Online Rankings: Kwatra Debuts on Top of the Weekly/Monthly Charts, Sood Pulls Further Ahead on the Yearly Leaderboard

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A week of high-octane action brought with it noticeable upheavals! Add to that the trailblazing runs at the WSOP Online series by Indian players like Kunal Bhatia, Divanshu Khurana, and Young Gun’s Abhinav Iyer and Gaurav Sood, and this has been a blockbuster week.

DISCLAIMER: We are cutting the week a day short since Saturday is a national holiday on account of Independence Day.

Guneet Kwatra makes his debut at the top of the weekly rankings after winning the AOPS Mini Main Event Finale on Sunday for a whopping ₹25 Lakhs! Kwatra raked in ₹27.15 Lakhs through the week, and his net winnings have skyrocketed to ₹3.3 Crores.

While this is Kwatra’s personal-best online score, he also tops the monthly online leaderboard, having earned ₹31.88 Lakhs in just the last fortnight.

The #1 ranked player on the yearly leaderboard, Gaurav Sood, is placed second to Kwatra on both the weekly and monthly leaderboard with the new GPS Millionaire champion Rahul Kabade rounding out the top three spots.

PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek Singh, who was second on the monthly charts last week, has been pushed to the #3 spot this time.

We’ve talked enough about Sood over the past 13 weeks. This unassuming, 24-year old go-getter remains the biggest winner of the year, yet. He went on a tear this week and won two titles – the Destiny on Spartan and the AOPS PLO Highroller. He even placed 4th in the GPS Millionaire, earning ₹23.15 Lakhs through the week.

Sood’s annual earnings have crossed ₹2.92 Crores, and even his profit graph is touching ₹1.48 Crores! If total dominance across domestic sites was not challenging enough, this former Dentist came close to pulling off a bracelet victory. He finished 6th in Event 60: $525 Bounty at the 2020 WSOP Online series on GGPoker/Natural8 for ₹21.35 Lakhs.

With Sood firmly planted on top of the annual leaderboard, everyone seems to be fighting for the #2 spot. Jumping one place higher to take up the second position on the yearly rankings is Anant Purohit, with Young Gun Arsh Grover breaking into the top 3.

Online Rankings From August 9 – 14 (Weekly Rankings)

Online Rankings From August 1 – 14 (Monthly Rankings)

Online Rankings From January 1 – August 14 (Yearly Rankings)

Weekly Online Rankings

1. Guneet Kwatra

Weekly Cashes – ₹27,15,368

Weekly Profit – ₹23,99,183

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 876

A former Millionaire champion, Guneet Kwatra has been consistently adding scores to his tally. Last month, Kwatra had finished runner-up in the IOPC #12 The Elite for ₹9.50 Lakhs. Kwatra did even better on Sunday when he won the AOPS Mini Main Event Finale for a whopping ₹25 Lakhs. This career-best score has improved his overall tally to ₹3.3 Crores. With a couple of more scores thrown in, Kwatra’s week’s earnings came in at ₹27.15 Lakhs, placing him on top of the weekly leaderboard.

Top Cashes This Week

-Won Adda52’s AOPS Mini Main Event ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹25 Lakhs on August 9

2. Gaurav Sood

Weekly Cashes – ₹23,15,476

Weekly Profit – ₹18,54,973

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 1,955

Young Gun Gaurav Sood was undoubtedly on a beast mode this week, and no, we’re not going to talk about his superb, sixth-place finish at the WSOP Online Event #52. Sood earned over ₹23.15 Lakhs on domestic sites this week to fall only a few lakhs behind the week’s topper, Kwatra.

Sood started on a high note by raking in a fourth-place finish in Spartan Poker’s GPS Millionaire for ₹6.17 Lakhs. He was the biggest winner on Wednesday when he captured the Destiny title for ₹8.09 Lakhs.

He was back to his winning form on August 13, as he championed the AOPS PLO Highroller for ₹4.35 Lakhs. With a lifetime scorecard of more than ₹5.1 Crore, Sood is fast catching up to even the more experienced pros.

