Rishab Malik Enters Two-Time Millionaire Club After Shipping Spartan Poker’s MS #21 – The Millionaire; Sharma, Choudhary, Lamba & Raka Bank the Other Seven-Figure Sunday Scores

The first Sunday of September was a blockbuster one, with Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series 5.0, PokerStars India’s Galactic Series, and MPL Poker’s Master Series dishing out massive guaranteed tournaments.

On the eve of Teacher’s Day, many poker players made their coaches and mentors proud by topping the guarantee-crushing fields and scoring big.

Rishab Malik was the standout winner on Sunday. The 27-year-old poker pro from New Delhi not only banked the day’s biggest score, ₹18.87 Lakhs (overall), he entered the elite ‘two-time Millionaire’ club and breached the ₹5 Crores mark in tracked online winnings! Malik shipped Spartan Poker’s ₹1 Crore GTD MS #21 – The Millionaire for a site-best ₹16.75 Lakhs (he cashed the event four times, netting ₹17.16 Lakhs overall) after striking a three-way deal with Vaibhav Sharma (2nd for ₹12.12 Lakhs) and Uttam Lamba (3rd for ₹10.70 Lakhs).

Vaibhav Sharma pocketed a whopping ₹12.34 Lakhs in Sunday winnings on the back of three deep runs.

Yogesh Choudhary was another Millionaire champion to emerge on Sunday and won the coveted title in Spartan Poker`s MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire ( his maiden title of 2022) for a jaw-dropping ₹10.78 Lakhs. Like Malik, Choudhary, too, struck a three-way deal with Deepesh Raka (2nd for ₹9.86 Lakhs) and Ankit Jajodia (3rd for ₹8.75 Lakhs).

Deepesh Raka ended his Sunday run with a ₹10.43 Lakhs bankroll boost, while Ankit Jajodia raked in ₹9 Lakhs overall.

The most profitable player of the year, Young Gun Sahil Chutani, came out on top in Spartan Poker’s MS #19 Deepstack Turb, banking ₹4.87 Lakhs in first-place prize money. He collected ₹5.38 Lakhs through four deep runs.

Parag Shah (Won MS #16 for ₹2.27 Lakhs), Himanshu Aggarwal (Won MS #18 for ₹2.01 Lakhs), and Samyak Sethi (Won MS #20 – PKO Turbo for ₹1.49 Lakhs) shipped the other Millionaire Series titles on Sunday.

Ashit Sharma topped the 500-entry field in Adda52’s Mega Suits, clinching a site-best ₹6 Lakhs (won ₹6.26 Lakhs overall). Saturday`s top scorer, Young Gun Ujjwal Narwal, pocketed ₹3.50 Lakhs in second place.

PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit Wadhawan was one of three players from the stable winning a Sunday title and filled in ₹5.63 Lakhs in Sunday winnings. His best finish of the day was winning the Adda52 Millions for the third time for ₹5.40 Lakhs, and he chopped the title heads-up with Sumit Sapra (2nd for ₹4.98 Lakhs).

PokerBaazi user ‘tiltplay’ (anonymity requested) conquered PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for a personal-best ₹5.37 Lakhs. Anirudh Reddy finished runner-up for ₹3.77 Lakhs (won ₹4.34 Lakhs overall).

PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh Chadha championed Destiny 24.0 SnG Finale, winning a Las Vegas package worth ₹5 Lakhs. Rising Star Ritwik Khanna (won Las Vegas package worth ₹2.75 Lakhs) and yesterday’s BSS (6-Max) MonsterStack winner, PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek Singh (won Las Vegas package worth ₹2.25 Lakhs) secured the two other packages on offer.

Raghav Ananth nailed PokerStars India’s Galactic Series -29 [Sunday Special] for ₹2.87 Lakhs, netting ₹5.37 Lakhs across five ITM finishes.

Improving upon his runner-up finish in Spartan Poker`s MS #12 – Saturday Millionaire the day before, Tanmay Benara took down PokerStars India`s Galactic Series-32 [Sunday Highroller] for the first time, walking away with a winner’s paycheque worth ₹2.77 Lakhs (won ₹2.87 Lakhs overall).

Machiraju Dinesh was the last player standing in MPL Poker’s Sunday headliner, Master Series #11, and scored a career-best ₹1 Lakh.

Anoop Sharma (Won Master Series #10 for ₹36,750) and Mamta Meena (Won Master Series #12 for ₹18,912) clinched the other Master Series titles on Sunday.

PokerGuru Ambassador Advait Rajguru, Naresh Kumar, Partho Datta, Mukesh Surana, Manish Ranjan, Sashank Chakravarty, Uttam Gope, Amit Ayare, Paras Jain, Abhijeet Kumar, John Raphael, Neeraj Kumar, and Mrinmoy Chatterjee shipped the other Sunday majors.

