Daily Majors: Shriram Varma, Vivek Singh, Vinay Rajpal & Atishay Samuel Headline the Monday Flagships

While not unusual, the virtual temperatures plummeted on Monday, and Spartan Poker’s Summer Celebration Series dominated the day`s proceedings!

Shriram Varma emerged as the day`s single-biggest scorer as he captured the Monday headliner on Spartan Poker, SCS #29 – High – Monday Celebration, for ₹3.01 Lakhs. Friday’s SCS #5 – High winner, PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh, pocketed ₹2.03 Lakhs in second place, further cementing his position at the top of the SCS High Leaderboard. Singh also won a Silver package worth ₹1.10 Lakhs to the upcoming IPC Megastacks and pulled out another three ITM finishes.

‘joecsaju’ (anonymity requested) won Adda52`s Iron Man for a career-best ₹2.10 Lakhs, beating Pritam Amritkar (2nd for ₹1.27 Lakhs) heads-up.

After chopping two Sunday flagships the day before, Vinay Rajpal made another impressive run last night! The former Full House runner-up finisher won PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for an impressive third time for ₹2 Lakhs, and he chopped the Monday flagship title heads-up with ‘AK47_’ (2nd for ₹1.99 Lakhs).

Abhay Gupta shipped PokerBaazi`s IMPS Day 2 headliner, IMPS #16 (6-Max), for ₹1.42 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with Raghav Ananth (2nd for ₹1.22 Lakhs).

The three-time Sunday Special champion Atishay Samuel took down PokerStars India`s Battle Royale for the second time in three weeks for ₹96,047 (57,148 in bounties). Harsh Bubna finished runner-up for ₹57,531 (18,633 in bounties). Samuel reigned in six ITM finishes, collectively earning ₹1.42 Lakhs.

The other prominent Monday winners were Sagar Kavre, Vaibhav Arora, Mohit Dhingra, Shashank Mehrotra, Hemant Meena, Vinay Choudhry, and Shekhar Singh.

Here are the Monday highlights!

Spartan Poker

Day 4 of Spartan Poker’s Summer Celebration Series had eight events playing down to a winner, and the ₹13 Lakhs GTD SCS #29 – High – Monday Celebration was the day`s biggest draw.

SCS #29 – High – Monday Celebration – ₹13 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 179

Re-entries – 52

Rebuys – 125

Prize Pool – ₹14,24,000

Places Paid – 31

The former Destiny runner-up finisher, Shriram ‘MasterBet10’ Varma, overcame the guarantee-crushing 356-entry field in Spartan Poker’s SCS #29 – High – Monday Celebration to win ₹3.01 Lakhs, picking up his third-best career finish and his best score of the year. PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh finished runner-up for ₹2.03 Lakhs.

Shriram Varma`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹34.90 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹11.62 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3

Vivek Singh, a former The Millionaire champion, posted another three ITM finishes, making away with over ₹2.19 Lakhs in Monday winnings. Additionally, he won an IPC Megastacks Silver package worth ₹1.10 Lakhs. With his tracked online winnings now at ₹7.96 Crores, Singh sits at the edge of the ‘₹8 Crore Club.

Final Table Results

1. Shriram ‘MasterBet10’ Varma – ₹3,01,176
2. Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh – ₹2,02,778
3. bluechipp – ₹1,42,970
4. Anant ‘Prometheius’ Purohit – ₹1,15,914
5. Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover – ₹91,706
6. Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara – ₹69,634
7. Kailen – ₹50,837
8. Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – ₹37,166

SCS #31 – High ₹8.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 190

Re-entries – 59

Rebuys – 119

Prize Pool – ₹9,20,000

Places Paid – 31

The user ‘Cera99’ shipped Spartan Poker’s ₹8.50 Lakhs GTD SCS #31 for ₹1.93 Lakhs. ‘EDITH11’ finished runner-up for ₹1.31 Lakhs.

