Himanshu Arora Rings in the New Year in Style; Shipping PokerBaazi’s ₹1 Crore GTD The MoneyMaker (₹13.98 Lakhs)

Sunday marked the beginning of 2023, and the new year brought a plethora of mouth-watering MTTs. While the big guns did come out guns blazing, a majority of the domestic poker players were still celebrating the new year (or recovering from hangovers), leading to a dip in traffic, resulting in overlays in most major flagships.

January 1 was undoubtedly Himanshu Arora‘s day as he traversed across the 933-entry field in Sunday’s biggest guaranteed flagship, PokerBaazi’s ₹1 Crore GTD The MoneyMaker, claiming the title for the first time and taking home a massive ₹13.98 Lakhs (his second-best score on the site). He ITM-ed eight more tournaments, including a third-place finish in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹1.30 Lakhs, making away with ₹16.49 Lakhs in Sunday winnings. What a way to kick off the new year!

Bharath Kumar picked up a runner-up finish in The MoneyMaker for a commendable ₹8.65 Lakhs (his second-best score on PokerBaazi), collectively earning ₹8.84 Lakhs across his Sunday grind.

Ankit Wadhawan was a breakout performer last night, posting ₹9.38 Lakhs across four ITM finishes, including shipping Adda52’s Roller Coaster (for ₹7.02 Lakhs) and finishing runner-up in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo (for ₹1.95 Lakhs). Laksh Pal Singh finished runner-up in the Roller Coaster for ₹4.19 Lakhs (won ₹5.13 Lakhs overall).

Sreekanth Narayan boosted his bankroll by ₹8.27 Lakhs on the back of three deep runs, including winning Spartan Poker’s Sunday headliner, the Sunday Superstack, for ₹7.66 Lakhs. Vivek Singh finished runner-up for ₹5.08 Lakhs (won ₹6.95 Lakhs overall).

Rajat Sharma championed PokerBaazi’s BSS Championship for ₹5.03 Lakhs (won ₹5.90 Lakhs overall) after striking a heads-up deal with Samit Mehta (2nd for ₹4.89 Lakhs).

PokerBaazi’s 1000X Series 2.0 commenced on Sunday, and the opening day showstopper, the 1000X Series#4 Sunday Prime, crowned a champion in Arvindhan Lakshminarayanan, who banked ₹4.81 Lakhs for his win, following a heads-up deal with ‘kishanrintu’ (2nd for ₹4.24 Lakhs).

‘Radheyk3’ (Won 1000X Series#1 Kickoff for ₹2.53 Lakhs), Ankur Sehgal (Won 1000X Series#5 for ₹2.19 Lakhs), Akshay Asawa (Won 1000X#3 for ₹1.82 Lakhs), and Navdeep Sahi (Won 1000X Series#2 for ₹93,717) shipped the other 1000X Series titles on Sunday.

Sahil Mahboobani won Adda52’s Carousel for ₹4.70 Lakhs, just as Utkarsh Somaaieyaa placed second for ₹2.84 Lakhs.

Kunal Patni was the last player standing in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special, claiming the title and top prize of ₹3.36 Lakhs (won ₹4.78 Lakhs overall), while Rony Chowdhury locked in a second-place finish worth ₹1.75 Lakhs.

Rubin Labroo joined the winner’s list, taking down Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹2.88 Lakhs (won ₹3.10 Lakhs overall). Yesterday’s Gravitron champion, Young Gun Arsh Grover, came in second for ₹1.96 Lakhs (won ₹4.92 Lakhs overall).

Sanjay Mohan outlasted the 344-entry field in Poker52’s Pocket Kings, pocketing ₹2.16 Lakhs in first-place prize money.

Asheesh Boyapati, Young Gun Shardul Parthasarathi, Alok Pawar, Dinesh Kukreja, Induprakash Mishra, Prince Singh, and Sumit Kumar shipped the other Sunday marquees.

Here are the Sunday highlights!

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PokerBaazi

The MoneyMaker – ₹1 Crore GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 515

Re-entries – 418

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,00,000

Places Paid – 100

December’s APT#45 PLO-5 HighRoller champion, Himanshu ‘pokerbrat7’ Arora, barrelled through a field of 933 entries in 2023’s first PokerBaazi’s ₹1 Crore GTD The MoneyMaker, clinching the title for the first time for ₹13.98 Lakhs (his second-best score on the site), closing out a three-week-long title dry spell.

