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The poker community rang in Raksha Bandhan after an electrifying day of online MTT action. Once again, Spartan Poker’s Freedom Celebration Series (FCS) laid out the most massive guaranteed tournaments.
Well-known circuit regular Shashank Jain topped the Thursday charts convincingly as he championed the day`s biggest guaranteed tournament, Spartan Poker`s FCS #69 – High Roller, for a site-best ₹12.30 Lakhs. The Delhi-based cash game pro, who is no stranger to tournament success, collectively added ₹12.46 Lakhs last night, for he also cashed Adda52’s Godfather (27th for ₹16,250). Nishaanth Shanmughasundaram pocketed ₹8.35 Lakhs for his runner-up finish in the FCS #69 High Roller.
Arun Sriram ended a nearly month-long title drought with a bang by taking down the other Spartan Poker flagship, FCS #66 – High – Thursday Celebration, for ₹5.55 Lakhs. The two-time Adda52 Big Game champion made away with over ₹7.14 Lakhs in Thursday winnings, climbing to #8 in the annual rankings.
‘HEMAKUNA’ (Won FCS #70 – Mid for ₹1.04 Lakhs), ‘badbeat31’ (Won FCS #72 – Mid – Hyper for ₹89,708), ‘Mantri97’ (Won FCS #65 – Low – Hyper 5 Max for ₹33,499), ‘Newsharkintown’ (Won FCS #67 – Mid – OFC Pineapple OH for ₹27,510), ‘Bitturockss’ (Won FCS #71 – Low for ₹25,859), and Shiv Chugh (Won FCS #68 – Low – Turbo for ₹17,156) won the other Freedom Celebration Series titles yesterday.
The long-time MTT pro Shravan Chhabria boosted his online bankroll by ₹6.63 Lakhs on the back of two FT finishes. He shipped Adda52’s Godfather (₹6.13 Lakhs) and finished seventh in PokerStars India’s Highroller (₹50,643).
PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh Chadha was another top pro reeling in a flagship title. He took down PokerBaazi’s The Summit for the second time for ₹4.57 Lakhs and pocketed ₹4.81 Lakhs altogether.
Rubin Labroo topped the charts on PokerStars India, winning the Highroller for a second time for ₹2.39 Lakhs.
MPL Poker pro Siddharth Karia kept his dominating run on his sponsor`s site running by taking down the Thursday Smash for ₹82,837, picking up his second title on MPL Poker this month.
Prashanth Sekar, Lavesh Meena, Abhishek Batra, Vikram Mishra, Utkarsh Srivastava, Piyush Ravi, Ringphamatai Ningshen, and Rahul Sengar shipped the other Thursday majors.
This coming Sunday promises to be a blockbuster one as the FCS winds down to its finale while PokerBaazi`s new Baazi Turbo Series fires up! For a change, the Monday action will also be power-packed, with a host of Independence Day-themed MTTs and promotions guaranteeing attractive prizes.
Here are the Thursday highlights!
Spartan Poker
FCS #69 – High Roller (6-Max) – ₹50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹27,500
Entries – 101
Re-entries – 44
Rebuys – 60
Prize Pool – ₹51,25,000
Places Paid – 20
Well-known circuit regular Shashank ‘gtoexploiter77’ Jain sure knows his way around High Rollers, given his extensive experience playing deep-stacked cash games! Wielding that expertise to his advantage, Jain overcame a 205-entry field in Spartan Poker’s ₹50 Lakhs GTD FCS #69 – High Roller last night, scoring a seven-figure payday worth ₹12.30 Lakhs – his best-recorded score on the site. Nishaanth ‘Metamorphosis’ Shanmughasundaram placed runner-up for ₹8.35 Lakhs.
Shashank Jain, who FT-ed the FCS #60 PLO High Roller the day before, made another ITM run in Adda52’s Godfather (27th for ₹16,250) to make away with the day’s best ₹12.46 Lakhs in total winnings.
Shashank Jain’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.69 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.55 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #4 | Crossed ₹2 Crores in tracked online winnings on Spartan Poker
The first-ever IOPC Blaze of Glory winner, Harshad ‘Epic Whale’ Barve, locked in ₹5.84 Lakhs in Thursday winnings from two ITM finishes, which include:
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s FCS #69 High Roller for ₹5,50,938
> 11th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹33,327
Harshad Barve online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.75 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹30 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5
Sujith ‘dancingshrimp’ Kumar raked in almost ₹3 Lakhs in Thursday winnings from two deep runs, which include:
> 6th in Spartan Poker’s FCS #69 High Roller for ₹2,71,636
> 34th in Spartan Poker’s FCS #66 High Thursday Celebration for ₹13,950
Final Table Results
FCS #66 – High – Thursday Celebration – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 256
Re-entries – 95
Rebuys – 218
Prize Pool – ₹28,45,000
Places Paid – 47
Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram ended an almost month-long chase for a flagship title on the auspicious occasion of Raksha Bandhan, winning Spartan Poker’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD FCS #66 – High – Thursday Celebration for ₹5.55 Lakhs.
