India’s Poker Super Star Aditya Agarwal Champions Biggest-Ever ₹5 Crores GTD IOPC #141 The Crown For ₹65.93 Lakhs!

With Spartan Poker’s India Online Poker Championship 14.0 and PokerStars India’s Red Spade Series wrapping up, and PokerBaazi’s brand-new PLO Championship Series hitting its first weekend, it was an EPIC Sunday for online players! But it turned out to be an extra special one for us as the original ‘Poker Guru’ Aditya Agarwal donned the glittering IOPC The Crown!

The Kolkata-born pro has been a beacon for the domestic circuit and proved that the legendary status asserted to him is well deserved. Agarwal blasted through a guarantee-crushing 5,173-entry field (2,577 unique) in Spartan Poker’s Sunday showstopper and the biggest-guaranteed IOPC The Crown to date, the ₹5 Crores GTD IOPC #141 The Crown, to win an eye-popping ₹65.93 Lakhs* (from four stacks). When we said before that Agarwal donned the IOPC The Crown, we weren’t kidding since he will also be receiving a real-life 18-carat gold crown studded with 0.6-carat diamonds to commemorate this fantastic win!

While Agarwal was indubitably the star last night, Young Gun Arsh Grover‘s runner-up finish in IOPC #141 The Crown worth a career-best ₹48.93 Lakhs (from three stacks), courtesy of a heads-up deal, was equally commendable. The Delhi-based pro made four deep runs on Sunday, raking in a monstrous ₹50.55 Lakhs.

Following their top two finish in IOPC The Crown, Grover has taken charge of the #1 rank in the annual POY race, while Agarwal locked up the #2 position.

The four-time IOPC leaderboard topper and last night’s IOPC #142 winner, Bhanu Prakash KC (4th for a career-best ₹24.85 Lakhs), Eka Vedantham (4th for ₹17.80 Lakhs), and Abhishek Tibrewala (5th for ₹12.32 Lakhs) were other players to bank seven-figure scores in IOPC #141 The Crown.

Md Asraf Ali was another Sunday trailblazer for his dominating run in Spartan Poker IOPC #136 Sunday Prime, which earned him his first IOPC silver badge and a career-best ₹16.52 Lakhs – 16.5X more than his previous best score.

Young Gun Abhinav Iyer broke through a ten-week-long title slump to clinch his first IOPC title of the series in Spartan Poker`s IOPC #38 Sunday High. He converted a ₹3,300 satellite investment into a massive ₹14.62 Lakhs top prize (won ₹17.59 Lakhs overall), with Mohammad Azhar finishing runner-up for ₹10.07 Lakhs (won ₹13.37 Lakhs overall).

Amol Nimsarkar nailed Spartan Poker`s IOPC #139 Value Millionaire for ₹8.72 Lakhs, following a heads-up deal with Mohsin Shaikh (2nd for ₹7.03 Lakhs) (won ₹7.49 Lakhs overall).

Prince Kumar (Won IOPC #140 Value Mine for a career-best ₹4.13 Lakhs), Bhanu Prakash KC (Won IOPC #142 for ₹3.03 Lakhs), Vikas Yadav (Won IOPC #137 All Rounder SNG for a site-best ₹3 Lakhs), Shagun Jain (Won IOPC #135 Monster Stack for ₹1.78 Lakhs), and Utkarsh Vaish (Won IOPC #134 for ₹1.69 Lakhs) captured the last few IOPC 14.0 titles.

Vinay Rajpal topped the ₹1.50 Crores GTD IOPC 14.0 leaderboard on the back of a 14-day streak on the top of the standings, banking ₹30 Lakhs in bonus money.

Vishnu Adithan came out on top in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship to collect a site-best ₹5.96 Lakhs. Deepankur Gupta pocketed ₹3.95 Lakhs as the runner-up.

The #BB2 MoneyMaker champion Sahil Nair won PokerBaazi`s BSS SuperStack, posting his second-best score on PokerBaazi worth ₹4.63 Lakhs (won ₹4.78 Lakhs overall).

Harshad Barve conquered PokerBaazi`s BSS HighRoller for ₹5.46 Lakhs (won ₹6.15 Lakhs overall), and Advait Rajguru raked in ₹3.61 Lakhs in second place.

PokerBaazi Team Pro Abhishek Goindi closed out a two-month-long title drought with a dominating run in his sponsor site`s PC#11 (PLO-4), walking away with ₹3.41 Lakhs (won ₹5.92 Lakhs overall).

Anindit Pan (Won PC#9 (PLO-4) for a site-best ₹2.06 Lakhs), Ashish Garg (Won PC#12 (PLO-5) for ₹86,222) and Sony Puthussery (won PC#10 PLO-5 for ₹62,308) won the other PLO Championship Series titles on Sunday.

Avinash Kumar drove up the action on Adda52, winning the site`s first-ever Big Whale, parlaying a ₹1,650 satellite buy-in into a hefty ₹7.97 Lakhs winner’s paycheque (won ₹12.75 Lakhs overall). A heads-up deal saw the #1 ranked player of January, Tarush Gupta, take home ₹7.54 Lakhs for his second-place finish.

Ratul Steves opened his title scorecard of the year with a victory march in Adda52`s Mega Suits for ₹5.05 Lakhs. The 2018 WSOP The Closer runner-up finisher Paawan Bansal had to make do with the runner-up payday of ₹3.42 Lakhs (won ₹3.80 Lakhs overall).

Manan Arora shipped PokerStars India’s Red Spade Series showstopper, RSS-13 [Sunday Special], netting ₹4.86 Lakhs in first-place prize money.

Adithya N G won the other Red Spade Series headliner, RSS-14 [Sunday Highroller], for ₹3.16 Lakhs.

Sambantha Sedhuraman, Hemant Meena, Laksh Pal Singh, Clinton Tavares, Shivakumar Dubey, Sarvesh Shahni, Saurav Ghosh, and Deepak Kumar Singh shipped the other Sunday marquees.

Here are the Sunday highlights!

 

Spartan Poker

IOPC #141 The Crown – ₹5 Crores GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 2,577

Re-entries – 1,121

Rebuys – 1,475

Survivors – 771 (406)

Prize Pool – ₹5,03,00,000

Places Paid – 765

There are poker superstars, then there are legends, and Aditya ‘Yennefer’ Agarwal, who’s played an instrumental role in shaping the poker landscape in the country, further affirmed his status as India`s biggest poker LEGEND last night!

 

The poker pioneer rampaged through a guarantee-crushing field in the showstopper tournament in the country’s biggest-ever online festival, Spartan Poker’s ₹5 Crores GTD IOPC #141 The Crown, for a whopping ₹65.93 Lakhs* (from four stacks) – winning a real-life 18-carat gold crown studded with 0.6-carat diamonds fit for a poker king.

The win is a redemption of sorts for “Adi,” who lost the prestigious title in the IOPC July 2021 edition in the most brazen manner, losing the heads-up battle to Vaibhav Temani after starting with an overwhelming chip lead. But karma landed him the title, and that too, in the biggest-ever The Crown – his second top finish at IOPC 14.0.

