Daily Majors: Rahul Singroha, Kanchan Sharma, Goonjan Mall & Gaurav Sood Take the Friday Flagships by Storm

Poker players nationwide are preparing for an electrifying weekend ahead, which will see PokerBaazi`s Baazi Turbo Series 3.0 closing out its run alongside Spartan Poker`s The Millionaire. The Friday tournaments were dominated by the top pros and leaderboard crushers.

Coming to the action that played out last night, the IOPC 14.0 IOPC Millionaire and IOPC #54 Wednesday High champion, Rahul Singroha, proved that his two breakout scores last month were no flash in the pan by nailing Spartan Poker`s The Elite for ₹6.56 Lakhs! Singroha raked in ₹6.83 Lakhs across two deep runs, narrowly edging past last night`s BTS#30 HighRoller champion Kanchan Sharma to take the #1 spot on the Friday charts. Sreekanth Narayan earned ₹4.41 Lakhs for his runner-up finish in The Elite.

Our only female Young Gun to date, Kanchan Sharma, grabbed the spotlight after over four months of keeping a low profile with a top finish in PokerBaazi`s BTS#30 HighRoller, winning her first BTS title for ₹6.66 Lakhs (her best score of 2023) (won ₹6.79 Lakhs overall). Rishab Malik scored ₹4.42 Lakhs as the BTS#30 HighRoller runner-up and raked in a hefty ₹6.69 Lakhs across four ITM finishes.

Young Gun Gaurav Sood is going strong to win the POY title for a record-extending third time and took down PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for the third time last night, netting ₹3.72 Lakh (won ₹4.99 Lakhs overall). Sood chopped the High Roller title heads-up with another top POY contender, Young Gun Arsh Grover (2nd for ₹3.28 Lakhs).

Goonjan Mall championed Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹5.19 Lakhs (won ₹5.30 Lakhs overall), ending a two-month-long title slump. Karan Malhotra came second for ₹3.09 Lakhs.

Saransh Garg kept his February heater going by taking down PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO] for ₹2.31 Lakhs – won ₹2.57 Lakhs overall – crossing ₹3 Crores in tracked online winnings.

The 2022 POY Anuj Yadav made the victory march in PokerBaazi`s BTS#31 to win ₹2.32 Lakhs – his ninth title of the year and his second in three days, following a heads-up deal with popular poker content creator Parth Jain (2nd for a personal-best ₹1.84 Lakhs). Yadav added at least ₹2.40 Lakhs from two deep runs.

Mayank Maruka (Won BTS#29 for ₹1.27 Lakhs), Kunal Chaudhary (Won BTS#27 for ₹49,505), and “MrPiggy” (Won BTS#28 (4-Max) Hyper Turbo for ₹96,600) won the other Baazi Turbo Series tournaments on Friday.

Myron Pereira bagged his second title of the year after taking down PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹1.42 Lakhs (won ₹3.03 Lakhs overall), crossing ₹1 Crore in online profits.

Spartan Poker user ‘Benjamin Roulette’ pulled out their best run yet on the site on Friday, scoring an insane ROI on a ₹220 satellite investment, converting into a winner`s payday worth ₹1.72 Lakhs in Futuristic – Triple Chance. They struck a heads-up deal with Md Asraf Ali (2nd for ₹1.47 Lakhs).

Rohit Malik, Kunal Chaudhary, Varun Devayya, Karan Kapur, Piyush Nanda, Praveen KR, Navneet Tanwar, Vishal Singh, Jason Fernandes, and Ayush Goyal won the other Friday marquees.

Here are the Friday highlights!

Spartan Poker

The Elite – ₹30 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 152

Re-entries – 62

Re-buys – 96

Prize Pool – ₹31,00,000

Places Paid – 31

Last month`s IOPC 14.0 IOPC Millionaire champion, Rahul ‘hedonictreadmill’ Singroha, emerged as the Friday chartbuster, netting ₹6.83 Lakhs from two deep runs, climbing four places to #16 in annual profits!

Singroha scored his big breakthrough in Spartan Poker`s ₹30 Lakhs GTD The Elite, navigating a 310-strong field (152 unique) in the Friday flagship to win ₹6.56 Lakhs, busting a three-week-long title drought. Top reg Sreekanth ‘Vhagar’ Narayan earned ₹4.41 Lakhs in second place.

