Tarush Gupta, Vishal Bajaj, Gaurav Sood, Sanat Mehrotra & Neel Joshi Champion the Sunday Headliners

This past Sunday, more than delivered on expectations as PokerBaazi’s 1000X Series closed out a very successful second edition even as PokerStars India’s Winter Series 5.0 hit the midway mark.

Topping the Sunday charts was Tarush Gupta, who clinched his first title of 2023 after championing the Adda52 Big Game for a jaw-dropping ₹16.25 Lakhs (his third seven-figure online score). ‘AkkiDan007’ came second for ₹9.69 Lakhs.

Vishal Bajaj had a trailblazing Sunday run as well, for he shipped Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for the third time last night for ₹8.98 Lakhs (won ₹9.86 Lakhs overall).

Our Young Guns featured prominently on Sunday’s winner’s list.

The two-time POY topper Young Gun Gaurav Sood is already off to a scintillating start in 2023 and picked up his second title of the year in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 Main Event, banking ₹7.89 Lakhs (won ₹9.80 Lakhs overall). The Player Hunt Season 2 champion Samay Singh Modi finished runner-up for ₹4.80 Lakhs (won ₹5.01 Lakhs overall).

Faiz Alam (Won 1000X#33 MegaStack for ₹2.54 Lakhs), Shrvan Amlekar (Won 1000X#34 Afterparty for ₹1.66 Lakhs), Harsh Bubna (Won 1000X#30 (KO) for ₹1.53 Lakhs), and Neeraj Kumar (Won 1000X#31 (PLO-6) for ₹99,250) captured the last few 1000X Series titles on Sunday.

Sanat Mehrotra was another Young Gun making the Sunday breakout winners lineup. Picking up his second title of 2023 and fifth in three weeks, Mehrotra made a clean sweep of the competition in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller, taking home ₹4.91 Lakhs (won ₹7.04 Lakhs overall).

Neel Joshi is the third Young Gun making the Sunday cover. The chemical engineer from BITS Pilani added ₹5.67 Lakhs to his bankroll and won his maiden title of 2023 in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹5.24 Lakhs. Fellow Young Gun Aayush Arya secured a runner-up payout worth ₹4.84 Lakhs.

Vinay Rajpal captured his second Winter Series High Roller title in less than a week. The leaderboard crusher shipped PokerStars India’s Winter Series-21 [Sunday High Roller] for ₹4.63 Lakhs (won ₹5.28 Lakhs overall), while Sreekanth Narayan placed runner-up for ₹3.42 Lakhs.

Prem Poonia outlasted the other nine Destiny 25.0 winners to ship the DESTINY 25.0 SnG Finale, winning a Prague package worth ₹5 Lakhs. Samit Mehta earned himself a Prague package worth ₹2.75 Lakhs in second place, with Young Gun Siddhanth Kripalani rounding out the winners, finishing third for a package worth ₹2.25 Lakhs.

Young Gun Anmol Mehta took down Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹3.95 Lakhs (won ₹4.86 Lakhs overall), while Lavesh Meena finished runner-up for ₹2.67 Lakhs (won ₹3.18 Lakhs overall).

Rudresh Manegaonkar took down MPL Poker’s Big Bucks Sunday for ₹20,100. Rajesh Kumar finished runner-up for ₹11,500.

Raghav Bansal, Gaurang Bhatti, Karan Thakker, Raman Arora, Sanchit Anand, Deepak Pipalwa, Shalvin Vohra, Ravi Chandran, Ashwani Kumar, and Abhinav Menon shipped the other Sunday marquees.

Here are the Sunday highlights!

PokerBaazi

1000X#32 Main Event – ₹50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 637

Re-entries – 644

Prize Pool – ₹64,05,000

Places Paid – 148

Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood is one player with an unmatched online poker resume, and the two-time POY winner thrashed out ₹9.80 Lakhs in Sunday winnings, asserting himself as a strong contender for the 2023 POY title. His best finish last night was conquering PokerBaazi’s ₹50 Lakhs GTD 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹7.89 Lakhs – his second title in two days.

Sood’s top Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹7,89,096

> 11th in Adda52’s Adda52 Big Game for ₹93,750

> 13th in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-21 [Sunday HighRoller] for ₹40,203

Gaurav Sood’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹14.82 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹7.53 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2

The Player Hunt Season 3 mentor Samay ‘Sammybigstac’ Singh Modi, chasing his second title on consecutive days, finished runner-up in the 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹4.80 Lakhs. He added ₹5.01 Lakhs across his Sunday run through four ITM finishes.

