Daily Majors: Vishal Ojha, Aditya Singh, Arun Sriram & Sanat Mehrotra Crush the Friday Flagships

Daily Majors: Vishal Ojha, Aditya Singh, Arun Sriram & Sanat Mehrotra
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  • Attreyee Khasnabis February 4, 2023
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It was a fantastic Friday for poker players. With Spartan Poker’s record-crushing India Online Poker Championship 14.0 just two days from the finish line, PokerBaazi’s first-ever PLO Championship Series kicked off proceedings, and PokerStars India`s Red Spade Series making its Day 2 run, there was a flurry of action to sound off the weekend!

Reigning supreme on the Friday charts was Vishal Ojha! The former Destiny champion has had many close finishes in 2023. But he finally got the monkey off his back last night by picking up his first title of the year in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #122 Friday Prime, banking a career-best ₹10.24 Lakhs* (heads-up deal) (won ₹10.56 Lakhs overall)!

The three-time The Millionaire champion Vishal Tulsyan converted a ₹1,100 satellite buy-in into a runner-up payday worth ₹9.54 Lakhs in IOPC #122 Friday Prime (won ₹9.99 Lakhs overall).

Aditya Singh‘s firecracker form saw him extending his winning form to a fourth day straight, and he`s won three IOPC marquees this week! His latest title came in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #123 Friday High, fetching him ₹7.15 Lakhs* (four-way deal). The online phenom made FT finishes in IOPC #122 Friday Prime (8th for ₹1.43 Lakhs) and Adda52’s The Ballers (5th for ₹1.28 Lakhs), netting over ₹9.86 Lakhs from these three deep runs alone.

Aditya Singh chopped the IOPC #123 Friday High title four-way with Young Gun Arsh Grover (2nd for ₹6.41 Lakhs), Sumit Sapra (3rd for ₹6.35 Lakhs), and Deepankur Gupta (4th for ₹6.31 Lakhs).

Anish Arora closed out his six-week-long title drought by winning two tournaments yesterday, adding ₹3.19 Lakhs in Friday earnings. He started his session by shipping PokerBaazi’s Daily Afternoon SPRINT (₹33,012) and wrapped up his Friday run by taking down Spartan Poker’s IOPC #124 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance (₹2.85 Lakhs).

Harsh Kumar (Won IOPC #125 All Rounder for a career-best ₹2.12 Lakhs), ‘FartinLutherKing’ (Won IOPC #119 for ₹1.43 Lakhs), Sanjay Mohan (Won IOPC #121 for ₹1.08 Lakhs), Cherag Batliwalla (Won IOPC #120 for ₹85,600) and Aditya Sushant (Won IOPC #118 for ₹78,120) won the other IOPC marquees on Friday.

Deepak Bothra returned to the winner’s circle after 20 months with a dominating run in PokerBaazi’s PLO Championship headliner of the day, PC#3 (PLO-6) Highroller, pocketing a site-best ₹7.57 Lakhs.

Young Gun Sanat Mehrotra championed PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for an impressive third time for ₹5.05 Lakhs (won ₹6.49 Lakhs overall), crossing ₹50 Lakhs in annual winnings.

Vikhyat Ahlawat (Won PC#1 (PLO-4) Kickoff for ₹1.91 Lakhs), Deepak Singh (Won PC#2 (PLO-5) for ₹1.70 Lakhs), and ‘hik18’ (Won PC#4 (PLO-6) for ₹1.47 Lakhs) shipped the other PLO Championship Series titles on Friday.

Arun Sriram shipped Adda52’s Friday headliner, The Ballers, for the second time, taking home a winner’s paycheque worth ₹5.56 Lakhs (won ₹7.26 Lakhs overall).

Young Gun Anmol Mehta won PokerStars India’s Red Spade Series-05 [Uppercut] for ₹2.09 Lakhs.

Rahul Purohit, Sanish Chhabra, Sandeep Varma RS, Samridhi Kapoor, Anirban D Das, Dayanand Prass, Gauranga Bhatti, Pankaj Nanda, Neeraj Kumar, Chandan Jaiswal, and Firoz Khan shipped the other Friday marquees.

Here are the Friday highlights!

 

Spartan Poker

IOPC #122 Friday Prime – ₹60 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 321

Re-entries – 127

Rebuys – 179

Prize Pool – ₹62,70,000

Places Paid – 63

Vishal ‘Darky012’ Ojha‘s powered-packed Friday grind earned him a career-best ₹10.56 Lakhs – and several firsts! The former Destiny champion scored the winning touchdown in the day’s biggest guaranteed tournament, Spartan Poker’s ₹60 Lakhs GTD IOPC #122 Friday Prime, firing two bullets before topping a 627-player field (321 unique) to win ₹10.24 Lakhs – his maiden IOPC title and silver badge – closing a two-month title slump after four close finishes.