Aditya Agarwal’s The Crown ITM finishes:

> 1st for ₹57,73,215* (heads-up deal with Arsh Grover)

> 8th for ₹6,27,750 (carried two stacks to the FT)

> 21st for ₹1,71,020

> 765th for ₹20,120

Aditya Agarwal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.27 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.85 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | IOPC Titles Won: #3 | Ranked #2 on the Annual Leaderboard (Total Cashes)

Agarwal struck a heads-up deal in IOPC #141 The Crown with online beast Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover – the latter scoring a career-best ₹48.93 Lakhs (from three stacks). Grover’s phenomenal Sunday performance propelled him into the #1 rank on the annual POY race. He raked in a jaw-dropping ₹50.55 Lakhs last night from the following deep runs:

 

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown for ₹48,92,900* (heads-up deal) (from three stacks)

> 12th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #136 Sunday Prime for ₹1,01,598

> 11th in PokerStars India’s Red Spade Series-14 [Sunday Highroller] for ₹40,394

> 34th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹20,440

Arsh Grover’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.82 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹6.54 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | Finished #4 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #1 on the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

The four-time IOPC leaderboard topper Bhanu ‘MafiaGaming’ Prakash KC finished third in IOPC #141 The Crown for a career-best ₹24.85 Lakhs (from three stacks) – and made the same third-place finish on the IOPC 14.0 leaderboard, netting as additional ₹18 Lakhs in bonus money.

 

Eka ‘Live2Bluff’ Vedantham (4th for ₹17.80 Lakhs), Abhishek ‘chicky’ Tibrewala (5th for ₹12.32 Lakhs), Areyann ‘TheManiachInTheCircuit’ Gurbaxani (6th for ₹9.16 Lakhs), Sahil ‘Variance’ Agarwal (7th for ₹7.65 Lakhs) and the user ‘MixedReality’ (8th for ₹5.28 Lakhs) were others who FT-ed IOPC #141 The Crown.

With the top 765 finishers assured payouts, Yudhishter ‘McFly’ Jaswal (9th for ₹4.33 Lakhs), Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik (10th for ₹4.33 Lakhs), Avinash ‘BeastPitamah’ Kumar (11th for ₹4.33 Lakhs), Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (12th for ₹4.33 Lakhs), Aditya ‘SuperuSer’ Sushant (14th for ₹4.33 Lakhs), Anand ‘$treet$mart’ Babu Pallikona (16th for ₹2.57 Lakhs), Sanjay ‘Apollo1’ Taneja (18th for ₹1.71 Lakhs), Azaan ‘papertiger’ Ahmed (19th for ₹1.71 Lakhs), and Jimmy ‘brahmos999’ Arora (20th for ₹4.33 Lakhs) were among the top 20 runners to cross the money line.

Final Table Results

1. Aditya ‘Yennefer’ Agarwal – ₹57,73,215*
2. Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover – ₹48,35,055*
3. Bhanu ‘MafiaGaming’ Prakash KC – ₹24,64,700
4. Eka ‘Live2Bluff’ Vedantham – ₹17,79,614
5. Abhishek ‘chicky’ Tibrewala – ₹12,32,350
6. Areyann ‘TheManiachInTheCircuit’ Gurbaxani – ₹9,15,460
7. Sahil ‘Variance’ Agarwal – ₹7,64,560
8. MixedReality – ₹5,28,150

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

IOPC #136 Sunday Prime – ₹70 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 424

Re-entries – 155

Rebuys – 282

Prize Pool – ₹86,10,000

Places Paid – 79

It was a night for the stars to shine! And while the OGs proved their mettle, new supernovas also made their presence known. One such upcoming star was Md ‘Asraf786786’ Asraf Ali, who traversed the 861-player field (424 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹70 Lakhs GTD IOPC #136 Sunday Prime, winning his first IOPC silver badge and a career-best ₹16.52 Lakhs. The user ‘ECSTACY’ finished runner-up for ₹10.37 Lakhs.

 

Ali’s previous best finish had come in Friday’s IOPC #125 All Rounder (3rd for ₹95,810), and he improved upon that record 16.5X. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹23.47 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹16.97 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | IOPC Titles Won: #1

Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar (3rd for ₹7.42 Lakhs), Ravindra ‘wormhole’ Arikeri (4th for ₹5.79 Lakhs), the #2 ranked player of 2022, Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (6th for ₹3.57 Lakhs), Prachir ‘Hangry Hulk’ Singh (7th for ₹2.66 Lakhs) and Asheesh ‘sceptre’ Boyapati (8th for ₹1.84 Lakhs) were among the notables to FT the ₹70 Lakhs GTD IOPC #136 Sunday Prime.

The 8 PM flagship generated a jaw-dropping ₹86.10 Lakhs prize pool, and 79 players got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Md ‘Asraf786786’ Asraf Ali – ₹16,52,259
2. ECSTACY – ₹10,36,644
3. Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar – ₹7,42,182
4. Ravindra ‘wormhole’ Arikeri – ₹5,78,592
5. R-Dog – ₹4,53,747
6. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹3,56,454
7. Prachir ‘Hangry Hulk’ Singh – ₹2,66,049
8. Asheesh ‘sceptre’ Boyapati – ₹1,84,254

 

IOPC #139 Value Millionaire – ₹50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 1,153

Re-entries – 483

Rebuys – 682

Prize Pool – ₹58,00,000

Places Paid – 239

Amol ‘Likita Nuther’ Nimsarkar had a Sunday run he is unlikely to forget anytime soon, for he trounced a massive 2,318-player field (1,153 unique) in Spartan Poker’s 9:30 PM Sunday headliner, ₹50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #139 Value Millionaire, to win the IOPC silver badge and ₹8.72 Lakhs in prize money. He struck a heads-up deal with Mohsin ‘gongo’ Shaikh (2nd for ₹7.03 Lakhs).

 

Mohsin Shaikh made another three deep runs, filling in ₹7.49 Lakhs in Sunday winnings. His online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.21 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹41.22 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Wednesday’s Big Bubble Rush champion, Raghav ‘Mr. Bean’ Ananth accumulated ₹4.01 Lakhs through three ITM finishes (and one bounty), and his best finish came in IOPC #139 Value Millionaire (4th for ₹2.89 Lakhs)

 

Raghav Ananth’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.06 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹57.78 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4

The ₹2,750 entry buy-in flagship created a guarantee-shattering ₹58 Lakhs prize pool. The top 239 runners crossed the money line.

Final Table Results

1. Amol ‘Likita Nuther’ Nimsarkar – ₹8,71,484*
2. Mohsin ‘gongo’ Shaikh – ₹7,03,216*
3. J@i Shri R@M – ₹3,97,880
4. Raghav ‘Mr. Bean’ Ananth – ₹2,89,420
5. chips generator – ₹2,29,100
6. retaliate – ₹1,79,452
7. Severide – ₹1,37,228
8. AsAboveSoBelow – ₹96,918

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

IOPC #38 Sunday High (6-Max) – ₹40 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹44,000

Entries – 80

Re-entries – 26

Rebuys – 37

Prize Pool – ₹57,20,000

Places Paid – 15

Abhinav ‘hightr0ller’ Iyer has had an excellent run in IOPC 14.0. Even though a title victory eluded him till the last day of the series, the WSOP bracelet winner has two standout runner-up finishes on his tally in IOPC #115 Mega High Roller and IOPC #29 Sunday High.

