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Thursday delivered an action-packed day of online MTTs, with the regs dominating most of the flagships. Players were once again spoilt for choice with PokerBaazi’s Baazi Turbo Series, Pocket52’s Pocket Poker Championship, PokerDangal’s Destiny Changer Lite, IndiaPlays’s Independence Special Tournament, and Adda52’s Nano Poker Series running in tandem.
Spartan Poker loyalist James Mathews was the star of the day, for he won the Thursday High Roller for a career-best ₹6.83 Lakhs. The former Wednesday High Roller champion Saransh Garg fell one place short of clinching his second flagship title this month, netting ₹4.86 Lakhs as the runner-up.
The IOPC July 2021 Blaze of Glory champion, Harshad Barve, championed the other Spartan Poker flagship, Ultron, for ₹3.99 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with ‘stickysticky’ (2nd for ₹3.52 Lakhs).
APT Online India July 2022 – Super Highroller runner-up finisher, Raghav Chauhan, drove up the action on PokerBaazi, winning the BTS#25 Thursday Prime for ₹3.64 Lakhs (his first title this month). Jayesh Sher made away with a career-best ₹3.53 Lakhs in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
PokerGuru Ambassador Advait Rajguru won Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹1.38 Lakhs (his second title this month) and collectively added ₹1.40 Lakhs last night.
Leaderboard crusher Bhanu Prakash KC bulldozed his way to the top of the BTS leaderboard standings after cashing all five BTS tournaments yesterday for ₹1.55 Lakhs. He most notably won BTS#23 for ₹1.24 Lakhs. If that was not enough, he is also headlining the Nano Poker Series leaderboard. Wednesday’s BTS#19 Mini Main Event champion Allen Romeo almost won his second BTS title on consecutive days, finishing runner-up in BTS#23 for ₹91,760.
Anilkumar Singh (Won BTS#27 for ₹1.10 Lakhs), ‘Realfc’ (anonymity requested) (Won BTS#24 PLO-5 for ₹83,514), and ‘Pabloescobat’ (Won BTS#22 for ₹64,371) won the other Baazi Turbo Series titles on Thursday.
Suresh Kumar won MPL Poker`s Thursday Smash for ₹75,600, and Nilam Kumari collected ₹54,432 in second place.
Sawan Kumar, Nikhil Kashyap, long-time MTT pro Kanishka Samant, Dayanand Prass, Sabur Ali, Ravi Kumar, Rahul Agarwal, and Md Nazim 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 – 71
Re-entries – 26
Rebuys – 35
Prize Pool – ₹26,40,000
Places Paid – 13
Spartan Poker loyalist James ‘Jomathu’ Mathews scored a scintillating victory in the Thursday High Roller, wading past a 132-entry field to collect the lion`s share of the ₹26.40 Lakhs prize pool, a career-best ₹6.83 Lakhs. The former Wednesday High Roller champion Saransh ‘TerrorGandhi$’ Garg fell one place short of clinching his second flagship title this month and made away with ₹4.86 Lakhs as the runner-up.
Yesterday, Saransh Garg also sailed through the Day 1B flight in PokerBaazi’s BTS#26 ₹1 Crore GTD Main Event. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.64 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹64.52 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #12 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.16 Crores
Final Table Results
Ultron – ₹21 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 188
Re-entries – 70
Rebuys – 166
Prize Pool – ₹21,20,000
Places Paid – 31
The IOPC July 2021 Blaze of Glory champion, Harshad ‘Epic Whale’ Barve, struck again last night! The Spartan Poker reg crushed the 424-player field in the site`s primetime ₹21 Lakhs GTD Ultron to win ₹3.99 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with ‘stickysticky’ (2nd for ₹3.52 Lakhs).
His online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.82 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹36.41 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: 6 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.20 Crores
Young Gun Karan ‘Majestic’ Radia (opted out of our tracking) filled in at least ₹2.58 Lakhs in Thursday winnings on the back of his FT finishes in the Ultron and Adda52’s Monster Turbo.
His Friday finishes include:
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹2,12,848
> 4th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹45,000
The ₹5,500 buy-in ran from 8 PM to 3.31 AM and paid out 31 places.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
‘botmaker’ (Won ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD Thur Poker Nite #1 for ₹94,636), Nikhil ‘killerOP’ Kashyap (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹49,662), Kanishka ‘Wildflower’ Samant (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Sundowner for ₹43,469), ‘boombooomboooomer’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Wed Poker Nite #4 for ₹37,740), ‘ronzy’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Thur Poker Nite #2 – PLO6 for ₹25,711) and ‘RT OM’ (Won ₹50K GTD Centurion for ₹8,594) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
PokerBaazi
BTS#25 Thursday Prime – ₹18 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 338
Re-entries – 314
Prize Pool – ₹22,82,000
Places Paid – 81
The APT July 2022 – Super Highroller runner-up finisher, Raghav ‘raghav14082’ Chauhan, championed PokerBaazi’s BTS headliner, ₹18 Lakhs GTD BTS#25 Thursday Prime, for ₹3.64 Lakhs (his first title this month). He outran the 652-player field and struck a heads-up deal with Jayesh ‘jayesh712’ Sher (2nd for career-best ₹3.53 Lakhs) en route to the finish line.
