Sahil Chutani Wins IOPC#69 Legends on Spartan Poker For ₹44.05 Lakhs; Strikes Heads-up Deal With Raghav Bansal (2nd For ₹43.12 Lakhs)

Sahil Chutani, Raghav Bansal
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  • Attreyee Khasnabis January 31, 2022
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The final Sunday of January was an explosive one for MTT players! Just as the 12th edition of the IOPC entered the business end of its run, the APT India Online Series returned on PokerBaazi for its third edition, setting up a Sunday extravaganza unlike any other we have seen so far this year.

The day`s biggest story came out from the 2 Crores GTD IOPC #69 Legends, where grabbing the headlines was none other than the recent IOPC High Roller champion Young Gun Sahil Chutani. The cash game reg won the flagship title for a career-best 44.05 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with Raghav Bansal (2nd for 43.12 Lakhs). Vinay B pocketed 20.76 Lakhs in third place.

Rising Star Ritwik Khanna made the long Sunday winner`s list for taking down the IOPC #66 – Sunday Prime for 13.58 Lakhs. Young Gun Arsh Grover came second for 8.56 Lakhs.

Bhanu Prakash KC (IOPC #67 – Sunday Spotlight for 5.15 Lakhs), Vidwath Shetty (IOPC #70 PKO for 1.63 Lakhs), and Chaitanya Dhingra (Won IOPC #64 – DST for 1.55 Lakhs) won the other IOPC titles.

Anurag Srivastava bagged his first APT trophy in APT#4 Sunday Major for 7.08 Lakhs, just as Parth Aggarwal finished runner-up for 4.96 Lakhs.

Amit Tejura (Won APT#2 Monsterstack for 3.11 Lakhs), Nishaanth Shanmughasundaram (Won APT#1 Kickoff for 3.09 Lakhs), Nitin Rawat (Won APT#6 Turbo 6-Max for 1.22 Lakhs) and Rishab Malik (Won APT#3 Turbo 6-Max for 92,831) shipped the other APT India titles yesterday.

The three-time The Millionaire winning Young Gun, Anuj Yadav, went on a tear last night and won two flagship titles, Adda52 Millions (6.30 Lakhs) and PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller (2.13 Lakhs). He cashed another two events, altogether pocketing 10.38 Lakhs, his Sunday run pushing him across the 7 Crore-mark in recorded winnings.

Vishal Singh came out on top in Adda52’s Mega Suits and won 6.07 Lakhs.

Md Zeeshan took down PokerStars India’s Sunday Special – Progressive KO for 2.42 Lakhs.

Poker coach Abhishek Goindi (12.94 Lakhs), Young Gun Kanchan Sharma (12.08 Lakhs), and Mohammad Azhar (11.05 Lakhs) were the other breakout winners last night and posted numerous deep runs for seven-figure payouts.

Shawn Jose, Ashish Kumar, Karan Malhotra, Tapan Mansotra, Sanchit Anand, and Biplob Rana won the other Sunday majors.

Here are the Sunday highlights!

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Spartan Poker

The 2 Crores GTD IOPC #69 – Legends lit up the Day 11 schedule at the ongoing series. The 27,500 buy-in event logged in a total of 1,149 entries across four flights, creating a 2.87 Crores prize pool. Among the 156 survivors (123 unique stacks) who made it through to Day 2, only 151 runners received payouts.

After a little over five hours of play on Day 2, Young Gun Sahil ‘$lim$hady19’ Chutani shipped the event for a jaw-dropping 44.05 Lakhs, picking up his second IOPC title in three days! On Thursday, the cash game reg had won IOPC #49 – High Roller for a career-best 23.20 Lakhs and ended up improving upon his record.

Sahil Chutani
Sahil Chutani

 

Sahil Chutani cashed another four events, altogether adding 45.44 Lakhs. His Sunday haul has pushed Chutani to the top of the monthly/annual leaderboard standings!