Arora’s previous score had come on December 19, and he truly kicked off the new year with a bang, banking a whopping ₹16.49 Lakhs through eight ITM finishes. His Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹13,98,000

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹1,29,675

> 19th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#4 Sunday Prime for ₹36,800

> 22nd in PokerBaazi’s BSS Championship for ₹35,000

> 19th in Adda52’s Roller Coaster’s for ₹28,350

> 17th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special for ₹12,444

> 44th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Value Boost for ₹5,100

> 99th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#3 for ₹3,250

Himanshu Arora’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.36 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.51 Crores

Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar picked up a runner-up finish in The MoneyMaker for a commendable ₹8.65 Lakhs (his second-best score on PokerBaazi). He also scored in the 1000X#1 Kickoff (29th for ₹18,750), rounding off his Sunday run with ₹8.84 Lakhs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.7 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹26.87 Lakhs

The former The Millionaire winner, Anmol ‘airball’ Narang, locked in ₹2.36 Lakhs through two ITM finishes, which include:

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹2,00,000

> 24th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹35,476

Anmol Narang’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.72 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹35.01 Lakhs

The 7:30 PM flagship suffered a ₹6.70 Lakhs, and the top 100 runners received a piece of the ₹1 Crore prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Himanshu ‘pokerbrat7’ Arora – ₹13,98,000
2. Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar – ₹8,65,000
3. Sahil ‘bluffme19’ Chutani – ₹6,96,000
4. destiny1008 – ₹5,63,000
5. calito – ₹4,54,000
6. danielng07 – ₹3,48,000
7. Durr102 – ₹2,45,000
8. Anmol ‘airball’ Narang – ₹2,00,000

1000X Series#4 Sunday Prime – ₹40 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 551

Re-entries – 434

Prize Pool – ₹40,00,000

Places Paid – 100

Arvindhan ‘bblackdegen’ Lakshminarayanan (opted out of tracking) raced past the 985-entry field in the Sunday showstopper of PokerBaazi’s 1000X Series 2.0, the ₹40 Lakhs GTD 1000X Series#4 Sunday Prime, taking home an impressive ₹4.81 Lakhs. A heasd-up chop saw ‘kishanrintu’ bank ₹4.24 Lakhs for their runner-up finish.

Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra ran deep in three tournaments, making away with ₹2.02 Lakhs in winnings. His ITM finishes include:

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#4 Sunday Prime for ₹1,39,200

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#5 for ₹46,711

> 20th in Adda52’s Carousel for ₹16,110

Sumit Sapra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.9 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.93 Crores

Rahul ‘slowroller’ Melwani cashed in two events, securing ₹1.55 Lakhs in Sunday earnings, which include:

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#4 Sunday Prime for ₹80,000

> 24th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹75,000

Rahul Melwani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.07 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.05 Lakhs

The 7 PM marquee fell ₹60,000 short of meeting its advertised guarantee, and the top 100 places were paid.

Final Table Results

1. Arvindhan ‘bblackdegen’ Lakshminarayanan – ₹4,81,082*
2. kishanrintu – ₹4,24,118*
3. tintedsheep – ₹2,78,400
4. mohit2706 – ₹2,25,200
5. ramanchauhan – ₹1,81,600
6. Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra – ₹1,39,200
7. gpoat – ₹98,000
8. Rahul ‘slowroller’ Melwani – ₹80,000

*denotes a heads-up deal

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

Buy-in – ₹8,250

Entries – 239

Re-entries – 214

Prize Pool – ₹35,00,000

Places Paid – 49

Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma started the new year by shipping PokerBaazi’s 6 PM flagship, the ₹35 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) BSS Championship, netting ₹5.03 Lakhs up top, following a heads-up chop with Samit ‘Superkid7777’ Mehta (2nd for ₹4.89 Lakhs).

