Daily Majors: Mitesh Gupta & Pratik Manjrekar Turn Monday Blues Into Winning Hues!

While the weekend’s action-packed poker scene might have simmered down, Monday still brought its share of excitement to the online felts! With live poker stealing the spotlight—the DPT Xpress wrapping up in Goa, the APT Manila Classic 2025 drawing crowds (where Team India has already snagged four wins!), and a few players battling it out at WPT Cambodia (where Arjun Pulak Agrawal won the Single Day Megastack Mini HR)—the online scene was a bit quieter. But that didn’t mean there weren’t any fireworks!

Both high-stakes players and the mid-stakes crowd had plenty to fight for, with Natural8 India’s Millions Week 2025 wrapping up tonight, promising insane payouts, and the more affordable ₹1+ Crore Lakhpati Legends series on Junglee Poker offering a budget-friendly option. Not to mention the usual big battles on Natural8 India and PokerBaazi, which crowned the biggest winners of the night!

And amidst all this action, some familiar names rose to the top. Mitesh Gupta, after a mysterious five-month absence, made a thunderous return to Natural8 India. He didn’t just dip his toes back in the water – he cannonballed in! With a 55th place finish in the Bounty Hunters HR Main 525 for ₹3.95 Lakhs and another 95th place finish in the Super Monday Bounty Hunters 525 for ₹1.30 Lakhs, he raked in over ₹5.25 Lakhs, leaving no doubt about who ruled the virtual felt last night!

> 55th in Bounty Hunters HR Main 525 for ₹3,94,696

> 95th in Super Monday Bounty Hunters 525 for ₹1,30,434

PokerBaazi had its own share of excitement, with Mithil Pingle stealing the show! After a relentless two-year downswing, he finally broke through, snagging his first-ever flagship title in style by taking down The Big Show for a career-best ₹5 Lakhs—more than three times his previous top score from a final table finish in #25 The MoneyMaker last April. This dominant performance made him the biggest winner on PokerBaazi and the second-biggest online scorer of the day! Pratik Manjrekar came close to adding a fourth win for 2025, finishing runner-up in The Big Show for ₹3 Lakhs!

Back on Natural8 India, newcomer ‘magnumopus,’ who made a grand debut just a fortnight ago with a GGMasters Classic 25 victory and followed that with a Daily Hyper 60 win on Thursday and a runner-up finish in GGMasters Double Stack 25 on Friday, further padded his stats by finishing 67th in a colossal 4,725-entry field in the GGMasters Bounty Anniversary 320 to collect ₹2.36 Lakhs.

And that’s not all! Natural8 India saw two more solid finishes:

• ‘Ante-man‘ made a grand entrance, finishing 154th in the Super Monday Bounty Hunters 525 and pocketing ₹1.96 Lakhs.
• Tarun Goyal, the reigning 2024 POY champion, finished 44th in the Super Monday Bounty Hunters 525, earning ₹1.96 Lakhs and pushing his yearly winnings to over ₹46 Lakhs!

Back on PokerBaazi, Aritra Hazra, who had been teasing a breakthrough with a relentless streak of final table finishes, finally got it done in The Big Show Lite, locking up ₹1.66 Lakhs through a heads-up deal and snapping a 3.5-month title drought. Another final table run in Adda52’s Iron Man DPT Edition (4th for ₹51,445) boosted his Monday winnings to over ₹2.17 Lakhs. Surajkishan Razdan, a satellite crusher who recently finished runner-up in the Daily Last Chance, kept his hot run going by finishing runner-up in The Big Show Lite, collecting the lion’s share of ₹1.86 Lakhs from the deal. With another deep run earlier in the day, he racked up over ₹1.94 Lakhs in total.

Puneet Sachan also kept his foot on the gas, notching up his second win in as many days! After winning PokerBaazi’s BSS Super Value on Sunday, he wasted no time in adding another trophy to his collection, dominating the Daily Last Chance to collect ₹1.62 Lakhs after a heads-up chop, bringing his Monday total to nearly ₹1.79 Lakhs across three deep runs. But he wasn’t the only one making moves! Milan Biswas, coming off his own Daily Last Chance win on Saturday (his first win in 3.5 months), almost took it down for the second time in three days. He battled hard but had to settle for ₹1.31 Lakhs as the runner-up from the deal. With another deep run boosting his total to ₹1.38 Lakhs and swinging him back to profitability on PokerBaazi, it was a Monday well spent!