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #69 Legends for 44,05,871

> 4th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special – Progressive KO for 1,14,201

> 29th in Adda52’s Mega Suits for 16,445

> 47th in PokerBaazi’s APT#2 Monsterstack for 7,077

Sahil Chutani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 4.35 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 2.32 Crores | Ranks #1 in the Monthly/Annual Leaderboard Standings

Kolkata-born poker pro Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal came close to shipping IOPC #69 – Legends but ultimately settled for 43.12 Lakhs in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal. He closed out his Sunday grind with 44.09 Lakhs in cumulative cashes on the back of four ITM finishes, which include:

Raghav Bansal
Raghav Bansal

 

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #69 – Legends for 43,70,478

> 31st in Adda52’s Mega Suits for 16,445

> 16th in PokerBaazi’s APT#2 Monsterstack for 16,008

> 77th in PokerBaazi’s APT#1 Kickoff for 6,615

Vinay ‘ConCrete’ B was also among the breakout Sunday winners and raked in 20.76 Lakhs through five ITM finishes. His deep runs include:

Vinay B
Vinay B

 

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #69 – Legends for 20,25,113

> 54th in PokerBaazi’s APT#4 Sunday Major for 16,031

> 39th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #67 – Sunday Spotlight for 13,353

> 24th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #68 – Wanderer for 12,862

> 24th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for 9,212

Rising Star Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna raced past a 702-entry field in the 50 Lakhs GTD IOPC#66 – Sunday Prime to claim the lion’s share of the 70.20 Lakhs prize pool worth 13.58 Lakhs. Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover secured a runner-up payout worth 8.56 Lakhs.

Ritwik Khanna
Ritwik Khanna

 

Ritwik Khanna scored in seven events, filling in 15.37 Lakhs in Sunday earnings.

His ITM finishes include

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #66 – Sunday Prime for 13,58,370

> 31st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #69 – Legends for 1,28,401

> 32nd in Adda52’s Mega Suits for 16,445

> 15th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #64 – DST for 13,024

> 103rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #68 – Wanderer for 10,948

> 53rd in PokerBaazi’s APT#2 Monsterstack for 7,077

> 37th in PokerBaazi’s APT#3 (6-MAX) Turbo for 2,850

Ritwik Khanna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 4.53 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 1.20 Crores

Arsh Grover banked 9.58 Lakhs across six events. His ITM finishes include:

Arsh Grover
Arsh Grover

 

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC#66 – Sunday Prime for 8,56,440

> 71st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #69 – Legends for 65,493

> 57th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #68 – Wanderer for 13,974

> 26th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #64 – DST for 8,624

> 89th in PokerBaazi’s APT#4 Sunday Major for 8,602

> 61st in PokerBaazi’s APT#5 Megastack for 5,854

The 40 Lakhs GTD IOPC#68 – Wanderer clocked in 5,562 entries across nine starting flights, posting a 44.50 Lakhs prize pool. The 880 buy-in event was taken down by the mystery user ‘The Clairvoyant’ for 3.52 Lakhs. A four-way deal saw ‘centurion17’ (2nd for 3.51 Lakhs), ‘Pokerbaaz579’ (3rd for 3.34 Lakhs), and Abhijeet ‘TheSupremeOne’ Kumar (4th for 3.11 Lakhs) banking the other top payouts.

The 20 Lakhs GTD IOPC#67 – Sunday Spotlight locked in 276 entries, collecting a 26.70 Lakhs prize pool. The two-time IOPC leaderboard topper Bhanu ‘ikiru’ Prakash KC won the event for 5.15 Lakhs, climbing to #3 in the leaderboard standings. Akshat ‘doubledown’ Sharma came second for 3.24 Lakhs.

