PokerStars India “Star of the Month:” Siddharth Pandey Lands the #1 Rank in the First Week of November 

We’re now onto the second month of the smashing-new “Star of the Month” leaderboard race on PokerStars India. The October Finale that took place on November 4 saw Shailesh Patel topping the 100 qualifiers to become the “Star of the Month” – October and win MTT tickets worth ₹1.15 Lakhs.

With the leaderboard now set afresh for November, the results for Week #1 have come in, and topping the 25 qualifiers who have made it to the November Finale is Siddharth ‘siddonuts’ Pandey. Pandey scored in four qualifying tournaments last week, posting FT finishes in three of them. His best performance was his runner-up finish in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Eliminator on Monday for ₹58,012.

In all, Pandey accumulated 696 points and sits above the likes of Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar (659 points), Young Gun Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta (504 points), Vaibhav ‘vaibsss’ Bhatia (481 points), and Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury (456 points) on the qualifiers list.

For the uninitiated, the “Star of the Month” promotion is a month-long leaderboard race taking place on PokerStars India. Players need to accumulate TLB points from cashing in the two daily qualifying tournaments running on PokerStars India. Players need to finish ITM in the 7.30 PM and 10.30 PM tourneys across the week and the 5 PM and 10.30 PM tournies on Sunday to automatically earn points on the leaderboard. Every week the top 25 players qualify for the Finale that assures tournament tickets worth ₹1.15 Lakhs to the winner and ₹35,000 in MTT tickets to the runner-up.

Here are the top 25 qualifiers from the opening week of November.

PokerStars India Star of the Month Leaderboard Standings (November 2 – 8)

Let`s take a look at the top 5 ranked players on the Week #1 leaderboard of November.

Top 5 Finishers – Week 1

1. Siddharth Pandey

Leaderboard Points – 696

Taking an early leap on the PokerStars India “Star of the Month” November leaderboard race is Siddharth ‘siddonuts’ Pandey. He accrued 696 points to top the 25 qualifiers. Pandey dashed past 317 entries in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Eliminator on Monday, eventually striking a heads-up deal with ‘ASHUTOSHKUMAR’ before finishing runner-up for ₹58,012.

Qualifying Scores

– Runner-up for ₹58,012 in the Eliminator ₹5 Lakhs GTD on November 2

– 16th for ₹6,877 in Sixth Sense ₹5 Lakhs GTD on November 3

– 6th for ₹54,523 in Sunday Special PKO ₹15 Lakhs GTD on November 8

– 7th for ₹4,086 in Bigstack Turbo 1 Lakhs GTD on November 3

2. Armaan Kochhar

Leaderboard Points – 659

Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar has been on a breakout run on PokerStars India since October. He was one of the leaderboard toppers in the October race and takes the #2 rank on the opening week of November.

Kochhar has been putting in a lot of volume on PokerStars India and started picking scores in the qualifying tourneys mid-week onwards. He finished third in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars on November 4 for ₹51,997. Two days later, he won the ₹1 Lakhs GTD Bigstack Turbo for ₹30,488. Kochhar also finished runner-up in another Bigstack Turbo run on November 7, collecting 659 points through the week.

Qualifying Scores

– 3rd for ₹51,997 in Night on Stars ₹5 Lakhs GTD on November 4

– Won the Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakhs GTD for ₹30,488 on November 6

– Runner-up for ₹18,582 in Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakhs GTD on November 7

– 37th for ₹4,756 in Battle Royale ₹6 Lakhs GTD on November 7

– 12^th for ₹2,287 in Sunday Supersonic ₹1 Lakhs GTD on November 8

3. Anmol Mehta

Leaderboard Points – 504

Young Gun Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta is placed third on the Week #1 Leaderboard with 504 points. Mehta finished ITM in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Sixth Sense on Tuesday, but he really pulled ahead after taking down the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars for a ₹89,010 payday on Wednesday. Another 12th place finish in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Uppercut MAGIC Edition on Thursday helped Mehta cement his place in the top three on the leaderboard.

Qualifying Scores

– 38th for ₹3,803 in Sixth Sense ₹5 Lakhs GTD on November 3

– Won Night on Stars ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹89,010 on November 4

– 12th for ₹18,064 in Uppercut MAGIC Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD on November 5

4. Vaibhav Bhatia

Leaderboard Points – 481

An alumnus of IIM Raipur and an entrepreneur, Vaibhav ‘vaibsss’ Bhatia takes up the fourth spot among the 25 players who have made it to the month-ending Finale for November.

Bhatia made two back-to-back top 10 finishes in the ₹1 Lakhs GTD Bigstack Turbo early on, on Monday and Tuesday. He got his first break on Sunday when he placed runner-up in the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special PKO for ₹1.08 Lakhs, adding up an impressive 481 points.

Qualifying Scores

– 10th for ₹2,086 in Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakhs GTD on November 2

– 7th for ₹4,086 in Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakhs GTD on November 3

– Runner-up for ₹1.08 Lakhs in Sunday Special Progressive PKO ₹15 Lakhs GTD on November 8

5. Sagar Choudhury

Leaderboard Points – 456

MTT reg Sagar ‘sagarpupull’ Choudhury rounds out the top 5 list of the Week #1 standing. Choudhury collected a handsome 456 points primarily on the back of his third-place finish in the site’s Monday marquee ₹5 Lakhs GTD Eliminator for ₹37,499. Subsequently, he also finished ITM in prime events like the Sixth Sense and the Uppercut MAGIC Edition through the week.

Qualifying Scores

– 3rd for ₹37,499 in Eliminator ₹5 Lakhs GTD on November 2

– 19th for ₹5,645 in Sixth Sense ₹5 Lakhs GTD on November 4

– 10th for ₹21,238 in Uppercut MAGIC Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD on November 5

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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