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The final Monday of September unfolded better than usual tournament action, all thanks to Spartan Poker’s India Turbo Masters 2.0!
Jyoti Ranjan Nayak was the Monday trailblazer and broke an over six-month title hump after championing Spartan Poker’s ITM #22 Monday Supersonic for ₹3.01 Lakhs. He chopped the Monday headliner heads-up with ‘jon_snow’ (2nd for ₹2.66 Lakhs).
Vikram Mishra conquered Adda52’s Iron Man for a site-best ₹1.86 Lakhs* (HU deal) and lapped up ₹2.10 Lakhs in Monday winnings.
Young Gun Arsh Grover did some major catching up in the 2022 POY race yesterday. Shipping a flagship tournament for a second consecutive day, the young poker phenom took down PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹1.99 Lakhs and added ₹2.04 Lakhs in Monday winnings.
PokerBaazi loyalist Arindam Nayak won the site’s 7.30 flagship, Daily Value Boost, for a career-best ₹1.43 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with ‘shravan56’ (2nd for ₹1.39 Lakhs).
Young Gun Karan Radia (opted out of our tracking) went on a tear last night, winning two marquee tournaments and banking at least ₹2.03 Lakhs. The MTT pro from London won Spartan Poker’s ITM #24 Turbo for ₹1.03 Lakhs after shaking hands on a deal with Ankit Gupta (2nd for ₹98,995), climbing to the #1 position in the ITM leaderboard rankings. He topped his impressive performance by taking down PokerStars India’s Battle Royale for ₹99,869.
Anish Arora (Won ITM #25 – Turbo for ₹87,518), Manish Jangid (Won ITM #20 – Turbo for ₹74,025), Bharat Wadhawani (Won ITM #23 – Hyper for ₹73,914), and Dinesh Singh (Won ITM #21 – Turbo for ₹69,174) shipped the other India Turbo Masters tournaments on Monday.
Yash Jaiswal nailed PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1.27 Lakhs, besting Kritagya Sharma (2nd for ₹88,641) in the heads-up play.
Satyam Verma, Aamir Husain, Raghav Ananth, Imtiyaz Ahmad, Rahul Solanki, Kashish Gupta, and Sarvesh Sharma won the other Monday marquees.
Here are the Monday highlights!
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Spartan Poker
ITM #22 Monday Supersonic – ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹4,400
Entries – 197
Re-entries – 72
Rebuys – 155
Prize Pool – ₹16,96,000
Places Paid – 39
Even with several standout scores like a third-place finish in June’s IOPC #57 – High Roller, Jyoti Ranjan ‘joey114114’ Nayak hadn`t posted a title victory since March 10, when he won the FTS #25 for ₹5.52 Lakhs. Nayak changed that last night by taking down the biggest Monday tournament on Spartan Poker, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD ITM #22 Monday Supersonic, for the day`s best ₹3.01 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with the mystery reg ‘jon_snow’ (2nd for ₹2.66 Lakhs).
Jyoti Ranjan Nayak’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.46 Crores| Titles Won in 2022: #3
The 424-strong entry field collected a guarantee-smashing ₹16.96 Lakhs in the prize pool, and the top 39 finishers got paid.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
ITM #24 Turbo – ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 203
Re-entries – 44
Rebuys – 134
Prize Pool – ₹5,71,500
Places Paid – 31
Young Gun Karan ‘Majestic’ Radia (opted out of our tracking) makes winning tournaments look easy! Having won almost 35 tournaments in 2022 already – he is among the most prolific winners on the circuit today!
The MTT pro based in London blasted out two title victories last night, winning Spartan Poker`s ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD ITM #24 Turbo (₹1.03 Lakhs*) & PokerStars India`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale (₹99,870) for ₹2.03 Lakhs in total winnings.
