Online Rankings: Shashank Shekhar Headlines the Weekly/Monthly Leaderboards; Ashish Munot Extends His Lead in the POY Race

Online Rankings: Shashank Shekhar Headlines the Weekly/Monthly Leaderboards
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  • Attreyee Khasnabis April 15, 2023

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

The final day of PokerBaazi’s National Poker Series India 2023 has arrived, and tensions are high. WPT Prime India`s return to Goa after over three years has caught the domestic circuit’s attention. Still, the NPS has maintained its guarantee-crushing run, albeit less extravagantly than in the first two weeks.

The ‘showstopper killer’ Ashish Munot (annual winnings – ₹2.44 Crores), remaining true to his new moniker, shipped Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller this week, extending his lead in the POY race.

Young Gun Gaurav Sood (annual winnings – ₹2.08 Crores) continues to trail Munot in his bid to win the POY title for a record-extending third time. The poker pro became the second player to cross ₹2 Crores in annual winnings after winning PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR on Tuesday. He needs over ₹35 Lakhs of catching up to do, nothing a massive Sunday score cannot accomplish.

Young Gun Arsh Grover (annual winnings – ₹1.82 Crores) had a quiet week but retained his #3 rank in the yearly standings.

Sunday`s MHW Colossus winner Shashank Shekhar stormed to the top of the monthly and weekly charts (monthly winnings – ₹52.90 Lakhs; weekly winnings – ₹35.66 Lakhs) on the back of his sizzling weekend run.

With an impressive ten FT finishes this month, Ankit Wadhawan (monthly winnings – ₹40.58 Lakhs) has landed himself the #2 slot on the April leaderboard and finished #3 on the weekly charts. Mohammad Azhar‘s (monthly winnings – ₹34.97 Lakhs) splendid run in Spartan Poker`s ITM Blizzard earlier in the month kept him at #3 in the April rankings.

Vivek Singh (weekly winnings – ₹27.15 Lakhs) and Ankit Wadhawan (weekly winnings – ₹26.41 Lakhs) trail Shashank Shekhar at #2 and #3 in the weekly rankings.

Weekly Online Rankings (April 9 – April 15)

PlayerWeekly CashesWeekly Profit
Shashank Shekhar₹35,66,006₹24,25,980
Vivek Singh₹27,14,587₹22,57,328
Ankit Wadhawan₹26,40,560₹18,51,930

 

Monthly Online Rankings (April 1 – April 15)

PlayerMonthly CashesMonthly Profit
Shashank Shekhar₹52,90,032₹42,16,827
Ankit Wadhawan₹40,57,555₹21,18,087
Mohammad Azhar₹34,96,785₹16,50,595

 

Yearly Online Rankings (January 1 – April 15)

PlayerYearly CashesYearly Profit
Ashish Munot₹2,43,46,887₹1,54,83,775
Gaurav Sood₹2,08,35,274₹94,64,354
Arsh Grover₹1,82,42,674₹53,16,358

 

Weekly Online Rankings

1. Shashank Shekhar

Weekly Cashes – ₹35,66,006

Weekly Profit – ₹24,25,980

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 924

Like most circuit regs, Shashank Shekhar is busy attending WPT Prime India in Goa and has already made inroads with an FT finish in ₹50K Freezeout. The tournament reg hit the Sunday jackpot, winning Adda52’s MHW Colossus for ₹26.07 Lakhs.

With ₹35.66 Lakhs in tracked winnings this week (₹24.26 Lakhs in net profits), Shekhar locked in the ‘numero uno’ rank on the weekly charts.

