Online Rankings: Laksh Pal Singh’s FTS Wins Earn Him the #1 Rank in the Weekly Charts; Chasing His 3rd POY Title Gaurav Sood Takes Early Lead on the Annual Leaderboard

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March kicked off grandly with India Poker Championship’s Final Table Series (FTS) getting underway on March 2. PokerBaazi’s 1000X Series launched its third edition a day later, ensuring a mid-week explosion of massive guaranteed tournaments, churning out several breakout wins!

Just over two months into 2023, the POY race is already quite competitive. In line with last week`s prediction, Young Gun Gaurav Sood (annual winnings – ₹1.36 Crores) upstaged Arsh Grover (annual winnings – ₹1.31 Crores), claiming the top seat in the annual rankings. It is the earliest that the two-time POY has captured the lead in the yearly standings.

Ashish Munot (annual winnings – ₹1.29 Crores) climbed two ranks from last week, breaking into the top three of the yearly rankings – his first time making the POY podium – on the back of his thumping victory in Spartan Poker’s Sunday High Roller.

All credit goes to Laksh Pal Singh (weekly winnings – ₹50.70 Lakhs) for sidestepping many other pros and emerging as the week`s breakout winner. With three flagship titles to his name, including two FTS gold medallions, the IOPC 10.0 The Crown champion holds a dominating lead on the weekly charts, cashing almost twice as much as Vinayak Bajaj (weekly winnings – ₹28.98 Lakhs) and Srihari Bang (weekly winnings – ₹28.65 Lakhs) ranked immediately below him.

Weekly Online Rankings (February 26 – March 4)

Yearly Online Rankings (January 1 – March 4)

Weekly Online Rankings

1. Laksh Pal Singh

Weekly Cashes – ₹50,69,654

Weekly Profit – ₹40,52,354

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 2,194

The IOPC 10.0 The Crown champion, Young Gun Laksh Pal Singh, drove across the headliners in full throttle! His dominating run started on Sunday, where he finished third in Spartan Poker’s Sunday High Roller for ₹6.40 Lakhs. On Tuesday, he did even better in PokerStars India’s Highroller, winning the tournament for ₹2.19 Lakhs.

Singh got into his own once FTS 6.0 started as he won Spartan Poker’s FTS #3 Thursday Titan and FTS #9 High Roller (6-Max) on consecutive days, adding over ₹35 Lakhs across the two-day rampage. Singh’s power-packed performance saw him accumulating ₹50.70 Lakhs across his weekly run and a corresponding ₹40.52 Lakhs in profits.

Top Cashes This Week

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s FTS #9 High Roller (6-Max) for ₹26.51 Lakhs on March 3

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s FTS #3 Thursday Titan for ₹9.04 Lakhs on March 2

– 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Sunday High Roller (6-Max) for ₹6.40 Lakhs on February 26

– 1st in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹2.19 Lakhs on February 28

2. Vinayak Bajaj

Weekly Cashes – ₹28,98,207

Weekly Profit – ₹19,39,054

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 1,185

The defending Millionaire Series Main Event champion Vinayak Bajaj had a fruitful run this week, pulling in ₹28.98 Lakhs in total winnings to finish #2 on the weekly leaderboard.

Bajaj got his scorecard ticking with a runner-up finish in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack but went on a tear on Thursday, shipping Spartan Poker’s FTS #4 Thursday Grande (6-Max) for ₹13.74 Lakhs.

Top Cashes This Week

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s FTS #4 Thursday Grande (6-Max) for ₹13.74 Lakhs on March 2

– 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹6.03 Lakhs on February 26

– 3rd in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹2.50 Lakhs on March 3

3. Srihari Bang

Weekly Cashes – ₹28,65,802

Weekly Profit – ₹23,41,651

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 613

The former IOPC Millionaire champion Srihari Bang clinched the #3 rank on the weekly charts for finishing third in PokerBaazi’s biggest-ever The MoneyMaker 30.0. A three-way deal in the flagship tournament awarded Bang the biggest payout worth ₹17.20 Lakhs.

