Online Rankings: Garg #1 in the Weekly Rankings, Sood Still the Player to Catch on the Yearly Leaderboard

In this feature, we bring you to the top three weekly, monthly, and yearly performers every Saturday. These rankings are based on cumulative winnings (cashes). However, the rankings only include players registered to our online ranking system, so if you haven’t signed up on PokerGuru yet, hurry up and register!

Yet another action-packed week saw the leading online poker sites hosting big-ticket events. This past week’s biggest winner was the Game Changer 2.0 champion Shagun Jain, who conquered Adda52’s ₹1 Crore GTD Full House Finale for ₹25 Lakhs. Since he is not registered to our online ranking system, the weekly toppers bragging rights go to the latest Spartan Poker Millionaire winner, Ayush Garg.

Having continued his dominance on the yearly leaderboards for 17 weeks straight, Young Gun Gaurav Sood retains his seat at the top.

Online Rankings From August 30 – September 5 (Weekly Rankings)

Online Rankings From January 1 – September 5 (Yearly Rankings)

Weekly Online Rankings

1. Ayush Garg

Weekly Cashes – ₹15,37,856

Weekly Profit – ₹13,39,252

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 1,374

Online beast Ayush Garg features on our weekly rankings for a second time. Last time, he had placed third on the leaderboard in the week running from June 13 to 19. This week, he tops the list for championing Spartan Poker’s ₹1 Crore GTD The Millionaire for a mouth-watering ₹12.60 Lakhs last Sunday. Not only that, but Garg also shipped PokerBaazi’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD BSS MegaStack for another ₹1.77 Lakhs on the same day, taking his cumulative winnings for Sunday to ₹14.37 Lakhs.

While the rest of the week was relatively quiet for Garg, however, he got on the job on Friday, where he bagged the end of day chip lead in both Day 1A of Spartan Poker’s ₹1 Crore GTD GPS The Millionaire and Day 1B of Adda52’s ₹1 Crore GTD Full House.

Garg’s earnings for the week stand tall at ₹15.37 Lakhs, with his lifetime record reaching ₹2.75 Crores.

Top Cashes This Week

– Won Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹12.60 Lakhs on August 30

– Won PokerBaazi’s BSS MegaStack ₹8 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.76 Lakhs on August 30

2. Siddhanth Kripalani

Weekly Cashes – ₹13,73,635

Weekly Profit – ₹11,13,062

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 1,425

Over the past few months, Siddhanth Kripalani has made it to our ‘Online Rankings’ feature multiple times. Most prominently, he had topped the monthly rankings in the week between April 4 to 10, after he became the first player ever to win consecutive Destiny titles.

This week he picked up four final table finishes. He started off the week with an eighth-place finish in PokerBaazi’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Summit for ₹68,150 on September 3. However, it was on Friday that Kripalani’s top-class MTT skills were on full display. He finished runner-up in not one but three events, namely Spartan Poker’s ₹40 Lakhs GTD GPS Grand The Elite (runner-up for 5.69 Lakhs), ₹13 Lakhs GTD GPS Grand TGIF (runner-up for ₹1.58 Lakhs), and Adda52’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD The Ballers (runner-up for ₹4.94 Lakhs), taking his cumulative score for the day to ₹12.23 Lakhs.

He presently has ₹1.63 Crores in overall online winnings, of which ₹1.43 Crores he has earned in 2020 alone.

Top Cashes This Week

– Runner-up in Spartan Poker’s GPS – Grand The Elite ₹40 Lakhs GTD for ₹5.69 Lakhs on September 4

– Runner-up in Adda52’s The Ballers ₹25 Lakhs GTD for ₹4.94 Lakhs on September 4

– Runner-up in Spartan Poker’s GPS – Grand TGIF ₹13 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.58 Lakhs on September 4

3. Vikaash Shah

Weekly Cashes – ₹13,00,000

Weekly Profit – ₹12,58,715

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 1,425

Securing the third spot on the weekly rankings is Vikaash Shah. He finished runner-up in Adda52’s ₹1 Crore GTD Full House Finale, pocketing an impressive ₹13 Lakhs. This was his personal-best score on the site. He currently has ₹92.96 Lakhs in online earnings.

Top Cashes This Week

– Runner-up in Adda52’s AOPS Full House Finale ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹13 Lakhs on August 30

Young Gun Arsh Grover (Weekly Cashes – ₹12.97 Lakhs), Guneet Kwatra (Weekly Cashes – ₹12.22 Lakhs), and Alok Birewar (Weekly Cashes – ₹9.35 Lakhs) were the other toppers on the weekly online leaderboard.

Yearly Online Rankings

1. Gaurav Sood

Yearly Cashes – ₹3,15,94,644

Yearly Profit – ₹1,59,31,359

Yearly Leaderboard Points – 48,873

Young Gun Gaurav Sood should henceforth be known as ‘the unstoppable one.’ For 17 weeks straight, this poker genius has been dominating the yearly leaderboards. He was the first player to cross the ₹3 Crores-mark in annual winnings and is currently the only one to have accomplished that feat this year.

He is sitting pretty with ₹3.15 Crores in yearly winnings, with a profit of ₹1.59 Crores, making him not only the top winner this year but also the most profitable one across the domestic platforms.

This past week, the Gurgaon-based pro picked up three final table finishes in PokerBaazi’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Summit (3rd for ₹2.30 Lakhs), Adda52’s ₹30 Lakhs GTD Godfather (4th for ₹2.10 Lakhs), and PokerStars India’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD INCOOP- 17 Uppercut 6-Max (won for ₹2.88 Lakhs).

Sood has secured ₹8.86 Lakhs in weekly earnings, with a profit of ₹5.17 Lakhs.

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. Arsh Grover

Yearly Cashes – ₹2,67,05,782

Yearly Profit – ₹99,68,008

Yearly Leaderboard Points – 42,861

The second Young Gun on the yearly leaderboard, Arsh Grover, has jumped up a spot since last week. Overtaking Srihari Bang, Grover is now placed second on the annual leaderboard with ₹2.67 Crores in yearly winnings.

Grover has been on a winning spree of sorts this past week. After he shipped PokerBaazi’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Summit for a site-best score of ₹5.10 Lakhs on September 3, Grover propelled himself past the ₹5 Crore-mark. He went on to take down ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Ridge on Friday for ₹2.21 Lakhs, taking his overall earnings to ₹5.07 Crores.

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

3. Srihari Bang

Yearly Cashes – ₹2,58,95,717

Yearly Profit – ₹1,08,51,269

Yearly Leaderboard Points – 43,489

MTT crusher Srihari Bang is the only player on this leaderboard who has been in top form since last year. Not only was Bang among the top five scorers of 2019, but he has also maintained his place among the top-ranked players on the annual leaderboard for the majority of this year.

Since Bang did not post any big scores this past week, he lost his second place on the leaderboard to Arsh Grover.

Top Cashes This Year

– Won Adda52’s Full House Finale ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹25 Lakhs on May 24

– Runner-up in Adda52’s AOPS ME Finale ₹2.5 Crores GTD for ₹27.50 Lakhs on August 16

– Won Spartan Poker’s Sunday SuperStack ₹50 Lakhs GTD for ₹8.33 Lakhs on August 2

Anant Purohit (Yearly Cashes: ₹2.52 Crores), Sriharsha Doddapaneni (Yearly Cashes: ₹2.46 Crores), and PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish Ahuja (Yearly Cashes: ₹2.38 Crores) were the other notable yearly scorers.

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