Online Rankings: Dhaval Mudgal’s IOPC #31 Blaze Score Lands Him the #1 Rank on the Weekly Charts, Tarush Gupta Poised to Close January on a High

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Spartan Poker`s ongoing India Online Poker Championship 14.0 has been churning out big winners daily, causing a constant churn in the leaderboard rankings. The one player who has been keeping his sails high since the start of 2023 is Tarush Gupta (monthly winnings – ₹68.19 Lakhs)! The poker pro has dominated the January leaderboard for three weeks straight, working up quite the headstart in the POY race as he enters his fourth week ranked #1 in the annual standings. Gupta has opted out of our tracking, but we counted his weekly haul as at least ₹21.73 Lakhs. Given his remarkable consistency, Gupta is well-positioned to carry his lead to February!

If Aniket Waghmare (monthly winnings – ₹63.87 Lakhs) was lingering at #3 on the monthly leaderboard till last week, he has climbed up in contention. Waghmare cashed more than Gupta, adding a whopping ₹22.46 Lakhs. Following through on the IOPC #14 High Roller victory, the IOPC fiend shipped Spartan Poker`s IOPC #29 Sunday High for ₹17.31 Lakhs, also clinching our “PokerGuru Star of the Week” title.

The first The MoneyMaker of the year, Himanshu Arora (monthly winnings – ₹55.22 Lakhs), had a profitable week with ₹10.81 Lakhs in the bank. However, Waghmare`s terrific Sunday run saw him swapping the #3 spot on the January leaderboard with Arora.

The long-time poker pro Dhaval Mudgal (weekly winnings – ₹40.73 Lakhs, monthly winnings – ₹46.09 Lakhs) bagged the week`s single-biggest score last Sunday when he took down Spartan Poker’s IOPC #31 Blaze for his maiden IOPC title and a whopping ₹34.46 Lakhs up top. In addition to taking over the #1 position in the weekly rankings, the musician-poker pro stormed to #4 in the POY race.

Hot on Mudgal’s trail is Ashish Munot (weekly winnings – ₹39.34 Lakhs, monthly winnings – ₹44.98 Lakhs), who locked his second-best online score on Thursday, shipping Spartan Poker`s IOPC #107 Super High Roller for ₹31.94 Lakhs.

The country’s seventh Game Changer winner Anant Purohit (weekly winnings – ₹29.69 Lakhs), takes up the third position on the weekly charts. On a side note, Purohit’s Sunday victory helped him achieve two significant milestones. He entered the “₹10 Crore Club” and crossed ₹4 Crores in online profits!

Weekly Online Rankings

1. Dhaval Mudgal

Weekly Cashes – ₹40,73,021

Weekly Profit – ₹33,42,256

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 2,157

Dhaval Mudgal`s poker accomplishments – live and online – need no validation. The long-time MTT pro was in top form last Sunday as he pulled out one of his best online performances. He toppled the 2,595-player field in Spartan Poker’s ₹2 Crores GTD IOPC #31 Blaze, clinching his first-ever IOPC title and the top prize of ₹34.46 Lakhs. The score made Mudgal the week’s single-biggest scorer while catapulting him to #4 in the monthly/annual rankings.

Top Cashes This Week

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #31 Blaze for ₹35.28 Lakhs on January 22

– 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #48 All Rounder – PKO for ₹1.81 Lakhs on January 24

– 11th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #29 Sunday High (6-Max) for ₹1.41 Lakhs on January 22

2. Ashish Munot

Weekly Cashes – ₹39,34,118

Weekly Profit – ₹32,30,468

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 947

Ashish Munot added another distinguished title to his name on Republic Day (January 26, Thursday), winning Spartan Poker`s IOPC #62 Super High Roller for ₹31.94 Lakhs. Munot fired up a prolific mid-week run, as just the day before, he finished runner-up in IOPC #54 Wednesday High.

With a robust ₹39.34 Lakhs on his weekly scorecard, the 2019 WPT India Main Event champion takes the #2 position on the weekly charts and sits at #6 in the monthly/annual standings with ₹44.98 Lakhs in recorded earnings this year.

