Prateek Bhartia Steals the Sunday Thunder, Wins Biggest-Ever NPS Main Event For a Jaw-Dropping ₹30.91 Lakhs (Heads-Up Deal)

The excitement reached a crescendo on Sunday as PokerBaazi’s grandest National Poker Series India 2023 hosted its last seven tournaments yesterday. With the vast majority of the tournament regs busy at the fourth edition of the WPT Prime India, many Sunday flagships posted significant overlays.

In other big news, PokerStars India turns five today and has rolled out an amazing “5 Year Fiesta” promotion packed with excellent cash game and tournament offerings.

Headlining the stacked Sunday schedule was PokerBaazi`s NPS showstopper, ₹3 Crores GTD NPS#106 Main Event. The tournament drew a massive ₹5,849-player field, and 688 returned for the Day 2 finale at 9 PM. Prateek Bhartia, once a regular on the online and live Asian circuit, and an avid blogger, broke out of a long-drawn absence from the felts. He made a dramatic comeback by decimating the stiff competition to emerge as the latest NPS Main Event champion – bagging the series’ most sought-after NPS gold medal and a personal-best ₹30.91 Lakhs in prize money.

PokerBaazi user ‘back2basics’ chopped the NPS Main Event title heads-up with Bhartia, grabbing the silver medal and ₹29.08 Lakhs. Sparsh Gupta was the third seven-figure scorer in the Sunday headliner and won the bronze medal and a career-best ₹15.20 Lakhs.

Last week’s NPS#87 SPRINT champion Anirban D Das made a smashing weekend sprint, breaking into the top ranks of the NPS Series and Podium Leaderboards. After winning the NPS#99 Megadive on Saturday, Das nailed the NPS#103 Sunday Marathon for his third NPS gold medal and ₹6.47 Lakhs. He struck a three-way deal with Jimmy ‘jeeven’ Arora (2nd for ₹5.15 Lakhs) and Ridhav ‘Rids’ Chawla (3rd for ₹5.79 Lakhs).

Das added ₹7.52 Lakhs from six deep runs, finishing #3 on the NPS Series leaderboard for ₹5.25 Lakhs in Real Cash Bonus, also ranking #2 on the NPS Podium leaderboard to win a Las Vegas Package worth ₹7.50 Lakhs. The online pro collected a whopping ₹20.27 Lakhs in cash and leaderboard prizes.

Kabir Tandon pulled in a personal-best ₹10.70 Lakhs and the coveted NPS gold medal in the biggest crowd-puller at the just-concluded series, NPS#104 Golden Rush. He cashed at least four other NPS marquees, rounding out ₹12.10 Lakhs from his Sunday run. Ranking #6 on the NPS Series Leaderboard, Tandon pocketed an additional ₹1.80 Lakhs in RCB. The user ‘TatmaG‘ (2nd for ₹7.52 Lakhs) and ‘chiranjit1007′ (3rd for ₹4.98 Lakhs) secured the silver and bronze medals and career-best scores on the podium.

Bharat Vasan collected his fourth title of the month in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack, succeeding after firing three bullets to collect the top prize of ₹6.35 Lakhs. Thursday’s The Colosseum champion Saurabh Rohila finished runner-up for ₹4.27 Lakhs (won ₹4.60 Lakhs overall).

Wednesday’s Destiny 26.0 winner Mohit Mehta nailed Adda52 Millions for ₹5.60 Lakhs, adding to a Sunday scorecard of ₹6.79 Lakhs. The in-form Young Gun Sanat Mehrotra kept his scorecard ticking by pocketing ₹3.36 Lakhs in second place (won ₹5.41 Lakhs overall).

Mayank Maruka pulled in an impressive ₹5.20 Lakhs from six deep runs last night, including a victory run in Adda52’s Mega Suits. He chopped the Sunday tournament heads-up for a top prize of ₹4.18 Lakhs, with the Armageddon third-place finisher Sahil Mahboobani pocketing ₹4.02 Lakhs in second place (won ₹5.54 Lakhs overall).

Pradip Ghosh, currently attending WPT Prime India in Goa, bagged away ₹3.88 Lakhs from three deep runs. He won his second NPS gold medal in NPS#102 Slamdunk, banking the top prize of ₹3.55 Lakhs. Hardik Nair (2nd for ₹2.16 Lakhs) (won ₹4.99 Lakhs overall) and ‘amandeep11’ (3rd for ₹1.73 Lakhs) won the silver and bronze medals.

The Game Changer 4.0 champion JaiKiran Kumar took down Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹2.31 Lakhs (won ₹3.03 Lakhs overall), following a heads-up deal with Raghav Ananth (2nd for ₹2 Lakhs).

After Anirban D Das, Areyann Gurbaxani and Abdul Aziz, Vikram Mishra became the fourth player to win three NPS gold medals in the just-concluded NPS India 2023, charging his way to the top of the NPS Podium leaderboard to win a Las Vegas package worth ₹10 Lakhs. Mishra captured his third gold in NPS#105 Sunday Smash for ₹2.19 Lakhs (won ₹2.43 Lakhs overall), striking a heads-up deal with the PLO Daily champion Rahul Sengar (2nd for ₹2.26 Lakhs).

Mukesh Surana (Won NPS#107 Afterparty Marathon for ₹2.26 Lakhs) and Jayjit Ray (Won NPS#101 (PLO-6) Marathon for ₹1.01 Lakhs) won the other NPS gold medals on the last day of the series.

Ashwin Vijay championed Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹3.03 Lakhs (won ₹3.30 Lakhs overall), with the Battlezone champion, Karan Kapur, finishing runner-up for ₹2.37 Lakhs (won ₹3.56 Lakhs overall).

The user ‘ShaktiMaaan’ shipped PokerStars India`s Sunday Special [8-Max, PKO] for ₹2.90 Lakhs. Pavankiran Bellamkonda came second for ₹1.32 (won ₹2.84 Lakhs overall)!

Himanshu Arora, Somai Sharma, Firoz Khan, Abhiroop Gupta, Abdul Rashid Shaikh, Rahul Thakur, Mahlima Fanai, Jayant Alagawadi, and Ashwani Kumar won the other Sunday majors.

Here are the Sunday highlights!

 

NPS#106 Main Event – ₹3 Crores GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 4,087

Re-entries – 1,762

Survivors – 688

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,00,000

Places Paid – 688

The biggest-ever National Poker Series India 2023 is in the books! And winning the massive ₹3 Crores GTD NPS#106 Main Event title was Prateek ‘Imperative’ Bhartia, who hit a career-defining milestone on Sunday. The old-timer, who had practically fallen off the radar these last few years, came storming back into the spotlight by clinching the most coveted gold medal of the series and a jaw-dropping ₹30.91 Lakhs in first-place prize money.

 

The NPS showstopper ran eight qualifying flights, registering a 5,849-strong field, and 688 players converged for the Day 2 finale at 9 PM last night. It took seven hours for Bhartiya to cross the finish line, and he did so after striking a heads-up deal with the user ‘back2basics,’ who bagged away the silver medal and an equally hefty ₹29.08 Lakhs as the runner-up!

Chasing his first online title, the #BB8 EndBoss sixth-place finisher from May last year, Sparsh ‘sparsh1231’ Gupta, walked away with the bronze medal and a career-best ₹15.20 Lakhs.

