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It was a smashing Sunday as Spartan Poker’s XXX Poker Series and PokerBaazi’s Baazi Turbo Series 2.0 completed their eight-day-long runs! Expectedly the biggest winners of the day emerged from these two series.
If we had to give an award for the “Player of the Day,” it would undoubtedly go to Shashank Shekhar! After a few near misses in the hunt for his maiden XXX Poker Series title, Shekhar went on a tear yesterday, championing the ₹1.50 Crores GTD XXX #75 Main Event for a jaw-dropping ₹27.35 Lakhs payday (including multiple cashes)! Not content with winning just one title, he took down the XXX #74 for ₹4.63 Lakhs and scored in four more events to post a career-best ₹32.56 Lakhs in winnings. Shekhar’s phenomenal Sunday run also saw him top the XXX Poker Series daily leaderboard race, fetching him ₹25,000 in bonus money!
Goonjan Mall locked in a runner-up payout worth ₹15.65 Lakhs, banking ₹16.91 Lakhs in Sunday winnings through five deep runs.
Besides the XXX #74 Main Event, the only other eight-figure guarantee tournament to play down to a champion last night was PokerBaazi’s ₹1 Crore GTD BTS#45 Main Event. Ashish Munot bagged the bragging right to become the BTS 2.0 Main Event champion, walking away with a ginormous ₹11.64 Lakhs payday.
A heads-up deal saw Rajat Sharma bank ₹10.64 Lakhs in second place, collecting ₹12.16 Lakhs overall through three deep runs.
Young Gun Neel Joshi joined the elite list of winners after shipping PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹8.07 Lakhs (won ₹9.25 Lakhs overall), following a heads-up deal with Sumit Sapra, who took home ₹7.64 Lakhs for his runner-up finish (won ₹9.24 Lakhs overall).
Rahul Kumar M Jain took down the XXX #72 Sunday Xperience for a career-best ₹7.51 Lakhs after agreeing to a heads-up chop with James Mathews (2nd for ₹6.88 Lakhs).
Deepankur Gupta earned ₹5.88 Lakhs in Sunday winnings through three cashes, including shipping PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹4.51 Lakhs and finishing runner-up in the BTS#42 (6-Max) for ₹98,720.
‘C. Dickens’ (Won XXX #68 for ₹5.48 Lakhs), Young Gun Devang Yadav (Won XXX #71 Sunday Xtreme – Triple Chance for ₹1.70 Lakhs), and Vinay Choudhry (XXX #76 for ₹90,019) claimed the last of the XXX Poker Series titles.
Siddharth Ojha (Won BTS#43 Sunday Prime for ₹3.24 Lakhs), ‘fartonuraces’ (Won BSS#41 for ₹2.59 Lakhs), Satyam Verma (Won BTS#44 After Party for ₹1.85 Lakhs), and Akshay Joshi (Won BTS#42 (6-Max) for ₹1.42 Lakhs) captured the final Baazi Turbo Series 2.0 titles.
Vaibhav Sharma was the last player standing in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special (PKO), netting ₹3.71 Lakhs in top prize (won ₹6.58 Lakhs overall).
Anurag Srivastava, Vivekk Dube, Aman Parakh, Karan Sitlani, Deepak Singh, and Aman Roy shipped the other Sunday marquees.
Here are the Sunday highlights!
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Spartan Poker
XXX #75 Main Event – ₹1.50 Crores GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 813
Re-entries – 241
Rebuys – 466
Survivors – 197 (149)
Prize Pool – ₹1,52,00,000
Places Paid – 191
Shashank ‘Goldfish097’ Shekhar has been a revelation this year. The IOPC #93 – Super High Roller runner-up finisher has been hunting for his maiden XXX Poker Series title for a while. After a few close finishes in the XXX #56 Friday Titan (6th for ₹1.80 Lakhs) and XXX #45 Thursday Titan (2nd for ₹4.79 Lakhs), he finally struck gold on the final day of the series, nailing the series showstopper, the ₹1.50 Crores GTD XXX #75 Main Event, for a whopping ₹27.35 Lakhs payday (including multiple cashes)!