Final Table Results

1. Cera99 – ₹1,93,014
2. EDITH11 – ₹1,31,008
3. Apexpredator26 – ₹92,368
4. Ankur ‘showstopper89’ Aryan – ₹74,888
5. Ankit ‘ON_MY_MAC’ Bajaj – ₹59,248
6. talissya – ₹44,988
7. Siddhanth ‘ChintuDedha’ Kapoor – ₹32,844
8. Tumatauenga – ₹24,012

SCS Leaderboards

PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (2,098 points) has further extended his lead at the top of the SCS – High Leaderboard after his runner-up finish in the SCS #29 – High – Monday Celebration last night. Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover (1,269 points) and Dhirendra ‘BustedFish’ Kumar (1,006 points) are the other two top-ranked players on the leaderboard.

The SCS Mid Leaderboard witnessed an upheaval, with Nachiketa ‘KnowsBleed’ Jha (1,447 points) taking over the #1 spot. Vaibhav ‘Vakeel.sahab’ Arora (1,327 points) has climbed up to #2, pushing Archit ‘Archit810’ Agarwal (1,195 points) down two places to the #3 position.

Winning SCS #25 – Low helped the user ‘Underground’ (2,272 points) retain their lead on top of the SCS – Low Leaderboard. ‘KICK_AXXXS (1,699 points) and ‘Born Gamer’ (1,459 points) continue to occupy the #2 and #3 positions on the leaderboard, respectively.

‘RaghSaiAyy’ (Won SCS #32 – Mid ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹56,878), Vaibhav ‘Vakeel.sahab’ Arora (Won SCS #26 – Mid ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD for ₹53,695), ‘nerfhitler’ (Won SCS #28 – Mid – PKO ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹44,365), ‘Underground’ (Won SCS #25 – Low – ₹80K GTD for ₹24,664), ‘akkiyo1’ (Won SCS #30 – Low – Centurion ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹20,453), ‘Prateek318’ (Won SCS #27 – Low – ₹40K GTD for ₹7,731), and ‘Guru_Dron’ (Won Striker ₹18K GTD for ₹4,944) won the other SCS titles on Monday.

PokerBaazi

The Big Show – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 196

Re-entries – 177

Prize Pool – ₹11,19,000

Places Paid – 45

Vinay Rajpal couldn`t have hoped for a better start to the week! After chopping two Sunday flagships the day before, the MTT beast made another top finish last night, winning PokerBaazi`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Big Show for the third time for ₹2 Lakhs. Here again, he struck a heads-up deal, with ‘AK47_’ making away with an almost equal ₹1.99 Lakhs in second place.

Vinay Rajpal picked up another small score in Spartan Poker’s SCS #29 – High – Monday Celebration (25th for ₹11,162), making away with a collective ₹2.12 Lakhs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.89 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.05 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹74.04 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #6

Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta ITM-ed three Monday tournaments, pocketing ₹1.25 Lakhs. His ITM finishes include:

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹78,330

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s SCS #29 – High – Monday Celebration for ₹37,166

> 13th in Adda52’s Iron Man for ₹9,220

Mohit Mehta’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.56 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹98.05 Lakhs

Final Table Results

1. Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal – ₹2,00,495*
2. Shubham ‘AK47_’ Madhesia – ₹1,98,988*
3. Priyanka ‘pokerdoggo’ Choudhary – ₹1,05,746
4. Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – ₹78,330
5. Karan ‘mslpmfrt’ Kapur – ₹58,748
6. Ashutosh ‘trailblazera’ Kumar – ₹46,998
7. Anand ‘Losserscc’ S – ₹39,165
8. Rahul ‘slowroller’ Melwani – ₹31,332

*denotes a heads-up deal

IMPS#16 6-Max – ₹6 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 524

Re-entries – 617

Prize Pool – ₹9,12,800

Places Paid – 126

Abhay ‘porcupine3’ Gupta championed the IMPS Day 2 headliner, ₹6 Lakhs GTD IMPS#16 6-Max, for a site-best ₹1.42 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with Raghav ‘scambrahm’ Ananth (2nd for ₹1.22 Lakhs).