Sparsh Gupta’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹36.35 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹25.20 Lakhs | NPS Medals Won: 1 Bronze

Debapriya ‘detulelungikhul’ Manna (5th for ₹7.30 Lakhs), Harsha ‘hashtagpo’ Dhanani (7th for ₹4.56 Lakhs), and Praveen ‘spraveen’ Rana (8th for ₹3.30 Lakhs) made the final table in the NPS headliner – and Vasita, Dhanani, and Rana raked in their career-best scores in the process.

NPS#102 #Slamdunk silver medallist Hardik ‘HARDIKHARDIK’ Nair (9th for ₹2.37 Lakhs), Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (11th for ₹1.62 Lakhs), Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal (12th for ₹1.62 Lakhs), Sushil ‘qazxsw2’ Kumar (13th for ₹1.62 Lakhs), Chirag ‘fanofivey’ Khurrana (17th for ₹1.62 Lakhs), Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra (18th for ₹1.05 Lakhs) and Friday`s NPS#92 Super HighRoller runner-up finisher Kunal ‘lncognito’ Bhatia (19th for ₹1.05 Lakhs) were other notables making a deep run in NPS#106 Main Event.

With the packed weekend of tournaments at WPT Prime India keeping many regs busy, the Main Event registered ₹7.55 Lakhs in overlays, and 688 players earned a share of the mammoth ₹3 Crores guaranteed in the prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Prateek ‘Imperative’ Bhartia – ₹ 30,92,895*
2. back2basics – ₹29,08,305*
3. Sparsh ‘sparsh1231’ Gupta – ₹15,20,000
4. Nishaanth ‘shanni’ Shanmughasundaram – ₹9,11,400
5. Debapriya ‘detulelungikhul’ Manna – ₹7,30,200
6. Kapil ‘kapsa92’ Vasita – ₹5,86,200
7. Harsha ‘hashtagpo’ Dhanani – ₹4,56,000
8. Praveen ‘spraveen’ Rana – ₹3,30,000

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

NPS#104 Golden Rush – ₹1 Crores GTD

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 9,752

Re-entries – 3,381

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,00,000

Places Paid – 1,544

The BSS SuperStack winner from September last year, Kabir ’tiltplay’ Tandon (opted out of our tracking), hit a new career-high last night. He came out on top of the mammoth 1,544-player Day 2 field in PokerBaazi’s ₹1 Crores GTD NPS#104 Golden Rush to win a career-best ₹10.70 Lakhs in prize money and the prestigious NPS gold medal.

‘TatmaG’ (2nd for a career-best ₹7.51 Lakhs) and ‘chiranjit1007’ (3rd for a career-best ₹4.98 Lakhs) secured the silver and bronze medals on the podium.

Kabir Tandon made deep runs in at least five NPS tournaments on the last day of the series, banking ₹12.10 Lakhs (at least) overall, finishing #6 on the NPS Series leaderboard for an additional ₹1.80 Lakhs in Real Cash Bonus.

Tandon’s known Sunday NPS finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#104 Golden Rush for ₹10,70,000

> 19th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#103 Sunday Marathon for ₹67,450

> 37th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#106 Main Event for ₹63,000

> 143rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#102 Slamdunk for ₹5,184

> 115th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#105 Sunday Smash for ₹4,047

Chirag ‘fanofivey’ Khurrana (4th for ₹2.89 Lakhs), Shashikant ’15Shasha’ Yadav (6th for ₹1.72 Lakhs), and Kamal ‘bagdadi345’ Joshi (8th for ₹95,700) were others making an FT finish in NPS#104 Golden Rush.

The NPS Golden Rush was the biggest crowd-puller at PokerBaazi’s flagship NPS India 2023. The ₹550 buy-in tournament registered a monstrous 13,133-entry field across 14 starting flights. Still, it had to fill in an overlay shortfall of ₹34.33 Lakhs. The top 1,544 places benefitted from the value on offer with a min-cash worth ₹1,700.

Final Table Results

1. Kabir ’tiltplay’ Tandon – ₹10,70,000
2. TatmaG – ₹7,50,700
3. chiranjit1007 – ₹4,98,200
4. Chirag ‘fanofivey’ Khurrana – ₹2,88,700
5. TrumpCard666 – ₹2,25,100
6. Shashikant ’15Shasha’ Yadav – ₹1,71,800
7. dnapoker – ₹1,28,400
8. Kamal ‘bagdadi345’ Joshi – ₹95,700

 

NPS#103 Sunday Marathon – ₹50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 714

Re-entries – 635

Prize Pool – ₹67,45,000

Places Paid – 151

Anirban ‘pottysingh’ D Das wrapped up an immensely successful run at the NPS India 2023 last night. Entering the massive Sunday grind with two NPS gold medals on his back won in NPS#87 SPRINT and NPS#99 #Megadive, Das added a third gold medal, becoming the fourth player after Areyann Gurbaxani, Abdul Aziz, and Vikram Mishra to accomplish the impressive feat – making a last-minute surge to #2 on the NPS Podium leaderboard.

 

And making him a three-time gold medallist was his prolific run in the ₹50 Lakhs GTD NPS#103 Sunday Marathon. Das ransacked the guarantee-crushing 1,349-player field in the 7 PM tournament to win ₹6.47 Lakhs, striking a three-way deal with Jimmy ‘jeeven’ Arora (2nd for ₹5,15,240) and Ridhav ‘Rids’ Chawla (3rd for ₹5.79 Lakhs).

Anirban D Das hauled in almost ₹7.52 Lakhs from six Sunday scores, shaking up both the NPS Series and NPS Podium leaderboard standings. He finished #3 on the NPS Series leaderboard for ₹5.25 Lakhs in Real Cash Bonus. Not stopping at that, Das, ranked #2 on the NPS Podium leaderboard to win a Las Vegas package worth ₹7.50 Lakhs, effectively collecting cash and leaderboard prizes worth ₹20.27 Lakhs!

His top Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#103 Sunday Marathon for ₹6,47,386* (3-way deal)

> 6th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special [8-Max, PKO] for ₹43,619

> 245th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#106 Main Event for ₹24,600

> 29th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#102 Slamdunk for ₹23,040

Anirban D Das’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.27 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.11 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #6 | NPS Medals Won: 3 Gold and 1 Silver | Finished #3 on the NPS Series and #2 on the NPS Podium Leaderboard

Jimmy Arora, the NPS#21 PLO5 Slamdunk winner from March 2022, parlayed a ₹550 satellite buy-in into a runner-up payday worth ₹5.15 Lakhs and the NPS silver medal. He cashed another four NPS tournaments, accumulating ₹5.56 Lakhs across his Sunday grind, and his top finishes include:

 

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#103 Sunday Marathon for ₹5,15,240* (3-way deal)

> 296th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#106 Main Event for ₹24,600

Jimmy Arora’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.88 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹32.81 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold and 1 Silver

The NPS#25 (7-Max) SPRINT champion from April 1, Ridhav ‘Rids’ Chawla, won his second NPS medal in NPS#103 Sunday Marathon, added ₹6.26 Lakhs across four deep runs, and his top finishes include:

 

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#103 Sunday Marathon for ₹5,78,933* (3-way deal)

> 23rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#105 Sunday Smash for ₹20,237

> 415th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#106 Main Event for ₹17,400

Ridhav Chawla’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹47.06 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹8.96 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold and 1 Silver

Vivek ‘vivloc’ Rosario (5th for ₹2.58 Lakhs) was another site reg on the NPS#103 Sunday Marathon final table.

