Daily Majors: Vinayak Bajaj, Laksh Pal Singh, Kunal Patni & Maddhav Kohli Crush the Thursday Flagships

It was nothing short of a firecracker Thursday, with the biggest-ever Final Table Series 6.0 getting off to a blistering start on Spartan Poker (and other Quadnet sites). Online MTT players have a hectic few weeks ahead of them for the third edition of PokerBaazi’s 1000X Series starting today, and PokerStars India’s MicroMillions 5.0 gets underway on Sunday.

The frenzy to win FTS medallions was palpable yesterday, and Vinayak Bajaj emerged as Thursday`s top scorer. The defending Millionaire Series Main Event champion reeled in a whopping ₹14.05 Lakhs from three deep runs, notably championing the day`s top draw, Spartan Poker’s FTS #4 Thursday Grande (6-Max), for a whopping ₹13.91 Lakhs – (his third-best online score), the FTS gold medallion and a seat on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Masters Table scheduled for March 13 (8 PM). He chopped the 9 PM tournament heads-up with ‘IveyLeague9009’ (anonymity requested) (2nd for ₹13.32 Lakhs).

The fifth biggest winner on our tracked database, Young Gun Laksh Pal Singh, won the other FTS gold medallion (his first) in Spartan Poker’s FTS #3 Thursday Titan, scoring an impressive ₹9.10 Lakhs and a seat on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Masters Table. The IOPC 10.0 The Crown champion raked in almost ₹10.69 Lakhs from three ITM finishes (including the title victory), climbing five places to #10 in the POY rankings. Singh chopped the 8 PM flagship heads-up with the IOPC 14.0 Super High Roller runner-up finisher Akshat Sharma (2nd for ₹8.40 Lakhs) (won ₹8.71 Lakhs overall).

Vaidik Murkar (Won FTS #1 Big Bang for ₹4.38 Lakhs), Ganesh Kamat (Won FTS #5 Turbo for ₹3.07 Lakhs), and Ravi Jain (Won FTS #2 for ₹2.42 Lakhs) won FTS silver medallions on Day 1 of FTS 6.0.

Long-time poker pro Kunal Patni ended a month-long title slump with a victory march in Adda52’s Godfather worth ₹4.65 Lakhs (won ₹4.75 Lakhs overall). The former banker chopped the title three-way with Lavesh Meena (2nd for ₹4.06 Lakhs) and Khusee Ram Meena (3rd for ₹3.17 Lakhs).

Maddhav Kohli championed PokerBaazi’s The Summit for a career-best ₹5.40 Lakhs, picking up his first score in a week.

The former The Millionaire champion Rajat Sharma won PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹3 Lakhs (won ₹3.27 Lakhs overall). Poker coach Mithun Mahesh scored a runner-up payday of ₹2.24 Lakhs, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

Parag Shah busted a four-week dry spell with a win in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost, netting ₹1.69 Lakhs (won ₹2.68 Lakhs overall). Sameer Agarwal finished runner-up for ₹1.31 Lakhs.

Surbhit Grover, Sony Puthussery, Davneet Sahni, Anilkumar Singh, Yuvraj Bhardwaj, Siddhant Singh, Sankalp Marwah, Dayanand Prass, and Kamal Punjabi won the other Thursday marquees!

Here are the Thursday highlights!

Spartan Poker

India Poker Championship`s biggest-ever FTS 6.0 got off to a guarantee-crushing start yesterday. The mega series had six events on the tap, including Day 1A of the ₹50 Lakhs GTD FTS Marathon.

FTS #4 Thursday Grande (6-Max) – ₹60 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹55,000

Entries – 73

Re-entries – 24

Rebuys – 25

Prize Pool – ₹61,00,000

Places Paid – 13

The defending Millionaire Series Main Event champion Vinayak ‘firehaimai’ Bajaj made a grand opening in India Poker Championship’s biggest-ever Final Table Series 6.0. He fired three bullets in Spartan Poker’s ₹55K buy-in FTS #4 Thursday Grande (6-Max) – having won one ticket through a ₹6,600 satellite – and navigated his way through the reg-heavy 112-strong field (73 unique), bagging his first FTS gold medallion, a whopping ₹13.91* Lakhs (his third-best online score), and a seat on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Masters Table scheduled for March 13 (8 PM).

Bajaj chopped the FTS #4 Thursday Grande heads-up with ‘IveyLeague9009’ (anonymity requested) (2nd for ₹13.32 Lakhs).

