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Sunday’s online poker scene was ablaze with activity, with a multitude of tournaments catering to players of all stakes preferences. We had the big-ticket action going in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker and Adda52’s Mega Highroller Weekend (MHW) Colossus, both tournaments featuring a ₹1 Crore prize pool guarantee.
The day also marked the conclusion of the seventh edition of Pocket52’s Pocket Poker Championship, with the exciting showstopper being the PPC – Bracelet. On the side, PokerBaazi players had their hands full since the IMPS Gold Edition wound up. Also making a headstart was PokerBaazi’s Baazi Turbo Series which handed titles to six players yesterday!
Amid all the action, the man of the moment was Mitesh Gupta, who won the Adda52-hosted MHW Colossus for a personal-best ₹26.61 Lakhs. Gupta struck a heads-up deal with ‘pokerguy123’ (2nd for ₹23.39 Lakhs).
Saturday’s Top Liners third-place finisher Ankit Wadhawan, rounded out the MHW Colossus podium with a third-place score worth ₹16 Lakhs (won ₹16.87 Lakhs overall), sprinting to #2 in the POY race.
The two-time The Millionaire champion Manish Lakhotia etched his name as the 34th The MoneyMaker champion. Lakhotia shipped the country’s longest-running single-flight ₹1 Crore GTD tournament for ₹10.73 Lakhs (won ₹11.97 Lakhs overall) following a heads-up deal with ‘BeeTa03’ (2nd for ₹10.57 Lakhs) (won ₹12.59 Lakhs overall).
Shivam Kumar Dubey emerged as the latest IMPS Gold Edition Main Event champion, winning his first IMPS title in the series showstopper for a career-best ₹5.26 Lakhs (won ₹5.37 Lakhs overall). Sushant Sirohi collected the runner-up payday of ₹3.43 Lakhs.
‘Quest4Best’ (Won IMPS#116 After Party for ₹80,460), ‘Momina6’ (Won IMPS#115 for ₹40,740), ‘bleedforthis’ (Won IMPS#110 (PLO-4) for ₹17,580), ‘modahullhouse’ (Won IMPS#111 WTB for ₹11,930), and ‘sabpebhari’ (Won IMPS#112 4-Max Hyper Turbo for ₹11,595), won the other IMPS titles on the final day of the series.
Neeraj Karn ascended to the top in Pocket52’s PPC showstopper, PPC#27 The Bracelet, netting ₹5.76 Lakhs. The user ‘HousePlayer52‘ collected ₹3.85 Lakhs in second place.
Young Gun Sanat Mehrotra scored a thumping victory in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship, claiming the title for ₹5.02 Lakhs (won ₹5.12 Lakhs overall), following a heads-up deal with Bharat Vasan (2nd for ₹4.94 Lakhs). Vasan made another FT run in PokerStars India`s Sunday Highroller (3rd for 1.87 Lakhs), amassing a substantial ₹6.82 Lakhs overall.
PokerBaazi loyalist ‘Leo02’ captured the BSS HighRoller for a site-best ₹4.84 Lakhs, defeating Thursday’s The Colosseum champion, Rajat Sharma (2nd for ₹3.37 Lakhs) heads-up (won ₹4.28 Lakhs overall).
Pradip Ghosh made the victory march in the BTS headliner, PokerBaazi`s BTS#5 Sunday Prime, for ₹4.15 Lakhs (won ₹4.30 Lakhs overall). Shagun Jain pocketed ₹2.48 Lakhs as the runner-up.
Rohit Malik made a strong start in BTS 4.0 with a title victory in BTS#1 Kickoff, banking an online-best ₹3.17 Lakhs (won ₹3.58 Lakhs overall). Praveen Rana secured the runner-up payday of ₹1.89 Lakhs.
Chirag Khanduja (Won BTS#4 for ₹2.38 Lakhs), Vaibhav Sharma (Won BTS#6 PKO for ₹1.48 Lakhs), Bibhu Agarwal (Won BTS#3 for ₹1.43 Lakhs), and Vikram Jaiswal (Won BTS#2 (PLO-6) for ₹1.32 Lakhs) won the other BTS titles on Sunday.
Poker streamer Nitin Rawat shipped the Destiny 26.0 Finale, winning a Prague package valued at ₹5 Lakhs.
The weekly and monthly topper Advait Rajguru kept the winning run going by taking down Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo (6-Max) for ₹2.99 Lakhs, chopping the title heads-up with Debneil Mukherjee (2nd for ₹2.96 Lakhs) (won at least ₹3.39 Lakhs overall).
Young Gun Anmol Mehta clinched the top spot in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller, banking ₹2.97 Lakhs (won ₹4.85 Lakhs overall). Rishab Malik narrowly missed the title, settling for a respectable second-best payday of ₹2.80 Lakhs, thanks to a heads-up deal.
PokerStars India loyalist ‘Garima14′ shipped the Sunday Special [8-Max, PKO] for ₹2.42 Lakhs (₹1.18 Lakhs in bounties), striking a heads-up deal with Kovid ‘kovid21’ Saraswat (2nd for ₹1.82 Lakhs).
The Sunday Showdown champion Mohit Mehta, Battlezone winner Amit Gehani, BSS Kickoff winner Sankalp Marwah, and Super Stack PKO champion Jaikishan Jangid won the other Sunday majors.
Here are the Sunday highlights!
PokerBaazi
The MoneyMaker – ₹1 Crore GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 496
Re-entries – 406
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000,000
Places Paid – 115
Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia, a two-time The Millionaire champion and a former APT Online India Championship Event winner, needs no preamble! The accomplished poker pro from Siliguri further enriched his illustrious resume by adding another prestigious title last night. Lakhotia, who holds the #2 spot in tracked online earnings on our database with a whopping ₹14.75 Crores, dominated the third of ‘The Fantastic Five’ The MoneyMaker tournaments scheduled on PokerBaazi this month. He bested a vast field of 902 starters (496 unique entries) to be crowned the 34th The MoneyMaker champion, garnering an impressive ₹10.73 Lakhs for his first title victory in six weeks.
The single-flight ₹1 Crore GTD tournament stretched over nine and a half hours, culminating in a fierce heads-up battle, with PokerBaazi player ‘BeeTa03’ securing a commendable ₹10.57 Lakhs as the runner-up, thanks to a heads-up deal.