Sharma cashed in three more tournaments, pocketing ₹5.90 Lakhs overall. His Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BSS Championship for ₹5,02,647

> 30th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹60,000

> 24th in Adda52’s Roller Coaster for ₹24,300

> 173rd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#5 for ₹2,716

Rajat Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.72 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.62 Crores

Last Wednesday’s Mechanical Bull winner, Saurabh ‘twister’ Rohila, collected ₹3.66 Lakhs through three deep runs, which include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s BSS Championship for ₹3,07,300

> 11th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#1 Kickoff for ₹37,500

> 12th in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹21,000

Saurabh Rohila’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.86 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.82 Crores

Prolific multi-scorer Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor ITM-ed eight tourneys (and one bounty), locking in ₹3.32 Lakhs in total winnings. His top Sunday finishes include:

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Championship for ₹2,02,300

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#3 for ₹74,625

> 17th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#1 Kickoff for ₹27,500

> 14th in Adda52’s Gravitron for ₹10,495

Mohak Kapoor’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.93 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹72.77 Lakhs

Rising Star Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna banked ₹2.22 Lakhs through five ITM finishes, which include:

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Championship for ₹1,30,900

> 10th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#1 Kickoff for ₹43,750

> 97th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹35,000

> 29th in Adda52’s Gravitron for ₹8,157

> 40th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special for ₹3,750

Ritwik Khanna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.62 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.36 Crores

The ₹8,250 buy-in event attracted 453 entries, overlaying ₹1.02 Lakhs. The top 49 runners crossed the money line.

Final Table Results

1. Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma – ₹5,02,647*
2. Samit ‘Superkid7777’ Mehta – ₹4,88,903*
3. Saurabh ‘twister’ Rohila – ₹3,07,300
4. Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan – ₹2,43,250
5. Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor – ₹2,02,300
6. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹1,65,200
7. Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna – ₹1,30,900

*denotes a heads-up deal

1000X Series#1 Kickoff – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 478

Re-entries – 435

Prize Pool – ₹35,00,000

Places Paid – 100

PokerBaazi user ‘Radheyk3’ took down the 1000X Series 2.0 series opener, the ₹25 Lakhs GTD 1000X Series#1 Kickoff, for a site-best ₹2.53 Lakhs, following a three-way deal with Suresh ‘oil_trader’ Kolli (2nd for ₹2.19 Lakhs) and Buhr ‘buhr1085’ Advirkar (3rd for ₹2.69 Lakhs).

Radheyk3’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹5.93 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹3.70 Lakhs | Titles Won: #2

Suresh Kolli scored in two more tourneys to pocket ₹2.26 Lakhs overall. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.4 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹61.70 Lakhs

Buhr Advirkar collected ₹2.97 Lakhs through two deep runs, which include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#1 Kickoff for ₹2,68,732

> 23rd in PokerBaazi’s BSS Championship for ₹28,000

Buhr Advirkar’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.63 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹19.35 Lakhs

The 2022 TLB Leaderboard topper, Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur, banked ₹1.32 Lakhs across six ITM finishes, with his deepest run of the night coming in the 1000X#1 Kickoff (6th for ₹87,000). His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.38 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹83.32 Lakhs

The ₹2,750 buy-in marquee logged 913 entries, overlaying ₹2.17 Lakhs. The top 100 players boarded the money bus.

Final Table Results

1. Radheyk3 – ₹2,52,515*
2. Suresh ‘oil_trader’ Kolli – ₹2,18,502*
3. Buhr ‘buhr1085’ Advirkar – ₹2,68,732*
4. UNKNOWN – ₹1,40,750
5. Ishan ‘Ishan2203’ Sharma – ₹1,13,500
6. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹87,000
7. Abhimanyu ‘AbhimanyuMittal’ Mittal – ₹61,250
8. Sahil ‘you3bi4b’ Nair – ₹50,000

*denotes a three-way deal

1000X Series#5 – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 609

Re-entries – 589

Prize Pool – ₹18,11,000

Places Paid – 209

Ankur ‘Stonecold’ Sehgal overcame a three-month-long title drought by shipping PokerBaazi’s 8:30 PM marquee, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD 1000X Series#5, bagging a cool ₹2.19 Lakhs winner’s paycheque. ‘mdjain’ finished runner-up for ₹2.17 Lakhs, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

The ₹1,650 buy-in tourney registered 1,198 and was one of the few events to surpass its listed guarantee yesterday, generating a ₹18.11 Lakhs prize pool. The top 209 places were paid.