Shashank Shekhar
Shashank Shekhar

 

Top Cashes This Week

– 1st in Adda52’s MHW Colossus for ₹26.07 Lakhs on April 9

– 7th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#92 Super HighRoller for ₹5.31 Lakhs on April 14

– 11th in Adda52’s Top Liners for ₹1.87 Lakhs on April 9

Shashank Shekhar - Total Profit Graph
Shashank Shekhar – Total Profit Graph

 

2. Vivek Singh

Weekly Cashes – ₹27,14,587

Weekly Profit – ₹22,57,328

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 565

Vivek Singh was another Sunday chartbuster, bagging away ₹26.05 Lakhs from two FT scores in Spartan Poker’s ITM #113 Main Event (3rd for ₹14.42 Lakhs) and Adda52’s MHW Colossus (4th for ₹11 Lakhs).

Singh grabs the #2 rank on the weekly leaderboard with ₹27.15 Lakhs in total earnings (₹22.57 Lakhs in profits).

Vivek Singh
Vivek Singh

 

Top Cashes This Week

– 3rd in Spartan Poker’s ITM #113 Main Event for ₹14.43 Lakhs on April 9

– 4th in Adda52’s MHW Colossus for ₹11 Lakhs on April 9

Vivek Singh - Total Profit Graph
Vivek Singh – Total Profit Graph

 

3. Ankit Wadhawan

Weekly Cashes – ₹26,40,560

Weekly Profit – ₹18,51,930

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 729

With three final table scores this week, including a runner-up finish in Adda52’s MHW Colossus, Ankit Wadhawan ranks #3 on the weekly charts.

Wadhawan, an online crusher with a litany of big wins under his belt, accumulated a whopping ₹26.41 Lakhs across the week (₹18.52 Lakhs in profits), falling ₹9.26 Lakhs behind Shashank Shekhar.

Ankit Wadhawan
Ankit Wadhawan

 

Top Cashes This Week

– 2nd in Adda52’s MHW Colossus for ₹22.43 Lakhs on April 9

– 7th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#59 Sunday Kick-off for ₹72,816 on April 9

Ankit Wadhawan - Total Profit Graph
Ankit Wadhawan – Total Profit Graph

 

Kabir Tandon (Weekly Cashes – ₹18.95 Lakhs), Young Gun Gaurav Sood (Weekly Cashes – ₹18.93 Lakhs), and Kunal Bhatia (Weekly Cashes – ₹18.54 Lakhs) were the week’s other top scorers.

 

Monthly Online Rankings

1. Shashank Shekhar

Monthly Cashes – ₹52,90,032

Monthly Profit – ₹42,16,827

Monthly Leaderboard Points – 2,316

Adda52`s latest MHW Colossus champion Shashank Shekhar has everything going for him this month. Just midway into April, he has already reeled in a jaw-dropping ₹52.90 Lakhs (₹42.16 Lakhs in profits).

Shekhar scored a massive seven-figure payday last Sunday and has multiple six-figure finishes this month, including two flagship titles.

Shashank Shekhar
Shashank Shekhar

 

Top Cashes This Month

– 1st in Adda52’s MHW Colossus for ₹26.07 Lakhs on April 9

– 2nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#37 Mini HighRoller for ₹9.18 Lakhs on April 4

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s ITM #90 Thursday Big Turbo for ₹6.91 Lakhs on April 6

Shashank Shekhar - Total Profit Graph
Shashank Shekhar – Total Profit Graph

 

2. Ankit Wadhawan

Monthly Cashes – ₹40,57,555

Monthly Profit – ₹21,18,087

Monthly Leaderboard Points – 3,802

Ankit Wadhawan is second on the monthly leaderboard and achieved the feat in a well-camouflaged manner, with no big titles to show. Wadhawan was present on the final table of multiple big buy-in tournaments of the month and most notably finished runner-up in Adda52’s MHW Colossus.

Wadhawan’s monthly grind saw him gross ₹40.57 Lakhs in total winnings and over half of that, i.e., ₹21.18 Lakhs in net profits.

