Daily Majors: Sam Anand, Ashish Munot, Mohit Mehta & Abhishek Sonu Nail the Mid-Week Flagships

Daily Majors: Sam Anand, Ashish Munot, Mohit Mehta & Abhishek Sonu
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  • Attreyee Khasnabis April 13, 2023
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With the WPT Prime India getting off the starting blocks in Goa yesterday, the online turnouts expectedly witnessed a decline. The PokerBaazi-hosted National Poker Series India 2023 was the only exception, but even the mega-series felt the pinch.

The reclusive poker pro Sam Anand made the mid-week headlines by taking down the NPS Wednesday showstopper, PokerBaazi’s NPS#80 Wednesday Volley, for his maiden NPS gold medal and a site-best ₹4.94 Lakhs (won ₹5.05 Lakhs overall).

The winningest player of the year, Ashish Munot, proved once again why he is the ‘showstopper killer.’ Munot shipped Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller for ₹4.18 Lakhs, bagging his fifth High Roller title of the year. A heads-up deal saw Gopal Bajaj walk away with a runner-up payout worth ₹3.85 Lakhs (won ₹4.57 Lakhs overall).

Mohit Mehta became the seventh player to book a seat in the Destiny 26.0 Finale after winning Spartan Poker’s Destiny 26.0 for ₹3.38 Lakhs. He struck a three-way deal with ’tiltmath’ (2nd for ₹2.43 Lakhs) and Manish Jangid (3rd for ₹2.36 Lakhs).

Abhishek Sonu claimed his first NPS gold medal in the ongoing series (his second overall) in PokerBaazi’s NPS#82 (7-Max) SPRINT, banking ₹2.52 Lakhs for the win (won ₹2.61 Lakhs overall). He chopped the 9:30 PM tournament heads-up with Shailendra Pradhan (2nd for ₹2.26 Lakhs) (won ₹2.40 Lakhs overall).

Ravindra Arikeri (Won NPS#78 Marathon for ₹1.62 Lakhs), Rising Star Aman Parakh (Won NPS#81 (PLO-4) for ₹1.62 Lakhs), Vikram Jaiswal (Won NPS#77 SPRINT for ₹1.43 Lakhs), and Aryaman Arora (Won NPS#79 Deepdive for ₹92,736) won the other NPS gold medals on Wednesday.

Making his first top finish this month, Nitin Rawat shipped Adda52’s Maverick for ₹2.25 Lakhs (won ₹2.52 Lakhs overall).

The Tuesday chartbuster Vikram Mishra kept his sails high with a victory march in PokerStars India’s Monster Stack [6-Max PKO] for ₹1.60 Lakhs (won ₹2.26 Lakhs overall).

Shailesh Patel continued his domination on Pocket52 by shipping the poker network`s Wednesday flagship, Pocket Rockets, for ₹1.08 Lakhs (won at least ₹1.40 Lakhs overall).

Anmol Agarwal, Vishal Tulsyan, Mayank Maruka, Yuvraj Bhardwaj, Abdul Rashid Shaikh, Mohsin Shaikh, Ankur Aryan, Rajneesh Thakur, and Dhaval Solanki won the other Wednesday marquees.

Here are the Wednesday highlights!

 

PokerBaazi

NPS#80 Wednesday Volley – ₹30 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 460

Re-entries – 475

Prize Pool – ₹37,40,000

Places Paid – 115

The ITM #19 Triple Chance Turbo from two weeks ago, Sam ‘thereallokimon’ Anand, is now a National Poker Series gold medallist. The IOPC 12.0 The Crown finalist stormed past the 935-entry field (460 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹30 Lakhs GTD NPS#80 Wednesday Volley, shipping the 7:30 PM flagship for a site-best ₹4.94 Lakhs and bagging away the shiny NPS gold medal.

Sam Anand
Sam Anand

 

Sam Anand pulled in smaller scores in three other NPS tournaments, locking in ₹5.05 Lakhs in total winnings, emerging as the Wednesday chartbuster.

Tuesday’s NPS#75 SPRINT runner-up finisher, Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover, made the same close finish in NPS#80 Wednesday Volley last night, picking up his second NPS silver medal and ₹3.03 Lakhs in prize money. Young Gun Devang ‘laila’ Yadav (opted out of tracking) secured the NPS bronze medal and ₹2.46 Lakhs in third place.

Surbhit Grover
Surbhit Grover

 

Surbhit Grover boosted his online bankroll by ₹3.21 Lakhs from three deep runs, which include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#80 Wednesday Volley for ₹3,02,940

> 26th in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 26.0 for ₹14,872

> 95th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#78 Marathon for ₹2,934

Surbhit Grover’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.52 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹7.73 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | NPS Medals Won: 2 Silver

Last night’s La Luna champion, Anmol ‘freakweird0’ Agarwal, had a gala Wednesday outing, netting ₹1.97 Lakhs from three deep runs, which include:

Anmol Agarwal
Anmol Agarwal

 

> 1st in Adda52’s La Luna for ₹95,657

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#80 Wednesday Volley for ₹95,370

> 55th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#81 (PLO-4) for ₹6,120

Anmol Agarwal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.67 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Uttam ‘brokenpocker’ Gope (4th for ₹2.05 Lakhs), Dhiraj ‘supernuts’ Lakhotia (6th for ₹1.28 Lakhs), and Rahul ‘bunnyhigh’ Solanki (8th for ₹74,800) were other regs making an FT finish in NPS#80 Wednesday Volley.