Top Cashes This Week

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #62 Super High Roller (6-Max) for ₹31.94 Lakhs on January 26

– 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #54 Wednesday High (6-Max) for ₹6.01 Lakhs on January 25

3. Anant Purohit

Weekly Cashes – ₹29,69,286

Weekly Profit – ₹24,80,593

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 1,324

Anant Purohit emerged as the third-biggest chartbuster in an intensely action-packed week. He got to work early, shipping PokerBaazi’s Sunday headliner PBC#23 Game Changer for ₹26.12 Lakhs, becoming the seventh player to win the prestigious title.

Purohit posted an impressive ₹29.69 Lakhs on his weekly scorecard, setting himself up for a trailblazing 2023.

Top Cashes This Week

– 1st in PokerBaazi’s PBC#23 Game Changer for ₹25.70 Lakhs on January 22

– 8th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #69 Friday Prime for ₹1.47 Lakhs on January 27

– 3rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #71 All Rounder (6-Max) for ₹1 Lakh on January 27

Aditya Agarwal (Weekly Cashes – ₹24.82 Lakhs), Akshat Sharma (Weekly Cashes – ₹22.87 Lakhs), and Sandy Lamba (Weekly Cashes – ₹22.63 Lakhs) were the week`s other top scorers.

Monthly Online Rankings

1. Tarush Gupta

Monthly Cashes – ₹68,19,412

Monthly Profit – ₹51,14,559

Monthly Leaderboard Points – N/A

Tarush Gupta remained the unchallenged monthly topper for the third consecutive time. There was no slowing down for the MTT pro, who notched up at least ₹21.73 Lakhs over the week, boosting his January earnings to ₹68.19 Lakh.

His top finishes of the week include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #69 Friday Prime for ₹8,22,280

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #29 Sunday High for ₹6,29,520

Top Cashes This Month

– 1st in Adda52’s Big Game for ₹16.25 Lakhs on January 8

– 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #69 Friday Prime for ₹8.20 Lakhs on January 27

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s The Elite (6-Max) (IOPC Bubble) for ₹6.64 Lakhs on January 13

– 4th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #29 Sunday High (6-Max) for ₹6.30 Lakhs on January 22

2. Aniket Waghmare

Monthly Cashes – ₹63,87,239

Monthly Profit – ₹43,64,517

Monthly Leaderboard Points – 5,878

Last week’s topper Aniket Waghmare had another blockbuster week, adding an impressive ₹22.46 Lakhs to his name. Waghmare was one of Sunday`s standout winners, for he shipped Spartan Poker’s IOPC #29 Sunday High for ₹17.31 Lakhs.

The two breakout IOPC scores in back-to-back weeks helped Waghmare displace Himanshu Arora from the #2 position on the monthly/annual standings.

Top Cashes This Month

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #14 High Roller (6-Max) for ₹20.23 Lakhs on January 20

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #29 Sunday High for ₹17.31 Lakhs on January 22

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹7.04 Lakhs on January 15

3. Himanshu Arora

Monthly Cashes – ₹55,22,271

Monthly Profit – ₹32,08,394

Monthly Leaderboard Points – 6,701

Himanshu Arora made a blockbuster start to the year by winning PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹13.98 Lakhs. He`s kept that early form going for the third consecutive week, accumulating a hefty ₹10.81 Lakhs. Despite the seven-figure weekly haul, Arora slipped to #3 in the monthly/annual on account of Aniket Waghmare`s exceptional Sunday run.

Top Cashes This Month

– 1st in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹13.98 Lakhs on January 1

– 1st in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹6.13 Lakhs on January 26

– 3rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #6 Thursday High (6-Max) for ₹5.27 Lakhs on January 19

Dhaval Mudgal (Monthly Cashes – ₹46.09 Lakhs), Ankit Wadhawan (Monthly Cashes – ₹45.58 Lakhs), and The two-time POY Young Gun Gaurav Sood (Monthly Cashes – ₹44.99 Lakhs) are the other top-ranked players of January.

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