Daily Majors: Sanjay Mohan Champions PokerBaazi`s Biggest-Ever The MoneyMaker 30.0 For ₹13.26 Lakhs (Four-Way Deal)

Wednesday usually features a mixed bag of mid and big-ticket tournaments. The action is usually more charged than the first two days of the week but still less exciting than the weekend. Yesterday was a whole different ballgame as PokerBaazi rolled out its biggest-ever ₹2 Crores GTD The MoneyMaker 30.0.

Sporting an ambitious guarantee, the single-flight flagship exceeded expectations by clocking guarantee-crushing numbers. The mega tourney took over ten hours to culminate and ended in a four-way deal. Sanjay Mohan bagged the honor of becoming the 30th MoneyMaker champion and scored an insane return on a ₹1,100 satellite investment, spinning it into a career-best ₹13.26 Lakhs winner`s payday.

Despite finishing third in The MoneyMaker, Srihari Bang was the day’s biggest scorer as he secured a jaw-dropping ₹17.20 Lakhs, courtesy of the four-way deal. Ashish Nailwal (2nd for ₹15.08 Lakhs) and Anmol Agarwal (4th for ₹11.13 Lakhs) picked up the other seven-figure payouts in the tournament.

Moving away from The MoneyMaker, Avneesh Munjal was another head-turner. He won Spartan Poker`s Destiny 26.0 title for the second time in three weeks (third time overall) for ₹5.18 Lakhs (won ₹5.79 Lakhs overall), assuring himself an additional stack in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Destiny 26.0 SnG Finale on May 14.

Sunday`s BTS 3.0 Main Event champion Mahesh Shyamsundar persisted with his stellar form by taking down Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller for ₹5.11 Lakhs (won ₹5.83 Lakhs overall). He chopped the High Roller title three-way with Ankit Wadhawan (2nd for ₹4.80 Lakhs) (won ₹7.37 Lakhs overall) and Aditya Singh (3rd for ₹4.78 Lakhs).

Musician and poker pro Dhaval Mudgal grabbed the spotlight for winning Adda52’s Maverick for a second time for ₹4.11 Lakhs, hitting ₹2 Crores in online profits.

The mystery user ‘saifjolly’ scored their first title victory on PokerBaazi, winning The Pride for a personal-best ₹3.70 Lakhs. The two-time The Millionaire champion Ayush Garg finished runner-up for ₹2.21 Lakhs (won ₹2.32 Lakhs overall).

Pankaj Khandelwal came out on top in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) SPRINT to win ₹2.10 Lakhs, striking a heads-up deal in the 9 PM flagship with Hardik Nair (2nd for ₹1.96 Lakhs) (won ₹2.02 Lakhs overall).

The two-time The Millionaire champion Rishab Malik made the winner`s circle for nailing PokerBaazi`s Daily Value Boost for the second time this year for ₹1.51 Lakhs (won ₹1.59 Lakhs overall).

After a litany of FT finishes, Karan Malhotra finally closed out a five-week-long title slump by shipping PokerStars India’s Master Minds [8-Max] for ₹1 Lakh (won ₹1.10 Lakhs overall).

Puneeth B N (won two titles), Akshay Dhingra, Vinay B, Adarsh Jha, Navneet Tanwar, Mohit Savargaonkar, Tushar Bhartia, Aditya Sinha, Vishal Bandivadekar, Jimish Bathia, and Hobito Yepthomi won the other Wednesday marquees.

Here are the Wednesday highlights!

PokerBaazi

The MoneyMaker – ₹2 Crores GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 1,184

Re-entries – 870

Prize Pool – ₹2,05,40,000

Places Paid – 190

PokerBaazi hosted its biggest ever, The MoneyMaker, last night. For the same buy-in as before (₹11,000), The MoneyMaker 30.0 boasted double the guarantee, ₹2 Crores, and as is the norm on PokerBaazi, the guarantee was comfortably crushed. With 2,054 entries (1,184 unique), the Wednesday whammy generated a ginormous ₹2.05 Crores prize pool, and the top 190 players reaped the rewards.

The single-flight, eight-figure guarantee mega flagship ran for over ten hours, eventually ending in a four-way deal. Tuesday’s Evening SPRINT champion, Sanjay ‘smr1g10’ Mohan, emerged as the 30th MoneyMaker champion! In line with the trend of shipping mega tournaments through satellites, the two-time IOPC title winner parlayed an ₹1,100 satellite investment into a personal-best ₹13.26 Lakhs top prize!