Radia dominated the 381-player field in ITM #24 Turbo, eventually shaking hands on a heads-up deal with Ankit ‘BuddyLove’ Gupta (2nd for ₹98,995), storming to the #1 position in the India Turbo Masters leaderboard standings.
Yesterday’s win is the second title Radia has won in the ongoing series. Last Friday, Radia championed the ITM #6 Turbo.
Karan Radia`s top Monday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s ITM #24 Turbo for ₹1,03,258* (heads-up deal)
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Battle Royale for ₹99,869
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
ITM #25 Turbo (5-Max) – ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹990
Entries – 209
Re-entries – 79
Rebuys – 197
Prize Pool – ₹4,36,500
Places Paid – 39
Anish ‘TheProtagonist’ Arora beat the Monday blues by taking down his first title at the second edition of Spartan Poker`s India Turbo Masters. He came out trumps over a field of 485 entrants in the 11 PM ITM #25 – Turbo to win ₹87,518 and cashed another two flagship tournaments, netting ₹1.03 Lakhs.
His Monday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s ITM #25 – Turbo for ₹87,518
> 28th in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹9,552
> 30th in Adda52’s Iron Man for ₹5,710
Anish Arora`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.96 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹46.16 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.26 Crores
The ₹990 buy-in event ran from 11 PM to 4.20 AM, and the top 39 finishers got a share of the ₹4.37 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
Manish ‘Khatidragon’ Jangid (Won ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD ITM #20 – Turbo for ₹74,025), Bharat ‘TopKat5757’ Wadhwani (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD ITM #23 – Hyper for ₹73,914), and Dinesh ‘$Lucky Guy$’ Singh (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD ITM #21 – Turbo for ₹69,174) won the other India Turbo Masters tournaments on Monday.
India Turbo Masters 2.0 Leaderboard Standings – Day 4
Karan ‘Majestic’ Radia’s ( 2,306 points) Monday victory in ITM #24 Turbo (his second title of the series) catapulted him to the top of the ITM 2.0 leaderboard rankings. Vikhyat ‘super Saiyan’ Ahlawat (2,154 points) climbed two places to #2 yesterday, while the ITM #20 Turbo winner Manish ‘Khatidragon’ Jangid (2,147 points) jumped up five spots to #3 in the leaderboard rankings.
Rank Player Point
1 Karan 'Majestic' Radia 2,306
2 Vikhyat 'super Saiyan' Ahlawat 2,154
3 Manish ‘Khatidragon’ Jangid 2,147
4 Sushant 'kalkiyug' Sirohi 2,120
5 Ravi 'Rvjain91' Jain 2,064
6 Alok 'ALOK.' Pawar 1,966
7 Ketan 'Godparticle' Sengar 1,826
8 Rajesh 'PokerKnight' Uttam 1,811
9 Jimmy 'brahmos999' Arora 1,772
10 Neeraj 'UnsafeChoice' Kumar 1,733
‘Orion24’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹33,882), ‘The Revenant’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹7,204), and ‘Babu pan’ (Won ₹40K GTD Flash – Multi Entry for ₹6,855) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
PokerBaazi
The Big Show – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 192
Re-entries – 206
Prize Pool – ₹11,94,000
Places Paid – 49
Young Gun Arsh ‘Button_Hai_Bro’ Grover is back in the POY race with a bang. After slacking off in the online rankings because of his travels, the 26-year-old poker prodigy has bounced back strong with back-to-back breakout runs. He won the ITM #16 Sunday Supersonic the day before and nailed PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Big Show yesterday for ₹1.99 Lakhs. PokerBaazi user ‘anuragsangar’ placed runner-up for ₹1.31 Lakhs.
Grover made another ITM finish in Adda52’s Iron Man (40th for ₹4,840), lapping up almost ₹2.04 Lakhs in Monday winnings – and is fast closing on reclaiming the #3 rank in the annual leaderboard standings.
