Daily Majors: Nitesh Katiyar, Anurag Srivastava, Ujjwal Narwal & Alok Birewar Crush the Friday Flagships

Daily Majors: Nitesh Katiyar, Anurag Srivastava, Ujjwal Narwal & Alok Birewar
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  • Attreyee Khasnabis September 3, 2022
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The first weekend of September is off to a glorious start! With three big guaranteed series underway, there was no dearth of action or high-value MTTs!

Setting things in motion for a trailblazing weekend ahead was Nitesh Katiyar‘s blistering run in Spartan Poker’s MS #7 – Friday Millionaire. He juggernaut to the top of the 543-entry field, clinching the title and a career-best ₹14.12 Lakhs – emerging as the second Millionaire in the ongoing series and Friday`s biggest winner!

Anurag Srivastava‘s Thursday rampage bled into Friday as the former IOPC – Millionaire Main Event champion ran deep in six tourneys, raking in ₹9.37 Lakhs. His breakout score last night was the ₹8.67 Lakhs he won for his runner-up finish in Spartan Poker’s MS #7 – Friday Millionaire. His stellar form these last two days has catapulted him to the top of the Millionaire Series 5.0 2 Million Leaderboard standings.

Young Gun Ujjwal Narwal was the last player standing in Adda52’s The Ballers, walking away with ₹5.47 Lakhs in first-place prize money. He fired up a runner-up in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹4.44 Lakhs, locking in at least ₹9.91 Lakhs in Friday winnings.

PokerGuru Staking had a terrific run last night with three titles and a litany of deep runs. PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun Mahesh led the way, banking ₹3.21 Lakhs overall, including shipping Spartan Poker`s MS #8 for ₹1.74 Lakhs.

Sanchit Anand added ₹2.96 Lakhs to his bankroll through two deep runs, including winning MS #9 for ₹2.87 Lakhs.

Deepankur Gupta netted ₹2.41 Lakhs through three ITM finishes, including shipping PokerStars India’s Galactic Series – 14 [Uppercut] for ₹2.07 Lakhs.

Bhanu Prakash KC (Won MS #6 Multi Entry for ₹2.36 Lakhs) and Somesh Patel (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD MS #10 for ₹65,794) won the other Millionaire Series titles on Friday.

Alok Birewar was another player who put in spectacular performances on consecutive days. He took down PokerBaazi’s The WeeklyRoller for a second time, pocketing ₹4.53 Lakhs, collectively adding ₹6.49 Lakhs.

‘lion5308680’ (Won Master Series #5 for ₹1.36 Lakhs), Kunga Phuntsok (Won Master Series #4 for ₹36,750), and Jayant K (Won Master Series #6 for ₹22,057) captured MPL Poker’s Master Series titles on Friday.

Ritesh Patel, Rishabh Gupta, Shivkesh Meena, Siddharth Gangwar, Adwait Pol, Dhaval Doshi, Fayaz Ahmad Akhoon, Rudramani Pokhrel, Paras Jain, Lourembam Joshima Devi, Adithya N G, and Rahul Sengar won the other Friday majors.

Here are the Friday highlights!

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Spartan Poker

MS #7 – Friday Millionaire (1st Place ₹10 Lakhs GTD) – ₹50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 274

Re-entries – 116

Rebuys – 153

Prize Pool – ₹54,30,000

Places Paid – 50

Last Friday, Nitesh ‘KATIYAR11’ Katiyar had narrowly missed out on winning The Elite, finishing runner-up instead. He more than made up for it yesterday by coming out on top of a reg-laden 543-player field in Spartan Poker’s ₹50 Lakhs GTD MS #7 – Friday Millionaire to win a career-best ₹14.12 Lakhs, becoming the second of the 13 promised Millionaires to be crowned at the series.

Nitesh Katiyar
Nitesh Katiyar

 

Nitesh Katiyar’s online stats: ₹3.94 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹60 Lakhs | Annual Winnings: ₹92.02 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2

Anurag ‘CultOfPersonality’ Srivastava has persisted with his phenomenal form. Coming in hot after a thrilling Thursday run that saw him banking almost ₹8 Lakhs through six deep runs, he made away with an even better ₹9.37 Lakhs last night through another six ITM finishes, storming into the top ten of the annual leaderboard rankings.