The ₹4,400 entry buy-in tournament recorded a hefty ₹67.45 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 151 finishers got to share the spoils!

Final Table Results

1. Anirban ‘pottysingh’ D Das – ₹6,47,386*
2. Jimmy ‘jeeven’ Arora – ₹5,15,240*
3. Ridhav ‘Rids’ Chawla – ₹5,78,933*
4. Durr102 – ₹3,25,784
5. Vivek ‘vivloc’ Rosario – ₹2,58,334
6. geans89 – ₹1,93,582
7. digitalbuoy – ₹1,38,273
8. raavan369 – ₹1,01,175

*denotes a three-way deal

 

NPS#102 Slamdunk – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 539

Re-entries – 613

Prize Pool – ₹28,80,000

Places Paid – 148

The ever-consistent Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh pulled off a profitable online grind while busy at WPT Prime India like a boss!

Last week`s NPS#32 Deepdive champion, Ghosh, notched up ₹3.88 Lakhs in Sunday earnings from three deep runs and won his second NPS gold medal in PokerBaazi’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD NPS#102 Slamdunk. One of 1,152 entrants (539 unique) in the 6 PM tournament, Ghosh packed up the stacked field after an extended nine-and-a-half hours of gameplay to collect ₹3.55 Lakhs and his third medal in the series.

 

Last night`s NPS#106 Main Event ninth-place finisher, Hardik ‘HARDIKHARDIK’ Nair, grabbed his first silver medal and ₹2.16 Lakhs, while ‘amandeep11’ got the bronze medal and ₹1.73 Lakhs in third place.

Pradip Ghosh`s Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#102 Slamdunk for ₹3,54,816

> 206th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#106 Main Event for ₹31,500

> 1,091st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#104 Golden Rush for ₹2,000

Pradip Ghosh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.25 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.74 Crores | NPS Medals Won: 2 Gold and 1 Silver

Last night`s NPS#102 Slamdunk silver medallist Hardik ‘HARDIKHARDIK’ Nair added ₹4.99 Lakhs across five deep runs (two FT scores), which include:

 

> 9th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#106 Main Event for ₹2,37,000

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#102 Slamdunk for ₹2,16,000

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹35,500

> 35th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹7,662

> 757th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#104 Golden Rush for ₹3,000

Hardik Nair’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹77.03 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹36.28 Lakhs | NPS Medals Won: 1 Silver

Abhishek ‘78suited’ Mishra (4th for ₹1,39,104) and Akshay ‘fsociety’ Dhingra (5th for ₹1,10,304) were other known players on the NPS#102 Slamdunk final table.

The ₹2,750 entry buy-in tournament paid the top 148 finishes a share of the guarantee-crushing ₹28.80 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh – ₹3,54,816
2. Hardik ‘HARDIKHARDIK’ Nair – ₹2,16,000
3. amandeep11 – ₹1,72,800
4. Abhishek ‘78suited’ Mishra – ₹1,39,104
5. Akshay ‘fsociety’ Dhingra – ₹1,10,304
6. Heisenbergj – ₹82,656
7. Cryptanosaurus – ₹59,040
8. AK10JQ – ₹43,200

 

NPS#105 Sunday Smash – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 798

Re-entries – 710

Prize Pool – ₹22,48,000

Places Paid – 148

Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra closed out his run on a high in the just-concluded NPS India 2023, emerging as one of four players winning three NPS gold medals, upstaging the stiff competition to finish on top of the NPS Podium leaderboard for a Las Vegas package worth ₹10 Lakhs.

 

Coming in hot after winning the NPS#74 (PLO-5) HighRollerr and MonsterStack [6-Max PKO] last week, the NPS#47 Slamdunk champion, Mishra, ram amok through the 1,508-strong field (798 unique) in PokerBaazi’s 8 PM NPS attraction, ₹15 Lakhs GTD NPS#105 Sunday Smash, to enter the elite three NPS gold medal winner`s club and pocketed ₹2.19 Lakhs for the win. He struck a heads-up deal with Rahul ‘GhatakTheGreat’ Sengar, who had to settle for the NPS silver medal but banked a better ₹2.26 Lakhs in second place.

Mishra, the NPS 2.0 Main Event fourth-place finisher, cashed another three NPS tournaments for a Sunday take-home worth ₹2.43 Lakhs, finishing #12 on the NPS Series leaderboard for ₹1.10 Lakhs in Real Cash Bonus.

His top Sunday finishes include:

>1st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#105 Sunday Smash for ₹2,19,295

> 62nd in PokerBaazi’s #104 Golden Rush for ₹12,300

> 145th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#103 Sunday Marathon for ₹12,141

Vikram Mishra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.29 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹89.90 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #8 | NPS Medals Won: 3 Gold and 2 Silver | Finished #12 on the NPS Series Leaderboard | Finished #1 on the NPS Podium Leaderboard

Rahul Sengar scored the title victory in PokerBaazi’s ₹40K GTD PLO Daily, shipping the event for ₹10,761 and hauling in ₹2.64 Lakhs from four deep runs.

 

His top Sunday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#105 Sunday Smash for ₹2,26,358

> 254th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#106 Main Event for ₹24,600

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s ₹40K GTD PLO Daily for ₹10,761

Rahul Sengar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.48 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹50.22 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #11 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Silver

Prabhas ‘prabzter’ Sharma accumulated ₹1.06 Lakhs from five Sunday scores, and his top finishes include:

 

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#105 Sunday Smash for ₹64,532

> 545th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#106 Main Event for ₹15,300

> 51st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#102 Slam Dunk for ₹14,400

Prabhas Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹70.84 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Last Sunday’s NPS#61 Mini Main Event sixth-place finisher Arpit ‘specialist123’ Lohia (5th for ₹86,118), Vaibhav ‘Recshark’ Bhatia (7th for ₹46,094), and Parag ‘vix786’ Shah (8th for ₹33,728) were others punching an FT score in NPS#105 Sunday Smash.

The 8 PM tournament filled in a guarantee-crushing ₹22.48 Lakhs in the prize pool (almost 50% more than the listed guarantee). The top 148 finishers earned a share of the spoils.

Final Table Results

1. Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra – ₹2,19,295*
2. Rahul ‘GhatakTheGreat’ Sengar – ₹2,26,358*
3. perpetualsquad7 – ₹1,34,910
4. stocklock – ₹1,08,603
5. Arpit ‘specialist123’ Lohia – ₹86,118
6. Prabhas ‘prabzter’ Sharma – ₹64,532
7. Vaibhav ‘Recshark’ Bhatia – ₹46,094
8. Parag ‘vix786’ Shah – ₹33,728

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

NPS#107 Afterparty Marathon – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 474

Re-entries – 502

Prize Pool – ₹19,52,000

Places Paid – 115

The #BB3 MoneyMaker champion from April last year, Mukesh ‘Guruuu’ Surana, grabbed the prestigious NPS gold medal in the last listed tournament on the NPS India 2023 schedule. Last week`s Daily Boost winner, Surana, was one of 474 players (976 total entrants) in the NPS series-closer, PokerBaazi`s ₹12 Lakhs GTD NPS#107 Afterparty Marathon, and won the 9:30 PM tournament for ₹2.26 Lakhs.

