Online Rankings: Sahaj & Bansal Top the Weekly & Monthly Charts, Sood Completes 29 Weeks as #1 Ranked Player of 2020

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  • Namita Ghosh November 28, 2020
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In this feature, we bring you to the top three weekly, monthly, and yearly performers every Saturday. These rankings are based on cumulative winnings (cashes). However, the rankings only include players registered to our online ranking system, so if you haven’t signed up on PokerGuru yet, hurry up and register!

For MTT players, it was a marathon grind this week as two massive guaranteed tourneys played down to their finale. At the same time, another prominent online series commenced, rounding off a blockbuster month.

The biggest crowd-puller was the ₹2.5 Crores GTD WPT India Main Event that logged in a guarantee-smashing 2,573 entries. And walking away with the distinction of becoming the first-ever WPT Online India Main Event champion was the relatively unknown player, Kumar Sahaj. In addition to the bragging rights of winning such a prestigious tourney, Sahaj won a beautiful WPT Main Event trophy, a Hublot watch worth ₹7 Lakhs, USD 5K WPT Passport, and a life-changing ₹50 Lakhs cash prize. No surprise then that Sahaj is our weekly leaderboard topper. Also, given the significant payday, he has made the #2 spot on the monthly leaderboard.

Close behind Sahaj on the weekly rankings is the first-ever FTS Main Event champion, Arjun Pasricha, who won the ₹2 Crores GTD Main Event on Spartan Poker for ₹40.01 Lakhs. ‘PsychG0D,’ who placed runner-up to Sahaj in the WPT India Main Event, rounds out the top 3 this week.

We’re a weekend away from closing out November, but the month certainly belonged to Raghav Bansal, who captured two WPT Online trophies. He also finished runner-up in the ₹1 Crore GTD FTS #11 Highroller, adding up to a mind-boggling ₹55.79 Lakhs in winnings in November. WPTOI ME champion Sahaj and FTS #8 Big Game champion Dhirendra Kumar occupy the next two spots on top of the November leaderboard.

We had to skip the “Online Rankings” report last week due to technical issues. But now that we are back with an update, nothing seems to have changed for the Gurgaon-based Dentist-turned-poker-player – Young Gun Gaurav Sood.

Sood completes an incredible 29 weeks as the #1 ranked player of 2020 today, with Young Gun Arsh Grover continuing his reign on the #2 spot for the 14th consecutive week.

The writing was on the wall with such fierce competition creeping in for the #3 spot. And it`s finally happened with Sanat Mehrotra dethroning Srihari Bang from the #3 spot on the annual rankings after winning the Value Bomb. The win also helped him cross the ₹3-Crore mark in recorded winnings for the year!

Online Rankings From November 21 – 27 (Weekly Rankings)

PlayerWeekly CashesWeekly Profit
Kumar Sahaj₹50,00,000₹49,89,150
Arjun Pasricha₹40,55,881₹39,13,737
PsychG0D₹26,98,699₹26,60,149

 

Online Rankings From November 1 – 27 (Monthly Rankings)

PlayerMonthly CashesMonthly Profit
Raghav Bansal₹55,79,157₹42,19,210
Kumar Sahaj₹50,08,260₹49,56,999
Dhirendra Kumar₹48,79,745₹38,73,288

 

Online Rankings From January 1 – November 27 (Yearly Rankings)

PlayerYearly CashesYearly Profit
Gaurav Sood₹4,08,88,946₹2,01,84,337
Arsh Grover₹3,67,04,172₹1,42,42,231
Sanat Mehrotra₹3,18,14,309₹3,18,11,559

 

Weekly Online Rankings

1. Kumar Sahaj

Weekly Cashes – ₹50,00,000

Weekly Profit – ₹49,89,150

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 66

The WPT Online India proved fertile ground for relative newcomers and emerging players to break out with a shot at some jaw-dropping cash prizes. And the one name that definitely made the cut was Kumar Sahaj. This relatively unknown player came out from behind to outlast a massive 2,573-entry field in the ₹2.5 Crores GTD WPT India Main Event, earning a monstrous ₹50 Lakhs for his career-defining win. The massive payday landed Sahaj on top of the week`s leaderboard rankings while also getting him the #2 spot in the monthly rankings.