Sanjay Mohan’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹80.4 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹16.49 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #5

Despite grabbing the bragging right to The MoneyMaker title, the four-way ensured the biggest payout went to former IOPC Millionaire champion Srihari ‘bangbang999’ Bang, who finished third for ₹17.20 Lakhs, making him Wednesday’s top scorer.

Srihari Bang’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.46 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.03 Crores

Ashish ‘Notoriouskonvict’ Nailwal (2nd for ₹15.08 Lakhs) and Anmol ‘freakweird0’ Agarwal (4th for ₹11.13 Lakhs) also benefitted from the four-way deal.

Sunday’s Mega Suits finalist Gokul ‘Nygma’ Raj (5th for ₹7.17 Lakhs), Rohan ‘dragoon07’ Gupta (6th for ₹5.03 Lakhs), and Sonu ‘sonushejpal’ Shejpal (8th for ₹3.08 Lakhs) round out The MoneyMaker final table.

Last night’s Wednesday High Roller runner-up finisher Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (9th for ₹2.57 Lakhs), Divyanshu ‘Divyansh1995’ Agrawal (10th for ₹2.57 Lakhs), Omkarnath ‘omipower’ Nath (12th for ₹2.26 Lakhs), Siddharth ‘CARDashian66’ Kadel (16th for ₹2.05 Lakhs), Monam ‘loosingfreak’ Hayat (17th for ₹2.05 Lakhs), Laksh ‘boomtlt23’ Pal Singh (19th for ₹2.05 Lakhs), and Akshat ‘takingcuntrol’ Sharma (20th for ₹2.05 Lakhs) featured among the top 20 finishers.

The flagship tournament paid 190 players a share from the jaw-dropping ₹2.05 Crores collected in the prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Sanjay ‘smr1g10’ Mohan – ₹13,26,285*
2. Ashish ‘Notoriouskonvict’ Nailwal – ₹15,07,459*
3. Srihari ‘bangbang999’ Bang – ₹17,19,964*
4. Anmol ‘freakweird0’ Agarwal – ₹11,13,277*
5. Gokul ‘Nygma’ Raj – ₹7,16,846
6. Rohan ‘dragoon07’ Gupta – ₹5,03,230
7. asifqureshi777 – ₹3,69,720
8. Sonu ‘sonushejpal’ Shejpal – ₹3,08,100

*denotes a four-way deal

The Pride – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 312

Re-entries – 356

Prize Pool – ₹23,38,000

Places Paid – 70

The user ‘saifjolly’ powered their way through a guarantee-crushing 668-strong field (312 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Pride, taking down the Wednesday flagship for their maiden title on the site and a personal-best ₹3.70 Lakhs.

saifjolly’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹4.93 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.71 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The two-time The Millionaire winner Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg added ₹2.32 Lakhs from two deep runs, which include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹2,21,409

> 10th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹11,045

Ayush Garg’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.59 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.71 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Tuesday’s Daily Value Boost winner Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma posted ₹2.18 Lakhs last night from three deep runs, which include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹1,74,415

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹28,314

> 45th in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 26.0 for ₹15,134

Ashit Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.49 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.43 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #5

Tuesday’s The Endeavour winner Deepankur ‘Dp179’ Gupta made another decent mid-week run, netting ₹2.69 Lakhs from at least five scores, which include:

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹1,33,032

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller (6-Max) for ₹92,460

> 14th in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 26.0 for ₹35,312

> 60th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹4,683

> 67th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹3,290

The #BB3 MoneyMaker runner-up finisher Adarsh ‘lazygamer007’ Jha posted five deep runs (including a title win), collectively adding ₹1.60 Lakhs.

His Wednesday finishes include:

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹81,830

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹56,920

> 15th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹8,861

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for ₹7,040

> 24th in Spartan Poker’s Daily Turbo (6-Max) for ₹5,174

Adarsh Jha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.81 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹64.05 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Raghav ‘godspeeed’ Aggarwal (5th for ₹1.07 Lakhs) and Dinesh ‘htc170209’ Kukreja (8th for ₹46,760) were others on The Pride final table.

The ₹3,850 entry buy-in tournament paid out a profitable ₹23.38 Lakhs (1.56X its posted guarantee) to the top 70 finishers.