 

Site regular ‘Heisenberj’ grabbed the NPS silver medal and ₹1.90 Lakhs in the tournament, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

The Chennai-based Surana added ₹2.49 Lakhs from three Sunday finishes, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD NPS#107 Afterparty Marathon for ₹2,25,933* (heads-up deal)

> 353rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#106 Main Event for ₹49,500

> 130th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#105 Sunday Smash for ₹4,047

Mukesh Surana’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.52 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹22.30 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold

Goa-based pro Myron ‘priyankAAchoprAA’ Pereira closed out his Sunday session ₹2.50 Lakhs richer from five deep runs (two FT scores), and his top finishes include:

 

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#107 Afterparty Marathon for ₹1,28,246

> 4th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹63,317

> 14th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special [8-Max, PKO] for ₹23,590

Myron Pereira’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.90 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.05 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | NPS Medals Won: 2 Bronze

The NPS#68 Big Knockout champion from last Monday, Ishaan ‘ideaheater11’ Pandya, accumulated ₹1.57 Lakhs from deep runs in four NPS tournaments, and his top finishes include:

 

> 28th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#106 Main Event for ₹1,05,000

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#107 Afterparty Marathon for ₹49,776

Ishaan Pandya’s online stats (PokerBaazi and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹84.15 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.95 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | NPS Medals Won: 2 Gold and 1 Silver

The NPS 2.0 Main Event champion Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha kept his NPS grind mode on, making the FT in two NPS tournaments and cashing another five for ₹2.41 Lakhs altogether, assuring himself ₹7.60 Lakhs in Real Cash Bonus for finishing #2 on the NPS Series leaderboard.

 

His top Sunday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#101 (PLO-6) Marathon for ₹98,280

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#107 Afterparty Marathon for ₹39,040

> ₹52nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#106 Main Event for ₹63,000

> 94th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#103 Sunday Marathon for ₹13,490

Chirag Sodha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.89 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.43 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | NPS Medals Won: 2 Gold, 2 Silver, and 3 Bronze | Finished #2 on the NPS Series Leaderboard

The Sunday Special [8 Max, PKO] runner-up finisher, Pavankiran ‘rootahuamachi’ Bellamkonda (4th for ₹1.07 Lakhs), Raghavendra ‘ThikanaCK’ Hada (5th for ₹86,669), and Rafiq ‘MrKhan’ Khan (6th for ₹66,758) round out the NPS#107 Afterparty Marathon final table.

The 976-strong entry field collected ₹19.52 Lakhs in the prize pool, a significant 62.6% more than the advertised guarantee. One-hundred-and-fifteen players earned payouts.

Final Table Results

1. Mukesh ‘Guruuu’ Surana – ₹2,25,933*
2. Heisenberj – ₹1,89,843*
3. Myron ‘priyankAAchoprAA’ Pereira – ₹1,28,246
4. Pavankiran ‘rootahuamachi’ Bellamkonda – ₹1,07,165
5. Raghavendra ‘ThikanaCK’ Hada – ₹86,669
6. Rafiq ‘MrKhan’ Khan – ₹66,758
7. Ishaan ‘ideaheater11’ Pandya – ₹49,776
8. Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha – ₹39,040

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

NPS#101 (PLO-6) Marathon – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 225

Re-entries – 477

Prize Pool – ₹10,53,000

Places Paid – 112

Jayjit ‘England’ Ray has been on the hunt for a title win for some time now, and he did that in style last night while also advancing to Day 2 in the WPT Prime India High Roller.

Ray, fondly called ‘England’ in the poker circuit, bagged his first NPS gold medal on the last day of NPS India 2023 by outplaying the 702-strong field (225 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD NPS#101 (PLO-6) Marathon for ₹1.01 Lakhs.

 

He struck a three-way deal in the 4 PM PLO-6 tournament with the #2 finisher on the NPS Series leaderboard Chirag ‘Miyagi’ Sodha (2nd for ₹98,280) and Nikhil ‘muraxion’ Unnikrishnan (3rd for ₹94,514).

Ray locked in ₹1.14 Lakhs in Sunday winnings across two deep runs, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#101 (PLO-6) Marathon for ₹1,00,678* (3-way deal)

> 650th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#106 Main Event for ₹13,800

Jayjit Ray’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.63 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹94.76 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | NPS Medals Won: 1 Gold

The NPS 2.0 Main Event champion Chirag Sodha had the most exhaustive grind in the series. Not letting up on his leaderboard challenge, Sodha cashed in seven NPS tournaments on the last day of the series and FT-ed two of them for ₹2.41 Lakhs in total winnings, finishing #2 on the NPS Series leaderboard!

His top Sunday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#101 (PLO-6) Marathon for ₹98,280* (3-way deal)

> 52nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#106 Main Event for ₹63,000

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#107 Afterparty Marathon for ₹39,040

> 33rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#105 Sunday Smash for ₹17,988

Chirag Sodha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.89 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.43 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | NPS Medals Won: 2 Gold, 2 Silver, and 2 Bronze | Finished #2 on the NPS Series Leaderboard

Shagun ‘sogani22’ Jain (opted out of tracking) bagged away at least ₹1.77 Lakhs from four known scores, including three FT finishes, which include:

 

> 6th in Adda52 Millions for ₹90,000

> 7th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special [8-Max, PKO] for ₹51,174

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#101 (PLO-6) Marathon for ₹26,852

> 12th in Spartan Poker’s Money Heist –Triple Chance for ₹9,300

Aryan ‘pagalkutta’ Singh (4th for ₹57,810) and Dhaval ‘Faizal1506’ Doshi (5th for ₹46,753) were the other known players on the NPS#101 (PLO-6) Marathon final table.

The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament generated an enticing ₹10.63 Lakhs prize pool, and 112 players got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Jayjit ‘England’ Ray – ₹1,00,678*
2. Chirag ‘Miyagi’ Sodha – ₹98,280*
3. Nikhil ‘muraxion’ Unnikrishnan – ₹94,514*
4. Aryan ‘pagalkutta’ Singh – ₹57,810
5. Dhaval ‘Faizal1506’ Doshi – ₹46,753
6. dk2yadav – ₹36,013
7. Shagun ‘sogani22’ Jain – ₹26,852
8. tintedsheep – ₹21,060

*denotes a three-way deal

 

NPS India 2023 Leaderboard Standings – Final

The National Poker Series India 2023 played down to a thrilling conclusion on Sunday, with the last seven tournaments naming champions and formalizing the leaderboard standings.

After an intense competition, Avneesh ‘iamam’ Munjal (18,516 points), who won the NPS#69 Deepdive last Monday, emerged as the NPS Series champion to win ₹10 Lakhs in Real Cash Bonus. Munjal’s exceptional performance included 88 in the money scores, with a gold and silver medal each.

The NPS 2.0 Main Event winner, Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha (18,187 points), also delivered an impressive performance finishing as the NPS Series leaderboard runner-up. Sodha displayed outstanding consistency throughout the competition, with 85 scores, including a silver and a bronze medal.

