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The online MTT action had been on the uptick this entire past week and culminated in an action-packed Sunday! The attention is bound to shift towards live MTTs this week, with the IPC Megastacks getting underway in Jhapa, Nepal, from May 17, followed by WPT Vietnam kicking off on May 19.
Nevertheless, PokerBaazi’s ENDBOSS 2022 will undoubtedly make for another blockbuster Sunday!
Coming back to the Sunday recap, PokerBaazi’s biggest-ever IMPS Gold Edition wrapped up with Md. Zeeshan championing the ₹1 Crore GTD IMPS#120 Main Event for a jaw-dropping ₹17.23 Lakhs, making him the day’s biggest winner and a frontrunner to bag our “PokerGuru Star of the Week” title.
Zeeshan bested the first-ever NPS Main Event champion Mohammad Azhar heads-up, and the latter bagged ₹11.27 Lakhs for his runner-up finish. Azhar went on to ship PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller for a second time for ₹2.40 Lakhs. With another three ITM finishes under his belt, Azhar ended his Sunday grind with ₹13.86 Lakhs in total earnings. His brilliant Sunday outing has catapulted him to #4 in the annual leaderboard rankings.
Young Gun Karan Radia took down Spartan Poker’s all-new ₹50 Lakhs GTD Sunday Highroller for a handsome ₹14.56 Lakhs payday. Goonjan Mall came second for ₹10.21 Lakhs and pocketed ₹10.52 Lakhs through his Sunday grind.
Harsh Bubna was another standout winner. The poker reg from Kolkata added a whopping ₹11.68 Lakhs across three top finishes, including shipping Adda52’s Nano Highroller for ₹3.06 Lakhs. Manish Lakhotia finished runner-up in the Nano Highroller for ₹2.25 Lakhs.
Amit Ajwani was the last player standing in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹8.38 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik Ved finished runner-up for ₹5.57 Lakhs. Birthday boy Ved also scored in the Sunday High Roller and made away with ₹6.71 Lakhs in Sunday winnings.
Featuring prominently on the Sunday winner’s list was Siddharth Gangwar! Last Sunday’s SCS Main Event runner-up finisher, Gangwar, won the Adda52 Millions title for ₹5.85 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal Singh (2nd for ₹5.62 Lakhs). Gangwar cashed another five Sunday MTTs, raking in ₹6.16 Lakhs overall, climbing to #5 in the annual leaderboard rankings.
PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish Ahuja kept the stable’s title-winning spree going by taking down PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for the fifth time for ₹4.60 Lakhs. He struck a three-way deal with Rahul Melwani (2nd for ₹4.38 Lakhs) and ‘borntrouble’ (3rd for ₹4.33 Lakhs).
The #BB5 MoneyMaker fourth-place finisher Shubham Agarwal won PokerStars India’s Sunday Special for ₹3.15 Lakhs, with last night’s Nano Highroller winner Harsh Bubna finishing runner-up (2nd for ₹1.81 Lakhs). Agarwal made another two deep runs on PokerBaazi, collectively adding ₹4.84 Lakhs.
Utkarsh Somaaieyaa, Bhushan Sohani, Rahul Sengar, Karan Sitlani, Vinod Malviya, and Piyush Ravi won the other Sunday majors.
Here are the Sunday highlights!
Spartan Poker
Sunday High Roller (6-Max) – ₹50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹55,000
Entries – 74
Re-entries – 16
Rebuys – 21
Prize Pool – ₹55,50,000
Places Paid – 13
After successfully introducing weekday High Roller tournaments on Wednesday and Thursday, Spartan Poker hosted the ₹50 Lakhs GTD Sunday Highroller (6-Max) last night! The ₹55K buy-in event made a smashing debut, registering 111 participants, resulting in a guarantee-crushing ₹55.50 Lakhs prize pool. Young Gun Karan ‘Majestic’ Radia emerged as the outright victor, banking an impressive ₹14.56 Lakhs payday.
Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall finished runner-up for ₹10.52 Lakhs and collectively added ₹10.52 Lakhs on the back of two deep runs that include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Sunday High Roller for ₹10,21,200
> 16th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹31,778
Young Gun Kanchan ‘Midge Maisel’ Sharma was another consistent winner through the Sunday marquees and pocketed ₹4.49 Lakhs cumulatively. Her Sunday finishes include:
> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday High Roller for ₹4,27,350
> 42nd in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹16,391
> 251st in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#120 MAIN EVENT for ₹6,000
Final Table Results
Sunday Superstack – ₹30 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 212
Re-entries – 73
Rebuys – 133
Prize Pool – ₹41,80,000
Places Paid – 39
The FTS #39 champion Amit ‘DoctorGTO’ Ajwani, making his second breakout finish on Spartan Poker this year, fired three bullets in the ₹30 Lakhs GTD Sunday Superstack; before taking down the title for ₹8.38 Lakhs! Birthday boy, PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved, finished runner-up for ₹5.57 Lakhs.
Last week’s Wednesday High Roller champion, Kartik Ved, made another deep run in Spartan Poker’s Sunday High Roller (13th for ₹1.14 Lakhs), netting ₹6.71 Lakhs overall. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.21 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.90 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹1.08 Crores
Final Table Results
Money Heist – ₹6 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 276
Re-entries – 56
Rebuys – 168
Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000
Places Paid – 47
Spartan Poker reg ‘MalikaStlye’ trounced the 500-entry field in the site`s 9 PM Sunday marquee, ₹6 Lakhs GTD Money Heist, pocketing the ₹1.16 Lakhs up-top. Nachiketa ‘KnowsBleed’ Jha came second for ₹74,280.
‘MalikaStlye’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹15.45 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹4.51 Lakhs
The ₹6 Lakhs GTD Money Heist fell a significant ₹1 Lakh short of its advertised guarantee.
Final Table Results
Sunday Sundowner – ₹6 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 156
Re-entries – 25
Rebuys – 103
Prize Pool – ₹8,52,000
Places Paid – 27
Spartan Poker`s evening marquee, the ₹6 Lakhs GTD Sunday Sundowner, set the tone for the electrifying Sunday flagships to follow by signing up 284 hopefuls, posting a massive ₹8.52 Lakhs prize pool. The mystery reg ‘mukuw’ was the last player standing and won the title for ₹1.61 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with ‘Charo’ (2nd for ₹1.54 Lakhs).
‘mukuw’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹40.08 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹9.33 Lakhs
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
Bhushan ‘funchampion’ Sohani (Won Sunday Monster Stack ₹2.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹59,063), ‘gameplay_changed’ (Won Reloaded ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹34,578), ‘Justchillbro’ (Won The Centurion ₹50K GTD for ₹10,575), ‘fate03’ (Won Striker ₹18K GTD for ₹4,599), and Piyush ‘anCap’ Ravi (Won 6 Card PLO – Epic ₹12K GTD for ₹3,780) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
PokerBaazi
IMPS#120 Main Event – ₹1 Crore GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 3,598
Re-entries – 1,375
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,00,000
Places Paid – 580
PokerBaazi’s ₹4+ Crores GTD IMPS Gold Edition closed out its 15-day-long run last night, and the featured attraction on the last day of the series was the ₹1 Crore GTD IMPS#120 Main Event finale.
The ₹2,200 buy-in event locked in 4,973 entries across seven starting flights, falling a marginal ₹54K short of breaking even. Day 2 began at 8 PM on Sunday, with 580 qualifiers chasing the coveted title and a piece of the eight-figure prize pool. And after nearly eight hours of play, the former Full House Finale champion Md. ‘007’Bahubali’ Zeeshan emerged as the new IMPS Main Event champion; along with the bragging rights, he added a whopping ₹17.23 Lakhs in prize money (his second-best career finish).