Vinayak Bajaj was hands down the Thursday chartbuster with ₹14.05 Lakhs in total winnings across three deep runs, which include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s FTS #4 Thursday Grande for ₹13,91,366* (heads-up deal) (his first FTS title)

> 41st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹11,172

> 186th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #1 Big Bang for ₹2,763

Vinayak Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.79 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.15 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Dhruvin ‘thepokerplayer’ Kothari (of IOPC fame) (3rd for ₹7.41 Lakhs), the #2 ranked player of 2022, Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (4th for ₹5.83 Lakhs), the #3 ranked player of the year, Ashish ‘0mg_spew’ Munot (5th for ₹4.70 Lakhs), and Harsh ‘aaja maal phuka’ Dembla (6th for ₹3.66 Lakhs) were other top guns on the FTS #4 Thursday Grande final table.

Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal (7th for ₹2.90 Lakhs), Rishabh ‘radda’ Gupta (8th for ₹2.26 Lakhs), Abhinav ‘hightr0ller’ Iyer (9th for ₹1.71 Lakhs), last night`s FTS #3 Thursday Titan champion Laksh ‘b00mTilt23’ Pal Singh (11th for ₹1.40 lakhs), Guneet ‘GeeKay’ Kwatra (12th for ₹1.25 Lakhs), and PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) SPRINT runner-up finisher, Mohit ‘Thejoker’ Mehta (13th for ₹1.25 Lakhs) were other top regs to cross the money line.

The ₹55,000 entry buy-in FTS #4 Thursday Grande collected ₹61 Lakhs in the prize pool, and 13 players got a share of the spoils.

Final Table Results

1. Vinayak ‘firehaimai’ Bajaj – ₹13,91,366*
2. IveyLeague9009 – ₹13,32,284*
3. Dhruvin ‘thepokerplayer’ Kothari – ₹7,41,150
4. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹5,82,550
5. Ashish ‘0mg_spew’ Munot – ₹4,69,700
6. Harsh ‘aaja maal phuka’ Dembla – ₹3,66,000

*denotes a heads-up deal

FTS #3 Thursday Titan – ₹50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 268

Re-entries – 121

Rebuys – 163

Prize Pool – ₹55,20,000

Places Paid – 65

The fifth biggest winner on our tracked database, Young Gun Laksh ‘b00mTilt23’ Pal Singh, made early inroads at the just-started FTS 6.0 on Spartan Poker by winning an FTS gold medallion (his first) on the opening day itself. It took nine hours and 22 minutes for the IOPC 10.0 The Crown champion to overcome the 552-player field (268 unique) in the ₹50 Lakhs GTD FTS #3 Thursday Titan, and he won his maiden FTS title for a massive ₹9.10 Lakhs along with a seat on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Masters Table scheduled for March 13 (8 PM).

Singh chopped the 8 PM flagship title heads-up with the IOPC 14.0 Super High Roller runner-up finisher Akshat ‘doubledown’ Sharma, who scored an equally impressive ₹8.40 Lakhs in second place (won ₹8.71 Lakhs overall).

Laksh Pal Singh added almost ₹10.69 Lakhs from three ITM finishes (including the title victory) last night, storming past ₹12.50 Crores in tracked online winnings, climbing five places to #10 in the POY rankings, and taking over the #4 position on FTS 6.0 leaderboard.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s FTS #3 Thursday Titan for ₹9,09,600* (heads-up deal)

> 11th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #4 Thursday Grande (6-Max) for ₹1,40,300

> 22nd in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹18,750

Laksh Pal Singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.57 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.25 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4 | Finished #20 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Annual Winnings: ₹82.15 Lakhs | Moves to #10 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) |Ranked #4 on the FTS 6.0 Leaderboard

The 2022 POY Young Gun Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav (3rd for ₹4.91 Lakhs), Anubhav ‘KillaBot’ Ray (4th for ₹3.97 Lakhs), Amarjeet ‘Thodi Mariada Rakhiye’ Singh (5th for ₹3.14 Lakhs), and Devendra ‘thekid2003’ Suthar (6th for ₹2.42 Lakhs) were other known players on the FTS #3 Thursday Titan final table.

The ₹11,000 entry buy-in tournament generated a profitable ₹55.20 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 65 finishers made the payouts list.

