Daily Majors: Tanmay Benara, Kartik Ved, Mohit Mehta & Anuj Yadav Make a Firecracker Run on Thursday

The virtual temperatures soared yesterday, with Thursday bringing with it an action-packed day of tournament action, all thanks to PokerBaazi’s National Poker Series India 2023 and Spartan Poker’s India Turbo Masters!

The regs dominated the flagships, with Tanmay Benara and 2022 POY Anuj Yadav reeling in big wins for the second day straight.

Tanmay Benara couldn`t have asked for a better start at NPS India 2023. He won the NPS#4 Wednesday Volley the day before and emerged as the day`s top scorer again with a top finish in PokerBaazi`s NPS#10 Thursday Thunder for ₹7.99 Lakhs (₹8.25 Lakhs overall), becoming the first player to win two NPS gold medals in the ongoing series and taking over a significant lead on the NPS Series and Podium leaderboards. Ishaan Pandya scored a personal-best ₹4.90 Lakhs and his first NPS silver medal in NPS#10 Thursday Thunder.

Monday’s (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT winner Arjun Bharadwaj struck gold in PokerBaazi’s NPS#12 (6-Max) SPRINT, banking a career-best ₹3.05 Lakhs for the win. He chopped the title heads-up with the first-ever Game Changer winner Prashanth Sekar (2nd for ₹2.39 Lakhs), the latter picking up his maiden NPS medal.

Onas Malhotra (Won NPS#7 Megadive for ₹2.74 Lakhs), Akshay Kapoor (Won NPS #11 5-Max Hyper SPRINT for ₹2.27 Lakhs), JaiKiran Kumar (Won NPS#9 Slamdunk for ₹2.06 Lakhs), and Vaibhav Temani (Won NPS#8 PLO-5 for ₹1.87 Lakhs) won the other NPS gold medals on Thursday.

WSOP bracelet winner Kartik Ved clinched his maiden ITM title in Spartan Poker`s Thursday showstopper, ITM #36 Thursday Big, banking ₹6.65 Lakhs (won ₹7.72 Lakhs overall). He chopped the title three-way with his good friends Laksh Pal Singh (2nd for ₹5.60 Lakhs) (won ₹6.44 Lakhs overall) and Vishal Bajaj (3rd for ₹4.94 Lakhs) (won ₹5.46 Lakhs overall).

Young Gun Anuj Yadav kept his sails high by winning a flagship tournament for the third straight day. The Beast Mode Poker co-founder completed the trifecta of wins in Spartan Poker’s ITM #35 Thursday Supersonic banking ₹5.38 Lakhs (his 11th title of 2023), besting ‘p@tience7744′ (2nd for ₹3.58 Lakhs) heads-up.

Rahul Purohit (Won ITM #34 DST 7 Max for ₹1.35 Lakhs), Aditya Kesharwani (Won ITM #37 Turbo for ₹1.69 Lakhs), Ajinkya Acharya (Won ITM #33 Rapid for ₹81,060), Rajiv Srivastava (Won ITM #38 Turbo Deepstack for ₹93,834), James Mathews (Won ITM #31 7-Max Turbo for ₹74,025) and Akhilesh Singh (Won ITM #32 Hyper for ₹55,375) won the other India Turbo Masters tournaments.

Mohit Mehta drove up the action on Adda52 by shipping Godfather for ₹6 Lakhs (his sixth title of the year). ‘suyuboy’ bagged away a site-best ₹3.50 Lakhs as the runner-up.

The #1 ranked player of the year, Ashish Munot, added ₹3.19 Lakhs from two deep runs last night. He scored the big breakthrough in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max], taking down the Thursday flagship for ₹2.89 Lakhs. Goonjan Mall pocketed ₹2.16 Lakhs as the runner-up (won ₹2.46 Lakhs overall).

Yuvraj Bhardwaj (won two titles), Manoj Sharma, Vaibhav Shukla, Md Nazim, and our very own Naman Sharma, AKA SharmaJI, won the other Thursday marquees.

Here are the Thursday highlights!

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi`s National Poker Series India 2023 is warming up, with another 16 days of action left to unfold. Day 2 of the mega series had seven events running, and 18 NPS medals went to deserving winners.

NPS#10 Thursday Thunder – ₹40 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹8,250

Entries – 442

Re-entries – 365

Prize Pool – ₹60,52,000

Places Paid – 115

Tanmay ‘truman’ Benara has taken the National Poker Series India 2023 by storm with a fantastic start to his campaign. Benara’s impressive performance saw him clinch back-to-back victories in the featured NPS tournaments on PokerBaazi, with a win in the NPS#4 Wednesday Volley the day before, followed by another triumph in the NPS#10 Thursday Thunder last night for ₹7.99 Lakhs, becoming the first player to win two gold medals in the ongoing series.

Ishaan ‘ideatheater11’ Pandya finished runner-up, earning a personal-best ₹4.90 Lakhs and his first NPS silver medal.

