PokerStars India “Star of the Month:” Karan Jain, Ranjeet Negi & Vinayak Bajaj Headline the March Week #1 Leaderboard Standings

PokerStars India`s “Star of the Month” (SOTM) mega leaderboard race has begun afresh, and the first batch of 25 qualifiers for March has come in. Guess what? Leading the Week #1 standings is a familiar name in Karan Jain.

The Delhi-based lawyer worked up 992 TLB points on the SOTM leaderboard last week, nothing new for Jain, a consistent winner on PokerStars India. He was one of the toppers in the first month of the SOTM race last October and has made it to the Finale at least twice since – in November and February. This is his fourth time qualifying for the Finale. Last week, Jain took down two-weekday marquees and came runner-up in the third to storm his way into the March Finale.

The Special PKO champion Ranjeet Negi (599 points), Vinayak Bajaj (471 points), Sagar Choudhury (387 points), and Abhishek Chhajer (369 points) were others rounding out the top five positions on the Week #1 leaderboard standings.

The Week #1 qualifiers list includes several other online regs like Partho Datta (367 points), Avijit Jaiswal (359 points), Manish Lakhotia (335 points), Ashit Sharma (281 points), Sreeharsha Boneni (276 points), PokerGuru Ambassadors Devvrat Arya (272 points) and Gokul Raj (269 points), Pranav Khandalkar (265 points), Faiz Alam (263 points), Vaibhav Sharma (235 points), Debneil Mukherjee (230 points), Ritwik Khanna (213 points) and Vaibhav Bhatia (212 points).

All 100 qualifiers from the month-long race will reconvene for the Finale on March 24 (9 PM).

To recap the “Star of the Month” promotion, it’s a leaderboard race that awards players making ITM finishes in two daily qualifying tourneys on PokerStars India TLB points. The events awarding TLB points include the 7.30 PM and the 10.30 PM tourneys running from Monday to Saturday and the 5 PM and 10.30 PM tourneys on Sundays. Each week, the top 25-ranked players on the leaderboard qualify for the month-ending Finale that awards ₹1.15 Lakhs in MTT tickets to the champion and tickets worth ₹35,000 to the runner-up.

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 (February 22 – 28)

Let`s take a look at the top 5 qualifiers on the March Week #1 standings.

1. Karan Jain

Leaderboard Points – 992

Karan ‘999AykA999’ Jain was in phenomenal form last week. He won two marquees and finished runner-up in another flagship to top the Week #1 standings.

Qualifying Scores

– 1st in the Sixth Sense ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹92,186 on February 23

– 1st in the Eliminator ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.01 Lakhs on February 27

– 2nd in the Night on Stars ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹41,701 on February 24

2. Ranjeet Negi

Leaderboard Points – 599

Ranjeet ‘Bedevilforyou’ Negi cashed in three qualifying tourneys and got his most significant win in the Sunday 5 PM flagship, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special PKO.

Qualifying Scores

– 32nd in the Sixth Sense ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹3,356 on February 23

– 22nd in the Night on Stars ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹3,356 on February 24

– 1st in the Sunday Special PKO ₹15 Lakhs GTD for ₹2.54 Lakhs on February 28

3. Vinayak Bajaj

Leaderboard Points – 471

Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj FT-ed two tourneys on the site and min-cashed the third tourney to round out the top three in the leaderboard standings.

Qualifying Scores

– 2nd in the Highroller ₹10 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.57 Lakhs on February 25

– 3rd in the Uppercut ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹39,980 on February 26

– 41st in the Sunday Special PKO ₹15 Lakhs GTD for ₹5,993 on February 28

4. Sagar Choudhury

Leaderboard Points – 387

MTT reg Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury had made it into the February Finale in the last week. He didn`t waste time and accumulated 387 TLB points to take the #4 spot in the Week #1 standings.

Qualifying Scores

– 5th in the Highroller ₹10 Lakhs GTD for ₹67,572 on February 25

– 3rd in the Eliminator ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹47,060 on February 27

– 45th in the Sunday Special PKO ₹15 Lakhs GTD for ₹3,750 on February 28

5. Abhishek Chhajer

Leaderboard Points – 369

Like Choudhury, Abhishek ‘abhiaum’ Chhajer had made it to February Finale in the final week. Chhajer maintained a consistent pace last week by cashing five times to win himself a berth in the March Finale.

Qualifying Scores

– 6th in the Bigstack Turbo ₹70K GTD for ₹3,877 on February 23

– 16th in the Night on Stars ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹4,168 on February 24

– 20th in the Battle Royale ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹3,701 on February 25

– 20th in the Uppercut ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹3,514 on February 26

– 10th in the Eliminator ₹5 Lakhs GTD For ₹9,719 on February 27

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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