Anurag Srivastava
Anurag Srivastava

 

The back-to-back stellar performances have pushed Srivastava to the top of the Millionaire Series 5.0 2 Million Leaderboard, even though he is yet to win a title in the ongoing series.

His Friday finishes include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s MS #7 – Friday Millionaire for ₹8,68,800

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s MS #10 – Turbo for ₹29,111

> 26th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹18,592

> 18th in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-14 [Uppercut] for ₹10,750

> 28th in Spartan Poker’s MS #6 – Multi Entry for ₹7,588

> 39th in Adda52’s Friday Bounty for ₹1,800

Anurag Srivastava’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.74 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.70 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹2.14 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #20 | Moves to #10 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #1 in the Millionaire Series 2 Million Leaderboard

Young Gun Karan ‘Majestic’ Radia (opted out of our tracking) delivered another blistering run yesterday with two FT finishes in Spartan Poker’s MS #7 – Friday Millionaire (4th for ₹3.58 Lakhs) and Adda52’s The Ballers (2nd for ₹3.32 Lakhs), netting at least ₹6.90 Lakhs!

Karan Radia
Karan Radia

 

Final Table Results

  1. Nitesh ‘KATIYAR11’ Katiyar – ₹14,11,800
  2. Anurag ‘CultOfPersonality’ Srivastava – ₹8,68,800
  3. PinealOptics49 – ₹5,02,275
  4. Karan ‘Majestic’ Radia – ₹3,58,380
  5. Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar – ₹2,28,060
  6. Devang ‘THENERDGUY’ Yadav – ₹1,90,050
  7. Uttam ‘chinunew’ Kumar Sinha – ₹1,35,750
  8. Samit ‘waghoneblood$’ Mehta – ₹1,19,460

 

MS #9 – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 214

Re-entries – 66

Rebuys – 129

Prize Pool – ₹14,31,500

Places Paid – 39

Extending his hot run on Thursday, The MoneyMaker runner-up finisher, PokerGuru Ambassador Sanchit ‘devilsanchit’ Anand, bested the 409-player field in Spartan Poker’s MS #9 to win ₹2.87 Lakhs. Birthday boy Sandy ‘ZIIGMUND’ Lamba fell one place short of the title, netting ₹1.91 Lakhs in second place.

Sanchit Anand
Sanchit Anand

 

The upcoming poker pro, Sanchit Anand, posted another deep run in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) SPRINT (18th for ₹8,145), adding ₹2.96 Lakhs altogether. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹84.28 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹29.49 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #21

Final Table Results

  1. Sanchit ‘devilsanchit’ Anand – 2,87,016
  2. Sandy ‘ZIIGMUND’ Lamba – 1,90,819
  3. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – 1,39,571
  4. Alok ‘Mazacar’ Birewar – 1,12,659
  5. Iceman24 – 88,324
  6. Mithun ‘nodelocker’ Mahesh – 66,851
  7. mansoon – 49,100
  8. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – 33,964

 

MS #6 Multi Entry – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 830 (488)

Rebuys – 566

Prize Pool – ₹12,56,400

Places Paid – 119

Leaderboard crusher Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC (opted out of tracking) is back! It’s just Day 2 of the Millionaire Series 5.0, and Prakash has already stormed into the #2 position in the series’ 2 Million Leaderboard standings, following his victory run in Spartan Poker’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD MS #6 Multi Entry for ₹2.36 Lakhs!