Final Table Results

1. Laksh ‘b00mTilt23’ Pal Singh – ₹9,09,600*
2. Akshat ‘doubledown’ Sharma – ₹8,40,240*
3. Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹4,90,728
4. Anubhav ‘KillaBot’ Ray – ₹3,96,888
5. Amarjeet ‘Thodi Mariada Rakhiye’ Singh – ₹3,14,088
6. Devendra ‘thekid2003’ Suthar – ₹2,41,776
7. jivuvasan – ₹1,79,952
8. Sagar97706 – ₹1,30,272

*denotes a heads-up deal

FTS #1 Big Bang – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 1,347

Re-entries – 564

Rebuys – 671

Prize Pool – ₹25,82,000

Places Paid – 279

India Poker Championship’s biggest-yet Final Table Series 6.0 is off to a roaring start on Thursday. Testimony to this was the series-opener ₹25 Lakhs GTD FTS #1 Big Bang that registered a gigantic 2,582-player field, over half of them unique entries, generating a hefty ₹25.82 Lakhs prize pool.

Spartan Poker loyalist Vaidik ‘TripleH’ Murkar gave a super-boost to his online poker bankroll by topping the stiff competition to grab his first-ever FTS title for a personal-best ₹4.38 Lakhs, winning himself an FTS silver medallion and catapulting into an early lead on the FTS 6.0 Leaderboard. The user ‘insufficient funds’ collected ₹2.43 Lakhs as the runner-up.

The FTS #1 Big Bang win marked Murkar’s first title victory since November 26, 2019, when he won the ₹50K GTD Energise for ₹13,199. While last night`s win overshadows all his past scores, Murkar also becomes the first player to qualify for the one-of-a-kind The Masters Table, where 20 FTS champions will convene on March 13, 8 PM to compete to win all-expenses-paid packages to Las Vegas.

Vaidik Murkar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.93 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹6.33 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | Ranked #1 on the FTS 6.0 Leaderboard

Chasing his first title in over four weeks, the IOPC 14.0 Leaderboard topper Vinay ‘vinay0902’ Rajpal packed in ₹2.77 Lakhs across six ITM finishes last night.

His top Thursday finishes include:

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #1 Big Bang for ₹1,22,129

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹75,331

> 13th in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹31,233

> 41st in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹22,208

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹22,173

Vinay Rajpal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.93 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.13 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #7 | Ranked #13 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Parag ‘Persie’ Shah locked in ₹2.68 Lakhs from two FT runs, including PokerBaazi`s Daily Value Boost title.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹99,123

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #1 Big Bang for ₹99,123

Parag Shah’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.95 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹22.32 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4

Sunday’s The Millionaire fifth-place finisher Karan ‘Junior-KK’ Kapur (7th for ₹60,754) was another known player on the 8-max FTS #1 Big Bang final table.

The ₹1,100 entry buy-in FTS 6.0 series opener ran from 5 PM to 3.19 AM, and 279 players got a share of the ₹25.82 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Vaidik ‘TripleH’ Murkar – ₹4,38,165
2. insufficient funds – ₹2,42,708
3. UpNdOwN – ₹1,68,863
4. Vinay ‘vinay0902’ Rajpal – ₹1,22,129
5. Parag ‘Persie’ Shah – ₹99,123
6. Dracula11 – ₹79,474
7. Karan ‘Junior-KK’ Kapur – ₹60,754
8. sicky – ₹42,835

FTS #5 Turbo – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 264

Re-entries – 103

Rebuys – 161

Prize Pool – ₹15,84,000

Places Paid – 55

Ganesh ‘fedorholz2020’ Kamat, best known for winning LEGEND #22 last November, can now call himself an FTS champion! The player cut stormed past 263 other players (528 total entries) in Spartan Poker’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD FTS #5 Turbo, winning his first FTS silver medallion.

Having won his ticket into the tournament through a ₹550 satellite, Kamat ended up banking a personal-best ₹3.07 Lakhs in the 9:30 PM FTS marquee, busting a three-month-long title drought. Spartan Poker pro Zarvan ‘Zarvan Tumboli’ Tumboli had a decent Thursday showing, pocketing ₹1.95 Lakhs in second place.

Kamat made deep runs in two other FTS tournaments – FTS #2 (61st for ₹4,765) and FTS #1 Big Bang (169th for ₹3,047) – adding ₹3.15 Lakhs altogether.

Gamesh Kamat’s online stats (SpartanPoker and PokerBaazi): Lifetime Winnings: ₹24.89 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹8.97 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | Ranked #7 on the FTS 6.0 Leaderboard

Snehil ‘snehil99’ Aggarwal (3rd for ₹1,40,818), Hemant ‘$Hamza$’ Meena (4th for ₹1,13,890), Gautam ‘kaana.raja’ Bansal (6th for ₹69,379), Vishal ‘Alicent Hightower’ Tulsyan (7th for ₹51,638), and Amit ‘Immortal Killer’ Sur (8th for ₹37,382) also FT-ed the 9:30 PM FTS marquee.

