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Spartan Poker`s ongoing India Turbo Masters 3.0 broke the Monday dullness with seven ITM tournaments listed on the Day 2 schedule. Some regs took the day off, but most of them will return to the grind tomorrow as the biggest-ever National Poker Series India 2023 goes live on PokerBaazi.
Online crusher Pradip Ghosh brought the Monday action to the knees, topping the day’s scorecard with ₹3.66 Lakhs in total winnings from seven ITM finishes (and a bounty), including a title victory and a runner-up score. Ghosh wreaked havoc in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show, winning the marquee tournament for ₹2.35 Lakhs with Rahul Melwani (2nd for ₹1.56 Lakhs) finishing runner-up and chopped Spartan Poker’s ITM #13 #Hyper (2nd for ₹91,297).
Nitin Arora was another standout winner and made his title breakthrough in Spartan Poker’s ITM #11 Monday Supersonic, clinching his maiden title of the year and ₹3.14 Lakhs in first-place prize money. Young Gun Aayush Arya fell one spot behind Arora, pocketing ₹1.99 Lakhs in second place.
Thursday’s breakout scorer Hardik Nair kept his scorecard ticking, hauling in ₹2.17 Lakhs from four final table finishes, rounding up a lofty ₹2.17 Lakhs across six deep runs. Nair made his best run in Spartan Poker’s ITM #13 Hyper, taking it down for ₹92,377 following a heads-up deal with Pradip Ghosh.
The December 2022 Godfather champion Utkarsh Somaaieyaa broke a three-month title slump by taking down Adda52’s Iron Man for ₹2 Lakhs. Yudhishthir Singh Rathore lapped up ₹1.21 Lakhs in second place.
Deepak Singh bolstered his online bankroll by ₹1.44 Lakhs from six deep runs. He most prominently won PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹73,504, chopping the title heads-up with The MoneyMaker 30.0 champion Sanjay Mohan (2nd for ₹69,953).
Gopal Bajaj was among the three players who won two Monday tournaments. Bajaj made his big coup in Spartan Poker’s ITM #10 Turbo, winning the second ITM title for ₹70,371 after defeating Vikram Mishra (2nd for ₹47,496) heads-up. Later in the session, he nailed Spartan Poker’s Night Rider (₹38,325), locking in ₹1.25 Lakhs for the day`s work.
Sunday’s ITM #6 Meteor champion Mahima Walia Das impressed with her form, bagging her second ITM title in two days. She made away with ₹1.13 Lakhs across four ITM tournaments to storm into the lead on the ITM 3.0 leaderboard. Das took down Spartan Poker ITM #14 Turbo 6-Max for ₹81,400, following a heads-up deal with Sameer ‘chipsy’ Agarwal (2nd for ₹64,596).
‘Mortal99 (Won ITM #12 Turbo for ₹84,210), ‘Trashcan20’ (Won ITM #8 Turbo – 6 Max for ₹84,600), and Nakul Sharma (Won ITM #9 Hyper for ₹51,446) won the other India Turbo Masters tournaments on Monday.
PokerStars India loyalist Manish Jangid went on a title-winning spree on the site, starting with the Eliminator [8-Max] (1st for ₹81,418), where he defeated Anmolraj Singh Chawla (2nd for ₹47,385) heads-up. Jangid also won Ultrasonic (₹22,729), rounding up ₹1.06 Lakhs altogether.
Sunday’s (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT champion ‘Sihan’ (Won Daily Value Boost for ₹1.18 Lakhs), and ‘ten2offsuite’ (Won (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹60,495) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
The PLO-5 BOOST and Freeze Out Adda champion, Neeraj Kumar, Shailesh Patel, Sony Puthussery, Arjun Bharadwaj, and Rohit Agarwal, won the other Monday marquees.
Here are the Monday highlights!
Spartan Poker
ITM #11 Monday Supersonic – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in- ₹3,300
Entries – 263
Re-entries – 85
Re-buys – 189
Prize Pool – ₹16,11,000
Places Paid – 47
The 2022 BPT Main Event champion, Nitin ‘degenmaster’ Arora, made the Monday headlines for taking down the day`s featured India Turbo Masters attraction, Spartan Poker’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD ITM #11 Monday Supersonic, for ₹3.14 Lakhs, bagging away his maiden title of the year.