Final Table Results

1. Ankur ‘Stonecold’ Sehgal – ₹2,18,575*
2. mdjain – ₹2,16,489*
3. Sujith ‘Protential1’ Sachidanand – ₹1,37,960
4. vra74 – ₹92,698
5. Arman ‘Qbranch’ Khan – ₹66,989
6. Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra – ₹46,711
7. mayankgagrwl – ₹32,408
8. Poker4everz – ₹22,631

*denotes a heads-up deal

BSS Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 333

Re-entries – 198

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 95

The mystery reg and APT Main Event finalist, ‘royalking7424’ (anonymity requested), was the last player standing in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD BSS Value Boost and took away ₹1.45 Lakhs up top – crossing the ₹1 Crore mark in site winnings!

royalking7424’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹1 Crore | Site Profits: ₹18.89 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Playing their sixth MTT on the site, ‘RockingstarYash,’ earned a site-best ₹1.12 Lakhs for a runner-up finish. Their PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.15 Lakhs| Site Profits: ₹94,936

The ₹1,650 buy-in MTT logged in 531 participants to leave an overlay avalanche of ₹2.03 Lakhs, and the top 95 places got paid.

Final Table Results

1. royalking7424 – ₹1,45,000
2. RockingstarYash – ₹1,12,000
3. Harry ‘hypnotiser’ Singh – ₹85,000
4. Piyush ‘anCap’ Ravi – ₹59,100
5. Bhelke6611 – ₹41,700
6. mangubansal – ₹29,100
7. nairobi18 – ₹21,000
8. Jason ‘jasonroyce’ Fernandes – ₹17,300

1000X#3 – ₹12.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,380

Entries – 502

Re-entries – 371

Prize Pool – ₹12,50,000

Places Paid – 143

Akshay ‘powershell’ Asawa broke a nearly six-month-long title dry spell last night, also opening his scorecard for 2023! Asawa powered his way past the 873-player field in the 12.50 Lakhs GTD 1000X#3 to capture the title for ₹1.82 Lakhs. Ajit Singh ‘ace_bobby’ Arora finished runner-up to collect a ₹1.36 Lakhs paycheque.

Akshay Asawa’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.68 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹43.97 Lakhs

Parag Shah cashed a total of three events, making away with ₹1.37 Lakhs on Sunday. His Sunday finishes include:

> 23rd in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹75,000

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#3 for ₹54,000

> 38th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#5 for ₹7,604

Parag Shah’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.49 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹12.24 Lakhs

The ₹1,380 buy-in event filled in ₹1.59 Lakhs in overlay shortfall and the top 143 spots got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Akshay ‘powershell’ Asawa – ₹1,81,750
2. Ajit Singh ‘ace_bobby’ Arora – ₹1,35,875
3. aryaknight – ₹1,03,750
4. Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor – ₹74,625
5. Parag ‘vix786’ Shah – ₹54,000
6. 0htrap1 – ₹36,625
7. Prince ‘NaNki’ Singh – ₹27,500
8. Pranay ‘5pranay’ Chaudhry – ₹19,875

1000X Series#2 – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 567

Re-entries – 501

Prize Pool – ₹8,54,400

Places Paid – 185

Navdeep ‘Psychonaut’ Sahi returned to the winner’s circle after six months, racing past the competition in PokerBaazi’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD 1000X Series#2 to take home the ₹93,717 top prize, following a three-way deal with ‘Yoanatanwar’ (2nd for ₹96,783), and ‘pintu00’ (3rd for ₹88,205).

Navdeep Sahi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹93.04 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The ₹880 buy-in MTT crushed its listed guarantee by ₹54,400 on the back of 1,068 challengers, and the top 185 places got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Navdeep ‘Psychonaut’ Sahi – ₹93,717*
2. Yoanatanwar – ₹96,783*
3. pintu00 – ₹88,205*
4. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹46,138
5. Pratik ‘zpAAced’ Manjrekar – ₹32,467
6. tanay0405 – ₹22,556
7. Aichtae – ₹15,721
8. Rituraj ‘bigdaddy1’ Mandal – ₹11,022

*denotes a three-way deal

‘DAZ666’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD BSS Night SPRINT for ₹78,150), Dinesh ‘htc170209’ Kukreja (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹35,900), ‘udixi18’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD BSS for ₹29,000), Prince ‘NaNki’ Singh (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹23,400) and ‘mayso18’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD BSS Afternoon SPRINT for ₹20,560) won the other titles on PokerBaazi.

Spartan Poker

Sunday Superstack – ₹30 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 181

Re-entries – 51

Rebuys – 130

Prize Pool – ₹36,20,000

Places Paid – 31

The former The Millionaire Lite champion Sreekanth ‘Vhagar’ Narayan was up and running on the first day of 2023, lapping up ₹8.27 Lakhs across three impressive finishes. Narayan most prominently toppled a field of 362 entries to capture Spartan Poker’s 8 PM Sunday flagship, the ₹30 Lakhs GTD Sunday Superstack, collecting the top prize of ₹7.66 Lakhs. Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh attempted to pick his first title in a month but conceded to a runner-up finish and collected ₹5.08 Lakhs for his efforts.