Another top pro Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar, pocketed ₹4.73 Lakhs through four ITM finishes, which include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹3,84,300

> 11th in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹50,575

> 25th in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-21 [Sunday High Roller] for ₹20,079

> 37th in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-20 [MINI MAIN] for ₹17,910

Mohammad Azhar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.18 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.67 Crores

Siddharth ‘CARDashian66’ Kadel made away with ₹3.65 Lakhs in Sunday earnings through the following deep runs:

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹3,09,362

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s BSS Night SPRINT for ₹52,528

> 81st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#34AfterParty for ₹2,942

Siddharth Kadel’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.37 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹31.83 Lakhs

Final Table Results

1. Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood – ₹7,89,096
2. Samay ‘Sammybigstac’ Singh Modi – ₹4,80,375
3. Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar – ₹3,84,300
4. Siddharth ‘CARDashian66’ Kadel – ₹3,09,362
5. CrystalTurtle44 – ₹2,45,312
6. Neeraj ‘neeraj2828’ Bajaj – ₹1,83,824
7. Nikhil ‘Nikhilaneja’ Aneja – ₹1,31,303
8. Laxmi ‘thedude7’ Narayan Meena – ₹96,075

(7-Max) BSS Championship – ₹35 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹8,250

Entries – 265

Re-entries – 266

Prize Pool – ₹39,83,000

Places Paid – 70

Young Gun Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi had a breakout run on the second Sunday of the New Year, adding almost ₹5.67 Lakhs from three deep runs. The score that stood out was the ₹5.24 Lakhs he won for taking down PokerBaazi’s ₹35 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) BSS Championship – his first title victory in almost seven weeks.

Joshi chopped the Sunday flagship title heads-up with last week’s Thursday High Roller champion, Young Gun Aayush ‘Learnnwin’ Arya, who pocketed ₹4.84 Lakhs as the runner-up.

Incidentally, the last title Joshi won last year was the BSS Championship in November, and his first title of 2023 was also in the same event.

Neel Joshi`s Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BSS Championship for ₹5,24,313

> 28th in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹21,675

> 18th in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹21,420

Neel Joshi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.5 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.73 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The 6 PM flagship registered 531 entries, generating a guarantee-crushing ₹39.83 Lakhs. The top 70 finishers got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi – ₹5,24,313*
2. Aayush ‘Learnnwin’ Arya – ₹4,83,657*
3. Pranav ‘Salmon123’ Bagai – ₹2,97,095
4. Yash ‘Riraizer’ Chitre – ₹2,26,604
5. Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan – ₹1,82,797
6. Gautam ‘rabbithunter’ Kaul – ₹1,39,388
7. Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik – ₹97,571

*denotes a heads-up deal

BSS HighRoller – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 160

Re-entries – 129

Prize Pool – ₹28,90,000

Places Paid – 35

Sunday saw several top pros winning headline tournaments, and one of them was Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra. Last week’s Wednesday High Roller champion, Mehrotra, came out on top of a guarantee-crushing 289-player field in PokerBaazi’s 8:30 PM marquee, ₹20 Lakhs GTD BSS HighRoller, taking home ₹4.91 Lakhs up top – his second title of 2023 and fifth in three weeks ‘Nk009’ finished runner-up for ₹3.47 Lakhs.

The IIT-IIM alumnus accumulated ₹7.04 Lakhs from six deep runs, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹4,91,300

> 18th in Adda52 Big Game for ₹65,625

> 9th in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-20 [MINI MAIN] for ₹53,841

> 38th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹44,835

> 38th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Championship for ₹27,878

> 27th in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-21 [Sunday High Roller – Boosted Gtd] for ₹20,079

Sanat Mehrotra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.63 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.82 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | Finished #11 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Ankit ‘akj290’ Jajodia collected ₹2.77 Lakhs in Sunday winnings, with his deepest run coming in the BSS HighRoller (4th for ₹2.46 Lakhs). His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.63 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹37.71 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The ₹11,000 buy-in tourney attracted 289 entries, posting a guarantee-smashing ₹28.90 Lakhs prize pool. The top 35 runners received cash prizes.

Final Table Results

1. Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹4,91,300
2. Nk009 – ₹3,46,511
3. Kritagya ‘Kritagya_17’ Sharma – ₹2,91,890
4. Ankit ‘akj290’ Jajodia – ₹2,45,650
5. Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹2,08,947
6. Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha – ₹1,72,822

1000X#33 MegaStack – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 636

Re-entries – 618

Prize Pool – ₹18,81,000

Places Paid – 209

Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam announced his return to the winner’s circle after a six-week gap last night, scoring the long-overdue victory in PokerBaazi’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD 1000X#33 MegaStack for ₹2.54 Lakhs. Alam bagged his first title of the year and his maiden 1000X Series title after besting Varun ‘omniknight’ Meena (2nd for ₹1.98 Lakhs) in the heads-up showdown.