Bhanu Prakash KC
Bhanu Prakash KC

 

Parag ‘Persie’ Shah finished runner-up for ₹1.44 Lakhs and made another deep run in MS #8 (21st for ₹8,506), raking in ₹1.53 Lakhs overall. His Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹87.78 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹9.70 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #6

Punya ‘madhumangal’ Behera scored ₹1.26 Lakhs on the back of two deep runs, which include:

Punya Behera
Punya Behera

 

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s MS #6 Multi Entry for ₹1,01,768

> 39th in Spartan Poker’s MS #7 – Friday Millionaire for ₹24,281

Punya Behera’s online stars: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.10 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.09 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #2

Final Table Results

  1. Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC – ₹2,36,405
  2. Parag ‘Persie’ Shah – ₹1,43,983
  3. Punya ‘madhumangal’ Behera – ₹1,01,768
  4. Surya Pandit – ₹76,640
  5. Shiv ‘cheekychugh’ Chugh – ₹60,433
  6. Siddharth ‘FLIPopotamus’ Kadel – ₹45,356
  7. iamraman – ₹32,289
  8. Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain – ₹22,364

 

MS #8 – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 232

Re-entries – 38

Rebuys – 164

Prize Pool – ₹8,68,000

Places Paid – 39

It was a terrific start to the busy weekend for PokerGuru Staking with three titles and a litany of deep runs! PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘nodelocker’ Mahesh was a significant contributor to the team`s Friday tally and pocketed ₹3.21 Lakhs from five ITM finishes.

Mithun Mahesh
Mithun Mahesh

 

Mahesh`s best Friday finish was vanquishing a 434-entry field in Spartan Poker’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD MS #8 to win his first Millionaire Series title and ₹1.74 Lakhs in prize money. The former The Millionaire champion bested Nishant ‘RektKing’ Kumar (2nd for ₹1.15 Lakhs) heads-up.

Nishant Kumar
Nishant Kumar

 

Mithun Mahesh’s Friday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s MS #8 for ₹1,74,034

> 6th in Spartan Poker’s MS #9 for ₹66,851

> 7th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹65,677

> 22nd in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-14 [Uppercut] for ₹10,125

> 32nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹4,026

Mithun Mahesh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.79 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.64 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #11 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.92 Crores

Another former The Millionaire champion Anmol ‘Dead money’ Narang, secured ₹82,341 through two deep runs, which include:

Anmol Narang
Anmol Narang

 

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s MS #8 for ₹68,312

> 21st in Spartan Poker’s MS #9 for ₹14,029

Anmol Narang’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.39 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹32.73 Lakhs

Final Table Results

  1. Mithun ‘nodelocker’ Mahesh – ₹1,74,034
  2. Nishant ‘RektKing’ Kumar – ₹1,15,704
  3. Alok ‘Mazacar’ Birewar – ₹84,630
  4. Anmol ‘Dead money’ Narang – ₹68,312
  5. vinay0902 – ₹53,556
  6. Srihari ‘bangbang99’ Bang – ₹40,536
  7. Biplob ‘hellhell’ Rana – ₹29,772
  8. priya21 – ₹21,874

 

MS ₹1 Crore GTD – The Millionaire – Day 1B

> Day 1B – Entries: 213 | Re-entries: 31 | Rebuys: 143 | Survivors: 43 | Chip Leader: ‘$hitreg’ (215,639)

> Combined – Entries: 446 | Re-entries: 66 | Rebuys: 281 | Survivors: 92 | Overall Chip Leader: ‘MagicMan13’ (246,541)

 

Millionaire Series 5.0 2 Million Leaderboard – Day 2

Day 2 of the Millionaire Series 5.0 is now in the books. Following a frenzied Friday run, Anurag ‘CultOfPersonality’ Srivastava (2,349 points) jumped up two spots on the 2 Million Leaderboard race, claiming the #1 rank. Leaderboard superstar Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC (2,193 points) has bulldozed into the #2 berth, while MPL Poker Pro Siddharth ‘SherRun’ Karia (1,370 points) dropped to #3.

RankPlayerPoints
1Anurag 'CultOfPersonality' Srivastava2,349
2Bhanu 'spectre' Prakash KC2,193
3Siddharth 'SherRun' Karia1,370
4Parag 'Persie' Shah1,288
5Amit 'Bittoo Bauji' Jha1,224
6Siddharth 'FLIPopotamus' Kadel1,217
6hamdard1,194
8Alok 'Mazacar' Birewar1,143
9Mithun 'nodelocker' Mahesh1,134
10Karan 'Majestic' Radia1,073

 