His Sunday finishes include:

>1st in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹7,65,630

> 8th in Adda52’s Carousel for ₹42,232

> 20th in Pokerstars India’s Sunday Special [8-Max, PKO] for ₹18,567

Sreekanth Narayan’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.94 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.68 Crores

Vivek Singh lapped up ₹6.95 Lakhs across four ITM finishes, which include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹5,15,488

> 18th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹92,000

> 9th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#4 Sunday Prime for ₹70,000

> 17th in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹17,290

Vivek Singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.41 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.62 Crores

The 2022 POY leaderboard topper, Young Gun Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav, began his 2023 run with a standout score, finishing third in the Sunday Superstack for ₹3.63 Lakhs.

Seventh-place finisher Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma is fast approaching the ₹10 Crore milestone in tracked online winnings. Last night Sharma added ₹1.32 Lakhs over two ITM finishes, which include:

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹1,29,234

> 155th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#5 for ₹3,259

Vaibhav Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.62 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.87 Crores

The ₹11,000 buy-in event generated a guarantee-crushing ₹36.20 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 31 spots got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Sreekanth ‘Vhagar’ Narayan – ₹7,65,630
2. Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh – ₹5,15,488
3. Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹3,63,448
4. prakchar – ₹2,94,668
5. C.Dickens – ₹2,33,128
6. MaestroEric – ₹1,77,018
7. Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma – ₹1,29,234
8. Madmoney005 – ₹94,482

Armageddon – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 135

Re-entries – 15

Rebuys – 69

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 20

The 2020 IPC champion Rubin ‘OMG_s1mple’ Labroo collected his second title in a fortnight, claiming the ₹12 Lakhs GTD Armageddon on Spartan Poker for ₹2.88 Lakhs. Labroo overcame the 219-strong entry field in the event, including his heads-up opponent, and yesterday’s Gravitron champion, Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover (2nd for ₹1.96 Lakhs).

Rubin Labroo made away with ₹3.10 Lakhs across another two ITM finishes. His top Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹2,88,000

> 48th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#4 Sunday Prime for ₹18,000

> 49th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special [8-Max, PKO] for ₹4,375

Rubin Labroo’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.8 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3 Crores

Arsh Grover, made away with ₹4.92 Lakhs on the back of six ITM finishes, including a title win and another two FT scores. His Sunday finishes include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹1,95,600

> 1st for Adda52’s Gravitron for ₹1,49,087

> 7th in Adda52’s Roller Coaster for ₹87,750

> 17th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹40,964

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s Money Heist for ₹15,934

Arsh Grover’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.89 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.99 Crores | Titles Won in 2022 #1

Ayush ‘Tabono’ Garg rounded out ₹1.66 Lakhs across three cashes. His Sunday finishes include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹1,29,000

> 33rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹26,250

> 42nd in Adda52’s Carousel for ₹10,424

Ayush Garg’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.27 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.69 Crores

Ashish ‘0mg_spew’ Munot posted two deep finishes on Spartan Poker, adding -₹1.73 Lakhs to his cashes. His Sunday finishes include:

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹1,06,560

> 10th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹66,246

Abhimanyu ‘foul child’ Mittal earned approximately ₹1.70 Lakhs across two FT finishes and another four ITM finishes. His top Sunday finishes include:

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹85,560

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#1 Kickoff for ₹61,250

> 31st in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special [8-Max, PKO] for ₹13,974

Abhimanyu Mittal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.66 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.51 Crores

The 6 PM ₹5,500 buy-in event filled in an overlay shortfall of ₹1.05 Lakhs, and the top 20 spots got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Rubin ‘OMG_s1mple’ Labroo – ₹2,88,000
2. Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover – ₹1,95,600
3. Ayush ‘Tabono’ Garg – ₹1,29,000
4. Ashish ‘0mg_spew’ Munot – ₹1,06,560
5. Abhimanyu ‘foul child’ Mittal – ₹85,560
6. BSoin14 – ₹67,080
7. TheSilentBang – ₹50,280
8. Karan ‘Engineerlonda’ Malhotra – ₹37,200

Deepstack Turbo – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 142

Re-entries – 24

Rebuys – 81

Prize Pool – ₹12,35,000

Places Paid – 23

Asheesh ‘sceptre’ Boyapati fired twice before racing to the top of a 247-strong field in Spartan Poker’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Deepstack Turbo after a six-hour-long struggle for the 9:30 PM flagship title, walking away with the ₹2.87 Lakhs top prize.