Benara bagged away over ₹8.25 Lakhs in Thursday earnings, emerging as the day’s top scorer for the second consecutive day while charging to the top of the NPS Series and Podium leaderboards! Benara’s incredible form has made him the player to watch in this year’s National Poker Series. It will be exciting to see if he can maintain his winning streak as the series progresses.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#10 Thursday Thunder for ₹7,98,930

> 52nd in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹11,250

> 96th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#7 Megadive for 4,955

> 102nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#11 (5-Max) Hyper Sprint for 4,396

> Made Day 2 in PokerBaazi’s NPS#20 Freezeout (through Qualifier 1)

Tanmay Benara’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.78 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.51 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #5 | NPS Medals Won: 2 Gold | Ranked #1 on the NPS Series and Podium Leaderboard

Akshay ‘akdolos’ Joshi (4th for ₹3.32 Lakhs) and Arjunn ‘MaalChaHee’ Agrawal (8th for ₹1.21 Lakhs) were others picking up final table scores in the 7:30 PM flagship.

The ₹8,250 entry buy-in NPS#10 Thursday Thunder blew its advertised guarantee to smithereens. The 8 PM flagship logged in an 807-player field (442 unique), generating a ₹60.52 Lakhs prize pool, with the top 115 places getting paid.

Final Table Results

1. Tanmay ‘truman’ Benara – ₹7,98,930
2. Ishaan ‘ideatheater11’ Pandya – ₹4,90,253
3. pjprateek – ₹3,97,649
4. Akshay ‘akdolos’ Joshi – ₹3,32,282
5. saurav29 – ₹2,68,731
6. digitalbuoy – ₹2,06,996
7. li7ardking – ₹1,54,339
8. Arjunn ‘MaalChaHee’ Agrawal – ₹1,21,050

NPS#12 (6-Max) SPRINT – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 567

Re-entries – 530

Prize Pool – ₹27,43,000

Places Paid – 148

Monday’s (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT winner Arjun ‘CR7Fever’ Bharadwaj earned his invitation to the NPS Awards Night by winning the gold medal in PokerBaazi’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD NPS#12 (6-Max) SPRINT. He fired two bullets in the reg-infested 1,097-entry field to collect a career-best ₹3.05 Lakhs.

Bharadwaj struck a heads-up deal in the 9:30 PM NPS marquee with the first-ever Game Changer winner Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar (2nd for ₹2.39 Lakhs), the latter picking up his maiden NPS medal.

Bharadwaj also cashed NPS#9 Slamdunk (147th for ₹2,426), adding ₹3.07 Lakhs altogether and returning to profits. His online stats (PokerBaazi and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹20.03 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹36,863 | Titles Won in 2022: #2 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold

Chandan ‘darkfish’ Arora (3rd for ₹1.65 Lakhs), Mitesh ‘mikeknp’ Gupta (4th for ₹1.32 Lakhs), and Abhishek ‘abbie1987’ Batra (5th for ₹1.05 Lakhs) were the other notables on the NPS#12 (6-Max) SPRINT final table.

The ₹2,750 entry buy-in tournament collected a massive ₹27.43 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 148 places got a share of the prize money.

Final Table Results

1. Arjun ‘CR7Fever’ Bharadwaj – ₹3,04,981*
2. Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar – ₹2,38,583*
3. Chandan ‘darkfish’ Arora – ₹1,64,550
4. Mitesh ‘mikeknp’ Gupta – ₹1,32,463
5. Abhishek ‘abbie1987’ Batra – ₹1,05,038
6. RadaX – ₹78,710

*denotes a heads-up deal

NPS#7 Megadive – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 463

Re-entries – 528

Prize Pool – ₹19,82,000

Places Paid – 167

The former Mega Suits runner-up finisher Onas ‘papatumhare’ Malhotra finally broke the title jink that`s been haunting him since early December last night. He was among the six NPS gold medal winners of the day and earned the coveted memento after storming past a 991-strong field in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD NPS#7 Megadive, shipping the 4 PM tournament for ₹2.74 Lakhs.

Friday`s Daily Value Boost winner Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan, had to settle for the silver medal and a runner-up payday of ₹2.16 Lakhs.

Malhotra had his second-best grind of the year last night, raking in ₹3.29 Lakhs from four deep runs, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#7 Megadive for ₹2,73,516

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #37 Turbo for ₹28,809

> 32nd in Spartan Poker’s ITM#35 Thursday Supersonic for ₹18,506

> 67th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#12 (6-Max) SPRINT for ₹8,228

Onas Malhotra’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹58.24 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹10.17 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold

Kabir ‘kabira36’ Dhamija (4th for ₹1.10 Lakhs), Karan ‘karangogi’ Malhotra (5th for ₹76,307), Aryan ‘cyberpaapi’ Chandwani (7th for ₹37,063), and actor-DJ-poker reg Siddhanth ‘Bullzeye’ Kapoor (8th for ₹25,766) also FT-ed NPS#7 Megadive.