Nitin Arora’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.03 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.25 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Young Gun Aayush ‘Eureka226’ Arya was one of the 537 entrants in the field and fell shy of winning his first ITM title, banking ₹1.99 Lakhs in second place.
Aayush Arya`s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.10 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.09 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #6
Aryan ‘bob_marley’ Singh lapped up ₹1.78 Lakhs from three deep finishes, which include:
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #11 Monday Supersonic for ₹1,49,500
> 5th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #12 Turbo for ₹25,914
> 27th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #10 Turbo for ₹3,177
Aryan Singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.24 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹61.47 Lakhs
Rahul ‘iLiSHMaCh’ Sahni (4th for ₹1.21 Lakhs), and Rahul ‘Godfather10’ Purohit (5th for ₹95,371) also FT-ed ITM #11 Monday Supersonic.
The ₹3,300 entry buy-in Monday headliner awarded a guarantee-crushing ₹16.11 Lakhs in prize money to the top 47 finishers.
Final Table Results
ITM #14 Turbo 6–Max – ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹990
Entries – 238
Re-entries – 79
Re-buys – 192
Prize Pool – ₹4,58,100
Places Paid – 47
Mahima Walia ‘mambojojo’ Das has done it again! A day after winning the ITM Sunday headliner, ITM #6 Meteor, Das bagged away her second ITM title in Spartan Poker’s ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD ITM #14 Turbo 6-Max. She outplayed the 509-player field (238 unique) in under five hours to win ₹81,400, striking a heads-up deal with Sameer ‘chipsy’ Agarwal (2nd for ₹64,596).
Das, the first-ever Millionaire United champion, cashed another three ITM tournaments on Monday, reeling in ₹1.13 Lakhs in total winnings and enough TLB points, jumping nine ranks to take charge of the ITM 3.0 leaderboard.
Her Monday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s ITM #14 #Turbo 6-Max for ₹81,400* (heads-up deal)
> 7th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #13 Hyper for ₹18,528
> 9th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #8 Turbo 6-Max for ₹8,640
> 15th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #10 Turbo for ₹4,766
Mahima Walia Das`s online stats (Spartan Poker and Adda52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.55 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹68.03 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | Moves to #1 on the ITM 3.0 Leaderboard
Sameer Agarwal worked up ₹1.15 Lakhs in total winnings from six deep runs.
His top Monday finishes include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #14 Turbo 6-Max for ₹64,596* (heads-up deal)
> 12th in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹20,655
> 22nd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #11 Monday Supersonic for ₹14,982
Sameer Agarwal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹22.02 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.24 Lakhs
Thursday’s breakout scorer Hardik ‘dickgod’ Nair, kept his heater going by thrashing out ₹2.17 Lakhs across six ITM finishes, including a title victory and three FT scores.
His top Monday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s ITM #13 Hyper for ₹92,377* (heads-up deal)
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹56,356
> 2nd in Adda52’s Nighttide DST Adda for ₹20,655
> 6th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #14 Turbo 6-Max for ₹20,706
Hardik Nair’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹65.67 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹30.93 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #14
The ₹990 entry buy-in tournament dished out ₹4.58 Lakhs in prize money to the top 47 finishers.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
ITM #8 Turbo – 6 Max – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in- ₹1,100
Entries – 184
Re-entries – 73
Re-buys – 137
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 31
Improving upon their third-place finish in ITM #5 Deepstack Turbo on Sunday, the user ‘Trashcan20’ stormed past the 394-strong field in Spartan Poker’s ₹4 Lakhs GTD ITM #8 Turbo – 6 Max, binking their maiden title on the site for the top finisher’s due worth ₹84,600 (their second-best site score).
Trashcan20’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹3.32 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.80 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
The FTS #54 finalist from earlier this month, Dhaval ‘optionseller’ Heda, almost scored his first title win of the year but had to stay content with the runner-up payday worth ₹56,960.