Singroha raked in ₹6.83 Lakhs in Friday winnings across two deep runs, edging past last night`s BTS#30 HighRoller champion Kanchan Sharma to take the #1 spot on the Friday charts.

His Friday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s The Elite for ₹6,55,650

> 45th in PokerBaazi`s BTS#30 High Roller for ₹27,370

Rahul Singroha’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.34 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹67.27 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | Moves to #16 in Annual Profits

Sreekanth Narayan locked in almost ₹4.51 Lakhs last night across two deep runs, which include

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s The Elite for ₹4,41,440

> 22nd in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO] for ₹9,101

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s ₹1 Crore GTD The Millionaire

Sreekanth Narayan’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.49 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.86 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik went on a rampage last night, lapping up ₹6.67 Lakhs across three deep runs, posting two final-table finishes!

His Friday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s BTS#30 High Roller for ₹4,41,830

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s The Elite for ₹1,99,640

> 13th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹25,950

Rishab Malik’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.17 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.89 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Sanket ‘BANK$Y’ Arora (3rd for ₹3.11 Lakhs) and Asalie ‘AcesOnDeck’ Peseyie (4th for ₹2.52 Lakhs) also FT-ed the ₹30 Lakhs GTD The Elite.

The ₹11,000 entry buy-in Friday headliner generated a guarantee-crushing ₹31 Lakhs prize pool, and 31 players got a share of the prize money.

Final Table Results

1. Rahul ‘hedonictreadmill’ Singroha – ₹6,55,650
2. Sreekanth ‘Vhagar’ Narayan – ₹4,41,440
3. Sanket ‘BANK$Y’ Arora – ₹3,11,240
4. Asalie ‘AcesOnDeck’ Peseyie – ₹2,52,340
5. Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik – ₹1,99,640
6. Duality – ₹1,51,590

Futuristic – Triple Chance – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 668 (433)

Re-buys – 365

Prize Pool – ₹10,33,000

Places Paid – 95

Spartan Poker user ‘Benjamin Roulette’ pulled out their best run yet on the site on Friday, scoring an insane ROI on a ₹220 satellite investment, converting it into their first top finish. The mystery user toppled a guarantee-crushing 1,033-strong field (433 unique) in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Futuristic – Triple Chance, taking down the 8 PM tournament for a site-best ₹1.72 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with Md ‘Asraf786786’ Asraf Ali (2nd for ₹1.47 Lakhs).

Vinay ‘keechad’ Verma (3rd for ₹86,978), Kripansh ‘GentMrK’ Khosla (4th for ₹66,629), Shrikant ‘baphomate’ Sanjay Pradhan (6th for ₹41,113), and Pranav ‘pranav40973’ Agrawal (8th for ₹20,474) also featured on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Futuristic – Triple Chance final table.

The ₹1,100 entry buy-in multi-entry tournament had 95 players taking a bite out of the generous ₹10.33 Lakhs collected in the prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Benjamin Roulette – ₹1,71,589*
2. Md ‘Asraf786786’ Asraf Ali – ₹1,47,195*
3. Vinay ‘keechad’ Verma – ₹86,978
4. Kripansh ‘GentMrK’ Khosla – ₹66,629
5. Dracula11 – ₹52,786
6. Shrikant ‘baphomate’ Sanjay Pradhan – ₹41,113
7. Nesh05 – ₹29,957
8. Pranav ‘pranav40973’ Agrawal – ₹20,474

*denotes a heads-up deal

Daily Turbo – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 151

Re-entries – 34

Re-buys – 67

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 27

The user ‘fishvsshark’ got a much-needed breakout score on Spartan Poker last night, clinching their first tournament title on the site! The mystery player stormed past a 252-player field (151 unique) in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Daily Turbo, winning the 9:30 PM tournament for a personal-best ₹1.11 Lakhs – over 4X their previous best score on Spartan Poker!

Seasoned pro Kunal ‘SoormaBhopali’ Patni fell one place shy of nabbing his first title in February, banking a runner-up payday of ₹74,750.

fishvsshark’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹5.41 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Kunal Patni had a profitable Friday session, reeling in ₹2.28 Lakhs across five deep runs and made three final table finishes!