 

The top pro finally bagged the IOPC silver badge (his first this year) last night after ransacking a reg-laden 143-entry field (80 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹40 Lakhs GTD IOPC #38 Sunday High. He parlayed a ₹3,300 satellite buy-in into an impressive ₹14.62 Lakhs payday (his sixth-biggest seven-figure score) – ending an almost ten-week-long title drought.

The former APT#38 Super Highroller champion, Iyer, locked horns with the first-ever NPS Main Event winner, Mohammad ‘Cupid stunt’ Azhar, in the final showdown. The Young Gun bested Azhar heads-up, with the latter banking an equally commendable ₹10.07 Lakhs in second place.

Abhinav Iyer’s explosive Sunday run saw him banking a mouth-watering ₹17.59 Lakhs across five deep runs, which include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #138 Sunday High for ₹14,61,460

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹1,41,000

> 100th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown for ₹1,13,175

> 49th in PokerBaazi’s (7-MAX) BSS Championship for ₹24,500

> 21st in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹18,750

Abhinav Iyer’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.94 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.64 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | IOPC Titles: #2

Last Sunday’s BSS SuperStack champion, Mohammad Azhar, fired up seven deep runs – two of them FT finishes – locking in ₹13.37 Lakhs overall. His top Sunday finishes include:

 

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #138 Sunday High for ₹10,06,720

> 3rd in PokerStars India’s Red Spade Series-14 [Sunday Highroller] for ₹1,77,079

> 254th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown for ₹61,366

> 18th in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹35,250

Mohammad Azhar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.43 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.72 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | IOPC Titles: #2

Last night’s Red Spade Series-14 [Sunday Highroller] fourth-place finisher Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (3rd for ₹6.61 Lakhs), Kunal ‘SoormaBhopali’ Patni (4th for ₹5.35 Lakhs), Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (5th for ₹4.14 Lakhs) and Aditya ‘Ben K Rolle’ Singh (6th for ₹3.38 Lakhs) were other top guns who FT-ed the 9 PM IOPC flagship.

The ₹44,000 entry buy-in IOPC #38 Sunday High paid out 15 players a share of the guarantee-crushing ₹57.20 Lakhs prize pool.

Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma (7th for ₹2.66 Lakhs), Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (8th for ₹2.03 Lakhs), Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee (9th for ₹1.49 Lakhs), Young Gun Kanchan ‘Midge Maisel’ Sharma (10th for ₹1.20 Lakhs), Sanjay ‘Apollo1’ Taneja (11th for ₹1.20 Lakhs), Advait ‘Rattler$’ Rajguru (12th for ₹1.12 Lakhs), Abhishek ‘MambaMentality’ Goindi (13th for ₹1.12 Lakhs), Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (14th for ₹1.03 Lakhs), and Rising Star Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna (15th for ₹1.03 Lakhs) were others who crossed the money line.

Final Table Results

1. Abhinav ‘hightr0ller’ Iyer – ₹14,61,460
2. Mohammad ‘Cupid stunt’ Azhar – ₹10,06,720
3. Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹6,60,660
4. Kunal ‘SoormaBhopali’ Patni – ₹5,34,820
5. Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh – ₹4,13,860
6. Aditya ‘Ben K Rolle’ Singh – ₹3,37,480

 

IOPC #140 Value Mine – ₹35 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹660

Entries – 3,983

Re-entries – 552

Rebuys – 1,869

Prize Pool – ₹38,42,400

Places Paid – 665

Arguably the most value-laden tournament at the just-concluded IOPC 14.0, the ₹660 entry buy-in and ₹35 Lakhs GTD IOPC #140 Value Mine registered a guarantee-crushing 6,404 entries across six starting flights, collecting a generous ₹38.42 Lakhs prize pool.

Day 2 began at 10 PM on Sunday, and the competition was intense as 672 stacks (487 unique players) returned to win one of the last IOPC silver badges of the series.

It took a little over six hours for Prince ‘drilller’ Kumar to come out on top, scoring a career-best ₹4.13 Lakhs. Gunisha ‘FrenchVanilla’ Sinha – the better half of the winningest player in the country – Gaurav Sood – collected a runner-up payday of ₹3.11 Lakhs.

 

Prince Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹55.74 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹6.06 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | IOPC Titles Won: #1

Vinay ‘ConCrete’ B thrashed out six deep runs on Sunday, netting ₹5.23 Lakhs altogether. His top finishes include:

 

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #140 Value Mine for ₹2,98,457

> 72nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown for ₹1,68,505

> 69th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #16 Sunday Prime for ₹31,857

Vinay B’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.95 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.35 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Gaurang ‘callmerockets’ Bhatti (4th for ₹1.27 Lakhs), the 2022 POY, Young Gun Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav (5th for ₹1.08 Lakhs), Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain (6th for ₹84,533), yesterday’s IOPC #35 #MonsterStack winner Shagun ‘icansuckout’ Jain (7th for ₹74,543) & two-time annual POY winner Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (8th for ₹53,794) were other known players on the 8-max Value Mine final table.

The top 665 places got paid a share from the ₹38.42 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Prince ‘drilller’ Kumar – ₹4,12,928
2. Gunisha ‘FrenchVanilla’ Sinha – ₹3,10,694
3. Vinay ‘ConCrete’ B – ₹2,98,457
4. Gaurang ‘callmerockets’ Bhatti – ₹1,26,799
5. Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav -₹1,07,587
6. Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain – ₹84,533
7. Shagun ‘icansuckout’ Jain – ₹74,543
8. Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood – ₹53,794

 

IOPC #142 – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 492

Re-entries – 122

Rebuys – 291

Prize Pool – ₹18,10,000

Places Paid – 87

Bhanu ‘MafiaGaming’ Prakash KC has an enviable record at the IOPC – he is the only player to have won the fiercely contested leaderboard race FOUR TIMES!

 

The hard-working leaderboard chaser gave it his all in IOPC 14.0. Making a late rush up the ranks, Prakash made a podium finish in the biggest-ever IOPC #141 The Crown and won a second IOPC silver badge at the series to finish a close #3 behind the 2022 POY Anuj Yadav on the IOPC 14.0 leaderboard – banking ₹18 Lakhs in bonus money.

 

Prakash navigated past a 905-player field (492 unique) in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #142, bagging away ₹3.02 Lakhs in the first-place prize money. Dhirendra ‘dhirekum’ Kumar Chauhan placed runner-up for ₹2.60 Lakhs.

With 17,166 TLB points, Prakash fell two places short of topping the IOPC leaderboard for a record-extending fifth time as Vinay Rajpal (19,989 points) kept his lead to walk away with the ₹30 Lakhs (bonus money) up top.

 

However, he won`t be too disappointed as the notorious leaderboard crusher collected a career-best ₹28.39 Lakhs (overall) yesterday on the back of five ITM finishes (including a title victory and a podium finish).