Arsh Grover’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.99 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.79 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #20 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.79 Crores | Ranked #4 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #3 in Annual Profits
The ₹3,300 buy-n Monday flagship collected ₹11.94 Lakhs in the prize pool on the back of 398 registrations and paid out 49 places.
Final Table Results
Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 518
Re-entries – 407
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 149
PokerBaazi reg Arindam ‘darkhorse94’ Nayak got his big breakthrough in the site’s recent addition, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost, and won the 7:30 PM flagship for a career-best ₹1.43 Lakhs – his second title this month. A heads-up deal saw ‘shraban56’ banking an equally impressive ₹1.39 Lakhs in second place.
Arindam Nayak’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹24.42 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.52 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3 | Annual Winnings: ₹6.11 Lakhs
The ₹1,100 buy-in Daily Value Boost registered 925 entries, falling ₹75,000 short of its advertised guarantee.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 224
Re-entries – 178
Prize Pool – ₹6,03,000
Places Paid – 45
Yash ‘ShakeyAnimal’ Jaiswal outlasted the 402-entry field in PokerBaazi`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT, winning the 9 PM marquee for a site-best ₹1.27 Lakhs (his first title this month). Kritagya ‘Kritagya_17’ Sharma (opted-out from tracking) secured a runner-up payday worth ₹88,641.
Yash Jaiswal’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India & including HU SnGs): Lifetime Winnings: ₹60.22 Lakhs| Lifetime Profits: ₹5.14 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #6
Final Table Results
(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 124
Re-entries – 115
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 27
PokerBaazi user ‘Raldon’ posted four deep runs on the site yesterday (including a title win and another FT finish), adding ₹1.33 Lakhs. They most prominently took down a 239-player field in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT to win ₹1.18 Lakhs. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma came second for ₹82,550.
Raldon’s Monday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹1,17,650
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s Evening SPRINT for ₹6,261
> 18th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹5,900
> 18th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹2,750
Raldon’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹11.28 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹3.38 Lakhs | Titles Won: #5 | Final Table Finishes: #28
Allen ‘romeo333’ Romeo has been on a scoring spree on PokerBaazi in the last few months and fired up five deep runs on the site yesterday, raking in ₹86,432 overall.
His Monday finishes include:
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹53,100
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s Afternoon Boost for ₹19,049
> 33rd in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹8,955
> 12th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹2,678
> 26th in PokerBaazi’s (6-Max) Holdem BOOST for ₹2,650
Allen Romeo’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹39.49 Lakhs| Lifetime Profits: ₹1.98 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #14
The ₹2,200 buy-in (7-Max) Daily SPRINT fell a marginal ₹22,000 short of its listed guarantee, and the top 27 finishers benefitted from the value on offer.
Final Table Results
‘mamyam’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD 7-Max Afternoon Boost for ₹50,108), ‘prometheus1224’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Midnight SPRINT for ₹48,623), Satyam ‘satyamverma25’ Verma (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for 6-Max Holdem BOOST for ₹45,994), ‘tannyg’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹41,801), Aamir ‘flipper’ Husain (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹39,200), ‘catchy’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹28,683), ‘vedprakash923’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹23,642), ‘ThisIsMaia’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD SPRINT 1 PM for ₹20,604), Rahul ‘bunnyhigh’ Solanki (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 9:30 PM event for ₹18,000), and Kashish ‘kashish007’ Gupta (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹17,220) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
Pocket52
Pocket Jacks – ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,250
Entries – 115
Re-entries – 60
Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000
Places Paid – 27
Pocket52 network user ‘yadudubey’ outmaneuvered a 175-player field in the ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, winning the Monday title for ₹51,875. Mintu ‘Mintu11’ Yadav finished runner-up for ₹38,750.
Final Table Results
‘dhamna’ (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Pocket Tanks for ₹28,750), Last Monday’s Pocket Brunch champion ‘jaimahakaal’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹21,000), ‘komal2’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹15,750) and ‘TheDARK’ (Won ₹50K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹11,500) won the other Pocket52 marquees.