His Friday finishes include:

> 2nd in SpartanPoker’s Daily Turbo for ₹74,750

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹64,010

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#29 for ₹62,300

> 17th in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO] for ₹20,546

> 13th in Adda52’s Friday Bounty for ₹6,008

Kunal Patni’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.46 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.05 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Last night’s BTS#29 champion, Mayank ‘barrelbrat’ Maruka, lapped up ₹1.76 Lakhs from four deep runs, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BTS#29 for ₹1,27,433

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Daily Turbo for ₹33,450

> 39th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#31 for ₹10,311

> 47th in Adda52’s Friday Bounty for ₹5,232

Mayank Maruka’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.03 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹30.93 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #6

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament filled in a significant ₹1.22 Lakhs in overlays, and the top 27 finishers benefitted from the value on offer.

Final Table Results

1. fishvsshark – ₹1,10,750
2. Kunal ‘SoormaBhopali’ Patni – ₹74,750
3. Shinu22 – ₹51,450
4. sagar74 – ₹41,950
5. Mayank ‘barrelbrat’ Maruka – ₹33,450
6. nakedsoul – ₹25,034

₹1 Crore GTD The Millionaire – Day 1B

Day 1B: Entries – 173 | Re-entries – 42 | Re-buys – 134 | Survivors – 45 | Chip Leader – Deepankur ‘AngryPitbull’ Gupta (300,726)

Combined: Entries – 370 | Re-entries – 83| Survivors – 245 | Overall Chip Leader – Deepankur ‘AngryPitbull’ Gupta (300,726)

‘sunny821’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Turbo – Deepstack for ₹56,483), Vishal ‘sarryu’ Singh (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Dark Knight for ₹38,325), Jason ‘Jasonroyce’ Fernandes (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹38,325), Ayush ‘AyushGoyal’ Goyal (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Hold’em PKO for ₹29,227), ‘adik19’ (Won ₹75K GTD Striker – PKO for ₹21,845), ‘Redeye’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up – Triple Chance for ₹16,794), and ‘Marshe777’ (Won ₹50K GTD Turbo – Triple Chance for ₹13,434) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

PokerBaazi

BTS#30 HighRoller – ₹35 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 211

Re-entries – 180

Prize Pool – ₹39,10,000

Places Paid – 49

Our first and to-date only female Young Gun Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma grabbed the spotlight after an over four-month gap last night. The Agra-based poker pro came out charging in the biggest guaranteed tournament on Friday, PokerBaazi`s ₹35 Lakhs GTD BTS#30 HighRoller, taking down a stacked 391-strong field (211 unique) in the 7:30 PM tournament to win her first BTS title for ₹6.66 Lakhs (her best score of 2023). Top reg Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik scored ₹4.42 Lakhs as the runner-up.

The recent ‘₹7 Crore Club’ entrant, Sharma, also cashed the Daily Value Boost, adding over ₹6.79 Lakhs to her tally.

Her Friday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BTS#30 HighRoller for ₹6,65,873

> 10th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹13,500

Kanchan Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.08 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.44 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Rishab Malik rounded out an equally hefty ₹6.69 Lakhs across four ITM finishes, which include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s BTS#30 High Roller for ₹4,41,830 (his third best score in 2023)

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s The Elite for ₹1,99,640

> 13th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹25,950

> 63rd in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO] for ₹1,250

Rishab Malik’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.17 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.90 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The Thursday High Roller champion Vishal ‘Vishzz’ Bajaj sailed into the BTS#30 HighRoller final table and cashed another two tournaments, rounding up a Friday take-home of ₹3.14 Lakhs.

His Friday finishes include:

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#30 HighRoller for ₹2,71,745

> 24th in Spartan Poker’s The Elite for ₹24,064

> 24th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹18,230

Vishal Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.21 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.77 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #8 | Ranked #5 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Finished #12 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

The BTS 3.0 leaderboard topper Uttam ‘brokenpocker’ Gope (3rd for ₹3.43 Lakhs) and Thursday`s breakout scorer Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (6th for ₹1.85 Lakhs) were others on the 6-max BTS#30 HighRoller final table.

Thursday`s PLO-5 BOOST winner Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat (7th for ₹1.46 Lakhs), Amrit ‘bungakat’ Mishra (8th for ₹1.11 Lakhs), Anubhav ‘Shovemaster’ Ray (9th for ₹78,200), and Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh (10th for ₹68,425) also FT-ed 7:30 PM High Roller.

