Online Rankings: Kumar Headlines Weekly Rankings; Sharma & Sood Retain Top Seat in Monthly-Yearly Leaderboard

PokerBaazi’s Game Changer 4.0 monopolized the attention of the domestic circuit this past week. The ₹5,500 entry buy-in tourney attracted 3,990 entries, falling just ₹50,000 short of its ambitious guarantee. Championing the tournament was Bengaluru-resident Jaikiran Kumar, who bagged a career-best ₹33.16 Lakhs, propelling himself to the top of the weekly rankings. In fact, runner-up Mohak Kapoor and third-place finisher Raman Gujral round out the top three positions on this week`s leaderboard!

The inaugural GPS Main Event champion Apratim Sharma is still the player to catch on the top of the monthly leaderboard with ₹35.55 Lakhs in recorded earnings through September.

Despite a few changes in the lower rungs on the yearly leaderboard, the top three places remain unchanged from last week, with Young Gun Gaurav Sood completing 20 glorious weeks at the top of the table.

Online Rankings From September 20 – September 26 (Weekly Rankings

Online Rankings From September 1 – September 26 (Monthly Rankings

Online Rankings From January 1 – September 26 (Yearly Rankings)

Weekly Online Rankings

1. Jaikiran Kumar

Weekly Cashes – ₹33,21,500

Weekly Profit – ₹33,08,849

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 234

Shining through on the weekly leaderboard this week is PokerBaazi’s Game Changer 4.0 champion Jaikiran Kumar. On September 20, the 27-year-old Kumar trounced a field of 3,990 entries and, following an eight-hour-long run, went on to win a personal-best ₹33.16 Lakhs!

After the incredible Sunday victory, Kumar saw his overall online tally touch ₹41.06 Lakhs.

Top Cashes This Week

– Won PokerBaazi’s Game Changer 4.0 ₹2 Crores GTD for ₹33.16 Lakhs on September 20

2. Mohak Kapoor

Weekly Cashes – ₹23,62,796

Weekly Profit – ₹22,97,200

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 426

Even after losing the Game Changer title to Kumar last Sunday, Mohak Kapoor managed to walk away with a rather hefty sum of ₹23.08 Lakhs. Additionally, he also placed ninth in ₹8 Lakhs GTD BSS MegaStack for ₹17,680, taking his weekly cache to ₹23.62 Lakhs, with a profit of ₹22.97 Lakhs.

Top Cashes This Week

– Runner-up in PokerBaazi’s Game Changer 4.0 ₹2 Crores GTD for ₹2 Crores GTD for ₹23 Lakhs on September 20

– 3rd in PokerStars India’s INCOOP-146 – Night on Stars ₹15 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.10 Lakhs on September 16

3. Raman Gujral

Weekly Cashes – ₹17,76,000

Weekly Profit – ₹16,89,509

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 279

One of the most celebrated players of the domestic circuit, Raman Gujral made it into our weekly rankings this week. He secured two final table finishes, namely in PokerBaazi’s Game Changer 4.0 (3rd for ₹16.14 Lakhs) and BSS SuperStack (4th for ₹1.62 Lakhs) on Sunday, to claim the third spot on the weekly leaderboard with ₹17.76 Lakhs in weekly earnings.

Top Cashes This Week

– 3rd in PokerBaazi’s Game Changer 4.0 ₹2 Crores GTD for ₹16.14 Lakhs on September 20

– 4th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack 25 ₹25 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.62 Lakhs on September 20

Neeraj Kumar (Weekly Cashes – ₹11.99 Lakhs), Avijit Jaiswal (Weekly Cashes – ₹10.90 Lakhs), and PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit Wadhawan (Weekly Cashes – ₹9.58 Lakhs) were the other toppers on the weekly online leaderboard.

Monthly Online Rankings

1. Apratim Sharma

Monthly Cashes – ₹35,55,200

Monthly Profit – ₹33,54,800

Monthly Leaderboard Points – 810

Last week’s monthly topper Apratim Sharma retains his seat at the top of the monthly charts this week as well. Sharma had championed the first-ever Spartan Poker’s ₹2 Crores GTD GPS Main Event on September 13 for a career-best ₹34.24 Lakhs. Even though he added no noteworthy score to his tally this week, his GPS Main Event win has kept him at #1 on the monthly leaderboard.