SomeshJackNotMaPatel (Won 3 Lakhs GTD MS #10 for 65,794), ‘X.r’ (Won 1.50 Lakhs GTD Fri Poker Nite #3 for 50,964), ‘Imjoker’ (Won 2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹47,616), ParasJhukega nahi $alaJain (Won 1 Lakh GTD Fri Poker Nite #1 – PLO4 for 30,000) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

 

PokerBaazi

The Weekly HighRoller – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 119

Re-entries – 105

Prize Pool – ₹22,40,000

Places Paid – 27

The IPC Megastacks High Roller champion Alok ‘TheProfessional’ Birewar took the Friday tournaments by storm, posting three FT finishes for almost ₹6.50 Lakhs in total winnings. The long-time circuit regular most notably outlasted a 204-player field in PokerBaazi’s The WeeklyRoller to win ₹4.53 Lakhs – his second time winning the Friday flagship. Birewar chopped the title heads-up with last night`s The Ballers champion, Young Gun Ujjwal ‘Mr_Robot’ Narwal. The latter pocketed ₹4.44 Lakhs in second place, adding at least ₹9.91 Lakhs to his Friday tally.

Alok Birewar
Alok Birewar

 

Birewar, who won Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller last week, FT-ed two Millionaire Series marquees as well to take over the #8 spot in the series’ 2 Million Leaderboard.

His Friday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹4,52,936* (won the event for the second time)

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s MS #9 for ₹1,12,659

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s MS #8 for ₹83,630

Alok Birewar’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.43 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.65 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #6 | Annual Winnings: ₹42.64 Lakhs

The former NPS Thursday Thunder winner Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar drove up the action on Friday, pulling out four deep runs for ₹3.66 Lakhs in total winnings.

Bharath Kumar
Bharath Kumar

 

His top Friday finishes include:

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s MS #7 – Friday Millionaire (1st Place 10 Lakhs GTD) for 2,28,060

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly Highroller for 1,32,160

> 46th in PokerBaazi’s Afternoon Boost for 3,765

> 20th in PokerBaazi’s Hyper Sprint for ₹2,415

Bharath Kumar’s online stats (excluding Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.40 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.69 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: 12

Final Table Results

  1. Alok ‘TheProfessional’ Birewar – 4,52,936*
  2. Ujjwal ‘Mr_Robot’ Narwal – 4,43,960*
  3. Arman ‘Qbranch’ Khan – 2,37,888
  4. Aniket ‘Anteman’ Waghmare – 1,76,064
  5. Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar – 1,32,160
  6. Myron ‘priyankAAchoprAA’ Periera – 1,05,728
  7. borntrouble – 87,808

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 157

Re-entries – 139

Prize Pool – ₹5,92,000

Places Paid – 36

Rishabh ‘rgeader’ Gupta trounced a 296-entry field in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT, banking the lion’s share of the ₹5.92 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹1.31 Lakhs.

Rishabh Gupta
Rishabh Gupta

 

Gupta also cashed in Adda52’s Friday Bounty (67th for ₹3,825), netting ₹1.36 Lakhs overall. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹65.56 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.88 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #7

Tasaduq ‘Tasduq’ Hussain Rather locked in a runner-up finish in the (7-Max) Daily SPRINT worth ₹91,760. He made another podium finish in the Daily Night SPRINT (3rd for ₹21,979), netting ₹1.14 Lakhs. His PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹14.42 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹8.37 Lakhs

Final Table Results

  1. Rishabh ‘rgeader’ Gupta – ₹1,30,773
  2. Tasaduq ‘Tasduq’ Hussain Rather – ₹91,760
  3. Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani – ₹59,022
  4. Siddharth ‘schemer’ Karia – ₹43,690
  5. Advait ‘ExploitativeGTO’ Rajguru – ₹32,800
  6. Mahesh ‘mahikalra’ Shyamsundar – ₹26,230
  7. Marciva – ₹21,790

 

(7-Max) SPRINT – 5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 1,650

Entries – 279

Re-entries – 264

Prize Pool – 8,14,000

Places Paid – 63

Shivkesh ‘pokeraddictive’ Meena bested the guarantee-crushing 543-player field in PokerBaazi’s 5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT to win 1.06 Lakhs. He chopped the 9 PM marquee three-way with ‘satishcool25’ (2nd for 1.05 Lakhs) and Ritesh ‘Realpsycho’ Patel (3rd for 1.04 Lakhs).