The ₹11,000 entry buy-in tournament generated a guarantee-crushing ₹39.10 Lakhs prize pool, and 49 players got a share of the spoils.

Final Table Results

1. Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma – ₹6,65,873
2. Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik – ₹4,41,830
3. Uttam ‘brokenpocker’ Gope – ₹3,43,298
4. Vishal ‘Vishzz’ Bajaj – ₹2,71,745
5. nb333 – ₹2,25,998
6. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹1,84,552

The Weekly HighRoller – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 106

Re-entries – 67

Prize Pool – ₹17,30,000

Places Paid – 20

The two-time POY, Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood, is going all out to win the 2023 POY title. The winningest player on our tracked database, Sood, grabbed his second tournament title this week (his third in February) in PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller, winning the Friday flagship for the third time for ₹3.72 Lakhs.

The 8 PM tournament registered a 173-player (106 unique) starting field and played down to a heads-up deal, and it was a clash between the two top POY contenders, Sood and Young Gun Arsh ‘Button_Hai_Bro’ Grover. Grover has been losing a lot of heads-ups lately, and here again, he came up short, scoring ₹3.28 Lakhs after a deal.

Gaurav Sood locked in nearly ₹4.99 Lakhs in Friday earnings across seven deep runs, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹3,71,971

> 3rd in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO] for ₹82,898

> 17th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹21,268

> 45th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#31 for ₹10,311

> 19th in Spartan Poker’s Daily Turbo for ₹6,000

> 103rd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,100

> 77th in Spartan Poker’s Futuristic – Triple Chance for ₹3,047

Gaurav Sood’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹15.71 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹7.89 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #8 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.08 Crores | Ranked #2 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #9 in Annual Profits

After finishing third in the Daily Value Boost the day before, Arsh Grover yet again fell a hair’s breadth short of the title in The Weekly HighRoller. The Delhi-based pro ran deep in two more tourneys, scoring ₹3.55 Lakhs from his Friday grind.

Grover’s Friday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹3,28,160

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s Daily Turbo for ₹13,550

> 12th in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO] for ₹13,246

Arsh Grover’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.99 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹6.59 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.15 Crores | Ranked #1 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #4 in Annual Profits

Thursday’s Godfather runner-up Amit ‘quark’ Kaushik (4th for ₹1.53 Lakhs) and last night’s The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO] finalist Deepankur ‘Dp179’ Gupta (6th for ₹81,310) were others picking up final table scores in The Weekly HighRoller.

The ₹11,000 entry buy-in flagship paid 20 players a share from the ₹17.30 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood – ₹3,71,971*
2. Arsh ‘Button_Hai_Bro’ Grover – ₹3,28,160*
3. 4betdonkey – ₹2,21,959
4. Amit ‘quark’ Kaushik – ₹1,53,105
5. tiltplay – ₹115,045
6. Deepankur ‘Dp179’ Gupta – ₹81,310

*denotes a heads-up deal

BTS#31 – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 281

Re-entries – 210

Prize Pool – ₹14,73,000

Places Paid – 49

The guns all came firing last night. And one of them was Young Gun Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav. The 2022 POY, Yadav, is an indomitable beast in online MTTs. Proving it yet again, the poker phenom stormed past a 491-entry field (281 unique) in PokerBaazi`s ₹12 Lakhs GTD BTS#31 to win ₹2.32 Lakhs (his ninth tournament title of the year – his second in three days). He struck a heads-up deal in the 9 PM BTS attraction with popular poker content creator Parth ‘parthkj’ Jain (2nd for a personal-best ₹1.84 Lakhs).

Yadav cashed at least ₹2.40 Lakhs from two deep runs last night, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BTS#31 for ₹2,32,923

> 31st in PokerBaazi’s BTS#29 for ₹7,200

Parth Jain`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.31 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.57 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Last week`s The Elite champion Deepankur ‘Dp179’ Gupta crossed the money line in at least five Friday tournaments, posting ₹3.02 Lakhs overall.