The two-time Adda52 BigGame champion, Sriram, made away with over ₹7.14 Lakhs in Thursday winnings, climbing one rank to #8 in the annual leaderboard standings.
His Thursday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker`s FCS #66 High Thursday Celebration for ₹5,54,491
> 12th in Spartan Poker`s FCS #69 High Roller (6-Max) for ₹89,688
> 6th in PokerStars India`s Highroller for ₹65,588
> 38th in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹4,243
Arun Sriram’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.26 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.57 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #10 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.19 Crores | Moves to #8 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #8 in Annual Profits
The long-time circuit regular Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi ran deep in two events, collecting ₹2.69 Lakhs.
His Thursday finishes include:
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s FCS #66 High Thursday Celebration for ₹2,64,016
> 19th in Spartan Poker’s FCS #63 Mid 4 Card PLO for ₹5,394
Siddarth Singhvi’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.16 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.30 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #2
Vaibhav ‘vaibhi18’ Arora picked up ₹2.25 Lakhs in Thursday winnings across three ITM finishes in FCS marquees, which include:
> 4th in FCS #66 High Thursday Celebration for ₹2,13,660
> 12th in FCS #72 Mid for ₹6,683
> 21st in FCS #70 Mid for ₹4,178
Vaibhav Arora’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.08 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹32.22 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #17
Jyoti ‘joey114114’ Ranjan Nayak added ₹1.83 Lakhs last night through his deep runs in Spartan Poker’s FCS #66 High Thursday Celebration (5th for ₹1.64 Lakhs) and Adda52’s Godfather (23rd for ₹18,750).
His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.39 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #2
Final Table Results
FCS #70 – Mid – ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 164
Re-entries – 42
Rebuys – 106
Prize Pool – ₹4,68,000
Places Paid – 27
Spartan Poker’s ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD FCS #70 – Mid registered a 212-entry field, and 27 players got a share from the ₹4.68 Lakhs prize pool. The user ‘HEMAKUNA’ won the lion`s share of the prize pool kitty worth ₹1.04 Lakhs, while ‘dagadfool’ came second for ₹69,966.
dagadfool’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹25.84 Lakhs | Titles Won: #33 | Final Table Finishes: #92
Final Table Results
FCS #72 – Mid – Hyper – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 132
Re-entries – 49
Rebuys – 89
Prize Pool – ₹4,05,000
Places Paid – 27
Spartan Poker user ‘badbeat31’ took down the ₹4 Lakhs GTD FCS #72 – Mid – Hyper for ₹89,708. Their Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.35 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹71,132 | Titles Won: #3 | Final Table Finishes: #19
Prabhat ‘R5R5R5R5R5’ Saini, who recently got active in online MTTs, collected ₹60,548 in second place. His online stats (excluding Adda52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹24.92 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #1
Final Table Results
FCS – High – Main Event Day 1A – ₹1.50 Crores GTD
Entries: 141 | Re-entries: 17 | Rebuys: 70 | Survivors: 29 | Chip Leader: Sukriti ‘Emma Raducanu’ Dembla (200,786)
‘Mantri97’ (Won ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD FCS #65 – Low – Hyper 5 Max for ₹33,499), ‘Newsharkintown’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD FCS #67 – Mid – OFC Pineapple OH for ₹27,510), ‘Bitturockss’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD FCS #71 – Low for ₹25,859), and Shiv ‘cheekychugh’ Chugh (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD FCS #68 – Low – Turbo for ₹17,156), won the other Freedom Celebration Series titles on Thursday.
FCS Leaderboard Standings After Day 8
As the FCS enters Week #2, Young Gun Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav (2,403 points) continues to headline the ₹10 Lakhs-added FCS High leaderboard, followed by Anish ‘TheProtagonist’ Arora (2,110 TLB points), and Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram (1,815 TLB points).