Final Table Results

1. saifjolly – ₹3,70,339
2. Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg – ₹2,21,409
3. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹1,74,415
4. Deepankur ‘Dp179’ Gupta – ₹1,33,032
5. Raghav ‘godspeeed’ Aggarwal – ₹1,07,314
6. Adarsh ‘lazygamer007’ Jha – ₹81,830
7. tintedsheep – ₹57,281
8. Dinesh ‘htc170209’ Kukreja – ₹46,760

(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 252

Re-entries – 157

Prize Pool – ₹14,31,500

Places Paid – 49

Pankaj ‘King533933’ Khandelwal won his second tournament title on PokerBaazi yesterday. The PBC#20 BSS Superstack runner-up finisher from August last year, Khandelwal, stormed his way through a stacked 409-strong field (252 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT to win ₹2.10 Lakhs, chopping the 9 PM flagship heads-up with Hardik ‘HARDIKHARDIK’ Nair (2nd for ₹1.96 Lakhs).

Pankaj Khandelwal’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹19.13 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹6.47 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Hardik Nair has been a consistent scorer recently and packed in ₹2.02 Lakhs last night, making two other deep runs in Daily Boost (50th for ₹2,201) and Adda52’s Maverick (62nd for ₹4,113).

Hardik Nair’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹46.75 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹20.24 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #5

Poker coach Abhishek ‘AbhishekRathod’ Rathod returned to the domestic grind and locked in ₹3.89 Lakhs from five deep runs – firing two FT scores.

His Wednesday finishes include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 26.0 for ₹2,46,384

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹82,741

> 16th in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller (6-Max) for ₹43,332

> 19th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹11,515

> 16th in Adda52’s La Luna for ₹5,000

Abhishek Rathod’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.26 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹72.04 Lakhs

Rony ‘Bisadip176’ Chowdhury (6th for ₹67,567) and Girish ‘gitty17’ Bhavnani (7th for ₹53,538 were other known players on the (7-Max) SPRINT final table.

The ₹3,850 entry buy-in tournament paid the top 49 finishers a share from the ₹14.31 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Pankaj ‘King533933’ Khandelwal – ₹2,09,569*
2. Hardik ‘HARDIKHARDIK’ Nair – ₹1,95,974*
3. bullets777 – ₹1,25,686
4. 89ayush89 – ₹99,489
5. Abhishek ‘AbhishekRathod’ Rathod – ₹82,741
6. Rony ‘Bisadip176’ Chowdhury – ₹67,567
7. Girish ‘gitty17’ Bhavnani – ₹53,538

*denotes a heads-up deal

Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 399

Re-entries – 327

Prize Pool – ₹10,89,000

Places Paid – 119

The two-time The Millionaire champion Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik featured prominently among the Wednesday winners. And the run that helped him break into the winner’s circle came in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost, where he overcame a 726-player field, winning the 7:30 PM tournament for the second time this year for ₹1.51 Lakhs.

Monday‘s Daily SPRINT and Evening SPRINT champion Satyam ‘satyamverma25’ Verma (2nd for ₹1.20 Lakhs) fell one place shy of picking up his third title this week.

Rishab Malik posted ₹1.59 Lakhs in total winnings last night as he also scored in PokerStars’s India Master Minds (17th for ₹6,827). His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.21 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.91 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Neeraj ‘neerunj’ Sattawat (3rd for ₹90,387), last night’s The Pride third-place finisher Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma (6th for ₹28,314), Samridhi ‘LEGGO’ Kapoor (7th for ₹21,127), and Rohan ‘RTJam’ Thomas John (8th for ₹16,444) were other known players on the Daily Value Boost final table.

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament saw the top 119 finishers digging into the ₹10.89 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik – ₹1,51,698
2. Satyam ‘satyamverma25’ Verma – ₹1,19,790
3. Neeraj ‘neerunj’ Sattawat – ₹90,387
4. Whoarewe – ₹61,529
5. juniorRoller378 – ₹41,382
6. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹28,314
7. Samridhi ‘LEGGO’ Kapoor – ₹21,127
8. Rohan ‘RTJam’ Thomas John – ₹16,444

(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 192

Re-entries – 120

Prize Pool – ₹6,24,000

Places Paid – 59

The final table of PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT was a reg fest, and standing tall at the end of it was Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B. The long-time circuit reg fired twice before cutting his way through the 312-entry field in the 7:15 PM marquee, taking home the lion’s share of the prize pool worth ₹98,966. The ever-consistent Kashish ‘kashish007’ Gupta pocketed ₹73,008 as the runner-up.