Ankit Wadhawan
Ankit Wadhawan

 

Top Cashes This Month

– 2nd in Adda52’s MHW Colossus for ₹22.43 Lakhs on April 9

– 2nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#27 Sunday SlamDunk for ₹5.52 Lakhs on April 2

– 5th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #90 Thursday Big for ₹2.17 Lakhs on April 6

Ankit Wadhawan - Total Profit Graph
Ankit Wadhawan – Total Profit Graph

 

3. Mohammad Azhar

Monthly Cashes – ₹34,96,785

Monthly Profit – ₹16,50,595

Monthly Leaderboard Points – 4,316

Last week’s table topper and the former National Poker Series superstar Mohammad Azhar went MIA from the MTTs after his sun-run in Spartan Poker’s India Turbo Masters.

Azhar boasts ₹34.97 Lakhs in total earnings this month (₹49.67 Lakhs in profits), including a title victory, a runner-up finish, and four other FT scores.

Mohammad Azhar
Mohammad Azhar

 

Top Cashes This Month

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s ITM #58 Blizzard for ₹21.03 Lakhs on April 2

– 2nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#13 (7-Max) Friday DeepStack for ₹1.80 Lakhs on April 1

– 6th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #80 Wednesday Supersonic for ₹1.20 Lakhs on April 5

Young Gun Anuj Yadav (Monthly Cashes – ₹30.29* Lakhs), Areyann Gurbaxani (Monthly Cashes – ₹28.99 Lakhs), and Abhimanyu Mittal (Monthly Cashes – ₹28.61 Lakhs) are the other top-ranked players of April.

 

Yearly Online Rankings

1. Ashish Munot

Yearly Cashes – ₹2,43,46,887

Yearly Profit – ₹1,54,83,775

Yearly Leaderboard Points – 12,702

Ashish Munot reigns supreme on the POY rankings with a magnificent ₹35+ Lakhs lead over the #2 ranked Gaurav Sood. The SHR-fiend, Munot, has held the top spot for over one and a half months now, and the likeliness of him getting dethroned anytime soon is slim.

This past week he was not up top much, but won Spartan Poker`s Wednesday High Roller, adding a casual ₹4.18 Lakhs to his annual tally. Munot now has ₹2.43 Crores in annual winnings (₹1.55 Crores in profits)!

Ashish Munot
Ashish Munot

 

Top Cashes This Year

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown for ₹57.73 Lakhs on February 5

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s Sunday High Roller 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

Ashish Munot - Total Profits Graph
Ashish Munot – Total Profits Graph

 

2. Gaurav Sood

Yearly Cashes – ₹2,08,35,274

Yearly Profit – ₹94,64,354

Yearly Leaderboard Points – 27,059

The winningest player on our tracked database, Young Gun Gaurav Sood, is sitting tight on the #2 spot. He finally crossed the ₹2 Crore milestone in annual earnings this week, with ₹2.08 Crores in total earnings (₹94.64 Lakhs in profits), becoming the second player after Ashish Munot to do so.

Sood is ready to pounce back anytime, and his week’s haul of almost ₹18.76 Lakhs is enough to show that he is very much in contention to win the coveted POY title for the third time.

Gaurav Sood
Gaurav Sood

 

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

Gaurav Sood - Total Profits Graph
Gaurav Sood – Total Profits Graph

 

3. Arsh Grover

Yearly Cashes – ₹1,82,42,674

Yearly Profit – ₹53,16,358

Yearly Leaderboard Points – 20,502

Young Gun Arsh Grover had a quiet week and scored a modest ₹1.68 Lakhs. Although Grover boasts over ₹1.82 Crores on his annual tally (₹53.16 Lakhs in profits), retaining his #3 position in the POY standings, he needs to shift gears soon with stiff competition staring down at him!

Arsh Grover
Arsh Grover

 

Top Cashes This Year

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

– 4th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #18 Sunday Titan for ₹6.48 Lakhs on March 5

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

Arsh Grover - Total Profits Graph
Arsh Grover – Total Profits Graph

 

Laksh Pal Singh (Yearly Cashes – ₹1.74 Crores), Ankit Wadhawan (Yearly Cashes – ₹1.73 Crores), and Abhinav Iyer (Yearly Cashes – ₹1.58 Crores) are the other top-ranked players of the year.

 

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