Returning after a Saturday layoff, Lakhotia had a firecracker Sunday grind with over ₹11.97 Lakhs in total earnings from seven cash finishes. His top scores include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi`s The MoneyMaker for ₹10,72,612* (heads-up deal)
> 14th in SpartanPoker`s Sunday Superstack for ₹50,764
> 14th in PokerBaazi`s BSS HighRoller for ₹42,150
> 24th in PokerStars India`s Sunday Special [8-Max, PKO] for ₹13,688
Manish Lakhotia`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹14.76 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.76 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #11 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.81 Crores
Runner-up ‘BeeTa03’ pulled another top finish in PokerBaazi’s BTS#1 Kickoff and BTS#4, adding over ₹12.59 Lakhs to their poker bankroll. Their known Sunday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹10,57,388* (heads-up deal)
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s BTS#1 Kickoff for ₹1,49,200
> 6th in PokerBaazi`s BTS#4 for ₹52,500
Last Wednesday’s Monster Stack [6-Max PKO] champion and one of the PokerGuru Challenge 2.0 participants, Abhimanyu ‘AbhimanyuMittal’ Mittal, added a hefty ₹6.93 Lakhs from four Sunday finishes, which include:
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹6,57,000
> 8th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹23,548
> 179th in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#114 Main Event for ₹7,000
> 28th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#3 for ₹5,700
Abhimanyu Mittal’s online stats: ₹4.75 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.77 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #5
Ritik ‘gargritik’ Garg accumulated ₹2.80 Lakhs from two deep finishes, which include:
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹2,55,000
> 44th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹24,623
Ritik Garg’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹21.20 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.78 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Onni ‘Onimalhotra’ Malhotra rounded out ₹2.40 Lakhs from five cash finishes. His top Sunday scores include:
> 8th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹2,00,000
> 48th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#5 Sunday Prime for ₹17,030
> 28th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#1 Kickoff for ₹15,000
Onni Malhotra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹41.34 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.46 Lakhs
Dhirendra ‘dhiru91’ Kumar (4th for ₹4.44 Lakhs) and last Sunday’s Mega Suits champion Anant ‘Pro_Pro’ Purohit (6th for ₹3.42 Lakhs) were the other known finalists in The MoneyMaker 34.0.
Satyam ‘satyamverma25’ Verma (9th for ₹1.75 Lakhs), Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik (10th for ₹1.75 Lakhs), Ankit ‘gabru1410’ Agarwal (11th for ₹1.50 Lakhs), Siddhanth ‘Bullzeye’ Kapoor (12th for ₹1.50 Lakhs), Anant ‘antypanty93’ Chaudhary (14th for ₹1.29 Lakhs), and Ravinder ‘Ravikirti’ Singh (15th for ₹1.10 Lakhs) were the other players who ran deep in the tournament.
The ₹11,000 entry buy-in Sunday headliner registered an overlay shortfall of ₹9.80 Lakhs and 115 players grabbed a share of the ₹1 Crore in prize money.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
IMPS#114 Main Event – ₹50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,380
Entries – 2,429
Re-entries – 1,054
Survivors – 520
Prize Pool – ₹50,00,000
Places Paid – 520
Shivam Kumar ‘daddyaddy’ Dubey couldn`t have asked for a better end to the weekend. Entering the Day 2 finale of PokerBaazi`s ₹50 Lakhs GTD IMPS#114 Main Event from Qualifier 2, Dubey skillfully maneuvered through a massive field of 520 survivors (out of 1,574 total entries), finally standing tall as the newest IMPS Main Event champion. Besides clinching his first-ever IMPS title, Dubey also set a personal record with a first-place paycheque of ₹5.26 Lakhs.
Dubey’s Sunday earnings totaled ₹5.37 Lakhs from four cash finishes, including:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#114 Main Event for ₹5,25,600
> 14th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Kickoff for ₹8,000
> 86th in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#113 for ₹1,860
> 111th in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#116 After Party for ₹1,791
Shivam Kumar Dubey’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹49.27 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹14.87 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #22 | IMPS Titles Won: #1
Sushant ‘Sanskrit’ Sirohi, the champion of Saturday’s IMPS#57 (5-Max) Turbo, delivered a laudable performance, securing the runner-up prize of ₹3.43 Lakhs and ₹3.59 Lakhs in total earnings. Sirohi also bagged the #7 position on the IMPS leaderboard, adding an extra ₹22,500 (RCB) to his kitty!
Sushant Sirohi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹85.75 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹27.07 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | IMPS Titles Won in 2023: #2 | Finished #7 on the IMPS Leaderboard
Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey, the champion of Monday’s Iron Man and Tuesday’s Uppercut, accumulated ₹1.50 Lakhs from four cash finishes.
His top Sunday scores include:
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#114 Main Event for ₹75,500
> 52nd in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹45,000
> 32nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹26,381
Siddharth Pandey’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.81 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹55.43 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #9
Mohammed ‘IveGotTheNuts’ Arshaq finished sixth in the IMPS#114 Main Event for ₹1.06 Lakhs.
The IMPS showstopper’s Day 2 commenced at 8 PM on Sunday, with the site covering ₹6.46 Lakhs in overlays. The top 520 finishers received payouts.
Final Table Results
(7-Max) BSS Championship – ₹35 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹8,250
Entries – 242
Re-entries – 227
Prize Pool – ₹35,17,000
Places Paid – 49
Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra has been tirelessly chasing a title victory for a month now – and has had many close calls – which, if to be counted, include eight final table appearances, including three runner-up finishes. Precisely a month after shipping The Ballers, the IIT and IIM alumni finally cracked the title jinx on Sunday, outplaying a stacked 469-strong field (242 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹35 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) BSS Championship to collect ₹5.02 Lakhs.