Last night, Raghav Chauhan posted another deep run in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller (11th for ₹60,720), making away with almost ₹4.25 Lakhs overall. His online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.14 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹39.11 Lakhs| Titles Won in 2022: #7 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.11 Crores
The IOPC June 2022 – The Crown third-place finisher Neeraj ‘neerunj’ Sattawat crossed a money line in three BTS marquees, banking ₹2 Lakhs altogether.
His Thursday finishes include:
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#25 Thursday Prime for ₹1,40,799
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#27 for ₹56,544
> 54th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#22 for ₹2,500
Neeraj Sattawat’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹61.26 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹25.25 Lakhs| Titles Won in 2022: #5 | Annual Winnings: ₹57.94 Lakhs
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
BTS#23 – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 215
Re-entries – 125
Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000
Places Paid – 65
Bhanu ‘Chennaino1’ Prakash KC, best known for his impeccable talent of crushing leaderboards, has bulldozed his way to the top of the BTS leaderboard race with 4,555 points. Until Wednesday, Prakash was ranked fourth on the BTS leaderboard, but his trailblazing Thursday run saw him score in all five BTS tourneys accruing ₹1.55 Lakhs, which included shipping the ₹8 Lakhs GTD BTS#23 for ₹1.24 Lakhs!
If that was not enough, the leaderboard crusher is also headlining the Nano Poker Series leaderboard on Adda52 with 432 points!
Bhanu Prakash KC’s BTS finishes on Thursday include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi`s BTS#23 for ₹1,24,000
> 20th in PokerBaazi`s BTS#25 Thursday Prime for ₹18,940
> 14th in PokerBaazi`s BTS#22 for ₹6,200
> 65th in PokerBaazi`s BTS#27 for ₹3,200
> 72nd in PokerBaazi`s BTS#24 PLO-5 for ₹2,250
Wednesday’s BTS#19 Mini Main Event champion Allen ‘romeo333’ Romeo came close to winning his second BTS title on consecutive days, finishing runner-up in BTS#23 for ₹91,760. He collectively added ₹99,274 through four ITM finishes, which include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s BTS#23 for ₹91,760
> 26th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#22 for ₹3,150
> 104th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#27 for ₹2,651
> 38th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for ₹1,713
Allen Romeo’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹25.51 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #7
Final Table Results
BTS#27 – ₹7 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 338
Re-entries – 251
Prize Pool – ₹8,84,000
Places Paid – 107
The former The Pride winner Anilkumar ‘jat777’ Singh outlasted the 589-entry field in PokerBaazi`s ₹7 Lakhs GTD BTS#27 to win ₹1.10 Lakhs (his fifth title this year), with Amar ‘PsykoEko’ Iyer raking in a better ₹1.14 Lakhs through a heads-up deal.
Anilkumar Singh cashed another three more BTS marquees, altogether adding ₹1.18 Lakhs. His PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹62.71 Lakhs | Title Wins in 2022: #5
Amar Iyer took the BTS tourneys by storm last night, cashing in four of them for a Thursday take-home worth ₹1.83 Lakhs.
His Thursday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s BTS#27 for ₹1,13,651* (heads-up deal)
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#23 for ₹35,200
> 35th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹13,750
> 35th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#25 Thursday Prime for ₹13,007
> 11th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#22 for ₹7,800
Amar Iyer’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.38 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹28.11 Lakhs| Title Wins in 2022: #2 | Annual Winnings: ₹19.32 Lakhs
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
BTS#24 PLO-5 – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,380
Entries – 192
Re-entries – 257
Prize Pool – ₹5,61,000
Places Paid – 83
The former NPS SPRINT champion, ‘Realfc’ (anonymity requested), outplayed the 449-player field in PokerBaazi`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD BTS#24 PLO-5, winning his first BTS title for ₹83,514. Vasanth ‘volkafilas’ N placed runner-up for ₹63,983.
Yesterday`s win helped ‘Realfc’ recover over 40% of their site losses, although he is still in the red for ₹1.08 Lakhs.