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament dished out a massive ₹19.82 Lakhs in prize money (almost 2X the advertised guarantee) to the top 167 finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Onas ‘papatumhare’ Malhotra – ₹2,73,516
2. Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan – ₹2,16,038
3. intervntion – ₹1,62,326
4. Kabir ‘kabira36’ Dhamija – ₹1,09,605
5. Karan ‘karangogi’ Malhotra – ₹76,307
6. slayerking – ₹55,496
7. Aryan ‘cyberpaapi’ Chandwani – ₹37,063
8. Siddhanth ‘Bullzeye’ Kapoor – ₹25,766

NPS #11 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 380

Re-entries – 405

Prize Pool – ₹15,70,000

Places Paid – 137

Fresh off winning the NPS bronze medal on Wednesday, the IOPC 12.0 Super High Roller champion Akshay ‘CallmeAK’ Kapoor bagged the prestigious NPS gold medal last night. And earning him the bragging rights was his thumping victory in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD NPS #11 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT.

Kapoor, a much sought-after poker commentator, fired three bullets in the 8:30 PM super-fast tourney, taking it down for ₹2.27 Lakhs and shaking up the NPS Podium (ranked #2) and NPS Series (ranked #6) leaderboards.

Chirag ‘chiragkhanduja’ Khanduja added the NPS silverware and ₹1.76 Lakhs in second place.

Akshay Kapoor boosted his poker bankroll by ₹2.49 Lakhs from four deep runs, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#11 (5-Max) Hyper Sprint for ₹2,27,336

> 35th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹13,750

> 77th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#8 (PLO-5) for ₹4,956

> 118th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#9 Slamdunk for ₹2,880

Akshay Kapoor’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.75 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹63.79 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold & 1 Bronze | Ranked #2 on the NPS Podium Leaderboard | Ranked #6 on the NPS Series Leaderboard

Ganesh ‘Ganesh24’ Durgade (4th for ₹92,630) was the other notable on the NPS #11 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT final table.

The 8:30 PM marquee, like all the other NPS tournaments of the day, crushed its advertised guarantee. A total of ₹15.70 Lakhs in prize money was distributed among the top 137 finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Akshay ‘CallmeAK’ Kapoor – ₹2,27,336
2. Chirag ‘chiragkhanduja’ Khanduja – ₹1,75,840
3. Waystead – ₹1,31,095
4. Ganesh ‘Ganesh24’ Durgade – ₹92,630
5. PostFlopAction – ₹62,800

NPS#9 Slamdunk – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 736

Re-entries – 780

Prize Pool – ₹15,16,000

Places Paid – 257

JaiKiran ‘testify’ Kumar has been in top form throughout March, scoring four of his five title victories for the year this month. Striking gold on Thursday, the former Game Changer champion packed up the 1,516-strong field in PokerBaazi’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD NPS#9 Slamdunk after an almost ten-hour grind, winning his first NPS gold medal in the 6.30 PM tournament and the ₹2.06 Lakhs up top.

Kumar cashed another two NPS tournaments, banking ₹2.17 Lakhs overall and climbing to #11 on the NPS Leaderboard. His online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.20 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹58.58 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #5 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold & 1 Silver | Ranked #11 on the NPS Series Leaderboard

The FTS 6.0 leaderboard topper Gaurav ‘gauravgoru’ Bhutra collected a runner-up paycheque of ₹1.56 Lakhs and his first NPS silver medal. He cashed another three NPS marquees, rounding up ₹1.74 Lakhs in Thursday winnings.

Gaurav Bhutra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.81 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹15.17 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Silver

The NPS#2 Deepdive champion Shivam Kumar ‘daddyaddy’ Dubey (3rd for ₹1.11 Lakhs) added a bronze medal to his collection. Nikhil ‘blastupinside’ Arora (4th for ₹78,226), Wednesday’s Afternoon Adda winner Divya ‘Dr19sidhu’ Raushan (5th for ₹37,900), and Arbaaz ‘Abbc’ Ahmed (8th for ₹18,344) were others on the NPS#9 Slamdunk final table.

The 6.30 PM NPS tournament generated a profitable ₹15.16 Lakhs prize pool, collecting a substantial 89.50% more than its advertised guarantee! The top 257 finishers got paid.

Final Table Results

1. JaiKiran ‘testify’ Kumar – ₹2,05,873
2. Gaurav ‘gauravgoru’ Bhutra – ₹1,56,148
3. Shivam Kumar ‘daddyaddy’ Dubey – ₹1,11,274
4. Nikhil ‘blastupinside’ Arora – ₹78,226
5. thebigdino01 – ₹54,576
6. Divya ‘Dr19sidhu’ Raushan – ₹37,900
7. prana – ₹26,378
8. Arbaaz ‘Abbc’ Ahmed – ₹18,344

NPS#8 (PLO-5) – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 257

Re-entries – 451

Prize Pool – ₹14,16,000

Places Paid – 115

Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani has put in a lot of volume in online MTTs in March and with much success. He won FTS #24 on March 6 and punched a seven-figure score from a runner-up finish in FTS #40 Thursday Grande shortly after that.