Vishal Ojha
Vishal Ojha

 

Ojha chopped the Friday headliner heads-up with three-time The Millionaire champion Vishal ‘Alicent Hightower’ Tulsyan, who parlayed a ₹1,100 satellite buy-in into a runner-up payday worth ₹9.54 Lakhs (won ₹9.99 Lakhs overall).

Vishal Tulsyan
Vishal Tulsyan

 

Ojha’s Friday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #122 Friday Prime for a career-best ₹10,23,646* (heads-up deal)

> 18th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹32,550

Vishal Ojha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.88 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹81.27 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | IOPC Titles Won: #1

Myron ‘mehhhhh’ Pereira accumulated ₹5.32 Lakhs through five ITM finishes, with his deepest run coming in IOPC #122 Friday Prime (4th for ₹4.36 Lakhs), pushing him past ₹1 Crore mark in lifetime profits.

Myron Pereira
Myron Pereira

 

Myron Pereira`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.06 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1 Crores

Prachir ‘Hangry Hulk’ Singh (5th for ₹3,41,715) and last night’s IOPC #123 Friday High champion Aditya ‘Ben K Rolle’ Singh (8th for ₹1,42,956) were others who FT-ed the IOPC #122 Friday Prime.

The 8 PM Friday headliner collected a guarantee-crushing ₹62.70 Lakhs prize pool, and 63 players boarded the money bus.

Final Table Results

  1. Vishal ‘Darky012’ Ojha – ₹10,23,646*
  2. Vishal ‘Alicent Hightower’ Tulsyan – ₹9,53,912*
  3. Sanky525 – ₹5,48,625
  4. Myron ‘mehhhhh’ Pereira – ₹4,35,765
  5. Prachir ‘Hangry Hulk’ Singh – ₹3,41,715
  6. Zzzxxx – ₹2,67,729
  7. Zen_Master – ₹2,01,267
  8. Aditya ‘Ben K Rolle’ Singh – ₹1,42,956

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

IOPC #123 Friday High (6-Max) – ₹40 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹27,500

Entries – 97

Re-entries – 37

Rebuys – 41

Prize Pool – ₹43,75,000

Places Paid – 20

It’s official – Aditya ‘Ben K Rolle’ Singh is on a run of a lifetime! Winning four tournaments on consecutive days – three of them IOPC marquees – is no joke, but Singh made it look easy.

Aditya Singh
Aditya Singh

 

Extending his winning streak, the MTT beast outplayed a stacked 175-player field (97 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹40 Lakhs GTD IOPC #123 Friday High to win ₹7.15 Lakhs, grabbing his third IOPC silver badge at the ongoing IOPC 14.0.

Singh made FT finishes in the day’s top attractions, IOPC #122 Friday Prime (8th for ₹1.43 Lakhs) and Adda52’s The Ballers (5th for ₹1.28 Lakhs), netting over ₹9.86 Lakhs from these three deep runs alone.

His wins in 2023 include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #123 Friday High on February 3

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #114 Thursday Prime on February 2

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT on February 1

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #100 Tuesday Spotlight on January 31

> 1st in Adda52 Millions on January 22

IOPC #123 Friday High played down to a four-way deal with top circuit regs Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover (2nd for ₹6.41 Lakhs), Sumit ‘Toin Coss’ Sapra (3rd for ₹6.35 Lakhs) and Deepankur ‘AngryPitbull’ Gupta (4th for ₹6.31 Lakhs) digging into the top-heavy payouts.

Arsh Grover locked in ₹6.97 Lakhs from three deep runs last night, crossing 6 Crores in online profits. His Friday finishes include:

Arsh Grover
Arsh Grover

 

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #123 Friday High for ₹6,41,004

> 19th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹32,550

> 11th in PokerBaazi’s (7-MAX) SPRINT for ₹23,520

Arsh Grover’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.3 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹6 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | Finished #4 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Sumit Sapra ran deep in Adda52’s The Ballers (13th for ₹28,903), netting ₹6.64 Lakhs in Friday earnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.20 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.88 Crores

Sumit Sapra
Sumit Sapra

 

IOPC #14 High Roller and IOPC #29 Sunday High winner, Aniket ‘TakingSouls’ Waghmare (5th for ₹3.12 Lakhs) and bracelet winner Aditya ‘SuperuSer’ Sushant (6th for ₹2.45 Lakhs) rounded out the 6-max IOPC #123 Friday High FT.

The 9 PM flagship generated a guarantee-smashing ₹43.75 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 20 finishers crossed the money line.

Final Table Results

  1. Aditya ‘Ben K Rolle’ Singh – ₹7,15,293*
  2. Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover – ₹6,41,004*
  3. Sumit ‘Toin Coss’ Sapra – ₹6,34,567*
  4. Deepankur ‘AngryPitbull’ Gupta – ₹6,31,073*
  5. Aniket ‘TakingSouls’ Waghmare – ₹3,11,938
  6. Aditya ‘SuperuSer’ Sushant – ₹2,44,563

*denotes a four-way deal

 

IOPC #124 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 1261 (683)

Rebuys – 925

Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000

Places Paid – 183

The new moniker ‘TeenTakle1212’ proved lucky for Anish Arora, who crossed over a six-week-long title slump with panache, winning two tournaments for a Friday haul worth ₹3.19 Lakhs.

