‘ayemi1122’ Leads the Sunday Charge With BSS SuperStack Triumph; Mukesh Surana, Anurag Srivastava, Anish Arora & Devvrat Singh Kaurav Among the Other Star Performers!

Sunday delivered a blockbuster night of online poker action—but what made it stand out? After all, Sundays are always high-stakes on the virtual felts, with some of the biggest MTTs of the week. However, with the seventh edition of DPT Xpress drawing strong fields in Goa and the APT Manila Classic 2025 in full swing in the Philippines, one might have expected a dip in online numbers. Yet, poker players proved once again that they are masters of multitasking and multi-tabling. Not only did all the usual flagships make solid runs, but even the bigger showstoppers like PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack crushed their advertised guarantees!

Speaking of crushing it, February has been a dream start for Indian players. They’ve been carrying their winning momentum from 2024, already racking up three major titles at the APT Manila Classic 2025. Raju Jaruplavath kicked things off with a bang, taking down the ₱12K Philippines National Cup for ₹12.07 Lakhs. Then, Natural8 India Executive Director Kunal Patni shipped the ₱20K Mystery Bounty Hunter – Sponsored by Natural8, for a cool ₹16.78 Lakhs. And Birangat Singh Gambhir joined the party by conquering the ₱12K Hyper Turbo for ₹3.56 Lakhs, while Jayant Deshmukh took down the India-exclusive ₹5,500 buy-in N8IN x APT Manila Classic 2025 for ₹2.13 Lakhs.

With another action-packed Sunday in the books and the DPT Xpress wrapping up today, the coming weeks are set to be even wilder. PokerBaazi’s ₹100 Crores GTD National Poker Series India 2025 is just around the corner, kicking off on February 23 and promising a poker spectacle unlike any other. Pocket52 is upping the ante with a ₹5 Crores Cash Game Leaderboard and over ₹5.50 Crores in tournament guarantees. Meanwhile, Natural8 India’s Millions Week 2025 is drawing some of the toughest sharks to its tables for a share of life-changing prize money, and Junglee Poker has launched its all-new ₹1+ Crore Lakhpati Legends series, running until February 16. The online poker action is only just getting started!

Sunday was a thrilling ride on PokerBaazi, with ‘ayemi1122‘ emerging as the day’s MVP by conquering the BSS SuperStack for a career-best ₹8.02 Lakhs. The Arunachal Pradesh-based grinder, who last shipped the (PLO-6) BSS, fired three bullets to claim the title. With two more deep runs, they wrapped up the night with total winnings topping ₹8.14 Lakhs, recovering over 80% of their past losses in one fell swoop! Former The MoneyMaker champion Mukesh Surana came close to his second title of the month but settled for a runner-up finish, earning ₹5.23 Lakhs—his best score of the year—which pushed him to #18 on PokerBaazi’s 2025 POY Leaderboard.

The weekend saw reigning 2024 POY champion Tarun Goyal yet again dominate the Natural8 India felts, racking up a whopping ₹14.36 Lakhs across three deep finishes, including a ₹3.87 Lakhs score on Sunday, pushing his annual earnings past ₹44 Lakhs. The former IT professional-turned-poker pro is clearly looking to make another run for the POY crown!

Sunday also saw some other firecracker performances on Natural8 India:

• ‘Indian Rec’ took down the Omaholic Bounty Warm-Up 215, clinching the ₹5.57 Lakhs top prize in their debut performance.
• Rajat Sharma, one of January’s top scorers, bolstered his bankroll with a fourth-place finish in the Bounty Hunters Sunday Special 88, adding ₹4.43 Lakhs—his third-biggest score on the platform. His total winnings on Natural8 India for the year have already crossed ₹48 Lakhs.

Anish Arora was another standout performer, nearly pulling off a double-title night on Pocket52. He started by winning Pocket52’s (7-Max) Deepstack Turbo for ₹1.10 Lakhs, then came close to bagging Pocket Kings but settled for a runner-up finish, adding ₹2.94 Lakhs to his tally. With three more deep runs on PokerBaazi, Arora wrapped up the night with ₹4.56 Lakhs in total winnings, capping off an incredible session.

Devvrat Singh Kaurav, the hard-working poker streamer from Jhansi, delivered a career-defining performance by clinching his first major tournament victory in Pocket52’s Pocket Kings, raking in a personal-best ₹4.20 Lakhs. He steamrolled through one of the toughest final tables of the night, snagging his second recorded title after his Pocket52 Soda win in 2023 and his first-ever flagship victory, which pushed him firmly into profitability on the platform!

Anurag Srivastava also came in charging, raking in nearly ₹5.63 Lakhs across five deep runs. His standout performance came in the Adda52 Millions DPT Edition, which he shipped for the fifth time and for his biggest score of the year, bagging ₹4.19 Lakhs. He further padded his bankroll with two final table finishes in Pocket52’s Pocket Kings and Junglee Poker’s Sunday Special Knockout. Shreyansh Sharma, the 2024 POY #6, came close to his third title of 2025. He finished runner-up in the Adda52 Millions DPT Edition for ₹3.10 Lakhs, his fourth-best score on the site. With deep runs in two PokerBaazi flagships, he wrapped up the day with ₹3.48 Lakhs in total winnings.