There was no denying Temani the glory last night for the IOPC 11.0 The Crown champion overcame a guarantee-obliterating 708-player field (257 unique) in PokerBaazi`s ₹8 Lakhs GTD NPS#8 (PLO-5), winning his first NPS gold medal and the ₹1.87 Lakhs up top (his second title this month). The user ‘elephobar’ locked in a ₹1.15 Lakhs cash prize and the silver medal in second place.

Temani almost carried his winning form into Adda52’s Monster Turbo, securing a runner-up payday of ₹80,000 and hauled in ₹2.81 Lakhs from five deep runs.

His top Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#8 (PLO-5) for ₹1,86,912

> 2nd in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹80,000

Vaibhav Temani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.72 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.03 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold

Myron ‘priyankAAchoprAA’ Pereira squeezed out ₹1.42 Lakhs across eight ITM finishes. His top Thursday scores include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#8 (PLO-5) for ₹93,031

> 18th in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹20,102

> 15th in Spartan Poker’s ITM#34 DST 7 Max for ₹8,120

Myron Pereira’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.71 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.08 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

The in-form Buhr ‘buhr1085’ Advirkar notched up ₹2.21 Lakhs from three deep runs (two FT scores), which include:

> 6th in SpartanPoker’s ITM #35 Thursday Supersonic for ₹1,25,249

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#8 (PLO-5) for ₹77,738

> 34th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#7 Megadive for ₹9,514

Buhr Advirkar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.85 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹12.20 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Prabhas ‘prabzter’ Sharma (5th for ₹62,870) and Amar ‘kidpoker0109’ Mehta (6th for ₹48,427) were others on the 6-max NPS#8 (PLO-5) final table.

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament awarded a whopping ₹14.16 Lakhs in prize money to the top 115 finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani – ₹1,86,912
2. elephobar – ₹1,14,696
3. Myron ‘priyankAAchoprAA’ Pereira – ₹93,031
4. Buhr ‘buhr1085’ Advirkar – ₹77,738
5. Prabhas ‘prabzter’ Sharma – ₹62,870
6. Amar ‘kidpoker0109’ Mehta – ₹48,427

₹15 Lakhs GTD NPS Freezeout – Qualifier 1

Q1> Entries – 307 | Survivors – 46 | Chip Leader – Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (471,000)

NPS India 2023 Series Leaderboard Standings After Day 2

The Day 2 results in PokerBaazi’s National Poker Series India 2023 stirred up the NPS leaderboard rankings. The NPS#4 Wednesday Volley champion Tanmay ‘truman’ Benara (3,481 points), ranked #6 on Wednesday, climbed into the top spot after cashing three NPS tournaments, most notably winning NPS#10 Thursday Thunder.

Wednesday’s NPS#2 Deepdive winner Shivam ‘daddyaddy’ Kumar Dubey (3,037 points) also boosted his leaderboard rankings. Dubey ITM-ed two NPS marquees, including a third-place finish in NPS#9 Slamdunk, vaulting from #7 to #2.

The Day 1 leaderboard topper ‘prashant031’ Pandagre (2,922 points) crossed the money line in four NPS tourneys but couldn`t retain the top rank, slipping to #3.

NPS India 2023 Podium Standings After Day 2

With two gold medals on consecutive days, Tanmay ‘truman’ Benara (20 points) currently leads the way on the NPS Podium leaderboard.

Akshay ‘CallmeAK’ Kapor (12 points), who won the bronze medal in Wednesday’s NPS#2 Deepdive and grabbed the gold medal in NPS#11 (5-Max) Hyper SPRINT, is ranked #2 on the Podium Leaderboard.

Shivam ‘daddyaddy’ Kumar Dubey (12 points), who won the gold medal in NPS#2 Deepdive and bronze in NPS39 Slamdunk, is ranked #3.

Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹45,900), Manoj ‘cutymannu’ Sharma (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹48,050) and ‘piyushv’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹26,180) and Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 Boost Monster for ₹25,300) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

Spartan Poker

ITM #36 Thursday Big (6-Max) – ₹30 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹22,000

Entries – 88

Re-entries – 23

Re-buys – 46

Prize Pool – ₹31,40,000

Places Paid – 15

The India Turbo Masters Thursday showstopper, Spartan Poker`s ₹30 Lakhs GTD ITM #36 Thursday Big, was a reg-fest with 88 top guns making 46 re-buys and 23 re-entries in the 9 PM tournament, generating a generous ₹31.40 Lakhs prize pool.

The proceedings wrapped up in under six hours, playing down to a three-way deal. WSOP bracelet winner Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved bagged the top honors, clinching his maiden ITM title and a ₹6.65 Lakhs cash prize (his first win after two weeks). Ved’s good friends Laksh ‘b00mTilt23’ Pal Singh (2nd for ₹5.60 Lakhs) and Vishal ‘SimSlave’ Bajaj (3rd for ₹4.94 Lakhs) were others benefitting from the deal.

Ved, who won the Thursday High Roller two weeks ago, had another bountiful Thursday run, raking in almost ₹7.72 Lakhs from eight ITM finishes and carrying a stack from Qualifier 1 of NPS#20 Freezeout.

