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Online poker continues to grow in India, and Mondays are not as dull as they used to be a few months ago. While most of the headline online stops closed out on Sunday, PokerStars India`s Galactic Series Main Event made a fiery run to the finish line last night. Running alongside was a packed schedule of four 1000X Series tournaments on PokerBaazi.
The ₹1 Crore GTD Galactic Series-82 [MAIN EVENT] was the day`s biggest attraction. Friday`s Galactic Series-58 [Championship Highroller] winner Aditya Singh scored a thumping victory in the showstopper tournament, taking it down for a career-best ₹14.70 Lakhs – picking up his first seven-figure score! PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish Munot added another runner-up finish to his already long list of near misses, netting ₹8.65 Lakhs.
The NPS gold medallist Bharath Kumar pulled out quite the Monday run, racking up ₹4.24 Lakhs across three deep runs in the 1000X Series. He most prominently won the 1000X#8 – Monday Prime for ₹4.18 Lakhs (his best finish of the year). ‘tanay0405’ (anonymity requested) cashed for ₹2.93 Lakhs as the runner-up.
Himanshu ‘pokerbrat7’ Arora was another player who fired up a profitable run in PokerBaazi`s 1000X Series yesterday, netting ₹1.49 Lakhs and the 1000X#9 title (₹1.41 Lakhs).
‘Mmkay711’ (Won 1000X#6 for ₹95,408) and Yash Swaika (Won 1000X#7 PLO-4 for ₹72,224) won the other 1000X Series tournaments on Monday.
Grabbing the biggest paycheque on Spartan Poker was ‘vysh4987,’ who won The Rainmaker for ₹2.22 Lakhs, with ‘HEMAKUNA’ finishing runner-up for ₹1.90 Lakhs.
PokerGuru Ambassador Chandan Arora conquered Adda52 Iron Man for ₹2.29 Lakhs, ending an over two-month-long title drought. Harsh Kumar came second for ₹1.39 Lakhs.
Shravan Suresh, Ramesh Palikili, Shri Ritesh, Mandar Madaye, Puneet Jain, Sanjay Chaudhury, Ranveer Singh Sandhu, Praveen KR, and SK Santhosh Kumar were the other known players who won the Monday marquee titles.
Here are the Monday highlights!
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PokerStars India
Galactic Series-82 [Main Event] – ₹1 Crore GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 469
Re-entries – 523
Places Paid – 143
It was anything but a dull Monday with PokerStars India`s inaugural Galactic Series powering down to a thundering close! Aditya ‘ukid767’ Singh came out on top of the 992-entry field in the ₹1 Crore GTD Galactic Series-82 [MAIN EVENT] earlier today to win the prestigious title for a career-best ₹14.70 Lakhs (₹7.60 Lakhs in bounties) – his first seven-figure score. PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘chipcharity999’ Munot finished runner-up for ₹8.65 Lakhs (₹1.54 Lakhs in bounties).
Notably, Singh won the Galactic Series-58 [Championship Highroller] four days ago, making the Main Event victory his second breakout finish in the series. Last night, he min-cashed PokerBaazi`s 1000X#8 Monday Prime (102nd for ₹3,234), rounding up ₹14.73 Lakhs in Monday winnings.
Aditya Singh`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.90 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹88.99 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #19 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.96 Crores
Final Table Results
Mandar ‘MAMA4000’ Madaye (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Deepstack for ₹34,634), Praveen ‘pinawxd’ KR (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for 25,912), and ‘danielng07’ (Won ₹50K GTD Afternoon on Stars for ₹17,576) won the other PokerStars India’s marquees.
Galactic Series LeaderBoard Final Standings
With the Galactic Series Main Event playing down to a winner last night, the series’ leaderboard standings have been formalized.
Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar, who made his first appearance on the Galactic Series leaderboard on Day 2 of the series, topped the standings convincingly. Kumar`s tally showed 24 FTs in the series, including two title wins and a runner-up finish. He took charge of the leaderboard on Day 4 and carried the advantage to the final day, banking ₹1.50 lakhs in leaderboard prizes.
Vaibhav ‘vaibsss’ Bhatia gave a tough fight to Kumar and even held the joint lead with him on the leaderboard on Day 8 but eventually finished second in the standings for ₹75,000.