The top-order on the ₹6 Lakhs-added FCS Leaderboard remained unchanged, with Sanchit ‘scofield1210’ Nag (5,056 TLB points), ‘BlindMan’sBluff’ (4,483 TLB points), and Paras ‘Jhukega nahi sala’ Jain (3,501 TLB points) leading the charge.
Likewise, ‘newsharkintown’ (3,373 TLB points) sits atop the ₹4 Lakhs-added FCS Leaderboard, followed by ‘Mndka2.0’ (2,919 TLB points), and JULI1LLB’ (2,724 TLB points).
PokerBaazi
The Summit – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹8,250
Entries – 148
Re-entries – 128
Prize Pool – ₹20,70,000
Places Paid – 36
The Chandigarh-based MTT pro, PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha, outplayed a guarantee-crushing 276-player field (including 128 re-entries) in PokerBaazi`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Summit, winning the Thursday flagship for the second time last night for ₹4.57 Lakhs. The user ‘ankurver’ earned a site-best ₹3.20 Lakhs for their second-place finish.
The four-time The Ballers champion, Chadha, lapped up over ₹4.81 Lakhs in Thursday cashes as he posted another deep run in Spartan Poker’s FCS #66 High Thursday Celebration (25th for ₹23,614), closing in on Rising Star Ritwik Khanna for a place in the top five of the annual leaderboard rankings.
Arjanveer Singh Chadha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.33 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.95 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #14 | Ranked #6 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings | Ranked #7 in the Annual TLB (Points) Standings
Tanmay ‘Truman’ Benara was another online reg firing up a profitable Thursday grind and raked in over ₹2.47 Lakhs across three deep runs, which include:
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹2.06 Lakhs
> 12th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹25,000
> 41st in Spartan Poker’s FCS #66 High Thursday Celebration for ₹16,217
Tanmay Benara’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.87 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹86.26 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #16
Final Table Results
(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 291
Re-entries – 253
Prize Pool – ₹8,16,000
Places Paid – 63
The first-ever Game Changer champion, Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar, ended his extended dry title spell by overcoming a 544-entry field in PokerBaazi`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT, picking up his maiden title of the year and the ₹1.58 Lakhs up top. ’happyfish’ (anonymity requested) collected ₹1.11 Lakhs in second-place prize money.
Prashanth Sekar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.96 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹89.04 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #1
Final Table Results
(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 171
Re-entries – 148
Prize Pool – ₹6,38,000
Places Paid – 36
The mystery player ‘Banta82’ was the last player standing in PokerBaazi`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT and won the 7:30 PM marquee for ₹1.40 Lakhs, with the #9 ranked player of the year, Aayush ‘Learnnwin’ Arya pocketing ₹98,890 in second place.
‘Banta82’’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹6 Lakhs | Site Profits ₹2.08 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3
Final Table Results
Afternoon Boost – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 137
Re-entries – 105
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 47
PokerBaazi loyalist and former The Endeavour champion Abhishek ‘abbie1987’ Batra came out on top in the second edition of PokerBaazi`s new ₹5 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Boost and walked away with ₹74,161 in prize money following a heads-up deal with Arvindhan ‘bblackdegen’ Lakshminarayanan (2nd for ₹64,189).
Last night`s win fetched Batra a much-needed breakout score, for he still sits on ₹22.81 Lakhs in net losses on the site.
The ₹2,200 buy-in afternoon marquee registered an overlay deficit of ₹16,000 after roping in 242 entrants, and the top 47 places boarded the money bus.
Final Table Results
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Vikram ‘poker_lover’ Mishra (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Hyper Sprint for ₹58,530), ‘abhilash2356’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹49,730), Utkarsh ‘Sam20542’ Srivastava (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹46,090), ‘Eliminationismu’ (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD Holdem BOOST for ₹42,750), Ringphamatai ‘matpoker’ Ningshen (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹31,870), Rahul ‘GhatakTheGreat’ Sengar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO5 BOOST for ₹29,400), and ‘akash316’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Baazi Super Value for 9,120) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
MPL Poker
Thursday Smash – ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 235
Prize Pool – ₹3,50,000
Places Paid – 37
MPL Poker pro Siddharth ‘schemer77’ Karia kept his title-winning spree on his sponsor`s site going by outclassing the 235-player field in the ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD Thursday Smash to collect ₹82,837 – his second title victory and third top-two finish on the platform this month! Rohit ‘1tera1mera049’ Surana finished runner-up for ₹52,698.
The Final Table Series 2.0 Main Event champion, Siddharth Karia, won Adda52`s Mega Suits earlier this month and has already bagged three marquee titles in the last fortnight!