The ₹11,000 buy-in XXX Main Event had registered 1,520 entries, generating a guarantee-smashing ₹1.52 Crores prize pool. Shekhar was among the 197 Day 2 survivors (149 unique qualifiers) and made his way to the heads-up against seasoned pro Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall. In the end, Shekhar took home a monstrous ₹26.98 Lakhs for his first-place finish, while Mall settled for a runner-up payout worth ₹15.97 Lakhs (including multiple cashes).
But wait! Shekhar’s Sunday saga doesn’t end there. The G.O.A.T finalist closed out his Sunday run by taking down the XXX #74 for ₹4.63 Lakhs. He rounded off his Sunday run with a career-best ₹32.56 Lakhs in winnings! He also topped the final XXX Poker Series daily leaderboard race, bagging an additional ₹25,000 in bonus money!
His Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s XXX #75 Main Event for ₹26,98,000 (first title win in over a month)
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s XXX #74 for ₹4,63,155
> 124th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#45 Main Event for ₹21,712
> 33rd in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹15,350
> 22nd in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special for ₹15,075
> 62nd in PokerBaazi’s BTS#41 for ₹5,684
Goonjan Mall has turned ‘finishing runner-up’ into an art form. The two-time Millionaire runner-up finisher added another second-place finish to his tally in the XXX #75 Main Event. Mall netted ₹16.91 Lakhs in Sunday winnings through five deep runs, which include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s XXX #75 Main Event for ₹15,65,600
> 50th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#45 Main Event for ₹34,739
> 42nd in PokerBaazi’s BSS Championship for ₹24,500
> 37th in Spartan Poker’s XXX #68 for ₹17,984
> 37th in Spartan Poker’s XXX #74 for ₹15,939
Goonjan Mall’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.53 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.83 Cores | Titles Won in 2022: #4 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.74 Crores
The former Millionaire winner, Vishal ‘SimSlave’ Bajaj, locked in ₹10.03 Lakhs on the back of four Sunday cashes, which include:
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s XXX #75 Main Event for ₹8,56,520 (includes multiple cashes)
> 8th in Spartan Poker’s XXX #72 Sunday Xperience for ₹1,08,612
> 30th in Spartan Poker’s XXX #68 for ₹20,513
> 33rd in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹17,160
Vishal Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.99 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.19 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #12 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.88 Crores | Moves to #10 on the Annual Leaderboard (Total Cashes) | Ranked #14 in Annual Profits
Thursday’s Godfather champion, Young Gun Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta, finished sixth in the XXX Main Event for ₹4.76 Lakhs, banking ₹6.04 Lakhs in total Sunday earnings.
Neeraj ‘NeeruNJ’ Sattawat pocketed ₹4.36 Lakhs overall, with his deepest run of the night coming in the XXX Main Event (7th for ₹3.64 Lakhs). His online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹93.44 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹34.75 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #7
The two-time POY race winner, Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood, secured ₹4.66 Lakhs in Sunday winnings through four deep runs, which include:
> 8th in Spartan Poker’s XXX #75 Main Event for ₹3,12,056
> 5th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special for ₹1,07,971
> 68th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#45 Main Event for ₹30,397
> 32nd in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹15,350
Gaurav Sood’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹14.12 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹7.23 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.97 Crores | Moves to #8 on the Annual Leaderboard (Total Cashes) | Ranked #6 in Annual Profits
Devrat ‘Leonidas1’ Singh (9th for ₹1.99 Lakhs), Ram ‘JohnnieRunner-Runner’ Kakkar (10th for ₹1.66 Lakhs), Harshit ‘HeroCaller2.0’ Sanghi (11th for ₹1.66 Lakhs), Adithya ‘AdiNG1’ N G (12th for ₹1.49 Lakhs), Mohammad ‘Cupid stunt’ Azhar (13th for ₹1.48 Lakhs), Manmeet ‘fishlover’ Oberai (14th for ₹1.34 Lakhs), Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha (15th for ₹1.34 Lakhs), MPL Poker pro, Young Gun Siddharth ‘SherRun’ Karia (16th for ₹1.18 Lakhs), and Dhinesh ‘kendralust’ Kumar (17th for ₹1.18 Lakhs) were among the notables to board the money bus in the XXX Main Event.
