Daily Majors: Tanmay Benara, Arun Sriram, Saransh Garg & Gursimrann Brar Headline the Friday Winners

With Pocket52’s Pocket Poker Championship 6.0 being the only MTT series keeping poker lovers entertained, expectedly, Friday was relatively lackluster compared to last week.

And topping the Friday charts was Tanmay Benara! Hot on the heels of his runner-up finish in the Thursday High Roller the day before, Benara lit up the virtual felts last night with a scintillating five ITM finishes and an impressive ₹6.69 Lakhs in total winnings. He picked up FT scores in Adda52’s The Ballers (2nd for ₹3.92 Lakhs), PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost (3rd for ₹86,403), and (7-MAX) SPRINT (5th for ₹85,750).

The two-time Adda52 Big Game champion Arun Sriram shipped The Ballers for ₹4.54 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with Benara, storming to #10 in the annual leaderboard rankings.

The day’s single biggest score belonged to Spartan Poker user ‘EatTheRude,’ who topped the 245-player field in The Elite, banking a site-best ₹5.54 Lakhs. The LEGEND #25 Esteem champion, Gursimrann Brar, came second for ₹3.74 Lakhs, crossing ₹50 Lakhs in annual winnings.

The Tuesday chartbuster Saransh Garg tamed a guarantee-crushing field in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller, scoring a handsome ₹3.82 Lakhs (won ₹3.86 Lakhs overall). He struck a heads-up deal with ‘shubamg18’ (2nd for a site-best ₹3.30 Lakhs).

Praveen KR kept his profit graph on the uptick by nailing PokerStars India’s The Big Bash for a site-best ₹2.42 Lakhs (his second-best online score). He rounded up ₹3.03 Lakhs in Friday earnings from six ITM finishes.

The 2021 INCOOP Main Event winner Piyush Nanda won PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹2.08 Lakhs, with Thursday`s The Colosseum champion Abhishek Sonu banking ₹1.41 Lakhs as the runner-up (won ₹1.91 Lakhs overall).

Gaurav Balyan conquered PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for a personal-best ₹1.37 Lakhs (won ₹1.42 Lakhs overall).

Wednesday’s PPC#4 Pocket Jacks champion, Mayank Shekhar, came close to winning his second PPC title in Pocket52’s PPC#16 Pocket Queens but fell one spot short, losing the title to ‘dcs007’ (1st for ₹1.85 Lakhs). Shekhar settled for a runner-up cash prize worth ₹1.30 Lakhs, his third consecutive day making a podium finish in a PPC headliner.

Vinay B, Siddhanth Kapoor, Samyak Sethi, Mayank Maruka, Himanshu Dwivedi, Clinton Tavares, Abhiroop Gupta, Maddhav Kohli, Adwait Pol, Gaurav Singh, and Jatin Rathod shipped the other Friday majors.

Here are the Friday highlights!

Spartan Poker

The Elite (6-Max) – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 129

Re-entries – 51

Rebuys – 65

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 27

Spartan Poker user ‘EatTheRude’ soared past the 245-player field in the site’s Friday headliner, the ₹25 Lakhs GTD The Elite, taking home the day’s single biggest payout worth ₹5.54 Lakhs.

The mystery player created their account on Spartan Poker in September, and this was their first title win and site-best score so far. EatTheRude’s Spartan Poker’s stats: Site Winnings: ₹7.31 Lakhs | Titles Won: #1

The LEGEND #25 Esteem champion, Gursimrann ‘f00l4u’ Brar, posted up his second runner-up finish of the month in The Elite worth ₹3.74 Lakhs (his fifth-best score on the site) (previously, he placed 2nd in LEGEND #47 Thursday Showdown), crossing ₹50 Lakhs in annual winnings.

Gursimran Brar’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹69.77 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹41.38 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2 | Annual Winnings: ₹53.49 Lakhs

The 9:30 PM The Elite fell ₹50,000 short of its advertised guarantee. The top 27 runners crossed the money line.

