Online Rankings: Kumar, Bang & Sood Sit on Top of the Weekly, Monthly & Yearly Rankings Respectively

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Another power-packed week of online MTT’s has passed us by bringing us to August’s last weekend. As always, it’s the biggest winner from last Sunday, the former Millionaire champion, Dhinesh Kumar, who tops the weekly charts for his victory in the Full House Finale worth a massive ₹25 Lakhs. With a lifetime tally of ₹1.9 Crores, Kumar is close to crossing the ₹2 Crore-mark in recorded online earnings.

Sitting at #2 on the weekly leaderboard is none other than the AOPS Full House Finale runner-up Jasven Saigal, with FMS Main Event champion Sumit Sapra rounding out the top three winners of the week.

Moving over to the monthly leaderboard, we have Srihari Bang retaining his seat on the top for the second week running. This month, he was unstoppable and notched up several massive scores, worth a cumulative ₹46.01 Lakhs in earnings. Bang springboarded his way to the top of the monthly leaderboard last week after placing second in the AOPS Main Event Finale. A slow run over the past seven days did not threaten Bang’s reign as he continues to feature among the top-ranked players on the annual charts.

The MoneyMaker runner-up Vikranth Varma and ‘amarkhatri999’ who had bested Varma in the AOPS Main Event Finale, fill up the next two spots at the top of the monthly rankings.

An almost permanent fixture in this report, Young Gun Gaurav Sood, has set a tall benchmark by topping the yearly leaderboard for a 16th straight week. For a while, it looked like he could be challenged by Sriharsha Doddapaneni, but his outstanding consistency has pulled him way ahead of the rest. Sood crossed a significant milestone last week by becoming the first player in the country to cross ₹3 Crores in annual winnings across domestic sites. He added almost ₹7 Lakhs to his tally this week to take his yearly earnings to an astronomical ₹3.07 Crores.

The monthly topper, Srihari Bang, follows Sood on the annual charts, with Young Gun Arsh Grover once again finding his way up to take the #3 spot.

Online Rankings From August 23 – 29 (Weekly Rankings)

Online Rankings From August 1 – 29 (Monthly Rankings)

Online Rankings From January 1 – August 29 (Yearly Rankings)

Weekly Online Rankings

1. Dhinesh Kumar

Weekly Cashes – ₹26,72,804

Weekly Profit – ₹25,22,116

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 645

A former Millionaire Lite champion, Dhinesh Kumar hit a massive ₹25 Lakhs jackpot last Sunday when he championed the Full House Finale. Kumar weathered the competition that came his way from the 1,810-strong field and eventually defeated Jasven Saigal. Two days later, Kumar took down the Super Tuesday on PokerStars India for ₹1.02 Lakhs.

With more than ₹26.72 Lakhs earned over the week alone, Kumar’s winnings graph for August has skyrocketed to ₹40.72 Lakhs, bringing him within touching distance of the ₹2 Crores-mark in lifetime winnings!

Top Cashes This Week

– Won Adda52’s Full House Finale ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹25 Lakhs on August 23

– Won PokerStars India’s Super Tuesday ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.02 Lakhs on August 25

2. Jasven Saigal

Weekly Cashes – ₹14,05,544

Weekly Profit – ₹13,00,495

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 391

Seasoned poker pro and a long-standing industry figure Jasven Saigal raked in ₹14.05 Lakhs in online winnings this week. Most of this came from his runner-up finish to Dhinesh Kumar in the AOPS Full House Finale, where he netted ₹13 Lakhs. Saigal also ran well in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour on Tuesday, where he finished sixth for ₹63,000. While he is second to Kumar on the weekly charts, Saigal’s online record has improved to ₹91.96 Lakhs.

Top Cashes This Week

– 2nd in Adda52’s AOPS Full House Finale ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹13 Lakhs on August 23

3. Sumit Sapra

Weekly Cashes – ₹11,24,399

Weekly Profit – ₹8,57,984

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 845

APL Brand Ambassador Sumit Sapra is sitting on a goldmine ₹5.53 Crore in lifetime winnings, and this week, Sapra was on a heater. He powered his way through 469 entries to win Spartan Poker’s ₹50 Lakhs GTD FMS#20 Main Event for ₹9.67 Lakhs. This happens to be Sapra’s second-biggest score of the year, enough to put him at #3 on the weekly leaderboard.

With ₹2.35 Crores in earnings for the year, Sapra is currently ranked #6 on the annual leaderboard!

Top Cashes This Week

-Won FMS #20 Main Event ₹50 Lakhs GTD for ₹9.67 Lakhs on August 23

Vikranth Varma (Weekly Cashes – ₹10.32 Lakhs), Manish Lakhotia (Weekly Cashes – ₹7.98 Lakhs), and Ayush Garg (Weekly Cashes – ₹7.90 Lakhs) were the other toppers on the weekly online leaderboard.

Monthly Online Rankings

1. Srihari Bang

Monthly Cashes – ₹46,01,022

Monthly Profit – ₹31,04,861

Monthly Leaderboard Points – 3,208

The young player from Vijaywada, Srihari Bang, should be proud of his performance this month. He started August with a bang by winning the Sunday SuperStack on Spartan Poker. But what really got him the levitation to reach the top rungs of the fiercely contested monthly leaderboard was his runner-up finish in the AOPS ME Finale on August 16 for ₹27.50 Lakhs. While that remains Bang’s most standout performance this month, he had final tabled the same event on August 9.

His winnings this month come in at ₹46.01 Lakhs, keeping him at the #2 spot on the annual online leaderboard.

