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The domestic online sites brought out the regular tournament fare on Thursday, the only exceptions being the MPL Poker’s Diwali Lakhpati Party and PokerDangal’s Diwali Poker Festival, which are currently underway. Coming up on the weekend is Spartan Poker’s Diwali Celebration Series, making for a blockbuster Sunday ahead!
Rising Star Ritwik Khanna was hands down the biggest Thursday scorer. Ending a five-week-long title dry spell, Khanna took down Adda52’s Godfather for ₹6.13 Lakhs, adding ₹6.43 Lakhs cumulatively to his bankroll. Varunn Gaala came in second for ₹3.62 Lakhs.
A former APT Mini Main Event winner, Devvrat Himatsingka (opted out of our tracking), returned to the winner’s circle last night, claiming Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller for ₹5.57 Lakhs following a four-way deal with Young Gun Sanat Mehrotra (runner-up for ₹5.42 Lakhs), ‘Likita Nuther’ (3rd for ₹4.33 Lakhs), and ‘AkkiDan7777’ (4th for ₹3.92 Lakhs).
The latest Bounty Builder HR champion, PokerGuru Ambassador Deepankur Gupta (opted out of our tracking), championed over an 288-entry field in PokerBaazi’s The Summit (his first-time winning the event), netting ₹4.77 Lakhs up top.
‘TheManiacInTheCircuit’ hit the Thursday jackpot, pocketing an online best score of ₹4.44 Lakhs in the Ultron, where they outlasted Wednesday’s La Luna champion Nitin Arora (2nd for ₹2.95 Lakhs) heads-up. Arora cashed another event for a Thursday take-home of ₹3.01 Lakhs.
The former The Millionaire runner-up finisher Ashit Sharma collected ₹2.50 Lakhs on Thursday, most prominently shipping PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹2.10 Lakhs. Lavesh Meena picked his second runner-up score in the tourney for ₹1.63 Lakhs.
Naman Pareek collected his first title in nearly eight months in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT, netting ₹1.44 Lakhs. Kritagya Sharma placed second for almost ₹1.01 Lakhs.
Monday’s Iron Man champion Siddharth Pandey grabbed his second title this week in Adda52’s Monster Turbo, adding ₹1.34 Lakhs to a Thursday score of ₹1.63 Lakhs. Pandey chopped it heads-up with Yash Shrivastava (2nd for ₹1.22 Lakhs).
The SCS Main Event champion, PokerGuru Ambassador Tarush Gupta (opted out of our tracking), won PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹1.74 Lakhs (won ₹2.62 Lakhs overall). ‘The Teacher’ collected ₹1.21 Lakhs in second place.
Aditya Kulkarni shipped PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹1.02 Lakhs, beating Vinay Verma (2nd for ₹1 Lakh) to the finish line.
‘zothanmawia’ converted a ₹110 satellite ticket into an online best score of ₹97,243 after they won Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo. Peush Singhvi secured a runner-up score of ₹64,651.
The BTS#9 Monday Prime champion Ashish Nailwal won PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for the second time for ₹80,186, adding to Thursday’s winnings of ₹2.05 Lakhs. Mohit Dhingra was runner-up for ₹59,270.
Ajay Sharma, Sanket Deshmukh, Sarthak Singhal, Elangbam Sunita, Ajay Sawhney, Arnav Sharma, Karan Sitlani, Saptarshi Bhaduri, Ravi Kumar, Prabhas Sharmam, and Pawan Tez won the other Thursday marquees.
Here are the Thursday highlights!
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Spartan Poker
Thursday High Roller – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹22,000
Entries – 69
Re-entries – 27
Rebuys – 49
Prize Pool – ₹29,00,000
Places Paid – 13
The former APT Mini Main Event champion Devvrat ‘devvrat89’ Himatsingka (opted out of our tracking) aced Spartan Poker’s MTT headliner of the day, taking down the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Thursday High Roller for ₹5.57 Lakhs. Himatsingha fired two bullets in the event, eventually outrunning the field of 145 entries. In the end, he cut a four-way deal with Young Gun Sanat ‘orhem3001’ Mehrotra (runner-up for ₹5.42 Lakhs), ‘Likita Nuther’ (3rd for ₹4.33 Lakhs), and ‘AkkiDan7777’ (4th for ₹3.92 Lakhs).