His Sunday finishes include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown for a career-best ₹24,84,820

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #142 for ₹3,02,486

> 66th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #136 Sunday Prime for ₹25,206

> 214th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #140 Value Mine for ₹13,833

> 70th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #139 Value Millionaire for ₹13,050

Bhanu Prakash K C’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹56.55 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹41 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

The ₹2,200 entry-buy tourney had 905 hopefuls (492 unique) vying for a share of the ₹18.10 Lakhs prize pool, and 87 players got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Bhanu ‘MafiaGaming’ Prakash KC – ₹3,02,486
2. Dhirendra ‘dhirekum’ Kumar Chauhan – ₹2,59,881
3. Samyak ‘stonedurr’ Sethi – ₹1,53,210
4. a10jkq – ₹1,19,460
5. Zeshan ‘Zed49’ Hamza – ₹94,120
6. Devang ‘THENERDGUY’ Yadav – ₹73,667
7. Deepak ‘Optimist’ Singh – ₹54,481
8. RinkuPaaji – 37,467

 

IOPC #135 Monster Stack – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 542

Re-entries – 152

Rebuys – 351

Prize Pool – ₹9,40,500

Places Paid – 103

The two-time Game Changer champion and last Sunday’s IOPC #82 Sunday High winner, Shagun ‘icansuckout’ Jain (opted out of tracking), outlasted a guarantee-crushing 1,045-player field in Spartan Poker`s ₹8 Lakhs GTD IOPC #135 Monster Stack to collect ₹1.78 Lakhs. The user ‘haramialpha’ came second for ₹1.09 Lakhs.

 

The Jaipur-based MTT crusher Jain, fell one shy of winning a second Sunday marquee as he placed runner-up in PokerStars India’s Red Spade Series-14 Sunday Highroller [6-Max] (2nd for ₹2.37 Lakhs) and ran deep in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #140 Value Mine (7th for ₹74,543), bagging away at least ₹4.89 Lakhs.

The top 103 places got a share from the ₹9.41 Lakhs collected in the prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Shagun ‘icansuckout’ Jain – ₹1,78,131
2. haramialpha – ₹1,09,004
3. FieryMarty – ₹77,873
4. R-Dog – ₹58,969
5. TheMagician007 – ₹46,931
6. _sanskrit_ – ₹36,021
7. s4udilse – ₹26,052
8. Twins_ ACES – ₹17,775

 

IOPC #134 – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 252

Re-entries – 48

Rebuys – 179

Prize Pool – ₹9,58,000

Places Paid – 39

The Destiny champion from August last year, Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish, broke an over three-month-long title drought yesterday after besting a 479-entry field (252 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD IOPC #134, winning his first IOPC silver badge of the year (his second IOPC title) and ₹1.69 Lakhs* (heads-up deal) in first-place prize money.

 

Vaish also posted a deep run in IOPC #142 (32nd for ₹8,145), making for a Sunday take-home worth ₹1.77 Lakhs. His Spartan Poker’s stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.72 Crores | Site Profits: ₹52.51 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

A heads-up deal fetched the DCS #26 Mid PKO champion from October, Biplob ‘hellhell’ Rana ₹1.49 Lakhs in second place. He made another two deep runs last night, raking in ₹3.60 Lakhs overall.

 

His Sunday finishes include:

> 67th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown for ₹2,04,218

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #134 for ₹1,49,120

> 125th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #139 Value Millionaire for ₹6,760

Biplob Rana’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.45 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹38.53 Lakhs

The 2 PM IOPC marquee registered 479 entrants (252 unique), falling ₹42,000 short of breaking even. The top 39 places got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish – ₹1,69,240*
2. Biplob ‘hellhell’ Rana – ₹1,49,120*
3. Kashish ‘Nahihorha’ Gupta – ₹93,405
4. Adwait ‘AdwaitPol’ Pol – ₹75,395
5. FlintOwl – ₹59,109
6. Skylark77 – ₹43,318
7. Amor Mio – ₹32,859
8. Paras ‘Jhukega nahi $ala’ Jain – ₹24,142

* denotes a heads-up deal

 

IOPC #137 All Rounder SNG – ₹6 Lakhs GTD

Entries: 11

Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000

Places Paid – 3

One of the more competitive contests on the last day of the guarantee-crushing IOPC 14.0 was the ₹6 Lakhs GTD IOPC #137 All Rounder SNG!

The 11 IOPC – All Rounder winners (Mohit Mehta qualified twice) converged for the faceoff at 9 PM last night, and the action went down the wire at 12.39 AM today. The IOPC #8 All Rounder Deepstack champion Vikas ‘Grabaka_Hitman’ Yadav took down the SNG Finale for a site-best ₹3 Lakhs, besting the previous best ₹2.04 Lakhs he won in the IOPC All Rounder last month.

 

Yadav made another three deep runs, accumulating ₹3.35 Lakhs across his Sunday run. His top finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #137 All Rounder SNG for ₹3,00,000

> 282nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown for ₹25,150

> 159th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #139 Value Millionaire for ₹5,948

Vikas Yadav’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.45 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹51.22 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta carried a 1.5X starting stack in the All Rounder SnG for qualifying twice for taking down IOPC #40 All Rounder Monster Stack, and IOPC #93 All Rounder. He almost carried that early advantage to the finish line, pocketing ₹1.80 Lakhs in second place.

 

Wednesday`s IOPC #109 All Rounder champion Varun ‘Varun Bansal’ Bansal rounded out the payouts, finishing third for ₹1.20 Lakhs. Bansal’s Sunday haul came in at ₹1.37 Lakhs from three ITM finishes, which include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #137 All Rounder SNG for ₹1,20,000

> 284th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #140 – Value Mine for₹5,764

> 88th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #139 Value Millionaire for ₹11,136

Varun Bansal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹28.73 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹17.36 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Final Results

1. Vikas ‘Grabaka_Hitman’ Yadav – ₹3,00,000
2. Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – ₹1,80,000
3. Varun ‘Varun Bansal’ Bansal – ₹1,20,000

 

IOPC 14.0 Final Leaderboard Standings

Vinay Rajpal has done it! The online reg topped the ₹1.50 Crores GTD IOPC leaderboard in Spartan Poker’s biggest-ever IOPC 14.0 convincingly on the back of a 14-day streak on the top of the standings. Rajpal cashed as many as 85 IOPC events, including ten FT finishes and three IOPC silver badges, to win the bragging rights of topping one of the most fiercely competitive leaderboard races in the country and raked in a well-deserved ₹30 Lakhs (bonus money) for his consistency and hard work.

 

The 2022 POY, Anuj Yadav, displayed why he is one of the country’s best, placing second on the leaderboard for ₹20 Lakhs (bonus money).

The four-time IOPC leaderboard topper Bhanu Prakash K C made a late rush up the ranks, displacing the user ‘p@tience7744’ from third place on the last day of the series! He made a podium finish in the biggest-ever IOPC #141 The Crown and won IOPC #142 (his second IOPC silver badge) to finish a close #3 for ₹18 Lakhs (bonus money).

