Daily Majors: Vikaash Shah, Aditya Sushant, Ashit Sharma & Abhijeet Kumar Made the Friday Headlines

With Spartan Poker’s inaugural Legend Poker Series underway, the online action witnessed an expected uptick heading into the weekend!

Vikaash Shah was the Friday chartbuster! He fired four bullets in Spartan Poker’s Friday headliner, LEGEND #9 Friday Showdown, and his persistence finally paid off as he took down the title for ₹8.04 Lakhs – his second-best online score. Shah ended the night with over ₹8.06 Lakhs in total winnings.

The Mega Satellite qualifier, Amarjeet Singh, parlayed a ₹1,100 investment into a commendable ₹5.41 Lakhs payday for finishing runner-up in LEGEND #9 Friday Showdown (won ₹5.46 Lakhs overall).

Dipak Kumar (Won LEGEND #10 Multi Entry for ₹1.48 Lakhs), Vikranth Varma (Won LEGEND #12 PKO for ₹1.60 Lakhs), Hari Jonnalagadda (Won Legend #7 PKO for ₹53,529), The Player Hunt Season 2 champion Samay Singh Modi (Won LEGEND #8 Thunder for ₹71,856), and ‘A passage to India’ (Won LEGEND #11 PLO6 for ₹45,503) shipped the other Legend Poker Series titles on Friday.

WSOP bracelet winner Aditya Sushant kept his winning tempo going by taking down Adda52`s The Ballers for the second time for ₹5.27 Lakhs (won ₹5.74 Lakhs overall) – his third flagship title this week and fifth of the month.

Online reg Ashit Sharma conquered a guarantee-crushing field in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller, clinching his fifth high roller title of the year and a ₹4.88 Lakhs payday.

Improving upon his FT finish in The Big Bash last week, Abhijeet Kumar took down the Friday headliner on PokerStars India yesterday, netting a site-best ₹2.47 Lakhs.

Young Gun Siddhanth Kripalani seems to have found his winning form as a day after shipping the LEGEND #6 Turbo LBD, he took down PokerBaazi’s (7-MAX) SPRINT for ₹2.31 Lakhs (won ₹2.34 Lakhs overall).

Gajanan Patke nailed Pocket52’s Pocket Queens for the second time this month for ₹92,500.

Karan Kapur went on a title-winning rampage on PokerBaazi last night, shipping three tourneys – in different game formats – for a total take-home north of ₹1.90 Lakhs.

Manish Jangid, Vikas KN, Vaibhav Arora, Abhishek Sonu, Anilkumar Singh, and Amit Kumar Sahu shipped the other Friday majors.

Here are the Friday highlights!

Spartan Poker

LEGEND #9 Friday Showdown – ₹35 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 193

Re-entries – 63

Rebuys – 124

Prize Pool – ₹38,00,000

Places Paid – 31

Hell-bent on making a deep run in Spartan Poker’s ₹35 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #9 Friday Showdown, Vikaash ‘viks82’ Shah fired four bullets in the Friday headliner and was aptly rewarded for his perseverance. He ultimately topped the 380-player field to collect the ₹8.04 Lakhs first-place cash prize (his second-best online score) – his first title in over two months while climbing to #2 on the LEGEND Deepstack Leaderboard.

Shah made another ITM finish in LEGEND #10 #MultiEntry (123rd for ₹2,742), banking the day’s best ₹8.06+ Lakhs altogether.

Vikaash Shah`s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.74 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹15.93 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2 | Ranked #2 on the LEGEND Deepstack Leaderboard.

Amarjeet ‘Thodi Mariada Rakhiye’ Singh won his seat in the Friday Showdown through a ₹1,100 Mega Satellite and ended up banking ₹5.41 Lakhs in second place, his best score of the year. He pulled out another ITM finish in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost (40th for ₹4,400), netting ₹5.46 Lakhs overall.

Amarjeet Singh`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.69 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹31.87 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3

Poker veteran Dhaval ‘ElegantlyWasted’ Mudgal pocketed ₹1.52 Lakhs through deep runs in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #9 Friday Showdown (7th for ₹1.36 Lakhs) and Adda52’s The Ballers (26th for ₹16,477).

