PKO, ransacking a 312-entry field to win ₹1.21 Lakhs (₹18,466 in bounties).

Akshay ‘freddiemercury’ Gupta finished runner-up for ₹78,146 (₹6,206 in bounties).

Kumar cashed three of the four PC tournaments running last night and added ₹2.39 Lakhs from seven deep runs, laddering to #4 on the PLO Championship leaderboard.

Kumar`s Monday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s PC#17 (PLO-5) PKO for ₹1,21,726

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s PC#19 (PLO-5) for ₹79,100

> 17th in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹12,975

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹10,519

> 17th in PokerBaazi’s PC#18 (PLO-4) for ₹10,500

> 31st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT for ₹2,973

> 17th in Spartan Poker’s Sundowner for ₹1,116

Neeraj Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.89 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.72 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #16 | Ranked #3 on the 2023 TLB (Points) Leaderboard | Moves to #4 on the PLO Championship Leaderboard

The PC#17 (PLO-5) final table was replete with regs like yesterday`s PC#19 (PLO-5) runner-up finisher Himanshu ‘pokerbrat7’ Arora (3rd for ₹62,887), Paras ‘PARASJAIN1717’ Jain (6th for ₹37,191), TLB fiend Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur (7th for ₹28,110), and Kishor ‘greatper’ Bhanushali (8th for ₹23,353).

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament suffered an overlay deficit of ₹1.32 Lakhs and 35 players crossed the money line.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar – ₹1,21,726
2. Akshay ‘freddiemercury’ Gupta – ₹78,146
3. Himanshu ‘pokerbrat7’ Arora – ₹62,887
4. mrprakash – ₹53,217
5. hik18 – ₹44,593
6. Paras ‘PARASJAIN1717’ Jain – ₹37,191
7. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹28,110
8. Kishor ‘greatper’ Bhanushali – ₹23,353

PLO Championship Leaderboard Standings After Day

Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat (4,564 points), who finished #2 in the first-ever PC series leaderboard, is going strong this time and continues to lead the charge in the ongoing leaderboard race after five days of action. The PC#3 (PLO-6) winner, Ahlawat, has cashed 18 of the 20 PC events completed so far (including a title win and three other FT finishes). He crossed the money line in three PC tournaments yesterday and made his best finish in PC#20 (PLO-6) (4th for ₹55,600).

The mystery user ‘hik18’ (4,242 points) is Ahlawat`s closest competition, and with six more days of action remaining, we could witness a fierce battle for the top position.

Himanshu ‘pokerbrat7’ Arora rocked the Monday charts, netting the day`s best ₹2.73 Lakhs from three deep runs. He finished on the podium in PC#19 (PLO-5) (2nd for ₹2.05 Lakhs) and PC#17 (PLO-5) (PKO-RE) (3rd for ₹62,887), jumping one place to #3 on the PC leaderboard. He has cashed in 12 PC tournaments this series, including a runner-up score and two third-place finishes.

Kamlesh ‘Malvette’ Raul (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹49,170), Subhayan ‘Arjun100’ Das (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD 7-Max Midnight SPRINT for ₹45,080), Kamlesh ‘Malvette’ Raul (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹29,460), ‘simarnagpal02’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹21,390) and ‘pachamama’ (Won ₹50K 5-Max Daily for ₹5,830) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

Spartan Poker

The CashMaker – Triple Chance – ₹8.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 187 (131)

Rebuys – 69

Prize Pool – ₹8,50,000

Places Paid – 27

The NPS#55 Friday Force gold medallist from the recently-concluded NPS India 2023, Abhimanyu ‘foul child’ Mittal, won his second tournament of the month last night. Returning to the online MTTs after a profitable Sunday run, Mittal took down the 256-strong field (187 unique) in Spartan Poker`s Monday flagship, The CashMaker – Triple Chance, to win ₹1.69 Lakhs, striking a heads-up deal with the user ‘noobnoob’ (2nd for ₹1.46 Lakhs).