Over at Adda52, ‘kalidenalii‘ reigned supreme by winning the Iron Man DPT Edition for ₹1.27 Lakhs—their first-ever Iron Man title and biggest score of the year (sixth-best overall). ‘Sherlockholmes221‘ put up a strong fight, finishing runner-up for a personal-best ₹94,024!

Junglee Poker witnessed the continued reign of Yash Chitre. Coming off a string of successes last week, including winning Tuesday Phoenix, he dominated the Monday Monster for his third title on the platform this year, earning ₹1.10 Lakhs—his fifth title of 2025. Three more deep runs, including a final table appearance in Pocket52’s Pocket Jacks, saw Chitre’s Monday earnings soar to almost ₹1.75 Lakhs. Ekjot Singh finished second in the Monday Monster for ₹56,880 —his best score of the year and his fourth-best overall. Two other deep runs brought his Tuesday total to ₹95,160.

Young Gun Arsh Grover continues to make waves on Pocket52! Just six days after crushing Pocket Bullets, the poker prodigy and perennial Player of the Year contender was back in the winner’s circle, delivering a knockout performance by dominating Pocket Jacks and securing his third title on the platform this year for ₹1.69 Lakhs, pushing his Monday winnings to over ₹1.73 Lakhs. Shivam Jain, fresh off his Pocket Jacks victory last month, gave a tough fight for a repeat win but had to settle for ₹1.19 Lakhs as the runner-up.

Monday also saw standout performances from Mukesh Surana, Prince Singh, Gaurang Bhatti, Akshay Choudhary, Ajeeth Kumar, Rajneesh Thakur, Praveen KR, Sahil Babbar, Pranav Khandalkar, Shrey Baj, and Tejas Joshi, each winning marquee events.

Here are the Monday highlights!

PokerBaazi

The Big Show – ₹30 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,750

Entries – 324

Re-entries – 267

Prize Pool – ₹30,00,000

Places Paid – 87

After a high-voltage Sunday, the Monday grind on PokerBaazi was a bit more subdued (likely due to the DPT Xpress, which wrapped up last night and many other regs busy at APT Manila Classic 2025 and WPT Cambodia) with the day’s star attraction—the ₹30 Lakhs GTD The Big Show—falling a little short of its guarantee. But that didn’t stop site regular Mithil ‘Pokerstar0110’ Pingle from taking centre stage!

Pingle had been grinding hard since September 2022, searching for that elusive flagship victory amidst a frustrating downswing. But last night, his luck turned around in a big way. Pingle outlasted a 591-entry field (324 unique) in The Big Show, claiming his first major title and an all-time-best ₹5 Lakhs payday—over three times his previous best score from a final table finish in the #25 The MoneyMaker last April!

This Pune-based grinder has shown flashes of brilliance in the past, including a bronze medal in NPS#86 Slamdunk in March and that memorable The MoneyMaker final table. But last night was different. He fired two bullets in the 8 PM headliner and proceeded to dismantle the competition in eight hours flat, scoring a breakthrough win! This wasn’t just a bankroll boost; it helped him recover over a quarter of their past losses, making him the top dog on PokerBaazi and the second-biggest online scorer of the day, only trailing Mitesh Kumar Gupta, who racked up over ₹5.25 Lakhs across two deep runs on Natural8 India!

Mithi Pingle’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹24.82 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2025: #1

Pratik ‘zpAAced’ Manjrekar also came to play in The Big Show, gunning for his fourth title of the year. He kicked off 2025 in beast mode, racking up a whopping ₹11.34 Lakhs on January 8 from a fourth-place finish in Natural8 India’s The Weekender 50 and standout wins in PokerBaazi’s WTF and Pocket52’s Pocket Rockets. He even took down Junglee Poker’s Thursday Mini Highroller the very next day!

Since then, Manjrekar has been on the hunt for another title and has come close a few times—most notably finishing fourth in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour two weeks ago. Last night, he put up another fierce fight in The Big Show, battling till the very end before settling for the runner-up payout of ₹3 Lakhs—his second-best score on PokerBaazi this year.