Anish Arora
Anish Arora

 

The former Adda52 Millions champion got his Friday session started with a top finish right off the bat in PokerBaazi’s Daily Afternoon SPRINT. Hours later, he stomped past a massive 2,186-entry field (683 unique) in Spartan Poker’s 9:30 PM flagship, ₹20 Lakhs GTD IOPC #124 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance, banking ₹2.84 Lakhs and the IOPC Silver Badge.

He chopped the IOPC marquee heads-up with Vaidik ‘TripleH’ Murkar (2nd for ₹2.82 Lakhs).

Arora’s Friday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #124 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance for ₹2,84,465* (heads-up deal)

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹33,012

Anish Arora’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.49 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹46.46 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | IOPC Titles Won: #3

Ishan ‘neatvat’ Upendra Tipre (3rd for ₹1,79,901), Paras ‘Jhukega nahi $ala’ Jain (4th for ₹1,09,600), top pro Laksh ‘b00mTilt23’ Pal Singh (5th for ₹83,381) and Arunav ‘arcadiaaa’ Mittal (6th for ₹62,840) also FT-ed IOPC #124 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance.

The ₹990 entry buy-in IOPC #124 Friday Spotlight filled in ₹32,600 in overlays, and 183 places got paid.

Final Table Results

  1. Anish ‘TeenTakle1212’ Arora – ₹2,84,465*
  2. Vaidik ‘TripleH’ Murkar – ₹2,81,535*
  3. Ishan ‘neatvat’ Upendra Tipre – ₹1,79,901
  4. Paras ‘Jhukega nahi $ala’ Jain – ₹1,09,600
  5. Laksh ‘b00mTilt23’ Pal Singh – ₹83,381
  6. Arunav ‘arcadiaaa’ Mittal – ₹62,840
  7. Amor Mio – ₹46,741
  8. $BiG BuLL$ – ₹26,400

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

IOPC #125 All Rounder – ₹11 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 344

Re-entries – 142

Rebuys – 201

Prize Pool – ₹11,00,000

Places Paid – 71

Harsh ‘stAtisticiAn’ Kumar jumped past an over 11-week-long dry spell by championing Spartan Poker’s late-night marquee, ₹11 Lakhs GTD IOPC #125 All Rounder, bagging away his first IOPC silver badge and career-best ₹2.12 Lakhs in first-place prize money. With this win, Kumar grabbed one of the last two seats remaining on the ₹6 Lakhs GTD IOPC #137 All Rounder SNG (February 5 at 9 PM).

Harsh Kumar’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹7.73 Lakhs | Titles Won: #5 | IOPC Titles Won: #1

Site reg Sanket ‘BANK$Y’ Arora finished runner-up in IOPC #125 All Rounder for ₹1.34 Lakhs and accumulated ₹2.26 Lakhs across three deep runs, which include:

Sanket Arora
Sanket Arora

 

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #125 All Rounder for ₹1,33,760

> 14th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #123 Friday High for ₹70,000

> 54th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #122 Friday Prime for ₹22,639

Sanket Arora’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.68 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.11 Crores | IOPC Titles Won: #4

Md ‘Asraf786786’ Ashraf Ali (3rd for ₹95,810), Ankush ‘Ank4u’ Narang (4th for ₹75,460), and Peter ‘Sigmund’ Nazareth (7th for ₹34,870) also FT-ed the IOPC #125 All Rounder.

The 11 PM tourney registered 687 entrants (344 unique), falling ₹69,500 short of breaking even. The top 71 places got paid.

Final Table Results

  1. Harsh ‘stAtisticiAn’ Kumar – ₹2,12,300
  2. Sanket ‘BANK$Y’ Arora – ₹1,33,760
  3. Md ‘Asraf786786’ Ashraf Ali – ₹95,810
  4. Ankush ‘Ank4u’ Narang – ₹75,460
  5. sewadari – ₹59,290
  6. p@tience7744 – ₹46,310
  7. Peter ‘Sigmund’ Nazareth – ₹34,870
  8. MA$K – ₹24,310

 

IOPC #119 – 7 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 1,650

Entries – 215

Re-entries – 82

Rebuys – 180

Prize Pool – 7,15,500

Places Paid – 39

The mystery user ‘FartinLutherKing’ captured one of the eight IOPC silver badges awarded on Friday, winning Spartan Poker`s 7 Lakhs GTD IOPC #119 for 1.43 Lakhs.

The #3 ranked player on the IOPC 14.0 Leaderboard, ‘p@tience7744,’ fired five bullets in the 3 PM tournament and took the second bullet as far as second place, netting 95,376 and more TLB points.

FartinLutherKings’ Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹3.10 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.09 Lakhs | Titles Won: #5

The #3 ranked player of 2022, Arjanveer Singh ‘bazzingaa’ Chadha, made six deep runs yesterday, netting 1.30 Lakhs.