Top Cashes This Week

– 4th in Spartan Poker’s GPS #35 The Millionaire ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹6.17 Lakhs on August 9

-Won Spartan Poker’s Destiny ₹30 Lakhs GTD for ₹8.09 Lakhs on August 12

– Won AOPS PLO Highroller ₹15 Lakhs GTD for ₹4.35 Lakhs on August 13

3. Rahul Kabade

Weekly Cashes – ₹15,91,945

Weekly Profit – ₹15,81,396

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 311

Rahul Kabade went largely unreported as the anonymous winner of the GPS #35 The Millionaire. He seems to be a relatively new player who “earned” the Millionaire title after defeating top pros like Sood and Purohit on the FT before striking a heads-up deal with ‘mannu2424’ to win ₹15.91 Lakhs. This Millionaire score comprises the majority of the ₹16.28 Lakhs that he earned through the week, enough to get him a #3 spot on the weekly rankings.

Top Cashes This Week

-Won GPS #35 – The Millionaire ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹15.91 Lakhs on August 9

PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat Arya (Weekly Cashes – ₹15.16 Lakhs), Gautam Rohilla (Weekly Cashes – ₹14.32 Lakhs) and Rohit Vaswani (Weekly Cashes – ₹13.96 Lakhs) were the other notable online scorers this week.

Monthly Online Rankings

1. Guneet Kwatra

Monthly Cashes – ₹31,88,299

Monthly Profit – ₹24,05,183

Monthly Leaderboard Points – 1,612

Guneet Kwatra’s AOPS Mini Main Event victory and the ₹25 Lakhs that accompanied the title was enough to propel him to the top of the monthly rankings. With a monthly haul of ₹31.88 Lakhs, Kwatra sits proudly on top of the monthly rankings as we approach the middle of August.

Top Cashes This Month

-Won Adda52’s AOPS Mini Main Event ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹25 Lakhs on August 9

4th in Adda52’s AOPS Big Game ₹25 Lakhs GTD for ₹2.25 Lakhs on August 6

2. Gaurav Sood

Monthly Cashes – ₹28,84,887

Monthly Profit – ₹19,27,670

Monthly Leaderboard Points – 3,545

We’re almost midway through August, and already Gaurav Sood has added over ₹28.84 Lakhs to his burgeoning bankroll. He had a relatively slow start to the month, winning a modest (by his standards) ₹5.13 Lakhs in the first week.

A recent string of victories and deep runs in tourneys like the Destiny, the AOPS PLO Highroller and the GPS Millionaire have catapulted him to the #2 spot behind Kwatra on the monthly leaderboard.

Top Cashes This Month

– 4th in Spartan Poker’s GPS #35 The Millionaire ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹6.17 Lakhs on August 9

-Won Spartan Poker’s Destiny ₹30 Lakhs GTD for ₹8.09 Lakhs on August 12

– Won AOPS PLO Highroller ₹15 Lakhs GTD for ₹4.35 Lakhs on August 13

– 4th in PPL #4 ₹20 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.42 Lakhs on August 7

3. Vivek Singh

Monthly Cashes – ₹19,16,663

Monthly Profit – ₹13,08,176

Monthly Leaderboard Points – 2,959

PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek Singh has been pushed down one spot to the third position on the monthly rankings this week. Singh got off to a blistering start this month when he won the Godfather on Adda52 for ₹7.05 Lakhs and finished runner-up in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹3.30 Lakhs.

Singh added two six-figure scores to his tally on Tuesday. He championed the PokerStars India-hosted Sixth Sense for ₹1.18 Lakhs while placing 5th in the PPL #30 Mini HighRoller for ₹1.61 Lakhs. He sits with ₹19.16 Lakhs in earnings this month and is currently ranked 13th on the yearly rankings.