Mehrotra also cashed the IMPS#114 Main Event (135th for ₹9,500), bringing his Sunday winnings to ₹5.12 Lakhs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.61 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.11 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #9 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.16 Crores
Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan (opted out of our tracking) has consistently made his presence felt in big-ticket tournaments with regular final-table appearances. The top pro garnered a substantial ₹6.82 Lakhs from two podium finishes and a bounty, including:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹5,02,178
> 3rd in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller for ₹1,86,785
Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma, last week’s 6-Max SPRINT and The Pride winner, added ₹2.85 Lakhs to his kitty from three deep runs:
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹2,44,466
> 9th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#1 Kickoff for ₹35,000
> 21st in PokerBaazi’s BSS Kickoff for ₹5,600
Abhishek ‘chipndchair’ Sonu locked in ₹2.64 Lakhs across five Sunday finishes, including:
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹1,31,555
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s BTS#2 (PLO-6) for ₹81,600
> 15th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special [8 Max, PKO] for ₹24,559
> 15th in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#114 Main Event for ₹20,500
> 47th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#6 for ₹6,000
Abhishek Sonu’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.52 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹56.43 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #19 | Annual Winnings: ₹56.88 Lakhs
The (7-Max) BSS Championship featured a galaxy of regs like Divyanshu ‘Divyansh1995’ Agrawal (3rd for ₹3.09 Lakhs), last night’s BSS HighRoller and Sunday Special third-place finisher Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (5th for ₹2.03 Lakhs), and last night’s BSS HighRoller fourth-place finisher Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra (6th for ₹1.66 Lakhs)
The ₹8,250 entry buy-in flagship surpassed its guarantee, amassing a total prize pool of ₹35.17 Lakhs. The winnings were shared among the top 49 players.
Final Table Results
BTS#5 Sunday Prime – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 283
Re-entries – 241
Prize Pool – ₹26,20,000
Places Paid – 70
The ‘SPRINT King’ Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh made the Sunday winner’s circle with a ripper of a run in the featured Baazi Turbo Series tournament on Day 1 of the series, the ₹25 Lakhs GTD BTS#5 Sunday Prime. The accomplished reg outplayed a guarantee-crushing field of 524 players (283 unique) in PokerBaazi’s 7 PM Sunday flagship, clinching his second BTS title (his first this series) for a cool ₹4.15 Lakhs, landing himself the #2 position on the BTS leaderboard.
The two-time Game Changer champion Shagun ‘sogani22’ Jain finished runner-up for ₹2.48 Lakhs.
Ghosh’s total earnings for the day stood at ₹4.30 Lakhs, accumulated from four cash finishes (and one bounty), including:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BTS#5 Sunday Prime for ₹4,15,008
> 30th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#3 for ₹5,700
> 312nd in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#114 Main Event for ₹3,500
> 130th in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#116 After Party for ₹1,791
Pradip Ghosh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.33 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.80 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #11 | Annual Winnings: ₹82.01 Lakhs | Ranked #2 on the BTS Leaderboard
The BTS#5 Sunday Prime final table was teeming with notables like Gautam ‘rabbithunter’ Kaul (3rd for ₹1.96 Lakhs), Young Gun Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi (4th for 1.49 Lakhs), Neeraj ‘neerunj’ Sattawat (5th for ₹1.20 Lakhs), Nishaanth ‘shanni’ Shanmughasundaram (6th for ₹91,700), Yudhvir ‘uvrv007’ Singh (7th for ₹64,190) and Rahul ‘slowroller’ Melwani (8th for ₹52,400).
The ₹5,500 entry buy-in flagship dished out ₹26.20 Lakhs in prize money to the top 70 finishers.
Final Table Results
BSS HighRoller – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 158
Re-entries – 123
Prize Pool – ₹28,10,000
Places Paid – 35
In a stellar performance last night, PokerBaazi regular ‘Leo02’ surpassed their previous record in The Endeavour by outperforming a 281-entry field (158 unique) in the ₹20 Lakhs GTD BSS HighRoller, pocketing a personal-best ₹4.84 Lakhs for the victory.
Leo02’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹16.21 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹3.18 Lakhs | Titles Won: #2
Thursday’s The Colosseum champion, Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma, took three shots in the 8:30 PM tournament and clinched the runner-up prize of ₹3.37 Lakhs. Sharma’s Sunday earnings totaled ₹4.28 Lakhs across six cash finishes (and one bounty), including:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹3,36,919
> 79th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹35,000
> 10th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#6 for ₹21,006
> 18th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#4 for ₹15,000
> 62nd in PokerBaazi’s BTS#1 Kickoff for ₹12,000
> 338th in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#114 Main Event for ₹3,500
The 2022 POY runner-up finisher, Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (opted out of our tracking), had a stellar Sunday showing, adding at least ₹6.04 Lakhs from three FT scores, which include:
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹2,86,620
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹2,03,312
> 3rd in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special [8 Max, PKO] for ₹1,14,605
The former The Millionaire champion Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra added ₹4.63 Lakhs from seven deep runs (and one bounty), which include:
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹2,41,660
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹1,66,026
> 60th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#5 Sunday Prime for ₹15,720
> 12th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹14,233
> 19th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#2 (PLO-6) for ₹10,000
> 19th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#3 for ₹7,200
> 163rd in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#114 Main Event for ₹7,000
Sanish Chhabra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.66 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.97 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1
The 6-max BSS HighRoller final table also had Deepak ‘3streakbluff’ Singh (5th for ₹2 Lakhs) and Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra (6th for ₹1.59 Lakhs) in the running.
The ₹11,000 entry buy-in flagship generated a substantial ₹28.10 Lakhs prize pool. The top 35 players got paid.
Final Table Results
BTS#1 Kickoff – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 312
Re-entries – 311
Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000
Places Paid – 70
The fourth edition of PokerBaazi’s Baazi Turbo Series kicked off on Sunday, with six BTS tournaments listed for the day. Rohit ‘rohitmalik777’ Malik was the first to claim victory, outperforming a robust field of 623 players (312 unique) in the 2.30 PM series opener, the ₹20 Lakhs GTD BTS#1 #Kickoff. This win brought an end to his 11-week title drought, earning him a substantial ₹3.17 Lakhs and pushing him to #5 on the BTS leaderboard.
Malik took home an impressive ₹3.58 Lakhs from three Sunday scores on PokerBaazi, including:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BTS#1 Kickoff for ₹3,16,800
> 101st in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹22,000
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹19,218
Rohit Malik’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹26.49 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | BTS Titles Won: #1 | Ranked #5 on the BTS Leaderboard
Praveen ‘spraveen’ Rana claimed the runner-up position in BTS#1 Kickoff, walking away with a payout of ₹1.89 Lakhs. He collectively added ₹2.18 Lakhs across three cash finishes, including:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s BTS#1 Kickoff for ₹1,89,400
> 102nd in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹22,000
> 169th in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#114 Main Event for ₹7,000
Praveen Rana’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹34.97 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.82 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4
Last week’s #2 ranked player, Shashank ‘Iverson003’ Shekhar, maintained his momentum, racking up ₹2.73 Lakhs in total earnings from six cash finishes. His top performances include:
> 6th in Pokerstars India’s Sunday Special [8-Max, PKO] for ₹70,042
> 42nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹52,763
> 42nd in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹50,000
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#1 Kickoff for ₹49,000
> 17th in PokerBaazi’s BSS High Roller for ₹35,125
Other notable players who made it to the final table in BTS#1 Kickoff include The Money Maker runner-up ‘BeeTa03’ (3rd for ₹1.49 Lakhs), Rahul ‘Godfather10’ Purohit (4th for ₹1.14 Lakhs), Bhushan ‘bhushansohani’ Sohani (5th for ₹91,800), and Anilkumar ‘jat777’ Singh (8th for ₹40,000).