Arjanveer Singh Chadha
Arjanveer Singh Chadha

 

His top Friday finishes include:

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #119 for 56,310

> 18th in PokerBaazi’s PC#3 (PLO-6) Highroller for 48,825

> 19th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #124 Friday Spotlight for 10,461

Arjanveer Singh Chadha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 13.32 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 4.59 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | Finished #3 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

The #2 ranked player on the IOPC 14.0 Leaderboard, Young Gun Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav (3rd for 69,761), four-time IOPC Leaderboard topper Bhanu Prakash ‘MafiaGaming’ KC (5th for 42,891), Ashwin ‘A116’ Vijay (7th for 23,286), and Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover (8th for 16,775) were others who made the 8-max FT in IOPC #119.

The 1,650 entry-buy tourney had 477 entrants (215 unique) chasing the 7.16 Lakhs prize pool, and 39 players got paid.

Final Table Results

  1. FartinLutherKing – 143,458
  2. p@tience7744 – 95,376
  3. Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav – 69,761
  4. Arjanveer Singh ‘bazzingaa’ Chadha – 56,310
  5. Bhanu Prakash ‘MafiaGaming’ KC – 42,891
  6. chips generator – 33,414
  7. Ashwin ‘A116’ Vijay – 23,286
  8. Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover – 16,775

 

Sanjay ‘smr1g10’ Mohan (Won ₹4 Lakhs GTD IOPC #121 for ₹1.08 Lakhs), Cherag ‘Cheragb’ Batliwalla (Won ₹4 Lakhs GTD IOPC #120 for ₹85,600) and Aditya ‘SuperuSer’ Sushant (Won ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #118 for ₹78,120) won the other IOPC marquees.

 

₹5 Crores GTD IOPC – The Crown – Day 1E

Day 1D: Entries – 314 | Re-entries – 94 | Rebuys – 164 | Survivors – 85 | Chip Leader – Samay ‘Limitless’ Singh Modi (398,816)

Combined: Entries – 1,355 | Re-entries – 543 | Rebuys – 881 | Survivors – 393 | Overall Chip Leader – Samay ‘Limitless’ Singh Modi (398,816)

 

₹35 Lakhs GTD IOPC – Value Mine – Day 1E

Day 1D: Entries – 281 | Re-entries – 49 | Rebuys – 195 | Survivors – 47 | Chip Leader – ‘TheG0dfath3r’ (263,232)

Combined: Entries – 1,272 | Re-entries – 181 | Rebuys – 898 | Survivors – 229 | Overall Chip Leader – Areyann ‘TheManiacInTheCircuit’ Gurbaxani (363,027)

 

IOPC 14.0 Leaderboard Standings After Day 16

The 14th edition of the IOPC will go down history lane on Sunday. Following 16 days of action, Sunday’s IOPC #84 Wanderer champion Vinay Rajpal (17,651 points) looks in no mood to relinquish his lead in the ₹1.50 Crores GTD IOPC 14.0 Leaderboard standings.

As Rajpal has stayed atop the rankings for 12 days in a row, the IOPC June 2021 leaderboard topper Young Gun Anuj Yadav (15,905 points), and the #3 ranked ‘p@tience7744’ (15,317 points) remain firmly entrenched as the other top-ranked players on the leaderboard.

RankPlayerPoints
1Vinay 'vinay0902' Rajpal17,651
2Anuj 'br0ckLesnar95' Yadav15,905
3p@tience774415,317
4Bhanu Prakash 'MafiaGaming' KC13,583
5Kabir 'KAKAROT98$' Tandon13,436
6Vikram 'GreenSTUFF79' Mishra12,930
7Samay Singh 'Limitless' Modi12,688
8Saransh 'TerrorGandhi$' Garg12,602
9Parag 'Persie' Shah12,454
10Arjanveer 'bazzingaa' Singh Chadha12,361

 

‘High Stack’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹36,288), ‘poker.professor.z4’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Holdem PKO for ₹28,695), Chandan ‘Chandan4’ Jaiswal (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up – Triple Chance for ₹17,232), ‘SelteroG’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹9,924) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

 

PokerBaazi

India’s first-ever PLO-only tournament series, PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Crores GTD PLO Championship, made a smashing debut yesterday! The four PC-branded events and the regular Friday marquees made for an electrifying day of poker action for Baazigars!

PC#3 (PLO-6) Highroller – ₹30 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹16,500

Entries – 104

Re-entries – 113

Prize Pool – ₹32,55,000

Places Paid – 22

The former The Millionaire champion Deepak ‘kakoji’ Bothra scored a thumping victory in the PLO Championship headliner of the day, ₹30 Lakhs GTD PC#3 (PLO-6) Highroller, banking a site-best ₹7.57 Lakhs, marking his return on the domestic felts in style by winning his first tournament title after 20 months.