Alam had an eventful Sunday run, netting almost ₹3.84 Lakhs across five deep runs, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#33 MegaStack for ₹2,54,499

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Championship for ₹79,650

> 56th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹32,025

> 12th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹13,115

> 41st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#34 AfterParty for ₹5,149

Varun Meena made one other ITM finish in the 1000X#31 (PLO-6) (17th for ₹6,560), posting ₹2.04 Lakhs overall. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.17 Crores | Lifetime ₹50.28 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The 7:30 PM tourney locked in 1,254 entries to comfortably sail past its listed guarantee, collecting ₹18.81 Lakhs in the prize pool. The top 209 places got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam – ₹2,54,499
2. Varun ‘omniknight’ Meena – ₹1,97,505
3. Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani – ₹1,43,332
4. Avneesh ‘iamam’ Munjal – ₹96,307
5. Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – ₹69,597
6. prakhar57 – ₹48,530
7. Aabhas ‘MrEVpositive’ Bandlish – ₹33,670
8. enriqueiglesias – ₹23,513

1000X#34 Afterparty – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 702

Re-entries – 524

Prize Pool – ₹12,26,000

Places Paid – 209

PokerBaazi`s 1000X Series wrapped up its second edition last night with Shrvan ‘SSAScorpion’ Amlekar taking down the last event on the schedule, ₹10 Lakhs GTD 1000X#34 Afterparty, for a site-best ₹1.66 Lakhs – ending a two-month-long title drought. Pranay ‘5pranay’ Chaudhry converted a ₹110 satellite investment into a runner-up payday worth ₹1.29 Lakhs.

Yesterday, Shrvan Amlekar raked in almost ₹1.88 Lakhs from five deep runs, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#34 Afterparty for ₹1,65,878 (his site-best finish)

> 30th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹8,330

> 21st in Spartan Poker’s Weekender for ₹6,011

> 135th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#30 for ₹5,300

> 15th in Spartan Poker’s Smash – Triple Chance for ₹2,058

The ₹1,100 entry buy-in 1000X#34 Afterparty paid out the top 209 places a share from the ₹12.26 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Shrvan ‘SSAScorpion’ Amlekar – ₹1,65,878
2. Pranay ‘5pranay’ Chaudhry – ₹1,28,730
3. Rishabh ’13rishabh’ Harsh – ₹93,421
4. Parag ‘vix786’ Shah – ₹62,771
5. digitalbuoy – ₹45,362
6. Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat – ₹31,631
7. Vandisel84 – ₹21,945
8. waynil10 – ₹15,325

1000X#30 (KO) – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 430

Re-entries – 389

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 137

Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna struck early in his Sunday grind, sweeping past an 819-strong field in PokerBaazi’s 4 PM ₹10 Lakhs GTD 1000X#30 (KO), bagging the top finisher’s due worth ₹1.53 Lakhs (₹8,000 in bounties) – his first title in over three weeks.

Kolkata-based MTT reg Bubna made away with a Sunday take-home worth ₹2.09 Lakhs from three ITM finishes and one bounty, which include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#30 (KO) for ₹1,52,800

> 39th in Spartan Poker’s SundaySuperstack for ₹30,912

> 20th in SpartanPoker’s Deepstack Turbo (6-Max) for ₹22,007

>151st in PokerStars India’s WinterSeries-20 [Mini Main] for ₹3,750

Harsh Bubna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.40 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹91.66 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The ₹2,200 entry buy-in KO event registered 819 runners, falling short of its listed guarantee by ₹1.81 Lakhs, and the top 137 finishers got paid.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹1,52,800
2. goodone – ₹1,18,000
3. Manish ‘Royalsagar’ Singh – ₹1,00,500
4. theoretical – ₹66,000
5. Sanjeeta ‘realkidsanju’ Kumari – ₹44,000
6. Kritagya ‘Kritagya_17’ Sharma – ₹41,000
7. Saurav ‘eternalgambler’ Gupta – ₹25,000
8. Dhawal ‘Stick3rz’ Lachhwani – ₹28,400

1000X#31 (PLO-6) – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 333

Re-entries – 571

Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000

Places Paid – 155

Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar, who finished #3 in the 2022 TLB standings, has been on a scoring spree since the start of the year. The mid-stakes volume junkie shipped PokerBaazi’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD 1000X#31 (PLO-6) for ₹99,250 yesterday, clinching his first title of 2023 following a heads-up deal with Eka ‘gettingthere’ Vedantham (opted out of our tracking) (2nd for ₹97,870).

Kumar made away with ₹1.07 Lakhs last night as he also scored in 1000X#33 MEGASTACK (38th for ₹7,900).