Niteen ‘niteenplus’ Raj rounded out the podium in third place, taking home ₹50,000.
Rank | Player | Prize Amount |
---|---|---|
1 | Abhijeet 'sexylady7766' Kumar | ₹1,50,000 |
2 | Vaibhav 'vaibsss' Bhatia | ₹75,000 |
3 | Niteen 'niteenplus' Raj | ₹50,000 |
4 | yuvidilwariya | ₹35,000 |
5 | Shekhar 'Fi$h@rk' Singh | ₹20,000 |
6 | Prabhat 'Prabhat1028' Kumar | ₹15,000 |
7 | Manish 'manish jangid' Jangid | ₹10,000 |
8 | rkrohan@& | ₹10,000 |
9 | Aniruddha 'pocketacesaj69' Joshi | ₹10,000 |
10 | WaveBosss | ₹10,000 |
PokerBaazi
1000X#8 – Monday Prime – ₹18 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,980
Entries – 646
Re-entries – 736
Prize Pool – ₹24,88,000
Places Paid – 144
The former NPS Thursday Thunder winner Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar made the Monday headlines on PokerBaazi, with three ITM runs in the 1000X Series for ₹4.24 Lakhs in total winnings.
His late-night exploits included taking down the featured tournament of the site, ₹18 Lakhs GTD 1000X#8 – Monday Prime, where he traversed a guarantee-crushing 1,382-entry field to win ₹4.18 Lakhs – his best finish of the year and second-best career finish. ‘tanay0405’ (anonymity requested) posted a runner-up payday worth ₹2.93 Lakhs.
Bharath Kumar`s Monday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#8 – Monday Prime for ₹4,17,917
>19th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#6 for ₹3,955
> 118th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#9 for ₹2,080
Bharath Kumar’s online stats (PokerBaazi and PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.48 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹21.77 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #15
Final Table Results
1000X#9 – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹880
Entries – 665
Re-entries – 635
Prize Pool – ₹10,40,000
Places Paid – 220
Like Bharath Kumar, Himanshu ‘pokerbrat7’ Arora was another player who fired up a profitable run in PokerBaazi`s 1000X Series yesterday, netting ₹1.49 Lakhs and a title victory.
The former Big Billions third-place finisher, Himanshu Arora, overcame a stacked 1,300-entry field in PokerBaazi’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD 1000X#9, clinching his first title in almost six weeks and ₹1.41 Lakhs in prize money. Amol ‘Furiosa’ Shetty (opted out of our tracking) pocketed ₹1.09 Lakhs in second place.
Himanshu Arora’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.69 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹97.31 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #7 | Annual Winnings: ₹71.09 Lakhs
Final Table Results
1000X#6 – ₹6 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹660
Entries – 566
Re-entries – 611
Prize Pool – ₹7,06,200
Places Paid – 197
The September The MoneyMaker finalist ‘Mmkay711’ won their maiden 1000X Series title last night after taking down PokerBaazi’s ₹6 Lakhs GTD 1000X#6 for ₹95,408. Himanshu ‘omega0611’ Chalukia banked ₹74,857 in second place.
Mmkay711’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹9.06 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹4.55 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2
The 1000X#6 runner-up finisher, Himanshu Chalukia, also cashed 1000X#7 PLO-4 (24th for ₹2,727), collectively adding ₹77,584. His online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.81 Lakhs| Lifetime Profits: ₹6.04 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2
Final Table Results
1000X#7 – PLO-4 – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 509
Re-entries – 540
Prize Pool – ₹5,24,500
Places Paid – 180
Yash ‘yswaika’ Swaika, displaying his prowess in the four-card PLO variant, raced past the 1,049-player field in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD 1000X#7 – PLO-4 last night to collect ₹72,224. Dhaval ‘Faizal1506’ Doshi locked in a runner-up payday worth ₹56,594.