The ₹4,400 entry buy-in flagship posted a guarantee-crushing ₹37.40 Lakhs in the prize pool, and 115 places got paid.

Final Table Results

  1. Sam ‘thereallokimon’ Anand – ₹4,93,680
  2. Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover – ₹3,02,940
  3. Devang ‘laila’ Yadav – ₹2,45,718
  4. Uttam ‘brokenpocker’ Gope – ₹2,05,326
  5. DronGhost7 – ₹1,66,056
  6. Dhiraj ‘supernuts’ Lakhotia – ₹1,27,908
  7. Anmol ‘freakweird0’ Agarwal – ₹95,370
  8. Rahul ‘bunnyhigh’ Solanki – ₹74,800

 

NPS#82 (7-Max) SPRINT – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 404

Re-entries – 345

Prize Pool – ₹22,47,000

Places Paid – 115

Improving upon his runner-up finish in Uppercut the day before, Abhishek ‘chipndchair’ Sonu barged through the stacked 749-player field (404 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD NPS#82 (7-Max) SPRINT, winning his second NPS gold medal (his first this series) and ₹2.52 Lakhs for the win (his fifth-best score on the site).

Abhishek Sonu
Abhishek Sonu

 

Sonu chopped the 9:30 PM NPS marquee heads-up with Shailendra ‘classic78’ Pradhan, the latter picking up his first NPS silver medal for ₹2.26 Lakhs. Zafar ‘Zedd’ Ahmed, another first-time NPS podium finisher, bagged the NPS bronze medal and ₹1.48 Lakhs.

Abhishek Sonu packed in ₹2.61 Lakhs from three deep runs, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#82 (7-Max) SPRINT for 2,52,212

> 59th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#77 SPRINT for 5,443

> 51st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#79 Deepdive for ₹2,218

Abhishek Sonu’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.34 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹49.34 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #15 | NPS Medals Won: 2 Gold

Shailendra Pradhan made another deep run in Adda52’s Maverick (10th for ₹13,250), boosting his online tally by ₹2.40 Lakhs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹89.59 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Silver

Leaderboard crusher Bhanu ‘ChennaiNo1’ Prakash KC (4th for ₹1.23 Lakhs), yesterday’s NPS#77 SPRINT champion Vikram ‘VikramJaiswal7’ Jaiswal (5th for ₹99,767) and Rahul ‘Godfather10’ Purohit (7th for ₹57,299) were other familiar players on the NPS#82 (7-Max) SPRINT final table.

The ₹3,300 entry buy-in tournament collected a hefty ₹22.47 Lakhs in prize money. The top 115 finishers got paid.

Final Table Results

  1. Abhishek ‘chipndchair’ Sonu – ₹2,52,212*
  2. Shailendra ‘classic78’ Pradhan – ₹2,26,399*
  3. Zafar ‘Zedd’ Ahmed – ₹1,47,628
  4. Bhanu ‘ChennaiNo1’ Prakash KC – ₹1,23,360
  5. Vikram ‘VikramJaiswal7’ Jaiswal – ₹99,767
  6. 1299sanj – ₹76,847
  7. Rahul ‘Godfather10’ Purohit – ₹57,299

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

NPS#78 Marathon – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,375

Entries – 458

Re-entries – 481

Prize Pool – ₹11,74,000

Places Paid – 157

Ravindra ‘Arikeri’ Arikeri returned to the winner’s limelight after almost an eight-week-long hiatus yesterday, bagging away his second marquee title of the year and an NPS gold medal. He fired three bullets in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD NPS#78 Marathon before storming past the 939-strong field in the 5:30 PM NPS marquee to win ₹1.62 Lakhs.

Ravindra Arikeri
Ravindra Arikeri

 

Arikeri crossed the money line in PokerBaazi’s NPS#81 (PLO-4) (35th for ₹7,140) and NPS#77 SPRINT (26th for ₹6,691), adding over ₹1.76 Lakhs across his Wednesday grind. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.02 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹22.31 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | NPS Medal Won: 1 Gold

The #3 finisher on the India Turbo Masters 3.0 leaderboard, Hemant ‘hkm2828’ Meena (opted out of our tracking), fell inches short of the finish line, collecting the silver medal and the runner-up payday of ₹1.27 Lakhs.