Dhaval Heda’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹90.14 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.76 Lakhs
Shrey ‘Kingsb30’ Baj (3rd for ₹40,160), last night`s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT winner Deepak ‘Optimist’ Singh (4th for ₹32,560), and Shiven ‘Sammyy’ Meena (5th for ₹25,015) were the other regs on the ITM #8 Turbo final table.
The ₹1,100 entry buy-in ITM tournament registered a marginal ₹6,000 in overlays. The top 31 places got paid.
Final Table Results
ITM #12 Turbo – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in- ₹1,100
Entries – 221
Re-entries – 48
Re-buys – 151
Prize Pool – ₹4,20,000
Places Paid – 39
Spartan Poker user ‘Mortal99,’ active on the site for two months, finally broke the title jinx yesterday. Hot on the heels of their FT finish in ITM #5 Deepstack Turbo on Sunday, the mystery user overcame the 420-entry field (221 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹4 Lakhs GTD ITM #12 Turbo, winning the 8 PM tournament for ₹84,210.
Mortal99’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹4.98 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
The BSS HighRoller winner from March 19, Parag ‘Persie’ Shah, cashed for ₹62,110 from deep runs in two ITM tournaments, which include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #12 Turbo for ₹55,986
> 19th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #13 Hyper for ₹6,124
Parag Shah’s online stats (Spartan Poker and PokerBaazi): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.09 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹23.40 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #6
Last night’s ITM #11 Monday Supersonic third-place finisher Aryan ‘bob_marley’ Singh (5th for ₹25,914) also FT-ed the 8 PM marquee.
The ₹1,100 entry buy-in ITM #12 Turbo collected ₹4.20 Lakhs in the prize pool, and 39 players scored a payday.
Final Table Results
ITM #10 Turbo – ₹3 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in- ₹990
Entries – 180
Re-entries – 26
Re-buys – 147
Prize Pool – ₹3,17,700
Places Paid – 27
Last week’s Maverick champion Gopal ‘Mamacita’ Bajaj, was the highest-grossing member of the three musketeers, including Manish Jangid and Neeraj Kumar, who won two Monday tournaments each.
Bajaj shattered the 353-player field in Spartan Poker’s ₹3 Lakhs GTD ITM #10 Turbo, bagging away his second India Turbo Masters title (first in the ongoing series) for ₹70,371. Only a few minutes after claiming victory, Bajaj jumped into Spartan Poker’s ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider, carrying the victor’s momentum over the finish line in the late-night marquee to collect ₹38,325.
Bajaj grossed over ₹1.25 Lakhs from five deep runs (including two title victories), which include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s ITM #10 Turbo for ₹70,371
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Night Rider for ₹38,325
> 46th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #11 Monday Supersonic for ₹7,027
> 19th in PokerStars India’s Eliminator [8-Max] for ₹5,699
> 25th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #14 Turbo 6-Max for ₹3,802
Gopal Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.61 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.07 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #8
The latest Sunday Special champion Vikram ‘greenSTUFF79’ Mishra, fell one short of victory in ITM #10 Turbo, securing the runner-up payday worth ₹47,496. He also ITM-ed PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT (48th for ₹3,538).
Vikram Mishra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.08 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹80.89 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #5
The Sunday Superstack champion from earlier this month, Rohan ‘conquerorbhaiya’ Kumar (4th for ₹26,655), and Sabyasachi ‘ClkMouseLsHouse’ Chakraborty (7th for ₹11,882) were the other known players on the ITM #10 Turbo final table.
The ₹990 entry buy-in tournament generated a ₹3.18 Lakhs prize pool, which paid the top 27 finishers.
Final Table Results
India Turbo Masters 3.0 Leaderboard Standings After Day 2
Sunday’s ITM Meteor champion Mahima ‘mabojojo’ Walia Das (2,069 points) took charge of the ₹15 Lakhs GTD ITM leaderboard last night on the back of four finishes. Walia most notably captured the ITM #14 #Turbo 6-Max for ₹81,400.
The ITM #11 Monday Supersonic runner-up finisher Aryan ‘bob_marley’ Singh (1,838 points) pulled in three finishes to climb to #2. The user ‘anshu86’ (1,687 points) ranks #3 on the ITM leaderboard.