Yash Swaika posted another deep run in 1000X#9 (27th for ₹4,160), netting ₹76,384 overall. His PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹14.57 Lakhs | Titles Won: #48
Dhaval Doshi filled in ₹58,648 in Monday winnings across three ITM finishes, which include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#7 PLO-4 for ₹56,594
> 118th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#6 for ₹1,554
> 28th in Adda52’s Nano Daily Adda for ₹500
Dhaval Doshi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.28 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹31.14 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #13| Annual Winnings: ₹43.28 Lakhs
Final Table Results
1000X Leaderboard Standings – Day 2
With Day 2 of the 1000X Series in the books, last night`s 1000X#8 – Monday Prime champion Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar (2,009 points) has catapulted to the #1 position in the ₹10 Lakhs-added 1000X Series leaderboard race. Saransh ‘saransh004’ Garg (1,948 points) has lost his early lead and dropped down to #2 while yesterday`s 1000X#9 winner Himanshu ‘pokerbrat7’ Arora (1,896 points) has climbed to #3 in the standings.
Rank Player Points
1 Bharath 'hzgod' Kumar 2,009
2 Saransh 'saansh004' Garg 1,948
3 Himanshu 'pokerbrat7' Arora 1,896
4 Sandy 'Ziigmund' Lamba 1,881
5 Gautam 'johny3' Bansal 1,852
6 Uttam 'brokenpocker' Gope 1,847
7 Neeraj 'SelfClaimedPro' Kumar 1,826
8 Pradip 'Nit2Donk' Ghosh 1,821
9 Abhinav 'boom786' Malhotra 1,742
10 Yash 'yswaika' Swaika 1.737
‘mrbishnoi’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Midnight SPRINT for ₹43,780), Shri ‘Ritesh1608’ Ritesh (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹45,160), Puneet ‘arhanhit’ Jain (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹28,090), Sanjay ‘raskolnikov’ Chaudhury (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹26,650), ‘KkkRK’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD SPRINT for ₹24,200), ‘antman007’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹19,190), and ‘barunbiswas’ (Won ₹50K GTD 5-Max Daily for ₹5,830) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
Spartan Poker
The Rainmaker – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 196
Re-entries – 65
Rebuys – 150
Prize Pool – ₹12,33,000
Places Paid – 39
After a blockbuster Sunday that saw Spartan Poker`s biggest-ever Millionaire Series 5.0 wrapping up, the Monday action on the site expectedly paled in comparison. Nevertheless, the Monday flagship ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Rainmaker managed to crush its guarantee, posting a generous ₹12.33 Lakhs prize pool on the back of 411 entries.
The user ‘vysh4987’ took down The Rainmaker title for ₹2.22 Lakhs. Sunday’s MS #56 – Turbo (5-Max) champion ‘HEMAKUNA’ missed out on booking a title victory for a second straight day and finished runner-up for ₹1.90 Lakhs.
vysh4987’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹21.85 Lakhs | Titles Won: #8
Young Gun Sanat ‘orhem3001’ Mehrotra, one of the latest entrants in the ‘₹9 Crores Club,’ collectively added ₹1.30 Lakhs through three ITM finishes, which include:
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s The Rainmaker for ₹97,037
> 61st in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-82 [MAIN EVENT – Progressive KO] for ₹21,735
> 37th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#8 – Monday Prime for ₹10,945
Sanat Mehrotra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.28 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.25 Crores | Titles Win in 2022: #8 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.08 Crores | Ranked #12 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
Spartan Poker loyalist Mohit ‘OfcourseOfcourse’ Savargaonkar added ₹78,160 in Monday winnings through deep runs in The Rainmaker (5th for ₹76,076) and Monster Stack (19th for ₹2,084). His Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.3 Crores | Site Profits: ₹30 Lakhs | Titles Won: #16
Final Table Results
Mon Poker Nite #1 – ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 175
Re-entries – 47
Rebuys – 157
Prize Pool – ₹3,79,000
Places Paid – 31
Shravan ‘giraffebanger’ Suresh raked in ₹90,988 in Monday winnings, and his best finish was taking down Spartan Poker’s ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD Mon Poker Nite #1 for ₹80,159. Anurag ‘Krifard’ Rawat finished runner-up for ₹53,970.