Deepak Bothra
Deepak Bothra

 

The long-time pro crushed the 217-player field in the 8 PM flagship with Ramu ‘Ramu0550’ Kushwaha (2nd for ₹5 Lakhs) & circuit reg Meherzad ‘lolotamase’ Munsaf (3rd for ₹3.66 Lakhs) locking in podium finishes.

The ₹16,500 buy-in PC#3 (PLO-6) HIGHROLLER collected a guarantee-crushing ₹32.55 Lakhs, and 22 players finished in the money.

Final Table Results

  1. Deepak ‘kakoji’ Bothra – ₹7,56,788
  2. Ramu ‘Ramu0550’ Kushwaha – ₹4,99,643
  3. Meherzad ‘lolotamase’ Munsaf – ₹3,66,188
  4. thankgod – ₹2,58,773
  5. Srishti ‘kombucha’ Negi – ₹195,300
  6. appa008 – ₹1,57,868

 

PC#1 (PLO-4) Kickoff – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 250

Re-entries – 275

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 70

The PLO Championship series-opener, ₹15 Lakhs GTD PC#1 (PLO-4) Kickoff, saw the LEGEND #53 Friday Showdown champion from December, Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat decimating the 525-entry field to win ₹1.91 Lakhs – ending a two-month-long title drought.

Vikhyat Ahlawat
Vikhyat Ahlawat

 

Ahlawat chopped the 4 PM marquee heads-up with last year’s Big Millions champion Avinash ‘ladda’ Koneru (2nd for ₹1.89 Lakhs).

Avinash Koneru
Avinash Koneru

 

Ahlawat made away with ₹2.43 Lakhs in Friday winnings across four deep runs, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s PC#1 (PLO-4) Kickoff for ₹1,91,081

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s PC#4 (PLO-6) KO for ₹47,740

> 29th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #118 for ₹2,544

> 152nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #124 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance for ₹1,681

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown (through Day 1E)

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #140 Value Mine (through Day 1E)

Vikhyat Ahlawat’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.31 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹27.67 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The IOPC July 2021 The Crown champion Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani ran deep in six events (3 FTs), collectively adding ₹1.93 Lakhs. His Friday finishes include:

Vaibhav Temani
Vaibhav Temani

 

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s PC#1 (PLO-4) Kickoff for ₹85,350

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s PC#2 (PLO-5) for ₹47,200

> 7th in PokerStars India’s RSS-05 [Uppercut] for ₹23,444

> 21st in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹21,122

> 24th in PokerBaazi’s PC#4 (PLO-6) KO for ₹11,900

> 69th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,902

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown (through Day 1E)

Vaibhav Temani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.13 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹79.44 Lakhs

The #2 ranked player on the 2023 TLB leaderboard, Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur (5th for ₹68,850) and JaiKiran ‘testify’ Kumar (6th for ₹52,500) also FT-ed the ₹15 Lakhs GTD PC#1 (PLO-4) Kickoff.

The ₹2,750 entry buy-in tournament registered an overlay shortfall of ₹1.88 Lakhs, and the top 70 finishers benefitted from the added value.

Final Table Results

  1. Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat – ₹1,91,081*
  2. Avinash ‘ladda’ Koneru – ₹1,88,569*
  3. hik18 – ₹1,11,900
  4. Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani – ₹85,350
  5. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹68,850
  6. JaiKiran ‘testify’ Kumar – ₹52,500

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

The Weekly HighRoller – 12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 11,000

Entries – 120

Re-entries – 97

Prize Pool – 21,70,000

Places Paid – 22

The cash registers went ringing for Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra, who took down PokerBaazi’s 12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller for an impressive third time last night for 5.05 Lakhs (his fourth title of the year).

Sanat Mehrotra
Sanat Mehrotra

 

The two-time POY (also one of the top-three ranked players of the year), Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood, made a close finish to taking down the Friday title for the third time and pocketed 3.33 Lakhs in second place.

Gaurav Sood
Gaurav Sood

 

Mehrotra raked in over 6.49 Lakhs in Friday earnings across four deep runs (one title & another two FT scores), crossing 50 Lakhs” in annual winnings. His Friday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for 5,04,525 (won the event for the third time)

> 6th in Adda52’s The Ballers for 83,375

> 6th in PokerStars India’s RSS-05 [Uppercut] for 55,735

> 113th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #124 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance for 5,461

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown (through Day 1E)

Sanat Mehrotra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 10.96 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 3.83 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4 | Annual Winnings: 51.36 Lakhs | Finished #11 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Thursday’s The Summit champion Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani fired up another top-notch performance on PokerBaazi yesterday, posting three third-place finishes, netting 4.64 Lakhs overall. His Friday finishes include:

Sahil Mahboobani
Sahil Mahboobani

 

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for 2,44,125

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for 1,18,003

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for 87,524

> 23rd in PokerStars India’s RSS-05 [Uppercut] for 14,140

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown (through Day 1E)

Sahil Mahboobani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 11.75 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 4.04 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Divyanshu ‘Divyansh1995’ Agrawal (6th for 1.05 Lakhs) also FT-ed the 12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller.