His Friday finishes include:

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#31 for ₹1,02,374

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹81,310

> 6th in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO] for ₹42,890

>19th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#30 HighRoller for ₹39,100

>19th in Spartan Poker’s The Elite for ₹36,580

Deepankur Gupta’s online stats (Spartan Poker and PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.46 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.13 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury (3rd for ₹1.29 Lakhs), Gaurav ‘gauravgoru’ Bhutra (6th for ₹69,526), and Wednesday`s BTS#20 Mini Main Event champion Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal (8th for ₹41,981) were other known players on the 8-max BTS#31 final table.

The ₹3,300 entry buy-in tournament generated a generous ₹14.73 Lakhs in the prize pool, and 49 players landed in the money.

Final Table Results

1. Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹2,32,923*
2. Parth ‘parthkj’ Jain – ₹1,84,378*
3. Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury – ₹1,29,329
4. Deepankur ‘Dp179’ Gupta – ₹1,02,374
5. papajigope – ₹85,139
6. Gaurav ‘gauravgoru’ Bhutra – ₹69,526
7. nutsornothing03 – ₹55,090
8. Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal – ₹41,981

*denotes a heads-up deal

Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 337

Re-entries – 295

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 113

Spartan Poker’s Battlezone champion from February 12, Myron ‘priyankAAchoprAA’ Pereira, ransacked a 632-strong field (337 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost, reeling in his second title of the year and ₹1.42 Lakhs in prize money.

Sandeep ‘Goldypaji’ Malik (2nd for ₹1.08 Lakhs) and Arpan ‘Novus’ Majhi (3rd for ₹85,000) round out the podium in the 7:30 PM tournament.

Myron Pereira came out charging last night. He won PokerBazi`s Daily Value Boost and finished runner-up in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO], banking ₹3.03 Lakhs across six deep runs, crossing ₹1 Crore in tracked online profits.

His Friday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹1,42,500

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO] for ₹1,15,512

> 39th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#30 HighRoller for ₹27,370

> 11th in Adda52’s Friday Bounty for ₹7,687

> 27th in Spartan Poker’s Daily Turbo (6 Max) for ₹5,000

> 68th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#29 for ₹4,800

Myron Pereira’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.28 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.01 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Vaibhav ‘vaibhi18’ Arora made away with ₹70,779 in Friday winnings across four deep runs in PokerBaazi tournaments – three of them FT finishes – which include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹28,386

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹20,600

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#29 for ₹20,000

> 30th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for ₹1,793

Vaibhav Arora’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.80 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹45.32 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The Daily Value Boost final table also featured Yash ‘ShakeyAnimal’ Jaiswal (4th for ₹55,000), Parag ‘vix786’ Shah (5th for ₹41,000), and BTS#12 winner Nandan ‘ragemonster’ Pugalia (8th for ₹16,900).

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament registered ₹52,000 in overlays and paid out 113 places.

Final Table Results

1. Myron ‘priyankAAchoprAA’ Pereira – ₹1,42,500
2. Sandeep ‘Goldypaji’ Malik – ₹1,08,200
3. Arpan ‘Novus’ Majhi – ₹85,000
4. Yash ‘ShakeyAnimal’ Jaiswal – ₹55,000
5. Parag ‘vix786’ Shah – ₹41,000
6. MaxTiltGoa – ₹28,400
7. Vaibhav ‘vaibhi18’ Arora – ₹20,600
8. Nandan ‘ragemonster’ Pugalia – ₹16,900

BTS#29 – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 202

Re-entries – 163

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 71

Wednesday’s BTS#21 champion, Mayank ‘Newsolidcash’ Maruka, booked his second victory in the ongoing Baazi Turbo Series after outlasting a 365-entry field (202 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD BTS#29 to collect a winner’s due worth ₹1.27 Lakhs.

A heads-up deal fetched Devendra ‘thablack’ Suthar a better ₹1.41 Lakhs for his runner-up finish in the 6 PM BTS marquee.

Maruka reeled in ₹1.76 Lakhs on Friday from three ITM finishes (and a bounty), which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BTS#29 for ₹1,27,433

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Daily Turbo for ₹33,450

> 39th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#31 for ₹10,311

Mayank Maruka’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.03 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹30.93 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #6

The annual TLB (points) leaderboard topper Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor kept his scorecard ticking with ₹1.56 Lakhs in Friday earnings across an impressive 13 deep runs.