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament had 55 players digging into the ₹15.84 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Ganesh ‘fedorholz2020’ Kamat – ₹3,07,296
2. Zarvan ‘Zarvan Tumboli’ Tumboli – ₹1,94,832
3. Snehil ‘snehil99’ Aggarwal – ₹1,40,818
4. Hemant ‘$Hamza$’ Meena – ₹1,13,890
5. calamander – ₹88,300
6. Gautam ‘kaana.raja’ Bansal – ₹69,379
7. Vishal ‘Alicent Hightower’ Tulsyan – ₹51,638
8. Amit ‘Immortal Killer’ Sur – ₹37,382

FTS #2 – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 398

Re-entries – 102

Rebuys – 336

Prize Pool – ₹12,54,000

Places Paid – 71

The FTS #6 Double Chance champion from the previous FTS 5.0 in October, Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain (opted out of tracking), added another FTS silver medallion to his poker cabinet. The Spartan Poker loyalist ran down a stacked 836-strong field (398 unique) in the 8 PM FTS attraction, ₹10 Lakhs GTD FTS #2, banking the top prize of ₹2.42 Lakhs. The mystery reg ‘bloodring_banger’ came second for ₹1.52 Lakhs.

Jain also scored in FTS #1 Big Bang, posting at least ₹2.45 Lakhs on his Thursday scorecard. His known finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s FTS #2 for ₹2,42,022

> 136th in FTS #1 Big Bang for ₹3,408

The freshly-minted Destiny 26.0 champion Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal cashed out ₹84,213 across his Thursday run from five ITM finishes, which include:

> 32nd in Spartan Poker’s FTS #3 Thursday Titan for ₹32,568

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #2 for ₹27,713

> 31st in FTS #5 Turbo for ₹10,930

> 12th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹9,336

> 55th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹3,666

Avneesh Munjal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.29 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹97.99 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #5

Poker coach Kanishka ‘Wildflower’ Samant (3rd for ₹1.09 Lakhs), notorious leaderboard crusher Bhanu Prakash ‘MafiaGaming’ KC (5th for ₹67,591), Kashish ‘Nahihorha’ Gupta (6th for ₹52,793), and Gaurang ‘callmerockets’ Bhati (7th for ₹39,752) were others scoring on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD FTS #2 final table.

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament paid 71 players a share from the ₹12.54 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain – ₹2,42,022
2. bloodring_banger – ₹1,52,486
3. Kanishka ‘Wildflower’ Samant – ₹1,09,223
4. sharath2312 – ₹86,024
5. Bhanu Prakash ‘MafiaGaming’ KC – ₹67,591
6. Kashish ‘Nahihorha’ Gupta – ₹52,793
7. Gaurang ‘callmerockets’ Bhati – ₹39,752
8. Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal – ₹27,713

₹50 Lakhs GTD FTS Marathon – Day 1A

Day 1A: Entries: 248 | Re-entries: 40 | Rebuys: 197 | Survivors: 70 | Chip Leader: Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha (195,872)

FTS 6.0 Leaderboard Standings – Day 1

India Poker Championship`s biggest-yer FTS 6.0 got a blockbuster start on Thursday, with the series-opener recording a massive turnout. No surprise then that the top-three finishers in the FTS #1 Big Bang retained the most points on the series leaderboard.

The FTS #1 Big Bang champion Vaidik ‘TripleH’ Murkar (1,752 points) holds the fort at the top of the FTS 6.0 leaderboard, with users ‘insufficient funds’ (1,237 points) and ‘UpNdOwN’ (1,011 points) ranked #2 and #3, respectively.

Rajneesh ‘samkap’ Thakur (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹48,000), ‘Ironman99’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹38,208), ‘FIGHT CLUB’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up – Triple Chance for ₹23,827), ‘HEART000’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Sundowner – Triple Chance for ₹23,250), and Akshay ‘hitler9’ Singh (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹10,025) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

PokerBaazi

The Summit – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹8,250

Entries – 202

Re-entries – 221

Prize Pool – ₹31,73,000

Places Paid – 49

Maddhav ‘Maddhav’ Kohli charged through a guarantee-crushing field of 423 entrants (202 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Summit, taking down the Thursday flagship for a career-best ₹5.40 Lakhs, picking up his first score after a week and ending an over nine-week-long title drought. The user ‘Whoarewe’ finished runner-up for ₹3.59 Lakhs.