Shivkesh Meena
Shivkesh Meena

 

Shivkesh Meena`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 36.26 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: 2.45 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #1

Final Table Results

  1. Shivkesh ‘pokeraddictive’ Meena – 1,31,019*
  2. satishcool25 – 1,05,456*
  3. Ritesh ‘Realpsycho’ Patel – 1,04,067*
  4. harry16 – 52,780
  5. Karan ‘karangogi’ Malhotra – 39,585
  6. Vishal ‘karan23’ Kumar – 31,766
  7. SITOUT15787 – 26,471

*denotes a three-way deal

 

Afternoon Boost – 5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 2,200

Entries – 126

Re-entries – 125

Prize Pool – 8,14,000

Places Paid – 47

PokerBaazi’s 5 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Boost brought in 251 participants, and with each of them signing up for 2,200, a 5.02 Lakhs prize pool was formed. Ritesh ‘Realpsycho’ Patel was the last player standing and won his maiden title on the site for 70,469 following a heads-up deal with ‘lastbluff’ (2nd for 68,434).

Ritesh Patel was also among the top finishers in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) SPRINT, netting 1.04 Lakhs in third place. His PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: 3.69 Lakhs | Site Profits: 79,917 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #1

Final Table Results

  1. Realpsycho – 70,469*
  2. lastbluff – 68,434*
  3. dilbaghsingh – 45,029
  4. Surya ‘Surya12’ Lohia – 34,939
  5. dreado – 24,849
  6. Ronywalker – 17,721
  7. Rohit ‘rohitmalik777’ Malik – 14,608
  8. Lalten0048 – 12,048

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

Dhaval ‘Faizal1506’ Doshi (Won 2 Lakhs GTD Hyper Sprint for 54,000), ‘MADPOKER2192‘ (Won 2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for 50,000), Fayaz Ahmad ‘jorach’ Akhoon (Won 3 Lakhs GTD Holdem BOOST for 48,000), ‘tannyg‘ (Won 1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for 43,000), ‘jalajv’ (Won 1 Lakh GTD SPRINT for 32,000), Lourembam ‘ninjakari’ Joshima Devi (Won 1 Lakh GTD PLO Boost Monster for 23,000), ‘Rudra420’ (Won 1 Lakh GTD Baazi Super Value for 13,000) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

 

MPL Poker

Master Series #5 – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Total Entries – 339

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 55

MPL user ‘lion5308680’ emerged triumphant over the 339-entry field in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Master Series #5, taking home ₹1.36 Lakhs in first-place prize money. ‘attackpro380085’ came second for ₹97,500.

Final Table Results

  1. lion5308680 – ₹1,35,750
  2. attackpro380085 – ₹97,500
  3. 80*****467 – ₹75,000
  4. thekraken – ₹56,250
  5. pokarking14 – ₹39,375
  6. mastram30 – ₹28,125
  7. tobeornottobe – ₹22,500
  8. gamerilyas – ₹18,000

 

Kunga ‘onelastbreath’ Phuntsok (Won ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Master Series #4 for ₹36,750) and Jayant ‘coronawarriorgr’ K (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD Master Series #6 for ₹22,057) won the other Master Series titles on Day 2 of the festival.

 

PokerStars India

Galactic Series – 14 [Uppercut] – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 151

Re-entries – 130

Regular Prize Pool – ₹6,38,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹5,62,000

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 35

PokerGuru Ambassador Deepankur ‘dp8218’ Gupta featured prominently among the Friday winners! The PokerGuru Staking pro breached a 281-entry field in PokerStars India’s Friday flagship, ₹12 Lakhs GTD Galactic Series – 14 [Uppercut], where he fired three bullets before taking down the title for ₹2.07 Lakhs (₹1.01 Lakhs in bounties).

Deepankur Gupta
Deepankur Gupta

 

PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker finalist Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo fired two bullets before settling for a runner-up payday worth ₹1.60 Lakhs (₹53,961 in bounties).