Bhanu Prakash KC
Bhanu Prakash KC

 

Akshat Sharma cashed in seven events, picking up 4.14 Lakhs overall. His ITM finishes include:

Akshat Sharma
Akshat Sharma

 

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #67 – Sunday Spotlight for 3,24,733

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #65 – Monster Stack for 23,454

> 34th in PokerBaazi’s APT#4 Sunday Major for 21,896

> 14th in PokerBaazi’s APT#5 Megastack for 18,398

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s APT#3 (6-MAX) Turbo for 14,364

> 138th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #68 – Wanderer for 6,765

> 29th in IOPC #70 – PKO for 5,038

Starting at 11 PM, the 8.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #70 PKO registered 945 entrants, filling in a 9.45 Lakhs prize pool. The top 87 places got paid, and play culminated after 7 AM. Vidwath ‘QU@ANTUM’ Shetty was the last player standing and won 1.63 Lakhs after beating ‘dcking13’ (2nd for 1.01 Lakhs) in the heads-up showdown. Another two cashes helped Shetty collect 2.51 Lakhs, boosting his online tally to 2.05 Crores.

Vidwath Shetty
Vidwath Shetty

 

The 7.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC#64 – DST generated a profitable 8.80 Lakhs prize pool after 440 challengers bought in for 2,200. The top 31 finishers landed in the money zone. Chaitanya ‘baz’ Dhingra walked away with the title and 1.55 Lakhs in prize money following a three-way deal with ‘ChunnuDon’ (2nd for 1.33 Lakhs), and Tanmay ‘Tandroid’ Bhalerao (3rd for 1.11 Lakhs).

Chaitanya Dhingra
Chaitanya Dhingra

 

The 6.75 Lakhs GTD IOPC #65 – Monster Stack logged in 974 entrants who bought in for 880, and the top 87 finishers got a share from the 7.79 Lakhs prize pool. The user ‘Houseplayer’ won the title for 1.49 Lakhs after defeating Ajay ‘ajay2706’ Saharan (2nd for 92,881) heads-up.

Ankit ‘ON_MY_MAC’ Bajaj (8,530 points) reclaimed the #1 position on the IOPC leaderboard yesterday, while Vinay ‘BeepBeepImaJeep’ Rajpal (8,518 points) dropped down to #2. The IOPC#67 Sunday Spotlight champion Bhanu ‘ikiru’ Prakash KC (8,168 points) has moved to #3 in the standings, where he will be looking to top the IOPC Leaderboard for a record-entending third time!

IOPC Leaderboard Standings After Day 11

RankPlayerPoints
1Ankit ‘ON_MY_MAC’ Bajaj 8,530
2Vinay 'BeepBeepImaJeep' Rajpal8,518
3ikiru8,168
4NoConnection7,611
5Mohit 'thejoker' Mehta7,189
6Vikram 'MentalScience' Mishra7,166
7Mohammad 'Cupid stunt' Azhar7,151
8Kritagya 'Kritagya_1703' Sharma7,076
9Siddarth 'PeterPunter' Singhvi7,028
10Tanmay 'Tandroid' Bhalerao6,736

‘puffpuffpass’ (Won Sunday Night Rider 1.25 Lakhs GTD for 33,180), Biplob ‘hellhell’ Rana (Won Sunday Deep Freeze 75K GTD for 22,500), ‘Abakasa’ (Won The Centurion 50K GTD for 10,202), and ‘KKKKA’ (Won Striker 18K GTD for 4,680) shipped the other Spartan Poker marquees.

 

PokerBaazi

The third edition of the much-awaited 7 Crores GTD APT Online Series India kicked off on PokerBaazi yesterday and crowned six champions. There are nine APT trophies to be won at the series, and Sunday featured two trophy events.

The Day 1 showstopper, 35 Lakhs GTD APT#4 Sunday Major logged in 782 entries to collect a guarantee-surpassing 39.10 Lakhs prize pool. After close to ten hours of play, the former IOPC – The Millionaire Main Event winner Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava came out on top to win his first APT trophy for 7.08 Lakhs. Parth ‘VINAY7690’ Aggarwal placed runner-up for 4.96 Lakhs.

Anurag Srivastava
Anurag Srivastava

 

Nitin ‘Gambler42’ Rawat (4th for 2.37 Lakhs), Sahil ‘you3bi4b’ Nair (5th for 1.77 Lakhs), and Nitin ‘philhermouth’ Arora (6th for 1.43 Lakhs) also FT-ed APT#4 Sunday Major.

