Daily Majors: Pawan Tez, Ashit Sharma, Kalpesh Mehta & Mukesh Surana Dominate the Monday Flagships

The Baazi Poker Tour is almost over, with just the Main Event final table left to play out tomorrow. However, with most MTT regs either still in Goa or traveling back, the Monday attendance was weak, and overlays were the trend across platforms.

Pawan Tez was the day’s single-largest winner and took down Adda52’s Iron Man for the fourth time last night for ₹2 Lakhs. ‘booster’ placed runner-up for ₹1.21 Lakhs.

Ashit Sharma won Spartan Poker’s ReCharge for ₹1.55 Lakhs.

The former IMPS Main Event champion Kalpesh Mehta came out on top in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show, picking up his first title of the year and a₹1.40 Lakhs payday. He struck a three-way deal with ‘mrprakash’ (2^nd for ₹1.20 Lakhs) and ‘deepakrmk’ (3^rd for ₹1.13 Lakhs).

Mukesh Surana raked in over ₹1.14 Lakhs across two FT finishes in PokerBaazi’s SPRINT 7-Max (2^nd for ₹97,606) and PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost (5^th for ₹16,343).

Sawan Kumar won PokerStars India’s Battle Royale for a career-best ₹1.02 Lakhs.

Achal Sonale, Nikhil Mishra, Kripansh Khosla, Arpan Majhi, Adithya N G, Satyam Prakash, Aditya Sharma, Manish Jangid, Swithin Francis, and Nitesh Mallanar won the other Monday majors.

Here are the Monday highlights!

Spartan Poker

ReCharge – ₹7 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 149

Re-entries – 36

Rebuys – 79

Prize Pool – ₹7,00,000

Places Paid – 27

Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma won Spartan Poker’s ₹8.50 Lakhs ReCharge for ₹1.55 Lakhs. The user ‘Mojji’ finished runner-up for ₹1.05 Lakhs.

The former The Millionaire runner-up, Ashit Sharma, made another six ITM finishes last night, collectively winning ₹1.92 Lakhs. His ITM finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s ReCharge for ₹1.55 Lakhs

> 9^th in PokerStars India’s Battle Royale for ₹11,656

> 6^th in PokerBaazi’s Hyper Sprint for ₹9,680

> 28^th in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹5,338

> 13^th in Adda52’s Voyager for ₹4,095

> 25^th in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack for ₹3,000

> 10^th in Spartan Poker’s Sundowner for ₹2,850

Ashit Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹78.51 Lakhs | Annual Winnings: ₹40.88 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #7

The ₹2,200 buy-in event clocked in 264 entries, filling in ₹1.72 Lakhs in overlays.

Final Table Results

1. Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma – ₹1,55,050
2. Mojji – ₹1,04,650
3. elbedonk – ₹72,030
4. Sanket ‘GentleMonster’ Arora – ₹58,730
5. sarryu – ₹46,830
6. Sreeharsha ‘yUDdam’ Boneni – ₹35,980
7. Sumeet ‘sumkr’ Modi – ₹26,180
8. Mritunjay ‘Nahi chahiye’ Singh – ₹18,970

Deepstack – ₹3 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 158

Re-entries – 44

Rebuys – 97

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000

Places Paid – 27

The former Futuristic runner-up finisher ‘kingdavid88’ was the last player standing in Spartan Poker’s ₹3 Lakhs GTD Deepstack and won the title for ₹66450. ‘Emma Raducanu’ lapped up ₹44,850 in second place.

‘kingdavid88’ ‘s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹8.93 Lakhs.

Madhab ‘madhabpal2017’ Pal FT-ed two events for ₹35,055 collectively. His FT finishes include:

> 7^th in PokerBaazi’s SPRINT for ₹19,635

> 6^th in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack for ₹15,420

The ₹1,100 buy-in event logged in 299 entries, overlaying a marginal ₹1,000.