Rank Player Points
1 Mahima 'mabojojo' Walia Das 2,069
2 Aryan 'bob_marley' Singh 1,838
3 anshu86 1,687
4 Aman 'KarmaPoker' Parakh 1,513
5 Trashcan20 1,484
6 Advait 'Rattler$' Rajguru 1,435
7 NoConnetion 1,427
8 Hemant '$Hamza$' Meena 1,257
9 Anish 'TenTakle1212' Arora 1,241
10 Vinay 'vinay0902' Rajpal 1,240
Gopal ‘Mamacita’ Bajaj (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹38,325), ‘brokerpoker’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up- Triple Chance for ₹23,336) and ‘Beast2023’ (Won ₹50K GTD Centurion for ₹10,025) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
PokerBaazi
The Big Show – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 228
Re-entries – 231
Prize Pool – ₹13,77,000
Places Paid – 49
Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh went on a Monday rampage, netting ₹3.66 Lakhs from seven ITM finishes (and a bounty), including two top scores.
The “SPRINT King” packed up a guarantee-crushing 459-strong field (228 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Big Show, winning the Monday flagship for the first time for ₹2.35 Lakhs not long before chopping Spartan Poker’s super-fast ITM #13 Hyper heads-up with Hardik Nair (2nd for ₹91,297).
Pradip Ghosh’s top Monday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹2,34,503 (his fourth title this month)
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #13 Hyper for ₹91,297* (heads-up deal)
> 27th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #11 Monday Supersonic for ₹13,371
Pradip Ghosh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.09 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.71 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #8
Saturday’s Blockbuster finalist, Rahul ‘slowroller’ Melwani, added ₹1.69 Lakhs from three Monday scores, which include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹1,55,601
> 9th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹9,821
> 70th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,500
Rahul Melwani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.22 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Sunday’s BSS SuperStack finalist, Prashant ‘prashant031’ Pandagre, FT-ed two PokerBaazi flagships, collecting ₹1.49 Lakhs in total winnings.
His Monday finishes include:
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹1,20,901
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹28,400
Prashant Pandagre’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.08 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹7.33 Lahks | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Sunday’s ITM #3 Triple Chance Turbo finalist, Advait ‘ExploitativeGTO’ Rajguru, added at least ₹90,495 from four ITM finishes, which include:
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹79,591
> 17th in PokerStars India’s Eliminator for ₹5,124
> 84th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,100
> 65th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹2,680
Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan (4th for ₹95,702) and latest Futuristic Triple Chance champion Venkatesh ‘Psyberius’ Mukundan (7th for ₹51,500) were other notables on The Big Show final table.
The ₹3,300 buy-in flagship saw the top 49 finishers grabbing a share of the ₹13.77 lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 375
Re-entries – 282
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 117
PokerBaazi user ‘Sihan’ is on a two-day heater. They won the (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT on Sunday and broke the glass ceiling last night by trouncing the 657-player starting field (375 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost, championing the 7:30 PM tournament for a personal-best ₹1.18 Lakhs.
A five-way deal saw ‘MAAHAAKAAL03’ (2nd for ₹90,664), satellite qualifier Harish ‘Harishguptha’ Guptha (3rd for ₹79,610), ‘shadowbeast’ (4th for ₹77,667) and ‘azzy0097’ (5th for ₹65,604) raking in profitable payouts.
Sihan’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹15.90 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹2.55 Lakhs | Titles Won: #5
The Big Show finalist, Prashant ‘prashant031’ Pandagre (6th for ₹28,400) and the Iron Man finalist, Sarthak ‘snickers21’ Singhal (8th for ₹16,900), added a second final table score in Daily Value Boost.
The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament registered ₹14,500 in overlays, with the top 117 finishers taking a bite out of the seven-figure prize pool.
Final Table Results
*denotes a five-way deal
(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 155
Re-entries – 109
Prize Pool – ₹5,28,000
Places Paid – 53
With two FT finishes and a title victory, Deepak ‘3streakbluff’ Singh had an eventful Monday session, raking in a generous ₹1.44 Lakhs across six deep runs.