Dhaval Mudgal`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.27 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.60 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #4

Final Table Results

1. Vikaash ‘viks82’ Shah – ₹8,03,700
2. Amarjeet ‘Thodi Mariada Rakhiye’ Singh – ₹5,41,120
3. DollarBill – ₹3,81,520
4. Gungun224 – ₹3,09,320
5. degenmaster – ₹2,44,720
6. SnakeBabu – ₹1,85,820
7. Dhaval ‘ElegantlyWasted’ Mudgal – ₹1,35,660
8. Deepak ‘Optimist’ Singh – ₹99,180

LEGEND #10 Multi Entry – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 1,061 (648)

Rebuys – 641

Prize Pool – ₹15,31,800

Places Paid – 159

With little over a month left of 2022 to get over, Dipak ‘nirwalvansh’ Kumar finally clinched his maiden title on Spartan Poker yesterday after taking on a vast 1,702-entry field in ₹15 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #10 Multi Entry for a career-best ₹1.48 Lakhs.

Dipak Kumar’s online stats (Spartan Poker & PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.59 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: 1.41 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #1

Almost everyone on the FT had reasons to celebrate, for the 8 PM marquee ended in a six-way deal. The G.O.A.T runner-up finisher Puneet ‘puneetdurr111’ Sachan (2nd for ₹1.47 Lakhs), Achintya ‘Achu1406’ Acharya (3rd for ₹1.35 Lakhs), Piyush ‘BlackMamba’ Gaikwad (4th for ₹1.23 Lakhs), LEGEND #7 PKO champion Hari ‘akhanda’ Jonnalagadda (5th for ₹1.15 Lakhs) and Dhruv ‘Pablo Escobalu’ Balaram (6th for ₹95,631) were the other beneficiaries of the deal.

The 8 PM marquee posted a guarantee-surpassing ₹15.32 Lakhs prize pool that was distributed among the top 159 finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Dipak ‘nirwalvansh’ Kumar – ₹1,48,306*
2. Puneet ‘puneetdurr111’ Sachan – ₹1,47,115*
3. Achintya ‘Achu1406’ Acharya – ₹1,34,831*
4. Piyush ‘BlackMamba’ Gaikwad – ₹1,22,720*
5. Hari ‘akhanda’ Jonnalagadda – ₹1,14,721*
6. Dhruv ‘Pablo Escobalu’ Balaram – ₹95,631*
7. Unnikrishnan ‘swimminwdafishies’ Nair – ₹36,916
8. Nav07 – ₹26,424

*denotes a six-way deal

LEGEND #12 PKO – ₹6 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 201

Re-entries – 67

Rebuys – 116

Total Prize Pool – ₹7,68,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹3,84,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹3,84,000

Places Paid – 39

Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma was one of six players grabbing a Legend Poker Series title yesterday. The APT July 2022 Super Highroller champion scooted past a stacked 384-entry field in Spartan Poker’s ₹6 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #12 PKO, taking down the 9:30 PM tourney for ₹1.60 Lakhs (₹83,117 in bounties). Siddharth ‘papajiaagaye’ Jain finished runner-up for ₹70,758 (₹19,570 in bounties).

While the Friday night victory secured Varma the #7 position on the LEGEND Mix Hold`em LBD Leaderboard, he squeezed out another two ITM scores, altogether banking ₹1.75 Lakhs.

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tourney collected ₹7.68 lakhs in the prize pool, and the top 39 places got paid.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma – ₹1,60,109
2. Siddharth ‘papajiaagaye’ Jain – ₹70,758
3. ksc7 – ₹49,424
4. Siddharth ‘SherRun’ Karia – ₹42,205
5. Gaurav ‘RoLeBete’ Bhutra – ₹29,318
6. Prakhar ‘Prak27’ Kapoor – ₹20,683
7. Karan ‘Junior-KK’ Kapur – ₹19,702
8. HEMAKUNA – ₹17,052

Legend #7 PKO – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 303

Re-entries – 106

Rebuys – 242

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,92,950

Knockout Prize Pool – ₹2,92,950

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,85,900

Places Paid – 55

Hari ‘Akhanda’ Jonnalagadda proved to be the last player standing in Spartan Poker’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Legend #7 PKO and won the 5 PM tourney for ₹53,529 following a heads-up deal with ‘Y2J’ (2nd for ₹92,852).

Jonnalagadda made at least ₹1.68 Lakhs in Friday winnings as he also FT-ed LEGEND #10 Multi Entry (5th for ₹1.14 Lakhs).