Final Table Results

1. kingdavid88 – ₹66,450
2. Emma Raducanu – ₹44,850
3. kilzzz – ₹30,870
4. DKP24 – ₹25,170
5. LeoBaazoka – ₹20,070
6. Madhab ‘madhabpal2017’ Pal – ₹15,420
7. Usbcable – ₹11,220
8. charlatan07 – ₹8,130

‘Jhukega nahi $ala’ (Won Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD for ₹40,291), ‘Cheragb’ (Won Sundowner ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹33,225), and ‘Qwerty888’ (Won Centurion 50K GTD for ₹10,492) championed the other Monday marquees on Spartan Poker.

PokerBaazi

The Big Show – ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 179

Re-entries – 135

Prize Pool – ₹7,85,000

Places Paid – 36

One of Monday’s featured attractions, PokerBaazi’s The Big Show, offered a ₹7.50 Lakhs prize pool guarantee at an entry buy-in of ₹2,750. After six hours and thirty-seven minutes of gameplay, the former IMPS Main Event winner Kalpesh ‘joecada’ Mehta took down the event, picking up his first title of the year and ₹1.40 Lakhs in prize money. He struck a three-way deal with ‘mrprakash’ (2^nd for ₹1.20 Lakhs) and ‘deepakrmk’ (3^rd for ₹1.13 Lakhs).

Kalpesh Mehta’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹40.32 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹7.58 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #1

Final Table Results

1. Kalpesh ‘joecada’ Mehta – ₹1,40,048*
2. mrprakash – ₹1,19,927*
3. deepakrmk – ₹1,13,372*
4. Vengeance.jd – ₹57,933
5. Ankit ‘akj290’ Jajodia – ₹43,489
6. Naman ‘namsbohra’ Bohra – ₹34,776
7. royalking7424 – ₹28,888
8. Armaan ‘Armaan007’ Kochhar – ₹23,158

*denotes a three-way deal

SPRINT 7-Max – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 215

Re-entries – 159

Prize Pool – ₹5,61,000

Places Paid – 45

The user ‘pintu00’ banked a career-best ₹1.03 Lakhs after taking down PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD SPRINT 7-Max. Mukesh ‘Guruuu’ Surana finished runner-up for ₹97,606, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

‘pintu00’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹29.38 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹7.85 Lakhs

Last night, Mukesh Surana raked in over ₹1.14 Lakhs across two FT scores. His FT scores were:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s SPRINT 7-Max for ₹97,606

> 5^th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹16,343

Mukesh Surana’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹97.94 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹10.68 Lakhs

Final Table Results

1. pintu00 – ₹1,02,671*
2. Mukesh ‘Guruuu’ Surana – ₹97,606*
3. d3adman – ₹53,015
4. Rishabh ‘rishabhjuneja’ Juneja – ₹39,270
5. ragemonster – ₹29,453
6. Siddharth ‘FrancescoTotti’ Ranshevre – ₹23,562
7. Madhab ‘madhabpal2017’ Pal – ₹19,635

*denotes a heads-up deal

Achal ‘Bond107’ Sonale (Won Daily Boost ₹2.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹65,166), ‘imac2000’ (Won Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹53,546), Nikhil ‘Silentkiller743’ Mishra (Won Hyper SPRINT ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹48,300), Kripansh ‘GentMrK’ Khosla (Won Holdem Boost ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹40,685), ‘Rajatrm’ (Won SPRINT 1 AM ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹33,858), Satyam ‘Pkiller28’ Prakash (Won Daily Afternoon SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹31,900), ‘mgehe’ (Won PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹30,121), ‘Linulalson’ (Won Evening SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹30,076), and ‘bhai333’ (Won Daily 5-Max ₹50K GTD for ₹16,896) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

PokerStars India

Battle Royale (8-Max) – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 80

Re-entries – 53

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,33,750

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,66,250

Total Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 15

Sawan ‘kahkelunga’ Kumar came out on top in PokerStars India’s ₹4 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale (8-Max) for a career-best ₹1.02 Lakhs (includes ₹57,812 in bounties). ‘VaishOnu’ came second for ₹60,179 (includes ₹16,328 in bounties).

