Tarush Gupta, Ashutosh Balodhi, Mohammad Azhar & Samay Singh Modi Reel in the Top Sunday Scores

Wow, talk about a blockbuster Sunday! With a full schedule of Spartan Poker’s Final Table Series 5.0 tournaments and India’s biggest online poker tournament – PokerBaazi’s ₹7 Crores GTD G.O.A.T commencing, poker players were treated to some high-octane action.

The SCS Main Event champion Tarush Gupta closed out October with a bang, accumulating a jaw-dropping ₹22.98 Lakhs from three deep runs. He won the FTS Gold Medallion in Spartan Poker`s FTS #21 Supreme (1st for ₹20.07 Lakhs) and another podium finish in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack (3rd for 2.73 Lakhs).

Gupta chopped the ₹1.50 Crore GTD FTS #21 Supreme title three-way with Ashutosh Balodhi (2nd for ₹17.24 Lakhs) and ‘KAKAROT98$’ (3rd for ₹16.71 Lakhs).

Last week’s BSS SuperStack champion, Mohammad Azhar, pulled out another electrifying Sunday run, reeling in ₹14.23 Lakhs. He most notably took down Spartan Poker’s FTS #18 Sunday Special for ₹11.33 Lakhs, clinching his second FTS Gold Medallion and a seat on The Master Table. 2020 India Poker Champion Rubin Labroo finished runner-up for ₹7.18 Lakhs (won ₹8.17 Lakhs overall).

Samay Singh Modi kept his heater going by championing Spartan Poker’s FTS #20 Sunday Big (6 Max)! He won the FTS Silver Medallion and a career-best ₹9.77 Lakhs (won ₹11.58 Lakhs overall) to move to #3 (joint) on the FTS 5.0 Leaderboard. Top pros Vishal Bajaj (2nd for ₹8.98 Lakhs) & Young Gun Arsh Grover (3rd for ₹7.19 Lakhs) cashed impressive paydays courtesy of a three-way deal.

Myron Pereira (Won ₹10 Lakhs GTD FTS #16 for ₹1.85 Lakhs), ‘Nahihorha’ (Won ₹10 Lakhs GTD FTS #19 for ₹1.96 Lakhs), and ‘chudail92’ (Won ₹6 Lakhs GTD FTS #17 Triple Chance ₹1.27 Lakhs) won the other FTS Silver Medallions on Sunday.

The FTS #3 Thursday Special champion Vaibhav Sharma nailed PokerStars India’s EPT Prague Step 3 Qualifier, winning a package worth ₹6 Lakhs, including the Main Event buy-in worth ₹4.22 Lakhs and ₹1.78 Lakhs towards traveling and accommodation expenses. Poker coach Mithun Mahesh lost the package in a swingy heads-up match, netting ₹50,000.

Sandy Lamba cracked open a month-long dry spell by taking down the Adda52 Millions for a site-best ₹6.92 Lakhs (won ₹7.49 Lakhs overall). Tharun Kumar Darapu pocketed ₹4.12 Lakhs as the runner-up.

Ten days after nailing The Summit, Amit Kaushik left a 256-player field in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller stupefied as he won the Sunday tournament for ₹6.02 Lakhs (₹6.70 Lakhs overall). Goonjan Mall finished runner-up for ₹4.23 Lakhs.

The NPS HighRoller champion Sumit Sapra broke a 45-day-long title drought yesterday, taking down Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹5.38 Lakhs (won ₹5.98 Lakhs overall). He struck a heads-up deal with MPL Poker Team Pro Siddharth Karia (2nd for ₹4.37 Lakhs).

After binking The Summit & Godfather earlier this month, Deepankur Gupta closed out October in style by taking down PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹5.72 Lakhs. Before sealing the deal, Gupta struck a heads-up deal with Suraj N Yadav (2nd for ₹4.55 Lakhs).

The WSOP Circuit Ring winner Ashish Ahuja fell one place short of winning PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO title for the third time last night, netting ₹1.98 Lakhs in second place (won ₹3.32 Lakhs overall) following a heads-up deal with ‘jjmaliakal’ (1st for ₹2.51 Lakhs).

Kunal Patni, Anish Arora, Gautam Sethi, Jason Fernandes, Prithvi Singh, and Praveen KR shipped the other Sunday majors.

Here are the Sunday highlights!