Abhimanyu Mittal`s online stats (including HU SnGs): Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.55 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.75 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4

The recent Sunday Special third-place finisher Bharat ‘MirchiSeth’ Vasan (3rd for ₹87,465), Sandhya ‘xxPRINCExx’ Rani (4th for ₹71,315), Ashish ‘King$layer’ Kumar (5th for ₹56,865), and Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma (8th for ₹23,035) scored FT payouts in the multi-entry The CashMaker – Triple Chance.

The ₹3,300 buy-in tournament fell ₹82,000 short of its advertised guarantee and paid out 27 places.

Final Table Results

1. Abhimanyu ‘foul child’ Mittal – ₹1,69,441*
2. noobboob – ₹1,45,909*
3. Bharat ‘MirchiSeth’ Vasan – ₹87,465
4. Sandhya ‘xxPRINCExx’ Rani – ₹71,315
5. Ashish ‘King$layer’ Kumar – ₹56,865
6. tommya96 – ₹43,690
7. KwiSatZ – ₹31,790
8. Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma – ₹23,035

*denotes a heads-up deal

Daily Turbo (6-Max) – ₹3 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 102

Re-entries – 39

Re-buys – 54

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 20

Puneet ‘smellmynuts’ Mishra, the former APT Online India Championships Event winner, redeemed himself on Monday after narrowly missing out on taking down the Daily Night SPRINT the day before. Mishra dominated the 195-player field in Spartan Poker’s ₹3 Lakhs GTD Daily Turbo (6-Max), shipping the 9:30 PM tournament after over five hours of gameplay for ₹62,601. The user ‘Stewie‘ put up a tough fight and earned a well-deserved ₹58,299 as the runner-up, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

Mishra`s Monday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Daily Turbo for ₹61,807* (heads-up deal)

> 22nd in Spartan Poker’s The CashMaker – Triple Chance for ₹9,350

Puneet Mishra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.16 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹28 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Sunday’s Money Heist – Triple Chance runner-up finisher Pranav ‘R_U_SUAR’ Khandalkar locked in ₹50,395 from three Monday scores, and his top finishes include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s DailyTurbo for ₹32,250

> 13th in Spartan Poker’s The CashMaker – Triple Chance for ₹12,445

The Monster Stack champion from April 21, Biplob ‘hellhell’ Rana (5th for ₹21,390), was another reg on the Daily Turbo (6-Max) final table.

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament filled in ₹7,500 in overlays and the top 20 finishers got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Puneet ‘smellmynuts’ Mishra – ₹62,601*
2. Stewie – ₹58,299*
3. Pranav ‘R_U_SUAR’ Khandalkar – ₹32,250
4. MaestroEric – ₹26,640
5. Biplob ‘hellhell’ Rana – ₹21,390
6. Meghnaath2105 – ₹16,770

*denotes a heads-up deal

Mohit ‘OfcourseOfcourse’ Savargaonkar (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹48,000), ‘oOgway’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Sundowner – Triple Chance for ₹24,000), Rahul ‘iLiSHMaCh’ Sahni (Won ₹75K GTD Hold’em PKO for ₹21,230), ‘Arjunb1998’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up- Triple Chance for ₹14,845), Mrityunjay ‘Nahi chahiye’ Singh (Won ₹50K GTD Striker – PKO for ₹15,383) and ‘nirwal88’ (Won ₹50K GTD Centurion for ₹10,575) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

First Games Poker

Bonanza – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹0

Entries – 1,839

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid –1,238

First Games Poker user ‘Ramjane’ stormed their way to the top of a massive 1,839-entry field in the site`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Bonanza freeroll, winning ₹8,076 (bonus money). ‘Michaell73137’ collected ₹7,125 (bonus money) as the runner-up!

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD freeroll paid out the top 1,238 finishers bonus money.