Sunil Arora made a breakthrough on Junglee Poker, taking down the Sunday Special Knockout for his first-ever win on the platform. The Adda52 regular, who has been on a strong run over the past seven months, switched things up and made a statement, taking home ₹3.87 Lakhs (₹1.93 Lakhs in bounties). His triumph was even more impressive as he outlasted Young Gun Gaurav Sood in the final showdown. Sood, the legendary three-time POY, continued his stellar form in 2025, finishing runner-up for ₹2.77 Lakhs (₹85,031 in bounties), boosting his total Sunday haul to ₹3.23 Lakhs from five deep runs.

Puneet Sachan, the inaugural G.O.A.T. runner-up, also punched his ticket to the winner’s circle after weeks of close calls. The Delhi-based grinder snapped a ten-week title drought in style, winning PokerBaazi`s BSS Super Value for ₹3.29 Lakhs after a heads-up deal—his fifth-best score on the platform. Sachan overcame a tough final battle against Sachin Raj, who fired two bullets in pursuit of his second title of the year. Though Raj fell just short, he walked away with ₹3.11 Lakhs, his third-biggest score on PokerBaazi, wrapping up the night with over ₹3.25 Lakhs in total winnings across three deep runs.

Adda52 also saw an epic comeback story as Abhishek Mandal stormed to victory in the Sunday Head Hunter DPT Edition, earning ₹2.60 Lakhs (₹1.15 Lakhs in bounties), ending a long 6.5-month title drought and helping him recover nearly all his previous losses on the platform. Jaipur-based pro Lavesh Meena also had a stellar night, finishing runner-up in the same event for ₹1.68 Lakhs (₹61,522 in bounties). Adding a win in Junglee Poker’s LL#10 for ₹83,566 (his fourth title of 2025), Meena wrapped up the night with at least ₹2.51 Lakhs in total winnings, continuing his strong form in the new year.

Sunday was a day of triumphs for many familiar faces in the Indian poker scene, including Jyotindra Dubey (Won PokerBaazi’s Daily Last Chance for ₹1.69 Lakhs), Chirag Khanduja (Won PokerBaazi’s (6-Max) BSS SPRINT for ₹1.52 Lakhs), Arjanveer Singh Chadha (Won Adda52’s Sunday Big Slick DPT Edition for ₹1.43 Lakhs), and Pramod Kumar (Won PokerBaazi’s BSS Kickoff for ₹1.25 Lakhs).

Samarth Malik (won two titles), Aditya Navalkar, Piyush Nanda, and Shibsambhu Ghosh won the other marquee events, contributing to another action-packed Sunday!

Here are the Sunday highlights!

PokerBaazi

BSS SuperStack – ₹50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,750

Entries – 597

Re-entries – 472

Prize Pool – ₹53,45,000

Places Paid – 161

The live poker scene might be raging all across, from the DPT Xpress in Goa to the just-concluded Manila Super Series 21 and the APT Manila Classic 2025 (where three Indians have already snagged trophies!), but that doesn’t mean the online action is taking a backseat.

Sunday was a wild ride on PokerBaazi, with India’s leading online poker platform bringing back its signature Baazi Super Sunday (BSS) tournaments for a non-stop poker fiesta! The ₹50 Lakhs GTD BSS SuperStack was the hottest ticket in town, and it was site regular ‘ayemi1122’ who stole the show, claiming the title of Sunday`s MVP! Almost a month after conquering the (PLO-6) BSS, this online grinder from Arunachal Pradesh stormed back into the winner’s circle, bagging a massive ₹8.02 Lakhs for shipping the BSS SuperStack.

‘ayemi1122’ is no stranger to the PokerBaazi felts, grinding on the site since April 2021. Their profit graph shows a player who knows how to turn things around—every time they’re down, they find a way to hit a massive score and rocket back to the top. The NPS#72 Marathon gold medalist and former BSS Super Value champion wasn’t playing around last night, firing three bullets in the 7:30 PM showstopper and battling through a colossal 1,069-strong field (597 unique) across a marathon eight hours and 53 minutes of play. And they didn’t just snag the title; they also locked in their biggest payday ever on PokerBaazi!

But they weren’t done! With two more deep runs in the bag, ‘ayemi1122’ wrapped up the night with an explosive total of over ₹8.14 Lakhs in winnings, recovering over 80% of their past losses in one spectacular night to take the top spot on the Sunday charts!

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹8,01,750

> 69th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Super Value for ₹7,996

> 32nd in PokerBaazi’s (PLO-6) BSS for ₹4,493

ayemi1122’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.17 Crores | Titles Won in 2025: #2

Mukesh ‘Guruuu’ Surana, the former The MoneyMaker champion from Chennai, has been on a relentless hunt for his second title of the month since winning the (7-Max) Afternoon Boost on February 1. Despite several deep runs and two final-table finishes, that big win remained just out of reach. Last night, he again came incredibly close but had to settle for a runner-up finish in the BSS SuperStack, adding ₹5.23 Lakhs to his bankroll. This score is his best this year and one of his top six on PokerBaazi overall, catapulting him to #18 on PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Crores 2025 POY Leaderboard!