Ved’s top Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s ITM #36 Thursday Big Turbo for ₹6,64,458* (3-way deal) (his maiden ITM title)

> 24th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#10 Thrusday Thunder for ₹45,394

> 14th in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹30,133

Kartik Ved’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.85 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.22 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Laksh Pal Singh, who has quickly become one of the most-watched poker streamers in the country, lapped up almost ₹6.44 Lakhs in cumulative earnings across four deep runs on Thursday, enough to cross his former mentor Aditya Agarwal at #5 in the POY rankings.

His top Thursday finishes include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #36 Thursday Big Turbo for ₹5,59,518* (3-way deal)

> 7th in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹55,302

> 25th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#12 (6-Max) SPRINT for ₹24,683

Laksh Pal Singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.27 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.67 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #5 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.53 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹49.35 Lakhs | Moves to #5 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings | Moves to #7 in Annual Profits

Vishal Bajaj locked in over ₹5.46 Lakhs from three deep runs, which include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #36 Thursday Big Turbo for ₹4,93,604

> 9th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹37,500

> 94th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#10 Thursday Thunder for ₹15,131

Vishal Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.56 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.78 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: | Annual Winnings: ₹1.28 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹42.37 Lakhs | Ranked #10 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Moves to #13 in Annual Profits

The ₹22,000 buy-in flagship generated a hefty ₹31.40 Lakhs prize pool. The top 15 finishers crossed the money line.

Final Table Results

1. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹6,64,458*
2. Laksh ‘b00mTilt23’ Pal Singh – ₹5,59,518*
3. Vishal ‘SimSlave’ Bajaj – ₹4,93,604*
4. Archio – ₹2,93,590
5. acehigh – ₹2,37,070
6. GiganticRebirth – ₹1,85,260

*denotes a three-way deal

ITM #35 Thursday Supersonic – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹6,600

Entries – 233

Re-entries – 57

Re-buys – 157

Prize Pool – ₹26,82,000

Places Paid – 39

We are short of adjectives for Young Gun Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav, the top-ranked player of 2022, who would have been a formidable contender to win the POY title for the second year in a row had he not opted out. Nevertheless, the engineer-turned-pro kept his dominating form by winning a flagship tournament for the third straight day.

Starting with the ITM #20 Tuesday Big Turbo on Tuesday and the Monster Stack [6-Max PKO] on Wednesday, the Beast Mode Poker co-founder completed the trifecta of wins in Spartan Poker’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD ITM #35 Thursday Supersonic. The poker phenom crushed the 447-entry field (233 unique) in the 8 PM flagship to win ₹5.38 Lakhs (his 11th title of 2023), besting ‘p@tience7744’ (2nd for ₹3.58 Lakhs) heads-up.

The Tuesday chartbuster, Anuj Yadav, bagged away at least ₹5.52 Lakhs through two ITM finishes, which include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s ITM #20 Tuesday Big Turbo for ₹5,37,741

> 43rd in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹13,750

The ITM #16 PLO6 Turbo finalist Nitin ‘NITINABD’ Rawat (3rd for ₹2.58 Lakhs), ITM #11 Monday Supersonic runner-up finisher, Young Gun Aayush ‘Eureka226’ Arya (4th for ₹2.11 Lakhs), last night’s Monster Turbo finalist, Sreeprakaash ‘fitzmagic’ Seetharaman (5th for ₹1.66 Lakhs), yesterday’s NPS#8 (PLO-5) finalist, Buhr ‘C@rnage’ Advirkar (6th for ₹1.25 Lakhs), ITM #28 Wednesday Big Turbo (6-Max) finalist, Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta (7th for ₹91,993) and ITM #27 Wednesday Supersonic finalist, Ritika ‘Sweetie12’ Kumari (8th for ₹67,586) were others on the star-studded ITM #20 Tuesday Big Turbo final table.

The top 39 finishers reaped the rewards by digging into the ₹26.82 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹5,37,741
2. p@tience7744 – ₹3,57,511
3. Nitin ‘NITINABD’ Rawat – ₹2,57,452
4. Aayush ‘Eureka226’ Arya – ₹2,11,073
5. Sreeprakaash ‘fitzmagic’ Seetharaman – ₹1,65,479
6. Buhr ‘C@rnage’ Advirkar – ₹1,25,249
7. Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta – ₹91,993
8. Ritika ‘Sweetie12’ Kumari – ₹67,586

ITM #34 DST 7 Max – ₹7 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 366

Re-entries – 87

Re-buys – 221

Prize Pool – ₹7,00,000

Places Paid – 63

Wednesday’s NPS#1 (7-Max) Kick-Off silver medalist, Rahul ‘Godfather10’ Purohit, covered the distance in Spartan Poker’s ₹7 Lakhs GTD ITM #34 DST 7 Max, ending a three-week-long title slump. He obliterated the 674-player field in the 8 PM India Turbo Masters marquee in a little over seven hours of action-packed play, pocketing ₹1.35 Lakhs for the win. The user ‘padamjain’ finished second for ₹85,400.