Anirban ‘pottysingh’ D Das (16,896 points) had a remarkable run at NPS India 2023, winning three gold medals and a silver medal (69 in the money scores). He secured the #3 spot on the NPS Series leaderboard and the #2 rank on the NPS Podium leaderboard, winning ₹5.25 Lakhs Real Cash Bonus for his finish on the series leaderboard and a Las Vegas package worth ₹7.50 Lakhs from the podium leaderboard.

Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra championed the NPS Podium leaderboard standings on the back of three gold and two silver medals to win a Las Vegas package worth ₹10 Lakhs. He scored in 54 NPS tournaments for ₹1.10 Lakhs in Real Cash Bonus (RCB), placing #12 on the NPS Series leaderboard.

Abdul ‘ManiakGod’ Aziz rounded out the NPS Podium leaderboard standings by placing third on the back of three gold medals and a silver medal to win a Las Vegas package worth ₹2.50 Lakhs. He also ranked #16 on the NPS Series leaderboard from 49 scores to collect ₹90,000 in Real Cash Bonus.

Rank	Player	Prize
1	Avneesh 'iamam' Munjal	₹10 Lakhs
2	Chirag 'miyagi Sodha	₹7.60 Lakhs
3	Anirban D 'pottysingh' Das	₹5.25 Lakhs
4	Yuvraj 'Yuvi0069' BHardwaj	₹3.50 Lakhs
5	Bhanu 'Chennaino1' Prakash KC	₹2.25 Lakhs
6	Kabir 'tiltplay' Tandon	₹1.80 Lakhs
7	Vikhyat 'supersaiyan57' Ahlawat	₹1.50 Lakhs
8	Bharat 'Thinkfloyd' Vasan	₹1.30 Lakhs
9	Vaibhav 'durrrr1310' Saigal	₹1.30 Lakhs
10	Rishabh '13rishabh' Harsh	₹1.30 Lakhs
11	Ankit 'akj290' Jajodia	₹1.30 Lakhs
12	Vikram 'Poker_lover' Mishra	₹1.10 Lakhs

 

‘ChakDeIndia’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD 7-Max Midnight SPRINT for ₹48,520), ‘Acegikmoqsu’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹24,790) and ‘aditya2596’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹21,460) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

 

Spartan Poker

Sunday Superstack – ₹30 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 178

Re-entries – 52

Re-buys – 42

Prize Pool – ₹30,00,000

Places Paid – 31

Bharat ‘MirchiSeth’ Vasan (opted out of tracking) has been a standout winner these past few weeks, winning four flagship tournaments in April, including two NPS gold medals and an India Turbo Masters title, finishing in the top ten of both the NPS Series (#8) and NPS Podium (#6) leaderboards!

 

Adding another big win to his fast-growing online repertoire, Vasan nailed Spartan Poker’s Sunday primetime tournament, ₹30 Lakhs GTD Sunday Superstack, yesterday. The NPS#37 Mini HighRoller and NPS#46 Mega Rally champion fired three bullets before packing up the 272-strong field (187 unique) in the 8 PM flagship to collect ₹6.35 Lakhs (his fourth title this month)!

Thursday’s The Colosseum champion Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila (2nd for ₹4.27 Lakhs) and Saturday’s Voyager winner Samyak ‘stonedurr’ Sethi (3rd for ₹3.01 Lakhs) round out the Sunday Superstack podium.

 

Samyak Sethi added ₹4.61 Lakhs from six Sunday scores, which include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹3,01,200

> 44th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#106 Main Event for ₹63,000

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹59,400

> 31st in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹13,390

> 142nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#103 Sunday Marathon for ₹12,141

> 10th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹12,055

Samyak Sethi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.63 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹42.81 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #9

Vinayak ‘firehaimai’ Bajaj locked in a bountiful ₹4.05 Lakhs from six deep runs, which include:

 

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹2,44,200

> 27th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#106 Main Event for ₹1,05,000

> 8th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special [8-Max, PKO] for ₹33,487

> 34th in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹13,390

> 131st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#102 Slamdunk for ₹5,184

> 664th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#104 Golden Rush for ₹3,600

Vinayak Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.22 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.22 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #7

Aritra ‘Percival’ Hazra (5th for ₹1.93 Lakhs), two-time IPC Main Event winner Kanishka ‘Wildflower’ Samant (6th for ₹1,46,700), and last night’s Weekender champion Arunav ‘arcadiaaa’ Mittal (8th for ₹78,300) were other notables on the Sunday Superstack final table.

The ₹11,000 entry buy-in flagship suffered a ₹2.80 Lakhs overlay shortfall. The top 31 finishers skated across the money line.

Final Table Results

1. Bharat ‘MirchiSeth’ Vasan – ₹6,34,500
2. Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila – ₹4,27,200
3. Samyak ‘stonedurr’ Sethi – ₹3,01,200
4. Vinayak ‘firehaimai’ Bajaj – ₹2,44,200
5. Aritra ‘Percival’ Hazra – ₹1,93,200
6. Kanishka ‘Wildflower’ Samant – ₹1,46,700
7. fond_of_galfond – ₹1,07,100
8. Arunav ‘arcadiaaa’ Mittal – ₹78,300

 

Deepstack Turbo – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 134

Re-entries – 36

Re-buys – 95

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 23

Ashwin ‘A116’ Vijay has been in stellar form in April, with a litany of top finishes under his belt. Eight days after winning PokerStars India’s Royal Rumble PKO and two subsequent runner-up finishes, the online reg returned to the winner’s circle by outlasting the 265-player pool (134 unique) in Spartan Poker’s 9:30 PM Sunday marquee, ₹15 Lakhs GTD Deepstack Turbo, banking ₹3.03 Lakhs.

 

Yesterday’s Battlezone champion, Karan ‘Junior-KK’ Kapur, almost scored a double but missed out with a second-place finish worth ₹2.37 Lakhs (won ₹3.56 Lakhs overall)!

Last week’s Sunday High Roller and The Elite runner-up finisher, Vijay, lapped up ₹3.30 Lakhs from four deep runs (and one bounty), which include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹3,03,117

> 11th in Spartan Poker’s Battlezone for ₹9,225

> 34th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹7,662

> 15th in Spartan Poker’s Weekender for ₹5,150

Ashwin Vijay’s online stats (excluding PokerBaazi): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.31 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹62.33 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4

Rajiv ‘DAHMER’ Srivastava (3rd for ₹2.03 Lakhs), last week’s Mega Stack runner-up Venkatesh ‘Balthazar’ Mukundan (4th for ₹1.29 Lakhs), Abhishek ‘Bittur’ Kumar Chaurasia (5th for ₹1.04 Lakhs), and Onas ‘papatumhare’ Malhotra (6th for ₹80,250) also FT-ed Deepstack Turbo.

The ₹5,500 entry buy-in tournament fell ₹1.75 Lakhs short of breaking even on its ₹15 Lakhs prize pool guarantee. The top 95 finishers got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Ashwin ‘A116’ Vijay – ₹3,03,117
2. Karan ‘Junior-KK’ Kapur – ₹2,36,725
3. Rajiv ‘DAHMER’ Srivastava – ₹2,02,658
4. Venkatesh ‘Balthazar’ Mukundan – ₹1,29,000
5. Abhishek ‘Bittur’ Kumar Chaurasia – ₹1,03,500
6. Onas ‘papatumhare’ Malhotra – ₹80,250

 

Armageddon – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 94

Re-entries – 14

Re-buys – 77

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 15

Booking his sixth title victory this month, the Game Changer 4.0 champion, JaiKiran ‘NAA ORU ALIEN’ Kumar, decimated the 184-entry field (94 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Armageddon, winning the 6 PM Sunday tournament for ₹2.31 Lakhs. A heads-up deal fetched Raghav ‘Mr. Bean’ Ananth a comparable ₹2 Lakhs as the runner-up.