Asheesh Boyapati Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹4.01 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.85 Lakhs

The IOPC June 2022 Sunday Prime champion Ankit ‘d00mtr00per’ Wadhawan posted a scintillating Sunday run, including the Roller Coaster title victory and a runners-up finish, which saw him bank ₹9.38 Lakhs (overall) on the first day of the year, simultaneously crossing the ₹11 Crores mark in lifetime winnings!

Ankit Wadhawan’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.05 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.69 Crores

The Big Millions Finale finalist from April last year, Himanshu ‘WhatIffGawd’ Arora emerged as the Sunday top-scorer, grossing ₹16.49 Lakhs from six deep runs and two FT finishes, including The MoneyMaker title and a third-place finish in Deepstack Turbo.

Ankit Wadhawan’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.36 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.51 Crores

The 9:30 PM flagship had 247 entrants joining the action for a guarantee-crossing ₹12.35 Lakhs prize pool. The top 23 finishers crossed the money line.

Final Table Results

1. Asheesh ‘sceptre’ Boyapati – ₹2,87,138
2. Ankit ‘d00mtr00per’ Wadhawan – ₹1,94,513
3. Himanshu ‘WhatIffGawd’ Arora – ₹1,29,675
4. O Monstro – ₹1,06,210
5. Dhaval ‘ElegantlyWasted’ Mudgal – ₹85,215
6. realmystic – ₹66,073

Money Heist – ₹7 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 408

Re-entries – 98

Rebuys – 215

Prize Pool – ₹7,21,000

Places Paid – 71

Spartan Poker reg ‘Prometheue’ fired twice before navigating through a 721-strong field in the site’s 8 PM offering, the ₹7 Lakhs GTD Money Heist, taking home the title and ₹1.23 Lakhs in first-place prize money.

Prometheue’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹13.52 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹5.52 Lakhs

Another site user ‘MH11MARATHA’ came inches away from the title, collecting a profitable ₹1.04 Lakhs in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

MH11MARATHA’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹3.20 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹42,614

The ₹1,100 entry buy-in Money Heist crossed its aforesaid guarantee by ₹21,000, and the top 71 finishers took a bite out of the prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Prometheue – ₹1,23,179*
2. MH11MARATHA – ₹1,03,648*
3. 11_11 – ₹62,799
4. puffpuffpass – ₹49,461
5. stepup1 – ₹38,862
6. Roga Danar – ₹30,354
7. Mayank ‘$Magician$’ Makhija – ₹22,856
8. Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover – ₹15,934

* denotes a heads-up deal

Battlezone – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 77

Re-entries – 10

Rebuys – 39

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 13

Following multiple breakout runs in December, Young Gun Shardul ‘fish2022’ Parthasarathi, continued his winning streak to the new year, taking down Spartan Poker’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Battlezone for ₹1.31 Lakhs up top, clinching his first title of 2023. Last Friday’s Futuristic champion ‘Kingbadshah’ placed second ₹92,000.

Parthasarathi cashed eight events yesterday, bagging ₹2.25 Lakhs overall. His other scores include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Battlezone for ₹1,31,250

> 88th in PokerBazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹35,000

> 11th in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo (6-Max) for ₹24,083

> 38th in Adda52’s Carousel for ₹10,424

> 19th in Adda52’s Gravitron for ₹9,253

> 70th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X #5 for ₹5,250

> 68th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Value Boost for ₹4,200

> 76th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X #3 for ₹4,000

Shardul Parthasarathi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.34 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.60 Crores

Final Table Results

1. Shardul ‘fish2022’ Parthasarathi – ₹1,31,250
2. Kingbadshah – ₹92,000
3. SharkyFishh – ₹60,750
4. MaestroEric – ₹47,750
5. Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal – ₹38,500
6. Rishabh ‘radda’ Gupta – ₹30,000
7. boomhoops – ₹23,750
8. Shagun ‘icansckout’ Jain – ₹18,500

Alok ‘ALOK.’ Pawar (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹38,325), ‘Skylark77’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Smash Triple – Chance for ₹31,500), Induprakash ‘A passage to India’ Mishra (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Dark Knight for ₹24,513), Sumit ‘Isildur2108’ Kumar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹17,072), and ‘Royalcosta’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹10,025) won the other titles on Spartan Poker.