The 11,000 entry buy-in The Weekly HighRoller had 217 hopefuls vying for a share of the guarantee-crushing 21.70 Lakhs prize pool (1.81X times the listed guarantee), and 22 players boarded the money bus.

Final Table Results

  1. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – 5,04,525
  2. Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood – 3,33,095
  3. Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani – 2,44,125
  4. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – 1,72,515
  5. Rj147 – 1,30,200
  6. Divyanshu ‘Divyansh1995’ Agrawal – 1,05,245

 

(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 221

Re-entries – 163

Prize Pool – ₹13,44,000

Places Paid – 49

Wednesday’s The MoneyMaker finalist, Rahul ‘Godfather10’ Purohit, stormed past a 384-player field (221 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT, taking down the 9 PM flagship for ₹2.29 Lakhs – breaking an over eight-week-long title drought! Suresh ‘oil_trader’ Kolli collected ₹1,51,872 in second place.

Suresh Kolli
Suresh Kolli

 

Purohit raked in a hefty ₹2.41 Lakhs across three deep runs (including his title victory), which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹2,28,883

> 12th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #121 for ₹7,148

> 47th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC#124 Friday Spotlight – Triple Chance for ₹4,861

Rahul Purohit’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹73.06 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹8.60 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The in-form Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani posted a spectacular run again, placing third in all three PokerBaazi marquees and made it in the money in PokerStars India’s RSS headliner, scoring ₹4.64 Lakhs for the day’s work.

Sahil Mahboobani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.71 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.04 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram finished fourth in the (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹93,408. However, the two-time Adda52 Big Game champion outclassed the competition in The Ballers, winning the Friday flagship for the second time for ₹5.56 Lakhs.

Arun Sriram’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.36 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.82 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The ₹3,850 entry buy-in tourney had 384 hopefuls vying for a share of the ₹13.44 Lakh prize pool. The top 49 finishers got paid.

Final Table Results

  1. Rahul ‘Godfather10’ Purohit – ₹2,28,883
  2. Suresh ‘oil_trader’ Kolli – ₹1,51,872
  3. Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani – ₹1,18,003
  4. Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram – ₹93,408
  5. Neelakantan ‘difsripp007’ Murali – ₹77,683
  6. Hemant ‘hkm2828’ Meena – ₹63,437
  7. thekid – ₹50,266

 

PC#2 (PLO-5) – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 225

Re-entries – 248

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 49

Last month’s IOPC #30 Sunday Spotlight champion, Deepak ‘3streakbluff’ Singh, showed his five-card game prowess by outclassing a massive 473-entry field in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD PC#2 (PLO-5), bagging away the 6:30 PM PLO title for ₹1.70 Lakhs.

Deepak Singh
Deepak Singh

 

Singh banked a Friday paycheque worth ₹2.25 Lakhs (overall) across seven deep runs (including a title victory), which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s PC#2 (PLO-5) for ₹1,70,300

> 56th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #122 Friday Prime for ₹27,275

> 28th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹10,752

> 38th in PokerBaazi’s PC#1 (PLO-4) Kickoff for ₹10,500

> 70th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #125 All Rounder for ₹4,180

> 23rd in Adda52’s Afternoon Adda for ₹1,152

> 34th in Adda52’s Friday Bounty for ₹1,125

Deepak Singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.16 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.06 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4

Rahul ‘GhatakTheGreat’ Sengar placed fourth for ₹69,500. He also FT-ed PLO-5 BOOST (2nd for ₹29,060), netting ₹98,560 overall.

Rahul Sengar
Rahul Sengar

 

Rahul Sengar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.17 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹43.61 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Ankit ‘TunaFishz’ Sinha (3rd for ₹87,800), PokerBaazi Team Pro Abhishek ‘singhsaab’ Goindi (5th for ₹57,800) and IOPC July 2021 The Crown champion Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani (6th for ₹47,200) also FT-ed the ₹10 Lakhs GTD PC#2 (PLO-5).

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in PC#2 (PLO-5) registered a starting field of 473 entrants, falling ₹54,000 short of breaking even. The top 49 finishers made the money cut.

Final Table Results

  1. Deepak ‘3streakbluff’ Singh – ₹1,70,300
  2. aajtohogaa – ₹1,13,000
  3. Ankit ‘TunaFishz’ Sinha – ₹87,800
  4. Rahul ‘GhatakTheGreat’ Sengar – ₹69,500
  5. Abhishek ‘singhsaab’ Goindi – ₹57,800
  6. Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani – ₹47,200

 

Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 380

Re-entries – 323

Prize Pool – ₹10,54,000

Places Paid – 119

Playing just their 68th tournament on PokerBaazi, the user ‘Seram’ tamed the 723-player field (380 unique) in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost, winning the 7:30 PM mainstay for a site-best ₹1.34 Lakhs – over 4X of their previous best score on the site. A heads-up deal saw Tuesday’s (7-Max) SPRINT champion, Hemanshu ‘papakancha00’ Tomar, pocketing ₹1.28 Lakhs in second place.

