NPS India 2025 Day 22 Recap: Suyash Sanghavi, Debayan Das & Amit Kr Jha Rake in the Top Monday Scores For Making the NPS#147 Mini Main Event Podium; Vishal Bajaj Bags Another Gold Medal

The National Poker Series India 2025 has been a raging firestorm for three straight weeks, and Monday, Day 22, was a full-blown volcanic eruption! A mind-blowing ₹7.51 Crores in prize money detonated across eight high-octane tournaments. A colossal 10,310 entries poured into PokerBaazi (including the two qualifiers), making it the single biggest day of this already legendary series. And through the smoke and fire, six players rose as first-time NPS Gold Medal champions!

But here’s the even bigger story: NPS India 2025 has officially shattered the ₹75 Crores ceiling! A staggering 199,635 entries have been logged, and the total prize money awarded has skyrocketed to a dizzying ₹76.36 Crores, leaving the ₹68.95 Crores guaranteed up to this point in the dust. The series is entering its final week, and there is a hanging expectation of more fireworks!

Monday was a monumental day, thanks in large part to the ₹5 Crores GTD NPS#147 Mini Main Event, the biggest tournament played out at this series so far, and second only to the ₹10 Crores GTD NPS#191 Main Event, which will reach its epic conclusion next Monday!

The Mini Main Event was a stage for legends, and Suyash Sanghavi seized the spotlight. This former The MoneyMaker champion finally achieved his breakthrough, claiming his first-ever NPS Gold Medal (and his second medal overall in the series). Sanghavi, who previously snagged a Bronze in the NPS#50 Sunday Kickoff, fought his way to the finale through Qualifier 4 and went on an absolute tear. A three-way deal delivered him a career-changing ₹34.91 Lakhs – almost four times his previous PokerBaazi best. This win snaps an 11-month title drought and places him among the elite 85 players with multiple medals this series. He’s also the 27th player from Maharashtra to capture Gold this year, jumping to #13 on the state leaderboard.

Debayan Das, another former The MoneyMaker champion, came incredibly close to Mini Main Event glory himself, but a smart three-way deal landed him an even larger payout—₹35.49 Lakhs, a whopping 2.4X his previous best score. This career-high finish gave him his first-ever NPS medal – a gleaming Silver – and blasted him past the ₹1 Crore in tracked online earnings. He’s now sitting pretty at #42 on the Maharashtra State Leaderboard. With a monstrous total north of ₹36.24 Lakhs, he walked away as Monday’s top scorer, period.

Amit Kumar Jha was on the verge of ending a 2.5-month title-less streak in the Mini Main Event. The December Daily Last Chance champion snagged his first-ever NPS Bronze Medal, and the payout was even sweeter: a phenomenal ₹35.92 Lakhs – a jaw-dropping 9.5X his previous top score. This was not only a personal best for him, but with this payout, he is the biggest single scorer of the series up until now. This incredible win also boosted him to #10 on the Bihar State Leaderboard.

The Mini Main Event was dishing out fortunes, but Vishal Bajaj was busy building his own empire. He conquered the NPS#146 Monday Medley, seizing his second Gold Medal of the series and ₹8.46 Lakhs in prize money after a heads-up deal. This was his third NPS Gold overall and also his third medal of the series (2 Golds and 1 Bronze), placing him in the rarefied company of only 12 players to accomplish such a feat. Two more deep runs brought his total Monday winnings to a handsome ₹8.83 Lakhs, rocketing him to #2 on the Maharashtra State Leaderboard, where is he now breathing down the neck of the current leader, PokerBaazi Team Pro Zarvan Tumboli.

Anurag Srivastava, already a two-time Gold Medallist this series (NPS#16 Megadive and NPS#74 Wednesday Volley), was eyeing a third in the Monday Medley. He had to settle for his first-ever Silver, but the ₹7.21 Lakhs payout was nothing to sneeze at. Cashing in six out of eight NPS events on Monday, he stacked up over ₹7.70 Lakhs, sailing past ₹50 Lakhs in lifetime NPS earnings. He’s further cemented his lead on the Delhi State Leaderboard, now holding the #4 spot on the NPC Leaderboard, #47 on the NPS Series Leaderboard, and #23 in PokerBaazi’s 2025 POY rankings.

Vasu Tyagi, one of the fresh faces joining the NPS winner’s circle, scored big in NPS#145 Deepdive. He grabbed his first NPS medal (a glorious Gold) and a career-topping ₹4.83 Lakhs – more than double his previous best. With another cash, his Monday earnings totalled ₹4.86 Lakhs, and he is now #10 on the Uttar Pradesh State Leaderboard. Debapriya Manna, already flaunting a Silver from NPS#64 Deepdive and a fifth-place finish in NPS#141 (7-Max) SPRINT, kept the momentum going. He picked up another Silver in the Deepdive, scoring ₹3.37 Lakhs – their best of 2025 and seventh-biggest career score. With a total take of over ₹3.51 Lakhs on Monday, Manna sits at #10 on the West Bengal State Leaderboard.

Ashit Sharma (Won NPS#149 Knockout (PKO) for ₹4.21 Lakhs), Sashi Datta (Won NPS#148 Megadive for ₹3.72 Lakhs), Anish Arora (Won NPS#143 Slamdunk for ₹2.88 Lakhs), Amulya Krishna (Won NPS#144 (7- Max) Hyper for ₹2.68 Lakhs) and Dhaval Solanki (Won NPS#142 Marathon for ₹1.77 Lakhs) were the other Gold Medal conquerors of the day!

On the NPS Series Leaderboard, Bhanu Prakash KC is still the player to catch, having further extended his lead by accumulating 31,070 points from a mind-boggling 120 cashes. Vinay Rajpal is a close second, sitting at 28,270 points with an even more astonishing 128 cashes, keeping the pressure on. Rising Star Aman Parakh holds onto third place with 26,820 points from 111 cashes.

Outside the NPS India 2025 vortex, other platforms also saw their share of big wins.

On Natural8 India, Pranay Chawla, after almost nine months away from the platform, returned with a vengeance, proving he hasn’t lost a step. Facing a field of 668 entries in PLO Bounty Hunters 54, he seized control and captured his fifth recorded title on the platform and a ₹5.71 Lakhs payday – his second-biggest score on the site.

Parmeet Singh Arora, Young Gun Siddhanth Kripalani, Jatin Sablani, Kamal Punjabi, Aditya Chodhary, Sneha Moondra Heda, Sharad Haridasan, and Nishant Pandey also scored big in the other Monday marquees.

Here are the Monday highlights!

PokerBaazi

NPS#147 Mini Main Event – ₹5 Crores GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,750

Total Entries – 5,032

Total Re-entries – 2,392

Survivors – 835

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,00,000

Places Paid – 835

The ₹100 Crores GTD National Poker Series India 2025 isn’t just making history; it’s detonating it, leaving all previous records in a smouldering heap! Day 22 was a pure adrenaline shot, a poker spectacle that defied all expectations. A staggering 10,310 entries flooded the PokerBaazi tables across eight high-voltage tournaments and qualifiers for two NPS behemoths—the colossal ₹10 Crores GTD NPS#191 Main Event and the ₹1 Crore GTD NPS#190 Golden Rush.

While there were some significant overlays, the combined ₹7.25 Crores guarantee wasn’t just reached—it was annihilated, exploding to a breathtaking ₹7.51 Crores – a 3.5% increase. If anyone doubted the explosive growth of Indian poker, consider this the definitive answer! With only a week remaining, this series is building towards a climax of epic proportions.