 

JaiKiran Kumar reeled in ₹3.03 Lakhs through six Sunday finishes, which include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹2,31,294* (heads-up deal)

> 10th in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹25,750

> 13th in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹25,500

> 41st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#107 Afterparty Marathon for ₹9,760

> 31st in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹7,662

> 795th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#104 Golden Rush for ₹3,000

JaiKiran Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.48 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹56.32 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #7

Raghav Ananth also went on a scoring spree yesterday, accumulating ₹3.77 Lakhs from seven deep runs, which include:

 

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹2,00,206

> 3rd in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹85,599

> 42nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#103 Sunday Marathon for ₹40,470

> 147th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#103 Main Event for ₹39,000

> 153rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#104 Golden Rush for ₹9,400

> 69th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#107 Afterparty Marathon for ₹7,808

> 107th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#105 Sunday Smash for ₹4,047

Raghav Ananth’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.41 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹72.57 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #8

The two Adda52 flagship runner-up finishers, Sahil ‘d0nkish’ Mahboobani (3rd for ₹1.16 Lakhs) and Young Gun Sanat ‘orhem3001’ Mehrotra (4th for ₹93,500), and NPS#102 Slamdunk runner-up finisher, Hardik ‘dickgod’ Nair (8th for ₹35,500) made the Armageddon final table a stacked affair.

The ₹5,500 entry buy-in tournament registered ₹75,000 in overlays, and 15 players boarded the money bus.

Final Table Results

1. JaiKiran ‘NAA ORU ALIEN’ Kumar – ₹2,31,294*
2. Raghav ‘Mr. Bean’ Ananth – ₹2,00,206*
3. Sahil ‘d0nkish’ Mahboobani – ₹1,15,500
4. Sanat ‘orhem3001’ Mehrotra – ₹93,500
5. Impostor – ₹75,500
6. bloodring_banger – ₹59,000
7. Gobabygo – ₹46,500
8. Hardik ‘dickgod’ Nair – ₹35,500

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

Money Heist – Triple Chance – ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 333

Re-entries – 150

Re-buys – 222

Prize Pool – ₹7,50,000

Places Paid – 71

Somai ‘Ajay67776’ Sharma‘ juggernaut his way to the top of the 705-player field (333 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD Money Heist – Triple Chance, winning the multi-entry Sunday tournament for a personal-best ₹1.30 Lakhs, recovering all site losses and closing out an extended 23-week-long title drought. He struck a heads-up deal in the 8 PM tournament with Akhilesh ‘Kaleidoscope’ Singh (2nd for ₹1.06 Lakhs).

Somai Sharma’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹3.3 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹88,255 | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Gaurang ‘callmerockets’ Bhatti (3rd for ₹65,325) and Divya ‘DRacool19’ Raushan (5th for ₹40,425) were other known players on the Money Heist – Triple Chance final table.

The ₹1,100 entry buy-in tournament registered ₹45,000 in overlays, and 71 players got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Somai ‘Ajay67776’ Sharma – ₹1,29,814*
2. Akhilesh ‘Kaleidoscope’ Singh – ₹1,06,136*
3. Gaurang ‘callmerockets’ Bhatti – ₹65,325
4. Ironman99 – ₹51,450
5. Divya ‘DRacool19’ Raushan – ₹40,425
6. Yuvrajanare – ₹31,575
7. rage_king – ₹23,775
8. RanveerD – ₹16,575

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

Weekender – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹550

Total Entries – 770

Re-entries – TBD

Re-buys – TBD

Survivors – 83

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 79

The mid-stakes reg on Spartan Poker Arunav ‘arcadiaaa’ Mittal displayed utter domination in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Weekender, shipping the multi-flight Sunday tournament for ₹95,950.

Mittal grossed almost ₹2.02 Lakhs across five deep runs (including a title victory and an FT score), and his top finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Weekender for ₹95,950

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹78,300

> 14th in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹23,250

Arunav Mittal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹63.28 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹9.28 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #8

Young Gun Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta came agonizingly close to a Sunday win twice last night in Spartan Poker’s Weekender (2nd for ₹60,200) and Adda52’s Sunday Showdown (2nd for ₹1.16 Lakhs). He bagged away ₹2.69 Lakhs from seven deep runs (including two FT scores), and his top finishes include:

 

> 2nd in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹1,15,721

> 47th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#106 Main Event for ₹63,000

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Weekender for ₹60,200

> 80th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#103 Sunday Marathon for ₹16,863

Dayanand ‘Uriel’ Prass (4th for ₹33,600) and the ITM leaderboard topper Mahima ‘mambojojo’ Walia Das (5th for ₹30,400) were the other online regs on the Weekender final table.

The Sunday multi-flight tournament registered a total of 770 entries, falling ₹1.15 Lakhs short of the advertised guarantee. The top 79 finishers crossed the money line.

Final Table Results

1. Arunav ‘arcadiaaa’ Mittal – ₹95,950
2. Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹60,200
3. AceBase23 – ₹43,100
4. Dayanand ‘Uriel’ Prass – ₹33,600
5. Mahima ‘mambojojo’ Walia Das – ₹30,400
6. C0ld – ₹22,400
7. kiriti5 – ₹15,450
8. Dark fountain – ₹10,700

 

 

Battlezone – ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 98

Re-entries – 23

Re-buys – 53

Prize Pool – ₹4,50,000

Places Paid – 17

Karan ‘Junior-KK’ Kapur went on a Sunday rampage, accumulating ₹3.56 Lakhs from four deep runs, winning a marquee tournament, and posting a runner-up finish.

 

Getting Kapur entry into the Sunday winner`s club was his dominating run over the 174-entry field in Spartan Poker’s ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD Battlezone, and he won the 4 PM evening marquee for ₹1.02 Lakhs. Later in the session, he struck a three-way deal in the 9:30 PM Deepstack Turbo, bagging away ₹2.37 Lakhs in second place.

Kapur’s Sunday finishes include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s #DeepstackTurbo for ₹2,36,725* (3-way deal)

> 1st in SpartanPoker’s Battlezone for ₹1,02,204

> 649th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#106 Main Event for ₹13,800

> 779th in PokerBaazi`s NPS#104 Golden Rush for ₹3,000

Karan Kapur’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.13 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹53.27 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Vinay ‘keechad’ Verma (3rd for ₹48,373), Sameer ‘Hakuna matata’ Sharma (4th for ₹41,175), Manish ‘khatidragon’ Jangid (5th for ₹33,210), and Aditya ‘Ego_Dissolution’ Kesharwani (6th for ₹26,190) were other regs on the Battlezone final table.

The ₹2,750 entry buy-in tournament registered a nominal ₹15,000 in overlays, and 17 players boarded the money bus.