Rubin Labroo

 

The INCOOP-125 [MAIN EVENT – PROGRESSIVE KO] finalist, Deepankur Gupta, made another two ITM finishes, adding ₹2.41 Lakhs across his Friday run.

His Friday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series – 14 [Uppercut] for ₹2,06,984

> 41st in Spartan Poker’s MS #7 – Friday Millionaire for ₹27,150

> 24th in Spartan Poker’s MS #6 for ₹6,697

Deepankur Gupta`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.56 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹97.72 lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #9 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.72 Crores

Rubin Labroo also ITM-ed Spartan Poker’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD MS #9 (34th for ₹7,768), raking in ₹1.68 Lakhs overall. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.93 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.77 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #9 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.60 Crores

The ₹4,400 buy-in Galactic Series – 14 [Uppercut] registered a marginal ₹76,000 in overlays, and the top 35 places walked past the money line.

Final Table Results (Include Bounties)

  1. Deepankur ‘dp8218’ Gupta – ₹2,06,984
  2. Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo – ₹1,59,984
  3. Rajat ‘sharabikebabi’ Sharma – ₹1,18,081
  4. Rishab ‘NoChan(3’ Malik – ₹58,846
  5. Dhaval ‘D1D1D’ Doshi – ₹62,731
  6. sudhipoker7 – ₹31,249
  7. Arjanveer ‘ballistik310’ Singh Chadha – ₹49,032
  8. Sahni1509 – ₹20,114
  9. Pratik ‘pm2404’ Manjrekar – ₹23,614

 

Galactic Series – 15 [Hubble Bubble Rush] – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 97

Re-entries – 70

Regular Prize Pool – 2,91,250

Bounty Prize Pool – 2,08,750

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 23

The #5 ranked player of the year, Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar, wreaked havoc in a 167-player field in PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Galactic Series – 15 [Hubble Bubble Rush], winning the title for ₹1.02 Lakhs (₹50,293 in bounties). Last night`s MS #10 champion Somesh ‘JackNotMa’ Patel fell inches short of taking down his second title of the day, banking ₹64,205 (₹12,539 in bounties) in second place.

Siddharth Gangwar
Siddharth Gangwar

 

Siddharth Gangwar had a busy start to the weekend as he ITM-ed seven tourneys, pocketing ₹1.77 Lakhs overall. His Friday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series – 15 [Hubble Bubble Rush] for ₹1,01,959

> 35th in Spartan Poker’s MS #7 – Friday Millionaire for ₹29,865

> 13th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹28,460

> 17th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹6,690

> 17th in PokerBaazi’s Holdem BOOST for ₹4,500

> 45th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹4,235

> 51st in Adda52’s Friday Bounty for ₹900

Siddharth Gangwar`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.06 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.53 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #26 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.40 Crores | Ranked #5 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #4 in the Annual TLB (Points) Standings

Somesh Patel began his weekend run with a title, a runner-up finish, and three ITM runs, cumulatively worth ₹1.46 Lakhs. His Friday finishes include:

Somesh Patel
Somesh Patel

 

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s MS #10 for ₹65,794

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series – 15 [Hubble Bubble Rush] for ₹64,205

> 26th in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series – 14 [Uppercut] for ₹10,849

> 10th in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-12 [Laser Tag UKO 75%] for ₹2,764

> 49st in Adda52’s Friday Bounty for ₹2,700

Somesh Patel`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹79.55 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹20.43 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #12 | Annual Winnings: ₹42.04 Lakhs

Adithya N G added ₹62,972 overall yesterday. His top Friday finishes include:

Adithya N G
Adithya N G

 

> 5th in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series – 15 [Hubble Bubble Rush] for ₹25,098

> 12th in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series – 14 [Uppercut] for ₹21,498

> 1st in PokerStars India’s Afternoon on Stars ₹15,536

> 4th in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder for ₹840

Adithya N G`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹98.21 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹33.32 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #9 | Annual Winnings: ₹63.22 Lakhs

The ₹2,750 buy-in Galactic Series – 15 [Hubble Bubble Rush] logged in 167 entries, filling in ₹82,500 in overlays, and the top 23 places got paid.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