Vinay B collected a Wednesday paycheque worth ₹1.53 Lakhs from five ITM finishes, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹98,966

> 27th in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 26.0 for ₹22,037

> 68th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹14,028

> 9th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹12,959

> 27th in Spartan Poker’s Daily Turbo (6 Max) for ₹5,174

Vinay B’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.15 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.36 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #5

Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram (3rd for ₹57,533), Sahil ‘sahil1571’ Rajwani (5th for ₹30,077), BTS 3.0 Main Event podium finisher Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam (6th for ₹21,403) and BTS#42 After Party winner Ganesh ‘Ganesh24’ Durgade (7th for ₹17,160) were the other regs on the Daily SPRINT final table.

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament collected ₹6.24 Lakhs in the prize pool, and 59 players boarded the money bus.

Final Table Results

1. Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B – ₹98,966
2. Kashish ‘kashish007’ Gupta – ₹73,008
3. Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram – ₹57,533
4. fishbot – ₹42,245
5. Sahil ‘sahil1571’ Rajwani – ₹30,077
6. Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam – ₹21,403
7. Ganesh ‘Ganesh24’ Durgade – ₹17,160

(7-Max) Afternoon Boost – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 166

Re-entries -128

Prize Pool – ₹5,88,000

Places Paid – 53

A relatively new PokerBaazi user, ‘BHARATSINGH01,’ active on the site for little over two months now, came out on top of a 294-entry field in the site’s 2 PM marquee, ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost, clinching his first tournament title for a personal-best ₹80,307.

The two-time Baazi Turbo Series title holder, Kunal ‘symbolicchamp’ Agrawal, succumbed inches short of shipping the daytime marquee and banked an equally impressive ₹79,453 in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

BHARATSINGH01’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹4.17 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹2.28 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Sunday’s BTS#42 After Party champion, Ganesh ‘Ganesh24’ Durgade, accumulated ₹45,208 (overall) from two FT finishes yesterday, which include:

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹28,048

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹17,160

Ganesh Durgade’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹85.91 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹8.68 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Kishor ‘greatper’ Bhanushali (3rd for ₹53,449), Ridhav ‘Rids’ Chawla (6th for ₹19,874), and Pranav ‘pranav40973’ Agrawal (7th for ₹16,229) were the other known names on the Afternoon Boost final table.

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament exceeded its listed guarantee by ₹88,000, and 53 players crossed the money line.

Final Table Results

1. BHARATSINGH01 – ₹80,307*
2. Kunal ‘symbolicchamp’ Agrawal – ₹79,453*
3. Kishor ‘greatper’ Bhanushali – ₹53,449
4. Coldwater1923 – ₹39,690
5. Ganesh ‘Ganesh24’ Durgade – ₹28,048
6. Ridhav ‘Rids’ Chawla – ₹19,874
7. Pranav ‘pranav40973’ Agrawal – ₹16,229

* denotes a heads-up deal

Adarsh ‘lazygamer007’ Jha (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹56,920), Navneet ‘Navneet78’ Tanwar (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹51,105), ‘ashwani369’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD 7-Max Midnight SPRINT for ₹49,446), ‘ajy1234’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 BOOST for ₹40,872), Tushar ‘awarahoon’ Bhartia (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹40,721), Samarth ’tiltsingh’ Bhandari (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 BOOST PKO for ₹34,511), ‘Ronil1’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹32,226), ‘Nutsplayer’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹29,637), ‘Harshabhog’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Afternoon PLO-5 BOOST for ₹27,863), ‘Jameso’ (Won ₹40K GTD Daily PLO-6 for ₹11,756), and ‘kashungnao’ (Won ₹50K GTD 5-Max Daily for ₹5,825) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

Spartan Poker

Destiny 26.0 – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 246

Re-entries – 74

Re-buys – 211

Prize Pool – ₹26,55,000

Places Paid – 47

Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal has done it again! The online reg is now a three-time Destiny winner after championing the sixth Destiny tournament in Spartan Poker’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD Destiny 26.0 series last night, booking his second win in the series in three weeks for a fat ₹5.18 Lakhs paycheque.