Mukesh Surana’s online stats (excluding Natural8 India, Junglee Poker, Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.55 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹88.38 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2025: #1 | Moves to #18 on PokerBaazi`s 2025 POY Leaderboard

The BSS SuperStack final table was packed with familiar names, including online crusher and last week’s Big PLO-5 finalist Sam ‘thereallokimon’ Anand, who finished fifth for ₹2.37 Lakhs, and December’s BSS SuperStack podium finisher Harsh ‘Tilty’ Bhasin, who walked away with ₹1.39 Lakhs in seventh place!

The ₹5,750 buy-in BSS SuperStack wasn’t your average Sunday tournament—it smashed its guarantee, creating a whopping ₹53.45 Lakhs prize pool! The top 161 finishers scored at least ₹9,087, 1.6 times their initial buy-in. It was an electrifying Sunday night on PokerBaazi, and with ‘ayemi1122’ back in beast mode and the colossal ₹100 Crores GTD NPS India 2025 just around the corner, the online felts are about to get a whole lot wilder!

Final Table Results

1. ayemi1122 – ₹8,01,750
2. Mukesh ‘Guruuu’ Surana – ₹5,22,741
3. bitterFaster79 – ₹3,74,150
4. ifurbadimurdad – ₹2,99,855
5. Sam ‘thereallokimon’ Anand – ₹2,37,318
6. bigusdikus – ₹1,86,006
7. Harsh ‘Tilty’ Bhasin – ₹1,38,970
8. dishank_24 – ₹99,952

BSS Super Value – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 603

Re-entries – 623

Prize Pool – ₹26,65,324

Places Paid – 155

The online poker scene was on fire this weekend, and PokerBaazi’s stacked schedule of Baazi Super Sunday (BSS) tournaments brought the heat! And amidst the chaos, Puneet ‘HEROCALLSBRO’ Sachan, known for his jaw-dropping runner-up finish in PokerBaazi’s inaugural G.O.A.T., finally snapped his ten-week winning drought spectacularly, conquering the ₹25 Lakhs GTD BSS Super Value and snagging a sweet ₹3.29 Lakhs after a heads-up deal. This payday is his fifth-best score on the platform and a dazzling return to the top of the poker food chain!

Sachan is a beast on the felt, with a reputation for going deep in the toughest fields. He’d been teasing victory for weeks since his (6-Max) BSS SPRINT win in early December, with two close calls that left him hungry for a win. But last night, he wasn’t going home without the gold.

Fresh off a fourth-place finish in the Daily Last Chance last week, Sachan stormed into the 5 PM flagship event, boasting an insane 1000X value. He battled through a scorching 1,226-entry field (603 unique) in a gruelling nine-hour war. When the last card hit the table, the Delhi-based crusher had locked in his first-ever BSS Super Value title—a victory that was a long time coming and proves he’s back and hungrier than ever!

The heads-up battle was an absolute thriller, with Sachan facing off against fellow online regular Sachin ‘browguy26’ Raj. Raj fired two bullets in this evening showdown, aiming for his second title of 2025 after conquering the Adda52 Sunday Big Slick two weeks ago. He fought like a lion but narrowly missed the mark, settling for the runner-up prize of ₹3.11 Lakhs from the same deal—his third-biggest score on the platform.

Even with this near-miss, Raj had a lot to celebrate, racking up over ₹3.25 Lakhs across three deep runs on Sunday. Though he’s navigating a two-week title drought, his consistent performance and deep finishes show another big win is on the horizon!

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s BSS Super Value for ₹3,10,957* (heads-up deal)

> 97th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹9,087

> 47th in Adda52’s Sunday Big Slick DPT Edition for ₹5,288

Sachin Raj’s online stats (excluding Natural8 India and Junglee Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.16 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹49.54 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2025: #1

The BSS Super Value also saw some stellar final table runs by a host of up-and-coming players, including last week’s WTF finalist Naman ‘namsbohra’ Bohra (4th for ₹1.41 Lakhs), Neerav ‘starrk0’ Bhatia (5th for ₹1.41 Lakhs), Attreya ‘DarthVader22’ Dwivedi (7th for ₹67,966), and last week’s Iron Man DPT Edition and The Endeavour Lite finalist Aritra ‘morsmordre’ Hazra (8th for ₹47,976).

The BSS Super Value, with its incredible value, was a smash hit, crushing its guarantee to create a mouth-watering ₹26.65 Lakhs prize pool! With the stakes so high, the top 155 finishers locked in payouts, each taking home at least ₹5,331—a sweet return on their ₹2,500 buy-in, ensuring a thrilling Sunday on India’s leading online poker platform for a ton of players!

Final Table Results

1. Puneet ‘HEROCALLSBRO’ Sachan – ₹3,28,721*
2. Sachin ‘browguy26’ Raj – ₹3,10,957*
3. borntrouble – ₹1,81,509
4. Naman ‘namsbohra’ Bohra – ₹1,41,262
5. Neerav ‘starrk0’ Bhatia – ₹1,13,809
6. prettynoona – ₹90,621
7. Attreya ‘DarthVader22’ Dwivedi – ₹67,966
8. Aritra ‘morsmordre’ Hazra – ₹47,976

*denotes a heads-up deal

Daily Last Chance – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 284

Re-entries – 209

Prize Pool – ₹10,72,000

Places Paid – 78

Jyotindra ‘JacksPaaro’ Dubey (opted out of our tracking) had a scorching run last Sunday, racking up podium finishes in PokerBaazi’s BSS Super Value and Daily Last Chance. But last night, he decided to crank things up a notch. He stormed through the competition like a poker tornado, clinching the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Last Chance title and fattening his bankroll with a juicy ₹1.69 Lakhs.