Kumar Sahaj
Kumar Sahaj

Top Cashes This Week

– Won Adda52’s WPT India ME Finale ₹2.5 Crores GTD for ₹50 Lakhs on October 22

Kumar Sahaj - Total Profit Graph
Kumar Sahaj – Total Profit Graph

 

 

2. Arjun Pasricha

Weekly Cashes – ₹40,55,881

Weekly Profit – ₹39,13,737

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 428

While Sahaj was the single-biggest winner of the week, it does not take away from Arjun Pasricha`s smashing run. The former Spartan Poker Millionaire championed the ₹2 Crores GTD FTS Main Event to bank a career-best ₹40.01 Lakhs. This, along with the ₹10 Lakhs IPC sponsorship and the 18K gold and diamond-studded medallion, makes the Delhi-based poker pro one of the most profitable players of 2020.

With ₹40.55 Lakhs in recorded winnings, Pasricha sits a close second behind Sahaj on the weekly charts!

Arjun Pasricha
Arjun Pasricha

 

Top Cashes This Week

– Won Spartan Poker’s FTS #19 – Main Event ₹2 Crores GTD for ₹40 Lakhs on November 22

Arjun Pasricha - Total Profit Graph
Arjun Pasricha – Total Profit Graph

 

 

3. PsychG0D

Weekly Cashes – ₹26,98,699

Weekly Profit – ₹26,60,149

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 191

If a relatively unknown Kumar Sahaj won the ₹2.5 Crores GTD WPT India ME Finale, it was the anonymous ‘PsychG0D’ who finished runner-up in the tourney for ₹26.49 Lakhs. For this singularly stellar performance, the player rounds out the top three places on the week’s leaderboard rankings.

Top Cashes This Week

– Runner-up in Adda52’s WPT India ME Finale ₹2.5 Crores GTD for ₹26.49 Lakhs on November 22

PsychG0D - Total Profit Graph
PsychG0D – Total Profit Graph

 

 

Monthly Online Rankings

1. Raghav Bansal

Monthly Cashes – ₹55,79,157

Monthly Profit – ₹42,19,210

Monthly Leaderboard Points – 1,890

MTT phenom Raghav Bansal was outstanding this month. Even though two of his WPT Online wins were not tracked by us due to technical errors, for those not aware, this MTT pro picked up two WPT trophies – in the WPT Big Game and the WPT Thursday Feature, respectively. He also placed runner-up in the ₹30 Lakhs GTD WPT India Mini Highroller for ₹5.10 Lakhs.

Bansal found success outside the WPTOI as well. He finished a close second in Spartan Poker’s ₹1 Crore GTD FTS #11 Highroller for ₹20.78 Lakhs.

He currently sits with ₹55.79 Lakhs in recorded winnings for November, deservedly claiming the #1 spot on the monthly leaderboard.

Raghav Bansal
Raghav Bansal

 

Top Cashes this Month

– 2nd in Spartan Poker’s FTS #11 Highroller ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹20.78 Lakhs on November 21

– 1st in Adda52’s WPT Big Game ₹30 Lakhs GTD for ₹9.67 Lakhs on November 5

– 1st in Adda52’s WPT Thursday Feature ₹30 Lakhs GTD for ₹8 Lakhs on November 20

Raghav Bansal - Total Profit Graph
Raghav Bansal – Total Profit Graph

 

 

2. Kumar Sahaj

Monthly Cashes – ₹50,08,260

Monthly Profit – ₹49,56,999

Monthly Leaderboard Points – N/A

The weekly leaderboard topper Kumar Sahaj sits at #2 behind Bansal in the monthly rankings.

Sahaj couldn’t have asked for a better diving board to poker fame, as he not only won the ₹2.5 Crores GTD WPT India Finale for ₹50 Lakhs but also immortalized his presence in the WPT India circle of trophy winners!

Top Cashes This Month

– 1st in Adda52’s WPT India ME Finale ₹2.5 Crores GTD for ₹50 Lakhs on November 22

Kumar Sahaj - Total Profit Graph
Kumar Sahaj – Total Profit Graph

 

 

3. Dhirendra Kumar

Monthly Cashes – ₹48,79,745

Monthly Profit – ₹38,73,288

Monthly Leaderboard Points – 3,759

Dhirendra Kumar is another player who`s capping off a career-best month of poker results. His breakout run started with the ₹1 Crore GTD FTS #8 Big Game that he won for ₹19.50 Lakhs. Kumar made a valiant run for a second FTS medallion in the FTS #19 Main Event, finishing a commendable third for ₹18.76 Lakhs.

Kumar sits with ₹48.79 Lakhs in winnings this month, enough to get him the #3 spot in the rankings.