NPS#18 (5-MAX) Hyper SPRINT silver medallist Anirban ‘pottysingh’ D Das missed clinching his third NPS medal (his second this series) by a hair, finishing fourth for ₹64,556. He accumulated almost ₹1.44 Lakhs across five deep runs (two FT scores), and his top finishes include:

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#78 Marathon for ₹64,556

> 5th in PokerStars India’s Monster Stack [6-Max PKO] for ₹41,961

> 28th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#80 Wednesday Volley for ₹28,050

> 22nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#81 (PLO-4) for ₹7,650

Anirban D Das’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹62.59 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹11.29 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | NPS Medal Won: 1 Gold and 1 Silver

Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat (3rd for ₹95,074), yesterday’s MonsterStack [6-Max PKO] champion Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra (5th for ₹44,603), our very own Naman ‘saltemp’ Sharma a.k.a SharmaJI (7th for ₹22,184) and Pravin ‘littlejony’ Garle (8th for ₹16,550) also FT-ed NPS#78 Marathon.

The ₹1,375 entry buy-in tournament distributed ₹11.74 Lakhs in prize money among the top 157 finishers.

Final Table Results

  1. Ravindra ‘Arikeri’ Arikeri – ₹1,62,447
  2. Hemant ‘hkm2828’ Meena – ₹1,26,765
  3. Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat – ₹95,074
  4. Anirban ‘pottysingh’ D Das – ₹64,556
  5. Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra – ₹44,603
  6. Ronywalker – ₹31,104
  7. Naman ‘saltemp’ Sharma – ₹22,184
  8. Pravin ‘littlejony’ Garle – ₹16,550

 

NPS#77 SPRINT – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 284

Re-entries – 283

Prize Pool – ₹11,34,000

Places Paid – 101

PokerBaazi loyalist Vikram ‘VikramJaiswal7’ Jaiswal fired up a smashing Wednesday session, reeling in ₹2.65 Lakhs from three money runs in NPS tournaments, including a gold medal victory.

Vikram Jaiswal
Vikram Jaiswal

 

Returning to the winner’s circle after a full three months, Jaiswal punched his ticket to the NPS Awards Night by bagging the gold medal in the 4 PM NPS attraction, ₹10 Lakhs GTD NPS#77 SPRINT, besting the 567-player field to win ₹1.43 Lakhs. He struck a heads-up deal with the user ‘TY4uR.mOn3Y,’ who had to settle for the silver medal but scored a better ₹1.47 Lakhs in second place.

Vikram Jaiswal came close to making the podium in NPS#82 (7-Max) SPRINT. His Wednesday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#77 SPRINT for ₹1,42,989

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#82 (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹99,767

> 34th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#80 WednesdayVolley for ₹22,440

Vikram Jaiswal’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹35.25 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹9.17 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold

Rishabh ‘13rishabh’ Harsh locked in ₹85,549 from four scores to climb to #3 on the NPS Series leaderboard.

Rishabh Harsh
Rishabh Harsh

 

His top Wednesday finishes include:

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#77 SPRINT for ₹72,349

> 66th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#82 (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹8,988

Rishabh Harsh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹92.73 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹10 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | Moves to #3 on the NPS Series Leaderboard

Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj added ₹1.17 Lakhs from five deep runs, and his top finishes include:

Yuvraj Bhardwaj
Yuvraj Bhardwaj

 

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s NPS #77 SPRINT for ₹47,174

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT for ₹41,185

> 69th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#80 Wednesday Volley for ₹14,960

Yuvraj Bhardwaj’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.66 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹18.94 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #8

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament ran from 4 PM to 9.41 PM, and 101 players got a share from the ₹11.34 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

  1. Vikram ‘VikramJaiswal7’ Jaiswal – ₹1,42,989*
  2. TY4uR.mOn3Y – ₹1,47,315*
  3. BeeTa03 – ₹99,225
  4. Rishabh ‘13rishabh’ Harsh – ₹72,349
  5. Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj – ₹47,174
  6. ChipsGenerator – ₹32,886
  7. Ronakkkk – ₹22,907
  8. pokerbrat786 – ₹18,144

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

NPS#81 (PLO-4) ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 212

Re-entries – 298

Prize Pool – ₹10,20,000

Places Paid – 70

Rising Star Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh is a notorious volume hog, and yesterday was no different for the 2022 APT Online India Series Mini Main Event champion. The 30-year-old poker reg bagged away ₹4.42 Lakhs from seven deep runs yesterday – winning his career-second NPS gold medal and crossing ₹2 Crores in online profits!

Aman Parakh
Aman Parakh

 

Making his best finish of the night, Parakh pipped a 510-entry field in PokerBaazi’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD NPS#81 (PLO-4) to win the NPS gold medal (his first this series) and a winner’s payday of ₹1.62 Lakhs.

Anant ‘Pro_Pro’ Purohit fell one place shy of grabbing a career-fifth NPS gold medal in the 8:30 PM NPS marquee but added a second NPS silver medal and ₹96,594. The two-time NPS gold medallist, Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur, won his first NPS bronze medal and ₹76,092 in third place.

Anant Purohit
Anant Purohit

 

Aman Parakh’s top Wednesday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#81 (PLO-4) for ₹1,61,568

> 6th in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 26.0 for ₹85,252

> 40th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#80 Wednesday Volley for ₹18,700

Aman Parakh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.18 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.01 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #9 | NPS Medals Won: 2 Gold, 1 Silver, and 2 Bronze

Over and above the bronze medal, Rajneesh Thakur packed in ₹1.49 Lakhs in total winnings from nine deep runs, including shipping Adda52’s Nighttide DST Adda for ₹32,772, crossing ₹1 Crore in online profits!