Top Cashes This Month

– Won Spartan Poker’s GPS #56 – Main Event Day 2 ₹2 Crores GTD for ₹34.51 Lakhs on September 13

2. Kartik Ved

Monthly Cashes – ₹33,47,176

Monthly Profit – ₹24,48,071

Monthly Leaderboard Points – 2,547

PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik Ved is another player who retains his position on the monthly leaderboard since last week. Ved’s most massive score this week came in PokerBaazi’s Game Changer 4.0, where he finished 14th for ₹1.56 Lakhs. The Mumbai-based MTT pro has already accumulated ₹33.47 Lakhs through the month, with a profit of ₹24.48 Lakhs.

Top Cashes This Month

– Runner-up in Spartan Poker’s GPS #56 – Main Event Day 2 ₹2 Crores GTD for ₹22.40 Lakhs on September 13

– 4th in Spartan Poker’s GPS – Grand Destiny ₹35 Lakhs GTD for ₹2.27 Lakhs on September 9

– 14th in PokerBaazi’s Game Changer 4.0 ₹2 Crores GTD for ₹1.56 Lakhs on September 20

– 11th in Spartan Poker’s GPS #39 – High Roller ₹55 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.41 Lakhs on September 10

– 3rd in PokerStars India’s INCOOP-146 – Night on Stars ₹15 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.10 Lakhs on September 16

3. Jaikiran Kumar

Monthly Cashes – ₹33,21,500

Monthly Profit – ₹32,95,649

Monthly Leaderboard Points – 234

Unlike the last two weeks wherein the weekly topper also headlined the monthly rankings, Apratim Sharma holds on to his #1 position in the monthly rankings for another week. The weekly topper Jaikiran Kumar enters the September leaderboard in third place following his blazing PokerBaazi Game Changer 4.0 win.

Top Cashes This Month

– Won PokerBaazi’s Game Changer 4.0 ₹2 Crores GTD for ₹33.16 Lakhs on September 20

Vaibhav Sharma (Monthly Cashes – ₹29.63 Lakhs), Manish Lakhotia (Monthly Cashes – ₹28.42 Lakhs), and Mohak Kapoor (Monthly Cashes – ₹27.99 Lakhs) are the other notable scorers of September.

Yearly Online Rankings

1. Gaurav Sood

Yearly Cashes – ₹3,28,06,592

Yearly Profit – ₹1,58,09,949

Yearly Leaderboard Points – 51,733

Without a doubt, it is a remarkable achievement for Young Gun Gaurav Sood to have topped the yearly leaderboard for 20 consecutive weeks. One of the brightest poker pros of the country, Sood, has amassed ₹3.28 Crores in annual earnings, with a profit of ₹1.58 Crores. He is the only player on our leaderboard sitting with over ₹3 Crores in recorded annual earnings across domestic platforms.

This week, Sood picked up just three final table scores, taking his weekly earnings to ₹4.31 Lakhs. He currently boasts of ₹5.45 Crores in recorded online earnings.

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 – ₹2,85,37,897

Yearly Profit – ₹1,00,74,924

Yearly Leaderboard Points – 45,706

Young Gun Arsh Grover has held on to his #2 position on the yearly rankings for five straight weeks now. Grover maintained a relatively low profile this week, only netting ₹1.58 Lakhs through the week.

He has accrued ₹5.25 Crores in lifetime winnings, of which ₹2.85 Crores Grover has earned in 2020 alone.

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 – ₹2,77,34,706

Yearly Profit – ₹1,14,74,045

Yearly Leaderboard Points – 46,148

MTT crusher Srihari Bang has been in a highly contested tussle for the second spot on the yearly rankings with Grover over the past few weeks. While Grover is in the lead, for now, Bang isn’t very far away from overtaking him with just ₹8.03 Lakhs separating them.

Bang had a relatively more profitable week than Grover as he championed Spartan Poker’s Money Heist on Saturday for ₹1.92 Lakhs. He still only managed to pull in ₹2.45 Lakhs this past week.

Top Cashes this Year

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

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

– 6th in Adda52’s AOPS ME Finale ₹3 Crores GTD for ₹9 Lakhs on July 12

Anant Purohit (Yearly Cashes: ₹2.62 Crores), Sriharsha Doddapaneni (Yearly Cashes: ₹2.55 Crores), Sanat Mehrotra (Yearly Cashes: ₹2.50 Crores) are the other notable yearly scorers.

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