And here’s the banner headline—the NPS India 2025 has officially smashed through the ₹75 Crores milestone! With a mind-bending 199,635 entries recorded to date, the total prize money awarded has rocketed to ₹76.36 Crores, leaving the ₹68.95 Crores guaranteed up to this point in the dust.

Maharashtra is flexing its muscles in this series, dominating the medal tally for the 12th time in 22 days. The state’s poker sharks added five more medals to their overflowing treasure chest, including two Golds, strengthening their already iron grip.

And Maharashtra’s crowning achievement came in the day’s main attraction—the ₹5 Crores GTD NPS#147 Mini Main Event. The 16th event of the series to boast an eight-figure prize pool (and the biggest tournament yet!) was a white-knuckle, down-to-the-wire brawl as players scrapped for a payday that could change their lives.

Every poker player harbours a dream of a career-making score, and on Day 22 of the NPS India 2025, Suyash ‘tyso2506’ Sanghavi‘s dream became a reality! No stranger to success – he’s a former The MoneyMaker champion- proving Sanghavi has been an intermittent yet potent force on the platform for almost four years! But he entered NPS India 2025 with a clean slate in the medal department and a fire in his belly to rewrite that narrative. He tasted some of that glory in the NPS#50 Sunday Kickoff, battling to a respectable third place and snatching a Bronze Medal—his first-ever NPS hardware. But last night, he wasn’t just playing; he was forging his legend!

The NPS#147 Mini Main Event was a beast of a tournament, reeling in 7,424 entries across nine starting flights. The grand finale saw 835 battle-tested survivors return at 7:30 PM, each with one goal—grabbing the biggest slice of that jaw-dropping prize pool and that coveted Gold.

Sanghavi, who punched his ticket through Qualifier 4, tackled the brutal 7.5-hour finale with the heart of a lion. And when the smoke cleared, he stood as the champion, capturing his first-ever NPS Gold Medal (his second medal of the series) and a career-defining ₹34.91 Lakhs after a three-way deal —a staggering 3.88X increase over his previous best score on PokerBaazi, injecting a massive dose of adrenaline into his bankroll.

This monumental victory snapped an 11-month title dry spell, marking his second career title on the platform and his first of 2025. It also launched him into an exclusive club—one of just 85 players to win multiple medals at NPS India 2025. His triumph made him the 27th player from Maharashtra to seize Gold this year, skyrocketing him to #13 on the Maharashtra State Leaderboard—a meteoric rise in one of the series’ most fiercely contested state-level battles.

Suyash Sanghavi’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹64.74 Lakhs| Site Profits: ₹46.17 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2025: #1 | Moves to #13 on the Maharashtra State Leaderboard | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold, 1 Bronze | Lifetime NPS Winnings: ₹46.60 Lakhs

The Mini Main Event delivered a heart-stopping heads-up duel, an all-Maharashtra affair between Suyash Sanghavi and Debayan ‘Dbz19’ Das.

Das is himself a former The MoneyMaker champion and even holds the IPM#11 Big Bounty title from last year. This time, he was gunning for NPS greatness—and he came achingly close. Although he narrowly missed the top spot, his runner-up finish was a thing of beauty. Thanks to the shrewd three-way deal, Das walked away with an even bigger ₹35.49 Lakhs, which was 2.4X more than his previous top score! More importantly, this deep run earned him his first-ever NPS medal—a Silver, a defining moment in his poker career. This spectacular performance propelled Das past the ₹1 Crore milestone in tracked online winnings, with almost half of that pure profit! The deep run also shot him up to #42 on the Maharashtra State Leaderboard.

Das also made waves in the NPS#146 Monday Medley, finishing 13th for an extra ₹75,233. With a colossal total of over ₹36.24 Lakhs in earnings, he reigned supreme as Monday’s top earner, narrowly edging out his fellow podium finishers from the Mini Main Event!

Debayan Das’s online stats (PokerBaazi and PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.03 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹52.96 Lakhs | Moves to #42 on the Maharashtra State Leaderboard | NPS Medals Won: 1 Silver | Lifetime NPS Winnings: ₹40.58 Lakhs

Joining Sanghavi and Das on the Mini Main Event podium was Amit ‘philivey007’ Kumar Jha, who almost shattered his 2.5-month title drought in spectacular fashion! The December Daily Last Chance champion played with fire in the Mini Main Event, grabbing his first-ever Bronze Medal and the lion’s share of ₹35.92 Lakhs from the three-way deal—a mind-blowing 9.5X increase over his previous best! This breakout score not only crowned him the single-biggest winner of the series so far but also catapulted him to #10 on the Bihar State Leaderboard. It was a performance that screamed dominance—loud and clear!

Amit Kumar Jha’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹82.66 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹34.02 Lakhs | Moves to #10 on the Bihar State Leaderboard | NPS Medals Won: 1 Bronze | Lifetime NPS Winnings: ₹40.95 Lakhs

The colossal NPS#147 Mini Main Event also dished out knockout payouts for the other finalists, including Ragesh ‘Ragesh91’ Mishra (4th for ₹15.07 Lakhs), ‘BANBER’ (5th for ₹11.98 Lakhs), last night’s NPS#144 (7-Max) Hyper Silver Medallist Sagar ‘BustedAA’ Raj (6th for ₹9.45 Lakhs), Kushagra ‘Pokerbaaaz’ Kogata (7th for ₹7.10 Lakhs), and Varun ‘Willgetthere’ Devayya (8th for ₹5.10 Lakhs)!

Other notables to post deep runs in the Mini Main Event included NPS#82 Mega Rush Gold Medallist and last night’s NPS#148 Megadive finalist Kritagya ‘foldnhihota’ Sharma (10th for ₹3.85 Lakhs), NPS#111 Megadive Gold Medallist Akhilesh ‘Ikka5’ Chauhan (11th for ₹3.85 Lakhs), Siddartha ‘siddyk20’ Khandelwal (14th for ₹3.10 Lakhs), Sreeprakaash ‘fitzmagic’ Seetharaman (15th for ₹3.10 Lakhs), Rahul ‘Godfather10’ Purohit (18th for ₹2.55 Lakhs), and Janish ‘Janish1998’ Jain (19th for ₹2.55 Lakhs).

The ₹5,750 buy-in NPS#147 Mini Main Event was a massive draw, but it still fell short of its advertised guarantee by an eye-opening ₹1.29 Crores. The value was through the roof, and all 835 players who made it to the finale shared in the life-altering ₹5 Crores prize pool, with even a min-cash worth a solid ₹10,000. With opportunities like this, NPS India 2025 is the place to be for any serious poker player. It’s an opportunity that can’t be missed, and there’s still a week of heart-pounding action left to unfold!

Final Table Results

1. Suyash ‘tyso2506’ Sanghavi – ₹3,490,682*
2. Debayan ‘Dbz19’ Das – ₹35,49,125*
3. Amit ‘Philivey007’ Kumar Jha – ₹35,92,193*
4. Ragesh ‘Ragesh91’ Mishra – ₹15,06,500
5. BANBER – ₹11,98,000
6. Sagar ‘BustedAA’ Raj – ₹9,45,000
7. Kushagra ‘Pokerbaaaz’ Kogata – ₹7,10,000
8. Varun ‘Willgetthere’ Devayya – ₹5,10,000

*denotes a three-way deal

NPS#146 Monday Medley – ₹75 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹8,050

Entries – 565

Re-entries – 543

Prize Pool – ₹77,56,000

Places Paid – 186

The NPS India 2025 is turning the online poker world upside down, creating a level of excitement we’ve rarely witnessed! And now, as it thunders into its final week, things are getting seriously hot. Day 22 was a monster, with eight events concluding and a staggering ₹7.51 Crores in prize money getting thrown around. Sure, the ₹5 Crores GTD NPS#147 Mini Main Event finale made Monday a day of insane payouts, but let’s not forget the ₹75 Lakhs GTD NPS#146 Monday Medley, which kicked off just 30 minutes earlier and delivered its own brand of breathtaking drama.