Rajneesh Thakur’s top Wednesday finishes include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#81 (PLO-4) for ₹76,092

> 1st in Adda52’s Nighttide DST Adda for ₹32,772

> 52nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#82 (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹10,112

Rajneesh Thakur’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.57 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.06 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹1.06 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #13 | NPS Medals Won: 2 Gold, 1 Silver, and 1 Bronze | Ranked #2 on the 2023 TLB (Points) Leaderboard | Ranked #20 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Mohit ‘Mohitbhatia’ Bhatia (6th for ₹35,700) also FT-ed NPS#81 (PLO-4).

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in PLO-4 tournament awarded a generous ₹10.20 Lakhs in prize money to the top 70 finishers.

Final Table Results

  1. Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh – ₹1,61,568
  2. Anant ‘Pro_Pro’ Purohit – ₹96,594
  3. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹76,092
  4. akashjasus – ₹58,038
  5. philivey21 – ₹46,818
  6. Mohit ‘Mohitbhatia’ Bhatia – ₹35,700

 

NPS#79 Deepdive – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 686

Re-entries – 658

Prize Pool – ₹6,72,000

Places Paid – 227

Monday’s NPS#72 (4-Max) finalist, Aryaman ‘aryaknight’ Arora, finally got his hand on the coveted NPS gold medal by scoring a decisive victory in PokerBaazi’s 6.30 PM NPS attraction, ₹5 Lakhs GTD NPS#79 #Deepdive. Arora broke past a field teeming with 1,344 entrants (686 unique) to win ₹92,736 while ‘perpetualsquad7’ grabbed the silver medal and ₹69,619 as the runner-up.

Aryaman Arora
Aryaman Arora

 

Aryaman Arora’s online stats (PokerBaazi and PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹38.08 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹13.64 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: # 2 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold

The PBCI streamer Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora accumulated ₹56,787 in total winnings from three deep runs on stream last night, which include:

Anish Arora
Anish Arora

 

> 24th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#80 Wednesday Volley for ₹28,050

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#79 Deepdive for ₹24,394

> 58th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#78 Marathon for ₹4,343

You can watch the replay of his stream below.

Anish Arora’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.66 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹47.69 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Yesterday’s Maverick champion, Nitin ‘Gambler42’ Rawat, added ₹2.52 Lakhs to his online bankroll from five scores, including a seventh-place finish in PokerBaazi’s NPS#79 Deepdive worth ₹11,827. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.66 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹95.87 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #7

Last Monday’s NPS#33 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT champion, Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur, hauled in ₹1.49 Lakhs across nine deep runs, including two FT scores and a title victory.

Rajneesh Thakur
Rajneesh Thakur

 

His top Wednesday finishes include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#81 (PLO-4) for ₹76,092

> 1st in Adda52’s Nighttide DST Adda for ₹32,772

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#79 Deepdive for ₹8,266

Rajneesh Thakur`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.57 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.06 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #13 | Ranked #2 in the 2023 TLB (Points) Standings | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold

The ₹550 entry buy-in tournament collected a generous ₹6.72 Lakhs in the prize pool, with 227 players getting a share of the spoils.

Final Table Results

  1. Aryaman ‘aryaknight’ Arora – 92,736
  2. perpetualsquad7 – 69,619
  3. Pratap42 – 51,072
  4. nk9771 – 35,146
  5. Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora – 24,394
  6. mellowman – 17,002
  7. Nitin ‘Gambler42’ Rawat – 11,827
  8. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – 8,266

 

3 Crores GTD NPS Main Event – Qualifier 3

Qualifier 3: Entries – 343 | Re-entries – 153 | Survivors – 56 | Chip Leader: Girish ‘Gitty17’ Bhavnani (403,000)

Combined: Entries – 2,039 | Re-entries – 496 | Survivors (Unique) – 275 | Overall Chip Leader: Ravinder ‘ravikirti’ Singh (536,000)

 

₹1 Crore GTD Golden Rush – Qualifier 6

Q 6: Entries – 704 | Re-entries – 226 | Survivors – 117 | Chip Leader – ’TheBrunson’ (438,000)

Combined: Entries – 6,364 |Re-entries – 1,595 | Survivors – 1,126 | Overall Chip Leader – ‘Jannat4498’ (504,000)

 

NPS India 2023 Leaderboard Standings After Day 14

Monday’s NPS#69 Deepdive winner Avneesh ‘iamam’ Munjal (14,430 points) enters his fourth day as the ₹50 Lakhs GTD NPS Series leaderboard frontrunner. Munjal has cashed in 64 of the 82 NPS tournaments, won a gold and silver medal this series, and posted three other final table finishes. He crossed the money line in all six NPS tournaments yesterday, notably finishing ninth in NPS#80 Wednesday Volley.

The defending NPS Main Event champion Chirag ‘miyagi Sodha (13,051 points), has gripped the #2 spot on the NPS Series leaderboard but trails Munjal by 1,379 points. Sodha’s NPS tally reflects an incredible 74 cashes, including a bronze medal and another final table score, but given the wide gap making a bid for the top spot looks like an uphill task.