Munjal fired two bullets in the Wednesday headliner before outlasting a guarantee-crushing 531-strong field (246 unique) and bested the APT Online India July 2022 Main Event winner Debapriya ‘debapriya_12345’ Manna (2nd for ₹3.28 Lakhs) heads-up.

The two successive wins have earned Munjal an additional stack in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Destiny 26.0 SnG Finale on May 14. While the advantage makes him the hot favorite to win the ₹5 Lakhs Prague package, Munjal scored a commendable ₹5.79 Lakhs last night through six ITM finishes.

His top Wednesday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 26.0 for ₹5,17,460

> 15th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹17,894

> 12th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹16,450

> 35th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹16,366

Avneesh Munjal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.27 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹97.24 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #5

Poker coach Abhishek ‘AllGoodNamesAreGone’ Rathod (3rd for ₹2.46 Lakhs), Amrit ‘PinealOptics49’ Bisoyi (5th for ₹1,57,176), the #3 ranked player of 2022, Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha (7th for ₹88,146) and last night’s Wednesday High Roller champion Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar (8th for ₹64,782) also scored on the ₹20 Lakhs GTD Destiny 26.0 final table.

The ₹5,500 entry buy-in tournament dished out a hefty 26.55 Lakhs in prize money to the top 47 finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal – ₹5,17,460
2. Debapriya ‘debapriya_12345’ Manna – ₹3,28,689
3. Abhishek ‘AllGoodNamesAreGone’ Rathod – ₹2,46,384
4. Ironman99 – ₹1,99,391
5. Amrit ‘PinealOptics49’ Bisoyi – ₹1,57,176
6. nikkipix – ₹1,20,006
7. Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha – ₹88,146
8. Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar – ₹64,782

Wednesday High Roller (6-Max) – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹16,500

Entries – 94

Re-entries – 32

Re-buys – 58

Prize Pool – ₹27,60,000

Places Paid – 17

Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar has been in terrific form of late, as reflected by his profit graph, that’s been on a steep upward trajectory since December. Three days after winning the BTS 3.0 showstopper BTS#40 Main Event, the IPC Megastacks Kickoff champion packed in an impressive ₹5.83 Lakhs – thrashing out FT finishes in the two Spartan Poker flagships last night.

The first-ever Legend Poker Series HighRoller champion, Shyamsundar, bought in four times in Spartan Poker’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD Wednesday High Roller, eventually storming past 93 other players (184 total entries) to win ₹5.11 Lakhs not long after exiting eighth in Destiny 26.0 (₹64,782).

His Wednesday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday HighRoller for ₹5,11,025* (3-way deal)

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 26.0 for ₹64,782

> 18th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹7,296

Mahesh Shyamsundar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹47.80 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4

After a terrific run in January, Ankit ‘d00mtr00per’ Wadhawan went through a downswing in February. Still, he’s made quite the start this month. The FTS 3.0 Main Event champion raked in almost ₹7.37 Lakhs from two top finishes last night and was part of the three-way FT deal in the Wednesday High Roller.

His Wednesday finishes include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller for ₹4,80,092* (3-way deal)

> 9th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker 30.0 for ₹2,56,750

Ankit Wadhawan’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.63 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.64 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4 | Ranked #8 on All-Time Money List | Finished #16 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Online phenom Aditya ‘Ben K Rolle’ Singh was the other beneficiary of the three-way deal in the Wednesday High Roller. He fired two bullets in the tournament, netting ₹4.78 Lakhs in third place.

Himanshu ‘WhatIffGawd’ Arora (4th for ₹2.53 Lakhs) and old-timer Akash ‘braceletdreams’ Malik (6th for ₹1.61 Lakhs) were other notables on the 6-max Wednesday High Roller final table.

The ₹16,500 entry buy High Roller awarded 27.60 Lakhs in cash prizes to the top 17 finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar – ₹5,11,025*
2. Ankit ‘d00mtr00per’ Wadhawan – ₹4,80,092*
3. Aditya ‘Ben K Rolle’ Singh – ₹4,77,480*
4. Himanshu ‘WhatIffGawd’ Arora – ₹2,52,540
5. Arithmo – ₹2,03,688
6. Akash ‘braceletdreams’ Malik – ₹1,60,632

*denotes a three-way deal

Deepstack Turbo – ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 177

Re-entries – 55

Re-buys – 120

Prize Pool – ₹5,28,000

Places Paid – 31

Puneeth ‘SetAlight’ B N pulled out a terrific mid-week on Spartan Poker, winning two tournaments for a personal-best ₹1.12 Lakhs, getting back in profits on the site. Having played just 60-odd MTTs on the site, Puneeth found early success, winning the morning tournament, Turbo – Monsterstack, for ₹10,159.