Neeraj Kumar`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.18 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.59 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | Finished #3 on the 2022 TLB (Points) Leaderboard

The ₹880 entry buy-in 1000X#31 clocked a 904-player starting field, falling ₹76,800 short of breaking even. The top 155 places got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar – ₹99,250*
2. Eka ‘gettingthere’ Vedantham – ₹97,870*
3. verbose – ₹64,800
4. fraudbaba – ₹44,000
5. Sandeep ‘Goldypaji’ Malik – ₹30,400
6. Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra – ₹21,200
7. Jivanu – ₹15,120
8. gd1921 – ₹11,280

*denotes a heads-up deal

Raman ‘Ranzoo9’ Arora (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD BSS Night SPRINT for ₹74,930), Deepak ‘Deep2607’ Pipalwa (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD BSS for ₹33,240), and ‘Abhi3292’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹22,190) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

Spartan Poker

Sunday Superstack – ₹35 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 219

Re-entries – 79

Rebuys – 150

Prize Pool – ₹44,80,000

Places Paid – 39

Living up to his reputation as one of the top poker talents in the country, Vishal ‘SimSlave’ Bajaj fired up an explosive Sunday run, adding a hefty ₹9.86 Lakhs from four ITM finishes. The 26-year-old MTT phenom picked up scores across sites and banked his biggest payout in Spartan Poker`s ₹35 Lakhs GTD Sunday Superstack, which he took down for the third time for ₹8.98 Lakhs.

Bajaj`s Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker`s Sunday Superstack for ₹8,98,240 (his second title in two days and third time winning the event)

> 12th in PokerBaazi`s BSS HighRoller for ₹50,575

> 18th in PokerStars India`s #WinterSeries-21 [#SundayHighRoller] for ₹25,308

> 121st in PokerBaazi`s 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹11,529

Vishal Bajaj`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.49 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.36 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | Finished #12 in the 2022 Leaderboard Rankings (Total Cashes)

Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal collected ₹5.97 Lakhs in the second place and accumulated a hefty ₹8.80 Lakhs overall on the back of another six cashes.

His top Sunday finishes include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹5,97,184

> 5th in PokerStars India’s Winter Series – 20 [Mini Main] for ₹98,497

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#33 Megastack for ₹96,307

> 22nd in Adda52 Big Game for ₹56,250

Avneesh Munjal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.81 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹78.62 Lakhs

Poker coach Mithun ‘1NTU1T1ON’ Mahesh (opted out of tracking) banked at least ₹4.19 Lakhs across two ITM finishes on Spartan Poker, which include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹3,52,576

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹66,759

Anmol ‘Dead money’ Narang pocketed ₹2.51 Lakhs across three ITM finishes, which include:

> 6th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹2,09,216

> 22nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹29,869

> 125th in PokerBazi’s 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹11,529

Anmol Narang’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.75 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹37.04 Lakhs

Final Table Results

1. Vishal ‘SimSlave’ Bajaj – ₹8,98,240
2. Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal – ₹5,97,184
3. Guneet ‘GeeKay’ Kwatra – ₹4,36,800
4. Mithun ‘1NTU1T1ON’ Mahesh – ₹3,52,576
5. Vikas ‘CharlieDREW’ – ₹2,76,416
6. Anmol ‘Dead money’ Narang – ₹2,09,216
7. Dhruvin ‘thepokerplayer’ Kothari – ₹1,53,664
8. Rishabh ‘radda’ Gupta – ₹1,12,896

Destiny 25.0 SnG Finale – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

The 25th edition of Spartan Poker’s Destiny series closed out on Sunday, with the ten winners across all Destiny 25.0 tournaments sitting down for the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Destiny 25.0 SnG Finale. The action took off at 9 PM, and the Destiny winner from October 5, 2022, Prem ‘keepplaying, Poonia, was the last player standing and won a Prague package worth ₹5 Lakhs.

Prem Poonia’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹21.75 Lakhs | Titles Won: #15

Samit ‘waghoneblood$’ Mehta earned himself a Prague package worth ₹2.75 Lakhs in second place, with Young Gun Siddhanth ‘PluRibu$’ Kripalani rounding out the winners, finishing third for a package worth ₹2.25 Lakhs.

In addition to the package, Siddhanth Kripalani pulled in ₹1.72 Lakhs across two ITM finishes, crossing ₹8 Crores in tracked online winnings.