The 7 PM Monday Medley supercharged the beginning of the week. With a field of 1,108 entries (565 unique) that blew the guarantee out of the water, the fight lasted almost 10 gruelling hours. Then, just before 5 AM on Tuesday, Pune’s own poker powerhouse, Vishal ‘Vishzz’ Bajaj, stood as the last player standing, grabbing his second Gold Medal of the series and a massive ₹8.46 Lakhs payday after a heads-up deal – a phenomenal return on his four bullets.

Bajaj is a familiar face in the big leagues, and his resume is pretty darn impressive. He’s a 2021 WPT India High Roller champion, won Spartan Poker’s 2023 IOPC #115 High Roller, and even placed fourth in the G.O.A.T 2.0. This online phenom consistently delivers in some of the biggest, most respected tournaments around.

And he’s been on a tear at the NPS India 2025. He already snagged a Gold Medal in the NPS#18 Marathon, a Bronze in NPS#88 Slamdunk, and other near-misses like a fourth-place finish in Saturday’s NPS#134 HighRoller (good for ₹12.33 Lakhs) and a sixth-place spot in the NPS#92 Super HighRoller (adding ₹7.06 Lakhs to his bankroll). This second Gold Medal (his third if you count last year’s NPS#55 Sunday Slamdunk win) puts him in an elite group of only 12 players to achieve this, with only a select group, including Advait Rajguru and Mohit Bohra at the top with three each. He’s also in the exclusive category of 20 players with three medals! With 22 points, he’s breathing down the neck of PokerBaazi Team Pro Zarvan Tumboli (25 points) on the Maharashtra State Leaderboard. Another Silver or Gold could very well see him dethrone the long-standing state leader.

Bajaj’s domination extended beyond the Monday Medley; he also made deep runs in two other NPS events, bringing his Monday plunder to a breathtaking ₹8.83 Lakhs (approx.)! Having played 82 events and cashed in 47, including five final table appearances and three trips to the medal podium, Bajaj is living up to his reputation as a true force of nature, and it will be a real treat watching him in this final week.

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#146 Monday Medley ₹8,45,980* (heads-up deal)

> 404th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#147 Mini Main Event for ₹23,500

> 58th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#145 Deepdive for ₹13,029

Vishal Bajaj’s online stats (PokerBaazi, Adda52, PokerStars India and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹14.86 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹6.45 Crores | Titles Won in 2025: #3 | Moves to #2 on the Maharashtra State Leaderboard | NPS Medals Won: 3 Gold & 1 Bronze | NPS Winnings: ₹74.78 Lakhs | Annual Winnings: ₹55.72 Lakhs

But Bajaj had to fight for the win. Anurag ‘Rebuy2survive’ Srivastava has been another constant threat in the NPS India 2025. He’s shown exceptional consistency with 142 events played and a staggering 80 cashes, including five final tables. He already has three medals this series – two Golds from NPS#16 Megadive and NPS#74 Wednesday Volley, and a Bronze from NPS#85 (7-Max) Friday Deepstack. Srivastava was definitely aiming for a third Gold in the Monday Medley. He came this close but still walked away with his first-ever Silver Medal and a hefty ₹7.21 Lakhs prize, thanks to the heads-up deal with Bajaj.

The Delhi State Leaderboard king cashed in six of the eight NPS events on Monday, swelling his earnings by a little over ₹7.70 Lakhs and soaring past the ₹50 Lakhs milestone in lifetime NPS winnings. He’s currently sitting pretty at #4 on the NPC Leaderboard, #47 on the overall NPS Series Leaderboard, and #23 in PokerBaazi’s 2025 POY rankings.

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#146 Monday Medley for ₹7,20,732* (heads-up deal)

> 298th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#147 Mini Main Event for ₹28,500

> 90th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#145 Deepdive for ₹10,508

> 144th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#148 Megadive for ₹5,232

> 148th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#149 Knockout (PKO) for ₹3,792

> 223rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#142 Marathon for ₹1,708

Anurag Srivastava’s NPS stats: Ranked #1 on the Delhi State Leaderboard | Moves to #47 on the NPS Series Leaderboard | Moves to #3 on the NPC Leaderboard | NPS Medals Won: 3 Gold, 1 Silver & 2 Bronze | NPS Winnings: ₹51.59 Lakhs Lakhs | Moves to #23 on PokerBaazi’s 2025 POY Leaderboard

Avadh ‘Sting240’ Shah, a long-time regular who knows how to make his online appearances count, has been having a phenomenal run of his own at the NPS India 2025. Before this series, he’d never even touched an NPS medal. Now, he has three! While the Gold still eludes him, he added his second Bronze on Monday, finishing third in the Monday Medley for ₹4.90 Lakhs – his biggest score of 2025 so far, after investing in three entries.

Shah’s Monday earnings topped ₹5.33 Lakhs, boosted by cashes in NPS#148 Megadive (16th for ₹28,776) and NPS#147 Mini Main Event (686th for ₹14,500). With one Silver and two Bronze Medals, he now sits at #5 on the Gujarat State Leaderboard but has a chasm to cross with Mohit Bohra with 40 points (3 Gold and 2 Silver Medals), looking like a lock to make the National Poker Champion showdown in Goa.

Avadh Shah’s online stats (PokerBaazi’s Adda52 and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.88 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹53.57 Lakhs | Moves to #5 on the Gujarat State Leaderboard | NPS Medals Won: 1 Silver & 2 Bronze | NPS Winnings: ₹24.89 Lakhs

The NPS#146 Monday Medley final table was a murderer’s row of poker talent, featuring Sunday’s Big Whale finalist Saurabh ‘Twister’ Rohila (5th for ₹2.65 Lakhs), recent Adda52 Millions champion Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (6th for ₹1.97 Lakhs), last night’s NPS#145 Deepdive finalist Loveleen ‘kartoos’ Singh (7th for ₹1.47 Lakhs), and Friday’s Supreme podium finisher Aditya ‘pnutbutterbacon’ Navalkar (8th for ₹1.19 Lakhs).

With the tension building as the NPS India 2025 enters its final week, Monday was pure fireworks, and the NPS#146 Monday Medley was a big part of that explosion. It crushed its guarantee, creating a gigantic ₹77.56 Lakhs prize pool. The top 186 finishers all got a piece of the pie, with a minimum payout of ₹13,961—1.7 times the initial ₹8,050 buy-in. If Monday was any indication, this final week is going to be legendary!

Final Table Results

1. Vishal ‘Vishzz’ Bajaj – ₹8,45,980*
2. Anurag ‘Rebuy2survive’ Srivastava – ₹7,20,732*
3. Avadh ‘Sting240’ Shah – ₹4,90,179
4. thedev – ₹3,67,634
5. Saurabh ‘Twister’ Rohila – ₹2,65,255
6. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹1,97,002
7. Loveleen ‘kartoos’ Singh – ₹1,47,364
8. Aditya ‘pnutbutterbacon’ Navalkar – ₹1,19,442

*denotes a heads-up deal

NPS#145 Deepdive – ₹40 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,450

Entries – 712

Re-entries – 689

Prize Pool – ₹42,03,000

Places Paid – 226

The NPS India 2025 has been a brutal arena, a relentless proving ground, and Monday, Day 22, detonated as the biggest day yet in the last three weeks. We’re talking about a colossal, earth-shaking ₹7.51 Crores in prize money distributed, with eight players seizing those glorious, hard-fought Gold Medals. It was a day of savage clashes, dramatic reversals, and stunning comebacks. Among the six players who tasted that golden sweetness for the first time was Vasu ‘BrothermanV’ Tyagi.