Anurag Srivastava cashed another five events, rounding up 8.55 Lakhs in Sunday winnings. His ITM finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s APT#4 Sunday Major for 7.08 Lakhs

> 72nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #69 – Legends for 65,493

> 52nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #66 – Sunday Prime for 31,590

> 26th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO for 21,417

> 68th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #68 – Wanderer for 18,024

> 12th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #70 – PKO for 10,494

Anurag Srivastava’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: 6.90 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 2.20 Crores | Annual Winnings: 30.42 Lakhs | Ranked #20 in the Annual Leaderboard Standings

The former Adda52 Big Game winner Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram ITM-ed nine events (including four FT finishes), banking 6.74 Lakhs.

Arun Sriram
Arun Sriram

 

His ITM finishes include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s APT#4 Sunday Major for 3.20 Lakhs

> 25th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #69 – Legends for 1.46 Lakhs

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #65 – Monster Stack for 51,427

> 7th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO for 47,590

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s APT#2 Monsterstack for 41,451

> 58th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #66 – Sunday Prime for 30,537

> 86th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #68 – Wanderer for 15,621

> 28th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #67 – Sunday Spotlight for 15,489

> 58th in PokerBaazi’s APT#5 Megastack for 5,854

Arun Sriram’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 2.30 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 66.71 Lakhs

The other trophy event of the day, 25 Lakhs GTD APT#1 Kickoff, attracted 882 entries to collect a guarantee-surpassing 26.46 Lakhs in the prize pool. The top 108 places were assured a min-cash of 4,498. The Millionaire Series#18 – The Elite runner-up finisher Nishaanth ‘Shanni’ Shanmughasundaram (opted out from tracking) championed the event to collect his first APT trophy and 3.09 Lakhs in prize money. A three-way deal saw ‘thereallokimon’ (anonymity requested) (2nd for 3.53 Lakhs) and Ashish ‘Notoriouskonvict’ Nailwal (3rd for 3.35 Lakhs) pocketing the other top payouts.

Nishaanth Shanmu
Nishaanth Shanmu

 

Ayush ‘thesetminer’ Arora (5th for 1.16 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (6th for 93,668), and Kapil ‘Spady’ Arora (7th for 77,528) also FT-ed APT#1 Kickoff.

Mayank ‘Newsolidcash’ Maruka crossed the money line in four events (including two FT finishes), cumulatively banking 1.20 Lakhs.

Mayank Maruka
Mayank Maruka

 

His ITM finishes include:

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s APT#1 Kickoff for 61,652

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s APT#5 Megastack for 51,680

> 16th in PokerBaazi’s APT#3 Turbo 6-Max for 5,529

> 51st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for 1,520

The 15 Lakhs GTD APT#2 Monsterstack drew a 674-player field, accumulating 16.85 Lakhs in the prize pool. Amit ‘Zombiefish’ Tejura cut past the competition to win the title for a career-best 3.11 Lakhs. Young Gun Devang ‘laila’ Yadav placed runner-up for 2.18 Lakhs.

Amit Tejura
Amit Tejura

 

Amit Tejura’s online stats (on PokerBaazi and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: 20.05 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: 1.95 Lakhs

Rising Star Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh crossed the money line in six events, collectively adding 2.47 Lakhs.

Aman Parakh
Aman Parakh

 

His ITM finishes include:

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s APT#2 Monsterstack for 1.04 Lakhs

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s APT#6 Turbo 6-Max for 58,174

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #64 – DST for 56,672

> 28th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #68 – Wanderer for 13,129

> 27th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for 7,549

> 54th in PokerBaazi’s APT#5 Megastack for 7,025

Aman Parakh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 3.76 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 1.19 Crores

The 15 Lakhs GTD APT#5 Megastack attracted 669 entries to collect 16.73 Lakhs in the prize pool. After over eight hours of play, Rafiq ‘Mrkhan’ Khan walked away with the title and a career-best 3.09 Lakhs. He beat last Sunday`s IOPC – Blaze winner Young Gun Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma (2nd for 2.17 Lakhs) in the heads-up showdown.