His top Friday finishes include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s BTS#29 for ₹84,000

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Dark Knight for ₹26,400

> 47th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#31 for ₹10,311

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT for ₹7,671

Mohak Kapoor’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.42 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹70.31 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #5 | Ranked #1 in the 2023 TLB (Points) Standings | Ranked #4 on the BTS 3.0 Leaderboard

Last night’s Daily Turbo runner-up Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni (4th for ₹62,300), Friday Bounty third-place finisher Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (5th for ₹43,700), Rahul ‘slowroller’ Melwani (6th for ₹32,000), (7-Max) Afternoon Boost runner-up Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (7th for ₹24,600) and last night’s Daily Boost third-place finisher Vaibhav ‘vaibhi18’ Arora (8th for ₹20,000) round up the reg-laden BTS#29 final table.

The ₹2,750 entry buy-in tournament registered ₹87,500 in overlays, and 71 players made the payouts list.

Final Table Results

1. Mayank ‘Newsolidcash’ Maruka – ₹1,27,433*
2. Devendra ‘thablack’ Suthar – ₹1,41,167*
3. Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor – ₹84,000
4. Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni – ₹62,300
5. Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹43,700
6. Rahul ‘slowroller’ Melwani – ₹32,000
7. Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar – ₹24,600
8. Vaibhav ‘vaibhi18’ Arora – ₹20,000

*denotes a heads-up deal

BTS#28 Hyper Turbo – ₹7 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,870

Entries – 185

Re-entries – 168

Prize Pool – ₹7,00,000

Places Paid – 65

PokerBaazi user ‘MrPiggy’ won their first tournament on Friday. The player crushed a 353-entry field (185 unique) in Baazi Turbo Series’ 5 PM marquee, ₹7 Lakhs GTD BTS#28 Hyper Turbo, winning the super-fast tournament for a site-best ₹96,600. A heads-up deal saw ‘mermaidfish’ take home a runner-up payout worth ₹90,510.

MrPiggy’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.30 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹44,182 | Titles Won: #1

Rajavelu ‘rajvijay’ Vijaykumar (5th for ₹30,800) and the BTS#12 champion Nandan ‘ragemonster’ Pugalia (7th for ₹18,270) were other known players on the BTS#28 Hyper Turbo final table.

The ₹1,870 entry buy-in tourney registered ₹99,900 in overlays, and 65 players crossed the money line.

Final Table Results

1. MrPiggy – ₹96,600*
2. mermaidfish – ₹90,510*
3. akjn90 – ₹58,100
4. strangerme – ₹44,170
5. Rajavelu ‘rajvijay’ Vijaykumar – ₹30,800
6. vedprakash923 – ₹23,100
7. Nandan ‘ragemonster’ Pugalia – ₹18,270

*denotes a heads-up deal

(7-Max) Afternoon Boost– ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 141

Re-entries – 116

Prize Pool – ₹5,14,000

Places Paid – 47

This week’s BTS#5 Sunday Prime finalist Rohit ‘rohitmalik777’ Malik powered his way through the 141-player field (257 total entries) in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost, winning his maiden title of the year (his fourth ever on PokerBaazi) for ₹62,409.

Malik chopped the 2 PM marquee title three-way with the mid-stakes crusher Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (2nd for ₹59,831) and Rahul ‘rahullpharm’ Agarwal (3rd for ₹57,249).

Rohit Malik managed another ITM finish in Daily Morning SPRINT (37th for ₹1,841), netting ₹64,250 overall. His PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹20.48 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The volume junkie Neeraj Kumar made six deep runs and collected a bounty (₹200), filling in ₹96,073 on his Friday scorecard.

His top Friday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹59,831* (three-way deal)

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#29 for ₹24,600

Neeraj Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.48 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.63 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #8 | Ranked #3 in the 2023 TLB (Points) Leaderboard

Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover (5th for ₹25,443) and Vaibhav ‘BeBoT’ Sharma (6th for ₹18,144) also FT-ed the ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost.

The 2 PM marquee collected ₹5.14 Lakhs in the prize pool, and 47 players got a share of the spoils.