For months, Tyagi had been a silent predator, lurking in the shadows, a casual player, dipping in and out of the scene since October 2023. Big wins for him had been as rare as desert rain. The last time he’d felt the rush of victory was over a year ago, back in February 2024, when he took down the Blockbuster. But Day 22 of NPS India 2025 was when Tyagi decided to author a new chapter.

PokerBaazi’s ₹40 Lakhs GTD NPS#145 Deepdive is where Tyagi decided to make his legendary stand. This 6:30 PM flagship event, the fourth battle in the day’s packed NPS lineup, was no quick skirmish; it was a gruelling, drawn-out marathon lasting over eight and a half hours. It took this long to carve down a fiery, almost volcanic field of 1,401 entrants (712 unique) to a single, solitary, undisputed champion. It was a turbulent, unpredictable contest, but when the dust finally settled, Tyagi stood alone, the victor, clutching a game-changing ₹4.83 Lakhs. This wasn’t just a win; it was a financial earthquake for Tyagi, more than doubling his previous best score from that long-ago Blockbuster win. And, of course, the real prize: his first, hard-earned NPS Gold Medal!

This victory was a resurrection. After a long stretch of almost-glories, Tyagi was back, proving that dedication and grit pay off. His climb also shook up the rankings, pushing him to #10 on the Uttar Pradesh State Leaderboard.

A little extra cash from a 168th place finish in the NPS#143 Slamdunk (₹3,000) meant Tyagi’s Monday haul was a striking ₹4.86 Lakhs plus change – a near-miraculous recovery that almost single-handedly pulled him out of a year-long slump!

Vasu Tyagi`s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹22.92 Lakhs | Moves to #10 on the Uttar Pradesh State Leaderboard | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold | Lifetime NPS Winnings: ₹7.17 Lakhs

But the NPS#145 Deepdive wasn’t just Tyagi’s story. Debapriya ‘detulelungikhul’ Manna was also on a quest for that elusive first Gold. Manna was playing with a purpose after having already tasted Silver in the NPS#64 Deepdive and with a strong fifth-place finish in the NPS#141 (7-Max) SPRINT just the night before. He battled his way through the massive field all the way to the final two. But the poker gods can be fickle and the Gold Medal remained just out of his grasp.

Nevertheless, Manna still walked away with a well-earned ₹3.37 Lakhs and his second Silver Medal, his second one from the series – his top score of 2025 and seventh-biggest on the platform. And the night still held more for him. With a couple of other minor cashes in two other NPS events, Manna’s Monday winnings were a sweet pile of over ₹3.51 Lakhs. This performance did more than just fatten his wallet; it also bumped him to #10 on the West Bengal State Leaderboard.

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#145 Deepdive for ₹3,37,081

> 830th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#147 Mini Main Event for ₹10,000

> 119th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#143 Slamdunk for ₹4,250

Debapriya Manna’s online stats (PokerBaazi, Adda52 and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.50 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹71.91 Lakhs | Moves to #10 on the West Bengal State Leaderboard | NPS Medals Won: 2 Silver | NPS Winnings: ₹22.71 Lakhs

Sachit ‘Happihigh’ Malik was also right there, trying to shake off a frustrating three-month title dry spell. After a soul-crushing runner-up finish in NPS#89 (6-Max) SPRINT, he had the chance at redemption in the NPS#145 Deepdive. The dream was close, but, in the end, he had to settle for third place. It was still a noteworthy finish, adding ₹2.59 Lakhs to his bankroll —his second-largest take on the site. The elusive NPS Gold might still be out there, beckoning, but with a Silver and Bronze already in his collection, he’s now ranked #16 on the Haryana State Leaderboard.

Sachit Malik’s online stats (PokerBaazi, Adda52 and PokerStar India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.85 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹25.69 Lakhs | Moves to #16 on the Haryana State Leaderboard | NPS Medals Won: 1 Silver and 1 Bronze | Lifetime NPS Winnings: ₹15.89 Lakhs

The NPS#145 Deepdive final table was a gathering of known crushers and some fresh faces looking to make a splash, like the NPS#13 Deepdive Gold Medalist and volume king Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur (4th for ₹1.90 Lakhs), last night`s NPS#146 Monday Medley finalist Loveleen ‘kartoos’ Singh (5th for ₹1.38 Lakhs), Neeraj ‘neeraj2828’ Bajaj (6th for ₹1.01 Lakhs) and Kunal ‘symbolicchamp’ Agrawal (7th for ₹77,335).

As expected from anything bearing the NPS name, the ₹3,450 buy-in NPS#145 Deepdive was an explosive affair, completely obliterating its ₹40 Lakhs guarantee and generating a mouth-watering ₹42.03 Lakhs prize pool. With a generous 226 players getting a piece of the action, everyone who made it that far walked away with at least ₹5,884, adding fuel to the ever-burning inferno as this epic, unforgettable series races towards its dramatic climax.

Final Table Results

1. Vasu ‘BrothermanV’ Tyagi – ₹4,83,345
2. Debapriya ‘detulelungikhul’ Manna – ₹3,37,081
3. Sachit ‘Happihigh’ Malik – ₹2,59,325
4. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹1,89,976
5. Loveleen ‘kartoos’ Singh – ₹1,37,858
6. Neeraj ‘neeraj2828’ Bajaj – ₹1,00,872
7. Kunal ‘symbolicchamp’ Agrawal – ₹77,335
8. gladiatorp – ₹60,103

NPS#148 Megadive – ₹30 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,300

Entries – 803

Re- entries – 832

Prize Pool – ₹32,70,000

Places Paid – 260

If there was ever a firecracker start to the week, this past Monday was IT, with the NPS India 2025 exploding with a mind-boggling ₹7.51 Crores in prize money splattered across eight massive tournaments, all under the shadow of the gargantuan ₹5 Crores GTD NPS#147 Mini Main Event grand finale! While one poker beast snagged his second Gold Medal of the series, seven other players tasted that sweet, sweet victory for the first time this series, and among these newly-minted champions was Sashi ‘Suterisateri’ Datta, who finally snagged that elusive first win on a platform where he’d been relentlessly grinding – and it couldn’t have happened on a grander stage than the NPS.

Datta, already sporting a battle-tested Bronze Medal from the NPS#95 Marathon, elevated his game to a whole new stratosphere last night. Charging like a bull through PokerBaazi`s ₹30 Lakhs GTD NPS#148 Megadive, Datta decisively clinched that coveted Gold Medal (his first Gold and second series medal overall) with undeniable, breathtaking flair.

The 8:30 PM NPS#148 Megadive was a feeding frenzy, with a staggering 1,635 entries (803 unique) all clawing their way towards that golden dream. After a gruelling nine-hour poker battle, Datta, a former WTF runner-up and IPM#101 Megastack podium finisher, finally grasped that long-desired Gold Medal, pocketing a site-best ₹3.72 Lakhs.

With this win, Datta became the fourth player from West Bengal to boast two medals this series, and those 12 points have now catapulted him to the very top of the West Bengal State Leaderboard. However, with other state leaderboard toppers having done even better, Datta currently sits at #14 on the overall NPC Leaderboard, facing a tough, uphill climb for more medals in the final week if he wants a seat at the National Poker Champion showdown in Goa next month!