The 10:30 PM flagship, the last stop for most regs looking to end their session with a bang, is never an easy ride. But Dubey was determined to conquer it, even if it meant battling through a field of sharks and dodging bullets like Neo in the Matrix. He didn’t exactly have a smooth start, though! Every time he reloaded, he’d bust out, but Dubey wasn’t about to throw in the towel. Those setbacks didn’t faze him, and he relentlessly fired seven bullets. The seventh time proved to be the charm as he rode that one past the 493-entry field (284 unique). After a relentless 6.5-hour grind that went on until almost 5 AM on Monday morning, he finally emerged as the champion, grabbing the Daily Last Chance crown and the top prize.

And with deep runs in two other BSS flagships, Dubey’s Sunday winnings swelled to nearly ₹1.93 Lakhs, catapulting him to #7 on PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Crores 2025 POY Leaderboard.

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Last Chance for ₹1,68,806

> 23rd in PokerBaazi’s BSS Super Value for ₹14,659

> 115th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹9,086

Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur, the volume king and fierce crusher who was runner-up on the 2024 TLB (points) leaderboard and currently leads PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Crores 2025 POY Leaderboard, was chasing his second Daily Last Chance title after taking it down on Friday. He fired two bullets in his quest for another victory but had to settle for a second-place finish, pocketing ₹1.15 Lakhs.

Thakur was a man-possessed, putting in serious volume with at least seven cashes on Sunday (six on PokerBaazi). By the end of the grind, he had racked up over ₹1.44 Lakhs in total winnings and valuable points, making it clear he’s gunning for the ₹1 Crore top prize on the PokerBaazi POY leaderboard. With his consistency and dedication, he’s definitely a top contender!

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Last Chance for ₹1,14,681

> 35th in Adda52’s Sunday Big Slick DPT Edition for ₹6,057

> 103rd in PokerBaazi’s BSS Super Value for ₹5,331

> 20th in PokerBaazi’s BSS for ₹5,075

> 29th in PokerBaazi’s (PLO-6) BSS for ₹4,494

> 46th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Kickoff for ₹4,347

> 78th in PokerBaazi’s (6-Max) BSS SPRINT for ₹4,242

The Daily Last Chance final table was packed with familiar names, including last week’s Pocket Bullets runner-up Sahil ‘illuminati777’ Babbar, who took third place for ₹87,886, and Saturday’s Blockbuster Lite champion, Saransh ‘saransh004’ Garg, who finished fifth for ₹52,517.

And like all the other PokerBaazi flagships, the ₹2,500 buy-in Daily Last Chance also smashed its advertised guarantee, generating a ₹10.72 Lakhs prize pool. The top 78 finishers locked in a minimum payday of ₹5,359, more than double the buy-in, capping off another thrilling weekend of non-stop action on India’s leading online poker platform!

Final Table Results

1. Jyotindra ‘JacksPaaro’ Dubey – ₹1,68,806
2. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹1,14,681
3. Sahil ‘illuminati777’ Babbar – ₹87,886
4. EbIchinNikz – ₹62,163
5. Saransh ‘saransh004’ Garg – ₹52,517
6. SoulDarkness – ₹43,407
7. Thoth – ₹34,297
8. phoenix7a – ₹25,187

(6-Max) BSS SPRINT – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,300

Entries – 277

Re-entries – 228

Prize Pool – ₹10,10,000

Places Paid – 82

PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD (6-Max) BSS SPRINT might not have been Sunday`s biggest draw, but it was a magnet for action-hungry grinders. And for Chirag ‘ChiruG’ Khanduja, it was the perfect stage to make a thunderous return to the top!

Khanduja, who moved to London last summer for his MBA, is serious about his studies, but he’s made it clear that poker is his side hustle, and he’s not giving it up! And that side hustle is paying off big time! Khanduja, who made the USOP Da Nang 2023 Mini Main Event final table and won the 2024 PokerStars UKIPT London £220 Bounty, put his two years of PokerBaazi experience to work against a stacked 505-entry field (277 unique) in the 8:30 PM Sunday showdown. He stayed laser-focused over six hours and seven minutes of non-stop action to close out the marathon with a near-flawless performance. When the dust settled, Khanduja walked away with ₹1.52 Lakhs—his ninth-best score on the platform. More importantly, this was his first win in 21 months on PokerBaazi, and it couldn’t have come at a better time, with the colossal ₹100 Crores GTD NPS India 2025 just around the corner!

But he wasn’t done raking in the chips! Two deep runs, including a final table appearance in the BSS Kickoff, padded his winnings, bringing his total haul for the day to over ₹2.15 Lakhs.

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (6-Max) BSS SPRINT for ₹1,51,500

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Kickoff for ₹41,800

> 56th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹21,380

Amit ‘kavipri’ Gehani—the banker who juggles spreadsheets by day and high-stakes poker by night—also had his eyes on his first-ever (6-Max) BSS SPRINT title. A former IOPC The Crown champion, Gehani has a reputation for making a splash in the big-ticket flagships. He was riding the momentum of his final table finish in Friday’s WTF, and he came agonizingly close to locking up his third title of the year, but despite a tough fight, he had to settle for the runner-up finish and ₹1.06 Lakhs. Another small score in the BSS pushed his Sunday winnings to nearly ₹1.09 Lakhs.