Rank	Player	Prize Money (BM)
1	Vinay 'vinay0902' Rajpal	₹30,00,000
2	Anuj 'br0ckLesnar95' Yadav	₹20,00,000
3	Bhanu Prakash 'MafiaGaming' KC	₹18,00,000
4	p@tience7744	₹15,00,000
5	Kabir 'KAKAROT98$' Tandon	₹11,00,000
6	Vikram 'GreenSTUFF79' Mishra	₹8,00,000
7	Saransh 'TerrorGandhi$' Garg	₹7,00,000
8	Arjanveer 'bazzingaa' Singh Chadha	₹6,00,000
9	Vikhyat 'Super Saiyan' Ahlawat	₹5,50,000
10	Samay Singh 'Limitless' Modi	₹5,00,000

 

‘MacMafia’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹28,055), ‘naghiss’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Hold’em PKO for ₹19,402), Naman ‘Nammy09’ Puri (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up – Triple Chance for ₹18,610), and ‘albyjohn’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹10,025) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

 

PokerBaazi

It was an action-packed Sunday on PokerBaazi with the first-ever ₹5 Crores GTD PLO Championship Series and the ₹1 Crore GTD Value Blast running alongside the site`s other regular marquees.

(7-Max) BSS Championship – ₹35 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹8,250

Entries – 228

Re-Entries – 209

Prize Pool – ₹35,00,000

Places Paid – 49

The two-time Daily Afternoon SPRINT winner Vishnu ‘superstarrajni’ Adithan outplayed the 437-entry field (228 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹35 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) BSS Championship, winning the Sunday title for a site-best ₹5.96 Lakhs (his third title on the site) – recovering all his losses in one go.

 

Vishnu Adithan’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹9.32 Lakhs | Site Profits: Site Profits: ₹6,066 | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The Millionaire champion from August 2021, Deepankur ‘Dp179’ Gupta, secured a runner-up payday worth ₹3.95 Lakhs.

 

Last night`s IOPC #141 The Crown finalist Eka ‘Gettingthere’ Vedantham (3rd for ₹3.07 Lakhs), Young Gun Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi (4th for ₹2.43 Lakhs) & Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra (6th for ₹1.31 Lakhs) were others posting FT scores in the 6 PM flagship!

The ₹8,250 entry buy-in (7-Max) BSS Championship fell ₹2.22 Lakhs short of its advertised guarantee and paid out 49 players.

Final Table Results

1. Vishnu ‘superstarrajni’ Adithan – ₹5,96,050
2. Deepankur ‘Dp179’ Gupta – ₹3,95,500
3. Eka ‘Gettingthere’ Vedantham – ₹3,07,300
4. Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi – ₹2,43,250
5. Hc27 – ₹2,02,300
6. acessorted – ₹1,65,200
7. Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra – ₹1,30,900

 

BSS Superstack – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 286

Re-entries – 298

Prize Pool – ₹29,20,000

Places Paid – 70

Sahil ‘you3bi4b’ Nair bested a 584-strong field (286 unique) in PokerBaazi’s 7 PM Sunday headliner, ₹25 Lakhs GTD BSS SuperStack, winning the top prize of ₹4.63 Lakhs – his second-best score on the site since the #BB2 MoneyMaker win last April. Former BTS Main Event runner-up finisher Neelakantan ‘difsripp007’ Murali finished second for ₹2.77 Lakhs.

 

Sahil Nair crossed an almost month-long title slump with the top finish yesterday, banking a hefty ₹4.78 Lakhs overall. His Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹4,62,528 (his second-best score on the site)

> 33rd in PokerStars India’s Red Spade Series-13 [Sunday Special] for ₹10,983

> 36th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS SPRINT for ₹4,570

Sahil Nair’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.26 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹86.22 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

The BSS Superstack ran from 7 PM to 4:02 AM, with the top 70 finishers earning a share of the ₹29.20 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Sahil ‘you3bi4b’ Nair – ₹4,62,528
2. Neelakantan ‘difsripp007’ Murali – ₹2,76,524
3. Ronywalker – ₹2,17,832
4. Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood – ₹1,66,148
5. Chat.081 – ₹1,34,028
6. Sanjay ‘raskolnikov’ Chaudhury – ₹1,02,200
7. Shyam ‘ayyappa1963’ Sundar – ₹71,540
8. royalking7424 – ₹58,400

 

BSS HighRoller – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 134

Re-Entries – 101

Prize Pool – ₹23,50,000

Places Paid – 22

The IOPC July 2021 Blaze of Glory champion Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve had a terrific Sunday grind, for he added ₹6.15 Lakhs to his online scorecard, crossing ₹5 Crores in tracked online winnings.

 

The long-time circuit reg from Pune made his best finish in PokerBaazi’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD BSS HighRoller, winning the 8:30 PM title for ₹5.46 Lakhs after beating Advait ‘ExploitativeGTO’ Rajguru (2nd for ₹3.61 Lakhs) heads-up!

 

Harshad Barve’s Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹5,46,375

> 195th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown for ₹68,408 (from two stacks)

Harshad Barve’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.03 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹59.56 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

The winningest player on our database and two-time POY, Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood, ITM-ed ten Sunday tournaments – making the FT in three of them – packing in ₹8.24 Lakhs overall, crossing ₹15.50 Crores in tracked online earnings.

 

His Sunday finishes include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹2,64,375

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹1,66,148

> 14th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #138 Sunday High for ₹1,02,960 (qualified through a ₹3,850 buy-in satellite)

> 298th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown for ₹95,570 (from three stacks)

> 9th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹70,000

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #140 Value Mine for ₹53,794

> 75th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #136 Sunday Prime for ₹29,274

> 20th in PokerStars India’s Red Spade Series-13 [Sunday Special] for ₹18,174

> 29th in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹16,250

> 164th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #139 Value Millionaire for ₹7,424

Gaurav Sood’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹15.50 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹7.82 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #6 | Ranked #3 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Finished #7 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta (4th for ₹1.87 Lakhs), last night’s IOPC #138 Sunday High champion, WSOP bracelet winner Abhinav ‘griezmann’ Iyer (5th for ₹1.41 Lakhs), and Tanmay ‘truman’ Benara (6th for ₹1.14 Lakhs) round out the 6-max FT in the ₹20 Lakhs GTD BSS HighRoller.

The ₹11,000 entry buy-in BSS HighRoller collected a guarantee-crushing ₹23.50 Lakhs in the prize pool (over 1.175x its listed guarantee) and paid out 22 players.

Final Table Results

1. Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve – ₹5,46,375
2. Advait ‘ExploitativeGTO’ Rajguru – ₹3,60,725
3. Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood – ₹2,64,375
4. Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹1,86,825
5. Abhinav ‘griezmann’ Iyer – ₹1,41,000
6. Tanmay ‘truman’ Benara – ₹1,13,975

 

PC#11 (PLO-4) – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 181

Re-entries – 179

Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000

Places Paid – 49

PokerBaazi Team Pro Abhishek ‘singhsaab’ Goindi came out all guns firing last night – making four deep runs (including a PLO Championship title) – rounding up a hefty ₹5.92 Lakhs in Sunday winnings.

 

The poker coach notably won the PLO Championship Series Sunday headliner, PokerBaazi’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD PC#11 (PLO-4), where he outclassed a 360-entry field (181 unique) to win ₹3.41 Lakhs, ending a two-month-long title drought.