The recent WPC-SEAPT Main Event runner-up, PokerGuru Staking’s Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved placed seventh in the event. Ved was among the day’s multiple scorers as he FTed PokerBaazi’s The Summit while posting another two cashes, collectively adding ₹2.38 Lakhs.
His Thursday cashes include:
> 7th in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller for ₹1,37,750
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹79,488
> 14th in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹16,515
His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.84 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.12 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #8 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.64 Crores
Final Table Results
*denotes a four-way deal
Ultron – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 207
Re-entries – 82
Rebuys – 154
Prize Pool – ₹22,15,000
Places Paid – 39
The Spartan Poker user ‘TheManiacInTheCircuit’ came out trumps in the site’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD Ultron last night, shipping the title for an online-best score of ₹4.44 Lakhs. The player defeated Wednesday’s La Luna champion Nitin ‘18 miles out’ Arora (2nd for ₹2.95 Lakhs) in the heads-up showdown. Following the victory, the winner ‘TheManiacInTheCircuit’ sits with ₹5.89 Lakhs in site cashes and a corresponding profit of ₹3.23 Lakhs.
Arora cashed out another event for collective winnings of ₹3.01 Lakhs. His Thursday winnings include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹2,95,260
> 16th in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹5,966
His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.81 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.17 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #8
The 443-player field generated a guarantee-smashing ₹22.15 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 39 spots got paid.
Final Table Results
Deepstack Turbo – ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 240
Re-entries – 67
Rebuys – 178
Prize Pool – ₹4,85,000
Places Paid – 39
‘zothanmawia’ converted a ₹110 satellite ticket into a victory march in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo. The player topped the 485-player field to grab the top prize of ₹97,243 – their most significant online cash to date! The victory has boosted their site cashes to ₹1.05 Lakhs, with a corresponding profit of ₹94,231.
Peush ‘Daniel0617’ Singhvi posted a runner-up payday of ₹64,651.
Sarthak ‘sarthaksinghal’ Singhal also FTed the Deepstack. He went the distance in the ₹2 Lakhs GTD Sundowner Multi Entry to claim the title for ₹42,300, cashing another two events to add ₹84,494 in cashes.
His Thursday cashes include:
>1st in Spartan Poker’s Sundowner Multi Entry for ₹42,300
> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹29,925
> 11th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹8,978
His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹24.18 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.85 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #15
Final Table Results
‘Tarzanankh’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹46,500), Sarthak ‘sarthaksinghal’ Singhal (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Sundowner Multi Entry for ₹42,300), Arnav ‘AIOps’ Sharma (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultra PLO6 for ₹33,249), and ‘Arjunb1998’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹8,135) won the other titles on Spartan Poker.
PokerBaazi
The Summit – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹8,250
Entries – 145
Re-entries – 143
Prize Pool – ₹21,60,000
Places Paid – 36
PokerGuru Ambassador and the latest Bounty Builder HR champion, Deepankur ’dp179’ Gupta (opted out of our tracking) made the victory march in PokerBaazi’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Summit (won his first The Summit title), and took home a site-best score worth ₹4.77 Lakhs up top, with ‘sherlockholmesB’ placing second for ₹3.35 Lakhs.
The ₹8,250 buy-in MTT obliterated its listed guarantee by ₹6.60 Lakhs (over 40% surplus) on the back of 288 challengers, and the top 36 places boarded the money bus.
Final Table Results
Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,375
Entries – 441
Re-entries – 385
Prize Pool – ₹10,32,500
Places Paid – 131
The SCS High–Main Event champion PokerGuru Ambassador Tarush ‘Busterr’ Gupta (opted out from tracking) shipped PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost for ₹1.74 Lakhs, ending a seventeen-week title drought. The user ‘TheTeacher’ placed runner-up for ₹1.21 Lakhs.
Gupta also FT-ed Adda52’s Godfather (6th for ₹87,500), overall adding ₹2.62 Lakhs.
The ₹1,375 buy-in MTT collected over ₹10.32 Lakhs in the prize pool on the back of 826 entrants and paid out the top 131 places. The min-cash was worth ₹2,375.