Final Table Results

1. EatTheRude – ₹5,53,750
2. Gursimrann ‘f00l4u’ Brar – ₹3,73,750
3. Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal – ₹2,57,250
4. Man ‘Gradatim Ferociter’ Mohan Singh – ₹2,09,750
5. Vishal ‘sarryu’ Singh – ₹1,67,250
6. Dhaval ‘ElegantlyWasted’ Mudgal – ₹1,28,500

Futuristic – ₹7 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 587 (389)

Rebuys – 322

Prize Pool – ₹7,27,200

Places Paid – 87

Online reg Vinay ‘ConCrete’ B had a busy Friday grind and ended up cashing six tournaments, with four of those runs ending on the FT, adding ₹2.93 Lakhs to his online tally! His biggest score last night came in Spartan Poker’s 8 PM marquee, ₹7 Lakhs GTD Futuristic, and he won the multi-entry marquee for ₹1.27 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with site reg ‘HEMAKUNA‘ (2nd for ₹98,870).

Vinay B’s Friday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Futuristic for ₹1,27,071

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-MAX) SPRINT for ₹1,22,500

> 6th in Adda52’s Friday Bounty for ₹15,413

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹14,783

> 21st in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash for ₹10,061

> 115th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,227

Vinay B’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.45 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.19 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #21 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.27 Crores

The ₹880 entry buy-in Friday marquee logged 909 entries, posting a ₹7.27 Lakhs prize pool. The top 87 places received a share of the prize money.

Final Table Results

1. Vinay ‘ConCrete’ B – ₹1,27,071*
2. HEMAKUNA – ₹98,870*
3. Abhinav ‘Borntogamble’ Menon – ₹62,030
4. Pratik ‘GorillaGlue’ Manjrekar – ₹47,995
5. Vishal ‘$@TEN’ Singh – ₹37,814
6. Sanjeet ‘Sanjeet1989’ Morey – ₹29,597
7. Sumit ‘Sumitsingh199’ Rajpurohit – ₹21,889
8. Nuke_Nuke – ₹15,053

*denotes a heads-up deal

‘Iceman24’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹47,135), ‘chibhai88’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Sundowner for ₹25,700), ‘onte’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹32,073), ‘boldplay’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultra PLO4 for ₹26,780), ‘rujula16’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹15,994), and ‘pranjal1990’ (Won ₹50K GTD Centurion for ₹8,583) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

PokerBaazi

The Weekly HighRoller – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 105

Re-entries – 73

Prize Pool – ₹17,80,000

Places Paid – 20

The Tuesday chartbuster, Saransh ‘saransh004’ Garg, delivered another power-packed performance yesterday, taming a 178-player field in PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller for a ₹3.82 Lakhs payday, clinching one of the few HR flagship titles he was yet to win. Garg chopped The Weekly HighRoller title heads-up with ‘shubamg18’ (2nd for a site-best ₹3.30 Lakhs).

The former The Millionaire champion, Saransh Garg, picked up a small score in the Daily Value Boost (60th for ₹4,476), rounding up ₹3.86 Lakhs in Friday earnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.55 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.09 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #20 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.08 Crores

The #2 ranked player of 2021, Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia, added ₹2.87 Lakhs through four ITM finishes (and one bounty), which include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹2,31,400

> 14th in Spartan Poker’s The Elite for ₹32,461

> 25th in PokerBaazi’s (7-MAX) SPRINT for ₹12,250

> 88th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,227

Manish Lakhotia’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.81 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.51 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #19 | Annual Winnings: ₹3.03 Crores | Moves to #11 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Thursday’s Godfather runner-up finisher, Vaibhav ‘WakhraSwagNi’ Sharma, notched up ₹1.79 Lakhs through two deep runs, which include:

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹1,60,200

> 16th in PokerBaazi’s (7-MAX) SPRINT for ₹18,375

Vaibhav Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.48 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.83 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #23 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.83 Lakhs | Ranked #20 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #19 in Annual Profits

The ever-consistent Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma reeled in ₹1.49 Lakhs in Friday earnings from three deep runs, which include:

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹1,06,800

> 11th in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash for ₹25,336

> 26th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹16,859

Ashit Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.90 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.32 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #24 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.18 Crores

Final Table Results

1. Saransh ‘saransh004’ Garg – ₹3,81,881*
2. shubamg18 – ₹3,30,119*
3. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹2,31,400
4. Vaibhav ‘WakhraSwagNi’ Sharma – ₹1,60,200
5. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹1,06,800
6. Mohsin ‘gongo’ Shaikh – ₹89,000

*denotes a heads-up deal

(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 208

Re-entries – 142

Prize Pool – ₹12,25,000

Places Paid – 35

The 2021 INCOOP Main Event champion Piyush’ NoName30′ Nanda came in all guns blazing in PokerBaazi’s 9 PM mainstay, ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT, and totaled the 350-player field in six hours, bagging away the top prize of ₹2.08 Lakhs.