Final Table Results

1. Ramjane – ₹8,076 bonus
2. Michaell73137 – ₹7,125 bonus
3. Radhe Radhe – ₹6,175 bonus
4. amar – ₹5,700 bonus
5. Md Noman alam – ₹5,225 bonus
6. gudiya suvigya – ₹4,275 bonus
7. ilu – ₹3,847 bonus
8. singh – ₹2,802 bonus

Pocket52

Pocket Jacks – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 143

Re-entries – 87

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 38

Pocket52 user ‘Pan8145’ championed the poker network`s Monday headliner, ₹5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, outlasting the 230-player field to win ₹92,500. The user ‘mosti’ scored ₹65,000 in second place.

Last night’s Iron Man champion, Dhaval ‘Faizal1506’ Doshi, finished fourth in Pocket Jacks for ₹35,000, netting almost ₹2.62 Lakhs to finish #2 behind Himanshu Arora on the Monday charts!

Doshi`s Monday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52`s Iron Man for ₹2,04,800

> 4th in Pocket52’s Pocket Jacks for ₹35,000

> 2nd in Adda52`s Afternoon Adda for ₹19,200

> 28th in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹2,792

Dhaval Doshi`s online stats (including HU SnGs and excluding PokerStars India and Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.52 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹37.85 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4

Final Table Results

1. Pan8145 – ₹92,500
2. mosti – ₹65,000
3. VadaPavPoker – ₹45,000
4. Dhaval ‘Faizal1506’ Doshi – ₹35,000
5. sagarmaheshwari – ₹25,000
6. Parzi – ₹20,000

PokerSaint

Amethyst – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,500

Entries – 102

Re-entries – 98

Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 35

The mystery user ‘chikabhai’ took down the 200-player starting field in PokerSaint`s ₹4 Lakhs GTD Amethyst, winning the Monday marquee for ₹75,435. ‘Jr.sachdev’ finished runner-up for ₹55,601.

Final Table Results

1. chikabhai – ₹75,435
2. Jr.sachdev – ₹55,601
3. BATTLEOFPOKER – ₹40,982
4. rawbetvadra – ₹30,207
5. CHICCHHORE – ₹22,265
6. carrot – ₹16,411
7. Behnoi – ₹13,215
8. Lokimon – ₹10,642

IndiaPlays

IBC – Texas Bounty – ₹100K GTD

Buy-in – ₹770

Entries – 82

Re-entries – 25

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

IndiaPlays user ‘Taiger32’ trounced the 107-entry field in the ₹100K GTD Texas Bounty, winning the 9 PM IndiaPlays Bounty Championship marquee for ₹22,500 (scored an additional ₹3,000 by way of bounties).

‘Tapas’ placed second for ₹17,500 and scored another ₹3,900 in bounties.

Partha ‘Partha’ Basak won the ₹25K GTD IBC Texas Bounty for ₹7,600.

PokerDangal

Monday Monster – ₹1 Lakh GTD

Buy-in – ₹770

Entries – 90

Re-buys – 52

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 23

Last night in PokerDangal’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Monday Monster, the user ‘Bonjourno45’ out-classed the 142-player field (90 unique) to collect the first-place cash prize of ₹22,961. The user ‘00SUBHA00’ finished runner-up for ₹16,948.

Final Table Results

1. Bonjourno45 – ₹22,961
2. 00SUBHA00 – ₹16,948
3. varuntandon342 – ₹12,847
4. Mahaveer11111 – ₹9,841
5. BRAVO77 – ₹7,380
6. ridhhisidhhi108 – ₹5,467
7. MacAAA – ₹4,100

PokerStars India

Eliminator [8-Max] – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 89

Re-entries – 57

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,33,852

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,66,148

Total Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 15

PokerStars India reg ‘nirwair’ won The Big Bash on Friday and added another feather to their cap yesterday, shipping the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Eliminator [8-Max]! The mystery-reg stacked a 146-player field in the 7:30 PM Monday marquee, bagging away the top finisher’s due worth ₹93,177 (₹49,307 in bounties)! Another anonymous user, ‘manth_shravs,’ finished second for ₹61,811 (₹17,941 in bounties).