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (6-Max) BSS SPRINT for ₹1,05,646

> 33rd in PokerBaazi’s BSS for ₹2,975

Amit Gehani’s online stats (PokerBaazi, Adda52 and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.58 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹30.70 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2025: #2

The final table of the (6-Max) BSS SPRINT featured other known competitors, including Ashwath ‘ashcashsmash’ Harikumar (5th for ₹49,288) and last night`s Pocket Kings runner-up and (7-Max) Deepstack Turbo champion Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora (6th for ₹40,602).

And like the other BSS flagships, the ₹2,300 buy-in (6-Max) BSS SPRINT drew a massive crowd, exceeding its advertised guarantee to create a ₹10.10 Lakhs prize pool. The top 82 players got a piece of the action, with even a min-cash worth ₹4,242, making for another spectacular and rewarding Sunday grind for the PokerBaazi community!

Final Table Results

1. Chirag ‘ChiruG’ Khanduja – ₹1,51,500
2. Amit ‘kavipri’ Gehani – ₹1,05,646
3. verbose – ₹79,790
4. Nishuu123 – ₹60,095
5. Ashwath ‘ashcashsmash’ Harikumar – ₹49,288
6. Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora – ₹40,602

The other BSS title winners of the day included Pramod ‘sherlockholmesB’ Kumar (Won ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD BSS Kickoff for ₹1.25 Lakhs), ‘shakeshwar’ (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD PLO-6 BSS for ₹74,430), Samarth ‘sambrunson’ Malik (Won ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD BSS for ₹42,000), and ‘thunderrr8888’ (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD BSS for ₹38,280).

‘kirito123’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD PO-6 Daily for ₹22,980), ‘parakhprateek’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹20,120), Aditya ‘pnutbutterbacon’ Navalkar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 6-Max Hyper for ₹16,000), ‘supernova11’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹16,000) ‘fruitfullllll’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD 6-Max SPRINT for ₹11,750) won the other Sunday marquees on PokerBaazi.

Junglee Poker

Sunday Special Knockout – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹6,900

Total Entries – 237

Regular Prize Pool – ₹12,89,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹7,11,000

Total Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000

Places Paid – 41

Sunday turned into a breakout performance for sporadic online grinder Sunil ‘bababk’ Arora, who made a grand entrance on Junglee Poker, locking in his first-ever tournament win on the platform—and his first across all platforms in 2025. Taking charge of the ₹20 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special Knockout, Arora delivered a masterclass in patience and precision.

Arora, who has been on a tear on Adda52 these last seven months, decided to switch things up and try his luck on Junglee Poker. Coming off a victory in Adda52’s Head Shot Bounty in December and a couple of solid runs in Topple Tower and The Mint early in 2025, Arora was clearly feeling confident. He took a no-nonsense approach in the ₹20 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special Knockout, committing to a single bullet in the 7:30 PM PKO flagship. Arora battled through an eight-hour grind against a crowd of 237 contenders, keeping his cool under pressure and walking away with a massive ₹3.87 Lakhs payday, including a juicy ₹1.93 Lakhs in bounties.

But Arora’s victory was even sweeter because he outlasted none other than Young Gun Gaurav ‘Shinichi’ Sood in the final showdown! Sood, a three-time POY titleholder, is a legend in the Indian online poker scene, with a track record that speaks for itself. He might have taken a bit of a break from the online grind last year, but he’s back with a vengeance in 2025, determined to reclaim his spot at the top. He`s won PokerBaazi’s Summit Lite and Adda52’s Ferris Wheel back-to-back, and added two more wins in Adda52’s Monster Turbo PKO towards the end of January, and conquered PokerBaazi’s WTF just this past Thursday. With multiple final table finishes to his name, Sood is setting the pace for another dominant year.

And his recent Sunday performance only added to his growing list of achievements. He racked up over ₹3.23 Lakhs across five deep runs, with his standout finish being a runner-up placement in Junglee Poker’s Sunday Special Knockout—his second near-miss in this event in three weeks, earning him ₹2.77 Lakhs, including ₹85,031 in bounties—his biggest score of the night.

Sood’s Sunday achievements include:

> 2nd in Junglee Poker’s Sunday Special Knockout for ₹2,76,834* (₹85,031 in bounties)

> 21st in Adda52 Millions DPT Edition for ₹26,030

> 12th in Adda52’s Sunday Big Slick DPT Edition for ₹9,101

> 22nd in Adda52’s Sunday Head Hunter DPT Edition for ₹7,053

> 72nd in PokerBaazi’s (6-Max) BSS SPRINT for ₹4,242

Gaurav Sood’s online stats (excluding Junglee Poker and Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹22.88 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹11.84 Crores | Titles Won in 2025: #4

The Sunday Special Knockout final table also saw deep runs from other talented players, including last month`s MMA Main Event champion Arush ‘Arush2003’ Pratap (3rd for ₹1.69 Lakhs) (₹28,500 in bounties), last night’s Adda52 Millions DPT Edition champion Anurag ‘GutshotHaiBro’ Srivastava (7th for ₹67,028) (₹21,656 in bounties) and recent Tuesday Phoenix winner Kovid ‘n5clockend’ Saraswat (8th for ₹58,978 (₹22,500 in bounties).