Maddhav Kohli’s online stats (PokerBaazi and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹73.59 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Dhiraj ‘supernuts’ Lakhotia has had a litany of close finishes this year but not too many title wins. The IOPC 14.0 Wednesday Prime champion finished third in The Summit for ₹2.79 Lakhs (his 14th FT finish in 2023).

Dhiraj Lakhotia’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.09 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹80.98 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Last month’s BTS#21 and BTS#29 winner, Mayank ‘Newsolidcash’ Maruka, accumulated ₹2.59 Lakhs through seven ITM finishes, which include:

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹2,20,489

> 46th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹11,250

> 16th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹8,974

> 8th in PokerStars India’s Super Stack PKO for ₹8,273

> 16th in Adda62’s Monster Turbo for ₹6,250

> 200th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #1 Big Bang for ₹2,265

> 19th in PokerBaazi’s Evening SPRINT for ₹1,772

Mayank Maruka’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.1 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹34.62 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #6

The #2 ranked player on the annual TLB leaderboard, Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur, scored ₹2.53 Lakhs through five deep runs – posting two FT finishes and winning a title.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹1,83,371

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Monster Stack for ₹48,000

> 4th in Adda52’s Afternoon Adda for ₹10,320

> 20th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹5,814

> 18th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹5,000

Rajneesh Thakur’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.15 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹99.97 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #7 | Ranked #2 on the 2023 TLB (Points) Leaderboard

Aryaman ‘aryamancr7’ Mahajan (6th for ₹1.50 Lakhs) and Sreeprakaash ‘fitzmagic’ Seetharaman (7th for ₹1.19 Lakhs) also FT-ed The Summit.

The ₹8,250 entry buy-in flagship had 49 players digging into the ₹31.73 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Maddhav ‘Maddhav’ Kohli – ₹5,40,277
2. Whoarewe – ₹3,58,493
3. Dhiraj ‘supernuts’ Lakhotia – ₹2,78,546
4. Mayank ‘Newsolidcash’ Maruka – ₹2,20,489
5. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹1,83,371
6. Aryaman ‘aryamancr7’ Mahajan – ₹1,49,742
7. Sreeprakaash ‘fitzmagic’ Seetharaman – ₹1,18,652

(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 269

Re-entries – 187

Prize Pool – ₹15,96,000

Places Paid – 49

PokerBaazi’s February The MoneyMaker runner-up finisher, ‘1299sanj,’ did one better in the site’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT, taking down a 456-strong field (269 unique) to collect ₹2.02 Lakhs.

The 9 PM flagship ended in a five-way deal that awarded Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta (2nd for ₹1.61 Lakhs), ‘jackrabbit1007’ (3rd for ₹1.56 Lakhs), Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (4th for ₹1.40 Lakhs) and Siddharth ‘FrancescoTotti’ Ranshevre (5th for ₹1.36 Lakhs) the other top-heavy cash prizes.

1299sanj’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹16.77 Lakhs | Titles Won: #2

Mohit Mehta (opted out of our tracking) has been a consistent scorer, and last night he also cashed Spartan Poker’s FTS #4 Thursday Grande (13th for ₹1.25 Lakhs), posting at least ₹2.86 Lakhs in Thursday’s winnings.

The mid-stakes volume junkie Neeraj Kumar scored ₹1.63 Lakhs through six ITM finishes, three of those runs ending on the FT.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,40,360

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹7,112

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s Evening SPRINT for ₹5,578

> 34th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹4,643

> 54th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹3,666

> 26th in PokerBaazi’s PLO-6 BOOST for ₹1,234

Neeraj Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.52 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.63 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #8 | Ranked #3 in the 2023 TLB (Points) Standings

Siddharth Ranshevre scored ₹1.78 Lakhs from an impressive three FT finishes on PokerBaazi, which include:

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s (7-MAX) SPRINT for ₹1,35,930

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s PLO-5 BOOST for ₹32,266

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s PLO-6 BOOST for ₹10,005

Last night’s FTS #1 Big Bang fourth-place finisher Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal (6th for ₹75,331) and Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani (7th for ₹59,690) were others on the (7-Max) SPRINT final table.

The ₹3,850 entry buy-in tournament dished out ₹15.96 Lakhs in prize money to the top 49 finishers.

Final Table Results

1. 1299sanj – ₹2,02,090*
2. Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – ₹1,60,710*
3. jackrabbit1007 – ₹1,56,357*
4. Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar – ₹1,40,360*
5. Siddharth ‘FrancescoTotti’ Ranshevre – ₹1,35,930*
6. Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal – ₹75,331
7. Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani – ₹59,690

*denotes a five-way deal

Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 402

Re-entries – 376

Prize Pool – ₹11,67,000

Places Paid – 137

Parag ‘vix786’ Shah made quite the Thursday run, rounding up ₹2.68 Lakhs from two deep runs. The online reg got his title break in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost, overtaking a 778-entry field (402 unique) in the 7:30 PM marquee to win ₹1.69 Lakhs – booking his first title victory in over four weeks.