Seram’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹2.94 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.62 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Hemanshu Tomar added ₹1.39 Lakhs last night as he also FT-ed the (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT (7th for ₹10,651). His online stats (PokerBaazi and PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹37.31 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹15.37 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

One of Thursday’s standout winners, Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani, went on a rampage again last night, netting ₹4.64 Lakhs across four deep runs and making three podium finishes!

Sahil Mahboobani
Sahil Mahboobani

 

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in Daily Value Boost paid the top 119 players a share from the ₹10.54 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

  1. Seram – ₹1,34,785*
  2. Hemanshu ‘papakancha00’ Tomar – ₹1,28,102*
  3. Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani – ₹87,524
  4. Pokerboy810 – ₹59,579
  5. Sanjay ‘Banta82’ Kumar – ₹40,071
  6. Suneeth ‘suneethkalmady’ Kalmady – ₹27,417
  7. madrasmannan – ₹20,457
  8. Deep ‘ChristopherCoke’ Patel – ₹15,923

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

PC#4 (PLO-6) – 8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 2,200

Entries – 205

Re-entries – 280

Prize Pool – 9,70,000

Places Paid – 46

PokerBaazi user ‘hik18’ made a terrific start in the site`s first-ever 5 Crores GTD PLO Championship yesterday, posting three ITM finishes – picking up a third-place score and a title – adding an impressive 2.67 Lakhs overall.

The mystery user most notably shipped the 8 Lakhs GTD PC#4 (PLO-6), overcoming the 485-player field in the 9:30 PM marquee for a site-best 1.47 Lakhs (11,250 in bounties). ‘Allinmaster’ finished runner-up for 95,650 (5,500 in bounties).

hik18’s Friday’s finishes on PokerBaazi include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s PC#4 (PLO-6) for 1,47,490

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s PC#1 (PLO-4) KICKOFF for 1,11,900

> 27th in PokerBaazi’s PC#2 (PLO-5) for 8,000

hik’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: 4.95 Lakhs | Site Profits: 1.56 Lakhs | Titles Won: #3

Sankesh ‘Sanky92’ Jain (3rd for 72,740), PC#1 (PLO-4) KICKOFF champion Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat (5th for 47,740), and Ankit ‘TunaFishz’ Sinha (6th for 40,760) were others who FT-ed the 9.30 PM PC#4 (PLO-6).

The top 46 finishers got a share from the 9.70 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

  1. hik18 – 1,47,490
  2. Allinmaster – 95,650
  3. Sankesh ‘Sanky92’ Jain – 72,740
  4. Badshah05 – 62,350
  5. Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat – 47,740
  6. Ankit ‘TunaFishz’ Sinha – 40,760
  7. sujit211990 – 30,920
  8. Frankfurt – 23,300

 

(7-Max) Afternoon Boost– 5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 2,200

Entries – 135

Re-entries – 126

Prize Pool – 5,22,000

Places Paid – 53

PokerBaazi user ‘PavanPapito,’ who has been active on the site for the last five months, ransacked the 261-strong field in the 5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost, winning their first title on the site for a personal-best 72,992. A heads-up deal saw Shivakumar ‘daddyaddy’ Dubey banking an equally impressive 68,835 in second place.

PavanPapito’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: 4.52 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Akash ‘hell12’ Singhal (4th for 35,235), Akhilesh ‘Aone1’ Gautam (6th for 17,644), and Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur (7th for 14,407) were others who made the 7-max FT.

The 2 PM marquee collected 5.22 Lakhs in prize money and paid 53 players.

Final Table Results

  1. PavanPapito – 72,992*
  2. Shivakumar ‘daddyaddy’ Dubey – 68,835*
  3. mrblue1205 – 47,450
  4. Akash ‘hell12’ Singhal – 35,235
  5. udaymoola – 24,899
  6. Akhilesh ‘Aone1’ Gautam – 17,644
  7. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – 14,407

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma RS (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD 7-Max Midnight SPRINT for ₹49,447), Samridhi ‘LEGGO’ Kapoor (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹45,192), Anirban ‘pottysingh’ D Das (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹43,597), ‘aajtohogaa’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 BOOST for ₹40,060), Dayanand ‘dayanandprass’ Prass (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹38,376), Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹33,012), ‘monajmondal’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹30,355), and Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹19,393) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

 

PokerStars India

Red Spade Series-05 [Uppercut] – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 165

Re-entries – 137

Regular Prize Pool – ₹6,04,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹6,04,000

Total Prize Pool – ₹12,08,000

Places Paid – 35

The September 2022 The Money Maker champion, Young Gun Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta, obliterated a 302-entry field (165 unique) in PokerStars India’s Red Spade Series Friday headliner, Red Spade Series-05 [#Uppercut], reeling in his second title of the year and ₹2.09 Lakhs in prize money (won ₹2.12 Lakhs overall).

Anmol Mehta
Anmol Mehta

 

Kapil ‘racemonk’ Arora picked up a runner-up payday of ₹1.56 Lakhs (his best score yet in 2023).

