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The regs were in full attendance on the domestic felts yesterday, and most of the day’s big-ticket events surpassed their advertised guarantees. Day 2 of PokerBaazi’s 1000X Series 2.0 had five events on the tap, even as we’re looking forward to the fifth edition of PokerStars India’s ₹3+ Crores GTD Winter Series taking off tomorrow, January 5.
Karan Malhotra stormed into the Tuesday headlines on the back of three ITM finishes, rounding out a hefty ₹4.54 Lakhs in cashes. Adding his third title in a week, Malhotra captured Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹3.01 Lakhs. Vivek Singh came in second in the event to collect a ₹2.72 Lakhs payout.
‘Darksider’ (anonymity requested) emerged as the single-biggest scorer on Tuesday, collecting ₹4.42 Lakhs in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller, which they shipped for the second time. Sunday’s Roller Coaster champion, Ankit Wadhawan, finished second for ₹3.05 Lakhs.
The IOPC June 2022 The Crown third-place finisher Neeraj Sattawat drove up the Tuesday action on PokerBaazi, shipping the site’s The Endeavour for a site-best ₹4.21 Lakhs (won ₹4.26 Lakhs overall). Long time reg Vishnu Khandelwal finished runner-up for ₹2.51 Lakhs.
The Darjeeling-based pro, Manish Lakhotia, followed up his last week’s Wednesday High Roller win with another title run, shipping Adda52’s The Mint for ₹3.52 Lakhs, adding to ₹3.97 Lakhs in Tuesday’s winnings.
PokerBaazi user ‘akash33776’ captured the day’s biggest 1000X title, the 1000X#12 Tuesday Prime, for ₹3.06 Lakhs, following a four-way deal with ‘poker_lord’ (2nd for ₹2.25 Lakhs), ‘RockingstarYash’ (3rd for ₹2.50 Lakhs), and ‘Kaikeyi’ (4th for ₹2.16 Lakhs).
Prashant Baghmar (Won the 1000X#11 for ₹1.16 Lakhs), Shadab Siddiqui (Won the 1000X#13 for ₹1.06 Lakhs), and Varun Gulati (Won 1000X#10 for ₹91,000) also bagged the 1000X titles on the site.
Last Thursday’s (7-Max) SPRINT champion Gokul Raj reeled in his second title in a week, taking down PokerStars India’s Turbo Masters (8-Max) for ₹1 Lakh, adding to a Tuesday haul of ₹1.69 Lakhs.
Prem Chand Gope, Samridhi Kapoor, Dayanand Prass, Akhilesh Chauhan, Hemanshu Tomar, Swapnil Patil, Md Asraf Ali, Taliwabang Jamir, Kaptan Ali, and Naresh Kumar won the other Tuesday marquees.
Here are the Tuesday highlights!
PokerBaazi
1000X#12 Tuesday Prime – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 640
Re-entries – 661
Prize Pool – ₹32,52,000
Places Paid – 148
PokerBaazi user ‘akash33776’ toppled a field of 1,301 entries in PokerBaazi’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD 1000X#12 Tuesday Prime, eventually cutting a four-way deal to grab the title and the ₹3.06 Lakhs up top. ‘poker_lord’ (2nd for ₹2.25 Lakhs), ‘RockingstarYash’ (3rd for ₹2.50 Lakhs), and ‘Kaikeyi’ (4th for ₹2.16 Lakhs) were the other three finalists in the event.
‘akash33776’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹6.77 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹2.64 Lakhs | Titles Won on Site: 14
Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarty lapped up ₹1.33 Lakhs on the back of three ITM finishes, which include:
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#12 Tuesday Prime for ₹93,347
> 11th in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹30,030
> 31st in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹9,214
Sashank Chakravarty’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.81 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹21.79 Lakhs
The ₹2,750 buy-in event generated a ₹32.52 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 148 spots got paid.
Final Table Results
*denotes a four-way deal
The Endeavour – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 231
Re-entries – 300
Prize Pool – ₹26,55,000
Places Paid – 70
The IOPC June 2022 The Crown third-place finisher Neeraj ‘neerunj’ Sattawat emerged as the Tuesday chartbuster on PokerBaazi, shipping the site’ ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Endeavour. Sattawat overcame the 531-player field in the event to claim the top prize of ₹4.21 Lakhs – his personal-best score on PokerBaazi. Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal settled for a runner-up finish worth ₹2.51 Lakhs.