Final Table Results
XXX #72 Sunday Xperience – ₹40 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 216
Re-entries – 66
Rebuys – 149
Prize Pool – ₹43,10,000
Places Paid – 39
Rahul ‘JacK`spArrow’ Kumar M Jain broke through his over a month-long title dry spell, championing Spartan Poker’s ₹40 Lakhs GTD XXX #72 Sunday Xperience for a career-best ₹7.51 Lakhs, following a heads-up chop with James ‘Jomathu’ Mathews (2nd for ₹6.88 Lakhs).
Rahul Kumar Jain’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.17 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹31.02 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #6
The Diwali Rush-29 Main Event champion Gopal ‘Mamacita’ Bajaj pocketed ₹6.20 Lakhs overall through six ITM finishes. His top Sunday finishes include:
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s XXX #72 Sunday Xperience for 4,20,225
> 7th in Spartan Poker’s XXX #68 for ₹93,292
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s XXX #76 for ₹79,093
> 140th in Spartan Poker’s XXX #75 Main Event for ₹21,888
Gopal Bajaj’s Spartan Poker & PokerStars India stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.12 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.14 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #33
Friday’s XXX #54 Friday Xperience winner, Man ‘Gradatim Ferociter’ Mohan Singh, banked ₹6.76 Lakhs through three deep runs, which include:
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s XXX #72 Sunday Xperience for ₹3,39,197
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s XXX #74 for ₹3,04,002
> 15th in Spartan Poker’s XXX #68 for ₹32,967
Man Mohan Singh’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹42.12 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹5.23 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2
The 8 PM flagship pulled in 431 entries, creating a ₹43.10 lakhs prize pool. The top 39 places were paid.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
XXX #74 – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 227
Re-entries – 57
Re-buys – 178
Prize Pool – ₹23,10,000
Places Paid – 39
The MVP of the day, the XXX #75 Main Event champion, Shashank ‘Goldfish097’ Shekhar was on a title spree last night and nailed the ₹20 Lakhs GTD XXX #74 and padded his bankroll by ₹4.63 Lakhs. Spartan Poker loyalist Man ‘Gradatim Ferociter’ Mohan Singh was chasing his second XXX title and placed second for ₹3.08 Lakhs.
The runner-up finisher, Singh, made away with a personal-best ₹6.80 Lakhs last night across three deep runs, including another final table finish! His Sunday scores were:
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s XXX #72 Sunday Xperience for ₹3,39,197
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s XXX #74 for ₹3,07,923
> 15th in Spartan Poker’s XXX #68 for ₹32,967
Man Mohan Singh’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹35.69 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹5.22 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #9
The ₹5,500 buy-in MTT obliterated its listed guarantee by ₹3.10 Lakhs after logging in 462 participants, and the top 39 places got paid.
Final Table Results
XXX #68 ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 261
Re-entries – 71
Rebuys – 230
Prize Pool – ₹28,10,000
Places Paid – 47
Spartan Poker user ‘C. Dickens’ (opted out of tracking) walked away with one of the major XXX titles up for grabs on Sunday. Coming out on the top of a 562-player field, the mystery user took down the ₹25 Lakhs GTD XXX #68 for ₹5.48 Lakhs. ‘bornmay’ finished runner-up to secure a site-best score of ₹3.48 Lakhs, boosting their site cashes to ₹3.90 Lakhs (includes ₹3.34 Lakhs in site profits).
Leaderboard crusher and one of our Rising Star Aman ‘Karmapoker’ Parakh fired across seven events, lapping up ₹4.56 Lakhs on Sunday. His top Sunday finishes include:
>3rd in Spartan Poker’s XXX #68 for ₹2,60,768
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BSS for ₹73,290
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s XXX #76 for ₹44,567
> 84th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#45 Main Event for ₹26,054
His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.63 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.90 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #30 | Annual Winnings: ~₹2.07 Crores | Ranked #6 on the Annual TLB (Points) Leaderboard
Final Table Results
XXX #71 Sunday Xtreme – Triple Chance – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 730 (474)
Rebuys – 370
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 207
Last month’s DCS #23 High Tuesday Big champion, Young Gun Devang ‘THENERDGUY’ Yadav, made it to the winner’s crib after a month’s gap last night. Yadav trounced over a massive 1,100-player field in Spartan Poker’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD XXX #71 Sunday Xtreme – Triple Chance and drew out the top finisher’s due worth ₹1.70 Lakhs. Site user ‘Percival’ benefitted from a heads-up deal, taking home an equally impressive ₹1.66 Lakhs in second-place prize money.
