Online Rankings: Harshad Barve & Dhinesh Kumar Top the Weekly/ Monthly Leaderboards; Anuj Yadav Completes 44 Weeks as the POY Topper

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A week from 2023, Young Gun Anuj Yadav (annual winnings – ₹4.57 Crores) has been breaking all sorts of records. The elusive online crusher can sit and relax, looking at a long and eventful run on the felts that has kept him on top of the 2022 POY leaderboard. Yadav broke Young Gun Gaurav Sood’s 34-week record as the annual topper in Week #3 of October. Last week, he also crossed Sood’s 2021 scores (₹4.44 Crores) by pulling past the ₹4.50 Crore marker in annual winnings. This week, Yadav collected ₹6.44 Lakhs in cashes, also storming past Sood’s 2020 annual scorecard (₹4.51 Crores). Since Yadav chose to opt out of tracking a few months back, we can only provide approximate figures on his yearly scores. That said, Yadav completed 44 consecutive weeks as the #1 ranked player of 2022 today!

Though Ashish Ahuja (annual winnings – ₹4.07 Crores) and Arjanveer Singh Chadha (annual winnings – ₹3.90 Crores) were missing from the online action for over a week, it did not affect their yearly rankings, and both players held onto their #2 and #3 spots.

The LEGEND #114 Main Event Dhinesh Kumar (monthly winnings – ₹65.89 Lakhs) stormed into the December ranking last week. Kumar had a below-average week and could muster just ₹2.13 Lakhs. He remains the #1 ranked player of the month but faces an immediate and direct threat from the LEGEND #49 – High Roller champion Mahesh Shyamsundar (monthly winnings – ₹54.81 Lakhs), who is currently ranked #2. Young Gun Shardul Parthasarathi (monthly winnings – ₹53.58 Lakhs) made a surprise entry into the top three of the December leaderboard, pushing Armaan Kochhar (monthly winnings – ₹47.13 Lakhs) one position down.

Pune-based online crusher Harshad Barve (weekly winnings – ₹18.19 Lakhs) burst into the top spot following his scintillating victory in Spartan Poker’s MoneyControl Poker for People. Barve captured the event for ₹15.74 Lakhs, following a heads-up deal.

Shardul Parthasarathi (weekly winnings – ₹16.95 Lakhs) and the MoneyControl Poker for People runner-up Vikaash Shah (weekly winnings – ₹15.25 Lakhs) round out the top three scorers of the week.

Weekly Online Rankings (December 18 – 24)

Monthly Online Rankings (December 1 – 24)

Yearly Online Rankings (January 1 – December 24)

Weekly Online Rankings

1. Harshad Barve

Weekly Cashes – ₹18,18,890

Weekly Profit – ₹15,99,569

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 977

The Sunday chartbuster usually tops the weekly leaderboard, which is why Harshad Barve’s reign this week is unsurprising. The online crusher took down the Sunday flagship, Spartan Poker’s MoneyControl Poker for People, for a jaw-dropping ₹15.74 Lakhs, following a heads-up deal. All in all, Barve rounded out ₹18.19 Lakhs in cashes.

Top Cashes This Week

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s MoneyControl Poker For People for ₹15.73 Lakhs on December 18

– 5th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹1.60 Lakhs on December 22

2. Shardul Parthasarathi

Weekly Cashes – ₹16,94,508

Weekly Profit – ₹10,66,648

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 1,832

This week, Young Gun Shardul Parthasarathi, lapped up ₹16.95 Lakhs in winnings, pulling off spectacular runs on Thursday and Friday. Parthasarathi’s best finish was in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller (6-Max), where he almost made it to the title victory, eventually finishing runner-up for ₹5.07 Lakhs. Parthasarathi’s super sprint makes him the second-ranked player of the week, also vaulting into the podium on the December rankings.

Top Cashes This Week

– 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller (6-Max) for ₹5.07 Lakhs on December 22

-3rd in Spartan Poker’s The Elite (6-Max) for ₹4.24 Lakhs on December 23

– 1st in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum for ₹2.83 Lakhs on December 22

– 4th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹1.74 Lakhs on December 23

– 4th in Adda52’s Friday Bounty for ₹91,954 on December 23

3. Vikaash Shah

Weekly Cashes – ₹15,25,403

Weekly Profit – ₹13,75,178

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 576

Vikaash Shah chopped the MoneyControl Poker For People title with Harshad Barve on Sunday, taking home a ₹14.80 Lakhs payout for his runner-up finish. Shah added over ₹15.25 Lakhs by the end of the week, taking the #3 position on the weekly leaderboard.

Top Cashes This Week

2nd in Spartan Poker’s MoneyControl Poker For People for ₹14.80 Lakhs on December 18

Sumit Sapra (Weekly Cashes – ₹12.61 Lakhs), Vaibhav Sharma (Weekly Cashes – ₹12.04 Lakhs), and Amit Kaushik (Weekly Cashes – ₹10.72 Lakhs) are the other top scorers of the week.

Monthly Online Rankings

1. Dhinesh Kumar

Monthly Cashes – ₹65,88,794

Monthly Profit – ₹43,73,673

Monthly Leaderboard Points – 3,931

Dhinesh Kumar juggernaut to the top of the December rankings in the second week. On December 11, Kumar took down Spartan Poker’s ₹2.50 Crores GTD LEGEND #114 Main Event for a whopping ₹30.74 Lakhs (from three cashes), and despite an average run on the felts that fetched him ₹2.13 Lakhs across the week, he is still #1 on the monthly leaderboard.