The ₹3,300 entry buy-in tournament saw an overlay shortfall of ₹1.31 Lakhs, with 70 players sharing the ₹20 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
BTS#4 – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 310
Re-entries – 254
Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000
Places Paid – 70
PokerBaazi loyalist Chirag ‘ChiruG’ Khanduja kick-started his campaign in the fourth edition of the site’s fast-paced Baazi Turbo Series with a bang. He outplayed a formidable field of 564 participants (310 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD BTS#4, bagging his first BTS title in the 6 PM tournament. This win earned him a cash prize of ₹2.38 Lakhs, getting him past a nearly five-month-long title drought and pushing him to #3 on the BTS leaderboard. Seasoned player Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall came in second place, pocketing ₹1.42 Lakhs.
Khanduja managed to accumulate ₹2.52 Lakhs in Sunday earnings from three deep runs, including:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BTS#4 for ₹2,37,600
> 59th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#1 Kickoff for ₹12,000
> 424th in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#114 Main Event for ₹2,500
Chirag Khanduja’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.07 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | Ranked #3 on the BTS Leaderboard
Goonjan Mall amassed ₹2.33 Lakhs from four cash finishes, which include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s BTS#4 for ₹1,42,050
> 20th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹40,474
> 11th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller for ₹39,487
> 30th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special [8-Max, PKO] for ₹10,563
Goonjan Mall’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.91 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.17 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4
The BTS#4 final table was replete with talent, including top regs like yesterday’s Sunday Highroller champion, Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta (3rd for ₹1.12 Lakhs), NPS India 2023 star Areyann ‘kreishhAA’ Gurbaxani (4th for ₹85,350), Shashikant ‘15Shasha’ Yadav (5th for ₹68,850), BTS#3 finalist Vaibhav ‘Recshark’ Bhatia (7th for ₹36,750), and Allen ‘romeo333’ Romeo (8th for ₹30,000).
The ₹2,750 entry buy-in tournament registered ₹90,000 in overlays, and the top 70 finishers earned a share of the prize money.
Final Table Results
BTS#6 (PKO RE) – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 278
Re-entries – 194
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 89
Improving upon his fourth-place finish in the MHW Adda52 Big Game on Friday, Vaibhav ‘WakhraSwagNi’ Sharma championed the 472-player starting field (278 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD BTS#6 (PKO RE) last night, clawing back into the winner’s circle after a 16-day gap. The victory run in the 8 PM tournament saw Sharma bagging his career-second BTS title and a winner`s paycheque worth ₹2.03 Lakhs (₹55,212 in bounties). Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma RS finished runner-up for ₹1.24 Lakhs (₹12,051 in bounties).
Vaibhav Sharma boosted his online tally by ₹2.37 Lakhs from three Sunday finishes, including:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BTS#6 for ₹2,02,812
> 43rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹24,623
> 37th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special for ₹9,825
Vaibhav Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.75 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.97 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #8 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.14 Crores
The BTS#6 final table also featured Dev ‘rucharth’ Mittal (3rd for ₹82,875), Vikram ‘vikrambatra’ Ved Batra (4th for ₹62,924), and the in-form Rising Star Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh (5th for ₹46,556).
The top 89 finishers grabbed a share of the ₹11.80 Lakhs collected in the prize pool.
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
BTS#3 – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 338
Re-entries – 267
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 107
Bibhu ‘Daniel_Ivey’ Agarwal was all the rage on the opening day of PokerBaazi`s Baazi Turbo Series. The site reg conquered a 605-strong player field (338 unique) in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD BTS#3, winning the 5 PM tournament for his career-second BTS title and ₹1.43 Lakhs in prize money. ‘Naazgul’ placed runner-up for ₹1.12 Lakhs.
Agarwal will be a player to watch out for at the just-started BTS, for he crossed the money line in four of the six listed BTS tournaments on Sunday, charging into an early lead on the series leaderboard. He also cashed in IMPS#114 Main Event for Sunday earnings to the tune of ₹1.76 Lakhs.
Agarwal`s Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BTS#3 for ₹1,42,500
> 61st in PokerBaazi’s BTS#1 Kickoff for ₹12,000
> 68th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#4 for ₹9,000
> 180th in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#114 Main Event for ₹7,000
> 37th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#6 for ₹5,500
Bibhu Agarwal’s online stats (PokerBaazi and Adda52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.17 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹41.37 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4
MPL Poker Pro Siddharth ‘schemer’ Karia (4th for ₹62,000), last night`s Deepstack Turbo runner-up Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee (5th for ₹42,600), Rishabh ‘13rishabh’ Harsh (6th for ₹28,800), Vikrant ‘Aarvi’ Kumar (7th for ₹20,100), and Vaibhav ‘Recshark’ Bhatia (8th for ₹15,900) were other notables on the BTS#3 final table.
The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament registered ₹92,500 in overlays, and the top 107 finishers crossed the money line.
Final Table Results
BTS#2 (PLO-6) – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 117
Re-entries – 211
Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000
Places Paid – 35
Vikram ‘VikramJaiswal7’ Jaiswal, who last won the PLO-5 BOOST on April 18, ransacked a 328-player starting field (117 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD BTS#2 (PLO-6), winning the 3:30 PM tournament for ₹1.32 Lakhs. He struck a heads-up deal with ‘Chinkuminku’ (2nd for ₹1.01 Lakhs).
Jaiswal’s Sunday earnings totaled ₹1.39 Lakhs from cash finishes in three BTS tournaments, catapulting him to #8 on the BTS leaderboard.
His Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BTS#2 (PLO-6) for ₹1,32,248* (heads-up deal)
> 87th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#6 for ₹3,950
> 103rd in PokerBaazi’s BTS#3 for ₹3,100
Vikram Jaiswal’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹42.47 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹10.55 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4 | Ranked #8 on the BTS Leaderboard
Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat, who topped the PLO Championship 2.0 leaderboard from start to finish, boldly fired ten bullets in BTS#2 and managed to finish profitably – placing fifth for ₹56,800. Ahlawat had an impressive showing yesterday, amassing ₹1.40 Lakhs from 13 deep runs, which included two final-table finishes.
His top Sunday scores include:
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#2 (PLO-6) for ₹56,800
> 39th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹24,623
> 37th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#4 for ₹10,500
> 91st in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#114 Main Event for ₹9,500
> 34th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#6 for ₹9,013
> 5th in Adda52’s Sunday Bounty for ₹5,712
Vikhyat Ahlawat’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.10 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹44.62 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #9 | Ranked #15 on the BTS Leaderboard
The (7-Max) BSS Championship finalist Abhishek ‘chipndchair’ Sonu (3rd for ₹81,600), Om ‘Oppyrates’ Prakash (6th for ₹45,200), and Prabhas ‘prabzter’ Sharma (8th for ₹26,000) were other known players on the BTS #2 (PLO-6) final table.
The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament posted ₹1.44 Lakhs in overlays and saw 35 players cashing in.
Final Table Results
IMPS#113 – ₹6 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹880
Entries – 380
Re-entries – 304
Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000
Places Paid – 113
PokerBaazi user ‘abj2910’ was the last player standing among a starting field of 684 hopefuls (380 unique) in the ₹6 Lakhs GTD IMPS#113 and won the 7:30 PM tournament after over eight hours of gameplay for ₹64,117 in prize money.
The user prudently struck a three-way deal with ‘adi1108’ (2nd for ₹64,117) and Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal (3rd for ₹64,727)!
Manoj ‘Karwasra33’ Kumar (5th for ₹24,600) and Ram ‘mowgumotu’ Kakkar (8th for ₹10,140) were the other known players on the IMPS#113 final table.
The ₹880 entry buy-in tournament registered ₹52,800 in overlays, with 113 places getting paid.
Final Table Results
* denotes a three-way deal
IMPS#116 After Party – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹880
Entries – 397
Re-entries – 325
Prize Pool – ₹5,78,000
Places Paid – 119
PokerBaazi user ‘Quest4Best’ capped off the IMPS Gold Edition triumphantly. Outmaneuvering a field of 722 entrants (397 unique), the mystery player championed the final tournament of the series, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD IMPS#116 After Party. This marks their third tournament victory on the site, fetching the user a cash prize of ₹80,460. ‘Pokerkonu’ settled for the runner-up position, earning ₹63,536.
Quest4Best’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹29.01 Lakhs | Titles Won: #3
Aditya ‘pnutbutterbacon’ Navalkar (7th for ₹11,205) and Clinton ‘clintontavares’ Tavares (8th for ₹8,722) were other notables on the IMPS#116 After Party final table.
The IMPS Gold Edition concluded on a high note, with the final event generating a substantial ₹5.78 Lakhs in the prize pool. The top 119 finishers all received a portion of the prize money.
Final Table Results
‘Quest4Best’ (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD IMPS#116 After Party for ₹80,460), ‘momina6’ (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD IMPS#115 for ₹40,740), ‘bleedforthis’ (Won IMPS#110 (PLO-4) for ₹17,580), ‘modahullhouse’ (Won ₹80K GTD IMPS#111 WTB for ₹11,928) and ‘sabpebhari’ (Won ₹75K GTD IMPS#112 4-Max Hyper Turbo for ₹11,595), won the other IMPS Gold Edition titles on Sunday.
Final Standings of IMPS Gold Edition Leaderboard
The fourth edition of PokerBaazi IMPS Gold Edition has concluded, and the ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD series leaderboard has declared its champion following an intense competition amongst the low-to-mid stakes contenders.
The mystery player ‘amanpoker27’ (14,046 points) displayed fantastic skill throughout the series. They dominated the leaderboard from the second day onwards, maintaining their leading position until the end. For their relentless efforts over the 14-day series, they received ₹1.50 Lakhs in Real Cash Bonus (RCB) in their PokerBaazi wallet. Their most noteworthy accomplishments include victorious runs in IMPS#8, IMPS#47, and IMPS#75 (PLO-5) HighRoller, marking a remarkable trifecta.
Saroj ‘Angrychidiya’ Chudasama (12,973 points), the sole female poker player to make the leaderboard money, demonstrated immense tenacity in the series’ final stages. Having secured second place in IMPS#17 and IMPS#101 Hyper Turbo (4-Max), she earned a substantial ₹1.14 Lakhs in Real Cash Bonus (RCB) as the leaderboard runner-up.
Shiv ‘cheekychugh’ Chugh (12,952 points), a formidable player in his own right, was edged out of second place by Saroj in the final two days of the series. He ultimately settled for the third-place prize, receiving ₹78,750 in Real Cash Bonus (RCB).
Rank Player Prize Amount (RCB)
1 amanpoker27 ₹1,50,000
2 Saroj 'angrychidiya' Chudasama ₹1,14,000
3 Shiv 'cheekychugh' Chugh ₹78,750
4 Gadadhar 'gd1921' Behera ₹52,500
5 Aniruddha 'PocketacesAJ' Joshi ₹33,750
6 SamaySinghModi ₹27,000
7 Sudhant 'sanskrit' Sirohi ₹22,500
8 Ganesh 'Ganesh24' Durgade ₹19,500
9 1manojk12 ₹19,500
10 Bhushan 'bhushansohani' Sohani ₹19,500
BTS Leaderboard Rankings After Day 1
The fourth installment of PokerBaazi’s Baazi Turbo Series kicked off on Sunday, featuring six fast-paced tournaments.
Leading the charge on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD BTS leaderboard is Bibhu ‘Daniel_Ivey’ Agarwal, who racked up 1,451 points. Agarwal’s rise to the pinnacle of the leaderboard is due to his commendable performances in four out of the six BTS tournaments held yesterday, including a notable victory in BTS#3.
Seasoned online player Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh climbed to the second position on the leaderboard with 1,264 points. His climb was powered by two substantial runs, including a triumphant performance in the day’s featured attraction, BTS#5 Sunday Prime.
Rounding out the top three on the leaderboard is Chirag ‘ChiruG’ Khanduja, who amassed 1,189 points. His spot is thanks to two high-scoring performances, including a first-place finish in BTS#4.
Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD BSS Kickoff for ₹73,776), ‘4betdonkey’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD BSS Night SPRINT for ₹34,750), ‘snoodogg23’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD 7-Max Midnight SPRINT for ₹54,120), ‘HighRoller999’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹26,740), ‘tartDunks944’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD BSS for ₹18,116) and ‘Rcardshark’ (Won ₹50K 5-Max Daily Turbo for ₹6,500) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
Spartan Poker
Sunday Superstack – ₹30 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 167
Re-entries – 53
Re-buys – 123
Prize Pool – ₹34,30,000
Places Paid – 31
Mayank ‘barrelbrat’ Maruka is on an unprecedented winning streak! After winning CashMaker – Triple Chance last Monday, he continued to impress with top finishes in Friday’s Dark Knight and Saturday’s Daily Turbo. His winning momentum didn’t stop there as he championed Spartan Poker’s signature Sunday tournament, ₹30 Lakhs GTD Sunday Superstack last night. Maruka outclassed a field of 343 participants (167 unique), claiming a winner`s purse of ₹6.35 Lakhs. In the final stages, he negotiated a heads-up deal with Aman ‘Zontory’ Bhadu, who walked away with ₹5.79 Lakhs as the second-place finisher.
Maruka enjoyed a prosperous Sunday, collecting ₹6.85 Lakhs from five cash finishes. His top scores include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹6,34,860* (heads-up deal)
> 11th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#5 Sunday Prime for ₹39,300
> 30th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹7,832
Mayank Maruka’s online stats (excluding Pocket52):: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.75 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹62.84 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #15 | Ranked #16 on the 2023 TLB (Points) Leaderboard
Anurag ‘Norman Bates’ Srivastava, last week’s The Colosseum [6-Max] champion and former IOPC Millionaire Main Event winner, amassed ₹2.59 Lakhs from four Sunday scores. His top finishes include:
> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹2,20,892
> 19th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#5 Sunday Prime for ₹26,200
> 35th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#4 for ₹10,500
Anurag Srivastava’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.73 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.04 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4
Armaan ‘Archie Karas’ Kochhar posted a profitable Sunday session with ₹2.77 Lakhs in total earnings from six cash finishes, crossing ₹9 Crores in tracked online winnings.
Kochhar`s top Sunday finishes include:
> 7th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹1,22,451
> 24th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹75,000
> 20th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#4 for ₹15,000
> 10th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹14,233
> 9th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#5 Sunday Prime for ₹45,850
Armaan Kochhar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.02 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.67 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #6
Akshat ‘doubledown’ Sharma, the runner-up in the IOPC 14.0 Super High Roller, pocketed ₹1.16 Lakhs from two notable finishes:
> 8th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹89,523
> 12th in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹26,483
Akshat Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.80 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.60 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | Annual Winnings: ₹90.60 Lakhs
The Sunday Superstack final table also featured top MTT pros Mithun ‘1NTU1T1ON’ Mahesh (3rd for ₹3.44 Lakhs) and Young Gun Ujjwal ‘$hitreg’ Narwal (6th for ₹1.68 Lakhs).
The ₹11,000 entry buy-in tournament paid the top 31 finishers a share of the ₹34.30 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
Deepstack Turbo (6-Max) – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 156
Re-entries – 36
Re-buys – 129
Prize Pool – ₹16,05,000
Places Paid – 27
Coming in hot after topping the weekly and monthly charts in our last update, the 26-year-old poker prodigy Advait ‘Rattler$’ Rajguru (opted out of our tracking) exhibited another remarkable performance in Spartan Poker’s 9.30 PM Sunday tournament, ₹15 Lakhs GTD Deepstack Turbo (6-Max). The Bangalore-based maestro navigated the 321-player field (156 unique) to collect the winner`s due worth ₹2.99 Lakhs.
Rajguru split the top rewards with Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee (opted out of our tracking) in a heads-up deal, with the latter pocketing a nearly identical ₹2.96 Lakhs in second place. Mukherjee made another notable finish in BTS#3 (5th for ₹42,600), accumulating at least ₹3.39 Lakhs overall.
Jyoti ‘joey114114’ Ranjan Nayak boosted his online tally by ₹1.59 Lakhs from three in-the-money finishes, including:
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹1,34,660
> 47th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#5 Sunday Prime for ₹17,030
> 156th in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#114 Main Event for ₹7,000
Karan ‘Junior-KK’ Kapur (3rd for ₹1.65 Lakhs), Anmol ‘wouldIlietoyou’ Narang (5th for ₹1.07 Lakhs), and Karan ‘Majestic’ Radia (6th for ₹82,497) were other top guns on the Deepstack Turbo final table.
The ₹5,500 buy-in tournament collected a generous ₹16.05 Lakhs in the prize pool. The top 27 finishers got rewarded with a cash prize.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
Destiny 26.0 Finale – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – Ticket
Entries – 9
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 3
The Destiny 26.0 series came to a thrilling conclusion last night, with poker streamer Nitin ‘NITINABD’ Rawat emerging victorious in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Destiny 26.0 Finale, winning a Prague package valued at ₹5 Lakhs.
Besides his triumphant finish in the Destiny 26.0 Finale, Nitin Rawat raked in ₹1.39 Lakhs in Sunday winnings through five cash finishes, including:
> 11th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹62,769
> 17th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller for ₹24,666
> 14th in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹24,075
> 105th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹22,000
> 246th in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#114 Main Event for ₹5,000
Nitin Rawat’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.98 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.09 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #11
‘Shaarang’ (anonymity requested) won a Prague package worth ₹2.75 Lakhs in second place. Gaurav ‘zillastar’ Bhandari rounded out the top three, taking home a Prague package valued at ₹2.25 Lakhs.
‘rujula16’ (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD Weekender for ₹85,398), Amit ‘Kavipri 2.0’ Gehani (Won ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD Battlezone for ₹92,563), ‘Always_nuts’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Smash – Triple Chance for ₹38,325), ‘sewadari’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Dark Knight for ₹27,554), ‘Adirocks8’ (Won ₹75K GTD Sundowner – Triple Chance for ₹17,438), ‘VarianceKiller’ (Won ₹50K GTD Turbo – Monster Stack for ₹12,775) and ‘EitherWay’ (Won ₹50K GTD Centurion for ₹8,774) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
First Games Poker
Mega Freeroll – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – Free
Total Entries – 4,009
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 4,009
Continuing their winning streak from Friday’s Mega Freeroll, ‘Madhu Chandra’ triumphed again on First Games Poker by championing the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Mega Freeroll on Sunday. Demonstrating impressive skills, they outmaneuvered an enormous player pool of 4,009 competitors to secure a poker ticket worth ₹800.