Final Table Results
XXX #76 ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 181
Re-entries – 63
Rebuys – 121
Prize Pool – ₹5,47,500
Places Paid – 31
Vinay ‘Aapka Apna’ Choudhry topped a 365-player field, eventually opting for a three-way deal to capture Spartan Poker’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD XXX #76 for ₹90,019. ‘Prometheue’ collected ₹79,617 as the runner-up, while the XXX #72 Sunday Xperience and XXX #68 finalist Gopal ‘Mamacita’ Bajaj picked his third FT score of the night, placing third for ₹79,093.
Choudhry ITMed another three events on Sunday, adding ₹95,391 to his online bankroll, and growing his online winnings to ₹88.35 Lakhs.
The ₹1,650 buy-in tourney collected a guarantee-smashing ₹5.48 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 31 finishers got paid.
Final Table Results
*denotes a three-way deal
XXX Leaderboard Standings on the Final Day
Last night’s MVP, the XXX #75 Main Event and XXX #74 champion Shashank’ Goldfirsh07′ Shekhar (1,584 points), topped the leaderboard on the final day of the XXX series and earned an additional ₹25,000 in bonus money. Gopal ‘Mamacita’ Bajaj (1,369 points) secured the second spot for ₹20,000 in bonus money, and Ravi’ Rvjn91′ Jain (1,265 points) ended at the #3 spot, bagging ₹15,000.
Rank Player Points Prize (BM)
1 Shashank 'Goldfirsh07' Shekhar 1,584 ₹25,000
2 Gopal 'Mamacita' Bajaj 1,369 ₹20,000
3 Ravi 'Rvjn91' Jain 1,265 ₹15,000
4 Man 'Gradatim Ferociter' Mohan Singh 1,200 ₹12,000
5 Devang 'THENERDGUY' Yadav 1,138 ₹8,000
6 Aman 'KarmaPoker' Parakh 1,120 ₹6,000
7 Critical error 1,057 ₹5,000
8 Advait 'Rattler$' Rajguru 1,045 ₹4,000
9 C.Dickens 991 ₹3,000
10 Getsuga 960 ₹2,000
Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD XXX #69 for ₹55,946), ‘Manu167’ (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD XXX #67 for ₹50,211), Nuke_Nuke (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD XXX #73 Turbo for ₹38,680), and ‘Getsuga’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD XXX #42 Sunday Xtraa for ₹20,129) were the other XXX title winners.
‘Prithvi23’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD OFC Cashfall for ₹33,171), and ‘veerukwt’ (Won ₹50K GTD OFC Cashfall for ₹14,575) won the other titles on Spartan Poker.
PokerBaazi
BTS#45 Main Event – ₹1 Crore GTD
Buy-in – ₹4,400
Entries – 255
Re-entries – 87
Survivors – 366
Prize Pool – ₹1,08,56,000
Places Paid – 356
Ashish ‘OMG_spew’ Munot (opted out of tacking) pulled out a trailblazing run in PokerBaazi’s ₹1 Crore GTD BTS#45 Main Event, topping the 708-entry field to claim a mouth-watering ₹11.64 Lakhs top prize! The DCS #5 High – Sunday Big winner struck a heads-up deal with Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma, and the latter took home an equally impressive ₹10.64 Lakhs payday.
The high-stakes pro, Rajat Sharma, collected ₹12.16 Lakhs across his Sunday run. His Sunday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s BTS#45 Main Event for ₹10,64,068
> 8th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Championship for ₹1,23,000
> 21st in Adda52’s Adda52 Millions for ₹25,920
Rajat Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.13 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.46 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #9 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.56 Crores
The ₹4,400 buy-in mega tournament posted a guarantee-crushing ₹1.09 Crores prize pool distributed among the top 356 finishes.
Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarty (9th for ₹1.09 Lakhs), Utkarsh ‘Irraiserr’ Somaaieyaa (10th for ₹92,276), Buhr ‘buhr1085’ Advirkar (11th for ₹75,992), Gautam ‘rabbithunter’ Kaul (12th for ₹65,136), Abhishek ‘chipndchair’ Sonu (13th for ₹54,280), Chirag ‘chiragkhanduja’ Khanduja (14th for ₹54,280), Yash ‘ShakeyAnimal’ Jaiswal (15th for ₹54,280), Rishabh ’13rishabh’ Harsh (17th for ₹54,280), Samay ‘Sammybigstac’ Singh Modi (18th for ₹47,766), Sonu ‘sonushejpal’ Shejpal (19th for ₹47,766), and Akshay ‘akdolos’ Joshi (20th for ₹47,766) were the known names who cashed the BTS 2.0
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
(7-Max) BSS Championship – ₹50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹8,250
Entries – 344
Re-entries – 320
Prize Pool – ₹50,00,000
Places Paid – 81
Following up on his Friday victory of the BTS #31 Friday HighRoller, the EndBoss 2020 runner-up finisher Young Gun Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi posted his second win in under a week last night, overcoming the 664-player field in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship. Joshi eventually struck a head-up deal to capture the title and the top prize of ₹8.07 Lakhs. Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra placed runner-up courtesy of the deal to pocket a ₹7.64 Lakhs payday.
Joshi cashed another three tourneys rounding out ₹9,24,965 in Sunday winnings. His Sunday cashes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹8,06,680
> 36th in Spartan Poker’s XXX #75 Main Event for ₹85,728
> 24th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#43 Sunday Prime for ₹19,530
> 193rd in PokerBaazi’s BTS#45 Main Event for ₹13,027
His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.17 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.66 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #9 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.87 Crores
Runner-up Sumit Sapra picked another four cashes, adding ₹9,24,337 to his Sunday cashes. His top Sunday scores include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹7,64,320
> 37th in XXX #75 Main Event for ₹75,848
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#43 Sunday Prime for ₹65,100
His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.69 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #5 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.93 Crores
The ₹8,250 buy-in tourney fell ₹20,000 short of meeting its advertised guarantee, and the same was filled in by the brand. The top 81 spots got paid.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
BSS HighRoller – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 165
Re-entries – 142
Prize Pool – ₹30,70,000
Places Paid – 35
The former The Millionaire winner Deepankur ‘dp179’ Gupta rode the high horse to a flagship title again last night, and he struck BIG, shipping PokerBaazi’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD BSS HighRoller for ₹4.51 Lakhs. Rising Star Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna placed runner-up for ₹4.24 Lakhs courtesy of a heads-up deal.
Gupta was whiskers away from winning a second title yesterday. But he had to settle for a runner-up finish in the ₹8 Lakhs GTD BTS#42 (6-Max), banking ₹98,720. The poker pro accumulated at least ₹5.88 Lakhs in Sunday winnings across three deep runs, which include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹4,51,264
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s BTS#42 (6-Max) for ₹98,720
> 33rd in Spartan Poker’s XXX #72 Sunday Xperience for ₹29,739
Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra crossed the money line in six events, including two FT finishes, making away with ₹5.12 Lakhs (overall). His top Sunday finishes include:
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹2,14,900
> 4th in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO for ₹1,19,929
Sanat Mehrotra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.99 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.50 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #11 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.79 Crores | Ranked #13 on the Annual Leaderboard (Total Cashes)
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
BTS#43 Sunday Prime – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹4,400
Entries – 334
Re-entries – 317
Prize Pool – ₹26,04,000
Places Paid – 70
Fresh off his Saturday victory in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost, Siddharth ‘Sidash21’ Ojha reeled in a career-best ₹3.24 Lakhs last night, powering through a 651-player field to capture the ₹20 Lakhs GTD BTS#43 Sunday Prime on PokerBaazi. A three-way deal saw ‘rohit1321’ bank ₹2.83 Lakhs, while Raman ‘Ranzoo9’ Arora pocketed ₹2,52 Lakhs.
Ojha also FTed the BSS Value Boost, adding approximately ₹3,63,904 Lakhs to his online winnings on Sunday. His Sunday cashes include:
>1st in PokerBaazi’s BTS#43 Sunday Prime for ₹3,24,104
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Value Boost for ₹39,800.