Piyush Nanda’s online stats (excluding Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹81.22 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹25.24 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #26 | Annual Winnings: ₹37.37 Lakhs

Thursday’s The Colosseum champion, Abhishek’ chipndchair’ Sonu, has been on a breakout run off-late, having booked four title victories and 12 FT finishes this month. Sonu fell inches short of winning a marquee tournament on back-to-back days, pocketing ₹1,40,875 in second place.

The low-to-mid stakes beast, Sonu, posted another five deep runs, adding ₹1.91 Lakhs to his burgeoning bankroll.

His top Friday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,40,875

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹31,234

> 10th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹10,058

> 45th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹4,476

Abhishek Sonu’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.85 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹44.37 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #62 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.13 Crores

The long-time reg and the IOPC January 2022 Legends finalist Vinay’ ConCrete’ B placed third for ₹1.23 Lakhs. Vinay had a fantastic Friday session as he took down Spartan Poker’s Futuristic and FT-ed two other tournaments, adding ₹2.93 Lakhs to his Friday scorecard.

The first-ever India Turbo Masters Main Event champion, Tanmay ‘Truman’ Benara, finished fifth for ₹85,750. Benara showed off his poker finesse as he raked in a handsome ₹6.69 Lakhs from six deep runs (and two bounties).

The ₹3,850 entry buy-in (7-Max) SPRINT had 350 entrants vying for a share of the ₹12.25 Lakhs prize pool. The top 35 finishers rode the money bus.

Final Table Results

1. Piyush ‘NoName30’ Nanda – ₹2,08,250
2. Abhishek ‘chipndchair’ Sonu – ₹1,40,875
3. Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B – ₹1,22,500
4. Vaibhav ‘vaibhi18’ Arora – ₹1,04,125
5. Tanmay ‘Truman’ Benara – ₹85,750
6. Dhinesh ‘dhineshrocky007’ Kumar – ₹73,500
7. Satyam ‘satyamverma25’ Verma – ₹61,250

Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 359

Re-entries – 335

Prize Pool – ₹10,41,000

Places Paid – 119

Gaurav ‘balyanbali’ Balyan overcame the 694-player field in PokerBaazi`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost to collect his second title on the site and a personal-best ₹1.37 Lakhs in prize money. The user ‘anand85’ secured a runner-up payday worth ₹1.22 Lakhs, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

Gaurav Balyan also scored in the (7-Max) Daily SPRINT (27th for ₹5,080), adding ₹1.42 Lakhs overall. His PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹10.72 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹2.18 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2

The India Turbo Masters Main Event champion Tanmay ‘truman’ Benara was the Friday chartbuster. He made away with over ₹6.69 Lakhs across five deep runs and two bounties (including a third-place finish in the Daily Value Boost for ₹86,403), crossing ₹2.50 Crores in annual winnings.

Tanmay Benara`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.96 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.37 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #23 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.56 Crores

Sunday’s APT#51 Main Event runner-up finisher and the #1 ranked player in the annual TLB standings, Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur, stuck to his usual regime by firing as many as five ITM finishes on PokerBaazi yesterday (including two FT scores), collectively worth ₹75,515.

His top Friday finishes include:

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹33,833

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹20,195

> 20th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹15,313

Rajneesh Thakur’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.87 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹79.93 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #54 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.23 Crores | Ranked #1 in the Annual TLB (Points) Standing

Final Table Results

1. Gaurav ‘balyanbali’ Balyan – ₹1,37,259*
2. anand85 – ₹1,22,262*
3. Tanmay ‘truman’ Benara – ₹86,403
4. Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury – ₹58,817
5. lucky2222 – ₹39,558
6. piru1234 – ₹27,066
7. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹20,195
8. bijoy003 – ₹15,719

*denotes a heads-up deal

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

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 163

Re-entries – 161

Prize Pool – ₹6,48,000

Places Paid – 53

Siddhanth’ Bullzeye’ Kapoor missed clinching the Tuesday High Roller title by inches after losing the heads-up battle to Amit Kaushik. However, there was no stopping the multi-talented actor – DJ – poker reg, Kapoor, yesterday as he broke an almost two-month-long dry spell by obliterating the 324-entry field in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost, winning the 2 PM marquee for ₹1.22 Lakhs.