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Spartan Poker

FTS #21 Supreme – ₹1.50 Crores GTD

Buy-in – ₹8,800

Entries – 1122

Re-entries – 304

Rebuys – 655

Survivors – 295 (199)

Prize Pool – ₹1,66,96,000

Places Paid – 295

The SCS Main Event champion Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta shipped another BIGGIE. The poker pro accumulated a jaw-dropping ₹22.98 Lakhs across three deep runs on Sunday, including the Gold Medallion in Spartan Poker’s ₹1.50 Crores GTD FTS #21 Supreme, and posted a podium-rounding finish in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack (3rd for ₹2.73 Lakhs).

On Day 2 of the FTS #21 Supreme, Tarush Gupta took on 295 survivors out of a massive 2,081-entry field, clinching his first FTS title for ₹20.07 Lakhs (his second-best online score) and a seat on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Masters Table.

He chopped the weekend flagship three-way with Ashutosh ‘stupefy’ Balodhi (2nd for ₹17.24 Lakhs) and ‘KAKAROT98$’ (3rd for ₹16.71 Lakhs).

Harsh ‘aaja maal phuka’ Dembla (8th for ₹2.76 Lakhs) also FT-ed the FTS #21 – Supreme.

Final Table Results

1. Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta – ₹20,06,677*
2. Ashutosh ‘stupefy’ Balodhi – ₹17,23,546*
3. KAKAROT98$ – ₹16,70,933*
4. RangeMerge – ₹7,64,677
5. O Monstro – ₹6,34,782
6. GTOonTilt – ₹5,12,233
7. Ashkon Axel – ₹3,92,356
8. Harsh ‘aaja maal phuka’ Dembla – ₹2,76,486

*denotes a three-way deal

FTS #18 – Sunday Special – ₹55 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 288

Re-entries – 104

Rebuys – 192

Prize Pool – ₹58,40,000

Places Paid – 55

Last week’s BSS SuperStack champion, Mohammad ‘Cupid stunt’ Azhar, pulled out another electrifying Sunday run, taking down Spartan Poker’s ₹55 Lakhs GTD FTS #18 – Sunday Special for ₹11.33 Lakhs (his second FTS title).

In addition to clinching his second FTS Gold Medallion, Azhar also booked himself a seat on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Master Table. The 2020 India Poker Champion Rubin ‘OMG_s1mple’ Labroo finished runner-up for ₹7.18 Lakhs (won ₹8.17 Lakhs across four deep runs).

Mohammad Azhar lapped up over ₹14.23 Lakhs in Sunday winnings across five deep runs, which include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s FTS #18 Sunday Special for ₹11,32,960

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s BSS High Roller for ₹2,71,872

> 25th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹9,212

> 20th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SPRINT for ₹6,748

> 99th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Value Boost for ₹2,804

Mohammad Azhar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.33 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.42 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #17 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.24 Crores

Haider ‘Callmebabe’ Madraswala (3rd for ₹5.19 Lakhs), Gaurav ‘RoLeBete’ Bhutra (4th for ₹4.20 Lakhs), and last night`s EPT Prague Qualifier winner Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma (7th for ₹1.90 Lakhs) also FT-ed the FTS #18 – Sunday Special.

Final Table Results

1. Mohammad ‘Cupid stunt’ Azhar – ₹11,32,960
2. Rubin ‘OMG_s1mple’ Labroo – ₹7,18,320
3. Haider ‘Callmebabe’ Madraswala – ₹5,19,176
4. Gaurav ‘RoLeBete’ Bhutra – ₹4,19,896
5. luck12 – ₹3,32,296
6. hutu001 – ₹2,55,792
7. Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma – ₹1,90,384
8. Metamorphosis – ₹1,37,824

FTS #20 – Sunday Big (6-Max) – ₹40 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹27,500

Entries – 98

Re-entries – 26

Rebuys – 71

Prize Pool – ₹48,75,000

Places Paid – 17

Samay ‘Limitless’ Singh Modi has been ‘Limitless-ly’ striking gold where ever he digs. Yesterday, he bagged his second Final Table Series title of the series after wreaking havoc in a 195-player field in Spartan Poker’s ₹40 Lakhs GTD FTS #20 Sunday Big (6 Max) to win the FTS Silver Medallion and a career-best ₹9.77 Lakhs.