His Sunday finishes include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 25.0 SnG Finale for ₹2,25,000 (Prague package)

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#33 Megastack for ₹1,43,332

> 25th in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹28,900

Siddhanth Kripalani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.60 Crores

Final Table Results

1. Prem ‘keepplaying’ Poonia – ₹5,00,000
2. Samit ‘waghoneblood$’ Mehta – ₹2,75,000
3. Siddhanth ‘PluRibu$’ Kripalani – ₹2,25,000

Armageddon – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 162

Re-entries – 30

Rebuys – 165

Prize Pool – ₹17,85,000

Places Paid – 27

Young Gun Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta posted his first title of the year in style, topping the 357-player field in Spartan Poker`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Armageddon, shipping the 6 PM Sunday tourney for the first time for ₹3.95 Lakhs. Lavesh ‘UPay4MyWeed98’ Meena collected ₹2.67 Lakhs in second place.

November’s The G.O.A.T third-place finisher, Mehta, added ₹4.86 Lakhs across four ITM finishes, which include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹3,95,378

> 36th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹44,835

> 57th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹23,895

> 26th in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹21,675

Lavesh Meena lapped up ₹3.18 Lakhs on the back of three ITM finishes, which include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹2,66,858

> 14th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹49,781

> 41st in Spartan Poker’s Weekender Day for ₹1,834

Lavesh Meena’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.60 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹36.17 Lakhs

Young Gun Devang ‘THENERDGUY’ Yadav (opted out of tracking) lapped up ₹1.98 Lakhs across two known Sunday finishes, which include:

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹1,19,417

> 16th in Adda52 Big Game for ₹78,125

Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram posted ₹3.06 Lakhs across six Sunday scores, which include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹1,83,677

> 23rd in Adda52’s Adda52 Big Game for ₹56,250

> 32nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹27,878

Arun Sriram’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.22 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.81 Crores

Thursday’s Ultron winner Ashutosh ‘stupefy’ Balodhi locked in almost ₹2.91 Lakhs from five deep runs. His top finishes include:

> 9th in Adda52’s Adda52 Big Game for ₹1,25,000

> 6th in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹91,749

> 24th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹39,424

Ashutosh Balodhi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.18 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.35 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Young Gun Shardul ‘fish2022’ Parthasarathi’s Sunday haul came in at over ₹2 Lakhs as he crossed the money line in five events. His top Sunday finishes include:

> 24th in Adda52’s Adda52 Big Game for ₹56,250

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹48,374

> 11th for PokerStars India’s Winter Series – 20 [Mini Main] Event for ₹40,393

> 29th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹34,944

Shardul Parthasarathi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.38 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.59 Crores

Final Table Results

1. Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹3,95,378
2. Lavesh ‘UPay4MyWeed98’ Meena – ₹2,66,858
3. Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram – ₹1,83,677
4. Pokerispain – ₹1,49,762
5. Devang ‘THENERDGUY’ Yadav – ₹1,19,417
6. Ashutosh ‘stupefy’ Balodhi – ₹91,749
7. Mithun ‘1NTU1T1ON’ Mahesh – ₹66,759
8. Shardul ‘fish2022’ Parthasarathi – ₹48,374

Deepstack Turbo (6-Max) – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 182

Re-entries – 42

Rebuys – 149

Prize Pool – ₹18,65,000

Places Paid – 31

The Adda52 Big Millions champion from November, well-known pro Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal, nailed Spartan Poker’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Deepstack Turbo (6-Max) for ₹3.94 Lakhs, ending a two-month-long title drought. One of the Indian challengers in Hanoi for the World Poker Championship, Amit ‘en el vacio’ Kaushik, placed runner-up for ₹2.66 Lakhs.

MTT pro Bansal collectively added ₹6.16 Lakhs from seven deep runs, which include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹3,94,448

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Money Heist for ₹57,684

> 26th in Adda52 Big Game for ₹56,250

> 7th in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-20 [Mini Main] for ₹51,848

> 34th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹24,063

> 28th in in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-21 [Sunday High Roller – Boosted GTD] for ₹20,079

> 135th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹11,529

Raghav Bansal’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.18 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.28 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The ₹5,500 buy-in event collected ₹18.65 Lakhs in the prize pool and paid out the top 31 places.

Final Table Results

1. Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal – ₹3,94,448
2. Amit ‘en el vacio’ Kaushik – ₹2,65,576
3. Deepankur ‘AngryPitbull’ Gupta – ₹1,87,246
4. Kingbadshah – ₹1,51,811
5. Karan ‘Junior-KK’ Kapur – ₹1,20,106
6. PHONEPE00 – ₹91,199

Money Heist – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 456

Re-entries – 144

Rebuys – 274

Prize Pool – ₹8,74,000

Places Paid – 87

The former Nano Highroller champion Karan ‘karannthakker’ Thakker traversed the 874-player field in Spartan Poker’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD Money Heist for ₹1.20 Lakhs, picking up his first title in seven weeks. In the final moments, Thakker struck a three-way deal with ‘chipUp124’ (2nd for ₹1.19 Lakhs) and Ishan ‘neatvat’ Tipre (3rd for ₹1.07 Lakhs).