The Ballers champion from September, Kapoor, generated 2.20 Lakhs overall from five deep runs, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹1,22,018

> 8th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹52,685

> 14th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹26,700

> 16th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹9,369

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s Monster Stack for ₹7,959

Siddhanth Kapoor`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.20 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #11 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.83 Crores

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in (7-Max) Afternoon Boost brought in 324 entrants, generating a guarantee-crushing ₹6.48 Lakhs prize pool. The top 53 finishers made it in the money.

Final Table Results

1. Siddhanth’ Bullzeye’ Kapoor – ₹1,22,018
2. Prem ‘lastbluff’ Chand Gope – ₹86,767
3. Hrohit – ₹61,754
4. Vinay’ keechad’ Verma – ₹43,870
5. Abhishek’ chipndchair’ Sonu – ₹31,234
6. Puneet ‘arhanhit’ Jain – ₹22,226
7. BeastKing1928 – ₹17,820

(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 129

Re-entries – 125

Prize Pool – ₹5,08,000

Places Paid – 47

The first-ever BTS Main Event champion, Samyak’ stonedurrr’ Sethi, stormed through the 254-entry field in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT, taking down the 7:15 PM marquee for the second time this year for ₹75,743.

The Maverick champion from October, Anmolraj ‘PINCIOTTI’ Singh Chawla, fell inches short of the title, securing ₹57,099 in second-place prize money.

Sethi also ran deep in Adda52’s Nano Ballers (35th for ₹1,909), collecting a Friday paycheck worth ₹77,652 (overall). His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹91.54 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹21.77 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #19 | Annual Winnings: ₹92.26 Lakhs

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in (7-Max) Daily SPRINT had 254 participants chasing a piece of the ₹5.08 Lakhs prize pool, and 47 places got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Samyak’ stonedurrr’ Sethi – ₹75,743
2. Anmolraj ‘PINCIOTTI’ Singh Chawla – ₹57,099
3. Sanjay ‘Banta82’ Kumar – ₹44,552
4. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹33,833
5. Nikhil ‘Nikhilaneja’ Aneja – ₹25,146
6. Marcopolo10 – ₹17,932
7. Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B – ₹14,783

Himanshu ‘hdwivvedi3’ Dwivedi (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹51,070), ‘Ritu.79’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-6 Boost for ₹39,980), Abhiroop ‘Daniel90’ Gupta (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹34,300), Maddhav ‘Maddhav’ Kohli (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹33,860), ‘iamcursed’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹33,170), Gaurav ‘Gauravskr’ Singh (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹30,930), ‘espanoza’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO Boost Monster for ₹26,740), ‘saurav29’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO5 Boost Monster for ₹24,050), and ‘deathbycards’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD SPRINT for ₹35,870) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

Pocket52

PPC#16 Pocket Queens – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 162

Re-entries – 91

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 38

Pocket52 network user ‘dcs007’ trounced a 253-player field in the PPC Friday headliner, ₹10 Lakhs GTD PPC#16 Pocket Queens, collecting ₹1.85 Lakhs in first-place prize money.

Wednesday’s PPC#4 Pocket Jacks champion, Mayank’ MasterDevil’ Shekhar, seems to have cracked the code of scoring big in the Pocket Poker Championship headliners. Yesterday, he finished runner-up in Pocket Queens for ₹1.30 Lakhs, his third consecutive day making a podium finish in a PPC flagship!

Mayank Shekhar`s online stats (excluding Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹31.74 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.36 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #1 | Annual Winnings: ₹10.33 Lakhs

Final Table Results

1. dcs007 – ₹1,85,000
2. Mayank ‘MasterDevil’ Shekhar – ₹1,30,000
3. Prabhat ‘prabhat2810’ Kumar – ₹90,000
4. dhamna – ₹70,000
5. SuryaRC – ₹50,000
6. Sam_PEDbKBtEzK – ₹40,000

Mayank’ muckforvalue’ Maruka (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD PPC#17 Pocket Knights for ₹60,000), ‘adityalucky’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD PPC#13 Pocket Lunch for ₹57,500), ‘crocodile_rana70_14285795’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD PPC#15 Pocket Snacks for ₹34,500), ‘glad_cardiff28_21924294’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD PPC#18 Pocket Soda for ₹33,000), and ‘Only_Jua’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PPC#14 Pocket Squares for ₹22,784) won the other PPC marquees on Pocket52.