Purohit, the 1000X#19 champion from earlier this month, added over ₹1.15 Lakhs to his poker bankroll from six ITM finishes (including the title victory).

His top Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s ITM #34 DST 7 Max for ₹1,35,380

> 50th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#11 (5-Max) Hyper Sprint for ₹6,437

> 89th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#7 Mega Dive for ₹4,955

> Made Day 2 in PokerBaazi’s NPS#20 Freezout (through Qualifier 1)

Rahul Purohit’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹92.01 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹15.53 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Silver

The ITM #27 Wednesday Supersonic silver medalist Abhijeet ‘TheSupremeOne’ Kumar (6th for ₹29,890), Gopal ‘Mamacita’ Bajaj (7th for ₹22,470) and Prateek ‘Prateek318’ Tibrewal (8th for ₹15,960) were other known players on the ITM #34 final table.

The ₹1,100 entry buy-in tournament experienced a nominal ₹26,000 overlay shortfall, and 63 players got to share the spoils.

Final Table Results

1. Rahul ‘Godfather10’ Purohit – ₹1,35,380
2. padamjain ₹85,400
3. Forestwow^ – ₹60,646
4. JackTenHearts – ₹48,650
5. pokerqueen1390 – ₹37,546
6. Abhijeet ‘TheSupremeOne’ Kumar – ₹29,890
7. Gopal ‘Mamacita’ Bajaj – ₹22,470
8. Prateek ‘Prateek318’ Tibrewal – ₹15,960

ITM #37 Turbo – ₹6.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 150

Re-entries – 17

Re-buys – 124

Prize Pool – ₹7,27,500

Places Paid – 23

The ITM #18 Tuesday Supersonic finalist, Aditya ‘Ego_Dissolution’ Kesharwani, shipped Spartan Poker’s ₹6.50 Lakhs GTD ITM #37 Turbo, banking ₹1.69 Lakhs up top, five days after taking down PokerBaazi’s Blockbuster.

Aditya Kesharwani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.93 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹76.57 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4

The ITM #5 Deepstack Turbo champion, Anish ‘TeenTakle1212’ Arora, was one of the 291 hopefuls (150 unique) in the fray in the 9:30 PM tournament. He cashed out ₹1.15 Lakhs in second place, scoring ₹1.30 Lakhs across his Thursday run.

Anish Arora’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.64 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹50.09 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Akash ‘AaoChipender’ Bohra (4th for ₹62,565), ITM #26 Hyper finalist Himanshu ‘venomaster’ Aggarwal (5th for ₹50,198), ITM #13 Hyper finalist Meet ‘gogobhai’ Jariwal (6th for ₹38,921), last night’s NPS#7 Megadive champion Onas ‘papatumhare’ Malhotra (7th for ₹28,809) and Aman ‘KarrAk’ Kumar Sharma (8th for ₹21,170) also FT-ed ITM #37 Turbo.

The ₹2,750 entry buy-in tournament generated a healthy ₹7.28 Lakhs prize pool, and 23 players punched a payday.

Final Table Results

1. Aditya ‘Ego_Dissolution’ Kesharwani – ₹1,69,144
2. Anish ‘TeenTakle1212’ Arora – ₹1,14,581
3. mansoon – ₹76,388
4. Akash ‘AaoChipender’ Bohra – ₹62,565
5. Himanshu ‘venomaster’ Aggarwal – ₹50,198
6. Meet ‘gogobhai’ Jariwala – ₹38,921
7. Onas ‘papatumhare’ Malhotra – ₹28,809
8. Aman ‘KarrAk’ Kumar Sharma – ₹21,170

ITM #33 Rapid – ₹6 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 572

Re-entries – 210

Re-buys – 343

Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000

Places Paid – 151

Ajinkya ‘aj261093’ Acharya scored a well-deserved win in ITM #33 Rapid after navigating the vast 1,125-entry field (572 unique) in Spartan Poker’s 7 PM multi-flight tourney, posting his maiden title victory on the site and pocketing a personal-best ₹81,060* (3-way deal) in the process.

Hrithik ‘Scavanger1’ Singh (2nd for a career-best ₹72,418) and Dhaval ‘optionseller’ Heda (3rd for ₹68,222) locked in almost comparable payouts on the podium, courtesy of the three-way deal.

Ajikya Acharya’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹7.48 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Wednesday’s ITM #25 Rapid runner-up finisher and the #4 ranked player on the ITM leaderboard, Parag ‘Persie’ Shah (5th for ₹27,876) and Siddharth ‘FLIPopotamus’ Kadel (6th for ₹19,680) also FT-ed ITM #33 Rapid.

The ₹550 entry buy-in value tournament experienced an overlay shortfall of ₹37,500, and the top 151 finishers cashed in on the value on offer.