Goindi’s Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s PC#11 (PLO-4) for ₹3,40,600

> 187th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown for ₹1,20,720 (from three stacks)

> 13th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #138 Sunday High for ₹1,11,540

> 42nd in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹18,980

Abhishek Goindi’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.91 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.31 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The PC#4 (PLO-6) champion ‘hik18’ ITM-ed three PLO Championship Series events yesterday (two FT finishes) for a collective ₹2.92 Lakhs, storming to the #1 position on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD PLO Championship leaderboard.

hik18’s Sunday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s PC#11 (PLO-4) for ₹2,26,000

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s PC#9 (PLO-4) PKO for ₹63,190

> 29th in PokerBaazi’s PC#10 (PLO-5) for ₹3,066

hik18’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹7.96 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹3.90 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | Moves to #1 on the PLO Championship Leaderboard

The IOPC 14.0 Leaderboard topper Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal (4th for ₹1.39 Lakhs), Myron ‘priyankAAchoprAA’ Pereira (5th for ₹1,16 Lakhs), and Prasit ‘Stungunner’ Chowdhury (6th for ₹94,400) also FT-ed the ₹20 Lakhs GTD PC#11 (PLO-4).

The ₹5,500 entry buy-in (7-Max) PC#11 (PLO-4) registered an overlay shortfall of ₹2 Lakhs, and the top 49 finishers benefitted from the value on offer.

Final Table Results

1. Abhishek ‘singhsaab’ Goindi – ₹3,40,600
2. hik18 – ₹2,26,000
3. delicioso – ₹1,75,600
4. Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal – ₹1,39,000
5. Myron ‘priyankAAchoprAA’ Pereira – ₹1,15,600
6. Prasit ‘Stungunner’ Chowdhury – ₹94,400

 

PC#9 (PLO-4) – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 134

Re-entries – 101

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 49

Anindit ‘pindapanda1’ Pan nailed a reg-laden 235-player field (134 unique) in PokerBaazi’s PLO Championship Series Sunday kick-off event, ₹10 Lakhs GTD PC#9 (PLO-4), winning his second title on the site (first this year) for a personal-best ₹2.06 Lakhs (₹35,366 in bounties). Aditya ‘jesus’ Pratap Singh finished runner-up for ₹1.24 Lakhs (₹11,000 in bounties).

Anindit Pan’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹11.11 Lakhs | Site Profits: Site Profits: ₹1.06 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The ₹2,750 entry buy-in 3 PM marquee registered a glaring ₹4.12 Lakhs in overlays and paid out 49 players.

Final Table Results

1. Anindit ‘pindapanda1’ Pan – ₹2,05,666
2. Aditya ‘jesus’ Pratap Singh – ₹1,24,000
3. Sanjay ‘Sanju876’ Bharti – ₹99,168
4. Prashant ‘zalimlonda19’ Chawda – ₹76,640
5. hik18 – ₹63,190
6. shades92 – ₹51,576

 

BSS Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 308

Re-entries – 242

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 101

Last month’s IOPC #71 All Rounder second-place finisher, Hemant ‘Hkm2828’ Meena, fired four bullets in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD BSS Value Boost before storming past a 550-entry field, winning the 6:30 PM Sunday marquee for ₹1.23 Lakhs* (three-way deal).

Last month’s 1000X#17 champion, Sanjay ‘sanjaykotak’ Khanna (2nd for ₹1.12 Lakhs) and ‘prashant1982’ (3rd for ₹1.09 Lakhs) lapped up profitable payouts on the podium, courtesy of the three-way deal.

 

Sanjay Khanna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹34.88 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹8.49 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in BSS Value Boost registered an overlay shortfall of ₹1.75 Lakhs, and the top 101 finishers made the payouts.

Final Table Results

1. Hemant ‘Hkm2828’ Meena – ₹1,22,981*
2. Sanjay ‘sanjaykotak’ Khanna – ₹1,11,739*
3. prashant1982 – ₹1,08,780*
4. rionbaazi – ₹63,800
5. Amar ‘kidpoker0109’ Mehta – ₹41,600
6. Anant ‘antypanty93’ Chaudhary – ₹29,000
7. shraban56 – ₹20,200
8. Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee – ₹16,000

*denotes a three-way deal

 

PC#12 (PLO-5) – ₹6 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 149

Re-entries – 188

Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000

Places Paid – 35

Ashish ‘goodpoker68’ Garg came out on top of a 337-player field (149 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹6 Lakhs GTD PC#12 (PLO-5), winning the 8 PM marquee for ₹86,222 (his maiden title of the year). He chopped the title heads-up with the mid-stakes grinder Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (2nd for ₹88,978).

 

The former AOPS Main Event runner-up finisher, Garg reeled in ₹1.11 Lakhs across four deep runs last night, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s PC#12 (PLO-5) for ₹86,222

> 28th in PokerBaazi’s PC#11 (PLO-4) for ₹16,000 (qualified through a ₹550 satellite)

> 9th in Adda52’s Holdem Bash for ₹5,625

> 31st in PokerBaazi’s PC#10 (PLO-5) for ₹3,066

Ashish Garg’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹83.19 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹45.77 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Last month`s IOPC #92 Monday Spotlight champion, Neeraj Kumar, made away with ₹1.34 Lakhs on Sunday from five deep runs, which include:

 

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s PC#12 (PLO-5) for ₹88,978

> 349th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown for ₹22,635

> 139th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #140 Value Mine for ₹9,414

> 129th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #139 Value Millionaire for ₹6,760

> 71st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #142 for ₹6,335

Neeraj Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.32 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.58 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

The ₹1,650 buy-in PC#12 (PLO-5) fell ₹94,500 short of hitting its advertised guarantee, and 35 players made the payouts list.

Final Table Results

1. Ashish ‘goodpoker68’ Garg – ₹86,222*
2. Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar – ₹88,978*
3. Deepanjan ‘Bluffstar’ Das – ₹61,200
4. scoodyboo – ₹51,600
5. Varun ‘omniknight’ Meena – ₹42,600
6. Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat – ₹33,900
7. Sachin ‘browguy26’ Raj – ₹25,500
8. Ankit ‘TunaFishz’ Sinha – ₹19,500

 

(7-Max) BSS SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 190

Re-entries – 123

Prize Pool – ₹6,26,000

Places Paid – 59

The former IOPC The Crown champion Laksh ‘boomtlt23’ Pal Singh scored a thumping victory in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS SPRINT, winning the Sunday title for ₹99,284, with Myron ‘priyankAAchoprAA’ Pereira banking ₹73,242 as the runner-up.

 

The top pro, Singh, raked in ₹2.35 Lakhs from four deep runs last night, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS SPRINT for ₹99,284

> 101st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown for ₹80,480

> 17th in Adda52’s Big Whale for ₹44,625 (qualified through a ₹1,650 satellite)

> 35th in PokerStars India’s Red Spade Series-13 [Sunday Special] for ₹17,233

> 26th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #142 for ₹10,679

Laksh Pal Singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.14 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.03 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Myron Pereira also had a profitable Sunday run, for he notched up ₹5.76 Lakhs from an impressive 12 ITM finishes – hitting ₹1 Crore in online profits.