With last night`s win, Md Zeeshan not only topped the Sunday charts but also picked up his first title in over two months. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.73 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ~₹45 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #4
Last night`s Sunday Highroller champion Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar finished runner-up in the IMPS Main Event, banking a seven-figure payday worth ₹11.27 Lakhs. The 24-year-old poker prodigy raked in almost ₹13.85 Lakhs cumulatively, storming to #4 in the annual leaderboard rankings!
His top Sunday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#120 MAIN EVENT for ₹11.27 Lakhs
> 1st in PokerStars India`s Sunday Highroller for ₹2,39,652 (his second time winning the event)
Mohammad Azhar`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.51 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.07 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #9 | Annual Winnings: ~₹1.46 Crores | Moves to #4 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
Final Table Results
BSS Superstack – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 298
Re-Entries – 371
Prize Pool – ₹33,45,000
Places Paid – 81
If last week was terrific for PokerGuru Staking, the stable got off to a flying start this week – all thanks to PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja, who took down PokerBaazi’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD BSS SuperStack for an impressive fifth time last night for ₹4.60 Lakhs! Ahuja overcame a guarantee-crushing 669 entry-field in the Sunday mainstay and struck a three-way deal with Rahul ‘slowroller’ Melwani (2nd for ₹4.38 Lakhs) and ‘borntrouble’ (anonymity requested) (3rd for ₹4.33 Lakhs).
The #3 ranked player of the year, Ashish Ahuja, ITM-ed two other events, collectively adding ₹5.10 Lakhs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.22 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.45 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹1.63 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #15 | Ranked #3 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
Final Table Results
*denotes a three-way deal
IMPS#122 Finale – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 505
Re-entries – 542
Prize Pool – ₹10,47,000
Places Paid – 126
The last scheduled event of the IMPS Gold Edition, ₹5 Lakhs GTD IMPS#122 Finale, found a champion in ‘buyaka,’ who overcame the massive field in the 9:30 PM marquee to collect a site-best ₹1.53 Lakhs. The user ‘zenithblack’ collected an almost comparable ₹1.48 Lakhs in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal!
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
IMPS#119 – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹880
Entries – 436
Re-Entries – 467
Prize Pool – ₹7,22,400
Places Paid – 108
The ₹4 Lakhs GTD IMPS#119 attracted 903 hopefuls, collecting ₹7.22 Lakhs in the prize pool. After seven hours of intense action, ‘vasant088’ walked away with the title and a personal best (on PokerBaazi) ₹93,546 in prize money.
A three-way deal saw Prabhat ‘prabhat2810’ Kumar (2nd for ₹1.05 Lakhs) and ‘Allongba’ (3rd for ₹73,474) banking the other top payouts.
‘vasant088’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹4.17 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹97,723
Final Table Results
*denotes a three-way deal
Rahul ‘GhatakTheGreat’ Sengar (Won IMPS#121 DAILY ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹51,877), ‘aajnahiaana’ (Won IMPS#117 WTB ₹80K GTD for ₹24,225), Vinod ‘Strokerzzzz’ Malviya (Won IMPS#116 PLO ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹24,146), and ‘gehrman’ (Won IMPS#118 4-Max Hyper-Turbo ₹75K GTD for ₹20,181) were the other title winners on the last day of the IMPS Gold Edition!
Karan ‘collingwood’ Sitlani (Won BSS Night SPRINT ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹47,828), ‘cocothelabrador’ (Won SPRINT 1 AM ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹30,626) and ‘talkless’ (Won PLO Daily ₹40K GTD for ₹11,785) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
IMPS Leaderboard
The curtains have finally fallen on PokerBaazi`s biggest-ever ₹4+ Crores GTD Indian Micro Poker Series Gold Edition.
After fifteen days of high-octane action, Laxmi ‘thedude7’ Narayan Meena (14,418 points) carried his early lead in the ₹12.50 Lakhs-added Series Leaderboard standings to the finish line to collect ₹3 Lakhs in leaderboard prizes. Dinesh ‘wizard’ Kumar (13,346 points) (2nd for ₹2 Lakhs) and Rishabh ’13rishabh’ Harsh (13,002 points) (3rd for ₹1.50 Lakhs) finished #2 and #3, respectively.