Final Table Results

1. Ajikya ‘aj261093’ Acharya – ₹81,060*
2. Hrithik ‘Scavanger1’ Singh – ₹72,418*
3. Dhaval ‘optionseller’ Heda – ₹68,222*
4. pokerqueen1390 – ₹34,860
5. Parag ‘Persie’ Shah – ₹27,876
6. Siddharth ‘FLIPopotamus’ Kadel – ₹19,680
7. BinjaNitches – ₹14,520
8. Himanshu kink – ₹10,392

* denotes a three-way deal

₹1.50 Crores GTD ITM Blizzard – Day 1A

Day 1A > Entries – 166 | Re-entries – 31 | Re-buys – 104 | Survivors – 42 | Chip Leader – ‘Mystic Man’ (347,188)

Rajiv ‘DAHMER’ Srivastava (Won ₹4 Lakhs GTD ITM #38 Turbo Deepstack for ₹93,834), James ‘Jomathu’ Mathews (Won ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD ITM #31 7-Max Turbo for ₹74,025) and Akhilesh ‘Kaleidoscope’ Singh (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD ITM #32 Hyper for ₹55,375) won the other India Turbo Masters tournaments on Spartan Poker.

India Turbo Masters 3.0 Leaderboard Standings After Day 5

With Day 5 of the India Turbo Masters in the books, the top five names on the series leaderboard remained the same as Wednesday. Aryan ‘bob_marley’ Singh (4,236 points), ‘zmxncbv’ (anonymity requested) (4,213 points), and Mahima ‘mabojojo’ Walia Das (3,641 points) continue to hold the fort at the top.

‘mantu91’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up- Triple Chance for ₹23,144) and ‘KRISHNA0602’ (Won ₹50K GTD Centurion for ₹10,025) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

Pocket52

Pocket Jacks – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,800

Entries – 133

Re-buys – 110

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 38

Pocket52 user ‘Amitjuyal’ shattered a 243-entry field in the poker network`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, taking down the primetime marquee for ₹92,500. The user ‘Pay2Win’ fell one short of the finish line, scoring a respectable ₹65,000 as the runner-up.

One of the standout winners from the Pocket Poker Championship in December, Mayank ‘MasterDevil’ Shekhar, went on a tear on Pocket52 yesterday, raking in ₹51,500 from a title victory and an FT finish on the site. He binked the ₹75K GTD Pocket Squares (1st for ₹16,500) and finished fourth in Pocket Jacks (₹35,000).

Final Table Results

1. Amitjuyal – ₹92,500
2. Pay2Win – ₹65,000
3. fedorholz – ₹45,000
4. Mayank ‘MasterDevil’ Shekhar – ₹35,000
5. ROYALENFIEID – ₹25,000
6. AAKKQ – ₹20,000

‘RUNGOOD’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹30,000), ‘Sourav8348’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹20,750), and ‘LuckMatter7’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Soda for ₹22,000), won the other Pocket52 marquees.

IndiaPlays

Texas Bounty – ₹50K GTD

Buy-in – ₹330

Entries – 82

Re-buys – 32

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 31

IndiaPlays user ‘sindan’ shipped the ₹50K GTD Texas Bounty for ₹11,625 (₹1,000 in bounties), defeating ‘Bikash468’ heads-up. The latter earned ₹8,125 (₹500 in bounties) for their runner-up finish.

‘Sanket11’ won the ₹10K GTD PLO6 for ₹2,550.

PokerDangal

PLO 5 Thursday – ₹50K GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 40

Re-buys – 39

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 13

PokerDangal regular ‘Mastersss’ championed the ₹50K GTD PLO 5 for ₹12,250, while ‘100NU_J1’ came second for ₹9,250.

Final Table Results

1. Mastersss – ₹12,250
2. 100NU_J1 – ₹9,250
3. ridhhisidhhi108 – ₹6,750
4. RaviIndian – ₹5,250
5. 72ofhearts – ₹3,750
6. muteeb123 – ₹2,750

PokerSaint

Opal – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,500

Entries – 119

Re-entries – 98

Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 41

The mystery user ‘kalu_barber’ bested a soft 217-player field in PokerSaint`s ₹4 Lakhs GTD Opal, taking down the Thursday tournament for ₹73,749. ‘MadBluffer’ finished runner-up for ₹53,463.

Final Table Results

1. kalu_barber – ₹73,749
2. MadBluffer – ₹53,463
3. HeartBreakKid – ₹38,757
4. Saksharry – ₹28,096
5. BADBEATNO1 – ₹20,368
6. Bipinchourasia – ₹14,765
7. Abi2536 – ₹12,120
8. Broker10 – ₹9,948

PokerStars India

The Colosseum [6-Max] – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in- ₹11,000

Entries – 79

Re-entries – 58

Prize Pool – ₹13,70,000

Places Paid – 19

The runaway leader in the POY race, Ashish ‘chipcharity999’ Munot, has made it clear he won’t make it easy for others to get ahead. The only player with over ₹2 Crores in online tournament winnings this year, Munot edged further in the rankings by adding ₹3.19 Lakhs from two deep runs last night.

Munot scored the big breakthrough in PokerStars India’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Colosseum [6-Max], cracking the 137-entry field (79 unique) in the Thursday flagship to win ₹2.89 Lakhs. Yesterday’s Monster Turbo finalist, Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall, pocketed ₹2.16 Lakhs as the runner-up.