His top Sunday finishes include:

> 10th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #136 Sunday Prime for ₹1,13,028

> 306th in SpartanPoker’s IOPC #141 The Crown for ₹1,13,175

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s PC#11 (PLO-4) for ₹1,15,600

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS SPRINT for ₹73,242

Myron Pereira’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.14 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.02 Crores

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in BSS SPRINT had 313 hopefuls vying for a share of the ₹6.26 Lakhs prize pool, and 59 players got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Laksh ‘boomtlt23’ Pal Singh – ₹99,284
2. Myron ‘priyankAAchoprAA’ Pereira – ₹73,242
3. Anmolraj ‘PINCIOTTI’ Singh Chawla – ₹57,717
4. Aditya ‘pnutbutterbacon’ Navalkar – ₹42,380
5. Hemant ‘hkm2828’ Meena – ₹30,173
6. akashjasus – ₹21,472
7. Raghav ‘godspeeed’ Aggarwal – ₹17,215

 

Sony ‘swAAmi’ Puthussery (Won ₹4 Lakhs GTD PC#10 PLO-5 for ₹62,308) was the other PLO Championship Series title winner on Sunday.

 

₹1 Crore GTD Value Blast – Qualifier 1 & 2

Qualifier 1: Entries – 460 | Re-entries – 60 | Survivors – 167 | Chip Leader – Pranay ‘5pranay’ Chaudhry (203,000)

Qualifier 2: Entries – 344 | Re-entries – 71 | Survivors – 119 | Chip Leader – ‘Digitalbuoy’ (190,000)

Combined: Entries – 804 | Re-entries – 131 | Survivors – 280 (unique) | Overall Chip Leader – Pranay ‘5pranay’ Chaudhry (203,000)

 

‘mayso18’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹57,394), Shivakumar ‘daddyaddy’ Dubey (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹44,853), ‘YNWA1892’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD BSS for ₹42,851), ‘lilyrohit’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹37,923), Sarvesh ‘Sarveshshahni’ Shahni (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD BSS for ₹32,127), ‘basu166’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹24,319), ‘bholukaka’ (Won ₹40K GTD 5-Max Daily for ₹9,900), and Deepak Kumar ‘deepakking’ Singh (Won ₹40K GTD PLO Daily for ₹6,100) won the other Sunday marquees on PokerBaazi.

 

PokerStars India

Red Spade Series-13 [Sunday Special] [8-Max, PKO] – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 238

Re-entries – 242

Regular Prize Pool – ₹13,00,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Total Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 63

It was a bountiful Sunday for PokerStars India loyalist Manan ‘Wanabepro299’ Arora, who decimated a 480-player field (238 unique) in the Red Spade Series showstopper, ₹25 Lakhs GTD Red Spade Series-13 [Sunday Special] [8-Max, PKO], to win ₹4.86 Lakhs (₹2.85 Lakhs in bounties)! ‘Bedevilforyou’ (anonymity requested) collected ₹2.11 Lakhs (₹10,234 in bounties) as the runner-up.

Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra accumulated ₹2.20 Lakhs across three deep runs yesterday, which include:

 

> 4th in PokerStars India’s Red Spade Series-13 [Sunday Special] for ₹1,15,549

> 193rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown for ₹93,558

> 25th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #140 Value Mine for ₹11,105

Sanish Chhabra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.32 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.90 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The ₹5,500 entry buy-in Red Spade Series-13 [Sunday Special] filled in ₹1 Lakh in overlays, and 63 players boarded the money bus.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Manan ’Wanabepro299’ Arora – ₹4,85,860
2. Bedevilforyou – ₹2,11,192
3. Devendra ‘ThaBlack(3’ Suthar – ₹1,99,450
4. Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra – ₹1,15,549
5. asdfmrinal – ₹1,01,199
6. Rishab ’NoChan(3’ Malik – ₹69,448
7. Clinton ‘Clinton Tavares’ Tavares – ₹50,942
8. Deepankur ‘dp8218’ Gupta – ₹47,775
9. Dhaval ‘BithBecool’ Mudgal – ₹40,671

 

Red Spade Series-14 [Sunday Highroller] [6-Max] – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 87

Re-entries – 48

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 19

Adithya ‘RloxRenfield1’ N G busted an almost two-week-long dry spell last night by taking down a 135-player field (87 unique) in PokerStars India’s Red Spade Series-14 [Sunday Highroller] [6-Max], winning the HR title for ₹3.16 Lakhs.

 

Last night’s IOPC #35 Monster Stack champion, the Jaipur-based MTT crusher Shagun ‘Sogani22’ Jain, fell one shy of winning a second Sunday marquee, banking ₹2.37 Lakhs as the runner-up.

 

Adithya N G accumulated ₹5.44 Lakhs on the back of four ITM finishes, which include:

> 1st in PokerStars India’s Red Spade Series-14 [Sunday Highroller] [6-Max] for ₹3,16,427

> 24th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown for ₹2,11,260

> 27th in PokerStars India’s Red Spade Series-13 [Sunday Special] [8-Max, PKO] for ₹12,537

> 184th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #140 Value Mine for ₹4,035

Adithya N G’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.72 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹29.69 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

The ₹11,000 entry buy-in Red Spade Series-14 [Sunday Highroller] registered an overlay shortfall of ₹1.50 Lakhs, and 19 players got a share from the ₹15 Lakhs guaranteed prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Adithya ‘RloxRenfield1’ N G – ₹3,16,427
2. Shagun ‘Sogani22’ Jain – ₹2,36,712
3. Mohammad ‘Bund_Blaster’ Azhar – ₹1,77,079
4. theoldestkid – ₹1,32,469
5. Sanat ‘durrsanta’ Mehrotra – ₹99,097
6. Snehil ‘snehil99’ Aggarwal – ₹74,133
7. Rishab ‘NoChan(3’ Malik – ₹60,549

 

‘theghoti’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Red Spade Series-17 Ultrasonic for ₹35,473), ‘Prophet414’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Red Spade Series-15 Sunday Storm for ₹31,751), ‘wildshark100’ (Won ₹75K GTD Red Spade Series-16 Bounty Adrenaline for ₹20,334), and Saurav ‘Saurav007’ Ghosh (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO for ₹12,428) won the other PokerStars India marquees.

 

Adda52

Big Whale – ₹30 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹16,500

Entries – 139

Re-entries – 99

PrizePool – ₹35,70,000

Places Paid – 24

Thursday’s (7-Max) SPRINT champion Avinash ‘I_fart_you_faint’ Kumar had a super Sunday run! He whaled Adda52`s brand-new ₹30 Lakhs GTD Big Whale, spinning up a ₹1,650 satellite buy-in into a whopping ₹7.97 Lakhs winners payday (his second-best online score) following a heads-up deal with the #1 ranked player of January, Tarush ‘tarush123’ Gupta (2nd for ₹7.54 Lakhs).