Shah also FT-ed Spartan Poker’s FTS #1 Big Bang (5th for ₹99,123). His online stats (PokerBaazi and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.98 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹22.32 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #5

Sameer ‘Gofish’ Agarwal posted his first cash in over three weeks in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker 30.0 the day before (14th for a career-best ₹2.26 Lakhs). He followed it up with a runner-up finish in the Daily Value Boost last night for ₹1.31 Lakhs.

Anmol ‘DapperDogWalker’ Kataria (5th for ₹46,680), Parteek ‘ptk007’ Maheshwari (6th for ₹31,509), and last night’s FTS #1 Big Bang and (7-Max) SPRINT finalist Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal (7th for ₹22,173) were the notables on the Daily Value Boost final table.

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament collected a ₹11.67 Lakhs prize pool, and 137 players crossed the money line.

Final Table Results

1. Parag ‘vix786’ Shah – ₹1,68,982
2. Sameer ‘Gofish’ Agarwal – ₹1,30,704
3. 10Jsuited – ₹97,445
4. iveykimaa – ₹68,853
5. Anmol ‘DapperDogWalker’ Kataria – ₹46,680
6. Parteek ‘ptk007’ Maheshwari – ₹31,509
7. Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal – ₹22,173
8. phaizal – ₹16,805

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

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 163

Re-entries -155

Prize Pool – ₹6,36,000

Places Paid – 59

The two-time IOPC title winner, Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover, traversed a 318-player field in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost, winning the daytime marquee for ₹1.01 Lakhs – his first recorded title victory since taking down ₹30K GTD Turbo – MonsterStack in the first week of February. The user ‘espanoza’ finished runner-up for ₹74,412.

Grover accumulated ₹1.63 Lakhs from four deep runs on Thursday, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹1,00,870

> 18th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #3 Thursday Titan for ₹54,648

> 47th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #2 for ₹4,126

> 154th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #1 Big Bang for ₹3,047

Surbhit Grover’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.12 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.22 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

The three-time Daily Afternoon SPRINT champion Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj collected ₹43,057 for his fourth-place finish in Afternoon Boost. Hours later, he went on to champion PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT (1st for ₹40,912), collectively adding ₹99,277 from seven deep runs (including a title victory and another FT finish).

His top Thursday finishes include:

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹43,057

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for ₹40,912

> 19th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT for ₹3,662

> 19th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹3,449

> 102nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,268

Yuvraj Bhardwaj’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.35 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹15.40 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament awarded ₹6.36 Lakhs in prize money to the top 59 finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover – ₹1,00,870
2. espanoza – ₹74,412
3. Md ‘007Bahubali’ Zeeshan – ₹58,639
4. Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj – ₹43,057
5. FireonNuts – ₹30,655
6. udixi18 – ₹21,815
7. Playcool – ₹17,490

(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 180

Re-entries – 136

Prize Pool – ₹6,32,000

Places Paid – 59

PokerBaazi reg ‘Whoarewe’ outlasted a vast 316-strong field (180 unique) in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT, bagging away the winner`s due worth ₹93,151. Chess prodigy turned poker pro Ishita ‘Warrior08’ Arora raked in a profitable ₹81,028 for her runner-up finish in the 7:15 PM marquee, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

Rukshad ‘Culllensss’ Siganporia (5th for ₹30,462), Gunisha ‘obimikel’ Sinha (6th for ₹21,678), and Chirag ‘chiragkhanduja’ Khanduja (7th for ₹17,380) were the other known players on the (7-Max) Daily SPRINT final table.

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament crushed its listed guarantee by ₹1.32 Lakhs, and the top 59 finishers boarded the money bus.

