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The weekend is literally here and like most Thursdays, last night was a reg-fest on the digital felts with some of the country’s top players in action. PokerDangal’s Destiny Changer continued to expand its field, even as Pocket52’s Pocket Friendly Series crowned seven winners alongside running the fourth starting flight of its ₹15 Lakhs GTD BRACELET!
Poker pro and coach Sahil Chutani seems to have made a habit of shipping flagships, and last night Chutani made another top finish in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller, a tourney he shipped last Thursday! Chutani went back-to-back, taking down the event for the day`s single-largest score worth ₹7.26 Lakhs, crossing ₹2.50 Crores in annual winnings.
PokerGuru Ambassadors went on a scorching run across the Thursday flagships. Headlining them was MPL Poker`s IPF Main Event champion Ashish Ahuja, who won Adda52`s Godfather for the third time, pocketing ₹6.13 Lakhs.
His close friend and PokerGuru Staking stablemate, Arjanveer Singh Chadha, shipped Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹4.30 Lakhs and collectively added ₹5.02 Lakhs in Thursday winnings. Number 13 proved eventful for Chadha as yesterday`s Ultron was his 13th title victory of the year, helping him climb to #5 in the annual leaderboard rankings.
Sahil Mahboobani went on a rampage last night. The APT Online June 2022 Main Event runner-up finisher FT-ed practically all the flagships across sites – he FT-ed five tournaments in total – rounding up a whopping ₹5.77 Lakhs in Thursday winnings.
Two Wednesday title winners carried their winning form to Thursday. Headlining them was Wednesday’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT champion Ayush Garg who won PokerBaazi’s Summit for the second time for ₹4.59 Lakhs (₹4.80 Lakhs overall).
The second Wednesday winner returning to the spotlight was Siddharth Gangwar, who reeled in a third title in two days, shipping Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹1.42 Lakhs. Abhishek Rajagopal came second for ₹83,520.
The IOPC January 2022 – Super High Roller champion Akshay Kapoor took down PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1.70 Lakhs, beating Rohan Bhasin (2nd for ₹1.19 Lakhs) to the finish line.
Winning PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for the second time was Tuesday’s The Mint champion Sanish Chhabra, who clinched the title for ₹1.19 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with Kabir Tandon (2nd for ₹99,514). Chhabra posted multiple deep finishes, raking in ₹2.44 Lakhs across his Thursday run.
Aditya Kulkarni, Vikram Mishra, Aditya Kesharwani, Somesh Patel, Vaibhav Arora, Avinash Kumar, Abhishek Kumar Chaurasia, Neeraj Kumar, Akshay Dhingra, Karan Thakker, Amit Sinha and Mayank P won the other Thursday marquees.
Here are the Thursday highlights!
Spartan Poker
Thursday High Roller (6-Max) – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹22,000
Entries – 70
Re-entries – 35
Rebuys – 37
Prize Pool – ₹28,40,000
Places Paid – 15
The most profitable player of the year and last Thursday’s chartbuster Sahil ‘$lim$hady19’ Chutani was back on the frontline AGAIN yesterday. One of the hottest players on the online circuit right now, the Young Gun lived up to his notorious reputation of going back-to-back. He fired three bullets in Spartan Poker`s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Thursday High Roller before besting the 142-player field to win the High Roller for the second week in a row, netting ₹7.26 Lakhs – the day`s single-largest score. Pavankiran ‘Rootahua Machi’ B made away with an equally impressive ₹5 Lakhs in second place.
The two-time IOPC Legends champion, Chutani, has become the second player after Young Gun Anuj Yadav to cross ₹2.50 Crores in annual winnings after last night`s haul. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.14 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.51 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #16 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.56 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹1.79 Crores | Ranked #2 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings | Ranked #1 in Annual Profits
Final Table Results
Ultron – ₹21 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 211
Re-entries – 60
Rebuys – 158
Prize Pool – ₹21,45,000
Places Paid – 39
Spartan Poker has brought back the Thursday-favorite Ultron as part of its weekly Signature Tournaments. The former AOPS Mini Main Event Finale winner PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh ‘bazzingaa’ Chadha toppled the 429-strong entry field in the ₹21 Lakhs GTD Ultron to win ₹4.30 Lakhs, making him one of the two PokerGuru Staking stalwarts to win a flagship tournament yesterday. The user ‘real_name_hidden’ finished runner-up for ₹2.86 Lakhs.
Arjanveer Singh Chadha made another deep run in the Thursday High Roller and cashed another two events for a total take-home of ₹5.02 Lakhs, storming to #5 in the annual leaderboard rankings.