Last Monday`s Eliminator winner Akash ‘as5072828’ Sharma (9th for ₹7,441), managed to FT the tournament again last night.

The ₹2,500 entry buy-in tournament registered a significant ₹67,704 in overlays, and 15 players crossed the money line.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. nirwair – ₹93,177
2. manth_shravs – ₹61,811
3. Swedhan6565 – ₹43,435
4. smokijoejr – ₹31,447
5. venaralte90 – ₹19,066
6. Shaun5k – ₹20,600
7. ReDumBell – ₹16,533
8. Ricky000029 $$$ – ₹12,294
9. Akash ‘as5072828’ Sharma – ₹7,441

Vikram ‘swingtrader23’ Ved Batra (Won ₹1.25 lakhs GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹34,948), Abdul ‘Maniak God’ Aziz (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹26,685), Ankit ‘I am VR4Poker’ Nahar (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline for ₹14,169) and ‘MrShelby0007’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO for ₹12,223) won the other PokerStars India marquees.

Adda52

Iron Man – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 172

Re-entries – 113

Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000

Places Paid – 30

Dhaval ‘faizal1506’ Doshi, who won a gold medal at the recently concluded NPS India 2023, was conspicuously missing from the weekend grind, but the online reg made a smashing comeback yesterday.

Last Wednesday`s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost winner, Doshi bagged away almost ₹2.62 Lakhs from four Monday scores. He started his session with a runner-up finish in Afternoon Adda and championed Adda52`s ₹8 Lakhs GTD Iron Man later in the night, winning the flagship tournament for the third time for ₹2.05 Lakhs – (his third title this month).

Doshi`s Monday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52`s Iron Man for ₹2,04,800

> 4th in Pocket52’s Pocket Jacks for ₹35,000

> 2nd in Adda52`s Afternoon Adda for ₹19,200

> 28th in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹2,792

Dhaval Doshi`s online stats (including HU SnGs and excluding PokerStars India and Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.52 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹37.85 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4

Clinton ‘RedArmy07’ Tavares added ₹84,660 from three deep runs, which include:

> 4th in Adda52’s Iron Man for ₹68,000

> 7th in Adda52’s Voyager for ₹8,875

> 35th in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹7,785

Clinton Tavares’ online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.05 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹53.27 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #16

Jai ‘Theshark100’ Parkash (2nd for ₹1.22 Lakhs), Shravan ‘sweatmyass13’ Chhabria (3rd for ₹92,000), and Lavesh ‘UPay4MyWeed98’ Meena (6th for ₹32,000) posted FT finishes in the tournament.

The 8 PM Iron Man registered a 285-player field to leave an overlay shortfall of ₹2.30 Lakhs with 30 places getting paid.

Final Table Results

1. Dhaval ‘faizal1506’ Doshi – ₹2,04,800
2. Jai ‘Theshark100’ Parkash – ₹1,22,000
3. Shravan ‘sweatmyass13’ Chhabria – ₹92,000
4. Clinton ‘RedArmy07’ Tavares – ₹68,000
5. arush07 – ₹46,000
6. Lavesh ‘UPay4MyWeed98’ Meena – ₹32,000

Pradeep ‘Learnwin’ Singh (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Voyager for ₹69,500), ‘siva2’ (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹32,940), the #1 ranked player on the annual TLB (points) leaderboard Mohak ‘sparkie’ Kapoor (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹31,209), Sanchit ‘Deuceseven27’ Nag (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Kill Shot PLO Bounty for ₹30,806), ‘gunrider’ (Won ₹50K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹14,910), ‘palakagrawal16’ (Won ₹50K GTD Morning Adda for ₹14,266), ‘iamalooser’ (Won ₹50K GTD Iron Man Lite for ₹13,382), Abhas ‘MicroGrinder9’ Bandlish (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹11,084) and ‘himadri654321’ (Won ₹30K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹11,078) won the other Adda52 marquees.

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