The NPS#68 Big Knockout silver medallist Rishabh ‘13rishabh’ Harsh (12,484 points) climbed to #3 on the NPS Series leaderboard on the back of four deep runs yesterday.

The Wednesday proceedings did not change the look of the top-three names on the NPS Podium leaderboard. Areyann ‘KreishhAA’ Gurbaxani (30 points) continues leading the charge with three glittering gold medals.

Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra (30 points) and Bharat ‘thinkfloyd’ Vasan (29 points) also kept their points tally unchanged at #2 and #3, respectively.

RankPlayerPoints
1Avneesh 'iamam' Munjal14,430
2Chirag 'miyagi Sodha13,051
3Rishabh '13rishabh' Harsh12,484
4Vikhyat 'supersaiyan57' Ahlawat12,260
5Sam 'thereallokimon' Anand11,960
6Vaibhav 'durrrr1310' Saigal11,954
7Gautam 'M8a7' Rohilla11,728
8Yuvraj 'Yuvi0069' Bhardwaj11,696
9Advait 'ExploitativeGTO' Rajguru11,681
10Ankit 'akj290' Jajodia11,671

 

‘JCchon413’ (Won 2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for 54,330), Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj (Won 2.50 Lakhs GTD 7-Max Midnight SPRINT for 41,800), ‘aceikka’ (Won 1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for 39,970) and ‘Pyaar’ (Won 1 Lakh GTD 7-Max SPRINT for 29,310) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

 

Spartan Poker

Wednesday High Roller (6-Max) – 18 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 16,500

Entries – 72

Re-entries – 15

Re-buys – 26

Prize Pool – 18,00,000

Places Paid – 13

The winningest player of the year, Ashish ‘0mg_spew’ Munot, has a reputation for winning big-ticket tournaments. Returning to the online grind for the first time after India Turbo Masters, the renowned poker pro championed Spartan Poker’s 18 Lakhs GTD Wednesday High Roller (6-Max) last night, besting a field of 72 skilled players (113 total entries) in under seven and a half hours to win 4.18 Lakhs – his fifth high roller title this year.

Ashish Munot
Ashish Munot

 

He chopped the 9 PM flagship heads-up with upcoming poker pro Gopal ‘Mamacita’ Bajaj, who banked an equally impressive 3.85 Lakhs as the runner-up.

Ashish Munot’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 12.17 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 5.42 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #10 | Annual Winnings: 2.43 Crores | Annual Profits: 1.57+ Crores | Ranked #1 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes and Profits) | NPS Medals Won: 1 Silver

Gopal Bajaj made a fantastic mid-week run, hauling in over 4.57 Lakhs from three scores (two FT deals) and collected bounties worth 3,844 in two tournaments.

Gopal Bajaj
Gopal Bajaj

 

His Wednesday finishes include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller (6-Max) for 3,85,488* (heads-up deal)

> 3rd in Adda52’s La Luna for 66,225* (three-way deal)

> 35th in Adda52’s Maverick for 5,300

Gopal Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 3.75 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 1.11+ Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #10 | Annual Winnings: 56.57 Lakhs

The lawyer-turned-poker-pro Young Gun Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta accumulated 2.19 Lakhs from four deep runs (two FT scores), which include:

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller (6-Max) for 1,38,600

> 16th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#80 Wednesday Volley for 41,140

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Daily Turbo (6-Max) for 38,675

> 200th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#79 Deepdive for 941

Dhinesh ‘kendralust’ Kumar (3rd for 2.18 Lakhs), Arshia ‘flowerpower19’ Mehta (6th for 1.08 Lakhs), and the #5 ranked player of the year, Ankit ‘d00mtr00per’ Wadhawan (7th for 85,500) were other regs on the Wednesday HR final table.

The 16,500 entry buy-in flagship registered 1.05 Lakhs in overlays, and the top 13 finishers scored a payday.

Final Table Results

  1. Ashish ‘0mg_spew’ Munot – 4,18,212*
  2. Gopal ‘Mamacita’ Bajaj – 3,85,488*
  3. Dhinesh ‘kendralust’ Kumar – 2,18,700
  4. Boyka8787 – 1,71,900
  5. Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta – 1,38,600
  6. Arshia ‘flowerpower19’ Mehta – 1,08,000
  7. Ankit ‘d00mtr00per’ Wadhawan – 85,500
  8. MagicMan13 – 46,980

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

Destiny 26.0 – 18 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 5,500

Entries – 168

Re-entries – 55

Re-buys – 93

Prize Pool – 18,00,000

Places Paid – 31

Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta (opted out of our tracking) is no stranger to tournament success, having won three marquee tournaments in IOPC 14.0 in January. Yesterday, he came out on top of the 316-player field (168 unique) in Spartan Poker’s 18 Lakhs GTD Destiny 26.0, winning 8 PM headliner for 3.38 Lakhs (at least his seventh title this year) and becoming the seventh player to qualify for the 10 Lakhs GTD Destiny 26.0 Finale (Avneesh Munjal has won the tournament twice and will start with a 1.5X stack).