His Thursday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker`s Ultron for ₹4,30,073
> 9th in Spartan Poker`s Thursday High Roller for ₹73,840
> 42nd in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹4,493
> 36th in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹3,958
Arjanveer Singh Chadha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.09 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.83 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.07 Crores | Moves to #5 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
Final Table Results
‘stonedurr’ (Won ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD Thursday PN for ₹99,448), ‘Gurughantal72’’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Sundowner for ₹54,000), Somesh ‘JackNotMa’ Patel (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹49,262), Abhishek Kumar ‘Bittur’ Chaurasia (Won ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD PN Night Rider for ₹45,489), and Karan ‘karannthakker’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹13,858) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
PokerBaazi
The Summit – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹8,250
Entries – 147
Re-entries – 130
Prize Pool – ₹20,77,500
Places Paid – 36
Wednesday’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT champion Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg extended his winning run to a consecutive day after shipping PokerBaazi’s Thursday headliner, ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Summit, for the second time for ₹4.59 Lakhs. Rugal ‘Smikijoejr’ Advani collected ₹3.22 Lakhs in second place.
The two-time The Millionaire champion, Ayush Garg, made another two ITM runs, raking in over ₹4.80 Lakhs in Thursday winnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.18 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.42 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #9 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.35 Crores
The APT Online June 2022 Main Event runner-up finisher Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani went on a rampage last night. The MTT beast crushed the Thursday flagships, with five FT finishes worth a whopping ₹5.77 Lakhs in total winnings.
His Thursday finishes include:
> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller (6-Max) for ₹2,14,420
> 5th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹1,25,000
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹1,15,094
> 5th in PokerStars India’s Highroller (On-time Rake Refund) for ₹77,286
> 4th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹45,675
Sahil Mahboobani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.58 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.74 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #6 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.55 Crores | Moves to #19 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings
Final Table Results
(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 313
Re-entries – 286
Prize Pool – ₹8,98,500
Places Paid – 72
The IOPC January 2022 – Super High Roller champion Akshay ‘CallmeAK’ Kapoor outlasted a guarantee-crushing 599-player field (including 286 re-entries) in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT to win ₹1.70 Lakhs – his second title this month. The former The Millionaire champion Rohan ‘likeaboss85’ Bhasin (opted-out from our tracking) came second for ₹1.19 Lakhs.
Akshay Kapoor’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.38 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹71.75 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5 | Annual Winnings: ₹60.14 Lakhs
Final Table Results
(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 164
Re-entries – 127
Prize Pool – ₹5,82,000
Places Paid – 36
Tuesday’s The Mint winner Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra delivered an impressive Thursday run, accumulating ₹2.44 Lakhs across five deep runs. His biggest score of the day was the ₹1.19 Lakhs he won after trouncing the 291-entry field in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT. He chopped the 7:30 PM marquee heads-up with Kabir ’tiltplay’ Tandon (2nd for ₹99,514).
The former INCOOP – Main Event champion, Sanish Chhabra’s Thursday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹1,19,260 (his second time winning this event)
> 8th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹61,286
> 7th in PokerStars India’s Highroller (On-time Rake Refund) for ₹45,893
> 39th in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹14,801
> 29th in PokerBaazi’s Holdem BOOST for ₹2,460
Sanish Chhabra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.05 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.61 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #6 | Annual Winnings: ₹87.71 Lakhs
The former BSS SuperStack champion Vaibhav ‘vaibhi18’ Arora made away with ₹1.35 Lakhs in Thursday winnings, including PokerBaazi`s Holdem BOOST title.
His Thursday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Holdem BOOST for ₹47,730 (his fourth time winning the event)
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹42,952
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Thursday PN for ₹39,035
> 21st in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹5,220
Vaibhav Arora’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹98.78 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹32.12 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #16 | Annual Winnings: ₹84.24 Lakhs
Final Table Results
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Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Boost for ₹68,576), Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Hyper SPRINT for ₹50,354), Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹49,619), Avinash ‘I_fart_u_faint’ Kumar (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹45,980), ‘shajusada’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD SPRINT 1 AM for ₹30,285), Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹28,202), ‘Hemu0212’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO5 BOOST for ₹27,450), Akshay ‘fsociety’ Dhingra (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹24,695), ‘chirag1227’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Baazi Super Value for ₹11,499), and ‘sujay06’ (Won ₹50K GTD 5-Max Daily for ₹6,100) shipped the other Thursday marquees on PokerBaazi.
MPL Poker
Thursday Smash – ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 199
Prize Pool – ₹3,50,000
Places Paid – 30
Varun ‘alreadywiner’ Nagpal picked up his first marquee title of the year after besting the 199-player field in MPL Poker’s ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD Thursday Smash to collect ₹84,000. Gudiya ‘bullet2raja’ Devi made away with ₹56,875 in second place.
Varun Nagpal`s online stats (Spartan Poker & PokerBaazi): Lifetime Winnings: ₹27.36 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹7.14 Lakhs
Final Table Results
Pocket52
PFS#24 Pocket Jacks – ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹770
Entries – 208
Re-entries – 130
Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000
Places Paid – 49
Pocket52 user Shailesh ‘MrShailesh’ Patel championed the 338-player field in the PFS headliner of the day, the ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD PFS#24 Pocket Jacks, to win ₹45,000. ‘Bhairab77’ came second for ₹32,500.