Neeraj Sattawat cashed another event, making away with a collective ₹4,26,407 on Tuesday. His Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹4,20,552 (Best site score)
> 142nd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#12 Tuesday Prime for ₹5,855
Neeraj Sattawat’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.08 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹34.99 Lakhs
Samyak ‘stonedurrr’ Sethi cashed out four events adding ₹83,920 to his online bankroll. His top Tuesday finishes include:
> 8th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹53,100
> 25th in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹15,101
Samyak Sethi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.07 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹29.67 Lakhs
The ₹5,500 buy-in event crushed the posted guarantee, collecting a prize pool of ₹26.55 Lakhs distributed among the top 70 finishers.
Final Table Results
1000X#13 – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 656
Re-entries – 604
Prize Pool – ₹12,60,000
Places Paid – 209
PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD 1000X#13 brought in 1,260 runners, collecting a guarantee-smashing ₹12.60 Lakhs prize pool. The ₹1,100 buy-in tourney eventually went down the wire following a five-way deal. Shadab ‘shadab076’ Siddiqui clinched the title for a personal-best ₹1.06 Lakhs payout.
Shadab Siddiqui’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.22 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.47 Lakhs
‘alwaysnuts97’ (2nd for ₹1.30 Lakhs), Raghav ‘godspeeed’ Aggarwal (3rd for ₹1.11 Lakhs), Hemant ‘hkm2828’ Meena (4th for ₹88,067), and Netra ‘BoB_Das’ Kumar Das (5th for ₹75,650) were the other four finalists who benefitted from the deal.
Final Table Results
*denotes a five-way deal
1000X#11 – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹880
Entries – 466
Re-entries – 397
Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000
Places Paid – 143
Prashant ‘Morpheus’ Baghmar added a 1000X title to his name on Tuesday, topping the 863-player field in PokerBaazi’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD 1000X#11 to collect the title and the ₹1.16 Lakhs up top. ‘Pankajchauh’ collected ₹86,960 in the second place.
Prashant Baghmar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹19.2 Lakhs
Gokul ‘gokul1210’ Murugesan (3rd for ₹66,400), Neha ‘neha94’ Mehta (4th for ₹47,760), Kunal ‘symbolicchamp’ Agrawal (5th for ₹34,560), and The Mint third-place finisher Dhaval ‘Faizal1506’ Doshi (7th for ₹17,600) were others who FTed the event.
The ₹880 buy-in event filled in an overlay shortfall of ₹1.10 Lakhs and the top 143 finishers got paid.
Final Table Results
1000X#10 – ₹7 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹770
Entries – 492
Re-entries – 474
Prize Pool – ₹7,00,000
Places Paid – 155
Last month’s APT#51 Main Event champion, Varun ‘Vg_007’ Gulati, raced past the 966-entry field in PokerBaazi’s ₹7 Lakhs GTD 1000X#10, banking ₹91,281 up top, following a heads-up chop with ‘raghv1’ (2nd for ₹81,199).
Gulati also scored in the 1000X#11 (18th for ₹4,800), locking in ₹96,081 in Tuesday winnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.25 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹32.94 Lakhs
Monday’s 1000X#9 finalist, Onni ‘Onimalhotra’ Malhotra, bagged ₹16,800 through three ITM finishes, with his deepest run coming in the 1000X#10 (7th for ₹13,230). His PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹23.46 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹3.45 Lakhs
The ₹770 buy-in marquee fell ₹23,800 short of its advertised guarantee, and the top 155 runners grabbed a piece of the prize pool.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
Prem Chand ‘lastbluff’ Gope (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹88,907), Samridhi ‘LEGGO’ Kapoor (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT for ₹45,560), Dayanand ‘dayanandprass’ Prass (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹44,220), Akhilesh ‘Ikk@5’ Chauhan (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 BOOST for ₹38,260), Hemanshu ‘papakancha00’ Tomar (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹35,670), ‘princeofdarkness’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹32,000), and Taliwabang ‘Meverick’ Jamir (Won 1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 BOOST for ₹28,440) also bagged titles on PokerBaazi yesterday.