Final Table Results
(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 272
Re-entries – 205
Prize Pool – ₹7,16,000
Places Paid – 54
PokerBaazi loyalist Naman ‘pareeknaman’ Pareek came out trumps in the ₹5 Lakhs (7-Max) SPRINT, and took home ₹1.44 Lakhs up top (his second best MTT score on PokerBaazi) along with his first MTT title in almost eight months! Kritagya ‘Kritagya_17’ Sharma placed second for almost ₹1.01 Lakhs. Pareek made away with almost ₹1.46 Lakhs in Thursday winnings as he also placed 33rd in Holdem BOOST for ₹1,875.
Naman Pareek’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹31.37 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #4
The ₹1,650 buy-in MTT created a guarantee-crushing ₹7.16 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 477 participants, and the top 54 places got paid.
Final Table Results
(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 155
Re-entries – 114
Prize Pool – ₹5,38,000
Places Paid – 36
Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni was the last player standing in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT and took away ₹1.02 Lakhs in cash prize following a heads-up chop with Vinay ‘keechad’ Verma (2nd for ₹1 Lakh). Kulkarni lapped up over ₹1.11 Lakhs in Thursday cashes after deep runs in two more events. His Thursday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹1,02,192
> 11th in PokerBaazi’s (6-MAX) Holdem BOOST for ₹4,950
> 50th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹4,233
Aditya Kulkarni’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.90 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹79.06 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #12
The ₹2,200 buy-in MTT clocked in 269 entrants to create a profitable ₹5.38 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 36 places got paid.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
(7-Max) Afternoon Boost – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 141
Re-entries – 111
Prize Pool – ₹5,04,000
Places Paid – 47
The BTS#9 Monday Prime champion Ashish ‘Notoriouskonvict’ Nailwal came out on top of the 252-entry field in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost to win the title for the second time for ₹80,186. Mohit ‘bhaiyamohit’ Dhingra (2nd for ₹59,270) and (7-Max) Daily SPRINT runner-up finisher Vinay ‘keechad’ Verma (3rd for ₹45,209) secured podium finishes.
The online reg Ashish Nailwal also FT-ed The Summit (5th for ₹1.20 Lakhs) and ran deep in another PokerBaazi event, walking away with a collective ₹2.05 Lakhs. His Thursday scores were:
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹1,19,664
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹80,186
> 29th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹5,163
Ashish Nailwal’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.06 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹61.09 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #12 | Annual Winnings: ₹60.09 Lakhs
The ₹2,200 buy-in Afternoon Boost paid out the top 47 places from the ₹5.04 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
Sanket ‘Profishnalshark’ Deshmukh (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily BOOST for ₹52,750), ‘5AH1L’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Midnight SPRINT 1 PM for ₹51,380), ‘chanchalagr’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹45,630), OM ‘Oppyrates’ Prakash (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹31,000), and ‘aditya32113213’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD SPRINT for ₹20,690) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
Pocket52
Pocket Jacks – ₹3 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,500
Entries – 96
Re-entries – 62
Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000
Places Paid – 24
Pocket52 domain user ‘MinishaLamba’ took down the site’s Thursday marquee, the ₹3 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, bagging away ₹63,000 in first-place prize money. User ‘Rista’ placed second for ₹46,500.
Final Table Results
‘Roshni08’ (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Pocket Tanks for ₹28,750), ‘frightened_servine71_21598516’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹22,535), ‘Nuso’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹16,500) and ‘Deva0’ (Won ₹50K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹11,500) won the other Pocket52 marquees.
MPL Poker
DLP#15 – ₹2 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹550
Total Entries – 371
Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000
Places Paid – 65
Manish ‘12fail1rupesh’ Kumar was the last player standing in MPL Poker’s ongoing ₹2 Lakhs GTD DLP#15 and took home ₹36,200 in first-place prize money. His heads-up opponent Mukesh ‘mukesh65’ Kumar netted ₹26,000 for his runner-up finish.
Final Table Results
Gagan ‘radiation’ Shuklan (Won the ₹1 Lakh GTD DLP#16 for ₹18,500).