The ₹5,750 buy-in Sunday Special Knockout had a relatively small overlay of ₹26,000 on its ₹20 Lakhs guarantee, giving the players even more bang for their buck. With 34 players getting paid from the ₹10.13 Lakhs cash prize pool and those juicy bounties on every knockout from the ₹9.87 Lakhs bounty pool, it was another action-packed and rewarding Sunday on Junglee Poker!

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Sunil ‘bababk’ Arora – ₹3,86,627
2. Gaurav ‘Shinichi’ Sood – ₹2,76,834
3. Arush ‘Arush2003’ Pratap – ₹1,69,387
4. vincentvega – ₹1,06,084
5. balraml – ₹1,08,231 (₹28,313
6. jatavkingna – ₹75,946 (₹15,750
7. Anurag ‘GutshotHaiBro’ Srivastava – ₹67,028
8. Kovid ‘n5clockend’ Saraswat – ₹58,978

₹25 Lakhs GTD Main Event – Qualifier 2

Q2 > Entries – 65 | Survivors – 5 | Chip Leader – ‘snowski50310586’ (271,386)

The Lakhpati Legends title winners of the day included Lavesh ‘magicodds98’ Meena (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD LL#10 for ₹83,566), Piyush ‘noname3006’ Nanda (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD LL#11 for ₹38,801), and ‘mantu91’ (Won ₹50K GTD LL#12 Hangover for ₹7,424).

Adda52

Adda52 Millions DPT Edition – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,500

Entries – 105

Re-entries – 94

Re-buys – 12

Prize Pool – ₹21,10,000

Places Paid – 31

Delhi’s Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava just turned Sunday into his personal playground! This online beast, who conquered the IOPC The Millionaire Main Event in February 2020 and hasn’t taken his foot off the gas since, unleashed a storm on the virtual felts, raking in nearly ₹5.63 Lakhs from five deep runs. This included a resounding victory in the ₹20 Lakhs GTD Adda52 Millions DPT Edition on Adda52 and two additional final table appearances, all while making it look like a casual Sunday stroll!

Coming off a win in Spartan Poker’s Supreme two weeks ago and a few other final table showings, Srivastava was clearly in the zone last night. Adda52’s signature 9 PM Sunday flagship, sporting the DPT branding and an adjusted guarantee from the usual ₹25 Lakhs, drew a shark-infested field of 211 entries (105 unique). After busting his first bullet early, Srivastava re-entered and never looked back. He battled his way through the field, ultimately clinching a remarkable fifth Adda52 Millions title and a fantastic ₹4.19 Lakhs payday. This is his biggest score of 2025 so far and his second win of the year, a clear signal he’s in peak poker form!

And he did not stop there. Srivastava also crashed the final tables of two other Sunday flagships – Pocket52’s Pocket Kings (7th for ₹70,000) and Junglee Poker’s Sunday Special Knockout (7th for ₹67,028, including ₹21,656 in bounties), turning his Sunday into a profit-fest!

> 1st in Adda52 Millions DPT Edition for ₹4,19,431

> 7th in Pocket52’s Pocket Kings for ₹70,000

> 7th in Junglee Poker’s Sunday Special Knockout for ₹67,028* (₹21,656 in bounties)

> 95th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹9,087

> 34th in Adda52’s Sunday Head Hunter DPT Edition for ₹6,158

Shreyansh ‘halifax7701’ Sharma, the 2024 POY #6 who exploded onto the scene last year, also came to play on Sunday. With victories in Natural8 India’s APL Series: Deepstack Highroller and PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour Lite already under his belt in 2025, Sharma was hunting for his third title of the year. He came incredibly close in the Adda52 Millions DPT Edition. Entering twice, this young sensation finished runner-up, netting a substantial ₹3,10,664 – his fourth-best score on Adda52. He kept busy throughout the session, even cashing in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack (25th for ₹32,070) and BSS Super Value (120th for ₹5,331), bringing his Sunday haul to ₹3.48 Lakhs!

> 2nd in Adda52 Millions DPT Edition for ₹3,10,664

> 25th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹32,070

> 120th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Super Value for ₹5,331

Shreyansh Sharma’s online stats (excluding Natural8 India, Junglee Poker and Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.33 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹83.80 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2025: #2 (including all platforms) | Finished #6 in the 2024 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

The Adda52 Millions DPT Edition final table was a showdown between heavyweights and other aspiring regulars, featuring Rising Star Ritwik ‘ritwik27’ Khanna (3rd for ₹2,30,102), Ryan ‘plassma’ Cardoso (4th for ₹1.70 Lakhs), ‘Alonewie’ (5th for ₹1.26 Lakhs), and Saurabh ‘Bul0kchkan’ Singh (6th for ₹93,500).

With a guarantee-crushing ₹21.10 Lakhs prize pool, the ₹11,500 buy-in Adda52 Millions DPT Edition was a gold mine for the top 31 finishers. Each received a minimum payout of ₹22,948 – almost double their initial investment. It was a Sunday of high-stakes action and significant rewards on Adda52.