Spartan Poker
Mega Stack – ₹17 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹4,400
Entries – 229
Re-entries – 62
Rebuys – 138
Prize Pool – ₹17,16,000
Places Paid – 39
A day after his wife Akansha Sehgal took down PokerBaazi’s 1000X#9, Karan ‘Engineerlonda’ Malhotra clinched his first title of 2023 in Spartan Poker’s ₹17 Lakhs GTD Mega Stack, taking home a cool ₹3.01 Lakhs up top. Last Thursday’s Super Stack PKO winner, Malhotra chopped the title with Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh, who banked a runner-up payout worth ₹2.72 Lakhs.
Malhotra picked up two more cashes last night, including an FT finish in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour, collecting ₹4.54 Lakhs overall. His Tuesday cashes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹3,00,568
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹1,51,070
> 108th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#13 for ₹2,646
Karan Malhotra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.4 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹73.99 Lakhs
The most recent Sunday Superstack runner-up, Vivek Singh, also cashed The Endeavour (46th for ₹17,258), raking in ₹2.90 Lakhs in winnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.5 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.67 Crores
Yesterday’s PLO-5 BOOST champion, Akhilesh ‘Ikk@5’ Chauhan, took home ₹1.66 Lakhs in cumulative winnings across four deep runs, which include:
> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹1,05,877
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s PLO-5 BOOST for ₹38,261
> 31st in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹18,585
> 79th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#13 for ₹3,024
Akhilesh Chauhan’s online stats (Spartan Poker & PokerBaazi): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.55 Crores
The 8 PM flagship registered 429 entries, surpassing its listed guarantee by ₹16,000. The top 39 players boarded the money bus.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
Tuesday High Roller (6-Max) – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 90
Re-entries – 21
Rebuys – 62
Prize Pool – ₹17,30,000
Places Paid – 15
Last Tuesday’s Mechanical Bull winner, ‘darksider’ (anonymity requested), triumphed over the 173-entry field in Spartan Poker’s 9 PM flagship, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Tuesday High Roller, claiming the title for the second time, along with the day’s single-biggest payout of ₹4.42 Lakhs. Sunday’s Roller Coaster champion, Ankit ‘d00mtr00per’ Wadhawan, secured the runner-up spot for ₹3.05 Lakhs.
‘darksider’ scored in four events, earning ₹4.57 Lakhs in total winnings. His Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹4,42,015
> 128th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#12 Tuesday Prime for ₹5,855
> 13th in Adda52’s Voyager for ₹4,290
> 44th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#13 for ₹4,410
Young Gun Aayush ‘Eureka226’ Arya ran deep in three events, lapping up ₹2.45 Lakhs in earnings, which include:
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹1,99,815
> 7th in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹38,981
> 89th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#12 Tuesday Prime for ₹6,505
Aayush Arya’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.04 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.61 Crores
Sunday’s The MoneyMaker finalist, Anmol ‘Dead money’ Narang, collected ₹2.14 Lakhs on the back of three ITM finishes, which include:
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹1,61,755
> 12th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#12 Tuesday Prime for ₹35,778
> 61st in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹15,930
Anmol Narang’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.74 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹36.56 Lakhs
Laksh ‘b00mTilt23’ Pal Singh ITM-ed three tournaments, banking ₹1.11 Lakhs in Tuesday cashes, which include:
> 6th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹1,02,070
> 123rd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#12 Tuesday Prime for ₹5,855
> 94th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#13 for ₹3,024
Laksh Pal Singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.81 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.13 Crores
Final Table Results
‘Reubenheikru’ (Won ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD The Race for ₹63,457), ‘Laxmanjhula’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹52,546), ‘simsimpola’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹39,264), ‘DhakkiTiki’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Sundowner Multi-Entry for ₹31,725), ‘constantine’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹22,951), and ‘Deathstalker’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹10,025) won the other titles on Spartan Poker.
MPL Poker
Terrific Tuesday – ₹1 Lakh GTD
Buy-in – ₹275
Entries – 474
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
Places Paid – 100
Arman ‘expert7374475’ Ansari toppled a 100-player field in MPL Poker’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Terrific Tuesday to collect the title and ₹22,278. Guljari ‘sonusahani777’ Chaudhary finished runner-up for ₹13,035.