And just for kicks, Manjrekar also bagged the top stack in the third qualifier of Junglee Poker’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD LL#40 Main Event, putting himself in a prime position for a deep run in the finale on February 16.

Pratik Manjrekar’s online stats (excluding Natural8 India, Junglee Poker and Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.41 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.41 Crores | Titles Won in 2025: #1

The Big Show’s final table was packed with familiar faces. Mithilesh ‘Quest4Best’ Choubey banked ₹1.82 Lakhs for fourth place, Pranay ‘5pranay’ Chaudhry walked away with ₹1.12 Lakhs for sixth, while Akhilendra ‘gunmaster7777’ Singh (7th for ₹91,200) and satellite qualifier Kunal ‘symbolicchamp’ Agrawal (8th for ₹72,600) rounded out the top eight.

While The Big Show recorded ₹45,000 in overlays, the value was undeniable. It dished out payouts to the top 87 finishers, each locking in at least ₹10,200—almost twice the ₹5,750 buy-in. A thrilling night of poker wrapped up with Pingle celebrating his biggest win yet while Pratik Manjrekar remained hungry for more. All of this just adds to the excitement of what promises to be a firecracker week of poker action on PokerBaazi!

Final Table Results

1. Mithil ‘Pokerstar0110’ Pingle – ₹5,00,100
2. Pratik ‘zpAAced’ Manjrekar – ₹3,00,000
3. prajime – ₹2,40,000
4. Mithilesh ‘Quest4Best’ Choubey – ₹1,82,400
5. srishyam – ₹1,34,700
6. Pranay ‘5pranay’ Chaudhry – ₹1,11,600
7. Akhilendra ‘gunmaster7777’ Singh – ₹91,200
8. Kunal ‘symbolicchamp’ Agrawal – ₹72,600

The Big Show Lite – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,000

Entries – 457

Re-entries – 346

Prize Pool – ₹13,97,000

Places Paid – 118

While Sunday’s high-octane action might have settled, PokerBaazi still delivered an electrifying Monday night, with Aritre ‘morsmordre’ Hazra front and centre! This mid-stakes specialist from Kolkata (currently residing in Bengaluru) has been making waves for weeks, and he finally hit the jackpot by conquering the ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Big Show Lite, grabbing a cool ₹1.66 Lakhs through a calculated heads-up deal. This victory was sweet for Hazra, who last won the Pocket Magnets on October 24 and was determined to grab the gold this time—and he did!

Hazra’s been on a relentless grind for months now and with some solid results. He finished as the runner-up in The Quest Lite last month, followed by a string of final table appearances in the Monster Turbo PKO, the Daily Boost, Iron Man DPT Edition, and The Endeavour Lite (twice), including one last week! Coming off another final table run in the BSS Super Value just this past Sunday, his persistence finally paid off with a well-deserved The Big Show Lite victory, earning him his first flagship title of the year and ending a 3.5-month title drought!

The 7:30 PM flagship event was a battleground. A guarantee-crushing field of 457 players (803 total entries) jumped into the fray, all hungry for the win. But Hazra, with a cool head and unwavering determination, fired three bullets and navigated a swift but intense six-hour and 22-minute battle to claim the crown—his best score on PokerBaazi this year. Hazra almost made it a double-title night by also storming the final table in Adda52’s Iron Man DPT Edition, snagging a fourth-place finish for a commendable ₹51,445 and boosting his Monday winnings to over ₹2.17 Lakhs.

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show Lite for ₹1,65,629* (heads-up deal)

> 4th in Adda52’s Iron Man DPT Edition for ₹51,445

Aritra Hazra’s online stats (excluding Natural8 India, Junglee Poker and Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.07 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹35.75 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2025: #1

The Big Show Lite could have easily seen an underdog story unfold as Surajkishan ‘sukira’ Razdan, a satellite grinder who recently finished as the runner-up in the Daily Last Chance, had a real shot at bagging his first win in three long years. Determined to take it down, he fired two bullets in The Big Show Lite. Despite another near miss, Razdan walked away with the lion’s share of the prize pool, worth ₹1.86 Lakhs from the same deal—his best score ever on PokerBaazi. Razdan had also cashed in the (7-Max) Afternoon Boost earlier in the day, earning ₹7,752 for his 13th-place finish and ending the day with over ₹1.94 Lakhs in winnings.