Top pros Vishal ‘SimSlave’ Bajaj (2nd for ₹8.98 Lakhs) & Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover (3rd for ₹7.19 Lakhs) found themselves a profitable three-way deal.

Samay Singh Modi’s busy Sunday session yielded five-more ITM finishes, grossing him a little under ₹11.58 Lakhs.

His top Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s FTS #20 Sunday Big for ₹9,76,802

> 33rd in Spartan Poker’s FTS #21 Supreme for ₹1,11,696

> 6th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹41,724

The PokerDangal’s DDS Main Event champion has been ambitiously chasing leaderboards. He recently finished #2 in both the DCS Mid & DCS Low Leaderboards. And he currently holds the tied third place on the ₹50 Lakhs added FTS 5.0 leaderboard, courtesy of two first-place finishes.

Samay Singh Modi’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.42 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹47.16 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #15

WSOP bracelet winner Abhinav ‘hightr0ller’ Iyer (5th for ₹3.60 Lakhs) and Ankit ‘d00mtr00per’ Wadhawan (6th for ₹2.84 Lakhs) also FT-ed the FTS #20 – Sunday Big.

Final Table Results

1. Samay ‘Limitless’ Singh Modi – ₹9,76,802*
2. Vishal ‘SimSlave’ Bajaj – ₹8,98,061*
3. Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover – ₹7,19,124*
4. C. Dickens – ₹4,46,063
5. Abhinav ‘hightr0ller’ Iyer – ₹3,59,775
6. Ankit ‘d00mtr00per’ Wadhawan – ₹2,83,725

*denotes a three-way deal

FTS #16 – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 189

Re-entries – 39

Rebuys – 146

Prize Pool – ₹11,22,000

Places Paid – 31

The seasoned pro from Goa, Myron ‘Zzzzz369’ Pereira, notched up over ₹2.96 Lakhs on Sunday through seven deep runs, including his first FTS Silver Medallion in Spartan Poker’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD FTS #16 which he won for ₹1.85 Lakhs.

Pereira outlasted the 374-player field in the FTS marquee and struck a three-way deal with Dinesh ‘$Lucky Guy$’ Singh (2nd for ₹1.77 Lakhs) & Vikhyat ‘Super Saiyan’ Ahlawat (3rd for ₹1.48 Lakhs).

Pereira`s top Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s FTS #16 for ₹1,84,559

> 143rd in Spartan Poker’s FTS #21 –Supreme for ₹52,592

> 19th in PokerBaazi’s BSS High Roller for ₹26,880

Myron Pereira’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.34 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.09 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #10 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.17 Crores | Ranked #24 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Yash ‘Babyshark10’ Chitre (5th for ₹72,257), Young Gun Aayush ‘Eureka226’ Arya (6th for ₹54,866) & Ayush ‘Tabono’ Garg (7th for ₹40,055) also FT-ed the FTS #16.

Final Table Results

1. Myron ‘Zzzzz369’ Pereira – ₹1,84,558*
2. Dinesh ‘$Lucky Guy$’ Singh – ₹1,77,339*
3. Vikhyat ‘Super Saiyan’ Ahlawat – ₹1,47,827*
4. Pranav ‘Waking Up’ Bang – ₹91,331
5. Yash ‘Babyshark10’ Chitre – ₹72,257
6. Aayush ‘Eureka226’ Arya – ₹54,866
7. Ayush ‘Tabono’ Garg – ₹40,055
8. punjabi_swag – ₹29,284

*denotes a three-way deal

‘Nahihorha’ (Won ₹10 Lakhs GTD FTS #19 for ₹1.96 Lakhs) and ‘chudail92’ (Won ₹6 Lakhs GTD FTS #17 Triple Chance ₹1.27 Lakhs) won the other Final Table Series Medallions on Day 4.

FTS 5.0 Leaderboard Standings – Day 4

The FTS #3 Thursday Special champion Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma (2,019 points) is holding on firmly to the #1 position on the FTS 5.0 Leaderboard after his FT finish in the FTS #18 Sunday Special. Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram (1,919 points) has stormed to the #2 position after shipping FTS #13 Saturday Special. ‘papatumhare’ (1,502 points) has tumbled down to #3, where he is tied with last night`s FTS #20 Sunday Big champion Samay ‘Limitless’ Singh Modi (1,502 points).