  1. Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar – ₹1,01,959
  2. Somesh ‘JackNotMa’ Patel – ₹64,205
  3. Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra – ₹51,191
  4. Amar ‘PsykoEko’ Iyer – ₹42,406
  5. Adithya ‘RloxRenfield1’ N G – ₹25,098
  6. Lavesh ‘lavesh786’ Meena – ₹17,892
  7. Kunal2112 – ₹14,618 (Bounties: ₹3,125)
  8. Pavankiran ‘Rootahua Macchi’ Bellamkonda – ₹21,963
  9. soosai raja – ₹14,879

 

Adwait ‘Adwait Pol’ Pol (Won 1.50 Lakhs GTD Galactic Series-12 [Laser Tag UKO 75%] for 57,123), ‘fookerpoker’ (Won 2 Lakhs GTD Galactic Series-18 [Blizzard] for 54,201), ‘yuvidilwariya‘ (Won 1 Lakh GTD Galactic Series-11 [Cosmic Rumble 6-Max] for 22,688), ‘chillmaibam‘ (Won 70K GTD Galactic Series-17 [Solar Cycle] for 15,407), Rahul ‘LaughingBoddha’ Sengar (Won 40K GTD Galactic Series-16 [Pulsar PLO] [6-Max, Turbo] for 11,231), ‘Areax97‘ (Won 50K GTD Galactic Series-13 [Bounty Planet] [Progressive KO] for 7,968), and ‘Prophet6969‘ (Won 40K GTD Galactic Series-10 [Light Speed] for 7,710) won the other Galactic Series titles on Friday.

Adithya ‘RloxRenfield1’ N G won the 50K GTD Afternoon on Stars for 15,536.

 

Galactic Series Leaderboard – Day 2

Following Day 2 of the Galactic Series, Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu (290 points) has taken charge as the frontrunner in the 5 Lakhs-added series’ leaderboard standings. ‘wildshark100’ (235 points) and ‘yuvidilwariya’ (205 points) are ranked #2 and #3, respectively.

 

Galactic Series Standings After Day 2

RankPlayerPoints
1Abhishek 'Addysonu' Sonu290
2wildshark100235
3yuvidilwariya205
4Adwait 'Adwait Pol' Pol180
5Niteen 'niteenplus' Raj140
6sarthakssinghal125
7Aniruddha 'pocketacesaj69' Joshi125
8Abhijeet 'sexylady7766' Kumar120
9awesse112120
10Somesh 'JackNotMa' Patel120

 

Pocket52

Pocket Queens – 3 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 1,500

Entries – 91

Re-entries – 56

Prize Pool – 3,00,000

Places Paid – 21

The user ‘dhamna’ took down Pocket52’s Friday attraction, 3 Lakhs GTD Pocket Queens, for 66,000. Pocket Knights & Pocket Kings champion from August 28, site regular Tanmay ‘Tanmay007’ Hazra placed second for 48,000.

Hazra banked another 15,000 for his fifth-place finish in the Pocket Knights.

Final Table Results

  1. dhamna – 66,000
  2. Tanmay ‘Tanmay007’ Hazra – 48,000
  3. Bharari99 – 36,000
  4. kw1996 – 27,000
  5. nikkipix – 19,800
  6. Radhe0011 – 13,500

 

neit’ (Won 2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Knights for 46,000), ‘user1649415838’ (Won 1 Lakh GTD Pocket Lunch for 23,000), ‘GodG’ (Won 60K GTD Pocket Snacks for 13,800), and ‘Chiranjitsantr’ (Won 50K GTD Pocket Chips for 12,500) won the other Friday marquees on Pocket52.

 

PokerDangal

Friday Fun – 1 Lakh GTD

Buy-in – 660

Entries – 96

Re-entries – 47

Prize Pool – 1,00,000

Places Paid – 23

PokerDangal’s 1 Lakh GTD Friday Fun saw ‘Terekahekeluga’ besting the 143-player field to collect 21,000. ‘Kaps19’ finished runner-up for 15,500.