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show Lite for ₹1,86,470* (heads-up deal)

> 13th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹7,752

The Big Show Lite final table was brimming with regulars, including online crusher and one of the top scorers of 2025, ‘bonomo‘ (3rd for ₹1,03,394), former The MoneyMaker champion and last week’s WTF finalist ‘smr1g10‘ (5th for ₹65,530), WPT#9 Warm Up champion ‘Treys‘ (7th for ₹41,917), and mid-stakes beast Yash ‘ShakeyAnimal’ Jaiswal (8th for ₹30,599).

With its affordable ₹2,000 buy-in, The Big Show Lite was a smash hit, generating a guarantee-crushing ₹13.97 Lakhs prize pool. The top 118 places got a piece of the action, each taking home at least ₹4,192—more than double their initial buy-in, keeping the primetime action on fire!

Final Table Results

1. Aritre ‘morsmordre’ Hazra – ₹1,65,629*
2. Surajkishan ‘sukira’ Razdan – ₹1,86,470*
3. bonomo – ₹1,03,394
4. rosh777 – ₹79,642
5. smr1g10 – ₹65,530
6. Daxton – ₹53,514
7. Treys – ₹41,917
8. Yash ‘ShakeyAnimal’ Jaiswal – ₹30,599

*denotes a heads-up deal

Daily Last Chance – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 319

Re-entries – 200

Prize Pool – ₹11,28,000

Places Paid – 82

Puneet ‘HEROCALLSBRO’ Sachan, the Delhi-based online regular best known for his jaw-dropping runner-up finish in PokerBaazi’s inaugural G.O.A.T., is back in the winner’s circle—and he’s not letting go anytime soon. Fresh off a BSS Super Value victory the night before, Sachan wasted no time adding another trophy to his 2025 collection, this time conquering PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Last Chance in spectacular fashion.

Last night, Sachan locked horns with a battle-hardened field of 319 players (519 total entries) in the 10:30 PM Monday showdown. For six hours and 11 minutes, he went head-to-head with some of the toughest players on the platform, but Sachan is not one to back down from a challenge. With the precision of a surgeon and the killer instinct of a shark, he closed out the tournament in style, grabbing his second title of the year (and his second win in a row!), raking in a slick ₹1.62 Lakhs after a heads-up deal.

But stopping wasn’t on his agenda. Riding a wave of momentum, he had already notched up two more deep runs, boosting his Monday winnings to almost ₹1.79 Lakhs. This heater couldn’t have come at a better time, with PokerBaazi`s colossal ₹100 Crores GTD NPS India 2025 now less than two weeks away!

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Last Chance for ₹1,62,351* (heads-up deal)

> 86th in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹10,200

> 52nd in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show Lite for ₹6,288

But the Daily Last Chance wasn’t a one-man show! Milan ‘milanbiwas’ Biswas was right there in the thick of it, pushing Sachan to the limit! Biswas, who recently rediscovered his winning touch by taking down this late-night flagship on Saturday (breaking a 3.5-month dry spell), almost pulled off a repeat performance!

With the ferocity of a tiger, he clawed his way through the field, making it all the way to heads-up, where he settled for ₹1.31 Lakhs as the runner-up from the deal—his third-best score on PokerBaazi. Another score in The Big Show Lite sweetened the deal, pushing his Monday winnings to almost ₹1.38 Lakhs and finally swinging him back into the green on the platform.

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Last Chance for ₹1,31,460* (heads-up deal)

> 42nd in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show Lite for ₹6,288

Milan Biswas’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹26.77 Lakhs | Site Winnings: ₹1.09 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2025: #1

The Daily Last Chance saw a host of regs and other up-and-comers making final table runs, including Sunday’s same-event champion Jyotindra ‘JacksPaaro’ Dubey (3rd for ₹88,008), last month’s same-event finalist Kushal ‘kushalg’ Gathoo (4th for ₹64,652), Vishwas ‘vishwas186’ Dubey (7th for ₹35,655), and Sehej ‘UdixiAgain’ Singh (8th for ₹26,515).

