PokerStars India “Star of the Month:” PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat Arya Leads the 2nd Group of 25 Qualifiers in December Race

We’re weeks away from bidding goodbye to 2020, a year that brought on frenzied tournament action on the virtual felts. PokerStars India`s competitive leaderboard race, “Star of the Month,” was launched in October and has already named two “Star of the Month” champions!

Now that we have completed the second week of December, it’s time to take a look at the new batch of 25 qualifiers who have made it to the Leaderboard Finale for the month.

Leading the charge is PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat Arya, who scored in four qualifying tourneys last week to collect 702 TLB points. Arya ended up at #3 in the Week #2 standings behind Ashit Sharma (1,094 points) (already qualified from Week #1) and ‘raghav1990’ (827 points) (not opted-in on Sharkscope). Still, Arya leads a long list of experienced poker pros advancing through to the Finale.

The ₹12 Lakhs GTD Highroller champion Abhijeet Kumar (638 points) trails Arya on the Week #2 standings. Arya’s fellow stable-mate Mithun Mahesh (530 points),Sagar Choudhury (519 points), and Nishant Pandey (498 points) round out the top five on the Leaderboard!

Harsh Kumar Dembla (406 points), Young Gun Arsh Grover (389 points), INCOOP ME champion Sanish Chhabra (348 points), Myron Pereira (331 points), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashutosh Balodhi (296 points), Sandeep Varma (272 points), PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal Singh (266 points), Prashanth Sekar (249 points) and Anirban D Das (217 points), PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal Bajaj (213 points), and Shravan Chhabria (175 points) are among the other notables on the Week #2 qualifiers list.

The “Star of the Month” leaderboard race considers points collected by players through ITM finishes in two daily qualifying events at the site – the 7.30 PM and 10.30 PM tourneys on weekdays and the 5 PM and 10.30 PM tourney on Sunday. The top 25 players each week advance to the monthly Finale. The winner of the 100-player Finale gets the bragging rights of becoming the “Star of the Month” and receives ₹1.15 Lakh in MTT tickets and a PokerStars India goodie bag. The runner-up finisher gets a consolation of ₹35K in MTT tickets.

PokerStars India Star of the Month Leaderboard Standings (December 7 – 13)

Let’s take a look at the top five qualifiers from Week #2 and what got them up there on the standings.

Top 5 Finishers – Week 2

1. Devvrat Arya

Leaderboard Points – 702

PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat Arya cashed in four qualifying tourneys this past week, netting ₹1.44 Lakhs in earnings. He tops the Week #2 leaderboard with 702 TLB points.

Qualifying Scores

-13^th for ₹20,661 in Highroller ₹12 Lakhs GTD on December 10

– 4^th for ₹45,928 in Uppercut MAGIC Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD on December 11

– 3^rd for ₹42,933 in Eliminator ₹5 Lakhs GTD on December 12

– 11^th for ₹34,751 in Sunday Special PKO ₹15 Lakhs GTD on December 13

2. Abhijeet Kumar

Leaderboard Points – 638

Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar was one of the most consistent scorers of the week. His hot run began on Monday itself with a deep run in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale.

He raked in points every day after that all through Thursday, where he championed the ₹12 Lakhs GTD Highroller for ₹2.09 Lakhs after striking a heads-up deal with PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal ‘B00MTilt23’ Singh.

With 638 TLB points, Kumar ranked second behind Arya in the Week #2 standings.

Qualifying Scores

– 25^th for ₹7,558 in Battle Royale ₹5 Lakhs GTD on December 7

– 19^th for ₹5,091 in Sixth Sense ₹5 Lakhs GTD on December 8

– 18^th for ₹4,257 in Night on Stars ₹5 Lakhs GTD on December 9

– 1^st in the Highroller ₹12 Lakhs GTD for ₹2.09 Lakhs on December 10

– 47^th for ₹10,120 in Sunday Special PKO ₹15 Lakhs GTD on December 13

3. Mithun Mahesh

Leaderboard Points – 530

Mithun Mahesh is the second PokerGuru Ambassador on the top five of the Week #2 rankings. Mahesh, who plays as ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ on the site, final tabled two events, most prominently pulling in a third-place score in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Uppercut MAGIC Edition for ₹75,672. Another sixth-place finish in the Sunday Special PKO earned Mahesh a ₹43,250 paycheque, catapulting him to the #3 spot.

Qualifying Scores

– 23^rd for ₹15,694 in Highroller ₹12 Lakhs GTD on December 10

– 3^rd for ₹75,672 in Uppercut MAGIC Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD on December 11

– 6^th for ₹43,250 in Sunday Special PKO ₹15 Lakhs GTD on December 13

4.Sagar Choudhury

Leaderboard Points – 519

Sagar Choudhury is ranked fourth on the weekly leaderboard with 519 TLB points. While Choudhury posted four scores to rally up his TLB points, his sunshine moment came on Sunday when he finished runner-up in the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special PKO for ₹1.25 Lakhs.

Qualifying Scores

– 25^th for ₹4,136 in Sixth Sense ₹5 Lakhs GTD on December 8

– 44^th for ₹3,413 in Uppercut MAGIC Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD on December 11

– 19^th for ₹4,024 in Eliminator ₹5 Lakhs GTD on December 12

– 2nd for ₹1.25 Lakhs in Sunday Special PKO ₹15 Lakhs GTD on December 13

5. Nishant Pandey

Leaderboard Points – 498

Nishant ‘Balaark’ Pandey rounds out the top five on the Week #2 standings. Pandey collected 498 TLB points on the back of two scores. The performance that made a difference was him topping the 320 contenders in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars on Tuesday for ₹79,216.

Qualifying Scores

-26^th for ₹4,136 in Sixth Sense ₹5 Lakhs GTD on December 8

-1^st in the Night on Stars ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹79,216 on December 9

Do Note –

> You need to have a registered account on PokerGuru to enter this leaderboard challenge

> Your profile must be updated with your PokerStars India screenname

> Your PokerStars India screenname must be opted-in on SharkScope (https://www.sharkscope.com/#Screenshot-Opt-In.html/PokerStars.in)

> All TLB points in decimals will be rounded off to the nearest integer

> Prizes will be credited within 72 hours of the completion of the Finale.

> Merchandise will be delivered within 14 working days of the completion of the Finale.

> The tickets will be non-exchangeable and non-transferable.

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