Sashi Datta’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹22.49 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹5.95 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2025: 1 | NPS stats: Moves to #1 on the West Bengal Leaderboard | Moves to #14 on the NPC Leaderboard | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold & 1 Bronze | Lifetime NPS Winnings: ₹5.70 Lakhs

While Datta enjoyed his moment in the sun, Kazi Salimmiya ‘Monster8181’ Samsuddin came this close to stealing the Gold. Rising from relative obscurity, Samsuddin, a primarily low-to-mid-stakes grinder, also came incredibly close to grabbing his first-ever victory on PokerBaazi and that prestigious Gold. He may have fallen just short in the heads-up duel, but his first-ever NPS medal (Silver) came with a platform-best ₹2.62 Lakhs cash prize, essentially wiping the slate clean of all past losses and rocketing him to #8 on the Gujarat State Leaderboard!

Kazi Salimmiya Samsuddin`s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹2.90 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹2.53 Lakhs | Moves to #8 on the Gujarat State Leaderboard | NPS Medals Won: 1 Silver | NPS Winnings: ₹2.62 Lakhs

Taking third place and the well-deserved Bronze was a familiar face, Mitesh ‘mikeknp’ Gupta. Gupta, known for his impressive fourth-place finish in Spartan Poker’s FTS#58 Game of Diamonds, a commanding victory in IOPC#107 Wednesday High, and another top finish in Adda52’s MHWColossus, surprisingly hadn’t booked a win in two years. Coming off a promising deep run in Natural8 India’s Deepstack No Limit Holdem Championship just a few weeks ago, Gupta sliced and diced his way through the brutal, unforgiving field in the Megadive, eventually collecting the Bronze Medal (his first piece of coveted NPS hardware) and a well-earned ₹1.99 Lakhs.

Adding a little on top of his fiery podium finish, Gupta also cashed in the NPS#149 Knockout (PKO) (200th for ₹4,177), boosting his Monday take to almost ₹2.04 Lakhs.

Mitesh Gupta’s online stats (PokerBaazi, Adda52 and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.84 Crores | Moves to #34 on the Uttar Pradesh State Leaderboard | NPS Medals Won: 1 Bronze | NPS Winnings: ₹15.19 Lakhs

The NPS#148 Megadive final table was loaded with talented players riding a wave of success in the series, including Saturday’s NPS#122 Slamdunk Gold Medallist Rajvardhan ‘mrmeeseeks0405’ Kavi (4th for ₹1.45 Lakhs), NPS#82 Mega Rush Gold Medallist Kritagya ‘Foldnhihota’ Sharma (6th for ₹73,248), and NPS#127 Value Mine Silver Medallist Saroj ‘angrychidiya’ Chudasma (7th for ₹58,860).

And with the NPS India 2025 barreling into its final week, the ₹2,300 buy-in NPS#148 Megadive kept the adrenaline pumping by obliterating its guarantee, creating a tempting ₹32.70 Lakhs prize pool. The top 260 players got a piece of that pie, with payouts starting at ₹3,597 – adding to an explosive day of poker action at this epic series.

Final Table Results

1. Sashi ‘Suterisateri’ Datta – ₹3,71,799
2. Kazi Salimmiya ‘Monster8181’ Samsuddin – ₹2,61,600
3. Mitesh ‘mikeknp’ Gupta – ₹1,99,470
4. Rajvardhan ‘mrmeeseeks0405’ Kavi – ₹1,45,515
5. Shakespeare – ₹1,05,294
6. Kritagya ‘Foldnhihota’ Sharma – ₹73,248
7. Saroj ‘angrychidiya’ Chudasma – ₹58,860
8. maddy00007 – ₹46,761

NPS#143 Slamdunk – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,725

Entries – 708

Re-entries – 711

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 242

The arrival of a new week ignited a firestorm of first-time champions at the NPS India 2025, with Monday’s action witnessing six players etching their names in the gold medal column for the very first time. But perhaps no one deserved the victory more than Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora.

Many might remember Arora for steering Team Crushers to victory in PokerBaazi’s “Poker MasterClass” on Jio Cinema. Yet, since his December 1 win in Adda52’s Sunday Head Hunter, he’d been conspicuously absent from the winner’s circle. That, however, was most certainly not from a lack of trying.

Instead of retreating, Arora remained in the trenches, grinding with a focused intensity. Over the past 3.5 months, he’s put together an astounding 12 final table appearances, including some agonizingly close runner-up finishes in PokerBaazi’s Summit Lite and Adda52’s Roller Coaster! He’s been a dedicated soldier in the NPS campaign, playing a staggering 122 tournaments, cashing in a remarkable 49% of them, and even making two final table appearances. His time away from the winner’s circle wasn’t a retreat—it was the drawing back of a bow, storing power for a decisive shot. The victory had been brewing for a while!

And then, Monday struck. Arora let loose a firestorm of skill in PokerBaazi’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD NPS#143 Slamdunk. This 4 PM showdown, the second event on the day’s NPS agenda, was a brutal, nearly ten-hour-long struggle (nine hours and 47 minutes, to be exact), drawing a dense crowd of 1,419 entries (708 unique players). When the final river card fell, Arora was the one left standing tall, finally grasping that NPS medal he’d been so fiercely chasing (a dazzling Gold, at that!) and a hefty ₹2.88 Lakhs—his third-biggest prize on the platform, sending him soaring to #14 on the Maharashtra State Leaderboard!

But Arora’s Monday wasn’t just about one tournament. He also slid into the money in four other NPS events, including a nail-biting fourth-place finish in NPS#149 Knockout (PKO). By the end of his Monday grind session, his total earnings had ballooned to over ₹4.36 Lakhs.

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#143 Slamdunk for ₹2,87,500

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#149 Knockout (PKO) for ₹1,32,209

> 133rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#145 Deepdive for ₹7,986

> 114th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#144 (7-Max) Hyper for ₹5,026

> 224th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#148 Megadive for ₹3,597

Anish Arora’s online stats (PokerBaazi, Adda52 and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.84 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.21 Crores | Moves to #14 on the Maharashtra State Leaderboard | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold | Lifetime NPS Winnings: ₹21.53 Lakhs

Navaneeth ‘kingloser’ Krishna P.K., a player who’s been in the game since March 2020 and still yearning for that maiden online title, came this close to his own breakthrough, almost capturing his first NPS Gold in the NPS#143 Slamdunk. Although he ultimately had to settle for the runner-up position, he still scooped up a substantial ₹2.01 Lakhs – his second-largest score on the platform and a prestigious NPS Silver Medal to kickstart his collection. This impressive run made Navaneeth the fourth player from Kerala to win a medal in this series, rocketing him to #2 on the state leaderboard, where he trails the two-time Silver Medallist Sreekanth Narayan.

Two other deep runs rounded out his Monday, boosting his total winnings to a little under ₹2.21 Lakhs, wiping out nearly a quarter of his accumulated losses from the past five months!

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#143 Slamdunk for ₹2,01,000

> 604th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#147 Mini Main Event for ₹14,500

> 112nd in Adda52’s NPS#148 Megadive for ₹5,232

Navaneeth Krishna P.K`s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹29.32 Lakhs | Moves to #2 on the Kerala State Leaderboard | NPS Medals Won: 1 Silver | Lifetime NPS Winnings: ₹11.81 Lakhs

Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot, Chennai’s ‘High Stakes Crusher,‘ added another sparkling jewel to his already crown-like poker resume. Having already claimed Gold in the NPS#19 Micro HighRoller and Silver in the NPS#102 Big Knockout (KO), Munot finally completed the set, seizing Bronze in the NPS#143 Slamdunk and boosting his bankroll by ₹1.54 Lakhs after a six-bullet assault.