Top Cashes This Month

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

– 7th in Adda52’s AOPS MINI ME Finale ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹2 Lakhs on August 9

– Runner-up in Adda52’s AOPS ME Finale ₹2 Crores GTD for ₹27.50 Lakhs on August 16

2. Vikranth Varma

Monthly Cashes – ₹45,53,850

Monthly Profit – ₹33,30,275

Monthly Leaderboard Points – 5,924

Vikranth Varma’s August scorecard is headlined by two blockbuster Sundays. On August 16, he finished runner-up in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹14.61 Lakhs. The same night he placed sixth in the AOPS Main Event Finale for ₹7.40 Lakhs and fourth in Spartan Poker’s UVS The Millionaire Lite for ₹1.89 Lakhs – earning no less than ₹23.90 Lakhs in one day!

If Varma’s monthly scorecard was ₹35.21 Lakhs till last week, he upped up the count this Thursday by taking down the Godfather on Adda52, adding another ₹7.05 Lakhs to his poker bankroll. With a monthly tranche of ₹45.53 Lakhs, Varma is within striking distance of overtaking Bang.

Top Cashes This Week

– Runner-up in PokerBaazi’s PPL#59 The MoneyMaker ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹14.61 Lakhs on August 16

– 6th in Adda52’s AOPS ME Finale ₹2.5 Crores GTD for ₹7.40 Lakhs on August 16

– Won Adda52’s Godfather ₹30 Lakhs GTD for ₹7.05 Lakhs on August 27

3. ‘amarkhatri999’

Monthly Cashes – ₹44,43,571

Monthly Profit – ₹43,64,374

Monthly Leaderboard Points – 110

Last week’s AOPS Main Event Finale champion’ amarkhatri999’ has been pushed down one spot to #3 on the monthly charts this week. The player’s singular win, which made him richer by ₹43.80 Lakhs, was also his headline victory this month. That forms the bulk of the ₹44.43 Lakhs he’s earned through August.

Top Cashes This Month

– Won Adda52’s AOPS ME Finale ₹2.5 Crores GTD for ₹43.79 Lakhs on August 16

Young Gun Gaurav Sood (Monthly Cashes – ₹43.14 Lakhs) Dhinesh Kumar (Monthly Cashes – ₹40.72 Lakhs), and Guneet Kwatra (Monthly Cashes – ₹40.42 Lakhs) are the other notable scorers of August.

Yearly Online Rankings

1. Gaurav Sood

Yearly Cashes – ₹3,07,25,301

Yearly Profit – ₹1,54,22,475

Yearly Leaderboard Points – 47,600

Gaurav Sood is the player to catch on the annual leaderboard. It’s easier said than done since the Young Gun has pulled ahead into what looks like an insurmountable lead that would require a phenomenal run for anyone to give him a fight for the #1 spot.

Sood’s performance this year has been impressive. The consistency and finesse with which he has accumulated scores this year have been unparalleled.

August proved extremely profitable for Sood, who won more than ₹43.14 Lakhs across the major sites. Last week, Sood became the first player to cross ₹3 Crores in winnings.

He had a relatively poor start to the week and failed to pick up any major score through the Sunday flagships. But things started to look up for him by the mid-week when he won Spartan Poker’s Monster Stack on Wednesday. The next day he final tabled PokerBaazi’s The Summit, finishing fourth for ₹1.57 Lakhs. Continuing his hot run, Sood then took down PokerBaazi’s The Ridge on Friday for ₹2.20 Lakhs!

The Gurgaon-based player raked in ₹7 Lakhs in earnings this week, improving his annual scorecard to ₹3.07 Crores. With ₹1.54 Crores of that being annual profits, Sood has now completed 16 straight weeks ranked #1 on the yearly leaderboard.

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. Srihari Bang

Yearly Cashes – ₹2,57,38,465

Yearly Profit – ₹1,10,62,767

Yearly Leaderboard Points – 42,976

Vijaywada-based Srihari Bang has enjoyed a good year, raking no less than ₹2.57 Crores through the past eight months. His exploits include winning the Full House Finale for ₹25 Lakhs in May, and he began August by capturing the Sunday SuperStack for ₹8.33 Lakhs. While he was already among the top-ranked players on the annual leaderboard, a runner-up finish in the AOPS ME Finale last week for ₹27.50 Lakhs, propelling him to the #2 spot on the annual rankings.

Like Sood, Bang kept a relatively low profile this week, adding only ₹1.65 Lakhs to his tally. But with ₹46.01 Lakhs earned through August, Bang not only reigns over the monthly charts, he gets to retain his #2 position on the annual leaderboard.

Top Cashes this Year

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

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

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

3. Arsh Grover

Yearly Cashes – ₹2,54,03,176

Yearly Profit – ₹91,19,542

Yearly Leaderboard Points – 41,368

Young Gun Arsh Grover was fourth in the annual rankings last week but has jumped up to make it in the top 3. His litany of top finishes includes winning The Crest last Saturday for ₹2.10 Lakhs. The next day, he rode to the finish line in the Big Slick for ₹2.57 Lakhs. Grover also finished runner-up in The Pride for ₹1.55 Lakhs. Grover pocketed ₹7.87 Lakhs in earnings this week, bringing his monthly tally to ₹30.52 Lakhs.

He now boasts of ₹2.54 Crores in winnings for the year, and an impressive ₹91.19 Lakhs of that are his profits.

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

Anant Purohit (Yearly Cashes: ₹2.49 Crores), Sriharsha Doddapaneni (Yearly Cashes: ₹2.41 Crores), and Sumit Sapra (Yearly Cashes: ₹2.35 Crores) were the other notable yearly scorers.

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