Final Table Results

1. Whoarewe – ₹93,151*
2. Ishita ‘Warrior08’ Arora – ₹81,028*
3. Playcool – ₹58,270
4. royalking7424 – ₹42,786
5. Rukshad ‘Culllensss’ Siganporia – ₹30,462
6. Gunisha ‘obimikel’ Sinha – ₹21,678
7. Chirag ‘chiragkhanduja’ Khanduja – ₹17,380

* denotes a heads-up deal

‘SinWithAGrin’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD 7-Max Midnight SPRINT for ₹53,630), Sony ‘swAAmi’ Puthussery (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹52,490), ‘Jameso’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹51,550), Anilkumar ‘jat777’ Singh (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 BOOST for ₹45,280), Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹40,910), Siddhant ‘aajnahiaana’ Singh (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹40,120), ‘Pankaj424708’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹40,060), ‘Ak0811’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹27,720), and Sankalp ‘wobbegong’ Marwah (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 BOOST for ₹23,310) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

IndiaPlays

TDS -Texas – ₹100K GTD

Buy-in – ₹600

Entries – 125

Rebuys – 31

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 43

IndiaPlays user ‘NLMB2483’ won The Dominator Series marquee, ₹100K GTD Texas, for ₹21,000. The user ‘bullyboy11’ placed runner-up for ₹15,000.

Final Table Results

1. NLMB2483 – ₹21,000
2. bullyboy11 – ₹15,000
3. ABXK2944 – ₹10,000
4. Yokohama – ₹7,200
5. Rolex8 – ₹4,250
6. oOgway – ₹3,700
7. Avatar2503 – ₹3,000

‘1234Chinmoy’ won ₹15K GTD TDS -PLO Bounty for ₹3,825.

PokerStars India

The Colosseum [6-Max] – 12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 11,000

Entries – 78

Re-entries – 64

Prize Pool – ₹14,20,000

Places Paid – 19

The former banker Rajat ‘sharabikebabi’ Sharma was the top scorer on PokerStars India yesterday. Improving upon his runner-up finish in the ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Colosseum [6-Max] two weeks ago, the former The Millionaire champion outplayed a formidable 142-strong field (78 unique) in the 8 PM flagship to win ₹3 Lakhs. Poker coach Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh pocketed ₹2.24 Lakhs as the runner-up, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

The recent ‘₹12 Crore Club’ entrant Rajat Sharma filled in ₹3.27 Lakhs in Thursday earnings from two deep runs, which include:

> 1st in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹2,99,550* (heads-up deal) (his first time winning the tournament)

> 53rd in Spartan Poker’s FTS #3 Thursday Titan for ₹27,048

Rajat Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.08 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.68 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4 | Finished #17 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

The #2 ranked player of 2022, Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja, lapped up at least ₹7.36 Lakhs across four deep finishes last night, which include:

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #4 Thursday Grande for ₹5,82,500

> 4th in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹1,25,404

> 34th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹23,790

> 107th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #1 Big Bang for ₹4,028

Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira was another top reg on The Colosseum [6-Max] final table, and he cashed another three tournaments for a Thursday take-home worth ₹1.32 Lakhs.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 5th in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹93,812

> 32nd in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹23,794

> 50th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹11,250

> 85th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,268

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker`s FTS #Marathon – Day 1A

Myron Pereira’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.33 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.02 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Last Thursday`s breakout winner Vishal ‘Vishalb22’ Bajaj, notched up ₹93,973 last night from two deep runs, which include:

> 6th in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum [6-Max] for ₹70,179

> 33rd in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹23,794

Vishal Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.28 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.80 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #8 | Finished #12 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

The most profitable player of 2022, Sahil ‘allezjuju’ Chutani (3rd for ₹1,67,635), Faiz ‘LFGgggg’ Alam (7th for ₹57,320), this week`s Sunday SuperStack winner Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik (8th for ₹46,817), the two-time POY and top-ranked player in the country, Young Gun Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood (9th for ₹46,817), and Akshay ‘LalaSaab’ Kapoor (10th for ₹38,239) were other notables posting a deep run.

The tournament made a slightly late start at 8.12 PM, and 19 finishers got a share from the ₹14.20 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Rajat ‘sharabikebabi’ Sharma – ₹2,99,550*
2. Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh – ₹2,24,087*
3. allezjuju – ₹1,67,635
4. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja- ₹1,25,404
5. Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira – ₹93,812
6. Vishal ‘Vishalb22’ Bajaj – ₹70,179

*denotes a heads-up deal

‘dappi17’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Super Stack 8-Max for ₹44,470), ‘imhobadshah’ (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD Ultrasonic for ₹25,048), ‘sagar9406’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline [6-Max] for ₹11,456), and ‘anshul1990’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹10,873) won the other PokerStars India marquees.

Adda52

Godfather – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 254

Re-entries – 246

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 55

After an excellent start on the Asian circuit, winning two trophies in the APT Hanoi Vietnam VSOP last month, Kunal ‘FloatToMyBoat’ Patni bagged a big score last night. The ex-Adda52 Team Pro won the Thursday headliner on his former sponsor`s site, ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather, for ₹4.65 Lakhs, ending a month-long title slump.