Final Table Series
BTS#22 – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 275
Re-entries – 193
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 83
The APT #18 Megastack champion ‘Pabloescobat’ came out on top in PokerBaazi`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD BTS#22 to win ₹64,371, following a three-way deal with ‘vidow’ (2nd for ₹57,000), and ‘rjcalcutta’ (3rd for ₹67,029).
Pabloescobat’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹5.23 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹91,859 | Titles Won in 2022: #2
The ₹1,100 buy-in tourney clocked in 468 entries to leave an overlay shortfall of ₹32,000 and paid out 83 places.
Final Table Series
*denotes a three-way deal
₹1 Crore GTD BTS#26 Main Event – Day 1B
> Day 1B – Entries: 205 | Re-entries: 110 | Survivors: 44 | Chip Leader: Samyak ‘stonedurrr’ Sethi (293,000)
> Combined: Entries: 434 | Re-entries: 224 | Survivors: 92 | Overall Chip Leader: Samyak ‘stonedurrr’ Sethi (293,000)
‘Shyamzz’ (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Boost for ₹67,520), ‘Sagitarius’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹52,910), Dayanand ‘dayanandprass’ Prass (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹40,630), Sabur ‘sabur’ Ali (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD SPRINT for ₹34,580), Rahul ‘rahullpharm’ Agarwal (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹20,150), ‘don07’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Baazi Super Value for ₹11,480), and ‘princem’ (Won ₹50K GTD 5-Max Daily for ₹6,100) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
BTS Series Leaderboard After Day 5
With three days left for the inaugural Baazi Turbo Series to wrap up, bonafide leaderboard crusher Bhanu ‘Chennaino1’ Prakash KC (4,555 points) has quietly taken over the #1 position in the ₹10 Lakhs added BTS leaderboard standings after his prolific Thursday run. In doing so, Prakash has relegated Rising Star Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh (4,090 points) to the #2 position, ending his three-day reign as the leaderboard topper. Another TLB crusher Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (3,829 points), has also stormed into the #3 position.
Rank Player Points
1 Bhanu 'Chennaino1' Prakash KC 4,555
2 Aman 'KarmaPoker' Parakh 4,090
3 Neeraj 'SelfClaimedPro' Kumar 3,829
4 Ashish 'Notoriouskonvict' Nailwal 3,802
5 Ganesh 'Ganesh24' Durgade 3,772
6 Mohit 'thejoker' Mehta 3,240
7 CrystalTurtle44 3,115
8 Pritam 'Pritam1301' Amritkar 2,982
9 Siddhanth 'Bullzeye' Kapoor 2,878
10 heisenber9 2,804
PokerDangal
Destiny Changer Lite Day 1B – ₹30 Lakhs GTD
> Day 1B – Entries: 117 | Rebuys: 50 | Survivors: 23 | Chip Leader: ‘starboy00’ (236,346)
> Combined: Entries: 214 | Rebuys: 68 | Survivors: 45 | Overall Chip Leader: ‘starboy00’ (236,346)
Pocket52
PPC#24 Pocket Jacks – ₹6 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 116
Re-entries – 76
Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000
Places Paid – 27
The user ‘King789’ bested the 192-player field in Pocket52’s Thursday PPC flagship, ₹6 Lakhs GTD PPC#24 Pocket Jacks, netting ₹1.25 Lakhs.
Pocket52 network user ‘Salazar’ fell inches short of the finish line, taking home ₹93,000 in second place.
Final Table Results
PPC#25 Pocket Tanks – ₹3 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 95
Re-entries – 70
Prize Pool – ₹3,00,000
Places Paid – 24
Pocket52 network user ‘Mixon’ raced past the 165-entry field in the other PPC marquee, ₹3 Lakhs GTD PPC#25 Pocket Tanks, banking ₹63,000 in first-place prize money.
‘kirmada’ finished runner-up for ₹46,500.
Final Table Results
‘raven_jayawardene_19902906’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PPC#22 Pocket Brunch for ₹41,500), ‘FishyPlayer’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD PPC#27 Pocket Chips for ₹34,500), ‘Samir108’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD PPC#23 Pocket Snacks for ₹31,125), ‘Daynamobom’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PPC#21 Pocket Soda for ₹23,000), and ‘Hulk1’ (Won ₹75K GTD PPC#26 PocketsFull for ₹13,875) won the other Pocket Poker Championship titles on Thursday.
MPL Poker
Thursday Smash – ₹3.50 Lakh GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 252
Prize Pool – ₹3,50,000
Places Paid – 37
MPL Poker user Suresh ’fakir0098’ Kumar raced past a 252-strong field in the ₹3.50 Lakh GTD Thursday Smash to collect ₹75,600 in first place prize money. Nilam ‘terenaam529545’ kumari came second for ₹54,432.