Final Table Results

1. Karan ‘Junior-KK’ Kapur – ₹1,02,204
2. kaps017 – ₹86,164
3. Vinay ‘keechad’ Verma – ₹48,373
4. Sameer ‘Hakuna matata’ Sharma – ₹41,175
5. Manish ‘khatidragon’ Jangid – ₹33,210
6. Aditya ‘Ego_Dissolution’ Kesharwani – ₹26,190
7. ardneran1 – ₹20,025
8. life_poker – ₹15,075

 

‘battlefury’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Smash – Triple Chance for ₹48,000), Abdul ‘iSPEWaLOT’ Rashid Shaikh (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Sundowner – Triple Chance for ₹21,843), ‘Mummyrat’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up- Triple Chance for ₹17,801) and Ashwani ‘ashwani0007’ Kumar (Won ₹50K GTD Centurion for ₹8,258) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

 

Pocket52

Pocket Kings – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 173

Re-entries – 89

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 43

Pocket52 user ‘Ragnarokk’ ransacked the 262-entry field (173 unique) in the poker network`s ₹12 Lakhs GTD Pocket Kings, winning the 8 PM Sunday headliner for ₹2.16 Lakhs. The user ‘maaaaaaa17’ collected ₹1.56 Lakhs in second place.

Last night’s Mega Suits champion Mayank ‘Muckforvalue’ Maruka (8th for ₹30,000) was another known reg on the Pocket Kings final table.

Final Table Results

1. Ragnarokk – ₹2,16,000
2. maaaaaaa17 – ₹1,56,000
3. GorillaGlue – ₹1,08,000
4. Dhaan_cellar127 – ₹78,000
5. Nonveg – ₹56,400
6. Kalli420 – ₹48,000
7. Mario2312 – ₹30,000
8. Mayank ‘Muckforvalue’ Maruka – ₹30,000

 

 

IndiaPlays

IBC – PLO6 Bounty – ₹25K GTD

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 39

Re-entries – 36

Prize Pool – ₹25,000

IndiaPlays user ‘Bazzzeee123’ came out on top in the ₹25K GTD IBC PLO6 Bounty, winning the 3 PM tournament outright ₹6,125 (₹1,750 in bounties). ‘Bombhole’ collected ₹4,625 in second place and picked up an additional ₹1,125 in bounties.

The user ‘WARNING’ won the ₹10K GTD IBC – Texas Bounty for ₹2,400 and ₹450 in bounties.

 

PokerDangal

Sunday PLO6 – ₹50K GTD

Buy-in – ₹330

Entries – 88

Re-buys – 68

Prize Pool – ₹51,480

Places Paid – 26

PokerDangal’s Sunday fixture, ₹50K GTD Sunday PLO6, breached its advertised guarantee with a 156-player field collecting ₹51,480 in prize money.

The site reg Mahlima ‘zokid’ Fanai kept his winning streak going by taking down the Sunday tournament for ₹10,425. ‘MithleshTrace’ finished runner-up for ₹7,851.

 

Anshu ‘nope11’ Pandey collected ₹4,376 in fourth place.

Final Table Results

1. Mahlima ‘zokid’ Fanai – ₹10,425
2. MithleshTrace – ₹7,851
3. TGMaverick – ₹5,920
4. Anshu ‘nope11’ Pandey – ₹4,376
5. ShivamSeth99 – ₹3,346
6. sumitkumar199 – ₹2,574

 

 

PokerStars India

Sunday Special [8-Max, PKO] – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 109

Re-entries – 79

Regular Prize Pool – ₹7,30,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹4,70,000

Total Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 23

The mystery reg ‘ShaktiMaaan’ made the victory march in PokerStars India`s Sunday mainstay, ₹12 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special [8-Max, PKO], breezing past the 188-player field to collect the winner’s due worth over ₹2.90 Lakhs (₹1.62 Lakhs in bounties).

Pavankiran ‘Rootahua Macchi’ Bellamkonda fired thrice in the 5 PM Sunday flagship, raking in the runner-up payday worth ₹1.32 Lakhs (₹3,594 in bounties). He posted another deep run in PokerBaazi’s NPS#107 Afterparty Marathon (4th for ₹1.07 Lakhs), missing out on an NPS bronze medal by a hair.

 

Bellamkonda accumulated almost ₹2.84 Lakh yesterday from five deep runs, including two FT scores. His online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.08 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹60.56 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The Sunday Special final table was replete with top guns like the three-time NPS gold medal-winning poker talent Areyann ‘paisenikalbc’ Gurbaxani (3rd for ₹95,821) (₹9,375 in bounties), NPS#103 Sunday Marathon bronze medallist Ridhav ‘ricecropp’ Chawla (4th for ₹83,821) (₹17,031 in bounties), Gopal ‘MrBigSlick139’ Bajaj (5th for ₹56,290) (₹4,688 in bounties), NPS#103 Sunday Marathon gold medallist Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das (6th for ₹43,619) (₹3,750 in bounties), Adda52 Millions finalist Shagun ‘Sogani22’ Jain (7th for ₹51,174) (₹20,371 in bounties), Sunday Superstack finalist Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj (8th for ₹33,487) (₹9,688 in bounties) and Sunday Showdown champion Himanshu ‘Arorakosmoz21’ Arora (9th for ₹27,336) (₹7,813 in bounties).

The ₹5,500 entry buy-in Sunday PKO tournament filled in a glaring ₹2.60 Lakhs in overlays, and 23 players crossed the money line.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. ShaktiMaaan – ₹290,051
2. Pavankiran ‘Rootahua Macchi’ Bellamkonda – ₹1,31,946
3. Areyann ‘paisenikalbc’ Gurbaxani – ₹95,821
4. Ridhav ‘ricecropp’ Chawla – ₹83,821
5. Gopal ‘MrBigSlick139’ Bajaj – ₹56,290
6. Anirban ‘nocluewho’ D Das – ₹43,619
7. Shagun ‘Sogani22’ Jain – ₹51,174
8. Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj – ₹33,487
9. Himanshu ‘Arorakosmoz21’ Arora – ₹27,336

 

‘AJ14071988’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush for ₹41,680), ‘pallavi@1717’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹29,624), Rahul ‘andarkiaag’ Thakur (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline for ₹13,801) and Jayant ‘jayferro89’ Alagawadi (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack 8-Max for ₹9,828) won the other PokerStars India marquees.

 

Adda52

Adda52 Millions – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 106

Re-entries – 78

Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000

Places Paid – 19

Wednesday’s Destiny 26.0 winner Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta (opted out of our tracking) carried his winning momentum to Sunday, shipping Adda52’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD Adda52 Millions for ₹5.60 Lakhs. He outplayed the 184-strong starting field in the 9 PM Sunday flagship, posting his eighth tournament victory this year.