Karan Thakker’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹37.08 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹15.87 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

Last niight’s Deepstack Turbo winner Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal (4th for ₹57,684), the the former Full House champion Devrat ‘Leonidas1’ Singh (6th for ₹35,572), Anita ‘Percival’ Hazra (7th for ₹26,307), and Prithvi ‘Blunders whale’ Singh (8th for ₹18,092) were others who FT-ed the 8 PM Money Heist.

Final Table Results

1. Karan ‘karannthakker’ Thakker – ₹1,19,764*
2. chipUp124 – ₹1,18,907*
3. Ishan ‘neatvat’ Tipre – ₹1,07,433*
4. Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal – ₹57,684
5. baba.jholar – ₹45,448
6. Devrat ‘Leonidas1’ Singh – ₹35,572
7. Anita ‘Percival’ Hazra – ₹26,307
8. Prithvi ‘Blunders whale’ Singh – ₹18,092

*denotes a three-way deal

Battlezone – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 85

Re-entries – 19

Rebuys – 66

Prize Pool – ₹5,95,000

Places Paid – 15

Spartan Poker user ‘Monty0515’ emerged triumphant over a field of 170 runners in the 4 PM marquee, ₹5 Lakhs GTD Battlezone, after seven riveting hours of play, netting a site-best ₹1.52 Lakhs for the coup.

Monty0515’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.95 Lakhs | No of title wins: #2

MPL Poker Team Pro Siddharth ‘SherRun’ Karia missed securing his first title this year by inches, finishing runner-up for ₹1.05 Lakhs. The poker pro notched up ₹2.25 Lakhs (overall) across five deep runs yesterday, which include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Battlezone for ₹1,04,720

> 14th in Adda52 Big Game for ₹78,125

> 61st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹25,620

> 20th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#33 MegaStack for ₹9,405

> 44th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹7,262

Siddharth Karia’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.08 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.47 Crores

The ₹3,850 entry buy-in tourney registered 170 entrants, who pooled in ₹95,000 more than the listed guarantee, and the top 15 finishers got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Monty0515 – ₹1,52,023
2. Siddharth ‘SherRun’ Karia – ₹1,04,720
3. Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover – ₹68,723
4. TPARTNER26 – ₹55,633
5. Karan ‘Engineerlonda’ Malhotra – ₹44,923
6. Parminder ‘Bounceez’ Randhava – ₹35,105
7. Anurag ‘Norman Bates’ Srivastava – ₹27,668
8. Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹21,123

‘JustHoldForOnce’ (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD Weekender for ₹80,576), ‘Hazardous10’ (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD Smash – Triple Chance for ₹43,776), Shalvin ‘tigress83’ Vohra (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹28,192), ‘Jacques’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Dark Knight for ₹21,981), ‘harryThakur’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Sundowner Multi-Entry for ₹26,167), Ashwani ‘ashwani0007’ Kumar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹17,026), and Kharola007’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹8,974) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

MPL Poker

Big Bucks Sunday – ₹1 Lakh GTD

Buy-in – ₹275

Entries – 399

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 100

Rudresh ‘chesspro8957875’ Manegaonkar totaled a 399-player field in the MPL Poker’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Big Bucks Sunday, taking home ₹20,100 in first-place prize money. Rajesh ‘prince8460582’ Kumar finished runner-up for ₹11,500.

Final Table Results

1. Rudresh ‘chesspro8957875’ Manegaonkar – ₹20,000
2. Rajesh ‘prince8460582’ Kumar – ₹11,500
3. Vishnu ‘parshu0014’ Pandey – ₹6,200
4. Priyanka ‘rpgcomrade82172’ Dutta – ₹5,000
5. Mohd ‘sumit606’ Sarik – ₹4,000
6. Mukesh ‘mashvariant6386’ Giramkar – ₹3,000
7. Raminder ‘arora0024’ Singh – ₹2,500
8. Vidhan ‘vidhaan041’ Bhagat – ₹2,100

Pocket52

Pocket Kings – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 217

Re-entries – 198

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 63

Pocket52 reg ‘Alak20’ bested a massive 415-entry field in the poker network`s Sunday headliner, ₹12 Lakhs GTD Pocket Kings, banking a hefty ₹2.10 Lakhs for the win. Site user ‘Q8 Suited_OsB0Kdrfvj’ came second for ₹1.50 Lakhs.

Final Table Results

1. Alak20 – ₹2,10,000
2. Q8 Suited_OsB0Kdrfvj – ₹1,50,000
3. 84##.757##_14247 – ₹1,02,000
4. crow_scale168_23139557 – ₹78,000
5. jatshankar – ₹56,400
6. Sanjay ‘smr1g10’ Mohan – ₹48,000

‘Killer’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch for ₹31,187), ‘partha_3inQTLY1qC’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Soda for ₹16,500), ‘dairingbaz’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹15,750) and ‘user1649415838’ (Won ₹60K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹13,272) won the other Pocket52 marquees on Sunday.