Singh jumped past an over two-week title slump by barrelling through the 264-player field (155 unique) in PokerBaazi’s 7:15 PM marquee, ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT, to win ₹73,504. The MoneyMaker 30.0 champion Sanjay ‘smr1g10’ Mohan picked up ₹69,953 as the runner-up, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
Deepak Singh’s Monday finishes:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹73,504* (heads-up deal)
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #8 Turbo 6 Max for ₹32,560
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s PLO-5 BOOST for ₹21,080
> 30th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #11 Monday Supersonic for ₹11,760
> 36th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #12 Turbo for ₹2,898
> 15th in PokerBaazi’s Afternoon PLO-5 Boost for ₹2,279
Deepak Singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.33 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.05 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #7
Mayank ‘Newsolidcash’ Maruka pocketed ₹91,625 through two FT finishes and a min-cash. His top Monday scores include:
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹47,995
> 5th in Adda52’s Iron Man for ₹43,200
Mayank Maruka’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.2 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹35.12 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #6
Sunday’s BSS SuperStack finalist, Arjun ‘Asuran’ Baskaran (5th for ₹25,186) and Minkle ‘BANBEER’ Singh Parihar (6th for ₹17,846) also FT-ed the (7-Max) Daily SPRINT.
The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament paid 53 players a share from the ₹5.28 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 241
Re-entries – 131
Prize Pool – ₹5,58,000
Places Paid – 71
PokerBaazi user ‘ten2offsuite’ had a red-letter Monday on the site. The mystery player won their first tournament title in the last five years they have been active on PokerBaazi by taking down a stacked 372-strong field (241 unique) in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT, scoring a personal-best ₹60,495.
The 9 PM marquee played down to a four-way deal with ‘Vishesh07’ (2nd for ₹60,213), last night’s ITM #13 Hyper champion Hardik ‘HARDIKHARDIK’ Nair (3rd for ₹56,356), and ‘digitalbuoy’ (4th for ₹54,451) banking the other top payouts.
ten2offsuite’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹2.14 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Girish ‘gitty17’ Bhavnani (5th for ₹24,385) and Sunday’s ITM #3 Triple Chance Turbo winner Yash ‘Riraizer’ Chitre (6th for ₹17,856) also FT-ed the (7-Max) SPRINT.
The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament registered a ₹5.58 Lakhs prize pool, and 71 players got paid.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
‘shubhankar5’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹52,000), Arjun ‘CR7Fever’ Bharadwaj (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD 7-Max Midnight SPRINT for ₹49,700), Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 Boost for ₹38,390), ‘Pramod44’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹25,730), ‘ChipsGenerator’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹25,700), ‘74vinayjain’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 Boost for ₹21,150) and ‘Fodo1’ (Won ₹50K GTD 5-Max Daily for ₹5,830) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
Pocket52
Pocket Jacks – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,800
Entries – 150
Re-buys – 93
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 38
Shailesh ‘MrShailesh’ Patel has become a consistent winner on Pocket52. The first-ever PokerGuru Challenge winner and Friday`s Pocket Queens champion made another top finish in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, outplaying the 243-player field to win ₹92,500.
Shailesh Patel’s online stats (excluding Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹24.27 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹6.11 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Yash ‘Reeraizer’ Chitre was another online reg in contention and finished runner-up in Pocket Jacks, banking ₹65,000. Yesterday, Chitre cashed six events, scoring ₹1 Lakh overall.
Yash Chitre’s online stats (excluding Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.23 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.21 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: 17
Final Table Results
‘gurbatasa’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹28,650), ‘Alak20’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹23,000), ‘DHIRAJ01’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Soda for ₹21,000), and ‘Nuso’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹17,250) won the other Pocket52 marquees.
PokerStars India
Eliminator [8-Max] – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 101
Re-entries – 79
Regular Prize Pool – ₹4,09,680
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,04,840
Total Prize Pool – ₹2,04,840
Places Paid – 20
PokerStars India reg Manish ‘manish jangid’ Jangid (opted out of our tracking) was among the three Monday musketeers, alongside Gopal Bajaj and Neeraj Kumar, who each won two tournaments yesterday.