The ₹990 entry buy-in tourney had 651 hopefuls vying for a share of the ₹5.85 Lakhs prize pool, and 55 of them boarded the money bus.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Hari ‘Akhanda’ Jonnalagadda – ₹53,529*
2. Y2J – ₹92,852*
3. Parminder ‘Bounceez’ Randhava – ₹33,137
4. Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain – ₹21,401
5. XBadgame – ₹17,963
6. iSPEWaLOT – ₹33,069
7. jackairinfo – ₹18,655
8. Paras ‘Jhukega nahi $ala’ Jain – ₹9,023

*denotes a heads-up deal

The Player Hunt Season 2 champion Samay ‘Limitless’ Singh Modi (Won ₹4 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #8 Thunder for ₹71,856), and ‘A passage to India’ (Won ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #11 PLO6 for ₹45,503) won the other LEGEND titles on Friday.

Legend – Esteem – Day 1B – ₹1.50 Crores GTD

Day 1B: Entries – 151 | Re-entries – 40 | Rebuys – 114| Survivors – 35| Chip Leader: ‘Pradzzz’ (270,064)

Combined: Entries – 327 | Re-entries – 72 | Rebuys – 215| Survivors – 74| Overall Chip Leader: Ayush ‘Tabono’ Garg (357,833)

Legend Poker Series Leaderboards – Day 2

The six dedicated Legend Poker Series leaderboards showed some changes after Day 2. The Multi Flight Leaderboard is yet to register results. Here are updates on the other five leaderboards.

Legend – High Roller Leaderboard – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

The leaderboard standings remained unchanged, with no High Roller events on the Friday schedule.

Legend – Mix Hold’em Leaderboard – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Four LPS tournaments awarded points toward the Mix Hold’em Leaderboard.

LEGEND #1 Genesis champion Yash Chitre (1,601 TLB points) kept his top spot intact while the LEGEND #12 PKO finalist ‘HEMAKUNA’ (1,317 TLB points) moved to the #2 place. Hari Jonnalagadda (1,314 TLB points), who championed Legend #7 PKO & FT-ed LEGEND #10 Multi Entry, jumped to #3.

Legend – Deepstack Leaderboard – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

There was only one Deepstack event on the Day 2 schedule, the ₹35 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #9 Friday Showdown.

LEGEND #3 Thursday Showdown winner Abhinav Iyer (857 TLB points) retained his top spot on the Deepstack Leaderboard. Yesterday’s LEGEND #9 Friday Showdown champion Vikaash Shah (800 TLB points), took over the #2 spot, while the LEGEND #3 Thursday Showdown runner-up Ramandeep Singh Bedi (606 TLB points), dropped down to #3.

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Legend – Turbo Leaderboard – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

There were no changes in the Turbo Leaderboard standings, as there were no Turbo events that played out yesterday.

Legend – PLO Leaderboard – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

LEGEND #4 PLO4 champion Parag Shah (799 TLB points) kept his top spot intact. ‘A passage to India’ (666 TLB points) won the LEGEND #11 PLO6 yesterday to move to the #2 position. LEGEND #4 PLO4 runner-up finisher ‘Newsharkintown’ (567 TLB points) slipped to #3.

‘kracker’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹35,088), ‘Brutalgame4’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹15,390), and ‘bobo123’ (Won ₹50K GTD Centurion for ₹9,956) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

PokerBaazi

The Weekly HighRoller – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 122

Re-entries – 90

Prize Pool – ₹21,20,000

Places Paid – 22

Last week`s The Colosseum winner Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma asserted his dominance in PokerBaazi`s The Weekly HighRoller, as he toppled the guarantee-crushing 212-player field stacked with regs to grab the lion`s share of the ₹21.20 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹4,87,600 (his fifth high roller title this year). ‘vineysingal’ collected ₹3.18 Lakhs in second place.

Ashit Sharma`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.70 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.24 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #24 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.96 Crores

Final Table Results

1. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹4,87,600
2. vineysingal – ₹3,18,000
3. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹2,59,700
4. Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – ₹1,69,600
5. Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹1,27,200
6. Aayush ‘Learnnwin’ Arya – ₹1,06,000

(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 227

Re-entries – 169

Prize Pool – ₹13,86,000

Places Paid – 49

Young Gun Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani seems to have found his winning mojo! Coming off a 10-day dry spell, Thursday`s LEGEND #6 Turbo LBD champion went back-to-back, overcoming a 396-player field to take down PokerBaazi`s ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-MAX) SPRINT for ₹2.31 Lakhs. ‘Aviergio’ secured the runner-up payday of ₹1.53 Lakhs.

