Online Rankings: Temani’s IOPC The Crown Win Places Him on Top of the Weekly Charts; Lakhotia Extends Lead on Annual Leaderboard for 8th Week

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It’s been an action-packed week on the virtual felts. While the Indian Online Poker Championship (IOPC) concluded its 11th edition, the Asian Poker Tour (APT) Online India and World Poker Tour Online India (WPTOI) series commenced their second editions.

The biggest guaranteed tourney of the week was the ₹3.50 Crores GTD IOPC The Crown, and the ultimate champion Vaibhav Temani emerged as the week’s top scorer. The Bengaluru-based player overcame a 1:10 chip deficit against poker mastermind Aditya Agarwal to claim the ₹58.02 Lakhs (cumulative) top prize.

Despite missing out on securing the IOPC The Crown title, Aditya Agarwal’s runner-up finish put him in the #2 position on the weekly rankings. Young Gun Siddhanth Kripalani secured the #3 rank.

The annual rankings witnessed a minute change. While Manish Lakhotia continued to top the rankings for an eighth consecutive week, Young Gun Gaurav Sood’s spectacular weekly performance saw him edge ahead of PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal Singh to claim the #2 rank. Singh dropped down to #3.

Online Rankings from July 30 – August 6 (Weekly Rankings)

Online Rankings from January 1 – August 6 (Yearly Rankings)

Weekly Online Rankings

1. Vaibhav Temani

Weekly Cashes – ₹58,13,351

Weekly Profit – ₹56,68,150

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 794

Having claimed the grand prize of the IOPC July edition, the diamond-studded gold crown, for shipping the ₹3.50 Crores GTD IOPC The Crown, Vaibhav Temani banked a life-altering ₹58.02 Lakhs (cumulative) top prize!

This single score was good enough to book the 33-year-old the top spot on the weekly leaderboard. Unsurprisingly, he also topped the weekly profit with ₹56.68 Lakhs.

Top Cashes This Week

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #138 – The Crown ₹3.5 Crores GTD for ₹58.02 Lakhs on August 1

2. Aditya Agarwal

Weekly Cashes – ₹36,85,433

Weekly Profit – ₹34,03,662

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 1,113

India’s poker pioneer, Aditya Agarwal, who had been missing from the virtual felts as he was busy preparing for the upcoming 2021 WSOP, returned to the felts with a bang. Dominating the final table action of the IOPC The Crown, Agarwal was the favorite to take down the title. While he eventually missed out, he still pocketed the ₹33.20 Lakhs runner-up payout.

Expectedly, the poker coach secured the second spot on the weekly leaderboard with ₹36.85 Lakhs in weekly winnings (₹34.03 Lakhs in profit).

Top Cashes This Week

– 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #138 – The Crown ₹3.5 Crores GTD for ₹36.14 Lakhs on August 1

3. Siddhanth Kripalani

Weekly Cashes – ₹25,81,919

Weekly Profit – ₹19,06,749

Weekly Leaderboard Points – 1,583

Young Gun Siddhanth Kripalani ended the week in #3 rank with three massive scores under his belt.

The former IOPC The Millionaire United champion was hunting for his second IOPC title in the IOPC The Crown. He dropped out in fourth place for ₹16.67 Lakhs. Kripalani picked up FT finishes in PokerBaazi’s APT#35 Super Highroller (5th for ₹5.17 Lakhs) and Adda52’s WPT Superstack Classic (6th for ₹1.13 Lakhs).

Siddhanth Kripalani registered ₹25.81 Lakhs in weekly earnings (₹19.06 Lakhs in profit).

Top Cashes This Week

– 3rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #138 – The Crown ₹3.5 Crores GTD for ₹17.02 Lakhs on August 1

– 5th in PokerBaazi’s APT#35 Super Highroller ₹80 Lakhs GTD for ₹5.17 Lakhs on August 6

– 6th in Adda52’s WPT Superstack Classic ₹30 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.13 Lakhs on August 6

PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun Mahesh (Weekly Cashes – ₹25.19 Lakhs), Young Gun Gaurav Sood (Weekly Cashes – ₹25.01 Lakhs), and PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit Wadhawan (Weekly Cashes – ₹23.91 Lakhs) are the other top-ranked players on the weekly leaderboard.

Yearly Online Rankings

1. Manish Lakhotia

Yearly Cashes – ₹2,92,13,798

Yearly Profit – ₹93,20,255

Yearly Leaderboard Points – 56,347

It’s been eight consecutive weeks now that Manish Lakhotia has dominated the annual rankings.

The Siliguri-based pro, yet again, had a relatively quiet week, with just three deep runs, the most significant of which was his runner-up finish in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO on August 1.

Garnering ₹7.45 Lakhs in weekly cashes, Manish Lakhotia now has ₹2.92 Crores in annual winnings (₹93.2 in profit). Lakhotia is fast approaching the ₹3 Crores-mark in yearly winnings, and given his good form, he may well achieve this milestone by the end of August (if not before).

Top Cashes This Year

– 2nd in Adda52’s Adda52 DOPT Main Event ₹1.5 Crores GTD for ₹17.93 Lakhs on June 13

– 1st in PokerBaazi’s APT Championship ₹40 Lakhs GTD for ₹12.15 Lakhs on January 21

– 3rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#36 NPS (6-Max) Super Highroller ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹10.74 Lakhs on June 17

2. Gaurav Sood

Yearly Cashes – ₹2,75,89,484

Yearly Profit – ₹1,25,69,034

Yearly Leaderboard Points – 41,757

On the heels of a spectacular weekly performance, Young Gun Gaurav Sood is back on the #2 rank after a two-week break.

The dentist-turned-poker pro picked up six big scores throughout the week, including a title win in PokerBaazi’s APT#22 Championship Event on August 4. August 3 also turned out to be an excellent day for the poker genius as he registered back-to-back runner-up finishes in Adda52’s WPT Tuesday Feature and APT#19 (6MAX) Turbo.

Gaurav Sood presently has ₹2.75 Crores in yearly earnings (₹1.25 Crores in profit) and trailed Manish Lakhotia by ₹16.24 Lakhs.

Top Cashes This Year

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹14.51 Lakhs on April 18

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s FTS#2 – Kick-off ₹75 Lakhs GTD for ₹14.39 Lakhs on March 7

– 1st in PokerBaazi’s APT#22 Championship Event ₹50 Lakhs GTD for ₹12.06 Lakhs on August 6

3. Laksh Pal Singh

Yearly Cashes – ₹2,70,12,825

Yearly Profit – ₹1,47,27,434

Yearly Leaderboard Points – 32,174

PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal Singh had an active week on the virtual felts and did pick up some big scores, but it wasn’t enough to retain his #2 spot on the annual leaderboard. He raked in ₹13.38 Lakhs in weekly cashes (₹5.40 Lakhs in profit) and dropped down to rank #3.

Despite coming in at #3 on the annual cashes leaderboard with ₹2.70 Crores in yearly winnings, the Young Gun is still on top of the yearly profit rankings with ₹1.47 Crores in profit.

Top Cashes This Year

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #117 – The Crown ₹3.5 Crores GTD for ₹53.12 Lakhs on February 1

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series #8 – High Roller ₹50 Lakhs GTD for ₹17.24 Lakhs on May 6

– 1st in Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹14.47 Lakhs on April 11

Kunal Patni (Yearly Cashes – ₹2.24 Crore), Anirban D Das (Yearly Cashes –₹2.17 Crore), and Young Gun Arsh Grover (Yearly Cashes – ₹2.13 Crore) are the other top-ranked players on the annual leaderboard.

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