Already reigning supreme on the Tamil Nadu State Leaderboard, this third medal launched Munot to #10 on the overall NPC Leaderboard with 17 points. It will be a Herculean task for his fellow state players to knock this titan off his perch.

With a poker resume that reads like a “who’s who” of tournament victories—The Millionaire (twice!), FTS Super HighRoller, IOPC Super HighRoller, PokerBaazi’s APT Online India Mini Main Event, and BTS 2.0 Main Event to name just a few, Munot truly is in a class of his own.

Munot wasn’t just narrowly focused on one tournament—he spread his efforts across multiple events. Deep runs in four other NPS tournaments pushed his Monday earnings to just under ₹2.42 Lakhs.

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#143 Slamdunk for ₹1,54,250

> 102nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#147 Mini Main Event for ₹72,500

> 178th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#145 Deepdive for ₹5,884

> 104th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#144 (7-Max) Hyper for ₹5,025

> 75th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#142 Marathon for ₹3,882

Ashish Munot’s online stats (PokerBaazi, Adda52 and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹16.04 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹6.92 Crores | Titles Won in 2025: #3 (across all platforms) | Ranked #1 on the Tamil Nadu State Leaderboard | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold, 2 Silver & 1 Bronze | Lifetime NPS Winnings: ₹67.39 Lakhs

The NPS#143 Slamdunk final table also witnessed strong showings from Avishek ‘Ronywalker’ Mistry (5th for ₹82,000), last night`s NPS#149 Knockout (PKO) Gold Medallist Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma (6th for ₹60,000), and Akshay ‘jumlebaz’ Kumar (8th for ₹35,750).

On a Monday that was nothing short of explosive at the NPS India 2025, the ₹1,725 buy-in NPS#143 Slamdunk was one of the few events to fall short of its guarantee, with a ₹3.72 Lakhs overlay! Yet, it was a lucrative undertaking for the 242 players who made the money; each player guaranteed at least ₹3,000 from the promised ₹25 Lakhs prize pool. The series is now in its final, most intense stage, and the promise of even greater drama hangs heavy in the air.

Final Table Results

1. Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora – ₹2,87,500
2. Navaneeth ‘kingloser’ Krishna. P.K – ₹2,01,000
3. Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot – ₹1,54,250
4. CrystalTurtle44 – ₹1,13,000
5. Avishek ‘Ronywalker’ Mistry – ₹82,000
6. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹60,000
7. Reddington – ₹46,000
8. Akshay ‘jumlebaz’ Kumar – ₹35,750

NPS#149 Knockout (PKO) – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,875

Entries – 680

Re-entries – 807

Regular Prize Pool – ₹22,30,500

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹14,87,000

Places Paid – 248

This past Monday at NPS India 2025 wasn’t just another day on the calendar—it was a full-blown poker explosion, kicking off the week with a jaw-dropping ₹7.51 Crores paid out across eight monster tournaments. It was, without a doubt, the biggest day yet for this NPS! Among the eight players who struck gold, six were experiencing that championship rush for the first time, while two battle-hardened pros, including Delhi’s own Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma, added some serious sparkle to their already glittering trophy cases!

Sharma, who snagged a Gold Medal in the 2023 NPS#19 Relay, has been a relentless predator throughout this series, on the hunt for another title. His NPS India 2025 medal campaign kicked off with a Silver in the NPS#50 Sunday Kickoff, but his moment of absolute triumph arrived last night in the ₹20 Lakhs GTD NPS#149 Knockout (PKO).

Sharma fired a single, perfectly aimed bullet in this high-octane 9:30 PM PKO battle, outmanoeuvring a massive field of 1,487 entries (680 unique) over 10 gruelling hours to seize his second-ever NPS Gold Medal and his second medal of the series! The late-night battle went on till well into Tuesday morning, and Sharma’s dominant performance netted him a hefty ₹4.21 Lakhs, which included a whopping ₹1.66 Lakhs in bounties—proof that his aggressive, bounty-hunting style was on point. This victory elevated Sharma to the exclusive club of 85 players with multiple medals at NPS India 2025, and it shot him up to #5 on the highly competitive Delhi State Leaderboard.

But Sharma was far from done. He went on a tear, posting five more deep runs (cashing in six of the day’s eight NPS events!), including a final table appearance in the NPS#143 Slamdunk. His total Monday haul soared to ₹5.10 Lakhs, pushing him to #29 on the NPS Series Leaderboard with 21,379 points from a phenomenal 87 cashes and landing him in the #2 spot on PokerBaazi’s fiercely contested 2025 POY Leaderboard.

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#149 Knockout (PKO) for ₹4,20,788* (₹1,66,511 in bounties)

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#143 Slamdunk for ₹60,000

> 784th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#147 Mini Main Event for ₹10,000

> 65th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#144 (7-Max) Hyper for ₹8,522

> 168th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#145 Deepdive for ₹5,884

> 55th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#142 Marathon for ₹4,814

Ashit Sharma’s online stats (PokerBaazi, Adda52 and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.14 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.53 Crores | Titles Won in 2025: #2 | Moves to #5 on the Delhi State Leaderboard | Moves to #29 on NPS Series Leaderboard| NPS Medals Won: 2 Gold, 1 Silver | Lifetime NPS Winnings: ₹39.23 Lakhs | Moves to #2 on PokerBaazi’s POY Race

While Ashit Sharma was revelling in his Gold Medal glory, another poker beast was hot on his heels, snapping at his lead—Neeraj ‘Dattebayo7’ Sattawat. The NPS#105 Slamdunk Gold Medallist and NPS#141 (7-Max) SPRINT Silver Medallist has been on an absolute tear, and he wasn’t about to let up!

Sattawat—who finished #11 in the record-breaking 2024 POY race—has been dominating 2025, bringing that same explosive energy to his NPS India 2025 campaign. He fired two bullets in the NPS#149 Knockout (PKO) and nearly took it down, locking in his third medal of the series – his career-sixth Silver Medal (his ninth NPS medal overall)! This is a player forging an NPS dynasty!

His deep run earned him a well-deserved ₹2.42 Lakhs, including a healthy ₹64,023 in bounties. This finish made him one of a select group of just 27 players in the series with three or more medals—a rare achievement that underscores his consistent excellence.

Sattawat’s killer performance launched him to the very top of the Rajasthan State Leaderboard, toppling the long-reigning leader, Shagun Jain. And that’s not all – he also burst into the top 10 of the overall NPC Leaderboard, landing at #8. He’s undeniably among the top contenders to make the National Poker Champion showdown in Goa.

As always, Sattawat wasn’t satisfied with a single deep run—he put in a full day’s work, racking up four more deep runs in the NPS, taking his Monday take-home to over ₹2.94 Lakhs. This surge pushed him to #15 on the NPS Series Leaderboard with 23,344 points from an incredible 97 cashes, and he climbed to #12 on PokerBaazi’s 2025 POY Leaderboard.

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#149 Knockout (PKO) for ₹2,41,963* (₹64,023 in bounties)

> 258th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#147 Mini Main Event for ₹28,500

> 104th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#146 Monday Medley for ₹17,839

> 124th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#143 Slamdunk for ₹4,250

> 226th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#142 Marathon for ₹1,708

Neeraj Sattawat’s online stats (PokerBaazi, Adda52 and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.85 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.74 Crores | Titles Won in 2025: #5 | Moves to #1 on the Rajasthan State Leaderboard | Moves to #8 on the NPC Leaderboard | Moves to #15 on the NPS Series Leaderboard | NPS Medals Won: 2 Gold, 6 Silver, & 1 Bronze | Lifetime NPS Winnings: ₹52.76 Lakhs | Moves to #12 on PokerBaazi’s POY Race

The NPS India 2025 grind has been unforgiving, but Sony ‘swAAmi’ Puthussery is proving he’s got the skills and endurance to thrive under pressure. A regular in the mid-stakes arena, Puthussery once again made waves, claiming his second Bronze Medal of the series in the NPS#149 Knockout (PKO).