Prithvi ‘Blunders whale’ Singh (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD OFC Cashfall for ₹31,500), ‘stepup1’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹18,542), ‘Ro-lax’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Smash for ₹18,279), ‘ganeshkale453’ (Won ₹50K GTD OFC Cashfall for ₹14,575), ‘naghiss’ (Won ₹60K GTD Striker for ₹14,236), and ‘Sharique121’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹9,053) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

PokerBaazi

BSS SuperStack – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 314

Re-entries – 340

Prize Pool – ₹32,70,000

Places Paid – 81

After binking The Summit & Godfather earlier this month, Deepankur ‘Dp179’ Gupta (opted out of our tracking) closed out October in style by taking down PokerBaazi’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD BSS SuperStack for ₹5.72 Lakhs. Before sealing the deal, Gupta struck a heads-up deal with Suraj ‘MR8BEAST’ N Yadav (2nd for ₹4.55 Lakhs).

Suraj N Yadav’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.89 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #7

The final table was replete with regs like last night’s FTS #21 Supreme champion, Tarush ‘Busterr’ Gupta (3rd for ₹2.73 Lakhs), Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury (4th for ₹2.02 Lakhs), #BB2 MoneyMaker champion Sahil ‘you3bi4b’ Nair (5th for ₹1.51 Lakhs), Anant ‘antypanty93’ Chaudhary (6th for ₹1.22 Lakhs), Naman ‘pareeknaman’ Pareek (7th for ₹1,01,043) and Rising Star Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna (8th for ₹80,442)!

Final Table Results

1. Deepankur ‘Dp179’ Gupta – ₹5,72,117
2. Suraj ‘MR8BEAST’ N Yadav – ₹4,55,317
3. Tarush ‘Busterr’ Gupta – ₹2,73,045
4. Rony ‘bisadip176’ Chowdhury – ₹2,01,759
5. Sahil ‘you3bi4b’ Nair – ₹1,51,074
6. Anant ‘antypanty93’ Chaudhary – ₹1,21,971
7. Naman ‘pareeknaman’ Pareek – ₹1,01,043
8. Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna – ₹80,442

BSS HighRoller – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 150

Re-entries – 106

Prize Pool – ₹25,60,000

Places Paid – 27

Ten days after nailing The Summit, Amit ‘quark’ Kaushik left a 256-player field in PokerBaazi’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD BSS HighRoller stupefied as he won the Sunday tournament for ₹6.02 Lakhs. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall finished runner-up for ₹4.23 Lakhs.

Kaushik ITM-ed another five events, raking in over ₹6.70 Lakhs across his Sunday grind. His top finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹6,02,368

> 23rd in Adda52 Millions for ₹23,940

> 165th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #21 #Supreme for ₹16,028

Amit Kaushik’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.24 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.61 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #19 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.16 Crores

FTS #18 Sunday Special winner Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar (3rd for ₹2.72 Lakhs), Siddharth ‘GangnamGangi’ Gangwar (4th for ₹2.01 Lakhs), Anirudh ‘flash1’ Reddy (5th for ₹1.51 Lakhs), and Deepesh ‘deep1221’ Raka (6th for ₹1.21 Lakhs) also FT-ed the BSS HighRoller.

Final Table Results

1. Amit ‘quark’ Kaushik – ₹6,02,368
2. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹4,22,656
3. Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar – ₹2,71,872
4. Siddharth ‘GangnamGangi’ Gangwar – ₹2,01,216
5. Anirudh ‘flash1’ Reddy – ₹1,51,040
6. Deepesh ‘deep1221’ Raka – ₹1,20,832

BSS Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,375

Entries – 452

Re-entries – 349

Prize Pool – ₹10,01,000

Places Paid – 131

Dinesh ‘htc170209’ Kukreja fired two bullets in PokerBaazi’s 6:30 PM Sunday value-offering, ₹10 Lakhs GTD BSS Value Boost, falling inches away from grabbing his third title of 2022.

Site-user’ pritish1892′ (1st for ₹1.33 Lakhs) outshined the 801-strong field and struck a three-way deal with Kukreja (2nd for ₹1.32 Lakhs) & Praveen ‘praveenchandcr7’ Chand (3rd for ₹1.03 Lakhs).

Kukerja also ITM-ed BSS Monster Stack (6-Max) (11th for ₹11,180), netting ₹1.43 Lakhs overall. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹50.97 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.60 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2

Hemant ‘hkm2828’ Meena (4th for ₹57,071), Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha (6th for ₹27,835), and Shivkesh ‘pokeraddictive’ Meena (8th for ₹13,417) also FT-ed the BSS Value Boost.

