PokerStars India “Star of the Month:” PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun Mahesh Tops Week #1 Standings in February Race

The clock has reset in PokerStars India’s “Star of the Month” (SOTM) leaderboard race, with the promotion entering its fifth-month last week. On January 27, Himanshu Dwivedi championed the 100-player January Finale to become the first “Star of the Month” in 2021.

MTT players on PokerStars India had two qualifying tourneys daily to collect TLB points for a shot at making it into the top 25 on February Week #1 standings. PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun Mahesh, who has made it into the SOTM Finale every month, barring November, topped the Week #1 charts on the back of his roaring performance last week. He won two primetime tourneys on PokerStars India, starting with the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Sixth Sense on January 26 and the Eliminator PKO on Saturday to collect 769 TLB points.

Mithun is a reasonable distance ahead of the #2 ranked Anirban D. Das (575 points), the Week #2 topper last month. Aman Bhadu (548 points), Armaan Kochhar (534 points), and PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat Arya (474 points) fill up the top five spots on the February Week #1 standings.

Given its structure, the “Star of the Month” leaderboard inevitably has some of the country’s best poker players vying for the title. And this time as well, a long list of top regs has qualified for the Finale. The list includes Utsav Taneja (367 points), Sahil Mahboobani (345 points), Sagar Choudhury (340 points), Bharath Kumar (278 points), Sandeep Varma (272 points), Ayush Garg (267 points), Vaibhav Bhatia (257 points), Rishab Jain (240 points) and Young Gun Gaurav Sood (224 points).

The “Star of the Month” – December, Siddharth Gangwar, who had topped the Week #1 standings last month, also features on the list of qualifiers with 372 points.

To refresh the “Star of the Month” promotion, this is a mega leaderboard race that ranks players basis their ITM scores in two qualifying tourneys running daily on PokerStars India at – 7.30 PM and 10.30 PM from Monday to Saturday – and 5 PM and 10.30 PM on Sundays. Each week, the top 25 ranked players advance to the month-ending Finale. The winner of the 100-player Finale is named the “Star of the Month” and collects ₹1.15 Lakhs worth in MTT tickets and a PokerStars branded goodie bag. The runner-up receives MTT tickets worth ₹35,000.

Do note: Players need to have a registered account on PokerGuru and are required to be opted-in on Sharkscope to be eligible for the promotion. For more details and the latest leaderboard standings, visit the promotions page.

PokerStars India Star of the Month Leaderboard Standings (January 25 – 31)

Let’s take a look at the top 5 qualifiers for Week # February 1.

1. Mithun Mahesh

Leaderboard Points – 769

The ₹25 Lakhs GTD Winter Series – 30 Highroller SE champion PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun Mahesh is vying to become the second player from PokerGuru Staking (after Ashish Munot) to win the “Star of the Month” title. He won two titles this past week to take a commanding lead on the Week #1 standings!

Qualifying Scores

– 1st in the Eliminator PKO ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹93,310 on January 30

– 1st in the Sixth Sense ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹92,186 on January 26

2. Anirban D. Das

Leaderboard Points – 575

Delhi-based MTT specialist Anirban’ nocluewho’ D. Das is another familiar name on the leaderboard. He had topped the Week #2 rankings last month and makes an early entry in the February Finale.

Qualifying Scores

– 34th in the Sunday Special PKO ₹15 Lakhs GTD for ₹5,438 on January 31

– 29th in the Eliminator ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹1,194 on January 30

– 3rd in the Bigstack Turbo ₹70K GTD for ₹8,959 on January 30

– 27th in the Uppercut ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹3,196 on January 29

– 12th in the Highroller ₹10 Lakhs GTD for ₹17,850 on January 28

– 25th for ₹2,703 in Night on Stars ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹2,703 on January 27

– 3rd in the Bigstack Turbo ₹75K GTD for ₹9,903 on January 26

– 17th in the Battle Royale ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹4,319 on January 25

3. Aman Bhadu

Leaderboard Points – 548 points

Aman’ zontory’ Bhadu is a new addition at the top of the leaderboard. He made a top-3 finish in two primetime tourneys on PokerStars India last week to collect 548 TLB points.

Qualifying Scores

– 2nd in the Sunday Special PKO ₹15 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.16 Lakhs on January 31

– 3rd in the Uppercut ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹30,330 on January 29

4. Armaan Kochhar

Leaderboard Points – 534 points

Delhi-based Armaan’ Armaan007111’ Kochhar is a well-known online reg most notorious for the insane volume he puts on the site. Kochhar is again a returning playing on the leaderboard and enjoyed an eventful week.

Qualifying Scores

– 18th in the Sunday Special PKO ₹15 Lakhs GTD for ₹10,828 on January 31

– 3rd in the Eliminator PKO ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹1,194 on January 30

– 8th in the Sixth Sense ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹12,435 on January 26

– 30th in the Battle Royale ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹3,357 on January 25

– 3rd in Bigstack Turbo ₹75K GTD for ₹9,599 on January 25

5. Devvrat Arya

Leaderboard Points – 474 points

PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat Arya is the second player from PokerGuru Staking to make the top-five list and given his recent form, a strong contender for the February title.

Qualifying Scores

– 44th in the Eliminator PKO ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹1,792 on January 30

– 8th in the Uppercut ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹7,566 on January 29

– 4th in the Highroller ₹10 Lakhs GTD for ₹89,474 on January 28

– 5th in the Sixth Sense ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹25,460 on January 26

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.

Keep following PokerGuru for more updates from the PokerStars India’ Star of the Month’ Leaderboard race!