Final Table Results
Pocket52
Pocket Jacks – ₹2 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 93
Re-entries – 64
Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000
Places Paid – 24
The user ‘BajranG1111’ bested the 157-player field in Pocket52’s Thursday marquee, ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, collecting ₹42,000 in first-place prize money.
Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma RS took home ₹31,000 in second place. Varma collectively added ₹32,444 last night as he made another deep run in PokerBaazi’s ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT (37th for ₹1,444).
Final Table Results
‘Santu1234’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Gladiator for ₹23,000), ‘user1658569803’ (Won ₹75K GTD Unravel for ₹15,782), ‘jatshankar’ (Won ₹60K GTD Snacks for ₹12,600), and ‘charly_brunson’ (Won ₹50K GTD Dessert for ₹11,500) won the other Pocket52 marquees.
PokerDangal
PLO 5 Thursday – ₹50K GTD
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 57
Rebuys – 21
Prize Pool – ₹50,000
Places Paid – 15
PokerDangal user ‘Sahil09malik’ championed the ₹50K GTD PLO 5 Thursday for ₹12,000, just as ‘mrprakash26’ fell out in second place, netting ₹8,750.
Final Table Results
PokerStars India
Highroller ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹7,700
Entries – 55
Re-entries – 40
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 11
The 2020 India Poker Champion Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo stood tall among all the winners on PokerStars India yesterday as he toppled a 95-entry field in PokerStars India’s Highroller to win ₹2.39 Lakhs – his second time shipping this event and his best finish on the site this year. Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira made away with ₹1.85 Lakhs in second place.
Labroo scored another ₹6,316 in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT (20th), collectively adding ₹2.45 Lakhs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.70 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.70 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: 9 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.39 Crores
Myron Pereira also cashed Adda52’s Godfather (39th for ₹13,750), boosting his Thursday winnings to ₹1.98 Lakhs.
Myron Pereira’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.56 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹91.21 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3
The ₹7,700 buy-in event filled in a mammoth ₹3.35 Lakhs in overlays, and the top 11 places got paid.
Final Table Results
Piyush ‘anCap_78’ Ravi (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹34,284), ‘pallavi@1717’ (Won ₹50K GTD Deepstack for ₹14,659), ‘NautilusENDE’ (Won ₹50K GTD Afternoon on Stars for ₹ 13,496), and ‘Vishal2898’ (Won ₹40K GTD Primetime Grind for ₹9,528) won the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
Godfather – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 231
Re-entries – 253
Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000
Places Paid – 49
Fresh off winning the COLOSSUS ₹50K Warm Up Bounty in Goa last week, Shravan ‘sweatmyass13’ Chhabria carried that form to his online grind, shipping Adda52`s Thursday mainstay Godfather for the lion’s share of the ₹25 Lakhs GTD prize pool, a payday worth ₹6,12,500.
The long-time circuit regular made another FT run in PokerStars India`s Highroller (7th for ₹50,643), rounding up over ₹6.63 Lakhs in Thursday winnings.
Shravan Chhabria`s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹2.33 Crores | Site Profits: ₹1.18 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #2
The #5 ranked player in the annual (TLB) points standings, Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh, collectively added ₹4.02 Lakhs on the back of seven ITM finishes.
His top Thursday finishes include:
> 2nd in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹3,62,500
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for ₹11,799
> 9th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹11,250
Aman Parakh`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.21 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.88 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #23 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.61 Crores | Ranked #5 in the Annual TLB (Points) Standings
Final Table Results
Monster Turbo – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 111
Re-entries – 75
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 19
Lavesh ‘UPay4MyWeed98’ Meena has been a prolific scorer recently. Coming in strong after his second-place finish in PokerStars India`s Night on Stars the day before, the MTT reg championed Adda52`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD MonsterTurbo for ₹1.39 Lakhs.
Earlier in this Thursday grind, Meena squeezed out a deep run in the super-fast Hyper Sprint on PokerBaazi (15th for ₹3,525), crossing ₹1 Crore in tracked online winnings.
Lavesh Meena`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.02 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹23.19 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #7
Final Table Results
‘Iamalooser’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Dinesh Karthik Pinch Hitter for ₹30,301), ‘yuvrajsomani’ (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹28,176) and ‘zoomzap333’ (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹11,800) shipped the other Thursday marquees on Adda52.
Khelo365
Khelo365 regular ‘jeyguru’ shipped the ₹30K GTD Hitman PLO for ₹21,000, beating ‘Helperofpoker’ (2nd for ₹9,000) heads-up.
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