Final Table Results

1. pritish1892 – ₹1,33,469*
2. Dinesh ‘htc170209’ Kukreja – ₹1,32,186*
3. Praveen ‘praveenchandcr7’ Chand – ₹1,02,906*
4. Hemant ‘hkm2828’ Meena – ₹57,071
5. Maalkahanfc – ₹39,850
6. Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha – ₹27,835
7. LuckyLuke – ₹19,324
8. Shivkesh ‘pokeraddictive’ Meena – ₹13,417

*denotes a three-way deal

(7-Max) BSS SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 203

Re-entries – 157

Prize Pool – ₹7,20,000

Places Paid – 45

Fresh off winning the Mystery Bounty at Poker Dream Vietnam, Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni made the most out of his Sunday grind, pocketing ₹2.49 Lakhs across four deep runs. The MTT pro notably shipped PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) BSS SPRINT for ₹1.19 Lakhs, striking a three-way deal with ‘DeadShot1611’ (2nd for ₹1.10 Lakhs) and ‘Spartan18’ (3rd for ₹96,159).

Not just that, Patni bagged the fifth biggest stack through Qualifier 1 of the G.O.A.T and won a DPT ME & HR package worth ₹1.76 Lakhs!

His Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS SPRINT for ₹1,19,311

> 112nd in Spartan Poker’s FTS #21 #Supreme for ₹92,162

> 24th in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹24,064

> 54th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹13,734

> Made Day 2 of PokerBaazi’s G.O.A.T.

> Won DPT ME & HR package satty

Kunal Patni’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.48 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.88 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #8 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.04 Crores

Mayank ‘alwaystiltAA’ Jaggi (5th for ₹37,800) and Surya ‘Surya12’ Lohia (7th for ₹25,200) also FT-ed the ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) BSS SPRINT!

Final Table Results

1. Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni – ₹1,19,311*
2. DeadShot1611 – ₹1,09,611*
3. Spartan18 – ₹96,159*
4. obitox – ₹50,400
5. Mayank ‘alwaystiltAA’ Jaggi – ₹37,800
6. charsi – ₹30,240
7. Surya ‘Surya12’ Lohia – ₹25,200

*denotes a three-way deal

₹7 Crores GTD G.O.A.T. – Qualifier 1

> Qualifier 1 – Entries – 520 | Re-entries – 169 | Survivors – 98 | Chip Leader – ‘Mahimaarrahahai’ (292,000)

‘baba06’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD BSS Night SPRINT for ₹54,960), Jason ‘jasonroyce’ Fernandes (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹35,550), and ‘NoNutsNoGlory’ (Won PLO Daily ₹40K GTD for ₹12,004) won the other Sunday marquees on PokerBaazi.

PokerDangal

Sunday PLO6 – ₹50K GTD

Buy-in – ₹330

Entries – 70

Rebuys – 55

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 20

Site user ‘Kicker’ trounced a 125-player field in PokerDangal’s ₹50K GTD Sunday PLO6, taking home ₹11,000 in first-place prize money, a healthy return on a ₹330 investment. The user ‘kahahoji’ banked ₹8,250 in second place.

Final Table Results

1. Kicker – ₹11,000
2. kahahoji – ₹8,250
3. Kaps19 – ₹6,000
4. Paperplane – ₹4,500
5. OnePlus6T – ₹3,375
6. starboy00 – ₹2,500

PokerStars India

EPT Prague Step 3 Qualifier – 1 Seat & Expenses GTD

Buy-in – ₹7,700

Entries – 68

Re-entries – 46

Prize Pool – ₹8,50,000

Places Paid – 6

The FTS #3 Thursday Special champion Vaibhav ‘GTO_LIFE_GG’ Sharma is on a firecracker run. The MTT beast stacked a 114-player field in PokerStars India’s EPT Prague Step 3 Qualifier, winning a package worth ₹6 Lakhs, including the Main Event buy-in worth ₹4.22 Lakhs & ₹1.78 Lakhs to aid his traveling and accommodation expenses.

The five-time Sunday Highroller champion made a smashing comeback against MTT reg and coach Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh (2nd for ₹50,000) during their nail-biting heads-up battle. On the second last hand, Mahesh put Sharma all-in on the river. However, Sharma made a slightly risky but accurate call with 10-8 (two-pair) against Mahesh’s A-X (pair of aces). On the following hand, Sharma got lucky after he outdrew Mahesh’s A-Q with A-9.