Kripalani, a first-ever IPC Megastacks Main Event champion, picked up small cash in the Daily Value Boost and a bounty in LEGEND #12 PKO, rounding up over ₹2.34 Lakhs in Friday winnings.

Siddhanth Kripalani`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.37 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.25 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #15 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.30 Crores

The #2 ranked player of 2021, Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia, placed seventh in The Weekly HighRoller and the (7-MAX) SPRINT while cashing another three events for a Friday take-home worth ₹1.99 Lakhs.

His top Friday finishes include:

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹84,800

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s (7-MAX) SPRINT for ₹55,440

> 16th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #9 Friday Showdown – Deepstack LBD for 50,540

Manish Lakhotia’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.47 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.43 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #17

Final Table Results

1. Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani – ₹2,30,769
2. Aviergio – ₹1,52,460
3. bullets777 – ₹1,17,810
4. Phillhermouth – ₹97,020
5. Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni – ₹83,160
6. Vignesh ‘Rajjni007’ Kumar – ₹69,300
7. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹55,440

Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,375

Entries – 362

Re-entries – 299

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 107

Micro stakes crusher Manish ‘KHATIDRAGON’ Jangid (opted out of tracking) shipped PokerBaazi’s 7:30 PM headliner, ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost, banking ₹1.69 Lakhs. Nandan ‘ragemonster’ Pugalia came second for ₹1.18 Lakhs.

The ₹1,375 buy-in tourney pulled in 661 entries, overlaying 1.74 Lakhs. The top 107 finishers boarded the money bus.

Final Table Results

1. Manish ‘KHATIDRAGON’ Jangid – ₹1,68,700
2. Nandan ‘ragemonster’ Pugalia – ₹1,17,500
3. Kunal ‘symbolicchamp’ Agrawal – ₹81,900
4. Shubham ‘BamBhole3796’ Tyagi – ₹57,000
5. Girish ‘Gitty17’ Bhavnani – ₹39,800
6. Surya17 – ₹27,800
7. Arindam ‘Darkhorse94’ Nayak – ₹19,300
8. Abhinav ‘boom786’ Malhotra – ₹13,400

(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 152

Re-entries – 109

Prize Pool – ₹5,22,000

Places Paid – 27

Friday saw several players raking in massive scores but all others paled in comparison to Karan ‘bozo’ Kapur! The IOPC JUNE 2022 PLO HR champion went on a title-winning rampage on PokerBaazi last night, shipping three tourneys – in different game formats – for a total take-home north of ₹1.90 Lakhs.

Kapur most prominently shipped PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for the second day in a row for ₹1.05 Lakhs and struck a heads-up deal with Chirag ‘chiragkhanduja’ Khanduja (2nd for ₹1.03 Lakhs).

His Friday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹1,05,320* (heads-up deal) (won the 7:15 PM marquee for the second day in a row)

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s PLO-6 BOOST for ₹37,232

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s PLO-5 Boost Monster ₹23,434

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #12 PKO for ₹19,702

> 37th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for 4,400

Karan Kapur’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.22 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹41.69 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #7

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in Daily SPRINT clocked 261 entrants to collect a guarantee-smashing ₹5.22 Lakhs prize pool. The top 27 finishers scored a payday.

Final Table Results

1. Karan ‘bozo’ Kapur – ₹1,05,320*
2. Chirag ‘chiragkhanduja’ Khanduja – ₹1,03,689*
3. Bharat ‘ThinkFloyd’ Vasan – ₹55,436
4. Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B – ₹41,029
5. prasadking33 – ₹30,798
6. Arpan ‘Novus’ Majhi – ₹24,638
7. Lavesh ‘upay4myweed98’ Meena – ₹20,462

*denotes a heads-up deal

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

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 157

Re-entries – 128

Prize Pool – ₹5,70,000

Places Paid – 47

The former Sunday Showdown runner-up finisher Vikas ‘pontiacvicky’ KN outlasted the 285-player field in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost, taking down the day-time marquee for ₹94,849 – his second-best online cash and second title of 2022 – following a heads-up deal with ‘stunner1111111’ (2nd for ₹90,800).