Final Table Results
‘MA2khepama’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD PFS#22 UNRAVEL for ₹27,000), ‘Weedlovers’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD PFS#25 GLADIATOR for ₹27,750), ‘Pan8145’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PFS#23 POCKET SNACKS for ₹18,500), ‘KingOfQueen’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PFS#27 DESSERT for ₹19,100), ‘puffpuffpass’ (Won ₹75K GTD PFS#21 POCKET SODA for ₹ 15,563), and ‘vikash kumar_OnE3kghePb’ (Won ₹50K GTD PFS#26 Breeze for ₹10,000) won the other Pocket Friendly Series titles on Day 4 of the series!
PokerDangal
Destiny Changer Day – ₹50 Lakhs GTD – 1B
> Entries – 143| Re-entries – 56 | Survivors – 25 | Chip Leader: Rakesh ‘GangubaiXXX’ Singh (232,828)
> Combined: Entries – 255 | Re-entries – 85 |Survivors – 42 | Overall Chip Leader – ‘Abhi63‘ (307,710)
PokerStars India
Highroller (On-time Rake Refund) – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹7,700
Entries – 72
Re-entries – 51
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 15
PokerStars India reg ‘kabir2298’ took down the site’s Thursday headliner, ₹10 Lakhs GTD Highroller (On-time Rake Refund), netting ₹2.19 Lakhs. ‘ThatsItAllin’ finished runner-up for ₹1.69 Lakhs.
kabir2298’s PokerStars India stats: Site Winnings: ₹26.29 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹10.57 Lakhs | Titles Won: #264 | Final Table Finishes: #112
Akhilesh ‘GM2318’ Gautam FT-ed two events on PokerStars India yesterday, adding ₹1.40 Lakhs through them.
His FT finishes include:
> 3rd in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹1,30,154
> 4th in PokerStars India’s Deepstack for ₹10,096
Akhilesh Gautam’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹88.91 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹19.31 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #9
#BB2 MoneyMaker champion Sahil ‘you3bi4b’ Nair pocketed a nifty ₹1.74 Lakhs on the back of five ITM cashes and bounties, which include:
> 4th in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹1,00,295
> 9th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹45,913
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s Holdem BOOST for ₹20,250
> 14th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹6,525
Sahil Nair’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.63 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹63.04 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #8
Final Table Results
‘pallavi@1717’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Deepstack for ₹43,303), ‘kingslayerone’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹24,893), Amit ‘FeedMeUrStack’ Sinha (Won ₹50K GTD Afternoon on Stars for ₹13,685), ‘BoyShadowXs’ (Won ₹50K GTD Primetime for ₹13,433), and ‘knightRider012’ (Won ₹50K GTD Deepstack for ₹12,592) shipped the other Thursday marquees on PokerStars India.
Adda52
Godfather – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 238
Re-entries – 241
Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000
Places Paid –49
The recent WSOP Circuit ring winner, PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja, didn’t waste any time after wrapping up an eventful 2022 WSOP grind to hit a big online score. The Chandigarh-based MTT pro championed Adda52`s Thursday mainstay, ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather, for the third time last night for ₹6.12 Lakhs after defeating ‘goofy25’ (2nd for ₹3.62 Lakhs) heads-up.
Ashish Ahuja`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.55 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.47 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #17 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.96 Crores | Moves to #8 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
The ₹5,500 buy-in MTT registered a 471-player field to leave an overlay of ₹1.05 Lakhs, and 49 places got paid.
Final Table Results
Monster Turbo – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 139
Re-entries – 93
Prize Pool – ₹5,22,000
Places Paid – 24
The Wednesday High Roller champion, Siddharth ‘kab00m’ Gangwar, is an unstoppable force! Coming in hot after winning two tournaments the day before, Gangwar bagged his third title of the week by taking down Adda52’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo for ₹1.42 Lakhs. Abhishek ‘abhiraja’ Rajagopal finished runner-up for ₹83,520.
Gangwar filled in almost ₹1.75 Lakhs in Thursday winnings on the back of four ITM finishes (including the title victory), cementing his place at #3 in the annual TLB (points) standings.
His Thursday finishes include:
> 1st in Adda52`s Monster Turbo for ₹1,42,245
> 11th in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹25,780
> 25th in PokerBaazi’s Daily SPRINT for ₹4,540
> 40th in PokerBaazi’s Holdem BOOST for ₹2,430
Siddharth Gangwar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.58 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.38 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #19 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.97 Crores | Ranked #3 in the 2022 TLB (Points) Standings | Ranked #7 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
Final Table Results
‘gamitt12’ (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹22,984), ‘Ronako’ (Won ₹40K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹13,041), Mayank ‘mayankp0985’ P (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹12,613), and ‘mercury5’ (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹11,800) won the other Adda52 marquees.
Khelo365
Khelo365`s ‘CROWMAGIC’ outlasted the 50-player field in the site`s primetime ₹10K GTD Sun Downer to collect ₹3,700.
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