PokerStars India

Winter Series-20 [Mini Main] – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 256

Re-entries – 279

Total Prize Pool – ₹26,75,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹13,37,500

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹13,37,500

Places Paid – 63

PokerStars India user ‘Sahni1509’ outlasted the guarantee surpassing 535-entry field in the site’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Winter Series-20 [Mini Main], championing the event for ₹3.66 Lakhs (₹1.59 Lakhs in bounties).

The Goa-based reg Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira reeled in ₹5.26 Lakhs across eight deep runs, which include:

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-20 [Mini Main] for ₹3,16,676

> 9th in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹79,475

> 20th in Adda52 Big Game for ₹65,625

> 11th in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹30,036

> 32nd in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-21 [Sunday High Roller – Boosted GTD] for ₹20,079

> 15th in Spartan Poker’s Battlezone for ₹7,992

> 135th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#33 Megastack for ₹3950

> 80th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#31 (PLO-6) for ₹2,480

Myron Pereira’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.84 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ~₹1.03 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹7.60 Lakhs

Mandar Madaye FT-ed two Winter Series events for a collective ₹1.50 Lakhs. His Sunday FT finishes include:

> 4th in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-20 [Mini Main] for ₹1,18,724

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-18 [Polar Express] for ₹31,255

Mandar Madaye’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹99.59 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹20.54 Lakhs

The ₹5,500 entry buy-in Sunday headliner paid out the top 63 places a share of the ₹26.75 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Sahni1509 – ₹3,66,090
2. Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira – ₹3,15,426
3. Aryaman ‘AryaKnight’ Arora – ₹1,44,081
4. Mandar ‘MAMA4000’ Madaye – ₹1,18,724
5. Avneesh ‘IamAM09’ Munjal – ₹98,497
6. kudakan – ₹69,175
7. Raghav ‘OMGZ_ITS_RB’ Bansal – ₹50,598
8. Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora – ₹52,847
9. Sanat ‘durrsanta’ Mehrotra – ₹53,841

Winter Series-21 [Sunday High Roller – Boosted GTD], 6-Max – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 120

Re-entries – 120

Prize Pool – ₹24,00,000

Places Paid – 35

Thursday’s Winter Series-02 [High Roller] champion Vinay ‘VlNAY09’ Rajpal staked claim on his second High Roller title in the ongoing series, stomping past a stacked 240-entry field in PokerStars India’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD Winter Series-21 [Sunday High Roller] for ₹4.63 Lakhs. Sreekanth ‘LaganaHiToHai’ Narayan placed runner-up for ₹3.42 Lakhs.

Rajpal notched up ₹5.28 Lakhs in Sunday winnings from three deep runs and a bounty, which include:

> 1st in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-21 [Sunday High Roller – Boosted GTD] for ₹4,62,618

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹48,677

> 116th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹11,529

> 61st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#34 Afterparty for ₹3,555

Vinay Rajpal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.24 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹96.26 Lakhs | Annual Winnings: ₹10.97 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2

Himanshu ‘kosmoz21’ Arora has maneuvered himself into an early lead in the 2023 POY race and lapped up ₹5.55 Lakhs last night on the back of six deep runs, which include:

> 3rd in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-21 [Sunday High Roller – Boosted GTD] for ₹2,52,144

> 8th in PokerBaazi`s BSS HighRoller for ₹1,06,930

> 4th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹84,556

> 13th in Pokerbaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹59,738

> 20th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹48,384

> 143rd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#33 Megastack for ₹3,386

Himanshu Arora’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.38 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.68 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹24.60 Lakhs

The ₹11,000 entry buy-in event collected a guarantee-shattering ₹24 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 35 runners crossed the money line.

Final Table Results

1. Vinay ‘VlNAY09’ Rajpal – ₹4,62,618
2. Sreekanth ‘LaganaHiToHai’ Narayan – ₹3,41,535
3. Himanshu ‘kosmoz21’ Arora – ₹2,52,144
4. Varun ‘wardev’ Devayya – ₹1,86,149
5. pranshubansal1 – ₹1,37,428
6. Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹1,01,458
7. Adithya ‘RloxRenfield1’ N G – ₹80,497

Winter Series Leaderboard Standings After Day 5

Sanchit ‘devilsanchit’ Anand (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Winter Series-24 [Polar Express] for ₹46,922), ‘sonam kumari111’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Winter Series-23 [Winter Storm] for ₹36,712) and Ravi ‘rkcravi’ Chandran (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Winter Series-19 [Deep Snow, DST] for ₹27,086) won the other Winter Series titles on PokerStars India.