Rafiq Khan
Rafiq Khan

 

Kanchan Sharma collected an impressive 12.08 Lakhs in Sunday scores on the back of six ITM finishes.

Kanchan Sharma
Kanchan Sharma

 

Her ITM finishes include:

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #69 – Legends for 5.46 Lakhs

> 2nd in Adda52’s Mega Suits for 3.54 Lakhs

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s APT#5 Megastack for 2.17 Lakhs

> 6th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO for 69,162

> 25th in PokerBaazi’s APT#1 Kickoff for 16,405

> 249th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #68 – Wanderer for 6,053

Kanchan Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 4.60 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 1.85 Crores | Annual Winnings: 41.22 Lakhs | Ranked #8 in the Annual Leaderboard Standings

The Poker Boot Camp India coach Abhishek ‘singhsaab’ Goindi was one of the star performers yesterday. He ITM-ed ten events (including three FT scores), cumulatively worth 12.94 Lakhs.

Abhishek Goindi
Abhishek Goindi

 

His ITM finishes include:

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #69 – Legends for 7.87 Lakhs

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #66 – Sunday Prime for 3.75 Lakhs

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s APT#5 Megastack for 77,270

> 47th in PokerBaazi’s APT#4 Sunday Major for 16,031

> 53rd in PokerBaazi’s APT#1 Kickoff for 10,319

> 68th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #67 – Sunday Spotlight for 10,148

> 18th in PokerBaazi’s APT#6 Turbo 6-Max for 6,602

> 68th in PokerBaazi’s APT#2 Monsterstack for 5,055

> 198th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #68 – Wanderer for 4,050

> 68th in PokerBaazi’s APT#3 Turbo 6-Max for 2,451

Abhishek Goindi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 3.01 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 1.24 Crores

The 5 Lakhs GTD APT#6 Turbo 6-Max drew 917 entries to collect 7.34 Lakhs in the prize pool. The Monster Poker Community streamer Nitin ‘Gambler42’ Rawat championed the event for 1.22 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with ‘abhinavnath’ (runner-up for 96,019).

Nitin Rawat
Nitin Rawat

 

Nitin Rawat scored in four more events, cumulatively adding 3.95 Lakhs.

His ITM finishes include:

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s APT#4 Sunday Major for 2.37 Lakhs

> Won PokerBaazi’s APT#6 Turbo 6-Max for 1.22 Lakhs

> 64th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #68 – Wanderer for 20,205

> 51st in Adda52’s Mega Suits for 11,385

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s APT#5 Megastack for 4,181

Nitin Rawat’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 54.06 Lakhs| Lifetime Profits: 23.84 Lakhs

The 5 Lakhs GTD APT#3 Turbo 6-Max saw Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik outlast the 570-entry field to win 92,831 following a heads-up deal with Rising Star Pratibh ‘pratibhsaluja’ Saluja (2nd for 90,424).

Rishab Malik
Rishab Malik

 

The former The Millionaire champion, Rishab Malik, was able to cash in seven more events, padding his bankroll for a hefty 4.65 Lakhs.

His ITM finishes include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s APT#2 Monsterstack for 1.41 Lakhs

> 6th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #67 – Sunday Spotlight for 1.10 Lakhs

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s APT#3 Turbo 6-Max for 92,381

> 56th Spartan Poker’s IOPC #69 – Legends for 77,845

> 36th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #66 – Sunday Prime for 30,046

> 63rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #68 – Wanderer for 14,464

> 73rd in PokerBaazi’s APT#1 Kickoff for 6,615

> 47th in PokerBaazi’s APT#6 Turbo 6-Max for 2,861

Rishab Malik’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 3.60 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 1.29 Crores

Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor crossed the money line in seven events yesterday, collectively banking 1.43 Lakhs.