This flagship tournament, the last one on the schedule, delivered a night of intense competition. With a modest ₹2,500 buy-in, it generated a tempting ₹11.28 Lakhs prize pool, smashing its advertised guarantee. The top 82 finishers all got a piece of the action, with payouts starting at ₹5,416—more than double the entry fee, making it a rewarding late-night grind for many players.

Final Table Results

1. Puneet ‘HEROCALLSBRO’ Sachan – ₹1,62,351*
2. Milan ‘milanbiwas’ Biswas – ₹1,31,460*
3. Jyotindra ‘JacksPaaro’ Dubey – ₹88,008
4. Kushal ‘kushalg’ Gathoo – ₹64,652
5. Giniaskhiladhi – ₹54,836
6. Stradleking – ₹45,132
7. Vishwas ‘vishwas186’ Dubey – ₹35,655
8. Sehej ‘UdixiAgain’ Singh – ₹26,515

*denotes a heads-up deal

Mukesh ‘Guruuu’ Surana (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹68,904), Prince ‘NaNki’ Singh (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 Boost for ₹35,630), Gaurang ‘bhattigaurang’ Bhatti (Won ₹2 Lakhs Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹22,200), Akshay ‘Akki16’ Choudhary (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹21,430), ‘fruitfullllll’ (Won ₹1 Lakh Midnight SPRINT for ₹10,270), ‘Gioje’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Boost for ₹10,000), and ‘benevolent’ (Won ₹1 Lakh Boost for ₹9,300) won the other Monday marquees on PokerBaazi.

Junglee Poker

Monday Monster – ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,300

Entries – 187

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,63,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,87,000

Total Prize Pool – ₹4,50,000

Places Paid – 20

If there’s one name sending shockwaves through the poker scene lately, it’s Yash ‘Reeraiser21’ Chitre. This guy is an absolute force, tearing through fields with the precision of a surgeon and the confidence of a king, leaving no doubt about his dominance. He keeps adding to his stacked poker resume constantly, and last night was no different.

Chitre has been on a tear. He kicked off last week with a final table appearance in Adda52’s Iron Man DPT Edition on Monday, then stormed to victory in Junglee Poker’s Tuesday Phoenix, followed by another final table showing in the Maverick DPT Edition the very next day.

And last night, he did it again in Junglee Poker’s ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD Monday Monster! Chitre sliced through a tough field of 187 contenders in a gruelling 6.5-hour battle. When the dust settled, he stood tall, pocketing a cool ₹1.10 Lakhs—with ₹64,688 of that coming from bounties alone. This is his fifth title of 2025 and his third on Junglee Poker this year.

But Chitre doesn’t just collect trophies; he’s a master of the grind. He kept the momentum going, making another final table appearance in Pocket52’s Pocket Jacks and cashing in two other events to boost his Monday earnings to almost ₹1.75 Lakhs. His message to the competition is clear: he’s not just here to play; he’s here to conquer. And by the looks of it, this is just the beginning of his reign.

> 1st in Junglee Poker’s Monday Monster for ₹1,10,371* (₹64,688 in bounties)

> 6th in Pocket52 Pocket Jacks for ₹33,880

> 22nd in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹23,100

> 19th in Adda52’s Iron Man DPT Edition for ₹7,240

Yash Chitre’s online stats (excluding Junglee Poker, Natural8 India and Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.45 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.17 Crores | Titles Won in 2025: #2

Ekjot ‘ekjot4488’ Singh also deserves a standing ovation for his performance in the Monday Monster. He came agonizingly close to victory, finishing second for a respectable ₹56,880 (₹11,250 in bounties). This was his best score of the year and his fourth-best overall. He also added a small score in Spartan Poker’s Monster Turbo (8th for ₹4,400), raking in ₹61,280 in total.

The ₹2,300 buy-in Monday Monster might have fallen short of its advertised guarantee by ₹76,000, but the action was still red-hot! With the top 20 players getting paid from the ₹2.63 Lakhs cash prize pool and plenty of juicy bounties up for grabs from the ₹1.87 Lakhs bounty pool, Junglee Poker continues to be a haven for mid-stakes players looking for exciting poker action and fantastic value.