Siddharth Ojha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹51.38 Lakhs |Lifetime Profits: ₹13.20 Lakhs
Last Friday’s (7-Max) SPRINT champion, Raman Arora made another close run in the ₹2 Lakhs GTD BSS, ultimately finishing runner-up in the event for ₹51,303. Added to another two ITM finishes, Arora rounded out ₹3.18 Lakhs on Sunday. Take a look at his top Sunday finishes:
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s BTS#43 Sunday Prime for ₹2,52,149
>2nd in PokerBaazi’s BSS for ₹51,303
>13th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#44 After Party for ₹14,100
His online stats (excluding PokerStars India: Lifetime Winnings: ₹77.87 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹13.55 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #11
Vishal ‘Darky’ Ojha had another busy Sunday pulling seven cashes to lock up ₹3.42 Lakhs. His top Sunday scores are:
>5th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#43 Sunday Prime for ₹1,17,180
>7th in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹66,000
>22nd in Spartan Poker’s XXX X72 Sunday Xperience for ₹42,238
> 109th in Spartan Poker’s XXX #75 Main Event for ₹46,512
His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.63 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹64.54 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #12 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.71 Crores
Final Table Results
*denotes a three-way deal
BSS#41 – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 291
Re-entries – 249
Prize Pool – ₹10,80,000
Places Paid – 63
‘fartonuraces’ fired two bullets in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD BSS#41, eventually topping the 540-strong entry field to ship the title for ₹2.59 Lakhs (includes ₹48,783 in bounties). ‘Culllensss’ secured a runner-up score of ₹1.49 Lakhs (includes ₹2,313 in bounties). Following the victory ‘fartonuraces’ sits with ₹6.41 Lakhs in site cashes (has ₹2.12 Lakhs in site profits).
Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)
BTS#44 After Party – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 214
Re-entries – 134
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 59
Satyam ‘satyamverma25’ Verma returned to the winner’s circle after almost a month and came out trumps in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD BTS#44 After Party and took home ₹1.85 Lakhs up top, with Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat placing second for ₹1.29 Lakhs.
Verma lapped up ₹2.07 Lakhs in Sunday cashes across two deep runs, which include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BTS#44 After Party for ₹1,85,700
> 114th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#45 Main Event for ₹21,712
Satyam Verma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹53.82 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹14.90 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #13
The runner-up finisher, Ahlawat, made away with almost ₹1.53 Lakhs in Sunday winnings on the back of four more ITM finishes. His Sunday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s BTS#44 After Party for ₹1,29,500
> 261st in PokerBaazi’s BTS#45 Main Event for ₹10,856
> 28th in Spartan Poker’s XXX #71 Sunday Xtreme – Triple Chance for ₹5,170
> 31st in Spartan Poker’s XXX #76 for ₹4,818
> 30th in Spartan Poker’s XXX #69 for ₹2,251
Vikhyat Ahlawat’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹87.83 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹17.65 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #9
The ₹2,750 buy-in MTT fell short of breaking even by ₹1.30 Lakhs on the back of 348 challengers, and the top 59 places got paid.
Final Table Results
BSS Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,375
Entries – 438
Re-entries – 343
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 143
Vivekk ‘Vivek25’ Dube ended his eight-month-long title drought by shipping PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD BSS Value Boost for a cool ₹1.18 Lakhs. Dube struck a four-way deal with ‘KhanDx’ (2nd for ₹1.15 Lakhs), ‘lovelyhuman137’ (3rd for ₹1.07 Lakhs), and Rajat ‘Majay’ Mahajan (4th for ₹85,490) before taking down his maiden BSS Value Boost title.
Vivekk Dube collected ₹1.38 Lakhs overall through three ITM finishes. His Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BSS Value Boost for ₹1,17,711
> 155th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#45 Main Event for ₹17,370
> 89th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#42 (6-MAX) for ₹2,720
Vivekk Dube’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.45 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #3
The ₹1,375 buy-in event drew 781 entries, overlaying ₹23,750. The top 143 finishers breached the money line.
Final Table Results
*denotes a four-way deal
BTS#42 (6-Max) – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 302
Re-entries – 228
Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000
Places Paid – 89
The BTS Mini Main Event winner, Akshay ‘akdolos’ Joshi, clinched his second BTS title yesterday in the ₹8 Lakhs GTD BTS#42 (6-Max). He overcame the 530-player field to win ₹1.42 Lakhs beating the BSS HighRoller champion Deepankur ‘dp179’ Gupta (2nd for ₹98,720) in the heads-up play.