This isn’t new territory for him—Puthussery already had a Bronze from the NPS#42 (PLO-5) Megadive and came into this fight with a Gold and Silver from past editions, making this his fourth NPS medal overall. His strong performance in the PKO event lined his pockets with ₹1.65 Lakhs, including a respectable ₹28,856 in bounties! This boosted Puthussery to #3 on the Kerala State Leaderboard.

Puthussery’s ambition extended far beyond a single event—he cashed in five other NPS tournaments on Monday, bringing his total winnings to a tidy ₹2.21 Lakhs.

Sony Puthussery’s online stats (PokerBaazi, Adda52 and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.66 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹85.64 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2025: #3| Moves to #3 on the Kerala State Leaderboard | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold, 1 Silver, & 2 Bronze | Lifetime NPS Winnings: ₹19.94 Lakhs

Other big names making waves on the NPS#149 Knockout (PKO) final table included last night’s NPS#143 Slamdunk Gold Medallist Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora (4th for ₹1.32 Lakhs), Saurav ‘eternalgambler’ Gupta (5th for ₹95,534), NPS#120 Wednesday Volley Silver Medallist Vishal ‘Darky’ Ojha (6th for ₹72,338), and Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal (7th for ₹49,524).

The ₹2,875 buy-in NPS#149 Knockout (PKO) was another log on the Monday bonfire at NPS India 2025, creating a massive ₹22.31 Lakhs prize pool. The top 248 finishers all got a piece of the action, each earning at least ₹2,677, in addition to whatever bounties they managed to collect from the extra ₹14.87 Lakhs bounty pool. Day 22 of NPS India 2025 served up another helping of high-octane poker action, offering a tantalizing taste of the even greater excitement yet to come in the final week.

Final Table Results

1. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹4,20,788
2. Neeraj ‘Dattebayo7’ Sattawat – ₹2,41,963
3. Sony ‘swAAmi’ Puthussery – ₹1,64,917
4. Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora – ₹1,32,209
5. Saurav ‘eternalgambler’ Gupta – ₹95,534
6. Vishal ‘Darky’ Ojha – ₹72,338
7. Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal – ₹49,524
8. pk0822 – ₹41,959

NPS#144 (7- Max) Hyper – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,875

Entries – 386

Re-entries – 488

Prize Pool – ₹21,85,000

Places Paid – 143

NPS India 2025 has been driving the online poker action for the past three weeks, and Monday detonated like never before, with a mind-blowing ₹7.51 Crores in prize money splattered across the eight featured events and six players ascending to the throne as first-time NPS champions!

Among this newly-forged golden group was Amulya ‘Amulyeaah’ Krishna. Krishna, a regular on PokerBaazi since July 2022. Krishna chose the ₹20 Lakhs GTD NPS#144 (7-Max) Hyper as his battlefield. A massive 386 players (874 total entries) joined the evening frenzy, kicking things off at 5:30 PM. Krishna, a two-time Daily SPRINT champion (his last victory in January 2024), navigated this lightning-fast skirmish with the precision of a surgeon, steamrolling through a rapid-fire four-hour and 10-minute session – ending a dry spell that stretched over a year. This wasn’t merely a win; it was the realization of a poker player’s dream: claiming that coveted Gold Medal.

With this stunning performance, Krishna, the IPM#7 (5-Max) Hyper podium finisher and fresh off his NPS#98 Megadive final table appearance, locked down his first-ever flagship title on the platform and a career-best ₹2.68 Lakhs after firing three entries, just edging out his previous high score from that Megadive final table.

Adding to the triumph, Krishna brought glory to Karnataka, earning his state its 17th Gold and rocketing to #13 on the state leaderboard. And, as the perfect finishing touch, Krishna also min-cashed the NPS#147 Mini Main Event (785th for ₹10,000), wrapping up his day with a haul exceeding ₹2.78 Lakhs, steadily chipping away at past losses, although he still has a way to go to get into the black.

Amulya Krishna’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹34.11 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2025: #1 | Moves to #13 on the Karnataka State Leaderboard | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold | Lifetime NPS Winnings: ₹7.20 Lakhs

Right on Krishna’s tail was the online force known as Sagar ‘BustedAA’ Raj. Riding the wave of his recent victory in the NPS#135 (7-Max) SPRINT, Raj, the 2024 POY #18, came dangerously close to grabbing his second Gold Medal of the series. While he just missed out on the ultimate prize, he still walked away with the Silver and a handsome ₹1.83 Lakhs runner-up payout.

Raj now sits at the peak of the Madhya Pradesh State Leaderboard, with other Gold Medallists from his state like Puneet Mishra and Saransh Garg within striking distance, and he also holds a commendable #11 rank on the overall NPC Leaderboard, positioning him as a serious threat to make it to the National Poker Champion showdown in Goa.

But Raj, the 2024 DPT Grand dual bracelet winner and the 2024 NPS#97 Marathon Gold Medallist, had more than one iron in the fire. He also charged into the final table of the NPS#147 Mini Main Event, finishing sixth for a whopping ₹9.45 Lakhs! Adding two more deep runs, his Monday spoils nearly reached an astounding ₹11.79 Lakhs!

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#147 Mini Main Event for ₹9,45,000

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#144 (7-Max) Hyper for ₹1,82,885

> 11th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#149 Knockout (PKO) for ₹44,936

> 225th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#145 Deepdive for ₹5,884

Sagar Raj’s online stats (PokerBaazi, Adda52, PokerStars India and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.85 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.73 Crores | Titles Won in 2025: #4 | Moves to #1 on the Madya Pradesh State Leaderboard | Moves to #11 on the NPC Leaderboard | NPS Medals Won: 2 Golds & 1 Silver | Lifetime NPS Winnings: ₹39.74 Lakhs

Then there was another ‘Hyper’ specialist from Madhya Pradesh, Vignesh ‘Rajjni007’ Kumar (opted out of our tracking), the 2024 NPS#6 Deepdive Silver Medallist. Still buzzing from snagging the Bronze Medal in NPS#91 (5-Max) Hyper, Kumar added another Bronze to his growing poker trophy case, taking third place in NPS#144 (7-Max) Hyper and earning a solid ₹1.43 Lakhs, placing him at #7 on the Maharashtra State Leaderboard.

Kumar also made the money line in the NPS#147 Mini Main Event, finishing 160th for ₹45,000, bringing his total Monday haul to almost ₹1.88 Lakhs.

Vignesh Kumar’s NPS stats: Moves to #7 on the Maharashtra State Leaderboard | NPS Medals Won: 2 Bronze | Lifetime NPS Winnings: ₹17.92 Lakhs

The NPS#144 (7-Max) Hyper final table also featured other notables like last week’s NPS#107 (7-Max) SPRINT Bronze Medallist Sameer ‘tandoori’ Agarwal (5th for ₹78,005), NPS#122 Slamdunk Silver Medallist and a dual Bronze Medallist of NPS India 2025, Prateek ‘CHOTUU88’ Parakh (6th for ₹58,995), and Gauravjit ‘gora981’ Singh (8th for ₹45,320).