Rank Player Prize Amount (BM)
1 Laxmi 'thedude7' Narayan Meena ₹3,00,000
2 Dinesh 'wizard' Kumar ₹2,00,000
3 Rishabh '13rishabh' Harsh ₹1,50,000
4 Prabhat 'prabhat2810' Kumar ₹1,05,000
5 Sanchit 'devilsanchit' Anand ₹75,000
6 Uttam 'brokenpocker' Gope ₹75,000
7 Ganesh 'Ganesh24' Durgade ₹50,000
8 gd1921 ₹50,000
9 Ravinder 'Ravikirti' Singh ₹50,000
10 Bhanu 'Chennaino1' Prakash KC ₹25,000
PokerStars India
Sunday Special (On-time Rake Refund) – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 148
Re-entries – 120
Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000
Places Paid – 31
The #BB5 MoneyMaker fourth-place finisher Shubham ‘backchod launda’ Agarwal made two top finishes last night! He most prominently ran past the 268-entry field in PokerStars India Sunday Special (On-time Rake Refund) to win ₹3.15 Lakhs (₹1.76 Lakhs in bounties).
Yesterday`s Nano Highroller champion, Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna, was among the Sunday chartbusters and finished runner-up in the Sunday Special for ₹1.81 Lakhs (₹41,543 in bounties).
Shubham Agarwal made another two deep runs on PokerBaazi, collectively adding ₹4.84 Lakhs. His Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special for ₹3.15 Lakhs
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹1.55 Lakhs
> 54th in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#120 Main Event for ₹14,000
Shubham Agarwal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.30 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹28.34 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5
Harsh Bubna had a memorable Sunday run with three top finishes and a whopping ₹11.68 Lakhs in total winnings! His Sunday finishes include:
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#120 Main Event for ₹6.80 Lakhs
> 1st in Adda52’s Nano Highroller for ₹3.07 Lakhs
> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special for ₹1.81 Lakhs
Harsh Bubna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.98 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ~₹63.22 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #6
The ₹5,500 buy-in Sunday Special registered an overlay shortfall of ₹1.60 Lakhs, and PokerStars India refunded the ₹500 in rake to everyone registered in the tournament before its 5 PM start time.
Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)
Sunday Highroller (On-time Rake Refund) – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 60
Re-entries – 44
Prize Pool – ₹10,40,000
Places Paid – 13
The first-ever NPS Main Event champion Mohammad ‘Bund_Blaster’ Azhar, was one of Sunday`s standout winners. He bested a 104-strong field in the other PokerStars India headliner, ₹10 Lakhs GTD Sunday Highroller, to collect ₹2.40 Lakhs – his second time taking down the event!
Long-time circuit regular Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla kept his online scorecard ticking with a runner-up finish worth ₹1.84 Lakhs.
The Sunday Highroller tile was just another feather in Azhar’s cap. The 24-year-old player made a strong showing in the Sunday showstopper ₹1 Crore GTD IMPS#120 Main Event, finishing runner-up for ₹11.27 Lakhs. Counting another three ITM finishes, Azhar made away with almost ₹13.86 Lakhs in Sunday winnings, bouncing back into the top five in the annual leaderboard rankings!