The EPT Prague qualifier aside, Sharma accumulated over ₹2.95 Lakhs in prize money from five deep runs (and a bounty). His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.89 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.60 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #20 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.22 Crores | Ranked #1 on the FTS 5.0 Leaderboard

Young Gun Ujjwal ‘CougarHunter69’ Narwal (3rd for ₹50,000), the #1 ranked player of last week, Shashank ‘Goldfish097’ Shekhar (4th for ₹50,000), the POY topper Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav (5th for ₹50,000) & Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar (6th for ₹50,000) also FT-ed the EPT Prague Qualifier.

Final Table Results

1. Vaibhav ‘GTO_LIFE_GG’ Sharma – 1 Package + ₹1,78,000
2. Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh – ₹50,000
3. Ujjwal ‘CougarHunter69’ Narwal – ₹50,000
4. Shashank ‘Goldfish097’ Shekhar – ₹50,000
5. Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹50,000
6. Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar – ₹50,000

Sunday Special (PKO) – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 172

Re-entries – 130

Total Prize Pool – ₹15,10,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹7,55,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹7,55,000

Places Paid – 34

One of the most consistent MTT crushers in the country, WSOP Circuit ring winner Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja, pulled out another scintillating Sunday run. He fell one place short of winning PokerStars India’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special PKO for the third time last night, netting ₹1.98 Lakhs (₹72,783 in bounties) following a heads-up deal with ‘jjmaliakal’ (1st for ₹2.51 Lakhs) (₹1.26 Lakhs in bounties).

Ahuja made away with over ₹3.32 Lakhs across five deep runs last night. His top finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO for ₹1,97,615

> 10th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #18 Sunday Special for ₹92,272

> 10th in SpartanPoker’s FTS #19 for ₹15,814

Ashish Ahuja’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.76 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.95 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #23 | Annual Winnings: ₹3.17 Crores | Ranked #4 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Srihari ‘bangbang1999’ Bang (3rd for ₹1.26 Lakhs), Young Gun Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta (4th for ₹78,634), Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg (5th for ₹74,812), Yash ‘Reeraiser21’ Chitre (6th for ₹52,616), Somesh ‘JackNotMa’ Patel (8th for ₹27,743) & Young Gun Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi (9th for ₹23,959) also FT-ed the Sunday Special PKO.

Final Table Results (includes bounties)

1. jjmaliakal – ₹2,50,740
2. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹1,97,615
3. Srihari ‘bangbang1999’ Bang – ₹1,26,195
4. Anmol ‘Kaanchacheena’ Mehta – ₹78,634
5. Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg – ₹74,812
6. Yash ‘Reeraiser21’ Chitre – ₹52,616
7. GudThimma – ₹59,632
8. Somesh ‘JackNotMa’ Patel – ₹27,743
9. Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi – ₹23,959

Gautam ‘nomnomnom18’ Sethi (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for Big Bubble Rush for ₹43,384), Praveen ‘pinawxd’ KR (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Sunday Storm for ₹21,384), ‘RAV1619’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹20,681), and ‘gs1289’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹11,985) won the other Sunday marquees on PokerStars India.

Adda52

Adda52 Millions – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 151

Re-entries – 115

Prize Pool – ₹26,60,000

Places Paid – 27

Sandy ‘Narcos’ Lamba cracked open a month-long dry spell by taking down the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Adda52 Millions for a site-best ₹6.92 Lakhs. Tharun ‘whodahellru’ Kumar Darapu pocketed ₹4.12 Lakhs as the runner-up (his second-best finish on Adda52).

Sandy Lamba accumulated an impressive ₹7.49 Lakhs in Sunday winnings as he also cashed in Spartan Poker’s FTS #18 Sunday Special (19th for ₹57,816). His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.42 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹83.99 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #4

The usual suspects like Himanshu ‘pirateking7’ Arora (3rd for ₹3.10 Lakhs), Nagendra ‘gameank123’ Singh Tomar (4th for ₹2.26 Lakhs), Rising Star Ritwik ‘ritwik27’ Khanna (5th for ₹1.53 Lakhs) & Vivek ‘vivek94540’ Singh (6th for ₹1.13 Lakhs) also FT-ed the Adda52 Millions.