Final Table Results

1. Yash ‘Reeraiser21’ Chitre – ₹1,10,371
2. Ekjot ‘ekjot4488’ Singh – ₹56,880
3. proteaspower – ₹31,797
4. krohit15 – ₹30,651
5. arru. – ₹18,751
6. Pratishtha01 – ₹16,491
7. saraatta – ₹11,203
8. poko_yt – ₹10,205

₹25 Lakhs GTD Main Event – Qualifier 3

Q3 > Entries – 84 | Survivors – 4 | Chip Leader – Pratik ‘pyari_titli’ Manjrekar (41,662)

Combined > Entries – 149 | Survivors – 9 | Overall Chip Leader – Pratik ‘pyari_titli’ Manjrekar (41,662)

The Lakhpati Legends title winners of the day included ‘nolimit11’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD LL#14 for ₹36,553), ‘breakneck’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD LL#15 for ₹28,440), ‘sdfcghhh’ (Won ₹75K GTD LL#13 for ₹13,408), and ‘sonamg’ (Won ₹50K GTD LL#16 Hangover for ₹7,609).

Adda52

Iron Man DPT Edition – ₹6.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 134

Re-entries – 110

Re-buy – 8

Prize Pool – ₹6,50,000

Places Paid – 35

The DPT Xpress on the floating Casino Deltin Royale may have wrapped up, but the poker action continues online! Adda52 celebrated India’s only-running live poker series by rebranding its online flagship tournaments as “DPT Edition” for the week. And just as the live-action concluded in Goa, ‘kalidenalii’ (anonymity requested) emerged victorious in the ₹6.50 Lakhs GTD Iron Man DPT Edition!

This 8 PM Monday marquee attracted 134 players (252 total entries), falling short of its advertised guarantee (which, despite being reduced from the usual ₹8 Lakhs, still boasted the same ₹6.50 Lakhs as last week). But the overlay meant added value for the players, and ‘kalidenalii’ seized the opportunity, outlasting the competition to capture their first-ever Iron Man title and ₹1.27 Lakhs – their biggest score of the year (sixth-best overall).

Sporadic mystery user ‘Sherlockholmes221,’ who has been on the platform for a year now, also had a great run in the Iron Man DPT Edition, finishing second for a personal-best ₹94,024 on Adda52.

Sherlockholmes221’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹10.83 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹7.21 Lakhs

The final table of the Iron Man DPT Edition was packed with regulars, including last night’s The Big Show Lite champion Aritra ‘prongs’ Hazra (4th for ₹51,445), last month’s BSS Super Value winner Abhinav ‘Borntogamble’ Menon (5th for ₹38,054), long-time sporadic reg Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah (7th for ₹20,821), and the recent Pocket Kings finalist on a roll, the 2024 POY #20 Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ B (8th for ₹15,401).

The Iron Man DPT Edition, with its ₹2,750 buy-in, fell ₹45,200 short of its ₹6.50 Lakhs guarantee, giving players some extra value. The top 35 finishers got a piece of the prize pool, with a min-cash worth a generous ₹6,225 – more than double the buy-in! It was a fantastic start to another week of exciting poker action on Adda52, and with the DPT Xpress in Goa now wrapped up, the online action is expected to heat up even more!

Final Table Results

1. kalidenalii – ₹1,27,111
2. Sherlockholmes221 – ₹94,024
3. RArThShICa – ₹69,549
4. Aritra ‘prongs’ Hazra – ₹51,445
5. Abhinav ‘Borntogamble’ Menon – ₹38,054
6. Kitwithin – ₹28,148
7. Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah – ₹20,821
8. Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ B – ₹15,401

Ajeeth ‘nareshreturns’ Kumar (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Deep Dive for ₹38,988), Rajneesh ‘rajneesh620’ Thakur (Won ₹150 Lakhs GTD Voyager DPT Edition for ₹38,916), ‘rajat9161’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹30,683), ‘aloo21’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Afternoon Bounty for ₹29,177), ‘StrawHaats’ (Won ₹50K GTD Morning Adda for ₹16,301), ‘dineshgoel83’ (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹16,162), ‘dangle143’ (Won ₹80K GTD Iron Man Lite for ₹15,435), and Praveen ‘praveen2626’ KR (Won ₹50K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹13,584) won the other Monday marquees on Adda52.