Suresh’s Monday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Mon Poker Nite #1 for ₹80,159
> 6th in Spartan Poker’s Sundowner for ₹9,780
> 140th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#7 – (PLO-4) for ₹1,049
Shravan Suresh’s online stats: (Spartan Poker & PokerBaazi): Lifetime Winnings: ₹38.2 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹12.08 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5
Ashish ‘X– factor’ Pareek pocketed ₹49,041 from three ITM finishes, which include:
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Mon Poker Nite #1 for ₹30,851
> 16th in Spartan Poker’s The Rainmaker for ₹15,166
> 13th in Spartan Poker’s Mon Poker Nite #4 for ₹3,024
Ashish Pareek’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.51 Crores | Site Profits: ₹20.73 Lakhs | Titles Won: #6
Final Table Results
‘stickyMF’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹48,732), ‘Pokz11’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Sundowner for ₹42,300), ‘CashMeIfYouCan’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Mon Poker Nite #4 for ₹32,686), ‘Orion24’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹19,380), ‘Legion003’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹8,370), and ‘RED SHARK’ (Won ₹10K GTD Flash for ₹2,452) shipped the other Monday marquees on Spartan Poker.
MPL Poker
Monday Madness – ₹1 Lakh GTD
Buy-in – ₹550
Total Entries – 216
Prize Pool – ₹1,08,000
Places Paid – 37
S K Santhosh ‘raceido168177’ Kumar outlasted a 216-entry field in MPL Poker’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Monday Madness, winning ₹21,600 in first-place prize money. Akhil ‘akkiii007’ Patel collected ₹15,552 in second place.
Final Table Results
Pocket52
Pocket Jacks – ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,250
Entries – 107
Re-entries – 97
Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000
Places Paid – 30
Pocket52’s ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks crowned a champion in ‘Baazigar_11_30uieAnz12,’ who took home ₹50,000 for the win. Online reg Arpan ‘Novus’ Majhi finished runner-up for ₹35,625.
Final Table Results
‘one_larvesta_6377512’ (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Pocket Tanks for ₹28,750), ‘jaimahakaal’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹21,000), ‘user1654705244’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹15,750), ‘POKER46’ (Won ₹60K GTD Pocket Chips for ₹15,000), and ‘onedx’ (Won ₹50K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹11,500) won the other Pocket52 marquees.
PokerDangal
Monday Monster – ₹1 Lakh GTD
Buy-in – ₹770
Entries – 113
Re-entries – 54
Prize Pool – ₹1,16,900
Places Paid – 27
With the DMVS wrapping up on Sunday, PokerDangal’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Monday Monster was the featured tournament on the site yesterday. The ₹770 buy-in tournament breached its listed guarantee by ₹16,900 after signing up 167 participants.
The user ‘bigbang’ clinched the title for ₹23,380, and ‘ABXK2944’ came second for ₹17,535.
Final Table Results
Adda52
Iron Man – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,400
Entries – 215
Re-entries – 205
Prize Pool – ₹9,24,000
Places Paid – 43
PokerGuru Ambassador Chandan ‘darkfish15’ Arora (opted out of tracking) nailed Adda52`s ₹8 Lakhs GTD Iron Man, winning the Monday flagship for ₹2.29 Lakhs & ending an over two-month-long title drought.
Harsh ‘nuts280889’ Raj collected ₹1.38 Lakhs for his second-place finish. His Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹13.53 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.77 Lakhs
Final Table Results
Voyager – ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 153
Re-entries – 124
Prize Pool – ₹2,77,000
Places Paid – 30
‘Rinfeo’ was the last player standing in Adda52`s ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Voyager and won the 9:30 PM tournament for ₹70,912, with ‘nick4494’ finishing runner-up for ₹42,243.
The five-time Freeze Out Adda champion, ‘rinfeo,’ also cashed Nano DST (24th for ₹999). Their Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹12.38 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹2.88 Lakhs| Titles Won in 2022: #7
Final Table Results
Ramesh ‘Allaloneaa’ Palikili (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Nano DST for ₹54,288), ‘Sonucherry’ (Won ₹1.70 Lakhs GTD Nano Inception for ₹26,919), Ranveer ‘seven2222’ Singh Sandhu (Won ₹90K GTD Nano Siesta for ₹26,501), ‘yuvi434’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Nano Daily Adda for ₹26,250), ‘devnaik’ (Won ₹70K GTD Nano Crack Jack for ₹13,640), and ‘ratansanu’ (Won ₹30K GTD Nano Battleship for ₹10,370) won the Nano Poker Series titles on Adda52.
Khelo365
Sunday’s Dominator runner-up finisher, Khelo365 user ‘Akolum,’ took down the 10K GTD Sundowner for ₹3,000. ‘RonalMes’ came second for ₹2,000.
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