PokerStars India

The Big Bash [6-Max, PKO] – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 104

Re-entries – 85

Total Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹7,27,500

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹4,72,500

Places Paid – 23

The mid-stakes reg Praveen ‘pinawxd’ KR has been on a tear since late-October and his profit graph has been in the green ever since. And he improved the graph a few notches by reeling in over ₹3.03 Lakhs from six deep runs on Friday, notably shipping PokerStars India’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Big Bash [6-Max, PKO] for a site-best ₹2.42 Lakhs (₹1,13,984 in bounties) – his second-best online score.

His top Friday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [6-Max, PKO] for ₹2,41,897 (his fourth title of the month)

> 3rd in Adda52’s Nano Ballers for ₹27,417

> 12th in PokerBaazi’s (7-MAX) SPRINT for ₹21,438

Praveen KR’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹87.36 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹9.11 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #18

Thursday’s The Summit runner-up finisher Bharat ‘MojoJojo2193’ Vasan fell one place short again yesterday, netting ₹1.61 Lakhs (₹32,930 in bounties).

The #1 ranked player of the year and Thursday’s The Summit champion, Young Gun Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav, made two FT runs for at least ₹2.29 Lakhs overall, further extending his lead in the POY race.

His Friday finishes include:

> 4th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹1,75,966

> 7th in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [6-Max, PKO] for ₹52,573

The ₹5,500 entry buy-in The Big Bash PKO brought in 189 participants, and the top 23 finishers benefited from the ₹2.55 Lakhs in overlay value on offer.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Praveen ‘pinawxd’ KR – ₹2,41,897
2. Bharat ‘MojoJojo2193’ Vasan – ₹1,60,842
3. Prashanth ‘nemesis9961’ Sekar – ₹1,20,330
4. Avijit ‘SwangoRay’ Jaiswal – ₹75,858
5. Sreekanth ‘LaganaHiToHai’ Narayan – ₹51,426
6. Advait ‘ronaldinh18’ Rajguru – ₹51,295
7. Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹52,573

‘RAV1619’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Uppercut for ₹39,432), Adwait ‘Adwait Pol’ Pol (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹32,510), ‘namastepapaji’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline 6-Max for ₹14,220), and ‘IPPA@PS’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹13,320), won the other PokerStars India marquees.

Adda52

The Ballers – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹7,500

Entries – 184

Re-entries – 125

Prize Pool – ₹21,07,382

Places Paid – 34

After half a dozen FT finishes in the last six weeks, the two-time Adda52 Big Game champion Arun ‘runyrules’ Sriram finally ended the title curse by making the victory march in ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Ballers to collect ₹4.54 Lakhs* (heads-up deal) – his first time winning the Friday headliner after seven FT appearances.

The Friday score pushed Sriram to #10 in the annual leaderboard rankings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.14 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.76 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #15 | Annual Winnings: ₹3.07 Crores | Moves to #10 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

The Thursday High Roller runner-up finisher, Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara, set the virtual felts ablaze last night. The India Turbo Masters Main Event champion raked in a whopping ₹6.69 Lakhs from six deep runs (and two bounties) – emerging as Friday’s most profitable player, crossing ₹2.50 Crores in annual winnings.

His top Friday finishes include:

> 2nd in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹3,92,385* (heads-up deal)

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹86,403

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹85,750

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹71,200

Tanmay Benara’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.96 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.37 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #23 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.56 Crores

Final Table Results

1. Arun ‘runyrules’ Sriram – ₹4,53,728*
2. Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara – ₹3,92,385*
3. Pawan ‘_luffy_1x1’ Tez – ₹2,31,812
4. Anuj ‘anuj25395’ Yadav – ₹1,75,966
5. Varunn ‘VarunnG’ Gaala – ₹1,21,174
6. Rishab ‘rish1994’ Malik – ₹79,027

*denotes a heads-up deal

Clinton ‘RedArmy07’ Tavares (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Nano DST for ₹43,640), Jatin ‘KidJokerJR’ Rathod (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Nano Daily Adda for ₹26,500), and ‘rujula16’ (Won ₹70K GTD Nano Crack Jack for ₹16,504) won the Nano Poker Series titles on Friday.

Khelo365

The user ‘Naiyakhai’ ran past a 69-player field in Khelo365’s ₹10K GTD Sun Downer, winning the title for ₹3,000. ‘HareRam’ placed second for ₹2,100.

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