‘Harendra Oli’ claimed the runner-up spot and was rewarded with a poker ticket valued at ₹600.
Remarkably, all 4,009 participants in the freeroll received prizes.
Final Table Results
Pocket52
PPC#27 The Bracelet – ₹35 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 409
Re-entries – 260
Prize Pool – ₹35,00,000
Places Paid – 103
Neeraj ‘Pocroft’ Karn is the new Pocket Poker Championship – The Bracelet champion! Karn seized the opportunity by locking two tickets into the PPC headliner through satellites on Sunday and effectively utilizing this golden opportunity to achieve what appears to be his highest online score yet!
Karn brilliantly navigated the challenging 669-player field (409 unique) in Pocket52`s ₹35 Lakhs GTD PPC#27 The Bracelet, taking down the Sunday flagship for a lofty ₹5.76 Lakhs – over 19X his previous recorded top score.
Another player of note, with an apt online moniker, ‘HousePlayer52,’ displayed exceptional strategic prowess and ended up in the runner-up spot, securing a substantial ₹3.85 Lakhs.
The PPC#27 The Bracelet experienced a marginal ₹1.55 Lakhs in overlays, which was more than compensated by the rake collected. The top 103 finishers got a share of the ₹35 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
‘thistoshallpass’ (Won ₹4 Lakhs GTD PPC#25 Pocket Lunch for ₹74,000), ‘gentlemen23’ (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD PPC#28 Pocket Soda for ₹46,500), and ‘nikku443’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD PPC#26 Pocket Snacks for ₹47,750) won the other PPC tournaments on the last day of the series!
PokerDangal
Sunday PLO6 – ₹50K GTD
Buy-in – ₹330
Entries – 55
Re-buys – 65
Prize Pool – ₹50,000
Places Paid – 20
The user ‘BellaVita’ bested the 120-player field in PokerDangal`s Sunday fixture, ₹50K GTD Sunday PLO6, taking down the primetime tournament for ₹11,000. Another mystery user ‘Lucifer’ placed second for ₹8,250.
Final Table Results
PokerStars India
Sunday Special [8-Max, PKO] – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 158
Re-entries – 142
Regular Prize Pool – ₹7,50,000
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹7,50,000
Total Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000
Places Paid – 39
‘Garima14,’ a regular on PokerStars India, triumphantly outperformed a formidable field of 300 participants (158 unique) in the site’s signature Sunday tournament, ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special [8-Max, PKO], conquering the 5 PM Sunday PKO flagship for ₹2.42 Lakhs (₹1.18 Lakhs in bounties).
Kovid ‘kovid21’ Saraswat, a known online reg who graced the podium in last month’s Godfather, was on the brink of ending a title drought spanning over two months. Despite coming close, Saraswat had to contend with a second-place finish, earning an impressive ₹1.82 Lakhs (₹58,945 in bounties) following a strategic heads-up deal.
Saraswat’s Sunday earnings totaled nearly ₹2.40 Lakhs across six cash finishes (including a title victory and an FT finish).
His top Sunday scores included:
> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special [8-Max, PKO] for ₹1,82,353
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Kickoff for ₹19,650
> 17th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#4 for ₹15,000
> 65th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#1 Kickoff for ₹12,000
Kovid Saraswat’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.69 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹19.44 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2
Shashank ‘Goldfish097’ Shekhar, who held the #2 spot on last week`s leaderboard standings, secured a commendable sixth-place finish in the 5 PM Sunday flagship, garnering ₹70,042 (₹36,719 in bounties). Shekhar’s Sunday marathon could be succinctly summarized in three words: Flagships, Bullets, and Scores! Yesterday, he racked up a substantial ₹2.73 Lakhs in total earnings from six deep runs (including two FT finishes).
Shekhar`s top Sunday scores include:
> 7th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special [8-Max, PKO] for ₹70,042 (fired three bullets)
> 12th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹52,763
> 42nd in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹50,000 (fired eight bullets)
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#1 Kickoff for ₹49,000 (fired eight bullets)
> 17th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Highroller for ₹35,125 (fired five bullets)
The Sunday Special final table was stacked with regs like last night`s serial final table finisher Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja (3rd for ₹1.15 Lakhs) (₹35,391 in bounties), Kritagya ‘kritagya’ Sharma (4th for ₹80,917) (₹21,563 in bounties), Prabhat ‘Prabhat1028’ Kumar (5th for ₹74,004) (₹29,531 in bounties), Satyam ‘satyamverma25’ Verma (7th for ₹53,601) (₹28,633 in bounties) and Divik ‘Carpediem55555’ Arora (8th for ₹30,583) (₹11,875 in bounties).
The ₹5,500 entry buy-in Sunday PKO tournament registered the precise 300 entries it needed to break even on its advertised guarantee, and 39 players got a piece of the ₹15 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
*denotes a heads-up deal
Sunday Highroller – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 75
Re-entries – 53
Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000
Places Paid – 17
Last month’s The Big Bash champion, Young Gun Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta, enjoyed a profitable Sunday outing that saw him banking an impressive ₹4.85 Lakhs from seven deep runs (including a title victory and an FT finish) and a bounty worth ₹3,750.
Mehta picked up his first six-figure score of the day in PokerBaazi’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD BTS#4, placing third for ₹1.12 Lakhs. A mere two hours later, he deftly maneuvered a field of 128 top-tier pros in PokerStars India’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Highroller, emerging victorious in the 8 PM flagship event and earning a whopping ₹2.97 Lakhs.
Anmol Mehta’s top Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller for ₹2,96,974* (heads-up deal)
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s BTS#4 for ₹1,11,900
> 16th in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo (6-Max) for ₹21,668
> 14th in PokerBaazi’s IMPS#114 Main Event for ₹20,500
Well-known reg Rishab ‘NoChan(3’ Malik came tantalizingly close to winning the Sunday Highroller title. Even though he fell just short of first place, he claimed an impressive second-place prize of ₹2.80 Lakhs through a heads-up deal.
