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There is a lot more than just pride at stake at PokerStars India`s ongoing “Star of the Month” leaderboard race. There are tournament tickets worth ₹1.50 Lakhs up for grabs, and 25 more players have taken the big step towards winning from that grand prize by qualifying for the November Finale set for December 2.
Young Gun Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood closed out a hugely successful week to top the 25 qualifiers on Week #3 of the November race!
Sood has been in phenomenal form this year, and he collected an impressive 1,111 TLB points on the week’s leaderboard. He did so on the back of five ITM scores – earning a cumulative ₹3.92 Lakhs. Sood’s first significant score came in Wednesday’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars that he championed for ₹95,585. He went on to final table the ₹6 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale on Saturday for ₹37,000, but his high point of the week came in the ₹20 Lakhs GTD Diwali Rush – 02 Sunday Special where he finished runner-up for ₹2.31 Lakhs.
Trailing Sood in the week-ending leaderboard tally are PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘bhasm@sur1’ Arya (731 points), Diwali Rush-02 Sunday Special champion Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu’ Sonu (666 points), Uppercut MAGIC Edition winner Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar (598 points) and Partho ‘SpidermanIndia’ Datta (491 points).
For the uninitiated, the “Star of the Month” promotion is a weekly leaderboard race that awards TLB points to players finishing ITM in two qualifying tourneys every day. So if it’s the 7.30 PM and 11 PM* tourneys across the weekdays, you automatically pick up TLB points by making it ITM in the 5 PM and 11 PM tourneys on Sunday. The 11 pm timeslot is only applicable for the duration of the Diwali Rush series.
For us to track your scores, you need to register an account on PokerGuru as well as be opted-in on Sharkscope. The 100 qualifiers through the four weekly sprints converge for the Finale, where the winner is declared the “Star of the Month” and receives ₹1.15 Lakhs of MTT tickets along with a PokerStars India goodie bag. The runner-up collects ₹35,000 worth of tickets! For more details and the latest leaderboard standings, visit the promotions page.
PokerStars India Star of the Month Leaderboard Standings (November 16 – 22)
Player | Points |
---|---|
Gaurav Sood | 1111 |
Devvrat Arya | 731 |
Abhishek Sonu | 666 |
Abhijeet Kumar | 598 |
Partho Datta | 491 |
Shailesh Kumar Patel | 476 |
Kunal Patni | 324 |
Pratibh Saluja | 365 |
Harsh Kumar Dembla | 344 |
Kapil Arora | 334 |
Himanshu Dwivedi | 310 |
Amit Kaushik | 310 |
Goonjan Mall | 307 |
Deepanjan Das | 305 |
Sreekanth Narayan | 276 |
Sethuram Kannan | 268 |
Rahul Thakur | 245 |
Mohammad Azhar | 238 |
Ashutosh Balodhi | 204 |
Ankit Bawa | 195 |
Siddharth Gangwar | 166 |
Anirban D Das | 165 |
Dhawal Baghel | 161 |
Arpan Majhi | 155 |
Vinod Megalmani | 147 |
We take a look at the top 5 ranked players on the Week #3 leaderboard of November.
Top 5 Finishers – Week 3
Leaderboard Points – 1,111
The reigning annual leaderboard topper Gaurav Sood, aka, ‘3betPanda,’ has a lot of experience dominating leaderboards. The Young Gun from New Delhi picked up five scores (in SOTM qualifying tourneys) last week to collect an impressive 1,111 TLB points – enough to take a commanding lead on the Week #3 leaderboard standings!
Sood had a great start in the November Week #3 race as he placed 12th in the Sixth Sense on Tuesday. He clinched his first big score the very next day when he topped 264 entries to win the Night on Stars for ₹95,585. He also final-tabled the Battle Royale on Saturday before closing the week with a bank with a second-place finish in the Diwali Rush – 02 Sunday Special for ₹2.31 Lakhs.
Qualifying Scores
– 12th for ₹8,378 in Sixth Sense ₹5 Lakhs GTD on November 17
– Won Night on Stars ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹95,585 on November 18
– 27th for ₹20,312 in Uppercut MAGIC Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD on November 19
– 5th for ₹37,000 in Battle Royale ₹6 Lakhs GTD on November 21
– 2nd for ₹2.31 Lakhs in Diwali Rush – 02 Sunday Special ₹20 Lakhs GTD on November 22
1. Devvrat Arya
Leaderboard Points – 731
PokerGuru Ambassador Devvrat ‘bhasm@sur1’ Arya is a distant second to Sood in the Week #3 rankings with 731 TLB points. Much of those points came from his runner-up finish in the Uppercut MAGIC Edition on November 19 for ₹1.02 Lakhs. He went on to add two more final table scores over the week to cement his place at #2 among the 25 qualifiers making it to the Finale.
Qualifying Scores
– 32nd for ₹1,499 in Eliminator ₹5 Lakhs on November 16
– Runner-up for ₹1.02 Lakhs in Uppercut MAGIC Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD on November 19
– 6th for ₹21,656 in Battle Royale ₹6 Lakhs GTD on November 21
– 7th for ₹49,000 in Diwali Rush-02 Sunday Special ₹20 Lakhs GTD on November 22
2. Abhishek Sonu
Leaderboard Points – 666
Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu was the star on the opening day of the Diwali Rush series. He outran a field of 347 entries to win the Diwali Rush-02 Sunday Special for a whopping ₹3.59 Lakhs. The victory catapulted Sonu past several others on the leaderboard race, and combined with his FT finish in the Night on Stars earlier in the week, Sonu takes third place on the Week #3 standings.
Qualifying Scores
– 8th for ₹11,349 in Night on Stars ₹5 Lakhs GTD on November 18
– 1st in the Diwali Rush-02 Sunday Special ₹20 Lakhs GTD for ₹3.59 Lakhs on November 22
3. Abhijeet Kumar
Leaderboard Points – 598
Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar accrued 598 TLB points on Week #3 of the “Star of the Month” – November leaderboard race on the back of five ITM finishes. Kumar’s moment of glory came on Thursday when he championed the Uppercut MAGIC Edition for ₹2.06 Lakhs.
Qualifying Scores
– 42nd for ₹3,775 in Night on Stars ₹5 Lakhs GTD on November 18
– Won the Uppercut MAGIC Edition ₹10 Lakhs GTD for ₹2.06 Lakhs on November 19
– 18th for ₹9,437 in Battle Royale ₹6 Lakhs GTD on November 21
– 39th for ₹19,111 in Diwali Rush-02 Sunday Special ₹20 Lakhs GTD on November 22
4. Partho Datta
Leaderboard Points – 491
Partho ‘SpidermanIndia’ Datta rounds out the top five finishers on the Week #3 standings with 491 TLB points. Datta started strong with an ITM in the Monday marquee ₹5 Lakhs GTD Eliminator. His best performance was his third-place finish in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars worth ₹551,997 on November 18. Datta also placed ninth in the Sunday Special for ₹20,012.
Qualifying Scores
– 22nd for ₹4,088 in Eliminator ₹5 Lakhs GTD on November 16
– 3rd for ₹51,997 in Night on Stars ₹5 Lakhs GTD on November 18
– 9th for ₹20,012 in Diwali Rush-02 Sunday Special ₹20 Lakhs GTD on November 22
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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