Pocket52

Pocket Kings – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 189

Re-entries – 155

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 55

Sanjay ‘smr1g10’ Mohan triumphed over a 344-strong field in Pocket52’s Sunday headliner, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD Pocket Kings, bagging out the 8 PM flagship title and the winner’s due worth ₹2.16 Lakhs up top!

Site user ‘clockspeed’ fell inches short of the finish line, banking ₹1.56 Lakhs in second place.

Last April’s BSS SuperStack champion, Vinay ‘Vinay09’ Rajpal, placed fourth for ₹78,000. Rajpal ITM-ed six other events for a ₹1.22 Lakhs Sunday payday, and his top finishes include:

> 4th in Pocket52’s Pocket Kings for ₹78,000

> 30th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#1 Kickoff for ₹15,000

> 12th in Adda52’s Gravitron for ₹11,905

> 22nd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#5 for ₹9,053

Vinay Rajpal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.04 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹89.27 Lakhs

Final Table Results

1. Sanjay ‘smr1g10’ Mohan – ₹2,16,000
2. clockspeed – ₹1,56,000
3. Mixon – ₹1,08,000
4. Vinay ‘Vinay09’ Rajpal – ₹78,000
5. raj_ptoJdPMFwW – ₹56,400
6. Idries – ₹48,000

‘Hriday’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch for ₹33,000), ‘motionless_catspajamas177_15361911’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹17,250), ‘user1671552424’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Soda for ₹17,250) and ‘Triglott007’ (Won ₹60K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹13,200) won the other Pocket52 marquees on Sunday.

PokerStars India

Sunday Special [8-Max, PKO] – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 157

Re-entries – 128

Regular Prize Pool – ₹7,87,500

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹7,12,500

Total Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 34

Starting the new year with a BANG, Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni nailed PokerStars India’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special [8-Max, PKO] and took home ₹3.36 Lakhs up top, with Rony ‘GoGetters1’ Chowdhury placing second for ₹1.75 Lakhs.

Patni reeled in ₹4.78 Lakhs last night across six deep runs, which include:

> 1st in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special [8-Max, PKO] for ₹3,35,888

> 21st in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹92,000

> 21st in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹31,914

> 37th in Adda52’s Carousel for ₹10,424

> 58th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Value Boost for ₹4,200

> 98th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#3 for ₹3,250

Kunal Patni’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.96 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.94 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The ₹5,500 buy-in MTT fell short of breaking even by ₹75,000 on the back of 285 challengers, and the top 34 places got paid.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni – ₹3,35,888
2. Rony ‘GoGetters1’ Chowdhury – ₹1,75,185
3. sumitm74 – ₹99,768
4. Amit ‘the_ziro’ J – ₹87,730
5. Somesh ‘JackNotMa’ Patel – ₹64,806
6. Arman ‘huger_pen’ Khan – ₹46,963
7. thisisme16 – ₹33,940
8. Pavankiran ‘Rootahua Macchi’ Bellamkonda – ₹36,822
9. Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra – ₹18,169

‘B4rbaric’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush for ₹47,833), ‘Uncrypted’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Sunday Storm for ₹28,984), and ‘Atomix700’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO [8-Max] for ₹13,749) won the other titles on PokerStars India.

Adda52

Roller Coaster – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹10,999

Entries – 149

Re-entries – 121

Prize Pool – ₹27,00,000

Places Paid – 27

Last Thursday’s The Colosseum winner Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan, made a smashing start to 2023 by grabbing a flagship title on Sunday. He fired four bullets in Adda52’s 9 PM attraction, the ₹20 Lakhs GTD Roller Coaster, eventually topping the 570-player field to collect ₹7.02 Lakhs up top. Laksh Pal ‘boomtilt23’ Singh collected ₹4.19 Lakhs in second place.

Ankit Wadhawan collected ₹9.38 Lakhs across four ITM finishes, which include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Roller Coaster for ₹7,02,000

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹1,94,513

> 68th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹40,000

Ankit Wadhawan’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.05 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.69 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #1

Laksh Pal Singh added ₹5.13 Lakhs to his scorecard on the back of four ITM finishes, which include:

> 2nd in Adda52’s Roller Coaster for ₹4,18,500

> 25th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹75,000

>72nd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#4 Sunday Prime for ₹16,000

> 115th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#5 for ₹3,802

Laksh Pal Singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.80 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.10 Crores

Vishal ‘GigaaBet’ Bajaj (3rd for ₹3.15 Lakhs) and Vijay ‘GajaniG’ Pandit (5th for ₹1.55 Lakhs) were the other known names on the final table.