 

Mehta punched out at least ₹6.79 Lakhs from six known Sunday scores, which include:

> 1st in Adda52 Millions for ₹5,60,000

> 35th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#103 Sunday Marathon for ₹47,215

> 123rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#106 Main Event for ₹39,000

> 12th in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo 6-Max for ₹25,500

> 132nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#102 Slamdunk for ₹5,184

> 101st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#101 (PLO- 6) Marathon for ₹2,317

After two breakout runs last week, Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra kept his sails high, adding ₹5.41 Lakhs from six Sunday scores, which include:

 

> 2nd in Adda52 Millions for ₹3,36,000

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹93,500

> 32nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#103 Sunday Marathon for ₹53,960

> 216th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#106 Main Event for ₹31,500

> 16th in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹21,000

> 118th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#102 Slamdunk for ₹5,184

Sanat Mehrotra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.42 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.05 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #8 | Ranked #12 in All-Time Winnings

Jai ‘Theshark100’ Parkash (3rd for ₹2.54 Lakhs), last week’s Maverick winner Nitin ‘JeeneNhiDunga’ Rawat (4th for ₹1.80 Lakhs), Aarchit ‘Aarchit’ Dhadwal (5th for ₹1.25 Lakhs) and online beast Shagun ‘sogani94’ Jain (6th for ₹90,000) were other known players on the 6-max Adda52 Millions final table.

Like most other flagships yesterday, the ₹11,000 entry buy-in tournament registered ₹1.60 Lakhs in overlays, and 19 players got a share of the ₹20 Lakhs guaranteed in prize money.

Final Table Results

1. Mohit ‘thejokerrrr’ Mehta – ₹5,60,000
2. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹3,36,000
3. Jai ‘Theshark100’ Parkash – ₹2,54,000
4. Nitin ‘JeeneNhiDunga’ Rawat – ₹1,80,000
5. Aarchit ‘Aarchit’ Dhadwal – ₹1,25,000
6. Shagun ‘sogani94’ Jain – ₹90,000

 

Mega Suits – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 223

Re-entries – 189

Prize Pool – ₹20,60,000

Places Paid – 43

The NPS#44 (6-Max) Hyper SPRINT gold medallist from earlier this month, Mayank ‘AreyBetaRaise’ Maruka, posted a fantastic Sunday session, reeling in a lofty ₹5.20 Lakhs from six deep runs, including a title victory.

 

Maruka took a little over nine hours to take down the 412-player starting field (223 unique) in Adda52’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD Mega Suits, shipping the 8 PM Sunday flagship for a career-best ₹4.18 Lakhs.

Maruka`s Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹4,18,059* (heads-up deal)

> 11th in Adda52 Millions for ₹37,000

> 8th in Pocket52`s Pocket Kings for ₹30,000

> 413th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#106 Main Event for ₹17,400

> 142nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#104 Golden Rush for ₹9,400

> 29th in Adda52 Sunday Showdown for ₹7,662

Mayank Maruka’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.40 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹47.10 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #10

Long-time pro Sahil ‘imhighishove’ Mahboobani came close to quenching an almost eight-week-long title slump by firing up podium finishes in two Sunday tournaments, banking ₹5.54 Lakhs across three deep runs and a bounty. He fell one short of winning Mega Suits for the second time, banking an equally impressive ₹4.02 Lakhs, courtesy of a heads-up deal. He made another fantastic third-place finish in Spartan Poker`s Armageddon for ₹1.16 Lakhs.

 

Mahboobani`s Sunday finishes include:

> 2nd in Adda52’s MegaSuits for ₹4,01,821* (heads-up deal)

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹1,15,500

> 50th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#103 Sunday Marathon for ₹33,725

Sahil Mahboobani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.57 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.24 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Manesh ‘TEAMfromHELL’ Rathod (3rd for ₹2.16 Lakhs), Hitesh ‘buntai’ Batra (4th for ₹1,64,800), Rohit ‘kudos0505’ Behal (5th for ₹1,07,120), Dinesh ‘LOOSER_MM’ Singh (7th for ₹56,650) and Sachin ‘brownguy26’ Raj (8th for ₹46,350) also FT-ed Mega Suits.

The ₹5,500 entry buy-in Sunday tournament exceeded its listed guarantee by ₹60,000, and 43 players took a bite out of the ₹20.60 Lakhs collected in the prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Mayank ‘AreyBetaRaise’ Maruka – ₹4,18,059*
2. Sahil ‘imhighishove’ Mahboobani – ₹4,01,821*
3. Manesh ‘TEAMfromHELL’ Rathod – ₹2,16,300
4. Hitesh ‘buntai’ Batra – ₹1,64,800
5. Rohit ‘kudos0505’ Behal – ₹1,07,120
6. gomzi77 – ₹72,100
7. Dinesh ‘LOOSER_MM’ Singh – ₹56,650
8. Sachin ‘brownguy26’ Raj – ₹46,350

* denotes a heads-up deal

 

Sunday Showdown – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 176

Re-entries – 139

Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000

Places Paid – 35

The first The MoneyMaker champion of the year, Himanshu ‘pirateking7’ Arora, made it among the Sunday winners by cutting his way through the 315-player field (176 unique) in Adda52’s 7:30 PM Sunday tournament, ₹8 Lakhs GTD Sunday Showdown, to collect ₹1.56 Lakhs, posting his first top finish since winning the Godfather on January 26.

 

Last night’s Weekender runner-up, Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta, had another disappointing close miss, scoring ₹1.16 Lakhs in second place.

Himanshu Arora packed in ₹2.37 Lakhs in Sunday earnings from six deep finishes, which include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹1,56,444

> 9th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special [8-Max, PKO] for ₹27,336

> 18th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#105 Sunday Smash for ₹22,485

> 617th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#106 Main Event for ₹13,800

> 53rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#104 Golden Rush for ₹12,300

> 63rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#101 (PLO- 6) Marathon for ₹4,212

Himanshu Arora’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.34 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.86 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3

Young Gun Anmol Mehta crossed the money line in seven tournaments (two FT scores), posting almost ₹2.69 Lakhs in Sunday winnings.

 

His Sunday finishes include:

> 2nd in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹1,15,721

> 47th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#106 Main Event for ₹63,000

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Weekender for ₹60,200

> 380th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#103 Sunday Marathon for ₹16,863

> 29th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special [8-Max, PKO] for ₹7,500

> 86th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#101 (PLO- 6) Marathon for ₹3,686

> 1,171st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#104 Golden Rush for ₹2,000

Last night’s Armageddon runner-up finisher Raghav ‘mrbean98’ Ananth (3rd for ₹85,599), NPS#107 Afterparty Marathon bronze medallist Myron ‘zzzzz369’ Pereira (4th for ₹63,317) and Sunday Superstack runner-up finisher Saurabh ‘saurabh21’ Rohila (7th for ₹25,626) were other notables on the Sunday Showdown final table.

The ₹2,750 entry buy-in Sunday tournament fell 85 entries short of its 400-player guarantee, and 35 players crossed the money line.

Final Table Results

1. Himanshu ‘pirateking7’ Arora – ₹1,56,444
2. Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹1,15,721
3. Raghav ‘mrbean98’ Ananth – ₹85,599
4. Myron ‘zzzzz369’ Pereira – ₹63,317
5. axeweilders – ₹46,835
6. Comedypoker – ₹34,644
7. saurabh21 – ₹25,626
8. STEWIEGRIFFIN – ₹18,956

 

Firoz ‘proff_z4’ Khan (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Holdem Bash Adda for ₹55,688), ‘Downswingforever’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Mega Suits Lite for ₹38,022), Abhiroop ‘Daniel90’ Gupta (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Sunday Bounty for ₹22,845) and ‘amanpoker27’ (Won ₹50K GTD Sunday Night PLO for ₹12,171) won the other Adda52 marquees.

 

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