Malik garnered a total of ₹5.17 Lakhs from five notable finishes and a bounty worth ₹1,250. His top Sunday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller for ₹2,79,617* (heads-up deal)
> 10th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹1,75,000
> 20th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹35,175
> 31st in PokerBaazi’s BTS#5 Sunday Prime for ₹18,340
Rishab Malik’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.64 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.93 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4
Deepankur ‘dp8218’ Gupta landed a sixth-place finish in the Sunday Highroller, adding ₹79,983 to his winnings. Throughout the day, he augmented his scorecard with a total of ₹1.25 Lakhs from three deep runs, including two final table finishes, and a bounty score of ₹3,125, which include:
> 6th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller for ₹79,983
> 6th in Spartan Poker’s Battlezone for ₹24,155
> 22nd in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo (6-Max) for ₹17,655
Deepankur Gupta’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.78 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.15 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4
Last night`s (7-Max) BSS Championship runner-up finisher Bharat ‘MojoJojo2193’ Vasan (3rd for ₹1.87 Lakhs), Saturday’s MHW Top Liners finalist Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj (4th for ₹1.41 Lakhs) and Deepstack Turbo (6-Max) finalist Karan ‘JUNIOR1-KK’ Kapur (5th for ₹1.06 Lakhs) were other regs on the Sunday Highroller final table.
The ₹11,000 entry buy-in tournament registered an overlay shortfall of ₹2.20 Lakhs and 17 players grabbed a slice of the ₹15 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
‘Art_of_Limping’ (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD Sunday Slam for ₹87,556), ‘vedantsing15’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹25,336), Jaikishan ‘Royalking7424’ Jangid (Won ₹70K GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹16,650), ‘Ankush101’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline 6-Max for ₹10,836) and ‘sahilp168’ (Won ₹50K GTD Afternoon on Stars for ₹10,587) won the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
MHW Colossus – ₹1 Crore GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,10,000
Entries – 59
Re-entries – 19
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,00,000
Places Paid – 8
Mitesh ‘mit2015’ Gupta, known for his fourth-place finish in the FTS G.O.D in March, was the talk of the town this Sunday! Competing against 59 players (78 total entries) in the ₹1 Crore GTD MHW Colossus, the long-time player emerged victorious in the ₹1.10 Lakhs buy-in Super High Roller tournament. He pocketed a career-high ₹26.61 Lakhs, over 2X his previous best score after a heads-up deal with ‘pokerguy123’ (anonymity requested), who finished second with a commendable ₹23.39 Lakhs, his own career-best.
Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan, who finished #3 in the MHW Top Liners on Saturday for ₹9.75 Lakhs, scored an impressive ₹16 Lakhs from the same third-place in the MHW Colossus last night. The Chandigarh-based pro added nearly ₹16.87 Lakhs to his tally from his Sunday session, surpassing Young Gun Gaurav Sood to claim the #2 spot in the POY rankings.
Wadhawan`s top Sunday finishes include:
> 3rd in Adda52`s MHW Colossus for ₹16,00,000
> 12th in PokerStars India`s Sunday Highroller for ₹31,209
> 10th in Spartan Poker`s Deepstack Turbo for ₹30,495
> 32nd in PokerBaazi`s IMPS#114 Main Event for ₹16,000
Ankit Wadhawan`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.26 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.56 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #7 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.30 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹81.60 Lakhs | Moves to #2 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #6 in Annual Profits
Vishal ‘GigaaBet’ Bajaj also put up a scintillating Sunday performance with ₹12.86 Lakhs in total earnings, hitting ₹10 Crores in tracked online winnings and jumping two places to #8 in the POY rankings. The highlight of his Sunday run was a fourth-place finish in the MHW Colossus for a site-best ₹12.50 Lakhs.
Vishal Bajaj`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.02 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.99 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #9 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.74 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹59.07 Lakhs | Moves to #8 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Moves to #7 in Annual Profits
Ashish ‘ragspoker’ Munot, who has been leading the POY race for ten consecutive weeks and is currently participating in the APPT Cambodia 2023, came out of his online hiatus on Sunday, adding ₹9.28 Lakhs to his winnings through two deep runs, including:
> 5th in Adda52`s MHW Colossus for ₹9,00,000
> 30th in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹28,140
Ashish Munot`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.27 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.43 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #10 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.54 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹1.57 Crores | Ranked #1 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #1 in Annual Profits
Ankit ‘imluckbox’ Bajaj rounded out the MHW Colossus final table, scoring ₹5.50 Lakhs in sixth place.
The ₹1.10 Lakhs buy-in high roller faced an overlay avalanche of ₹22 Lakhs, and the top eight finishers boarded the money bus.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
Sunday Showdown – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 244
Re-entries – 171
Prize Pool – ₹10,37,500
Places Paid – 44
Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta (opted out of our tracking) was another serial winner to champion a Sunday marquee tournament. Outplaying a 415-entry field (244 unique) in Adda52’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Sunday Showdown, Mehta bagged his first title of the month and a winner`s paycheque of ₹1.46 Lakhs.
A four-way final table deal fetched Kritagya ‘kritagya_17’ Sharma (2nd for ₹1.45 Lakhs) (opted out of our tracking), Yudhishthir ‘rowdy6’ Singh Rathore (3rd for ₹1.30 Lakhs), and ‘shivam2314’ (4th for ₹₹1.11 Lakhs) six-figure cash prizes.
Yudhishthir Singh Rathore accumulated ₹1.52 Lakhs across three deep runs, which include:
> 3rd in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹1,30,038* (four-way deal)
> 58th in PokerBaazi`s IMPS#114 Main Event for ₹12,500
> 65th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#4 for ₹9,000
Yudhishthir Singh Rathore’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.22 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹15.25 Lakhs
Saturday`s breakout winner Ravindra ‘wormhole’ Arikeri (7th for ₹31,928) and last night`s The MoneyMaker third place finisher Abhimanyu ‘PsychoDrama’ Mittal (8th for ₹23,548) also FT-ed Sunday Showdown.
The ₹2,750 entry buy-in 7:30 PM tournament generated a guarantee-crushing ₹10.37 Lakhs prize pool, with 44 players crossing the money line.
Final Table Results
‘GS9’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Holdem Bash for ₹67,500), ‘goofy25’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Mega Suites Lite for ₹38,022), ‘Slipshuod’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹30,620), ‘Maelwyn’ (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Sunday Bounty for ₹27,453), ‘Unmesh100’ (Won ₹50K GTD Sunday Night PLO for ₹12,171) won the other Adda52 marquees.
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