Vikas KN’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.29 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹20.31 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2

Shobhit ‘shobhit3373’ Naveen accumulated ₹60,105 across three deep runs, which include:

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹38,475

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT for ₹10,542

> 26th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹11,088

Shobit Naveen`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹26.91 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #6

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in Afternoon Boost paid out 47 places a share from the ₹5.70 Lakhs prize pool kitty.

Final Table Results

1. Vikas ‘pontiacvicky’ KN – ₹94,849*
2. stunner1111111 – ₹90,800*
3. Mohit ‘bhaiyamohit’ Dhingra – ₹54,948
4. Shobhit ‘shobhit3373’ Naveen – ₹38,475
5. Elangbam ‘khaishebaatrevenge’ Sunita – ₹27,189
6. vicky3101 – ₹19,266
7. Samsher ‘santacruzsam’ Gandhi- ₹15,732

*denotes a heads-up deal

Vaibhav ‘vaibhi18’ Arora (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT for ₹65,140), ‘dalladaddy’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹49,450), Anilkumar ‘jat777’ Singh (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹38,540), Karan ‘bozo’ Kapur (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-6 BOOST for ₹37,230), ‘maxpain’ (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹27,450), Karan ‘bozo’ Kapur (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 Boost Monster for ₹23,430), Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor (Won ₹40K GTD PLO Daily for ₹12,000), and ‘alreadylucky’ (Won ₹50K GTD (5-Max) Daily for ₹7,440) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

Pocket52

Pocket Queens – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 15

Re-entries – 118

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 43

Gajanan ‘Daynamobom’ Patke has been wreaking havoc in the Pocket52 marquees, and yesterday he raced past a 262-entry field in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Queens, winning the Friday headliner for the second time this month for a bankroll boost of ₹92,500. ‘ADGameing’ came second for ₹65,000.

Final Table Results

1. Gajanan ‘Daynamobom’ Patke – ₹92,500
2. ADGameing – ₹65,000
3. Jhonpur – ₹45,000
4. mr_pro_yTPACintfa – ₹35,000
5. Karan ‘karannthakker’ Thakker – ₹25,000
6. Niteen ‘niteenplus’ Raj – ₹20,000

‘smitra11’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Knights for ₹46,000), ‘shershaah’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch for ₹34,500), ‘user1646580655’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹16,500) and ‘upper_harlequin45_19077463’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Soda for ₹16,100), won the other Pocket52 marquees.

PokerDangal

Friday Fun – ₹1 Lakh GTD

Buy-in – ₹660

Entries – 87

Rebuys – 21

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 17

PokerDangal’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Friday Fun had 108 hopefuls vying for a share of the ₹1 Lakh prize pool. Site reg ‘Dwayne’ outlasted the competition to collect the top prize worth ₹21,000. ‘Kingqueen123’ finished runner-up for 17,000.

Final Table Results

1. Dwayne – ₹24,000
2. Kingqueen123 – ₹17,000
3. Locknkey – ₹12,000
4. BlueChip – ₹9,000
5. 88bluff – ₹7,000
6. Mechanic – ₹5,000

PokerStars India

The Big Bash (PKO) – 12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 114

Re-entries – 94

Regular Prize Pool – ₹6,80,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹5,20,000

Total Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 27

Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar has been putting in decent volume on PokerStars India, given the site`s recent efforts towards offering bigger guaranteed tournaments, and the results have started pouring in! Improving upon his sixth-place finish in The Big Bash last week, Kumar clinched the Friday marquee yesterday, collecting a site-best ₹2.47 Lakhs (₹1.30 Lakhs in bounties) – his first title in six weeks. Site reg ‘vjTILTing’ pocketed ₹1.32 Lakhs in second place.

Abhijeet Kumar`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.75 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹89.29 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #11

The ₹5,500 entry buy-in The Big Bash brought in 208 participants, falling ₹1.60 Lakhs short of its advertised guarantee. The top 27 places benefitted from the value on offer.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar – ₹2,46,687
2. vjTILTing – ₹1,31,999
3. kimi_nj – ₹84,418
4. Abhinav ‘abhi58’ Iyer – ₹1,03,360
5. Bharat ‘MojoJojo2193’ Vasan – ₹67,972
6. Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla – ₹45,006
7. Ravi ‘rkcravi’ Kumar – ₹31,466
8. Vishal ‘Darky012’ Ojha – ₹37,052
9. Nitin ‘Mickyn34’ Gupta – ₹22,718

Abhishek ‘addysonu’ Sonu (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Knightly Stars for ₹43,837), Amit ‘NutsLagGaye’ Kumar Sahu (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹27,378), ‘pokerface0455’ Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹12,458), and ‘greed_a75’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline 6-Max for ₹11,555) won the other Friday marquees on PokerStars India.