Later in the day, he fired up the ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD Deepstack Turbo and ended up outlasting the 352-entry field (177 unique) in the 9:30 PM marquee for a site-best ₹1.02 Lakhs. He chopped the title heads-up with the user ‘gTo_Ny’ (2nd for a site-best ₹84,571).

Puneeth B N`s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹2.25 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹53,217 | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Site reg Shrey ‘Kingsb30’ Baj posted ₹62,042 in Wednesday winnings from three deep runs, which include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹53,011

> 22nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹5,741

> 68th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹3,290

Shrey Baj’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.83 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹96.25 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament dished out ₹5.28 Lakhs in prize money to the top 31 finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Puneeth ‘SetAlight’ B N – ₹1,02,288*
2. gTo_Ny – ₹84,571*
3. Shrey ‘Kingsb30’ Baj – ₹53,011
4. agency – ₹42,979
5. Ironman99 – ₹34,003
6. Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma RS – ₹25,819

*denotes a heads-up deal

Mohit ‘OfcourseOfcourse’ Savargaonkar (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹46,604), ‘bageecha2019’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹37,740), Yash ‘Babyshark10’ Chitre (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Dark Knight for ₹33,389), Gurughantal72’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Hold’em PKO for ₹26,779), Vishal “Name Chod Game Dikha” Bandivadekar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up – Triple Chance for ₹22,279), Hobito ‘Hanpyhan’ Yepthomi (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹10,025) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

IndiaPlays

TDS -Texas – ₹200K GTD

Buy-in – ₹750

Entries – 112

Re-buys – 32

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 31

IndiaPlays user ‘NMLB2483’ overcame a 144-player field in the ₹200K GTD Texas, raking in the winner`s due worth ₹46,000. Tuesday’s ₹100K GTD Texas champion, ‘MritynjoyLaha’ had to make do with a runner-up payday of ₹30,000

Final Table Results

1. NMLB2483 – ₹46,000
2. MritynjoyLaha – ₹30,000
3. sachin8686 – ₹22,500
4. ABXK2944 – ₹14,500
5. PCHF4291 – ₹9,000
6. GVJF2654 – ₹7,500
7. chandan00 – ₹6,000

PokerStars India

Master Minds [8-Max] – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 125

Re-entries – 101

Prize Pool – ₹5,14,150

Places Paid – 31

Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra has been vying for a title break for five weeks now. With 14 FT scores – including eight podium finishers – it was plain bad luck that kept him high and dry for so long. The online reg set the record straight last night by outlasting a 226-strong starting field (125 unique) in PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Master Minds [8-Max], securing the win and a champion`s purse worth ₹1 Lakh.

The former The Millionaire champion Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra was chasing his second tournament title of the year and finished runner-up for ₹75,732.

Malhotra added ₹1.10 Lakhs last night across two deep runs, which include:

> 1st in PokerStars India’s Master Minds [8-Max] for ₹1,00,130

> 11th in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹9,662

Karan Malhotra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.67 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹80.42 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

The second-place finisher, Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra, raked in ₹1.10 from four deep runs, which include:

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Master Minds [8-Max] for ₹75,732

> 32nd in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 26.0 for ₹16,992

> 52nd in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹14,028

> 44th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹3,682

Sanish Chhabra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.39 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.90 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna reeled in ₹95,443 from four deep runs, which include:

> 3rd in PokerStars India’s Master Minds [8-Max] for ₹57,279

> 42nd in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹15,197

> 18th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹11,515

> 30th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹11,452

Harsh Bubna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.83 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.90 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The #1 ranked player in the country, Young Gun Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood (5th for ₹32,767), Pranav ‘PranV’ Agrawal (7th for ₹18,774), Atishay ‘momstacos’ Samuel (8th for ₹14,177) and the #7 ranked player of the year, Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani (9th for ₹11,810) were other notables on the Master Minds final table.