A series of consistent performances fetched Bang ₹28.66 Lakhs over the week and ₹23.42 Lakhs in profits.

Top Cashes This Week

– 3rd in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹17.20 Lakhs on March 1

– 4th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #9 High Roller (6-Max) for ₹9.65 Lakhs on March 3

– 12th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #8 Friday Titan for ₹1.14 Lakhs on March 3

Gaurav Sood (Weekly Cashes – ₹28.34 Lakhs), Ashish Munot (Weekly Cashes – ₹24.15 Lakhs), and Vaibhav Temani (Weekly Cashes – ₹23.38 Lakhs) were the week`s other top scorers.

Yearly Online Rankings

1. Gaurav Sood

Yearly Cashes – ₹1,36,18,415

Yearly Profit – ₹61,83,307

Yearly Leaderboard Points – 19,108

Let’s rewind to last week when we said that a blockbuster run on Sunday could push Young Gun Gaurav Sood into the lead in the annual rankings. Voilà! That’s precisely what happened!

The dentist-turned-poker pro’s BOMBASTIC Sunday run landed him a whopping ₹23.03 Lakhs from three title victories. He captured his third The Millionaire title for a whopping ₹14.47 Lakhs (won ₹14.82 Lakhs overall). He also shipped PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller (₹3.99 Lakhs) and Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo (₹3.32 Lakhs), hitting the Sunday jackpot.

Sood raked in ₹28.34 Lakhs across the week, pushing his annual tally to ₹1.36 Crores – the earliest he has ever fronted the POY race in the last four years.

Top Cashes This Year

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire for ₹14.82 Lakhs on February 26

– 1st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹7.89 Lakhs on January 8

– 1st in Adda52 Millions for ₹6.18 Lakhs on January 29

– 1st in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹5.76 Lakhs on January 6

2. Arsh Grover

Yearly Cashes – ₹1,31,17,725

Yearly Profit – ₹60,20,486

Yearly Leaderboard Points – 14,419

In contrast to Sood, Young Gun Arsh Grover‘s week was somewhat sedated. He bagged multiple scores – thrashed out three FT finishes but had no top finish to boast of, expectedly dropping to #2 in the POY race.

Despite his lackluster run, Grover is just about ₹5 Lakhs behind Sood. The tides can easily sway due to the packed FTS and 1000X Series tournament lineup throughout next week.

Top Cashes This Year

– 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown for ₹48.35 Lakhs on February 5

– 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #123 Friday High (6-Max) for ₹6.41 Lakhs on February 3

– 7th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #9 High Roller (6-Max) for ₹4.62 Lakhs on February 3

3. Ashish Munot

Yearly Cashes – ₹1,29,36,103

Yearly Profit – ₹82,88,497

Yearly Leaderboard Points – 6,784

Ashish Munot makes his debut in the top three of the annual leaderboard this week. One of the most consistent winners in online and offline tournaments, Munot finally opted in on other sites recently – giving us a more accurate account of his scores.

Munot has had a trailblazing start in 2023 and added more to his already impressive scorecard by nailing Spartan Poker’s Sunday High Roller (for ₹13.75 Lakhs) and picking up final table scores in FTS #4 Thursday Grande (5th for ₹4.70 Lakhs) and FTS #9 High Roller (8th for ₹3.78 Lakhs).

Top Cashes This Year

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s Sunday High Roller (6-Max) for ₹13.75 Lakhs on February 26

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #69 Friday Prime for ₹12.97 Lakhs on January 27

– 6th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #62 Super High Roller for ₹7.37 Lakhs on January 26

Aditya Agarwal (Yearly Cashes – ₹1.26 Crores), Laksh Pal Singh (Yearly Cashes – ₹1.10 Crores), and Vishal Bajaj (Yearly Cashes – ₹1.02 Crores) are the other top-ranked players of the year.

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