Final Table Results

1. Rohit ‘rohitmalik777’ Malik – ₹62,409*
2. Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar – ₹59,831*
3. Rahul ‘rahullpharm’ Agarwal – ₹57,249*
4. hc27 – ₹34,232
5. Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover – ₹25,443
6. Vaibhav ‘BeBoT’ Sharma – ₹18,144
7. Fainara – ₹14,957

*denotes a three-way deal

BTS#27 – ₹3 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹660

Entries – 339

Re-entries – 240

Prize Pool – ₹3,47,400

Places Paid – 110

The Game Changer 3.0 finalist Kunal ‘Vampire2706’ Chaudhary announced his return to the domestic felts in style by taking down PokerBaazi’s 4 PM BTS marquee, ₹3 Lakhs GTD BTS#27 for ₹49,505. The user ‘jsingh286’ finished runner-up for ₹38,909.

Kunal Chaudhary’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹53.93 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹15.07 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Vatsal ‘vat69vat’ Gupta (3rd for ₹29,946), Subrahmanyam ‘itsrowdy’ V (5th for ₹14,799), and Parteek ‘ptk007’ Maheshwari (7th for ₹6,983) also FT-ed the ₹3 Lakhs GTD BTS#27.

The ₹660 entry buy-in tournament had 110 players taking a dig at the ₹3.47 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Kunal ‘Vampire2706’ Chaudhary – ₹49,505
2. jsingh286 – ₹38,909
3. Vatsal ‘vat69vat’ Gupta – ₹29,946
4. rani94 – ₹21,539
5. Subrahmanyam ‘itsrowdy’ V – ₹14,799
6. pintu00 – ₹10,005
7. Parteek ‘ptk007’ Maheshwari – ₹6,983
8. akki009 – ₹5,524

BTS 3.0 Leaderboard Standings – Day 6

The Day 6 schedule of the Baazi Turbo Series brought more changes to the series’ leaderboard.

Uttam Gope (6,651 points) is still the player to catch and extended his lead even further after finishing third in the BTS#30 HighRoller last night. However, Gaurav Bhutra (4,641 points) has edged past Rajneesh Thakur (4,543 points) to grab the #2 rank, with Thakur dropping to #3.

‘monajmondal’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹52,590), Karan ‘mslpmfrt’ Kapur (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹52,189), Praveen ‘PinaWXD’ KR (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD 7-Max Midnight SPRINT for ₹48,954), Navneet ‘Navneet78’ Tanwar (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹46,246), ‘Johnniewalks’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 BOOST for ₹43,671), ‘ghost89’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 BOOST PKO for ₹37,080), ‘pokerkid2606’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹30,237), and ‘Badshah05’ (Won ₹40K GTD Daily PLO-6 for ₹10,550) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

IndiaPlays

Texas – ₹100K GTD

Buy-in – ₹600

Entries – 115

Re-buys – 22

Prize Pool – ₹100,000

Places Paid – 31

Thursday’s Texas Bounty champion ‘GVJF2654’ went back-to-back, shipping the 8 PM Dominator Series marquee for a second day. He trounced a field of 137 players (115 unique) in the ₹100K GTD Texas, banking ₹23,000. ‘Durr17’ stood second for ₹15,000.

Final Table Results

1. GVJF2654 – ₹23,000
2. Durr17 – ₹15,000
3. Yokohama – ₹11,250
4. TUZW1811 – ₹7,250
5. QUZW7101 – ₹4,500
6. Mkrao188 – ₹3,750
7. GOHW2492 – ₹3,000

‘NMLB2483’ (Won ₹25K GTD PLO5 for ₹6,875) & ‘BQWN9303’ (Won ₹10K GTD Texas Bounty for ₹2,550) won the other The Dominator Series tournaments on Friday.

PokerStars India

The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO] – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 101

Re-entries – 81

Regular Prize Pool – ₹5,45,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹4,55,000

Total Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 23

Saransh ‘iammrmeeseeks’ Garg is on a February heater. Last week’s Godfather winner, Garg, raced to the top of a 182-player field in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO], taking down the Friday flagship for ₹2.31 Lakhs (₹1.35 Lakhs in bounties).

The former The Millionaire champion, Garg, thrashed out another three deep runs, posting ₹2.57 Lakhs in Friday earnings, storming past ₹3 Crores in tracked online winnings.