Final Table Results

1. Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava – ₹4,19,431
2. Shreyansh ‘halifax7701’ Sharma – ₹3,10,664
3. Ritwik ‘ritwik27’ Khanna – ₹2,30,102
4. Ryan ‘plassma’ Cardoso – ₹ 1,70,432
5. Alonewie – ₹1,26,235
6. Saurabh ‘Bul0kchkan’ Singh – ₹93,500

Sunday Head Hunter DPT Edition – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,750

Entries – 155

Re-entries – 147

Re-buys – 3

Total Prize Pool – ₹15,25,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹7,62,500

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹7,62,500

Places Paid – 47

Even with the DPT Xpress raging in Goa, Adda52 served up a scorching Sunday night of poker, and the spotlight was on online reg Abhishek ‘abhisekchem86’ Mandal. He torched the competition, blazing his way to victory in the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Head Hunter DPT Edition, scoring a resounding win after a long 6.5 months.

The 8 PM flagship (with a slightly slimmed-down ₹15 Lakhs guarantee from the usual ₹20 Lakhs) attracted a crowd of 155 determined contenders (305 total entries). After a fierce and lengthy battle, Mandal emerged as the champion, grabbing his first-ever Sunday Head Hunter DPT Edition title and a fat ₹2.60 Lakhs payday, including a hefty ₹1.15 Lakhs in bounties. This win was a major comeback story, helping him erase almost all of his previous losses on the platform.

Abhishek Mandal’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹66.06 Lakhs| Titles Won in 2025: #1

Sharing the Sunday spotlight was Jaipur-based pro Lavesh ‘UPay4MyWeed98’ Meena, a player who’s been on an absolute rampage. Meena has been crushing it lately, with wins in Spartan Poker’s Ignite, Supreme, and Jungle Poker’s Thursday Mini Highroller all in January, and last night, he was on the verge of a double victory, taking home a combined ₹2.51 Lakhs from a title win and a runner-up finish.

His dominant night kicked off with a decisive win in Junglee Poker’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD LL#10. Meena outlasted a field of 232 entries in a seven-hour-and-nine-minute battle, claiming the 7 PM Lakhpati Legends title and ₹83,566, a sum that included ₹34,699 in bounties – marking his fourth title of the year.

Soon after, he found himself in the thick of the action in the Sunday Head Hunter DPT Edition. Entering twice, he fought his way to the final showdown, but victory narrowly eluded him. He finished as the runner-up, still collecting a substantial ₹1.68 Lakhs, which included ₹61,522 in bounties, capping off a profitable night!

Lavesh Meena’s online stats (excluding Natural8 India, Junglee Poker and Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.94 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.20 Crores | Titles Won in 2025: #3 (including all platforms)

The final table of the Sunday Head Hunter was packed with talented players, like ‘Lafz_unkahe’ (3rd for ₹1.03 Lakhs), last night’s Daily Deep Dive runner-up Arun ‘ShahidKapoorAfridi’ Kumar (4th for ₹98,419), veteran pro Shravan ‘sweatmyass13’ Chhabria (5th for ₹85,754), former The MoneyMaker champion Sumit ‘runrabbitrun’ Advani (6th for ₹53,487), Friday’s The Quest victor, poker streamer Aniruddha ‘Pocketaces69’ Joshi (7th for ₹67,406), and Saturday’s Sundown Adda winner Himanshu ‘Raceoflife’ Kumar (8th for ₹17,730).

With a ₹5,750 buy-in, the Sunday Head Hunter easily surpassed its trimmed ₹15 Lakhs guarantee by ₹25,000, generating a lucrative ₹15.25 Lakhs prize pool. The top 47 finishers padded their bankrolls with at least ₹5,377, on top of any bounties they collected, making it a rewarding night for many on Adda52.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Abhishek ‘abhisekchem86’ Mandal – ₹2,59,562
2. Lavesh ‘UPay4MyWeed98’ Meena – ₹1,67,778
3. Lafz_unkahe – ₹1,02,845
4. Arun ‘ShahidKapoorAfridi’ Kumar – ₹98,419
5. Shravan ‘sweatmyass13’ Chhabria – ₹85,754
6. Sumit ‘runrabbitrun’ Advani – ₹53,487
7. Aniruddha ‘Pocketaces69’ Joshi – ₹67,406
8. Himanshu ‘Raceoflife’ Kumar – ₹17,730

Arjanveer ‘arjan30’ Singh Chadha won the ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD Sunday Big Slick DPT Edition for ₹1.43 Lakhs.

‘dineshgoel83’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Deep Dive for ₹38,095), Samarth ‘sambrunson’ Malik (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Holdem Bash DPT Edition for ₹35,908), ‘sudhira52’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹31,772), and Abhishek ‘abhispal’ Pal (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Sunday Bounty for ₹22,308) won the other Sunday marquees on Adda52.

Pocket52

Pocket Kings – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,750

Entries – 193

Re-entries – 164

Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000

Places Paid – 45

Forget the glitz and glamour of the high-roller tables – sometimes, the most captivating poker stories come from the heart of the grind. This past Sunday, Devvrat ‘Kinghyper’ Singh Kaurav, the hardworking grinder and endearing poker streamer from Jhansi, etched his name into the poker history books with a performance he will likely remember for a long time. He flipped the switch, went full throttle, and steamrolled through Pocket52’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD Pocket Kings, taking on one of the most fearsome final tables of the night and emerging as the champion!