 

Kumar raked in a personal-best ₹12.75 Lakhs last night from five deep runs – his first time reeling in a seven-figure payday. His top Sunday finishes include:

>1st in Adda52’s Big Whale for ₹7,97,272

> 12th in The Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown for ₹4,52,700 (from two stacks)

> 40th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #139 Value Millionaire for ₹14,764

Avinash Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.27 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹14.32 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #5

The LPS Main Event champion Dhinesh ‘dinzy009’ Kumar lapped up ₹2.47 Lakhs from two deep runs, which include:

 

> 5th in Adda52’s Big Whale for ₹2,14,200

> 12th in PokerStars India’s Red Spade Series-14 [Sunday Highroller] for ₹32,992

Dhinesh Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.73 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.58 Crores

Amit ‘ragingbull’ Kaushik fired up seven ITM finishes, netting ₹2.50 Lakhs overall. His top Sunday finishes include:

 

> 6th in Adda52’s Big Whale for ₹1,51,725

>13th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Super Stack for ₹43,800

> 57th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #136 Sunday Prime for ₹31,857

Amit Kaushik’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.03 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.76 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Dhaval ‘dirtyzoso’ Mudgal (7th for ₹1.16 Lakhs), Young Gun Kanchan ‘thandicoke’ Sharma (9th for ₹71,400), and two-time The Millionaire champion Ayush ‘lazyman’ Garg (10th for ₹62,475) were others who made a deep run in Big Whale.

The 238-player field generated a ₹35.70 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 24 finishers got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Avinash ‘I_fart_you_faint’ Kumar – ₹7,97,272
2. Tarush ‘tarush123’ Gupta – ₹7,53,893
3. ChupaRustam2901 – ₹4,28,400
4. narsimha3 – ₹3,07,020
5. Dhinesh ‘dinzy009’ Kumar – ₹2,14,200
6. Amit ‘ragingbull’ Kaushik – ₹1,51,725

 

Mega Suits – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 269

Re-entries – 230

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 55

Ratul ‘riverking021’ Steves was one of Sunday`s standout winners and earned that distinction after overcoming the 499-player field (269 unique) in Adda52’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Mega Suits, bagging away the winner’s payday worth ₹5.05 Lakhs (his first title of the year)!

 

Chasing his first online title of the year, the former APT Mini Main champion Paawan ‘fullflush24’ Bansal pocketed ₹3.42 Lakhs as the runner-up! The 2018 WSOP The Closer runner-up finisher, Bansal, lapped up ₹3.80 Lakhs across three ITM finishes, which include:

 

> 2nd in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹3,42,275

> 63rd in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹17,520

> 378th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown for ₹20,120

Paawan Bansal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.22 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹37.13 Lakhs

Last week`s breakout scorer, Sahil ‘imhighishove’ Mahboobani, kept his scorecard ticking by reeling in ₹6.08 Lakhs on Sunday from the following deep runs:

 

> 3rd in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹3,39,967

> 93rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141- The Crown for ₹1,48,385

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹88,125

> 58h in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #136 Sunday Prime for ₹31,857

Sahil Mahboobani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.76 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.11 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Last week’s IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime and Godfather champion, Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarthym accumulated ₹3.47 Lakhs from deep runs in four Sunday marquees, which include:

> 4th in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹1,87,500

> 77th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown for ₹1,28,265

> 45th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹24,500

> 67th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #142 for ₹6,335

Sashank Chakravarthy’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.53 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹40.16 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

The former FTS Big Game champion Pavan Kiran ‘RootahuaMacchi’ B belted out ₹2.41 Lakhs in Sunday winnings from the following deep runs:

 

> 91st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown for ₹1,21,223

> 21st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #136 Sunday Prime for ₹61,131

> 8th in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹50,000

> 123rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #139 Value Millionaire for ₹8,236

Pavan Kiran B’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.82 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹62.91 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The #1 ranked player on the 2023 TLB (points) leaderboard, Mohak ‘sparkie’ Kapoor (6th for ₹87,500) and Bibhu ‘vibhuiit17’ Agarwal (8th for ₹62,500) also FT-ed the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Mega Suits.

The ₹5,500 entry buy-in Mega Suits fell one entry short of its 500-player guarantee, and the top 55 places got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Ratul ‘riverking021’ Steves – ₹505,258
2. Paawan ‘fullflush24’ Bansal – ₹342,275
3. Sahil ‘imhighishove’ Mahboobani – ₹3,39,967
4. Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarthy – ₹1,87,500
5. justhenuts7 – ₹1,25,000
6. Mohak ‘sparkie’ Kapoor – ₹87,500
7. Bibhu ‘vibhuiit17’ Agarwal – ₹62,500
8. Pavan Kiran ‘RootahuaMacchi’ B – ₹50,000

 

Sunday Showdown – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 178

Re-entries – 121

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 31

Sambantha “suryasedhu2817” Sedhuraman scored his first title victory on the site last night, taking down a 299-player field (178 unique) in the 7.30 PM marquee, ₹10 Lakhs GTD Sunday Showdown, for ₹1.55 Lakhs. A three-way final table deal saw Ashwin ‘Ashwinvijay1399’ Vijay (2nd for ₹1.53 Lakhs) and ‘prasad1naik’ (3rd for ₹1.46 Lakhs) banking the other top payouts.

 

Sambantha Sedhuraman`s Adda52’s stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.69 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.46 Lakhs | Titles Won: #1

Ashwin Vijay cashed in ₹2.01 Lakhs from three ITM finishes last night, which include:

> 2nd in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹1,53,457

> 136th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown for ₹45,270

> 129th in PokerStars India’s Red Spade Series-13 [Sunday Special] for ₹2,500

Ashwin Vijay’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.08 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹49.52 Lakhs

Gautam ‘aa_kk’ Sachdeva made away with ₹2.01 Lakhs across five deep runs. His top finishes include:

 

> 4th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹80,773

> 10th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #139 Value Millionaire for ₹62,060

> 149th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown for ₹45,270

> 26th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #140 Value Mine for ₹11,105

Gautam Sachdeva’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹47.28 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.29 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Aditya ‘Aditya_mNm’ Sinha (8th for ₹24,310) also FT-ed the 7.30 PM Sunday Showdown.

The ₹2,750 entry buy-in Sunday Showdown registered an overlay shortfall of ₹2.53 Lakhs, and the top 31 finishers got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Sambantha “suryasedhu2817” Sedhuraman – ₹1,55,177*
2. Ashwin ‘Ashwinvijay1399’ Vijay – ₹1,53,457*
3. prasad1naik – ₹1,46,435*
4. Gautam ‘aa_kk’ Sachdeva – ₹80,773
5. Learnnwin – ₹59,827
6. DooMAni – ₹44,313
7. UNKNOWN – ₹32,822
8. Aditya ‘Aditya_mNm’ Sinha – ₹24,310

*denotes a three-way deal

 

Clinton ‘RedArmy07’ Tavares (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Hold’em Bash for ₹55,896), ‘vision100’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Mega Suits Lite for ₹37,568), and ‘MADpoker2192’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹32,063) won the other Sunday marquees on Adda52.

 

Khelo365

Khelo365 regular ‘Reverse88’ championed the site`s Sunday showstopper, ₹1 Lakh GTD Big Bang, for ₹37,000. ‘Christo91’ secured the runner-up cash prize worth ₹25,000.

The ₹50K GTD Dominator was taken down by ‘WTO160’ for ₹15,000, who edged ‘CONclusion777’ (2nd for ₹10,000) in the heads-up play.

 

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