Final Table Results
Pocket52
Pocket Jacks – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 126
Re-entries – 68
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 30
Pocket52 network user ‘ktm421’ ran past a 194-entry field in the site’s 8 PM marquee, the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, taking home ₹80,000 hard cash! ‘miaddamo’ placed second for ₹57,000.
The winner also championed the Pocket Squares last night, collecting another ₹13,200 paycheque.
Online regular Lavesh ‘lavesh7’ Meena came sixth for ₹16,000.
Final Table Results
‘elk_carey_10241473’ (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹25,000), ‘81##.734##191_4235722’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Soda for ₹17,250), Kaptan ‘KaptanAli’ Ali (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹15,750) and ‘ktm421’ (Won ₹60K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹13,200) won the other Pocket52 marquees on Thursday.
PokerStars India
Turbo Masters (8-Max) ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 99
Re-entries – 65
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 23
After shipping PokerBaazi’s (7-MAX) SPRINT last Thursday, seasoned pro Gokul ‘Haxton Jr’ Raj made the victory march in PokerStars India’s Turbo Masters (8-Max) ₹5 Lakhs GTD and took home ₹1 Lakh up top, with ‘The first women’ placing second for ₹77,362.
Raj reeled in ₹1.69 Lakhs across four deep runs last night, which include:
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Turbo Masters (8-Max) for ₹1,00,669
> 11th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#12 Tuesday Prime for ₹42,283
> 39th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for 18,585
> 11th in Spartan Poker’s The Race for 7,108
Gokul Raj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.84 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.27 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #1
The ₹3,300 buy-in MTT logged in 164 challengers to leave an overlay of ₹8,000, and the top 23 places got paid.
Final Table Results
‘Wanabepro299’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Uppercut for ₹50,196), Swapnil ‘pokpom1’ Patil (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹33,485), ‘ShipIT@MONEY’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline [6-Max] for ₹15,215), and ‘gblaze8611’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO [8-Max] for ₹14,259) won the other titles on PokerStars India.
Adda52
The Mint – ₹14 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 226
Re-entries – 179
Prize Pool – ₹14,17,501
Places Paid – 43
Last week’s Wednesday High Roller champion, Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia, banked ₹3.97 Lakhs across two deep runs, joining an elite league of players who have crossed ₹13 Crores in tracked online winnings. The Darjeeling-based pro picked up his first title of 2023 in Adda52’s 8 PM flagship, the ₹14 Lakhs GTD The Mint, for ₹3.52 Lakhs. ‘VishuChi’ finished runner-up for ₹2.13 Lakhs.
Lakhotia’s Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹3,51,540 (his third time winning the title)
> 9th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹44,980
Manish Lakhotia’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.56 Crores
Dhaval ‘faizal1506’ Doshi netted ₹1.83 Lakhs on the back of five cashes, which include:
> 3rd in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹1,48,838
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#11 for ₹17,600
> 84th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#12 Tuesday Prime for ₹8,131
> 11th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹5,320
> 116th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#13 for ₹2,646
Dhaval Doshi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.59 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹34.25 Lakhs
Monday’s 1000X#9 fifth-place finisher, Aditya ‘adi2244’ Navalkar, ITM-ed five tournaments, pocketing ₹64,549 overall. His ITM finishes include:
> 6th in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹49,613
> 76th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#12 Tuesday Prime for ₹8,131
> 101st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#13 for ₹3,024
> 26th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹2,345
> 41st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for ₹1,436
Aditya Navalkar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹78.99 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹21.56 Lakhs
The ₹3,850 buy-in tourney posted a guarantee-surpassing ₹14.18 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 43 places were paid.
Final Table Results
‘Samimeel’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Voyager for ₹73,216), Md Ashraf ‘Asraf786786’ Ali (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹30,301), ‘ThePokerProfessor’ (Won ₹40K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹10,321), ‘Nasse’ (Won ₹50K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹10,184), Naresh ‘nareshnow’ Kumar (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹9,793), and ‘kush205’ (Won ₹50K GTD Evening Adda for ₹9,393) won the other titles on Adda52.
Khelo365
Khelo365 regular ‘Amazonking’ took down the ₹10K GTD Sun Downer for ₹3,100, beating ‘CROWNMAGIC’ (2nd for ₹2,100) heads-up.
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