The former banker chopped the title three-way with Lavesh ‘UPay4MyWeed98’ Meena (2nd for ₹4.06 Lakhs) and Khusee ‘ROYALSMEENA’ Ram Meena (3rd for ₹3.17 Lakhs).

Patni raked in ₹4.75 Lakhs across three deep runs on Thursday, hitting ₹3 Crores in online profits. His Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹4,65,065

> 66th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #1 Big Bang for ₹5,551

> 60th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,968

Kunal Patni’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.54 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.02 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4

Karan Malhotra earned ₹1.69 Lakhs across his Thursday run from three ITM finishes, which include:

> 5th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹1,25,000

> 33rd in Spartan Poker`s FTS #3 Thursday Titan for ₹32,568

> 45th in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹11,172

Karan Malhotra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.68 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 81.46 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara scored ₹1.26 Lakhs from two deep runs, which include:

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

> 29th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #3 Thursday Titan for 38,088

Tanmay Benara’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.40 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The in-form Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan added ₹93,608 across two ITM finishes, which include:

> 8th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹50,000

> 25th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #3 Thursday Titan for ₹43,608

Sreekanth Narayan’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.55 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.91 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4

The ₹5,500 entry buy-in Godfather just about broke even, registering the exact 500-entry field (254 unique) it had guaranteed, and 55 players got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Kunal ‘FloatToMyBoat’ Patni – ₹4,65,065*
2. Lavesh ‘UPay4MyWeed98’ Meena – ₹4,05,584*
3. Khusee ‘ROYALSMEENA’ Ram Meena – ₹3,16,851*
4. Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia – ₹1,87,500
5. Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra – ₹1,25,000
6. Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara – ₹87,500
7. rj147 – ₹62,500
8. Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan – ₹50,000

*denotes a three-way deal

Monster Turbo – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 133

Re-entries – 80

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 21

A less than 10-day-old user on Adda52, Davneet ‘Texaroger’ Sahni, playing their 15th tournament in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo, championed the 213-entry field (133 unique) in the 9:30 PM marquee, scoring a site-best ₹1.38 Lakhs. Somesh ‘JackNotMa’ Patel (opted out of tracking) picked up ₹81,250 for his second-place finish.

Sahni made away with ₹1.39 Lakhs across two deep runs on Adda52, which include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹1,37,500

> 22nd in Adda52’s Godfather Lite for ₹1,487

Davneet Sahni’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.43 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.07 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The Monster Turbo fourth-place finisher, Sanish ‘sanish21’ Chhabra, raked in ₹66,792 in Thursday winnings on the back of two ITM finishes, which include:

> 4th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹45,000

> 14th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #1 Big Bang for ₹21,792

Sanish Chhabra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.39 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.90 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Onas ‘PapaTumhare97’ Malhotra raked in ₹29,470 from two deep runs, which include:

> 7th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹17,500

> 33rd in (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹11,970

Onas Malhotra’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹52.87 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹8.47 Lakhs

Seasoned pro Rishab ‘rish1994’ Malik notched up ₹73,413 from five deep runs on Thursday, which include:

> 51st in Spartan Poker`s FTS #3 Thursday Titan for ₹27,048

> 8th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹13,750

> 9th in PokerBaazi`s Daily Value Boost for ₹12,837

> 30th in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹12,768

> 27th in Spartan Poker`s FTS #2 for ₹7,010

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s FTS Marathon – Day 1A

Rishab Malik’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.22 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.90 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2

The ₹2,500 entry buy-in Monster Turbo registered an overlay shortfall of ₹20,750, and 21 players got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Davneet ‘Texaroger’ Sahni- ₹1,37,500
2. Somesh ‘JackNotMa’ Patel- ₹81,250
3. kanishka27 – ₹61,750
4. Sanish ‘sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹45,000
5. Jaishankarr – ₹31,250
6. blackjaws – ₹21,250
7. Onas ‘PapaTumhare97’ Malhotra – ₹17,500
8. Rishab ‘rish1994’ Malik – ₹13,750

‘Swapnillinpaws’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Godfather Lite for ₹36,541), ‘Rajput451’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Kill Shot PLO Bounty for ₹32,869), ‘Rudresh99’ (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹32,940), ‘goofy25’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹31,262), ‘ThePokerProfessor’ (Won ₹40K GTD Morning Adda for ₹11,806), Dayanand ‘1God’ Prass (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹11,600), ‘Unmesh100’ (Won ₹30K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹10,922), and Kamal ‘kamalpunjabi11’ Punjabi (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹10,821) won the other Adda52 marquees.

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