The Sunday 8 PM headliner, featuring a ₹5,750 buy-in, drew a hungry crowd of 193 players (357 total entries), all eager to claim the lion’s share of the prize pool. But after over eight hours of intense poker action, Kaurav stood tall, his name etched onto the Pocket Kings trophy. This was no ordinary victory; it was a big breakthrough on a night when everything went his way.

A shop proprietor by day (who also gives tuition classes), Kaurav knows the meaning of hard work. He puts in the work to get his streams going, and it’s not just for entertainment—it’s a serious source of income for him! And though this incredible victory went unstreamed (a missed opportunity for some epic content!), he blazed through the competition like a meteor, claiming his first-ever flagship title in dominating fashion. This was only his second recorded win after his Pocket52 Soda takedown in November 2023, and his first-ever major tournament victory came with a sweet bonus—a career-best ₹4.20 Lakhs payday. This win not only rewrote his record on the platform but also put him firmly in the green.

Meanwhile, Anish ‘FishingRod’ Arora was on another level last night. This online reg was unstoppable after a fourth-place finish in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show on Monday and back-to-back third-place finishes in WTF on Thursday and Friday. His Sunday grind saw him nearly pull off a double-title night on Pocket52, proving again why he’s a force across platforms.

Arora’s heater began at 1:11 AM in Pocket52’s (7-Max) Deepstack Turbo, where he outlasted a 270-entry field after more than six hours of play, grabbing his first title of 2025 and pocketing ₹1.10 Lakhs. But that was just the warm-up act. At 4:05 AM, he found himself heads-up in Pocket Kings, facing off against Kaurav. Despite an intense battle, he had to settle for second place, banking a hefty ₹2.94 Lakhs—his biggest score of the day. Like Kaurav, this stellar performance wiped out all his platform losses in one go and put him back in the black.

Arora’s Sunday rampage saw him making three more deep runs on PokerBaazi, including another final table appearance in the (6-Max) BSS SPRINT, where he placed sixth for ₹40,602. By the night’s end, he had racked up almost ₹4.56 Lakhs in total winnings, capping off an incredible session!

> 2nd in Pocket52’s Pocket Kings for ₹2,94,000

> 1st in Pocket52’s (7-Max) Deepstack Turbo for ₹1,10,000

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s (6-Max) BSS SPRINT for ₹40,602

> 24th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Last Chance for ₹7,717

> 17th in PokerBaazi’s BSS for ₹3,573

Anish Arora’s online stats (PokerBaazi, Adda52 and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.71 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.14 Crores

The Pocket Kings final table was a sight to behold, hosting some of the biggest names in the Indian online circuit, including the red-hot Arpan ‘Novus’ Majhi (3rd for ₹1.89 Lakhs), 2024 POY #20 Vinay ‘Centering’ B (4th for ₹1.40 Lakhs), 2024 POY #15 Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurr’ Chakravarthy (5th for ₹1.05 Lakhs), poker veteran Sumit ‘mrgr33n’ Sapra (6th for ₹84,000), last night’s Adda52 Millions DPT Edition champion Anurag ‘CultofPersonality’ Srivastava (7th for ₹70,000), and Aniket ‘Breakingbread’ Jain (8th for ₹56,000).

While the ₹5,750 buy-in Pocket Kings fell ₹2.15 Lakhs short of its advertised ₹20 Lakhs guarantee, it offered incredible value for the players. With payouts starting at ₹11,200 – almost double the buy-in – the 45 players who made it into the money walked away with a sweet profit. Pocket52 is quickly becoming a favourite destination for serious tournament players, and with over ₹5.50 Crores guaranteed across its MTTs this month, this is just a taste of what’s to come from India’s only cryptographically secured poker network!

Final Table Results

1. Devvrat ‘Kinghyper’ Singh Kaurav – ₹4,20,000
2. Anish ‘FishingRod’ Arora – ₹2,94,000
3. Arpan ‘Novus’ Majhi – ₹1,89,000
4. Vinay ‘Centering’ B – ₹1,40,000
5. Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurr’ Chakravarthy – ₹1,05,000
6. Sumit ‘mrgr33n’ Sapra – ₹84,000
7. Anurag ‘CultofPersonality’ Srivastava – ₹70,000
8. Aniket ‘Breakingbread’ Jain – ₹56,000

Anish ‘FishingRod’ Arora (Won the ₹5 Lakhs GTD 7-Max Deepstack Turbo for ₹1.10 Lakhs) and ‘badsirck’ (Won the ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Soda for ₹38,630) won the other Sunday marquees on Pocket52.

Spartan Poker

‘Rajib741238’ won the ₹12 Lakhs GTD Ignite for ₹2.05 Lakhs.

‘nonu06’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Bullet for ₹34,722), ‘stepbro’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Monster Turbo for ₹20,433), Shibsambhu ‘robot3’ Ghosh (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Monster Turbo for ₹17,903), and ‘yorker’ (Won ₹50K GTD Holdem for ₹13,000) won the other Sunday marquees on Spartan Poker.

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