Mohit Mehta
Mohit Mehta

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Mehta, who last won Godfather on March 30, struck a three-way deal in Destiny 26.0 with ’tiltmath’ (2nd for 2.43 Lakhs) and Sunday’s ITM #109 Rapid winner Manish ‘khatidragon’ Jangid (3rd for 2.36 Lakhs) (opted out of our tracking).

The in-form Arunav ‘arcadiaaa’ Mittal notched up 1.45 Lakhs from three deep runs (two FT finishes), which include:

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 26.0 for 1,15,920

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Daily Turbo (6-Max) for 25,830

> 118th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#78 Marathon for 2,934

Arunav Mittal’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: 60.40 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: 8.08 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #7

Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee (4th for 1.47 Lakhs) and last night’s NPS#81 (PLO-4) winner Rising Star Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh (8th for 88,020) were other top regs on the Destiny 26.0 final table.

The 5,500 entry buy-in tournament registered 2.20 Lakhs in overlays, and the top 31 finishers benefitted from the value on offer.

Final Table Results

  1. Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – 3,38,327*
  2. tiltmath – 2,43,088*
  3. Manish ‘khatidragon’ Jangid – 2,36,325*
  4. Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee – 1,46,520
  5. Arunav ‘arcadiaaa’ Mittal – 1,15,920
  6. Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh – 88,020
  7. bloodring_banger – 64,260
  8. Jupiter20 – 46,980

*denotes a three-way deal

 

Daily Turbo (6-Max) – 3.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in- 1,650

Entries – 103

Re-entries – 22

Re-buys – 66

Prize Pool – 3,50,000

Places Paid – 17

The Night Rider winner from March 28, ‘demonrulzz’ packed up the 191-strong field (103 unique) in Spartan Poker’s 3.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Turbo (6-Max) in under six hours to win 74,294, posting his second title victory of the year. The player struck a heads-up deal with the user Alok ‘ALOK.’ Pawar (2nd for 73,266).

demonrulzz’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: 9.53 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Alok Pawar also cashed in Monster Turbo (16th for 2,940), netting 76,206 overall. His Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: 9.53 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Last night’s Wednesday HR finalist Young Gun Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta (3rd for 38,675) and Destiny 26.0 finalist Arunav ‘arcadiaaa’ Mittal (5th for 25,830) were other regs on the Daily Turbo final table.

The 1,650 entry buy-in tournament filled in 63,500 in overlays, and 23 players got a share of the spoils.

Final Table Results

  1. demonrulzz – 74,294*
  2. Alok ‘ALOK.’ Pawar – 73,266*
  3. Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta – 38,675
  4. aludra02 – 32,025
  5. Arunav ‘arcadiaaa’ Mittal – 25,830
  6. AshG – 20,370

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

Vishal ‘Alicent Hightower’ Tulsyan (Won 2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for 48,000), ‘slr111’ (Won 1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for 34,551), Abdul ‘iSPEWaLOT’ Rashid Shaikh (Won 1.50 Lakhs GTD Dark Knight for 27,765), Mohsin ‘gongo’ Shaikh (Won 1 Lakh GTD Hold’em PKO for 25,278), Ankur ‘showstopper89’ Aryan (Won 75K GTD Striker – PKO for 25,234), ‘saahil11’ (Won 1 Lakh GTD Chip Up- Triple Chance for 20,920), ‘SKyHill’ (Won 1 Lakh GTD Sun Downer for 19,562), Dhaval ‘mahakal07’ Solanki (Won 50K GTD Turbo – Triple Chance for 12,580) and ‘Fighting with nuts’ (Won 50K GTD Centurion for 10,575) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

 

Pocket52

Pocket Rockets – ₹6 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 149

Re-entries – 120

Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000

Places Paid – 43

The first and to-date only PokerGuru Challenge winner, Shailesh ‘MrShailesh’ Patel, has been on a rampage in the Pocket52 marquees. Adding another title to his name, Patel stormed past 269 entrants (149 unique) in the poker network`s ₹6 Lakhs GTD Pocket Rockets, shipping the Action Packed April Wednesday flagship for ₹1.08 Lakhs. The user ‘Babusona1235’ scored a cool ₹78,000 in second place.

Shailesh Patel
Shailesh Patel

 

The NPS#13 Friday Deepstack gold medallist, Patel, raked in ₹1.40 Lakhs from four deep runs (including a title victory) yesterday, which include:

> 1st in Pocket52’s Pocket Rockets for ₹1,08,000

> 14th in PokerStars India’s Monster Stack [6-Max PKO] for ₹16,407 (entered via a ₹660 buy-in satellite, fired two bullets)

> 74th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#80 Wednesday Volley for ₹13,090

> 36th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#79 Deepdive for ₹2,218

Shailesh Kumar Patel’s online stats (excluding Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹34.01 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹9.67 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Final Table Results

  1. Shailesh ‘MrShailesh’ Patel – ₹1,08,000
  2. Babusona1235 – ₹78,000
  3. Triglott007 – ₹54,000
  4. Mohit ‘Guruji’ Thakur – ₹39,000
  5. deucehighcall – ₹28,200
  6. Mongolakalimaa – ₹24,000

 

‘Pan8145’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹30,000), ‘gurbatasa’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Soda for ₹26,250), ‘gurbatasa’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹22,000) and ‘user1677775617’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Squares for ₹17,250) won the other Pocket52 marquees.