Top Cashes This Month

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #114 – Main Event for ₹29.92 Lakhs on December 11

– 2nd in PokerBaazi’s APT#40 Super HighRoller for ₹14.40 Lakhs on December 9

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #56 Friday Magnate (6-Max) for ₹7.43 Lakhs on December 2

2. Mahesh Shyamsundar

Monthly Cashes – ₹54,81,332

Monthly Profit – ₹33,64,067

Monthly Leaderboard Points – 5,565

The LEGEND #49 – High Roller champion Mahesh Shyamsundar was another player who was absent much of the week. Like Kumar, Shyamsundar faced no threat to his current rank on the monthly leaderboard.

Top Cashes This Month

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #49 – High Roller (6-Max) for ₹23.11 Lakhs on December 1

– 2nd in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #99 Friday Magnate (6-Max) for ₹6.60 Lakhs on December 9

– 2nd in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #110 Sunday Showdown for ₹6.17 Lakhs on December 11

3. Shardul Parthasarathi

Monthly Cashes – ₹53,58,163

Monthly Profit – ₹19,03,971

Monthly Leaderboard Points – 9,470

Young Gun Shardul Parthasarathi has been a consistent runner through December, adding big titles like the APT#35 Championship Event to his name. He had another well-rounded weekly run and made away with nine FT finishes, lapping up a massive ₹16.95 Lakhs! Enough for Parthasarthi to storm into the top 3 of the December leaderboard with a week left.

Top Cashes This Month

– 3rd in PokerBaazi’s APT#35 Championship Event for ₹6.71 Lakhs on December 8

– 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller (6-Max) for ₹5.07 Lakhs on December 22

– 3rd in Spartan Poker’s The Elite (6-Max) for ₹4.24 Lakhs on December 23

Armaan Kocchar (Monthly Cashes – ₹47.13 Lakhs), Ankit Wadhawan (Monthly Cashes – ₹41.62 Lakhs), and Amit Kaushik (Monthly Cashes – ₹39.86 Lakhs) are the other top scorers of December.

Yearly Online Rankings

1. Anuj Yadav

Yearly Cashes – ₹4,57,44,866

Yearly Profit – ₹2,51,89,820

Yearly Leaderboard Points – N/A

Young Gun Anuj Yadav collected approximately ₹6.44 Lakhs in online winnings, cashing out 16 events and three FT finishes. The Noida-based player crossed 44 weeks on the top of the 2022 annual leaderboard this week. Since the #2 and #3 ranked Ashish Ahuja and Arjanveer Singh Chadha trail Yadav by a considerable margin, Yadav will likely hold on to his leaderboard-topping streak till the end of 2022!

Top Cashes This Year

– 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #28 – Blaze for ₹19.26 Lakhs on June 5

– 2nd in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #49 High Roller for ₹15,75,000 on December 1

– 3rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #49 – High Roller (6-Max) for ₹12.30 Lakhs on January 27

– 4th in Adda52’s Big Millions for ₹11.75 Lakhs on November 12

– 4th in Spartan Poker’s FTS#44 – High Roller (6-Max) for ₹11.44 Lakhs on November 04

2. Ashish Ahuja

Yearly Cashes – ₹4,06,57,234

Yearly Profit – ₹1,46,26,759

Yearly Leaderboard Points – 65,553

Former lawyer Ashish Ahuja is one of the few online crushers who have collected over ₹13 Crores in recorded online winnings on domestic sites. Ahuja’s online winnings remained static for this week. Nevertheless, the WSOPC ring winner has pulled many prominent victories this year and sits with an enviable ₹4.07 Crores in recorded annual winnings, making him the second-ranked player of the year.

Top Cashes This Year

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s FTS#44 – High Roller (6-Max) for ₹28.66 Lakhs on November 04

– 1st in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹14.59 Lakhs on October 1

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series #25 – Sunday Millionaire for ₹10.20 Lakhs on April 11

3. Arjanveer Singh Chadha

Yearly Cashes – ₹3,89,78,785

Yearly Profit – ₹1,08,52,296

Yearly Leaderboard Points – 69,981

Fast approaching the ₹13 Crore marker in tracked online winnings, Arjanveer Singh Chadha, like his Chandigarh-based flatmate Ashish Ahuja has been MIA from the domestic online felts for over a week. Despite the hiatus, Chadha is firmly entrenched as the #3 player of the year.

Top Cashes This Year

– 1st in Adda52’s Big Game for ₹13.97 Lakhs on August 28

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s Sunday SuperStack for ₹7.72 Lakhs on August 21

– 2nd in PokerBaazi’s PBC#13 Monthly HighRoller for ₹7.81 Lakhs on August 5

Young Gun Arsh Grover (Yearly Cashes – ₹3.61 Crores), Young Gun Sahil Chutani (Yearly Cashes – ₹3.51 Crores), and Anurag Srivastava (Yearly Cashes – ₹3.40 Crores) maintained rank as the #4, #5 and #6 ranked players of 2022, respectively.

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