His top Sunday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#120 Main Event for ₹11.27 Lakhs
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller for ₹2.40 Lakhs
Mohammad Azhar`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.51 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.07 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #9 | Annual Winnings: ~₹1.46 Crores | Moves to #4 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
Final Table Results
‘bellybuster87’ (Won Big Bubble Rush ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹36,743), ‘rupesh6789’ (Won Ultrasonic ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹26,116), ‘rkrohan@&’ (Won Sunday Storm ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹22,785), ‘VinayH71’ (Won Afternoon on Stars ₹50K GTD for ₹13,624), and ‘queerqueens’ (Won Deepstack ₹50K GTD for ₹10,151) won the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
Adda52 Millions – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 163
Re-entries – 118
Prize Pool – ₹28,10,000
Places Paid – 30
One of the most consistent winners off late and last Sunday’s SCS Main Event runner-up finisher, Siddharth ‘kab00m’ Gangwar, pulled out another electrifying Sunday run by taking down the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Adda52 Millions for ₹5.85 Lakhs (his third-best finish of 2022). He chopped the Sunday flagship with the #6 ranked player of the year, PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘BoomTilt23’ Pal Singh (2nd for ₹5.62 Lakhs).
Siddharth Gangwar cashed another five Sunday MTTs for ₹6.16 Lakhs cumulatively, laddering to #8 in the annual leaderboard rankings! His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.82 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.11 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #10 | Ranked #8 in the Annual TLB (Points) Standings | Moves to #8 in the 2022 Leaderboard Rankings (Total Cashes)
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
NPS Main Event Finale – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 1,586
Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000
Survivors – 196
Places Paid – 161
The long-time circuit regular Utkarsh ‘Mathfane’ Somaaieyaa was the last player standing in Adda52`s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Nano Poker Series Main Event Finale and won the title for a personal-best ₹2.84 Lakhs.
Somaaieyaa struck a five-way FT deal with Kritagya ‘kritagya_17’ Sharma (2nd for ₹2.58 Lakhs), ‘amanpoker27’ (3rd for ₹2.32 Lakhs), ‘manucena94’ (4th for ₹2.09 Lakhs), and ‘Borntogamble’ (5th for ₹2.08 Lakhs).
The ₹1,650 buy-in event gathered a player pool of 1,586 participants over seven starting days, overlaying ₹1.21 Lakhs. A total of 196 qualifiers returned for the Day 2 finale, and only 161 among them boarded the money bus.
Final Table Results
*denotes a five-way deal
Nano Highroller – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,000
Entries – 615
Prize Pool – ₹16,79,000
Places Paid – 62
Last month’s Nano Highroller runner-up finisher, Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna, finally got the monkey off his back last night as he came out trumps in the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Nano Highroller to win ₹3.06 Lakhs. The #2 ranked player of 2021, Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia, collected ₹2.25 Lakhs in second place.
Harsh Bubna made a scorching Sunday night run, raking in over ₹11.68 Lakhs across three top finishes. His Sunday finishes include:
> 3rd in PokerBaazi`s IMPS #120 Main Event for ₹6.80 Lakhs
> 1st in Adda52`s Nano Highroller for ₹3.06 Lakhs
> 2nd in PokerStars India`s Sunday Special for ₹1.80 Lakhs
Harsh Bubna`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.98 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ~₹63.22 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #6
Final Table Results
Amrit ‘amrit1111’ Mishra (Won FTV FLamingo ₹5 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.36 Lakhs), ‘Akhi152’ (Won Nano Monster Turbo ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹46,960), ‘chunu79’ (Won Nano DST ₹2.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹56,934), ‘Sammybulldog’ (Won Nano Fantastic Four ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹37,112), and Sagar ‘sagargaba’ Gaba (Won Nano Sunday Blast ₹1 Lakh GTD for INR 22,389) won the other Adda52 marquees.
Khelo365
Khelo365 user ‘hengokamkI’ was the last player standing in the site`s Sunday night extravaganza, ₹1 Lakh GTD Big Bang, and raked in ₹37,000 in hard cash. ‘joelarvind’ finished runner-up for ₹25,000.
The ₹50K GTD Dominator was championed by site regular ‘picnic123’ for ₹15,500, with ‘ANGLE99’ collecting ₹10,500 in second place.
MPL Poker
MPL Poker’s ₹2 Lakhs GTD Sunday Showstopper was taken down by the user ‘Bhola chauhan,’ who added a Sunday payday worth ₹49,000. ‘Gamer ilyas’ came second for ₹33,500.
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