His Friday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO] for ₹2,31,215

> 21st in PokerBaazi’s BTS#31 for ₹14,730

> 44th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#29 for ₹5,900

> 33rd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹5,500

Saransh Garg’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.01 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.15 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Yesterday’s Daily Value Boost champion, Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira, almost won two tournaments back-to-back, finishing runner-up in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash for ₹1.16 Lakhs (₹19,688 in bounties). The Goa resident collected a whopping ₹3.03 Lakhs last night from six deep runs.

The winningest player in the country and the two-time POY, Young Gun Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood, grossed a lofty ₹4.99 Lakhs yesterday. He ITM-ed seven events, including The Weekly HighRoller title (his third time winning the tournament) and finishing third in The Big Bash (3rd for ₹82,898) (₹18,359 in bounties).

Lavesh ‘lavesh786’ Meena (4th for ₹55,488) (₹5,625 in bounties), Ashit ‘Cringing’ Sharma (5th for ₹57,744) (₹19,219 in bounties), Deepankur ‘dp8218’ Gupta (6th for ₹42,890) (₹13,125 in bounties), and Arjanveer ‘ballistik310’ Singh Chadha (8th for ₹41,362) (₹23,594 in bounties) were other top regs on The Big Bash final table.

The ₹5,500 entry buy-in tournament registered an overlay shortfall of ₹90,000, and 23 players cashed in on the added value.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Saransh ‘iammrmeeseeks’ Garg – ₹2,31,215
2. Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira – ₹1,15,512
3. Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood – ₹82,898
4. Lavesh ‘lavesh786’ Meena – ₹55,488
5. Ashit ‘Cringing’ Sharma – ₹57,744
6. Deepankur ‘dp8218’ Gupta – ₹42,890
7. thisisme16 – ₹32,059
8. Arjanveer ‘ballistik310’ Singh Chadha – ₹41,362
9. potshots77 – ₹22,075

Varun ‘wardev’ Devayya (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Uppercut for ₹43,840), Piyush ‘noname3006’ Nanda (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹28,835), ‘Sarfarosh007’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹12,265), and ‘Masterpeice590’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline 6-Max for ₹11,325) won the other PokerStars India marquees.

Adda52

The Ballers – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹7,500

Entries – 164

Re-entries – 133

Prize Pool – ₹20,25,530

Places Paid – 30

On Friday, an over two-month wait for a title victory finally ended for Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall. The well-known reg stomped over a 297-player field (164 unique) in Adda52’s Friday headliner, ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Ballers, winning the primetime tournament for ₹5.19 Lakhs, besting Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra (2nd for ₹3.09 Lakhs) heads-up.

Goonjan Mall also crossed the money bubble in the 9.30 PM Friday Bounty, netting ₹5.30 Lakhs overall. His Friday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹5,18,538 (his first time winning the tournament)

> 10th in Adda52’s Friday Bounty for ₹11,329

Goonjan Mall’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.28 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.09 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Clinton ‘RedArmy07’ Tavares fired up nine ITM finishes across his Friday grind, adding ₹3.01 Lakhs.

His top Friday finishes include:

> 3rd in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹2,32,937

> 1st in Adda52’s Nighttide DST Adda for ₹30,059

> 16th in Adda52’s Friday Bounty for ₹9,225

Clinton Tavares’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.70 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹49.75 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #9

Young Gun Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia (4th for ₹1.72 Lakhs) and Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ B (6th for ₹81,022), were the other top regs on the 6-max The Ballers final table.

The ₹7,500 entry buy-in tournament filled in a profitable ₹20.26 Lakhs in the prize pool, which was distributed among the 30 top finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹5,18,538
2. Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra – ₹3,08,895
3. Clinton ‘RedArmy07’ Tavares – ₹2,32,937
4. Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia – ₹1,72,171
5. kanjimaheshbabu – ₹1,16,469
6. Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ B – ₹81,022

‘zonas’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD The Ballers Lite for ₹38,234), ‘ash_9’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹32,940), ‘msgurawalia’ (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹12,149), ‘kitwithin’ (Won ₹40K Morning Adda for ₹11,755), and ‘Ram4421’ (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹11,600) won the other Adda52 marquees.

Khelo365

Khelo365 user ‘Ashu079’ took down the ₹30K GTD Prime Time PLO for ₹11,100, while ‘Rise’ scored ₹7,500 in second place.

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