Akshay Joshi also ran deep in the BTS#45 Main Event (20th for 47,766), pocketing ₹1.89 Lakhs. His #PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹72.25 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹43.23 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #4
Tanay ‘TanayParekh’ Parekh crossed the money line in three events (including two FT finishes), adding ₹72,884 to his poker bankroll. His Sunday scores include:
> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Knightly Stars PKO – Boosted Guarantee for ₹37,662
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#42 (6-Max) for ₹23,280
> 209th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#45 Main Event for ₹11,942
Tanay Parekh’s online stats (excluding Adda52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹68.24 Lakhs| Lifetime Profits: ₹20.98 Lakhs| Titles Won in 2022: #8
Final Table Results
Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD BSS for ₹73,290), Karan ‘collingwood’ Sitlani (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Midnight SPRINT for ₹63,670), Rahul ‘Raldon’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD BSS Night SPRINT for ₹56,020), Aman ‘stardust’ Roy (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹30,110), and ‘et5dkow6rga3nwe’ (Won ₹50K GTD (5-Max) Daily for ₹4,600) are others who bagged the Sunday titles on PokerBaazi.
Pocket52
Pocket Kings – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 282
Re-entries – 225
Prize Pool – ₹15,21,000
Places Paid – 72
User ‘SSAHisoka’ (anonymity requested) came on top of a guarantee-crushing 507-entry field in Pocket52`s Sunday headliner, ₹15 Lakhs GTD Pocket Kings, collecting ₹1.75 Lakhs in first-place prize money. ‘Joker428’ finished runner-up for ₹1.25 lakhs.
Final Table Results
‘Charizard’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Knights for ₹44,000), ‘Jhonpur’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch for ₹34,500), ‘oneon1’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Soda for ₹22,000) and ‘Bharari99’ (Won ₹60K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹12,684) won the other Pocket52 marquees.
PokerDangal
Sunday PLO6 – ₹50K GTD
Buy-in – ₹330
Entries – 77
Rebuys – 62
Prize Pool – ₹50,000
Places Paid – 23
PokerDangal’s Sunday fixture, the ₹50K GTD Sunday PLO6 had 139 registrations and the top 23 places got paid. Site regular Anshu ‘nope11’ Pandey came out on top to win ₹10,500, just as ‘88bluff’ finished runner-up for ₹7,750.
Final Table Results
PokerStars India
Sunday Special (PKO) – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 214
Re-entries – 145
Regular Prize Pool – ₹11,02,500
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹8,97,500
Total Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000
Places Paid – 47
The word that best describes Vaibhav ‘GTO_LIFE_GG’ Sharma`s current form is “EPIC”! One of the latest ₹9 Crore Club entrant, Sharma nailed PokerStars India’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special (PKO) and took home almost ₹3.71 Lakhs up top.
The second EPT Qualifier, Sharma, reeled in over ₹6.58 Lakhs in Sunday finishes across five deep runs, including another podium finish! His Sunday scores include:
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special (PKO) for ₹3,70,670
> 3rd in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹2,50,800
> 134th in Spartan Poker’s XXX #75 Main Event for ₹21,888
> 25th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹11,139
> 45th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#42 (6-MAX) for ₹4,080
Vaibhav Sharma`s online stats (including HU SnGs): Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.10 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.67 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #24 (including EPT Prague qualifier)| Annual Winnings: ₹2.45 Crores | Ranked #20 on the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
The #2 ranked player of 2021, Manish ‘theoldestkid’ Lakhotia, was chasing his fifth MTT title of the month and placed second for ₹2 Lakhs. Lakhotia made away with xx Lakhs in Sunday winnings on the back of xx ITM finishes, which include:
> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special (PKO) for ₹2,00,436
> 72nd in in Spartan Poker’s XXX #75 Main Event for ₹1,02,752
> 19th in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹38,375
> 25th in Adda52 Millions for ₹23,040
> 102nd in BTS#45 Main Event for ₹21,712
> 23rd in Spartan Poker’s XXX #74 for ₹18,717
Manish Lakhotia’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.40 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.40 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #17
The ₹5,500 buy-in MTT logged in 359 participants to leave an overlay of 2.05 Lakhs, and the top 47 places got paid.