Munot`s Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹2,89,003

> 40th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#10 Thursday Thunder for ₹30,263

> Made Day 2 in PokerBaazi’s NPS#20 Freezeout (through Qualifier 1)

Ashish Munot’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.89 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.26 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #8 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.16 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹1.42 Crores | Ranked #1 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #1 in Annual Profits

Goonjan Mall hauled in ₹2.46 Lakhs in Thursday winnings from two FT scores, which include:

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹2,16,197

> 5th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹30,000

Goonjan Mall’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.54 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.01 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik was another top reg who made two FT finishes last night, banking ₹2.49 Lakhs.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 3rd in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹1,61,732

> 6th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹87,500

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s ITM #58 Blizzard

Amit Kaushik’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.33 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.90 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Karan ‘The Annihilator’ Radia (6th for ₹67,708) and last night’s ITM #36 Thursday Big Turbo runner-up finisher Laksh ‘B00MTilt23’ Pal Singh (7th for ₹55,302) also FT-ed The Colosseum.

The ₹11,000 entry buy-in tournament posted a profitable ₹13.70 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 19 finishers got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Ashish ‘chipcharity999’ Munot – ₹2,89,003
2. Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall – ₹2,16,197
3. Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik – ₹1,61,732
4. Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo – ₹1,20,988
5. kabir2298 – ₹90,509
6. Karan ‘The Annihilator’ Radia – ₹67,708
7. Laksh ‘B00MTilt23’ Pal Singh – ₹55,302

‘RAV1619’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹43,244), ‘sahni7’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹30,731), our very own Naman ‘naman_sal’ Sharma aka SHARMAJI (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹12,154), and ‘roastedalmond’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline 6-Max for ₹12,337) won the other PokerStars India marquees.

Adda52

Godfather – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in- ₹5,500

Entries – 257

Re-entries – 241

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 55

Mohit ‘thejokerrr’ Mehta (opted out of tracking) hit the bullseye in Adda52’s Thursday flagship, ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather, ransacking a 498-entry field (257 unique) to win ₹6 Lakhs (his sixth title of the year). ‘suyuboy’ bagged away a site-best ₹3.50 Lakhs as the runner-up.

‘xoredvoid’ (4th for ₹1,87,500), last night’s The Colosseum third place finisher Amit ‘ragingbull’ Kaushik (6th for ₹87,500), and Kashish ‘Fletcher03’ Gupta (8th for ₹50,000) also FT-ed the 8 PM Thursday flagship.

The ₹5,500 entry buy-in Godfather recorded ₹10,000 in overlays, with 55 players crossing the money line.

Final Table Results

1. Mohit ‘thejokerrr’ Mehta – ₹6,00,000
2. suyuboy – ₹3,50,000
3. amithooda7009 – ₹2,37,500
4. xoredvoid – ₹1,87,500
5. karamkandi – ₹1,25,000
6. Amit ‘ragingbull’ Kaushik – ₹87,500
7. deathknell – ₹62,500
8. Kashish ‘Fletcher03’ Gupta – ₹50,000

Monster Turbo – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in- ₹2,500

Entries – 130

Re-entries – 92

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 24

Adda52 user ‘Kdurrr’ found early success on the site as just playing their seventh tournament on the site, the mystery player ended up championing the 222-player field (130 unique) in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo last night, banking a site-best ₹1.36 Lakhs.

Yesterday`s NPS#8 (PLO-5) winner, Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani, came out charging, reeling in ₹2.81 Lakhs across five deep runs (three FT scores), which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#8 (PLO-5) for ₹1,86,912

> 2nd in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹80,000

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #32 Hyper for ₹6,775

> 18th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #31 Turbo 7 Max for ₹4,130

> 118th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#11 (5-Max) Hyper Sprint for ₹3,611

Vaibhav Temani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.73 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.03 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold

Shagun ‘sogani94’ Jain (3rd for ₹61,250), Aditya ‘Leobazooka1897’ Pandita (4th for ₹43,750), last night’s The Colosseum runner-up finisher Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (5th for ₹30,000), and Sreeprakaash ‘fitzmagic’ Seetharaman (6th for ₹21,250) were other known players on the Monster Turbo final table.

The ₹2,500 entry buy-in tournament registered a negligible ₹500 overlay, and 24 players got a share of the ₹5 Lakhs guaranteed in prize money.

Final Table Results

1. Kdurrr – ₹1,36,250
2. Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani – ₹80,000
3. Shagun ‘sogani94’ Jain- ₹61,250
4. Aditya ‘Leobazooka1897’ Pandita – ₹43,750
5. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹30,000
6. Sreeprakaash ‘fitzmagic’ Seetharaman – ₹21,250
7. UNKNOWN – ₹16,250
8. UNKNOWN – ₹12,500

Vaibhav ‘vaibhav023’ Shukla (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Godfather Lite for ₹38,522), ‘Teaconnect’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹30,039), and Md ‘t9ace’ Nazim (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹24,357) won the other Adda52 marquees.

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