Jangid took almost six hours and four bullets before navigating a 180-entry field in PokerStars India`s ₹4 Lakhs GTD Eliminator [8-Max], taking down the 8 PM marquee for ₹81,418 (₹45,200 in bounties).
An hour later, he went back-to-back, taking down PokerStars India’s Ultrasonic (1st for ₹22,729) and earned at least ₹1.06 Lakhs from his Monday grind, including two title victories and another final table finish.
Online reg Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla (opted out of our tracking) fell one short of the finish line in Eliminator [8-Max], banking ₹47,385 (₹11,167 in bounties) for his runner-up finish.
Last month’s Iron Man runner-up finisher, Atishay ‘momstacos’ Samuel, rounded out the Eliminator podium (3rd for ₹45,308) (₹20,662 in bounties). He accumulated ₹69,275 from four deep runs (two FT scores), and his top finishes include:
> 3rd in PokerStars India’s Eliminator [8-Max] for ₹45,308
> 8th in Adda52’s Iron Man for ₹20,000
Atishay Samuel’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.03 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹79.97 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Clinton ‘Clinton Tavares’ Tavares (5th for ₹25,434) (₹10,527 in bounties), Sanchit ‘devilsanchit’ Anand (6th for ₹15,008) (₹3,414 in bounties) and Mandar ‘MAMA4000’ Madaye (9th for ₹8,704) (₹2,845 in bounties) were other regs on the Eliminator final table.
The ₹2,500 entry buy-in tournament surpassed its advertised guarantee by ₹9,680, and the top 20 finishers crossed the money line.
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
‘imhobadshah’ (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs Super Stack 8-Max for ₹26,134), Manish ‘manish jangid’ Jangid (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹22,730), ‘raakaa1’ (Won ₹50K Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹12,695) and ‘BattleBuddha’ (Won ₹50K Bounty Adrenaline 6-Max for ₹12,326) won the other PokerStars India marquees.
PokerDangal
Monday Monster – ₹1 Lakh GTD – PokerDangal
Buy-in – ₹770
Entries – 68
Re-buys – 44
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
Places Paid – 17
PokerDangal user ‘SlateHugger’ shipped the ₹1 Lakh GTD Monday Monster for ₹24,000, defeating ‘Chetanchaplin’ (2nd for ₹17,000) heads-up.
Final Table Results
Adda52
Iron Man – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,400
Entries – 200
Re-entries – 146
Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000
Places Paid – 38
The Godfather winner from December, Utkarsh ‘Mathfane’ Somaaieyaa, toppled a 346-player field in Adda52’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD Iron Man to win ₹2 Lakhs, ending a three-month-long title drought. Yudhishthir ‘rowdy6’ Singh Rathore secured a runner-up payday worth ₹1.21 Lakhs.
Utkarsh Somaaieyya’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹92.19 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
The Pocket Jacks winner from March 15, Mayank ‘AreyBetaRaise’ Maruka, accumulated ₹91,625 across three deep runs (two FT scores), which include:
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹47,995
> 5th in Adda52’s Iron Man for ₹43,200
> 40th in Spartan Poker’s Chip up – Triple Chance for ₹430
Mayank Maruka’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.20 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹35.12 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #6
Gaurav ‘zillastar’ Bhandari (3rd for ₹88,000) and Sarthak ‘avi8or101’ Singhal (4th for ₹64,000) also made the 6-max Iron Man final table.
The ₹2,400 entry buy-in tournament registered ₹38,800 in overlays, and 38 players crossed the money line.
Final Table Results
Sony ‘swAAmi’ Puthussery (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Voyager for ₹71,240), ‘mrkris’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹30,301), Rohit ‘ddarsh’ Agarwal (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹22,981), ‘rajeshkhirkhida5454’ (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹12,931) and ‘amanpoker27’ (Won ₹70K GTD Iron Man Lite for ₹11,563), ‘Teaconnect’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹9,991), Neeraj ‘kumartomar’ Kumar (Won ₹30K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹8,347) won the other Adda52 marquees.
Khelo365
Khelo365 ‘CAUTION2696’ took down the ₹10K GTD Quick Freeze PLO for ₹5,000, just as ‘sethu99’ busted runner-up for ₹3,000.
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