 

IndiaPlays

IBC – PLO6 Bounty – ₹50K GTD

Buy-in – ₹385

Entries – 80

Re-entries – 46

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

IndiaPlays user ‘oOgway’ edged past the 126-entry field in the 9 PM IndiaPlays Bounty Championship marquee, ₹50K GTD PLO6 Bounty, to win ₹10,750 (scored an additional ₹1,312 by way of bounties). ‘Transcendence’ finished second for ₹7,750 and got a bounty worth ₹175.

‘Victoriya’ (Won ₹25K GTD IBC PLO6 Bounty for ₹7,000) and ‘Antonio’ (Won ₹10K GTD IBC Texas Bounty for ₹2,850) won the other IBC tournaments on Wednesday.

 

PokerSaint

Emerald – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,000

Entries – 127

Re-entries – 98

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 41

PokerSaint’s Wednesday attraction, ₹5 Lakhs GTD Emerald, saw site-reg ‘maneatspants’ firing two bullets before taking down the 227-strong field (127 unique) to win ₹92,186. The user ‘SABKILUNGA’ finished runner-up for ₹66,829.

Manesh ‘TEAmfromHELL’ Rathod (7th for₹15,150) was another known player on the Emerald final table.

Final Table Results

  1. maneatspants – ₹92,186
  2. SABKILUNGA – ₹66,829
  3. GAMBLER365 – ₹48,446
  4. runBADfeelGOOD – ₹35,120
  5. Firebullets – ₹25,460
  6. homij – ₹18,457
  7. Manesh ‘TEAmfromHELL’ Rathod – ₹15,150
  8. Salazar – ₹12,435

 

 

PokerDangal

Booster Wednesday – ₹75K GTD

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 56

Re-buys – 23

Prize Pool – ₹75,000

Places Paid – 13

PokerDangal user ‘Rinkuthriller’ came out on top of the 79-player field in the ₹75K GTD Booster Wednesday, taking down the primetime marquee for ₹18,375. The user ‘Hinduhinds’ had to settle for a runner-up payday worth ₹13,875.

Final Table Results

  1. Rinkuthriller – ₹18,375
  2. Hinduhinds – ₹13,875
  3. StarJan – ₹10,125
  4. 88bluff – ₹7,875
  5. Thelie – ₹5,625
  6. 00SUBHA00 – ₹4,125
  7. pokerhero66 – ₹3,000

 

 

PokerStars India

Monster Stack [6-Max PKO] – 7 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 4,400

Entries – 72

Re-entries – 38

Regular Prize Pool – 4,80,000

Bounty Prize Pool – 2,20,000

Total Prize Pool – 7,00,000

Places Paid – 14

Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra has done it again! After topping the Tuesday charts with an NPS gold and silver medal in the bag, Mishra extended his winning streak by taking down PokerStars India’s 7 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack [6-Max PKO]. Mishra, ranked #2 on the NPS Podium leaderboard, overcame a 110-entry field (72 unique) in the 8 PM tournament to win 1.60 Lakhs (65,094 in bounties). The user ‘JrGetPlay’ earned 1.18 Lakhs (22,281 in bounties) as the runner-up.

Vikram Mishra
Vikram Mishra

 

The in-form Mishra accumulated 2.26 Lakhs from five deep runs, which include:

> 1st in PokerStars India’s Monster Stack [6-Max PKO] for 1,60,429

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#78 Marathon for 44,603

> 99th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#80 Wednesday Volley for 9,350

> 62nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#81 (PLO-4) for 6,120

> 89th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#82 (7-Max) SPRINT for 5,618

Vikram Mishra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 3.26 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 88.94 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #8 | NPS Medals Won: 2 Gold and 2 Silver | Ranked #2 on the NPS Podium Leaderboard

Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das booked a profitable Wednesday session, accumulating 1.44 Lakhs across five deep runs (two FT scores), which include:

Anirban D Das
Anirban D Das

 

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#78 Marathon for 64,556

> 5th in PokerStars India’s Monster Stack [6-Max PKO] for 41,961

> 28th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#80 Wednesday Volley for 28,050

> 22nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#81 (PLO-4) for 7,650

> 137th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#79 Deepdive for 1,344

Anirban D Das’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 7.14 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 2.09 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Pranay ‘pranay1245’ Thawait (3rd for 76,036), last week`s Bounty Builder HR winner Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla (6th for 37,385), and Gautam ‘nomnomnom18’ Sethi (7th for 23,461) also FT-ed Monster Stack [6-Max PKO].