The Armageddon runner-up Arsh ‘bigggtymer’ Grover (7th for ₹87,750), Nishaanth ‘superdeluxe’ Shanmughasundaram (9th for ₹54,000), and Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara (12th for ₹40,500) were others who ran deep in the event.

The event made a guarantee-smashing run, paying out 27 finishers from the ₹27 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – ₹7,02,000
2. Laksh Pal ‘boomtilt23’ Singh – ₹4,18,500
3. Vishal ‘GigaaBet’ Bajaj – ₹3,14,550
4. VishuChi – ₹2,29,500
5. Vijay ‘GajaniG’ Pandit – ₹1,55,250
6. dishitbauva – ₹1,14,750

Carousel – ₹17.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹4,999

Entries – 232

Re-entries – 185

Prize Pool – ₹18,95,260

Places Paid – 43

Long-time MTT reg Sahil ‘imhighishove’ Mahboobani picked his first title in over six weeks, topping the 417-player field in Adda52’s ₹17.50 Lakhs GTD Carousel, to collect the title and the top prize of ₹4.70 Lakhs. Utkarsh ‘Mathfane’ Somaaieyaa placed runner-up to pocket a ₹2.84 Lakhs paycheque.

Sahil Mahboobani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.37 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.88 Crores

Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarty lapped up ₹1.01 Lakhs across two cashes, which include:

> 5th in Adda52’s Carousel for ₹98,554

> 115th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#3 for ₹2,625

Sashank Chakravarty’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.19 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹21.03 Lakhs

Nitin ‘JeeneNhiDunga’ Rawat rounded out ₹1.01 Crores on the back of five cashes, which include:

> 7th in Adda52’s Carousel for ₹52,120

> 29th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹28,000

> 83rd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#4 Sunday Prime for ₹14,000

Nitin Rawat’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.08 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹84.95 Lakhs

Final Table Results

1. Sahil ‘imhighishove’ Mahboobani – ₹4,70,026
2. Utkarsh ‘Mathfane’ Somaaieyaa – ₹2,84,290
3. boosterx – ₹1,99,003
4. tinda2706 – ₹1,51,621
5. Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarty – ₹98,554
6. Aarchit ‘Aarchit’ Dhadwal – ₹66,334
7. Nitin ‘JeeneNhiDunga’ Rawat – ₹52,120
8. Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan – ₹42,643

Gravitron – ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,499

Entries – 191

Re-entries – 123

Prize Pool – ₹7,50,000

Places Paid – 31

Arsh ‘bigggtymer’ Grover was another top reg who kicked off the new year in style, with multiple final table finishes and a title win! Most prominently, Grover scored a thumping victory in Adda52’s ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD Gravitron and walked away with ₹1.49 Lakhs up top. The Delhi-based MTT crusher ended up making ₹4.92 Lakhs on Sunday after six deep runs, which include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹1,95,600

> 1st in Adda52’s Gravitron for ₹1,49,087

> 7th in Adda52’s Roller Coaster for ₹87,750

> 17th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹40,964

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s Money Heist for ₹15,934

> 174th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#5 for ₹2,716

Arsh Grover’s Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.89 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.99 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The ₹2,499 buy-in MTT pulled in 314 entrants to leave an overlay of ₹36,592, and the top

Final Table Results

1. Arsh ‘bigggtymer’ Grover – ₹1,49,087
2. UNKNOWN – ₹1,10,426
3. Prateek ‘dabangg2’ Sharma – ₹81,790
4. Atishay ‘pokergod56’ Samuel – ₹60,580
5. blablablacar – ₹44,870
6. JaiKiran ‘jeditriv’ Kumar – ₹33,235
7. Shubham ‘NewBackchod’ Agarwal – ₹24,616
8. UNKNOWN – ₹18,233

Khelo365

Khelo365 regular ‘Samaybk’ was the last player standing in the site’s ₹3 Lakhs GTD NewYear’23 Special, collecting the biggest bite of ₹90,000. ‘rishi159’ fired two bullets to secure the runner-up payday worth ₹60,000.

The user ‘Bruceeleee’ took down the ₹50K GTD Dominator for ₹15,000, just as ‘Criminal05’ placed second for ₹10,000.

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