Mohak Kapoor
Mohak Kapoor

 

His ITM finishes include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s APT#3 Turbo 6-Max for 48,564

> 6th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #70 – PKO for 37,893

> 21st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #67 – Sunday Spotlight for 20,296

> 105th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #68 – Wanderer for 19,270

> 42nd in PokerBaazi’s APT#5 Megastack for 8,195

> 97th in PokerBaazi’s APT#1 Kickoff for 5,027

> 34th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #65 – Monster Stack for 3,506

PokerBaazi’s 10 Mein 10 Lakhpati’ capped the entry field to 3,000 players this week. The popular 10 buy-in event hit the max limit easily, with the re-entries expanding the field to 8,230 entries (3,000 entries and 5,230 re-entries). It took six hours and 34 minutes of play, for the 10 new lakhpati`s to be confirmed, namely, ‘su2020’, ‘Smthlx0911’, ‘wor0103’, ‘Don903’, ‘1stkingofpoker’, ‘s6wsupxgtmt’, ‘nick2021’, ‘ydc1234’, ‘aaja2’, and Ayush ‘ClassMonitor’ Goyal, each of them banking 1 Lakh.

Aayush Goyal
Aayush Goyal

 

‘Ijju’ money bubbled the event in 11th place and received a OnePlus Nord phone as a consolation prize.

The other title winners of the day were ‘ogamayaken’ (Won BSS Night SPRINT 1.5 Lakhs GTD for 50,542) and ‘Enterthedragon’ (Won SPRINT 1 PM 1 Lakh GTD for 35,458).

 

PokerStars India

PokerStars India`s 15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special – Progressive KO featuring a 5,500 buy-in, managed to surpass its listed guarantee by 30,000 after clocking in 306 entries. Md ‘BuLlsEye0’ Zeeshan was the last player standing and won the title for 2.42 Lakhs, ending an over three-month-long title drought. The PokerStars India reg Debneil ‘ChhotaD0N’ Mukherjee came second for 1.62 Lakhs.

MD Zeeshan
MD Zeeshan

 

Md Zeeshan’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 2.32 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 26.97 Lakhs

Young Gun Anuj ‘brocklesnar95’ Yadav went on a rampage last night and took down two flagship titles, including the 15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Highroller on PokerStars India for 2.13 Lakhs. Last night, Yadav added over 10.38 Lakhs, crossing the 7 Crore milestone in online winnings.

Anuj Yadav chopped the Sunday Highroller title heads-up with Vaibhav ‘GTO_LIFE_GG’ Sharma (2nd for 1.98 Lakhs). The 11,000 buy-in event logged in 101 entrants, creating a 10.10 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 13 places walked past the money line.

Vaibhav Sharma
Vaibhav Sharma

 

Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra (Won Big Bubble Rush 1.75 Lakhs GTD for 49,426), ‘pravr88’ (Won Ultrasonic 1.25 Lakhs GTD for 29,608), Tapan ‘Tweedu_taps’ Mansotra (Won Sunday Storm 1.50 Lakhs GTD for 29,434), Piyush ‘noname3006’ Nanda (Won Total 100%KO 40K GTD for 15,991), ‘pokerbrat801’ (Won Afternoon on Stars 60K GTD for 14,762), and ‘rupesh6789’ (Won Deepstack 50K GTD for 10,603) shipped the other PokerStars India marquees.

 

Adda52

The final Sunday of January brought on the usual tournament action on Adda52, headlined by two 25 Lakh GTD events.

Adda52 Millions almost always rides past its listed guarantee, and last night 286 players joined the Sunday flagship, collecting a 28.60 Lakhs prize pool. The final 30 players got paid, and Young Gun Anuj ‘anuj25395’ Yadav claimed the bragging rights for 6.30 Lakhs after defeating the first-ever NPS Main Event champion Mohammad ‘blankspace’ Azhar (2nd for 5.38 Lakhs) heads-up.