The 4,400 entry buy-in tournament registered an overlay shortfall of 2.60 Lakhs and 14 players got a share from the 7 Lakhs guaranteed in prize money.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

  1. Vikram ‘GreenSTUFF79’ Mishra – 1,60,429
  2. JrGetPlay – 1,17,616
  3. Pranay ‘pranay1245’ Thawait – 76,036
  4. nirwair – 62,181
  5. Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das – 41,961
  6. Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla – 37,385
  7. Gautam ‘nomnomnom18’ Sethi – 23,461

 

Mayank ‘riverrshiverr’ Maruka (Won 2 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush for 45,052), ‘jaan44444’ (Won 1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹26,339), ‘remsanga’ (Won 50K GTD Super Stack 8-Max for ₹14,896), and ‘royalking7424’ (Won 50K Bounty Adrenaline 6-Max for ₹12,666) won the other PokerStars India marquees.

 

Adda52

Maverick – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 239

Re-entries – 185

Prize Pool – ₹10,60,000

Places Paid – 43

Young poker streamer Nitin ‘JeeneNhiDunga’ Rawat opened his title scorecard for April last night with a top finish in Adda52’s Wednesday headliner, ₹10 Lakhs GTD Maverick, locking in ₹2.25 Lakhs for the win. The 8 PM tournament ran with a significantly reduced prize pool guarantee and registered a field of 424 entrants. Rawat took nearly eight hours to finish the job and ultimately struck a heads-up deal with ‘narsimha3’ (2nd for ₹2.12 Lakhs), winning the mid-week tournament for the first time.

Nitin Rawat
Nitin Rawat

 

Nitin Rawat added ₹2.52 Lakhs across five deep runs (two FT scores), and his top Wednesday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹2,25,318

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#79 Deepdive for ₹11,827

> 32nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#81 (PLO-4) for ₹7,140

Nitin Rawat’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.66 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹95.87 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #7

The former Game Changer champion, JaiKiran ‘jeditriv’ Kumar, lapped up ₹81,853 from four deep runs, and his top finishes include:

Jaikiran Kumar
Jaikiran Kumar

 

> 5th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹58,300

> 78th in PokerBaazi’s NPS380 Wednesday Volley for ₹13,090

> 68th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#81 (PLO-4) for ₹6,120

JaiKiran Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹55.71 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #6

Manish ‘manurathi’ Rathi (3rd for ₹1.11 Lakhs), Rumit ‘rumit18’ Khade (4th for ₹84,800), and Sachin ‘brownguy26’ Raj (8th for ₹23,850) were others making an FT finish in Maverick.

The ₹2,750 buy-in tournament strode past its advertised guarantee, distributing the ₹10.60 Lakhs collected among 43 players.

Final Table Results

  1. Nitin ‘JeeneNhiDunga’ Rawat – 2,25,318*
  2. narsimha3 – 2,11,932*
  3. Manish ‘manurathi’ Rathi – 1,11,300
  4. Rumit ‘rumit18’ Khade – 84,800
  5. JaiKiran ‘jeditriv’ Kumar – 58,300
  6. honeymaher – 39,750
  7. pranavksagar – 29,150
  8. Sachin ‘brownguy26’ Raj – 23,850

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

La Luna – 4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 1,800

Entries – 102

Re-entries – 81

Prize Pool – 4,00,000

Places Paid – 19

Last month’s The MoneyMaker finalist, Anmol ‘inki_pinky_ponky’ Agarwal, came out charging yesterday. He locked in 1.97 Lakhs from three deep runs, most notably taking down the 183-entry field (102 unique) in Adda52’s 4 Lakhs GTD La Luna to win 95,657.

Anmol Agarwal
Anmol Agarwal

 

Agarwal also FT-ed NPS#80 Wednesday Volley, and his Wednesday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52’s La Luna for 95,657

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#80 Wednesday Volley for 95,370

> 55th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#81 (PLO-4) for 6,120

Anmol Agarwal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 2.67 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Mayank ‘AreyBetaRaise’ Maruka had an eventful mid-week run as well. He won PokerStars India`s Big Bubble Rush and FT-ed La Luna, altogether banking 92,066 from eight scores, which include:

Mayank Maruka
Mayank Maruka

 

> 1st in PokerStars India’s Big Bubble Rush for 45,052

> 5th in Adda52’s La Luna for 25,000

> 28th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#81 (PLO-4) for 7,650

> 115th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#82 (7-Max) SPRINT for 4,943

> 40th in Adda52’s Maverick for 4,770

> 108th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#78 Marathon for 2,934

> 188th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#79 Deepdive for 941

> 24th in Spartan Poker’s Chip Up – Triple Chance for 776

Mayank Maruka’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 2.39 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 43.55 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #9

Last night’s Wednesday High Roller (6-Max) runner-up finisher, Gopal ‘TheAceCrown’ Bajaj finished third in La Luna for 66,225 and bagged away 4.57 Lakhs from three scores (two FT deals) and two bounties.

The 1,800 entry buy-in La Luna registered an overlay shortfall of 99,880, with 19 players finishing in the money.

Final Table Results

  1. Anmol ‘inki_pinky_ponky’ Agarwal – 95,657
  2. ab4ndoned – 68,118
  3. Gopal ‘TheAceCrown’ Bajaj – 66,225
  4. bubblybluff – 36,000
  5. Mayank ‘AreyBetaRaise’ Maruka – 25,000
  6. noobstar – 18,000

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