Abhay Gupta also cashed The Big Show (11th for ₹17,121), earning ₹1.59 Lakhs (overall). His PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹4.32 Lakhs| Site Profits: ₹47,316

Laxmi ‘thedude7’ Narayan Meena had a field day in the IMPS – he cashed five events for a collective ₹1.07 Lakhs. His Monday finishes include:

> 3rd in IMPS#16 for ₹70,559

> 3rd in IMPS#15 Daily for ₹28,971

> 15th in IMPS#13 for ₹5,975

> 14th in IMPS#10 PLO-6 for ₹1,286

> 46th in IMPS#12 for ₹448

Laxmi Narayan Meena’s online stats (PokerBaazi & Adda52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.04 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.18 Lakhs

The ₹880 buy-in MTT was the biggest guaranteed event on Day 2 of the IMPS, and collected a guarantee-crushing ₹9.13 Lakhs in prize money on the back of 1,141 registrations.

Final Table Results

1. Abhay ‘porcupine3’ Gupta – ₹1,42,018*
2. Raghav ‘scambrahm’ Ananth – ₹1,22,055*
3. Laxmi ‘thedude7’ Narayan Meena – ₹70,559
4. Manoj ‘cutymannu’ Sharma – ₹52,121
5. Sylvester ‘Bonty7510’ Shivraj Vankar – ₹38,885
6. Arun ‘arumanu1’ Kumar – ₹31,492

*denotes a heads-up deal

IMPS#14 VALUE BLAST – Qualifier 2 – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹110

Entries – 726

Re-Entries – 482

Survivors – 155

Qualifier 2 of the ₹10 Lakhs GTD IMPS#14 VALUE BLAST brought in 1,208 entrants, expanding the field size to 2,205 entries after the first two starting flights.

After three hours of play, 155 players bagged a stack for the Finale. ‘Deepak201199’ (439,000), ‘masterskumar1’ (397,000), and ‘anandkarunan’ (332,000) topped the day-end chip counts.

Qualifier 3 is scheduled to start at 8 PM tonight.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Qualifier 2

1. Deepak201199 – 439,000
2. masterskumar1 – 397,000
3. anandkarunan – 332,000
4. pritish1892 – 327,000
5. lnukshi – 283,000
6. souvik66 – 279,000
7. sbharti01 – 272,000
8. Jasmeet ‘jazzyrihan’ Rihan – 269,000
9. ch4ang – 268,000
10. shlok0603 – 263,000

‘pg83’ (Won IMPS#13 ₹4 Lakhs GTD for ₹90,686), ‘sagarkavre3’ (Won IMPS#15 DAILY ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹63,706), ‘MeenakshiSundareshwar’ (Won IMPS#9 80K GTD for ₹19,897), ‘nehraanil49’ (Won IMPS#10 PLO-6 60K GTD ₹18,110), and ‘Ansh6007’ (Won IMPS#12 5-Max Turbo 70K GTD for ₹14,957) won the other IMPS titles on Monday.

‘Vivek769’ (Won Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹56,567), Mohit ‘bhaiyamohit’ Dhingra (Won Afternoon Boost ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹49,000), Shashank ‘shashank171992’ Mehrotra (Won SPRINT 1 AM ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹36,708), Hemant ‘hkm2828’ Meena (Won SPRINT 1 PM ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹32,924), and ‘babita’ (Won PLO Daily ₹40K GTD for ₹13,257) took down the other PokerBaazi marquees.

PokerStars India

Battle Royale (8-Max) – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 100

Re-entries – 76

Total Prize Pool – ₹4,40,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,20,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,20,000

Places Paid – 20

The three-time Sunday Special champion Atishay ‘momstacos’ Samuel clinched the Battle Royale title for the second time in three weeks, banking ₹96,047 (₹57,148 in bounties). Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna came second for ₹57,531 (₹18,633 in bounties).

Atishay Samuel made away with ₹1.42 Lakhs in Monday winnings on the back of six deep runs that include:

> 1st in PokerStars India’s Battle Royale [8-Max] for ₹96,047

> 18th in Spartan Poker’s SCS #29 – High – Monday Celebration for ₹16,803

> 11th in Adda52’s Iron Man for ₹12,573

> 14th in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#16 6-Max for ₹9,311

> 9th in Spartan Poker’s SCS #26 – Mid for ₹6,160

> 80th in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#13 for ₹1,358

Atishay Samuel’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.96 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹61 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #10 | Annual Winnings: ₹58.76 Lakhs

Harsh Bubna lapped up ₹69,209 (cumulatively) through three ITM runs that include:

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Battle Royale [8-Max] for ₹57,531