Adda52

The Ballers – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹7,500

Entries – 170

Re-entries – 132

Prize Pool – ₹20,59,642

Places Paid – 30

India`s first WSOP bracelet winner Aditya ‘a_sushant’ Sushant has been in superb form and keeping the winning tempo going; the two-time The MoneyMaker champion took down Adda52`s ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Ballers for the second time last night for ₹5.27 Lakhs – clinching his fifth flagship title this month.

Khusee ‘ROYALSMEENA’ Ram Meena (2nd for ₹3.14 Lakhs) and Ram ‘mowgumotu’ Kakkar (3rd for ₹2.37 Lakhs) secured podium finishes in The Ballers.

The former PokerGuru pro, Aditya Sushant, filled in almost ₹5.74 Lakhs in Friday earnings, crossing ₹7 Crores in tracked online winnings.

His top Friday finishes include:

> 1st in #Adda52`s The Ballers for ₹5,27,268

> 22nd in The Spartan Poker`s LEGEND #9 #FridayShowdown for ₹41,040

Aditya Sushant’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.13 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #12 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.11 Crores

Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta FT-ed two Friday flagships and cashed two other tournaments, raking in over ₹3.26 Lakhs.

His Friday finishes include:

> 4th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹1,75,069

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹1,27,200

> 12th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹10,700

> 59th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #10 Multi Entry for ₹4,059

Final Table Results

1. Aditya ‘a_sushant’ Sushant – ₹5,27,268
2. Khusee ‘ROYALSMEENA’ Ram Meena – ₹3,14,095
3. Ram ‘mowgumotu’ Kakkar – ₹2,36,859
4. Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹1,75,069
5. Akshat ‘akshat03’ Sharma – ₹1,18,429
6. AkkiDan007 – ₹82,386

Friday Bounty – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,700

Entries – 91

Re-entries – 67

Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 17

Adda52 user ‘dishitbauva’ shipped the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Friday Bounty for ₹75,076 (₹17,058 in bounties) after toppling a 158-player field. They defeated ‘Maelwyn’ (2nd for ₹49,018) (₹12,488 in bounties) in the heads-up showdown.

dishitbauva’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹2.18 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹50,162 | No. of Title Wins: #30

The ₹2,700 entry buy-in event fell ₹13,216 short of hitting its listed guarantee and paid out 17 places.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. dishitbauva – ₹75,076
2. Maelwyn – ₹49,018
3. Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia – ₹33,786
4. Murti8 – ₹29,708
5. Pranav ‘pkpok’ Khandalkar – ₹21,648
6. Pavankiran ‘RootahuaMacchi’ Bellamkonda – ₹13,132
7. Jabiol – ₹10,308
8. Saiupp1987 – ₹17,277

₹25 Lakhs GTD Nano Main Event – Day 1C

> Day 1C – Entries: 127 | Rebuys: 51 | Survivors: 22 | Chip Leader: Pranav ‘pkpok’ Khandalkar (280,549)

> Combined – Entries: 409 | Rebuys: 152 | Survivors: 72 | Chip Leader: Pranav ‘pkpok’ Khandalkar (280,549)

‘gunrider’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Nano DST for ₹54,900), ‘zokid’ (Won ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD Nano Ballers for ₹52,281), ‘Indianthug’ Won ₹90K GTD Nano Siesta for ₹25,650), ‘Nasse’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Nano Daily Adda for ₹21,957), ‘ravi78922’ (Won ₹70K GTD Nano Crack Jack for ₹14,656), ‘sanzoo’ (Won ₹30K GTD Nano Battleship for ₹8,700), and ‘roxton7’ (Won ₹25K GTD Nano PLO for ₹7,250) won the Nano Poker Series marquees of the day.

Khelo365

Khelo365 user ‘Bol124’ took down the ₹10K GTD Sun Downer for ₹3,500, defeating ‘Wellwisher’ (2nd for ₹2,200) heads-up.

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