PokerDangal
Monday Monster – ₹1 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹770
Entries – 97
Rebuy – 39
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
Places Paid – 23
PokerDangal user ‘Kicker’ nailed the site`s ₹1 Lakh GTD Monday Monster for ₹21,000, with Shivam ‘LALLORONA’ Shukla banking ₹15,500 in second place.
Final Table Results
PokerStars India
Battle Royale [8-Max] – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 97
Re-entries – 86
Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,28,750
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,28,750
Total Prize Pool – ₹4,57,500
Places Paid – 20
The MTT pro based in London, Young Gun Karan ‘The Annihilator’ Radia (opted out of our tracking), went on a tear last night. He won Spartan Poker’s ITM #24 Turbo (₹1.03 Lakhs) and PokerStars India’s ₹4 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale [8-Max] (₹99,870) (₹59,424 in bounties) in quick succession, banking ₹2.03 Lakhs in Monday winnings.
The user ‘ohmmshiva’ finished runner-up in the Battle Royale for ₹46,539 (₹6,094 in bounties).
The ₹2,750 buy-in Battle Royale attracted 183 entries, posting a ₹4.58 Lakhs prize pool, which was distributed among the top 20 finishers.
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
Raghav ‘scambrahm’ Ananth (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Deepstack for ₹34,565), ‘min2thomas’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹29,550), and ‘sidaaak’ (Won Primetime Grind ₹50K GTD for ₹10,959) shipped the other Monday marquees on PokerStars India.
Adda52
Iron Man – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,400
Entries – 197
Re-entries – 203
Prize Pool – ₹8,80,000
Places Paid – 43
After establishing himself across the other three major sites, the Galactic Series-05 [Highroller] champion, Vikram ‘vikram2323’ Mishra, turned his attention to building a resume on Adda52. Taking a big step in that direction, Mishra made the victory march in the ₹8 Lakhs GTD Iron Man, winning the Monday headliner for a site-best ₹1.86 Lakhs – almost 3x his previous best finish on the site – and his second MTT title of the month.
‘FB-SportsTalk24-com,’ who started playing MTTs on Adda52 in July 2022, pocketed a site-best ₹1.64 Lakhs in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
Mishra lapped up over ₹2.10 Lakhs in Monday winnings across five deep runs, which include:
> 1st in Adda52’s Iron Man for ₹1,86,147
> 11th in Adda52’s Voyager for ₹4,500
> 10th in PokerStars India’s Battle Royale for ₹12,029
Vikram Mishra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.57 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹71.72 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #7
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
Voyager – ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 160
Re-entries – 140
Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000
Places Paid – 30
The Adda52 user ‘chetakgowda’ outlasted the 300-entry field in the 9:30 PM marquee, ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Voyager, to win a site-best ₹70,901. Pranav ‘pkpok’ Khandalkar collected ₹51,649 in second place.
The runner-up finisher and a serial satellite winner, Pranav Khandalkar, made away with ₹94,179 in Monday winnings across three deep runs, which include:
> 2nd in Adda52’s Voyager for ₹51,649
> 15th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #22 Monday Supersonic for ₹23,405
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (6-Max) Holdem BOOST for ₹19,125
Pranav Khandalkar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.05 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹85.66 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #4 | Satellites Won in 2022: #37
Final Table Results
Imtiyaz ‘Rinfeo’ Ahmad (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹30,301), Sarvesh ‘playhereforsure13’ Sharma (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹11,765), ‘eswar518’ (Won 50K Freeze Out Adda for ₹15,490), and ‘risktaker1’ (Won ₹50K GTD Evening Adda for ₹10,340) won the other Adda52 marquees.
Khelo365
Khelo365 regular ‘Amazonking’ took down the ₹10K GTD Sun Downer for ₹3,100, just as ‘Ravithakur5’ fell out in second place, banking ₹2,100.
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