Kapil Arora
Kapil Arora

 

Top reg Sreekanth ‘LaganaHiToHai’ Narayan lapped up almost ₹1.24 Lakhs last night across two deep runs and made Day 2 in Spartan Poker`s IOPC #141 The Crown!

Sreekanth Narayan
Sreekanth Narayan

 

His Friday finishes include:

> 3rd in PokerStars India’s Red Spade Series-05 [Uppercut] for ₹1,03,781

> 14th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹20,160

> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown

Sreekanth Narayan’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.29 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.81 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2

The ₹4,400 entry buy-in Red Spade Series-05 [Uppercut] crushed its advertised guarantee by ₹2.08 Lakhs, and the top 35 finishers made the payouts list.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

  1. Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta – ₹2,09,467
  2. Kapil ‘racemonk’ Arora – ₹1,55,842
  3. Sreekanth ‘LaganaHiToHai’ Narayan – ₹1,03,781
  4. Algorithm101 – ₹60,828
  5. sumitm74 – ₹65,241
  6. Sanat ‘durrsanta’ Mehrotra – ₹55,735
  7. Vaibhav ‘Tems30’ Temani – ₹23,444
  8. saurabh21 – ₹28,577

 

‘ToiDoi11’ (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD Red Spade Series-06 Big Bubble Rush for ₹56,576), ‘Poker2222222222’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Red Spade Series-08 Ultrasonic for ₹33,978), and ‘Love gurjar’ (Won ₹75K GTD Red Spade Series-07 Bounty Adrenaline 6-Max for ₹16,587) won the other Red Spade Series marquees on Day 2 of the series.

 

Adda52

The Ballers – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹7,500

Entries – 177

Re-entries – 149

Prize Pool – ₹22,23,320

Places Paid – 34

Exactly seven weeks after winning Adda52’s The Ballers for the first time, the two-time Adda52 Big Game champion Arun ‘runyrules’ Sriram won the Friday flagship for the second time last night, scoring his maiden title victory of the year. The Bengaluru-based reg ransacked a 326-player field (177 unique) in the ₹20 Lakhs GTD Friday headliner to collect the winner’s due worth ₹5.56 Lakhs.

Arun Sriram
Arun Sriram

 

Another well-known online reg, Debneil ‘NoobNeil’ Mukherjee, pocketed ₹3.37 Lakhs in second place.

Sriram had his best run of the year (yet) last night, raking in a hefty ₹7.26 Lakhs from three deep runs, which include:

> 1st in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹5,55,830 (his second time winning the event)

> 13th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #122 Friday Prime for ₹76,321

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹93,408

Arun Sriram’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.36 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.82 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Last night`s IOPC #123 Friday High champion Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh (5th for ₹1.28 Lakhs), the Weekly HighRoller winner, Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra (6th for ₹83,375), and Varunn ‘VarunnG’ Gaala (7th for ₹66,700) were others who FT-ed the ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Ballers.

The top 34 places got paid a share of the ₹22.23 Lakhs collected in prize money.

Final Table Results

  1. Arun ‘runyrules’ Sriram – ₹5,55,830
  2. Debneil ‘NoobNeil’ Mukherjee – ₹3,36,833
  3. terminator369 – ₹2,44,565
  4. deathknell – ₹185,647
  5. Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh – ₹1,27,841
  6. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹83,375
  7. Varunn ‘VarunnG’ Gaala – ₹66,700
  8. gladiator86 – ₹55,583

 

Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra fired up six ITM finishes on Friday, boosting his online bankroll by ₹1.44 Lakhs. The former The Millionaire champion opened his title scorecard for the year with an outright victory in Adda52’s ₹4 Lakhs GTD Friday Bounty, where he overpowered a 180-player field to win ₹97,448.

Sanish Chhabra
Sanish Chhabra

 

MPL Poker Pro Siddharth ‘skaria1’ Karia finished runner-up in the 9.30 PM marquee for ₹48,622.

Siddharth Karia
Siddharth Karia

 

Chhabra’s top Friday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Friday Bounty for ₹97,448

> 32nd in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹15,563

> 28th in PokerStars India’s Red Spade Series-05 [Uppercut] for ₹10,564

> 34th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹10,080

Sanish Chhabra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.30 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.90 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Gauranga ‘Bhattigaurang77’ Bhatti (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹33,280), Pankaj Pok3rkingNanda (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD The Ballers Lite for ₹26,794), Firoz ‘proff_z4’ Khan (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹12,403), ‘Rulethatround’ (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹11,777), and ‘Vickymohta’ (Won ₹40K GTD Morning Adda for ₹11,108) won the other Adda52 marquees.

 

Khelo365

Khelo365’s ₹30K GTD Prime Time PLO had 37 runners, and the top four places got paid. ‘meraj786’ championed the event for ₹12,000, while ‘Wellwisher’ came second for ₹7,500. Site regular Alexcy ‘JohnGregor’ Newmai banked ₹6,000 in sixth place.

 

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