Anuj Yadav
Anuj Yadav

 

The three-time The Millionaire champion, Anuj Yadav, closed out his January run in style as he also won the Sunday Highroller on PokerStars India. Along with five other cashes, Yadav picked up over 10.38 Lakhs on Sunday, crossing 7 Crores in tracked online winnings!

His top ITM finishes include:

>1st in Adda52’s Adda52 Millions for 6.30 Lakhs

> 1st in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller for 2.13 Lakhs

> 63rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #69 Legends for 1.24 Lakhs

> 38th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #66 – Sunday Prime for 37,206

Anuj Yadav’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 7.06 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 4.17 Crores | Ranked #2 in the Monthly/Annual Leaderboard Standings

Mohammad Azhar was another player who went on a tear last night. He ran deep in the IOPC #69 – Legends and cashed another five events, working up over 11.05 Lakhs in Sunday winning. He now boasts of 3.37 Crores in recorded online winnings.

Mohammad Azhar
Mohammad Azhar

 

His top ITM finishes include:

> 2nd in Adda52 Millions for 5.38 Lakhs

> 17th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #69 – Legends for 4.64 Lakhs

> 9th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO for 35,973

> 10th in PokerBaazi’s APT#1 Kickoff for 34,398

> 15th in Adda52’s Mega Suits for 25,300

The Mega Suits offers the same 25 Lakhs guarantee as the Adda52 Millions but at half the buy-in, i.e., 5,500. The 7.30 PM event drew 506 runners last night, collecting 25.30 Lakhs in the prize pool. A total of 55 players earned a share of the spoils with last week’s Friday Bounty champion Vishal ‘Mitsen’ Singh shipped the event for 6.07 Lakhs. Last Sunday`s IOPC – Blaze champion Young Gun Kanchan ‘thandicoke’ Sharma finished runner-up for 3.54 Lakhs.

Vishal Singh
Vishal Singh

 

Vishal Singh`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 79.92 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: 8.59 Lakhs

Kanchan Sharma was another standout winner last night. The Young Gun cashed another five events – more prominently placing eighth in IOPC #69 – Legends and posting another runner-up finish in APT#5 Megastack. In all, collecting 12.08 Lakhs in Sunday winnings!

Her top ITM finishes include:

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #68 – Legends or 5.46 Lakhs

> 2nd in Adda52’s Mega Suits for 3.54 Lakhs

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s APT#5 Megastack for 2.17 Lakhs

> 6th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO for 69,162

Kanchan Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 4.60 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 1.85 Crores | Annual Winnings: 41.22 Lakhs | Ranked #8 in the Monthly/Annual Leaderboard Standings

The PPL #46 The MoneyMaker runner-up finisher Shawn ‘echayan’ Jose ran past the 414-entry field in the 10 Lakhs GTD Sunday Showdown to win 1.91 Lakhs. Site regular Juli ‘Lily8’ Kumari (2nd for 1.41 Lakhs) and Yogesh ‘POKERBRAT0118’ Choudhary (3rd for 1.04 Lakhs) round out the podium.

Shawn Jose
Shawn Jose

 

Shawn Jose ITM-ed two others events for a total 2.06 Lakhs, pushing his online scorecard to 88.13 Lakhs.

Ashish ‘lazyfish’ Kumar (Won Holdem Bash 2.50 Lakhs GTD for 69,500), and Sanchit ‘sanchitanand’ Anand (Won Ultimate DST 1.50 Lakhs GTD for 25,698) won the other Adda52 marquees.

 

Khelo365

Khelo365 user ‘LangdaTyagi’ championed the site`s Sunday flagship 1 Lakh GTD Big Bang for 37,000. ‘GuruPoker369’ secured a runner-up payday worth 25,000.

The 50K GTD Dominator logged in 90 entries, and ‘hengikamki’ outlasted them all to collect 15,000. ‘Rise’ came second for 10,000.

 

MPL Poker

MPL Poker’s 3 Lakhs GTD Sunday Showstopper saw the user ‘Bonomo’ walking away with the title and 72,000, just as ‘Banesing’ came second for 48,750.

 

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