Online Rankings: Kripalani Tops Weekly & Monthly Leaderboards; Sood Retains Lead in the Yearly Rankings For 9th Straight Week

In this feature, we bring you to the top three weekly, monthly, and yearly performers every weekend. 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!

The second week of July has been quite eventful! PokerBaazi ran the third edition of its most-popular tournament, the Game Changer ₹2 Crores GTD, and the big winners from this tournament created quite a shakeup in the leaderboards. Triumphing over a 4,486-strong entry field, former PMVS Main Event winner Siddhanth Kripalani claimed the title for a whopping ₹40.02 Lakhs! While Kripalani has featured in our weekly rankings before, this week, for the first time, the pro from Mumbai grabbed the pole position with ₹40.48 Lakhs in weekly winnings. This incredible Game Changer win was also responsible for Kripalani topping the monthly leaderboard, with ₹41.65 Lakhs in winnings, and ₹38.86 Lakhs monthly profits.

Up-and-coming player Shardul Parthasarathi also deserves special mention. Though he lost the Game Changer title to Kripalani, his second-place score of ₹26.48 Lakhs was enough to get him to second place on both the weekly and monthly charts.

Young Gun Gaurav Sood may have left behind the career of becoming a dental surgeon, but his decision to pursue professional poker has undoubtedly paid off. Currently, the only player in the country with over ₹2 Crores in online winnings for 2020 (domestic sites), Sood retains his dominance on the yearly leaderboards for the ninth week straight!

Online Rankings From July 4 – 10 (Weekly Rankings)

Online Rankings From July 1 – 10 (Monthly Rankings)

Online Rankings From January 1 – 10 (Yearly Rankings)

Weekly Online Rankings

1. Siddhanth Kripalani

Weekly Cashes: ₹40,48,646

Weekly Profit: ₹38,88,122

Weekly Leaderboard Points: 274

Mumbai-based player Siddhanth Kripalani makes his third appearance in our weekly rankings. He had first made it to the top five during the week between March 28 to April 3 after winning his first Spartan Poker’s Destiny title on April 1. He bettered his position to the third spot the following week between April 4 to 10, becoming the first player ever to win back-to-back Destiny titles on April 8. Nearly three months later, Kripalani finally topped the weekly rankings by becoming the third PokerBaazi Game Changer champion on July 5. His bankroll received a massive boost, amounting to ₹40 Lakhs, which also happens to be his career-best score to date.

Top Cashes This Week

– Won PokerBaazi’s Game Changer 3.0 ₹2 Crores GTD for ₹40 Lakhs on July 5

2. Shardul Parthasarathi

Weekly Cashes: ₹26,90,580

Weekly Profit: – ₹25,45,311

Weekly Leaderboard Points: 219

While Kripalani topped the weekly rankings, his heads-up opponent in the Game Changer 3.0, Shardul Parthasarathi, occupies the second spot. The 27-year-old banked a personal-best ₹26.48 Lakhs, taking his weekly profits to ₹25.45 Lakhs. This is the second time that Parthasarathi has made it into the top weekly rankings. He had previously taken the second spot during the week between April 25 to May 1, after he had shipped Adda52’s Godfather ₹25 Lakhs GTD on April 30.

Top Cashes This Week

– Runner-up in PokerBaazi’s Game Changer 3.0 ₹2 Crores GTD for ₹26.48 Lakhs on July 5

3. Chirag Sodha

Weekly Cashes: ₹13,10,677

Weekly Profit: ₹9,49,873

Weekly Leaderboard Points: 2,096

Poker room operator Chirag Sodha is another returning pro. After the well-known player had shipped the Adda52’s first-ever Full House ₹1 Crore GTD for a career-best score of ₹25 Lakhs, he had topped the weekly rankings between April 25 to May 1. This week, he placed third after accruing ₹13.10 Lakhs in weekly winnings, and unlike the top two, Sodha earned his place from four FT finishes. His biggest score of the week was the ₹4.10 Lakhs that he won on July 9 on the ₹20 Lakhs GTD AOPS PLO High Roller.

Top Cashes This Week

– Runner-up in Adda52’s AOPS PLO HighRoller ₹20 Lakhs GTD for ₹4.10 Lakhs on July 8

– Won PokerStars India’s Sunday HighRoller 15 Lakhs GTD for ₹3.05 Lakhs on July 5

– Won PokerBaazi’s PMVS#3 the Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTD for ₹2.43 Lakhs on July 8

– Finished 8th in Adda52’s AOPS Hold’em HighRoller ₹50 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.38 Lakhs on July 10

Guneet Kwatra (Weekly Cashes: ₹12.28 Lakhs), Sriharsha Doddapaneni (Weekly Cashes: ₹10.03 Lakhs and Devang Yadav (Weekly Cashes: ₹9.38 Lakhs) were the other notable weekly scorers.