Sawan Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹18.51 Lakhs

The recent Trending Thursday winner Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar raked in ₹75,698 yesterday across three FT finishes, which include:

> 3rd in PokerStars India’s Battle Royale for ₹40,391

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹23,158

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Ultimate 4-Card PLO for ₹12,149

Armaan Kochhar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.34 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.15 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #6 | Annual Winnings: ₹48.97 Lakhs | Ranked #52 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

The ₹2,750 buy-in event locked in 133 entries, overlaying ₹67,500.

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

1. Sawan ‘kahkelunga’ Kumar – ₹1,01,663
2. VaishOnu – ₹60,179
3. Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar – ₹40,391
4. Shivkesh ‘pokeraddictive’ Meena – ₹24,863
5. Pranav ‘041195’ Somani – ₹24,583
6. muttonmm – ₹15,102
7. jjmaliakal – ₹16,180
8. Tanay ‘tanayp’ Parekh – ₹12,939
9. Ashit ‘Cringing’ Sharma – ₹11,656

Arpan ‘Vasusenaa’ Majhi (Won Deepstack ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹39,697), Manish ‘manish jangid’ Jangid (Won Ultrasonic ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹24,651), ‘PAAKTS’ (Won Afternoon on Stars ₹50K GTD for ₹15,213), Swithin ‘Molecule111’ Francis (Won Deepstack ₹50K GTD for ₹12,728), and ‘AKKA113131’ (Won Primetime Grind ₹50K GTD for ₹11,522) shipped the other Monday marquees on PokerStars India.

Adda52

Iron Man – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 184

Re-entries – 170

Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000

Places Paid – 38

Adda52’s Monday flagship, ₹8 Lakhs GTD Iron Man, recorded a 354-entry field last night, falling ₹92,000 short of its listed guarantee. The 8 PM event came to a close at 2.12 AM, with Pawan ‘_luffy_1x1’ Tez going the distance to clinch the Iron Man title for the fourth time for ₹2 Lakhs. ‘booster’ placed runner-up for ₹1.21 Lakhs.

Pawan Tez’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.20 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹22.80 Lakhs

Final Table Results

1. Pawan ‘_luffy_1x1’ Tez – ₹2,00,000
2. booster – ₹1,21,200
3. Leobazooka1897 – ₹88,000
4. artwanisantosh – ₹64,000
5. Biplave ‘Bksingh1’ Kumar – ₹43,200
6. joecsaju – ₹30,000

Voyager – ₹3 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 160

Re-entries – 155

Prize Pool – ₹3,15,004

Places Paid – 34

‘samsepiol’ overcame the 315-strong field in Adda52’s ₹3 Lakhs GTD Voyager to collect ₹78,750. ‘VishuChi’ secured a runner-up payday worth ₹47,723.

‘samsepiol’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.40 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹9,657

Final Table Results

1. samsepiol – ₹78,750
2. VishuChi – ₹47,723
3. Nitesh ‘MallaNi’ Mallanar – ₹34,650
4. Rohit ‘ddarsh’ Agarwal – ₹26,303
5. AnachronoX – ₹18,113
6. Aditya ‘balls86’ Kumar Patodia – ₹11,813
7. Badsoldier – ₹9,450
8. Raghav ‘FuckedUpLife’ Siddalinga – ₹7,875

Adithya ‘Rlox1’ N G (Won Afternoon Adda ₹1.2 Lakh GTD for ₹35,620), Aditya ‘Opulentadi’ Sharma (Won Nighttide DST Adda ₹1.2 Lakh GTD for ₹26,669), ‘VM24’ (Won Bounty Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹12,787), Nitesh ‘MallaNi’ Mallanar (Won Freeze Out Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹12,171), and ‘ANJ2019’ (Won Evening Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹10,100) shipped the other Adda52 marquees.

MPL Poker

MPL Poker user ‘Shri’ championed the ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monday Madness for ₹47,000. ‘BeatTheFish’ finished runner-up for ₹29,900.

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