Top Cashes This Month

– Won Adda52’s AOPS Godfather ₹30 Lakhs GTD for ₹7.05 Lakhs on August 6

– Runner-up in PokerBaazi’s The Summit ₹20 Lakhs GTD for ₹3.30 Lakhs on August 6

Following Kwatra, Sood, and Singh on the monthly leaderboard are, Goonjan Mall (Monthly Cashes – ₹18.45 Lakhs), Gautam Rohilla (Monthly Cashes – ₹18.29 Lakhs) and PokerGuru Ambassador Ratul Steves (Monthly Cashes – ₹17.62 Lakhs).

Yearly Online Rankings

1. Gaurav Sood

Yearly Cashes – ₹2,92,95,844

Yearly Profit – ₹1,48,38,980

Yearly Leaderboard Points – 44,884

The week is not even over yet, but Young Gun Gaurav Sood has already given several standout performances to remain the undisputed leader in the annual rankings.

His earnings on the top domestic sites have surpassed ₹2.92 Crores, and his profit graph is touching ₹1.48 Crores!

Top Cashes This Year

– Won PokerBaazi’s BPTO Day 2 Main Event ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹18.61 Lakhs on January 1

– Won Spartan Poker’s IOPC #91 PLO HighRoller ₹30 Lakhs GTD for ₹11.03 Lakhs on February 8

– Won Spartan Poker’s SSS#75 Sunday SuperStack ₹50 Lakhs GTD for ₹10.83 Lakhs on April 19

2. Anant Purohit

Yearly Cashes – ₹2,40,30,884

Yearly Profit – ₹88,33,525

Yearly Leaderboard Points – 46,475

Anant Purohit had retained the #3 spot on the annual leaderboard for the last two weeks. This week, Purohit`s 5th place finish in the GPS Millionaire for ₹4.86 Lakhs has pushed him to the #2 spot. He presently sits below Sood in the annual rankings with ₹2.40 Crores in earnings.

Top Cashes This Year

– 5th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC GTD for ₹18.44 Lakhs on February 2

– Won Spartan Poker’s IOPC #112 – PLO High Roller ₹45 Lakhs GTD for ₹11.54 Lakhs on July 25

– Won Spartan Poker’s SSS for ₹10 Lakhs on April 17

– Runner-up in PokerStars India’s INSCOOP-134 Super Highroller ₹50 Lakhs GTD for ₹7.23 Lakhs on May 21

3. Arsh Grover

Yearly Cashes – ₹2,34,92,225

Yearly Profit – ₹83,09,266

Yearly Leaderboard Points – 37,900

Rounding out the top three on the annual leaderboard is Young Gun Arsh Grover. The Delhi-bases pro had risen into the limelight early into the year after he finished third in the IOPC The Millionaire Legends for ₹27.94 Lakhs.

While that remains Grover singularly most significant cash of the year, he had a fantastic run through May when he raked in several seven-figure scores. Grover was hovering among the top-ranked players on the yearly leaderboard, but his third-place finish in PokerStars India’s The Hercules for ₹6.25 Lakhs last Sunday was just the push he needed to break in into the top 3.

With ₹2.34 Crore in annual winnings, Grover is hot on the heels of Purohit – setting up some very healthy competition at the top.

Top Cashes This Year

-3rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #58 The Millionaire Legends ₹2 Crores GTD for ₹27.94 Lakhs on February 2

– Won Spartan Poker’s SSS#48 High Roller ₹60 Lakhs GTD for ₹15.11 Lakhs on May 7

– Runner-up in Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire United ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹11.41 Lakhs on May 17

– Won PokerStars India’s INSCOOP-52 Highroller ₹30 Lakhs GTD for ₹6.29 Lakhs on May 14

Sriharsha Doddapaneni (Yearly Cashes – ₹2.34 Crores), Anurag Srivastava (Yearly Cashes – ₹2.24 Crores), and Srihari Bang (Yearly Cashes – ₹2.24 Crores) are the other notable toppers on the yearly leaderboard.

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