Adda52

Adda52 Big Game – ₹50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹27,500

Entries – 149

Re-entries – 101

Prize Pool – ₹62,50,000

Places Paid – 27

The first-ever SCS High Main Event champion, Tarush ‘tarush123’ Gupta (opted out of tracking), had a bombastic Sunday outing as he muscled through a 250-player field in Adda52`s ₹50 Lakhs GTD Adda52 Big Game to win ₹16.25 Lakhs – his maiden title of 2023 and third seven-figure online score! ‘AkkiDan007’ pocketed a runner-up payday worth ₹9.69 Lakhs.

The Adda52 Big Game fourth-place finisher, Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall, had a profitable Sunday session as he accumulated over ₹6.47 Lakhs across six deep runs, which include:

> 4th in Adda52 Big Game for ₹5,31,250

> 14th in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹27,602

> 46th in PokerBaazi’s (7-MAX) BSS Championship for ₹25,886

> 22nd in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-21 [Sunday High Roller – Boosted GTD] for ₹25,308

> 16th in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹24,098

> 90th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹12,810

Goonjan Mall`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.96 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.96 Crores

The BB#2 MoneyMaker champion Sahil ’you3bi4b’ Nair had quite the Sunday run, reeling in ₹3.88 Lakhs from three ITM finishes, which include:

> 5th in in Adda52 Big Game for ₹3,59,375 (parlayed a ₹2,750 satellite investment)

> 64th in PokerBaazi’s (7-MAX) BSS Championship for ₹23,895 (parlayed a ₹1,100 satellite investment)

> 89th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#33 MEGASTACK for ₹4,514

Sahil Nair’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.10 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹76.55 Lakhs

The ₹27,500 entry buy-in Adda52 Big Game crushed its listed guarantee by ₹12.50 Lakhs (25% surplus). The top 27 places boarded the money bus.

Final Table Results

1. Tarush ‘tarush123’ Gupta – ₹16,25,000
2. AkkiDan007 – ₹9,68,750
3. Ujjwal ‘fourteenk’ Narwal – ₹7,28,125
4. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹5,31,250
5. Sahil ’you3bi4b’ Nair – ₹3,59,375
6. ridrsofthrstorm – ₹2,65,625

Sunday Showdown – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 258

Re-entries – 250

Prize Pool – ₹11,43,000

Places Paid – 53

Gaurang ‘Bhattigaurang77’ Bhatti became the second player after Akhand Shukla to win four MTT titles this year and he earned that distinction after taking down Adda52’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Sunday Showdown for a personal-best ₹1.77 Lakhs – – 4X his previous best finish on the site!

Batti chopped the 6 PM title three-way with Mayank ‘ridrsofthrstorm’ Joshi (2nd for ₹1.56 Lakhs) and Sanjay ‘Floppednuts’ Kumar (3rd for ₹1.53 Lakhs) and lapped up ₹1.84 Lakhs in Sunday cashes from three deep runs on Adda52, which include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹1,77,529 (3-way deal)

> 12th in Adda52’s Holdem Bash for ₹4,250

> 22nd in Adda52’s Sunday Bounty for ₹2,336

Gaurang Bhatti’s online stats (Spartan Poker and Adda52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹14.30 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.01 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4

The ₹2,500 entry buy-in Sunday Showdown obliterated its listed guarantee by ₹1.43 Lakhs on the back of a 508-player starting field, and the top 53 places finished ITM.

Final Table Results

1. Gaurang ‘Bhattigaurang77’ Bhatti – ₹1,77,529*
2. Mayank ‘ridrsofthrstorm’ Joshi – ₹1,56,488*
3. Sanjay ‘Floppednuts’ Kumar – ₹1,53,417*
4. Himanshu ‘pirateking7’ Arora – ₹84,556
5. Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra – ₹61,979
6. kapoorA – ₹45,430
7. thunderbolt007 – ₹33,300
8. Sashank ’TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarty – ₹24,409

*denotes a three-way deal

‘Loveramani’ (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Sunday Bounty for ₹21,871) and Abhinav ‘Borntogamble’ Menon (Won ₹50K GTD Sunday Night PLO for ₹12,171) won the other Sunday marquees on Adda52.

Khelo365

Khelo365 user ‘Ganguli24’ shipped the site`s Sunday mainstay, ₹1 Lakh GTD Big Bang, for a handsome ₹35,000 payday. ‘Zebronic77’ came second for ₹22,000.

Site regular ‘Samaybk’ fired three bullets before taking down the ₹50K GTD Dominator for ₹15,500. ‘iambapokergod’ finished runner-up for ₹10,500.

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