Final Table Results
PokerStars India
PokerStars India`s Thursday headliner, ₹10 Lakhs GTD Highroller, got canceled last night, although the ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Deepstack kept the late-night action going.
Deepstack – ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,375
Entries – 84
Re-entries – 62
Regular Prize Pool – ₹91,250
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹91,250
Total Prize Pool – ₹1,82,500
Places Paid – 17
PokerStars India loyalist ‘sumitm74’ was the last player standing in the ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Deepstack and won the title for ₹46,556, with ‘akgdr’ placing runner-up for ₹19,309.
‘Sumitm74’ crossed ₹70 Lakhs in site winnings with the win, although they still have ₹32.60 Lakhs in losses to recover.
The ₹1,375 buy-in MTT managed to generate a profitable ₹1.82 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 146 entrants, and the top 17 places boarded the money bus.
Final Table Series (Including Bounties)
Ravi ‘rkcravi’ Kumar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹33,905), ‘$00th$ayer’ (Won ₹50K GTD Afternoon on Stars for ₹13,495), ‘dkarjan’ (Won ₹50K GTD Deepstack for ₹12,088), and ‘wildshark100’ (Won ₹40K GTD Primetime Grind for ₹10,098) won the other PokerStars India marquees.
IndiaPlays
₹5 Lakhs GTD Independence Special – Day 1D
> Day 1D – Entries: 83 | Rebuys: 17 | Survivors: 14 | Chip Leader: ‘THZE2038’ (117,310)
Adda52
Godfather – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 227
Re-entries – 224
Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000
Places Paid – 49
Adda52’s Thursday mainstay, ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather, brought in 451 hopefuls, falling ₹2.45 Lakhs short of its advertised guarantee. Making the most of the value on offer was Adda52 reg ‘Sunny73,’ who took down the tournament for ₹6.13 Lakhs. ‘manishratwaya16’ collected ₹3.63 Lakhs in second place.
sunny73’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹28.64 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹8.80 Lakhs | Titles Won: #8 | Final Table Finishes: #42
The ever-consistent Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan pocketed ₹3.25 Lakhs last night on the back of three deep runs, which include:
> 3rd in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹2,50,000
> 3rd in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹61,750
> 32nd in PokerBaazi’s BTS#25 Thursday Prime for ₹13,007
Sreekanth Narayan’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.25 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.65 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #7
Sunday’s Mega Suits champion Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra raked in ₹2.63 Lakhs through two FT finishes, which include:
> 4th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹1,87,500
> 7th in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹75,684
Guneet Kwatra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.4 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.23 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #2
The #1 ranked player of the year, Young Gun Anuj ‘anuj25395’ Yadav, added ₹1.30 Lakhs to his burgeoning bankroll from three ITM finishes and is very close to crossing ₹11 Crores in tracked online winnings.
His Thursday finishes include:
> 8th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹56,250
> 13th in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller for ₹54,120
> 21st in PokerBaazi’s BTS#25 Thursday Prime for ₹18,941
Anuj Yadav’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.99 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.84 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹3.03 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹1.50 Crores | Titles in 2022: #18 | Ranked #1 in Annual Leaderboard (Total Cashes) | Ranked #2 in Annual Profits
Final Table Results
Monster Turbo – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 120
Re-entries – 84
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 21
Last week`s Maverick winner, PokerGuru Ambassador Advait ‘ronaldinho018’ Rajguru, pocketed ₹1.40 Lakhs through two ITM finishes, including shipping Adda52’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.38 Lakhs. ‘drunktoast’ finished runner-up for ₹81,250.
Advait Rajguru’s Thursday finishes include:
> 1st in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹1,37,500
> 89th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#27 for ₹2,739
Advait Rajguru’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹58.74 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹15 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5
Final Table Results
Sawan ‘kumarsawan2010’ Kumar (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD Nano Godfather for ₹53,396), ‘babu7275’ (Won ₹90K GTD Nano Siesta for ₹25,650), ‘juar1’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Nano Daily Adda for ₹23,454), Md ‘t9ace’ Nazim (Won ₹70K GTD Nano Crack Jack for ₹14,701), ‘DEEPA324’ (Won ₹50K GTD Nano Battleship for ₹9,138), ‘Abracadabraa’ (Won ₹25K GTD Nano PLO for ₹7,250) won the NPS marquees on Adda52.
₹25 Lakhs GTD Nano ME – Day 1B
> Day 1B – Entries: 101 | Re-entries: 49 | Survivors: 14 | Chip Leader: Abhimanyu ‘PsychoDrama’ Mittal (470,943)
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