Final Table Results

  1. Terekahekeluga – 21,000
  2. Kaps19 – 15,500
  3. Kahahoji – 11,750
  4. Chaturkhiladi008 – 9,000
  5. sannidhi – 6,750
  6. sush007 – 5,000

 

 

Adda52

The Ballers – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹7,500

Entries – 165

Re-entries – 156

Prize Pool – ₹21,89,225

Places Paid – 34

Adda52’s Friday headliner, ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Ballers, had 321 hopefuls vying for a share of the guarantee-smashing ₹21.89 Lakhs prize pool. The field whittled down to a heads-up battle between two Young Guns, where Ujjwal ‘fourteenk’ Narwal emerged as the champion and won ₹5.47 Lakhs, while Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia collected ₹3.32 Lakhs in second place.

Ujjwal Narwal
Ujjwal Narwal

 

While both players have opted out of our tracking, they scored multiple FT scores.

The 2022 BPT Big Bounty champion, Ujjwal Narwal, made a close run to the title in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller, finishing runner-up for ₹4.44 Lakhs – courtesy of a heads-up deal. In all, he raked in at least ₹9.91 Lakhs last night.

His top Friday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹4,43,960 (HU deal)

> 1st in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹5,47,305

Karan Radia, in the meantime, stormed into the final table in Spartan Poker’s MS #7 – Friday Millionaire (1st Place ₹10 Lakhs GTD) (4th for ₹3.58 Lakhs), pocketing at least ₹6.90 Lakhs through his Friday run.

His top Friday finishes include:

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s MS #7 Friday Millionaire (1st Place ₹10 Lakhs GTD) for ₹3,58,380

> 2nd in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹3,31,667

Thursday’s MS #4 champion, MPL Poker Team Pro Siddharth ‘skaria1’ Karia, also FT-ed The Ballers with a fifth-place finish. He made another three deep runs, rounding up ₹1.93 Lakhs in Friday earnings.

Siddharth Karia
Siddharth Karia

 

His top Friday finishes include:

> 5th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹1,25,880

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹43,690

Siddharth Karia’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India & MPL Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.39 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.46 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #9 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.06 Crores

Final Table Results

  1. Ujjwal ‘fourteenk’ Narwal – 5,47,305
  2. Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia – 3,31,667
  3. Bujo – 2,40,814
  4. Akshat ‘akshat03’ Sharma – 1,82,800
  5. Siddharth ‘skaria1’ Karia – 1,25,880
  6. Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh – 82,096

 

Friday Bounty – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,700

Entries – 120

Re-entries – 93

Prize Pool – ₹5,21,424

Places Paid – 21

Adda52 user ‘Frander’ outran the 213-player field in the 4 Lakhs GTD Friday Bounty to win ₹99,644 (includes bounties). ‘skccpkj’ cashed for ₹65,703 in second place.

Frander’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹2.34 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.32 Lakhs

The Friday Bounty fifth-place finisher Dhaval ‘faizal1506’ Doshi conquered PokerBaazi’s Hyper Sprint while posting another FT finish, netting ₹1.03 Lakhs overall.

Dhaval Doshi
Dhaval Doshi

 

His Friday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Hyper Sprint for ₹54,120

> 3rd in Pokerbaazi’s Holdem BOOST for ₹27,270

> 5th in Adda52’s Friday Bounty for ₹21,705

Dhaval Doshi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.25 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹31.17 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #12

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

  1. Frander – 99,644
  2. skccpkj – 65,703
  3. Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra – 59,837
  4. Kritarth ‘TightAgressive28’ Pant – 35,016
  5. Dhaval ‘faizal1506’ Doshi – 21,705
  6. Valle – 26,888
  7. badman999 – 25,275
  8. Rishabh ‘rishlangda’ Raj – 10,666

 

Rudramani ‘rud1478’ Pokhrel (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹32,940), ‘ShawKingMan’ (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹12,759), ‘akshay9109’ (Won ₹40K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹11,982), ‘gamitt’ (Won ₹50K GTD Evening Adda for ₹10,020), and ‘Unmesh100’ (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹9,679) won the other Friday marquees on Adda52.

 

Khelo365

Khelo365 regular ‘NikitaLuther123’ took down the 30K GTD Prime Time PLO for 11,100. Site regular ‘Loveyoudeler’ came second for 7,500.

 

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