Dhirendra Kumar
Dhirendra Kumar

 

Top Cashes This Month

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s FTS #8 – Big Game ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹19.50 Lakhs on November 19

– 3rd in Spartan Poker’s FTS #19 – Main Event ₹2 Crores GTD for ₹18.76 Lakhs on November 22

– 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Crest ₹10 Lakhs GTD for ₹2.21 Lakhs on November 7

Dhirendra Kumar - Total Profit Graph
Dhirendra Kumar – Total Profit Graph

 

Arjun Pasricha (Monthly Cashes: ₹44.15 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal Singh (Monthly Cashes: ₹38.37 Lakhs and Sanat Mehrotra (Monthly Cashes: ₹39.64 Lakhs) are the other top scorers of November.

 

Yearly Online Rankings

  1. Gaurav Sood

Yearly Cashes – ₹4,08,88,946

Yearly Profit – ₹2,01,84,337

Yearly Leaderboard Points – 60,928

Young Gun Gaurav Sood has now completed 29 straight weeks on the top of the annual rankings! Sood had a modest run (by his standards) this week that saw him adding ₹5.95 Lakhs to his tally.

His biggest win was his runner-up finish in the ₹20 Lakhs GTD Diwali Rush-2 Sunday Special SE for ₹2.31 Lakhs. Even with Arsh Grover closing in on him, Sood is a comfortable ₹40+ Lakhs ahead of the competition with ₹4.08 Crores in annual earnings.

Gaurav Sood
Gaurav Sood

Top Cashes This Year

 

– 1st in PokerBaazi’s BPTO Day 2 Main Event ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹18.61 Lakhs on January 1

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s GPS #14 – The Millionaire United ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹17.75 Lakhs on October 4

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #91 PLO High Roller ₹30 Lakhs GTD for ₹11.03 Lakhs on February 8

Gaurav Sood - Total Profit Graph
Gaurav Sood – Total Profit Graph

 

 

2. Arsh Grover

Yearly Cashes – ₹3,67,04,172

Yearly Profit – ₹1,42,42,231

Yearly Leaderboard Points – 55,659

For quite some time, Young Gun Arsh Grover was the only other player apart from Sood sitting with over ₹3 Crores in MTT winnings in 2020. That number has now stretched to seven. Still, Grover continues to enjoy a ~₹60 Lakhs lead over the rest. He added ₹5.44 Lakhs to his tally this week, completing 13 straight weeks at #2 in the annual rankings.

 

Top Cashes This Year

– 3rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #58 The Millionaire Legends ₹2 Crores GTD for ₹27.94 Lakhs on February 2

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s SSS#48 High Roller ₹60 Lakhs GTD for ₹15.11 Lakhs on May 7

– 2nd in Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire United ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹11.41 Lakhs on May 17

Arsh Grover - Total Profit Graph
Arsh Grover – Total Profit Graph

 

 

3. Sanat Mehrotra

Yearly Cashes – ₹3,09,13,309

Yearly Profit – ₹1,09,02,060

Yearly Leaderboard Points – 48,897

Sanat Mehrotra has been a consistent presence in the top 10 of the annual rankings for months now. He has also been a consistent crusher with prestigious titles like the AOPS Mini Main Event, a third-place finish in the IOPC Main Event The Crown, and a runner-up score in Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire to ride on.

Mehrotra catapulted himself to #3 in the annual rankings after a blistering run in PokerBaazi’s ₹50 Lakhs GTD Value Bomb for a whopping ₹9.01 Lakhs!

Sanat Mehrotra
Sanat Mehrotra

 

Top Cashes this Year

– 2nd in Adda52’s AOPS MINI ME Finale for ₹16 Lakhs on June 14

– 3rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #120 – Main Event – The Crown ₹3 Crores GTD for ₹32.20 Lakhs on July 26

– 2nd in Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹9.72 Lakhs on October 25

– 1st in Adda52’s AOPS Mandovi for ₹9.07 Lakhs on May 14

Sanat Mehrotra - Total Profit Graph
Sanat Mehrotra – Total Profit Graph

 

*Due to some technical difficulty, Sanat Mehrotra’s annual cashes and profit had been miscalculated. It has been corrected on December 5, 2020.

Sumit Sapra (Yearly Cashes: ₹3.09 Crores), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish Ahuja (Yearly Cashes: ₹3.05 Crores), and Srihari Bang (Yearly Cashes: ₹3.04 Crores) are the other notable annual scorers.

 

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