Pocket52

Pocket Jacks – ₹7 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 100

Re-entries – 90

Prize Pool – ₹7,00,000

Places Paid – 24

February is off to a scorching start on Pocket52, where cash game sharks and tournament titans are feasting on a smorgasbord of value. With a staggering ₹5 Crores in Cash Game Leaderboard prizes and a whopping ₹5.50+ Crores guaranteed across tournaments, it’s raining money on Pocket52!

And speaking of crushers, Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover is back in beast mode, tearing through the competition like a force of nature. A poker prodigy and perennial Player of the Year contender, Grover’s 2024 may not have reached his usual sky-high standards. However, he still had some highlights—his Spartan Poker Half Buy-in Millionaire victory in April and a runner-up finish in PokerBaazi’s IPM#4 Inaugural in August.

Now, 2025 is shaping up to be his year. He kicked things off by taking down Pocket Rockets in January and followed it up just six days ago by conquering Pocket Bullets. But Grover isn’t one to rest on his laurels—he’s now tripled his title count, crushing Pocket52’s ₹7 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks in dominant fashion for his third straight victory on Pocket52 this year!

Coming off a final table finish in PokerBaazi’s Daily Last Chance this past Thursday, Grover carried that momentum straight into Pocket Jacks, battling through a 190-entry field (100 unique) in the 8 PM showdown. After seven hours of high-octane poker, he held all the chips, bagging a sweet ₹1.69 Lakhs. And he wasn’t done! Another deep run in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show Lite boosted his Monday winnings to over ₹1.73 Lakhs.

> 1st in Pocket52’s Pocket Jacks for ₹1,69,000

> 106th in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show Lite for ₹4,192

Arsh Grover’s online stats (excluding Pocket52, Natural8 India and Junglee Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹18.88 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹7.55 Crores | Titles Won in 2025: #3 (across all platforms)

Shivam ‘cyflopse’ Jain—a recreational player and part-time streamer—almost pulled off a repeat victory in style! Fresh off a Pocket Jacks win last month, he came incredibly close to doing it again, finishing as the runner-up for a solid ₹1.19 Lakhs.

The Pocket Jacks final table was replete with talented players. Nimesh ‘zokomo’ Patel (3rd for ₹76,160), Prince ‘willcrushu’ Singh (4th for ₹56,420), recent The Quest runner-up Shivam ‘SoulShaker’ Kumar Dubey (5th for ₹42,350), last night`s Monday Monster champion Yash ‘Reeraizer’ Chitre (6th for ₹33,880), and Abhishek ‘EINSTEIN’ Agarwal (7th for ₹28,140) all battled for the title.

With a ₹3,300 buy-in, Pocket Jacks fell short of its ₹7 Lakhs guarantee, leaving a juicy ₹1.55 Lakhs overlay—a sweet deal for those who jumped in! The extra value meant that the top 24 finishers walked away with a slice of the prize pool, with payouts starting at a generous ₹6,720—more than double the buy-in, making for another thrilling night of poker action on Pocket52!

Final Table Results

1. Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover – ₹1,69,000
2. Shivam ‘cyflopse’ Jain – ₹1,19,000
3. Nimesh ‘zokomo’ Patel – ₹76,160
4. Prince ‘willcrushu’ Singh – ₹56,420
5. Shivam ‘SoulShaker’ Kumar Dubey – ₹42,350
6. Yash ‘Reeraizer’ Chitre – ₹33,880
7. Abhishek ‘EINSTEIN’ Agarwal – ₹28,140
8. TheGrinder77 – ₹22,540

Sahil ‘illuminati777’ Babbar won the ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Soda for ₹38,630.

Spartan Poker

Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD Supreme for ₹57,300), ‘Arun.mafia.style’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Bullet for ₹40,737), Shrey ‘kingsb30’ Baj (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Monster Turbo for ₹22,200), and Tejas ‘Tjoshi9676’ Joshi (Won ₹50K GTD Holdem for ₹12,300) won the Monday marquees on Spartan Poker.

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