PokerDangal
PLO 5 Thursday – ₹50K GTD
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 67
Re-entries – 26
Prize Pool – ₹50,000
Places Paid – 15
PokerDangal regular ‘88bluff’ clinched the ₹50K GTD PLO 5 Thursday title for a payday worth ₹12,000. At the same time ‘MR.Z’ finished runner-up for ₹8,750.
Final Table Results
PokerStars India
Highroller – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹7,700
Entries – 76
Re-entries – 57
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 17
The online poker reg Ashit ‘Cringing’ Sharma overcame the 133-player field in PokerStars India’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Highroller, winning the Thursday headliner for the first time for ₹2.10 Lakhs. Lavesh ‘lavesh786’ Meena placed runner-up in the Highroller for the second time in three weeks for ₹1.63 Lakhs.
The former The Millionaire runner-up finisher Ashit Sharma ran deep in three more events, taking home a collective ₹2.50 Lakhs.
His Thursday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹2,09,902
> 22nd in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹21,707
> 9th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹13,836
> 43rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹3,864
Ashit Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.28 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.16 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #18 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.54 Crores
The ranked #3 player of the year, PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘ballistik310’ Singh Chadha, posted three deep runs, altogether adding ₹2.19 Lakhs.
His Thursday finishes include:
> 8th in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller for ₹1,07,300
> 4th in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹98,381
> 49th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹13,750
Arjanveer Singh Chadha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ~₹12 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.25 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #19 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.98 Crores | Ranked #3 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
Final Table Results
Ajay ‘AJ14071988’ Sharma (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Deepstack for ₹54,410), Ravi ‘rkcravi’ Kumar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹25,739), ‘sahil7889’ (Won ₹50K GTD Afternoon on Stars for ₹14,825), ‘Ash47A’ (Won ₹50K GTD Primetime Grind for ₹14,208) and ‘sosickkunt’ (Won ₹50K GTD Deepstack for ₹12,203) won the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
Godfather – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries –254
Re-entries – 219
Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000
Places Paid – 49
Rising Star Ritwik ‘ritwik27’ Khanna eclipsed his near five-week-long title drought, shipping Adda52’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather for the first time for ₹6.13 Lakhs. Varunn ‘VarunnG’ Gaala finished runner-up for ₹3.63 Lakhs.
Ritwik Khanna locked in ₹6.53 Lakhs overall through three deep runs, which include:
> 1st in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹6,12,500
> 18th in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹23,922
> 18th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹6,079
Ritwik Khanna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.76 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.01 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #9 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.62 Crores | Ranked #7 on the Annual Leaderboard (Total Cashes) | Ranked #19 in Annual Profits
PokerGuru Ambassador Nadeem ‘nadeem0021’ Basha banked ₹71,641 after scoring in Adda52’s Godfather (7th for ₹68,750) and PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost (98th for ₹2,891). His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.85 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.23 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: 6
Final Table Results
Monster Turbo – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 152
Re-entries – 114
Prize Pool – ₹5,98,500
Places Paid – 28
Siddharth ‘gabandheer’ Pandey‘s prolific Thursday run saw him bank ₹1.63 Lakhs through four ITM finishes, which includes championing Adda52’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo for ₹1.34 Lakhs, four days after he won the Iron Man on Monday. A heads-up chop saw Yash ‘yashshri’ Shrivastava taking home ₹1.22 Lakhs in second-place prize money.
Pandey’s Thursday finishes include:
> 1st in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹1,34,267
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹19,798
> 23rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹5,796
> 64th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,511
Yash Shrivastava FT-ed PokerStars India’s Deepstack (8th for ₹5,617), netting ₹1.27 Lakhs overall. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹95.27 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹36.75 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
Ajay ‘ohyeah’ Sawhney (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹33,395), ‘bablurai’ (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹26,664), ‘ketugj’ (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹15,430), Pawan ‘_luffy_1x1’ Tez (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for 15,042), ‘DomoArigato’ (Won ₹40K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹13,041), and ‘sexylizard’ (Won ₹50K GTD Evening Adda for ₹10,020) shipped the other Thursday marquees on Adda52.
Khelo365
Thursday’s ₹10K GTD Sun Downer title was taken down by Khelo365 user ‘PETROL’, who added ₹3,500 to their poker bankroll. ‘Pokerking456’ placed second for ₹2,200.
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