The ₹2,500 entry buy-in tournament paid 31 players a share from the ₹5.14 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra – ₹1,00,130
2. Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra – ₹75,732
3. Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹57,279
4. rummy_11 – ₹43,323
5. Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood – ₹32,767
6. PepperChicken – ₹24,783
7. Pranav ‘PranV’ Agrawal – ₹18,744
8. Atishay ‘momstacos’ Samuel – ₹14,177
9. Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani – ₹11,810

‘ASG 961’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rust for ₹36,457), ‘dappi17’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹27,334), ‘prodigy1846’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline [6-Max] for ₹12,928), and ‘chm1234’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹11,160) won the other PokerStars India marquees.

Adda52

Maverick – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 334

Re-entries – 324

Prize Pool – ₹16,45,000

Places Paid – 72

The long-time pro Dhaval ‘dirtyzoso’ Mudgal is getting good practice in winning tournaments before his upcoming travels in the Asian circuit. The IOPC January 2023 Blaze busted a three-week title drought by taking down a 658-entry field (334 unique) in Adda52`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick for ₹4.11 Lakhs – his second time winning the Wednesday tournament – hitting ₹2 Crores in online profits. The two-time Destiny winner Uttam Kumar ‘chinunew’ Sinha settled for a runner-up payday worth ₹2.39 Lakhs.

Dhaval Mudgal’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.12 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Top reg Rishabh ‘rishabh002’ Gupta added ₹3.05 Lakhs from two deep runs, which include:

> 3rd in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹1,61,210

> 35th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹1,43,780

Rishabh Gupta’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.97 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹42.23 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Sunday`s Adda52 Millions runner-up finisher, Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta (5th for ₹82,250), Young Gun Devang ‘spark123’ Yadav (7th for ₹45,238), and Kashish ‘Fletcher03’ Gupta (8th for ₹32,900) were other notables on the 8-max Maverick final table.

The ₹2,750 entry buy-in tournament collected a generous ₹16.45 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 72 finishers made the payouts.

Final Table Results

1. Dhaval ‘dirtyzoso’ Mudgal – ₹4,11,250
2. Uttam Kumar ‘chinunew’ Sinha – ₹2,38,525
3. Rishabh ‘rishabh002’ Gupta – ₹1,61,210
4. happyfish – ₹1,15,150
5. Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta – ₹82,250
6. Vinaksh – ₹57,575
7. Devang ‘spark123’ Yadav – ₹45,238
8. Kashish ‘Fletcher03’ Gupta – ₹32,900

La Luna – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,800

Entries – 124

Re-entries – 109

Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 24

Sunday’s Holdem Bash champion Akshay ‘nofuchsgiven’ Dhingra reeled in his second title in four days, shipping Adda52’s ₹4 Lakhs GTD La Luna for ₹1.10 Lakhs. He outran a 233-player field (124 unique) in the 9:30 PM tournament and bested ‘Comedypoker’ (2nd for ₹64,000) heads-up!

Akshay Dhingra collected a Wednesday haul worth ₹1.18 Lakhs from three deep runs, which include:

> 1st in Adda52’s La Luna for ₹1,09,800

> 39th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹5,990

> 20th in Adda52’s Nighttide DST Adda for ₹1,750

Akshay Dhingra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.85 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹44.39 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Tuesday`s Daily Boost champion Clinton ‘RedArmy07’ Tavares (5th for ₹24,000) also FT-ed the tournament.

The 233-player starting field in the 9:30 PM tournament led to an overlay shortfall of ₹17,880, and 24 players got a piece of the ₹4 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Akshay ‘nofuchsgiven’ Dhingra – ₹1,09,800
2. Comedypoker – ₹64,000
3. souravchoudhury718 – ₹48,000
4. Erravigupta – ₹34,400
5. Clinton ‘RedArmy07’ Tavares – ₹24,000
6. Elektraa – ₹17,000

Aditya ‘Aditya_mNm’ Sinha (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹24,697), ‘prakhargupta0808’ (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Maverick Lite for ₹22,940), Jimish ‘JimCorbet’ Bathia (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹12,271), ‘whattheflop’ (Won ₹40K GTD Morning Adda for ₹12,260), ‘gunrider’ (Won ₹30K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹11,618), and ‘KaleenBhai’ (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹10,873) won the other Adda52 marquees.

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