Monthly Online Rankings

1. Siddhanth Kripalani

Monthly Cashes: ₹41,64,571

Monthly Profit: ₹38,86,155

Monthly Leaderboard Points: 755

Taking down PokerBaazi’s The Game Changer 3.0 predictably propelled Siddhanth Kripalani to the top of both the weekly and monthly leaderboards. With ₹41.64 Lakhs in winnings this month, he has nearly 33% more in winnings than the next ranked player.

Top Cashes This Month

– Won PokerBaazi’s Game Changer 3.0 ₹2 Crores GTD for ₹40 Lakhs on July 5

2. Shardul Parthasarathi

Monthly Cashes: ₹27,79,958

Monthly Profit: – ₹25,10,132

Monthly Leaderboard Points: 775

Like Kripalani, Shardul Parthasarathi, too, secured the second position on the monthly leaderboard, following his runner-up finish in the Game Changer 3.0. The rising star netted ₹27.79 Lakhs in monthly earnings, taking his overall online record to ₹1.69 Crores.

Top Cashes This Month

– Runner-up in PokerBaazi’s Game Changer 3.0 ₹2 Crores GTD for ₹26.48 Lakhs on July 5

– Runner-up in PokerStars India’s Night on Stars ₹8 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.30 Lakhs on July 1

3. Gaurav Sood

Monthly Cashes: ₹14,31,336

Monthly Profit: ₹9,26,355

Monthly Leaderboard Points: 2,519

Young Gun Gaurav Sood has become a permanent fixture in our yearly leaderboards, however, in this edition of the ‘Online Rankings’, he managed to make it into the top three of the monthly rankings. Having posted four final table scores so far in July, Sood has already garnered ₹14.31 Lakhs in winnings this month.

Top Cashes This Month

– Runner-up in Spartan Poker’s Destiny ₹30 Lakhs GTD for ₹6.03 Lakhs on July 1

– 5th in Spartan Poker’s The Elite (6-Max) ₹30 Lakhs GTD for ₹2.49 Lakhs on July 3

– 3rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC#7 Monster Stack ₹8 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.25 Lakhs on July 9

Chirag Sodha (Monthly Cashes: ₹13.78 Lakhs), Guneet Kwatra (Monthly Cashes: ₹13.48 Lakhs and Sriharsha Doddapaneni (Monthly Cashes: ₹13.15 Lakhs) were the other notable monthly scorers.

Yearly Online Rankings

1. Gaurav Sood

Yearly Cashes: ₹2,49,18,090

Yearly Profit: ₹1,29,40,727

Yearly Leaderboard Points: 38,063

For nine weeks straight, Gaurav Sood has dominated the annual winnings leaderboard. The 24-year-old, who began playing poker professionally a little over a year ago, has already made quite an impression on the domestic circuit.

Sood’s most notable score for July came in Spartan Poker’s Destiny ₹30 Lakhs GTD, where he finished runner-up for ₹6.03 Lakhs on July 1. His recorded online earnings stand tall ₹4.66 Crores, ₹2.49 Crores of which he has earned this year alone.

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. Anurag Srivastava

Yearly Cashes: ₹1,96,14,573

Yearly Profit: ₹90,28,923

Yearly Leaderboard Points: 31,345

With ₹1.96 Crores in yearly winnings, Anurag Srivastava is hot on Sood’s heels in second place. The soft-spoken pro had stormed his way to the top on the annual leaderboard in February, after his emphatic victory in Spartan Poker’s IOPC Millionaire Main Event for ₹60.34 Lakhs. He is still the biggest Millionaire champion to-date. His recorded online score presently amounts to ₹3.68 Crores.

Top Cashes This Year

– Won Spartan Poker’s IOPC #98 The Millionaire Main Event ₹3 Crores GTD for ₹60.34 Lakhs on February 9

– Won Spartan Poker’s Destiny 35 Lakhs GTD for ₹12.26 Lakhs on March 25

– Won Adda52’s AOPS Millions ₹30 Lakhs GTD for ₹8.92 Lakhs February 9

3. Srihari Bang

Yearly Cashes: ₹1,91,79,084

Yearly Profit: ₹72,39,335

Yearly Leaderboard Points: 37,017

One of the top online scorers last year, Srihari Bang, has persisted with his phenomenal form in 2020. Between the week of June 20 to 27, Bang had dropped from the third spot to fourth, but the very next week, he was back in the top three. This past week, Bang picked up five final table finishes, taking his lifetime online cashes to ₹3.26 Crores.

Top Cashes This Year

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

– Runner-up in Adda52’s Holdem Highroller ₹30 Lakhs GTD GTD for ₹6.77 Lakhs on February 14

– Won Adda52’s AOPS Millions ₹20 Lakhs GTD for ₹5.99 Lakhs on June 28

Anant Purohit (Yearly Cashes: ₹1.91 Crores), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish Ahuja (Yearly Cashes: ₹1.91 Crores) and PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh Chadha (Yearly Cashes: ₹1.90 Crores) were the other notable yearly scorers.

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