These Hyper tournaments have been a runaway success at the NPS India 2025, and the NPS#144 (7- Max) Hyper was another prime example, the ₹2,875 buy-in event generating a juicy ₹21.85 Lakhs prize pool! There’s a mountain of action still to come, and this final week of this monumental series is already shaping up to be one for the ages.

Final Table Results

1. Amulya ‘Amulyeaah’ Krishna – ₹2,68,100
2. Sagar ‘BustedAA’ Raj – ₹1,82,885
3. Vignesh ‘Rajjni007’ Kumar – ₹1,42,899
4. donkabomber2 – ₹1,08,158
5. Sameer ‘tandoori’ Agarwal – ₹78,005
6. Prateek ‘CHOTUU88’ Parakh – ₹58,995
7. Gauravjit ‘gora981’ Singh – ₹45,230

NPS#142 Marathon – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,150

Entries – 740

Re-entries – 813

Prize Pool – ₹15,53,000

Places Paid – 260

Day 22 of the NPS India 2025 was another gold rush, with eight champions crowned and a stunning six players claiming their first-ever Gold Medals. Among these newly minted winners was Dhaval ‘TheMaHaKaL’ Solanki, who conquered PokerBaazi’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD NPS#142 Marathon, seizing a sweet ₹1.77 Lakhs prize.

The action-packed NPS#142 Marathon kicked off the Monday madness at 2:30 PM, drawing a packed crowd of 1,533 entries (740 unique). After a grueling nine-plus hours of poker combat, Solanki, who fired two bullets, emerged as the last player standing. This triumph not only gave Solanki his first-ever NPS medal (and a Gold one, at that!) but also his third-best score of 2025!

Solanki’s impressive Monday wasn’t a one-hit-wonder—he also carved out a respectable run in the NPS#146 Monday Medley, finishing 138th for an extra ₹13,961. This stellar performance boosted his day`s total to a nifty ₹1.91 Lakhs, sending him soaring to #3 on the Gujarat State Leaderboard.

Dhaval Solanki’s online stats (PokerBaazi and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.37 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹9.01 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2025: #4 | Moves to #3 on the Gujarat State Leaderboard | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold | NPS Winnings: ₹6.82 Lakhs

Anurag ‘AGENTP52’ Kureel, still riding high from his Gold Medal victory in Sunday’s NPS#139 Knockout (KO), nearly pulled off a repeat performance, finishing a strong second in the NPS#142 Marathon. After two entries, Kureel walked away with his first-ever NPS Silver Medal (his second medal of the series and third overall) and a hefty ₹1.24 Lakhs payout, fueling his continued climb up the ultra-competitive Maharashtra State Leaderboard, where he now sits at #7.

With deep runs in four different NPS events on Monday, Kureel’s total Monday haul swelled to over ₹3.01 Lakhs!

> 64th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#147 Mini Main Event for ₹1,55,000

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#142 Marathon for ₹1,24,240

> 93rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#146 Monday Medley for ₹17,838

> 121st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#143 Slamdunk for ₹4,250

Anurag Kureel’s online stats (PokerBaazi, Adda52 and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹70.45 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹29 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2025: #11 | Moves to #7 on the Maharashtra State Leaderboard | NPS Medals Won: 2 Gold & 1 Silver | Lifetime NPS Winnings: ₹20.03 Lakhs

Rounding out the NPS#142 Marathon podium was West Bengal’s ‘Fisherman15,’ who snagged their first-ever NPS medal—a Bronze—along with a rewarding ₹94,733, their second-largest score on the platform to date.

The NPS#142 Marathon’s fiercely competitive final table saw some familiar faces in action, including Karan ‘silentkiller25’ Sanghrajka (4th for ₹69,109), Sidhant ‘6ix90007’ Khanna (6th for ₹34,787), the NPS#68 Marathon Silver Medallist Utkarsh ‘utkarshvaish9’ Vaish (7th for ₹27,954), and Kaustubh ‘KaustubhKa’ Kulkarni (8th for ₹22,208).

Adding fuel to the Monday fire at the NPS India 2025, the budget-friendly ₹1,150 entry buy-in NPS#142 Marathon comfortably surpassed its guarantee, creating a ₹15.53 Lakhs prize pool. The top 260 finishers all enjoyed a payday, starting at ₹1,708, a nice 1.5X return on their initial investment, further contributing to the record-shattering success of this epic series.

Final Table Results

1. Dhaval ‘TheMaHaKaL’ Solanki – ₹1,76,576
2. Anurag ‘AGENTP52’ Kureel – ₹1,24,240
3. Fisherman15 – ₹94,733
4. Karan ‘silentkiller25’ Sanghrajka – ₹69,109
5. koishima6969 – ₹50,007
6. Sidhant ‘6ix90007’ Khanna – ₹34,787
7. Utkarsh ‘utkarshvaish9’ Vaish – ₹27,954
8. Kaustubh ‘KaustubhKa’ Kulkarni – ₹22,208

₹10 Crores GTD NPS Main Event – Qualifier 2

Q2 > Entries – 357 | Re-entries – 185 | Survivors – 38 | Chip Leader – Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh (976,000)

Combined > Entries – 727 | Re-entries – 331 | Survivors – 82 (unique) | Overall Chip Leader – Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh (976,000)

₹1 Crore GTD NPS Golden Rush – Qualifier 2

Q2 > Entries – 475 | Re-entries – 371 | Survivors – 83 | Chip Leader – Ambika ‘ItonThrne’ Chowdhury (574,000)

Combined > 1,138 | Re-entries – 722 | Survivors – 213 (unique) | Overall Chip Leader – Ambika ‘ItonThrne’ Chowdhury (574,000)

Junglee Poker

‘Raja31740388’ won the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Monday Monster for ₹1.01 Lakhs.

Parmeet ‘singhpoker’ Singh Arora (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Monday Battleground for ₹29,922) and ‘khan28’ (Won ₹60K GTD Monday Sunsetter for ₹11,776), and ‘prepstation’ (Won ₹60K GTD Hangover for ₹11,203) won the other Monday marquees on Junglee Poker.

Adda52

Young Gun Siddhanth ‘sidstack’ Kripalani won the ₹8 Lakhs GTD Iron Man for ₹1.53 Lakhs.

The MasterMinds Arena title winners of the day included Jatin ‘jatin2929’ Sablani (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD MMA 8-Max PKO for ₹50,954), Kamal ‘kamalpunjabi11’ Punjabi (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD MMA Monster Stack for ₹49,256), Aditya ‘AnonPokerGuy’ Chodhary (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD MMA 6-Max for ₹28,942), Sneha ‘sneval’ Moondra Heda (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD MMA PKO for ₹27,289), ‘ImAlpha’ (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD MMA Mystery Bounty for ₹20,892), Sharad ‘zimbawe’ Haridasan (Won ₹50K GTD MMA PLO4 Bounty for ₹18,601), and Nishant ‘stockfull’ Pandey (Won ₹75K GTD MMA Turbo 6-Max for ₹18,601).

₹25 Lakhs GTD MMA Main Event – Day 1A

Day 1A> Entries – 79 | Re-entries – 27 | Re-buys – 5 | Survivors – 15 | Chip Leader – Young Gun Gaurav ‘BuildPuntOK’ Sood (268,661)

Pocket52

‘TurkshManuka’ won the ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Deepstack Turbo for ₹42,230.

Spartan Poker

‘HirA123’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹33,300), ‘sanzoo’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo for ₹28,650), and ‘sanzoo’ (Won ₹50K GTD Centurian for ₹8,560) won the Monday marquees on Spartan Poker.

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