Final Table Results

1. Sandy ‘Narcos’ Lamba – ₹6,91,600
2. Tharun ‘whodahellru’ Kumar Darapu – ₹4,12,300
3. Himanshu ‘pirateking7’ Arora – ₹3,09,890
4. Nagendra ‘gameank123’ Singh Tomar ₹2,26,100
5. Ritwik ‘ritwik27’ Khanna – ₹1,52,950
6. Vivek ‘vivek94540’ Singh – ₹1,13,050

Mega Suits – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 268

Re-entries – 245

Prize Pool – ₹25,65,000

Places Paid – 55

The NPS HighRoller champion Sumit ‘hammer_head’ Sapra broke a 45-day-long title drought yesterday, taking down Adda52’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Mega Suits for ₹5.38 Lakhs. Sapra had been pursuing the Mega Suits title for four long years, and he nailed it yesterday after striking a heads-up deal with MPL Poker Team Pro Siddharth ‘skaria1’ Karia (2nd for ₹4.37 Lakhs).

The long-time MTT reg Sapra tallied ₹5.98 Lakhs in Sunday winnings as he also cashed Spartan Poker’s #FTS #21 #Supreme (39th for ₹59,605). His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.33 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.69 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #4

The Mega Suits FT was stacked with MTT crushers like Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava (3rd for ₹2.44 Lakhs), Prabhat ‘Bountyhunter1’ Kumar (4th for ₹1.92 Lakhs), Devrat ‘Vickypune’ Singh (5th for ₹1.28 Lakhs), Abhishek ‘pomfret1989’ Goindi (6th for ₹89,775), and Rajat ‘oshoswami’ Sharma (8th for ₹64,125).

Final Table Results

1. Sumit ‘hammer_head’ Sapra – ₹5,37,980*
2. Siddharth ‘skaria1’ Karia – ₹4,36,720*
3. Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava – ₹2,43,675
4. Prabhat ‘Bountyhunter1’ Kumar – ₹1,92,375
5. Devrat ‘Vickypune’ Singh – ₹1,28,250
6. Abhishek ‘pomfret1989’ Goindi – ₹89,775
7. Rajat ‘oshoswami’ Sharma – ₹ 64,125
8. tooSUS – ₹51,300

*denotes a heads-up deal

Sunday Showdown – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 216

Re-entries – 182

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 44

Just days after hitting ₹2 Crores in lifetime winnings, Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora picked up his second title of October yesterday, shipping Adda52’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Sunday Showdown for ₹1.91 Lakhs. The user’ 6x5x9x3x1x’ placed second for ₹1.41 Lakhs.

Arora added ₹2.10 Lakhs in Sunday winnings through two deep runs, which include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹1,91,170

> 9th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #19 for ₹19,083

Anish Arora’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.06 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹44.14 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #13

Suresh ‘insanium’ Kolli (3rd for ₹1.04 Lakhs), Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava (4th for ₹76,701), last night’s FTS #20 Sunday Big champion Samay ‘sammybulldog’ Singh Modi (6th for ₹41,724), Anmolraj ‘anmolrajy’ Singh Chawla (7th for ₹30,774), and Akshay ‘darulerofall’ Gupta (8th for ₹22,697) also FT-ed the Sunday Showdown.

Final Table Results

1. Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora – ₹1,91,170
2. 6x5x9x3x1x – ₹1,40,998
3. Suresh ‘insanium’ Kolli – ₹1,03,994
4. Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava – ₹76,701
5. khurafaati – ₹56,571
6. Samay ‘sammybulldog’ Singh Modi – ₹41,724
7. Anmolraj ‘anmolrajy’ Singh Chawla – ₹30,774
8. Akshay ‘darulerofall’ Gupta – ₹22,697

‘pohajalebi’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Holdem Bash for ₹67,500), ‘vvvs9898’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹31,209), ‘kranvir254’ (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Sunday Bounty for ₹21,027) won the other Adda52 marquees.

Khelo365

The user ‘ajay2009’ conquered Khelo365’s Sunday showstopper, ₹1 Lakh GTD Big Bang, for a payday worth ₹37,000. ‘Deller’ secured the runner-up cash prize worth ₹25,000.

Site regular ‘Helperofpoker’ took down the ₹50K GTD Dominator for ₹15,500, beating ‘scorpion14’ (2nd for ₹10,500) heads-up.

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