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
Sunday Storm – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 92
Re-entries – 80
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 23
‘merlion30’ proved to be the last player standing in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Sunday Storm on PokerStars India, and took home ₹99,727 in cash prize, with ‘kapv710’ collecting ₹75,384 for a second-place finish.
The ₹2,750 buy-in MTT clocked in 172 participants to leave an overlay of 70,000, and the top 23 places finished ITM.
Final Table Results
‘brtu007’ (Won Kinghtly Stars PKO ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹68,693), ‘nikpokernoob’ (Won Ultrasonic ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹19,499), ‘whitebill9352’ (Won Bounty Adrenaline ₹50K GTD for ₹13,638), ‘rajindia’ (Won Super Stack PKO ₹50K GTD for ₹13,404), and ‘Beethakkar’ (Won Total KO 100% ₹40K GTD for ₹12,709) won the other Sunday marquees on PokerStars India.
Adda52
Adda52 Millions – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 152
Re-entries – 136
Prize Pool – ₹28,80,000
Places Paid – 30
Adda52 user ‘Maelwyn’ clinched their fourth title on the site yesterday. They overcame the 288-entry field in the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Adda52 Millions to bank a personal-best ₹7.37 Lakhs. ‘ranprat17’ placed runner-up for ₹4.39 Lakhs.
‘Maelwyn’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹13.59 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹9.22 Lakhs | No. Of Title Wins: #4
The ₹11,000 buy-in Adda52 Millions collected ₹28.80 Lakhs in the prize pool and paid out the top 30 places.
Final Table Results
Mega Suits – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 254
Re-entries – 274
Prize Pool – ₹26,40,000
Places Paid – 55
The two-time Godfather winner ‘alwaysnutz’ (anonymity requested) broke a three-month-long title drought yesterday, taking down Adda52’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Mega Suits for the second time for ₹5.03 Lakhs. A heads-up deal saw ‘FB-praveenchandcr7’ earning an equally impressive ₹5 Lakhs for their runner-up finish.
‘alwaysnutz’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.64 Crores | Site Profits: ₹30.84 Lakhs | No. of Title Wins: #20
Vishal ‘darky012’ Ojha ITM-ed seven events yesterday (including two FT finishes), walking away with a collective ₹3.42 Lakhs. His top Sunday finishes include:
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s BTS#43 Sunday Prime for ₹1,17,180
> 7th in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹66,000
> 109th in Spartan Poker’s XXX #75 Main Event for ₹46,512
> 22nd in Spartan Poker’s XXX #72 Sunday Xperience for ₹42,238
Vishal Ojha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.45 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹66 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #12 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.71 Crores
The ₹5,500 buy-in Mega Suits collected ₹26.40 Lakhs in the prize pool and paid out the top 55 places.
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
Sunday Showdown – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 194
Re-entries – 144
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 35
The former IOPC #98 The Millionaire Main Event champion Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava has an enviable online resume with breakout scores. The POY contender is far from done, for he added the missing ₹10 Lakhs GTD Sunday Showdown title to his tally last night, winning the 6 PM marquee event for ₹1.78 Lakhs (his fourth title of the month). Srivastava chopped the title heads-up with the two-time Adda52 Big Game champion Arun ‘runyrules’ Sriram (2nd for ₹1.62 Lakhs).
Thursday’s Daily Value Boost champion, Srivastava, made another three deep runs and collected bounties, filling in ₹3.90 Lakhs in Sunday winnings.
His top Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹1,77,881
> 29th in Spartan Poker’s XXX #75 Main Event for ₹86,944
> 7th in Adda52 Millions for ₹86,400
Anurag Srivastava’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.76 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.21 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #29 | Annual Winnings: ₹3.16 Crores | Ranked #7 on the Annual Leaderboard (Total Cashes) | Ranked #18 in Annual Profits
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
Deepak ‘peacelover’ Singh (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Holdem Bash for ₹58,854), ‘Goodbussiness’ (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Sunday Bounty for ₹21,546), ‘amar21679’ (Won ₹50K GTD Sunday Night PLO for ₹14,771), and ‘vijay967’ (Won ₹50K GTD MidNight Bash for ₹6,917) won the other titles on Adda52.
Khelo365
Khelo365 regular ‘Reverse88’ was the last player standing in the ₹1 Lakh GTD Big Bang who collected ₹37,000 hard cash. ‘kumaraniket’ placed second for ₹25,000.
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