> 26th in Spartan Poker’s SCS #31 – High for ₹9,016

> 42nd in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#13 for ₹2,662

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

1. Atishay ‘momstacos’ Samuel – ₹96,047
2. Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹57,531
3. Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar – ₹42,173
4. Samay ‘LIM!TLE$$’ Singh Modi – ₹27,462
5. Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar – ₹21,636
6. Aditya ‘ukid767’ Singh – ₹22,218
7. Amar ‘PsykoEko’ Iyer – ₹11,560
8. Tony4004 – ₹14,173
9. Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik – ₹10,199

Deepstack – ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,375

Entries – 69

Re-entries – 37

Total Prize Pool – ₹1,50,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹83,750

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹66,250

Places Paid – 13

PokerStars India`s ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Deepstack brought in 106 hopefuls, overlaying ₹17,500. The user ‘Monkey D. Wolfy’ won the title for the second time in less than a month, netting ₹33,820 in prize money (₹14,521 in bounties). They had previously won this event on April 14.

‘Raag-bhav’ finished runner-up for ₹20,286 (₹5,464 in bounties).

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

1. Monkey D. Wolfy – ₹33,820
2. Raag-bhav – ₹20,286
3. Kush0078 – ₹17,629
4. Areax97 – ₹9,602
5. nmishra8 – ₹8,541
6. Sreeharsha ‘DonkeyCommitted’ Boneni – ₹9,288
7. Ishita ‘Warriori08’ Arora – ₹4,742
8. Manish ‘manish jangid’ Jangid – ₹6,128
9. s_314243 – ₹4,368

‘sarvesh tawde’ (Won Ultrasonic ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹27,562), ‘Johnimsong’ (Deepstack ₹50K GTD for ₹12,724), Shekhar ‘shekhar_singh’ Singh (Won Afternoon on Stars ₹50K GTD for ₹12,707), and ‘LEGEND2668’ (Won Primetime Grind ₹50K GTD for ₹11,948) won the other Monday marquees on PokerStars India.

Adda52

Iron Man – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 184

Re-entries – 197

Prize Pool – ₹8,38,198

Places Paid – 38

The user ‘joecsaju’ (anonymity requested) came out on top of the 381-entry field in Adda52’s Monday showstopper, ₹8 Lakhs GTD Iron Man, to collect a career-best ₹2.10 Lakhs. Pritam ‘Coolprits’ Amritkar converted a ₹240 buy-in satellite buy-in into a runner-up payday worth ₹1.27 Lakhs.

‘joecsaju’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹3.65 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹88,178

Final Table Results

1. joecsaju – ₹2,09,550
2. Pritam ‘Coolprits’ Amritkar – ₹1,26,987
3. varun4192 – ₹92,202
4. Ratul ‘riverking021’ Steves – ₹67,056
5. Sathriyan88 – ₹45,263
6. Pulkit12 – ₹31,433

Voyager – ₹3 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 168

Re-entries – 163

Prize Pool – ₹3,31,004

Places Paid – 34

The user ‘ganu12’ made it past 330 opponents in Adda52’s ₹3 Lakhs GTD Voyager to claim the lion’s share of the ₹3.31 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹82,750. ‘Badsoldier11’ came second for ₹50,147.

‘ganu12’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹17.75 Lakhs | Title Wins: #11 | Final Table Finishes: #80

Final Table Results

1. ganu12 – ₹82,750
2. Badsoldier11 – ₹50,147
3. Vivek ‘lildice666’ Anand Baskey – ₹36,410
4. mishrasudeep0108 – ₹27,639
5. fzzfzz – ₹19,033
6. Sudarshan ‘Sudmore’ More – ₹12,413
7. Vishal ‘vishalmaharaj’ Maharaj – ₹9,930
8. Armaan ‘tandavam’ Kochhar – ₹8,275

‘Bujo’ (Won Freeze Out Adda ₹40K GTD for ₹14,266), ‘sandeeproy’ (Won Sundown Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹12,774), ‘Machine541’ (Won Bounty Adda ₹60K GTD for ₹12,086), and ‘Sophiacooper07’ (Won Evening Adda ₹50K GTD for ₹9,944) won the other Adda52 marquees.

MPL Poker

MPL Poker user ‘Stoner’ won the ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monday Madness for ₹48,000.

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