Here are the Sunday highlights!

Spartan Poker

MS #21 – The Millionaire (1st Place ₹15 Lakhs GTD) – ₹1 Crore GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Total Entries – 1,309

Total Re-entries – 339

Total Rebuys – 819

Total Survivors – 309 (232)

Prize Pool – ₹1,23,35,000

Places Paid – 303

Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik is the newest entrant in the two-time Millionaire club! The 27-year-old triumphed over the 2,467-entry field in Spartan Poker’s ₹1 Crore GTD MS #21 – The Millionaire for a site-best ₹16.75 Lakhs (he cashed the event four times, netting ₹17.16 Lakhs cumulatively), following a three-way deal with Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma (2nd for ₹12.12 Lakhs) and Uttam ‘ulam’ Lamba (3rd for ₹10.70 Lakhs).

Malik’s previous Millionaire title came about a year ago in August. While his MS #21 – The Millionaire win was the biggest score of the day, the ENDBOSS 1.0 fifth-place finisher posted another three deep runs, banking ₹18.87 Lakhs (overall) and crossing ₹5 Crores in tracked online winnings.

His Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 -The Millionaire for ₹17,15,708* (cashed four times)

> 3rd in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-29 [Sunday Special] for ₹1,03,535

> 7th in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-32 [Sunday Highroller] for ₹56,752

> 50th in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹11,250

Rishab Malik’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.08 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.76 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹1.72 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #13

Saturday’s MS #13 runner-up finisher, Vaibhav Sharma, has been on a breakout run since last week, where he scored a hattrick of title victories. The MTT beast raked in a whopping ₹12.34 Lakhs last night through three ITM finishes, which include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 -The Millionaire for ₹12,11,982

> 44th in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹11,250

> 60th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹10,231

Vaibhav Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.38 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #8 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.75 Crores

Another two-time Millionaire on the MS #21 FT, the user ‘Usbcable’ (anonymity requested), pocketed ₹7.74 Lakhs through six scores which include:

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 -The Millionaire for ₹5,58,775

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s MS #16 for ₹1,53,387

> 20th in Spartan Poker’s MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire for ₹40,169

> 13th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹14,435

> 6th in Spartan Poker’s Ultimate OFC for ₹6,400

> 49th in Spartan Poker’s MS #20 Turbo PKO for ₹1,250

Final Table Results

1. Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik – ₹16,74,879*
2. Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma – ₹12,11,982*
3. Uttam ‘ulam’ Lamba – ₹10,70,207*
4. Usbcable – ₹5,58,775
5. Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal – ₹4,66,509
6. Harshad ‘Epic Whale’ Barve – ₹3,78,068
7. Devendra ‘thablack’ Suthar – ₹2,89,749
8. Dracula11 – ₹2,04,144

*denotes a three-way deal

MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire (1st Place ₹10 Lakhs GTD) – ₹50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 291

Re-entries – 113

Rebuys – 172

Prize Pool – ₹57,60,000

Places Paid – 60

It was raining Millions in Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series 5.0 last night, and Yogesh ‘GAMA PEHALWAN’ Choudhary was one of four players banking a seven-figure Sunday score on the site, i.e., ₹10.78 Lakhs with a victory march in the ₹50 Lakhs GTD MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire – bagging his maiden title of the year.

Like in MS #21 – The Millionaire, here too, a three-way deal was struck of which Deepesh ‘prince1993’ Raka (2nd for ₹9.86 Lakhs) and Ankit ‘HALAGALA’ Jajodia (3rd for ₹8.75 Lakhs) were the other beneficiaries.

Yogesh Choudhary’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹70.27 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #1

Deepesh Raka, chasing his first title in almost four months, made away with a whopping ₹10.43 Lakhs yesterday on the back of three ITM finishes. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.28 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹21.92 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3

Avinash ‘Naacho-BC’ Kumar cashed for ₹4.09 Lakhs through three ITM finishes which include:

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire for ₹3,74,400

> 27th in Spartan Poker’s MS #19 Deepstack Turbo for ₹20,750

> 149th in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 -The Millionaire for ₹14,185

Avinash Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.37 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹16.74 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #11

PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish’ Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja fired up seven ITM finishes across his hectic Sunday grind, netting ₹5.39 Lakhs. Not only did he storm into #5 in the annual standings, but the Chandigarh-based pro also hit a notable career milestone, crossing ₹12 Crores in tracked online winnings!

Ashish Ahuja`s Sunday finishes include:

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire for ₹2,36,160

> 5th in Adda52’s Adda52 Millions for ₹1,43,750

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s MS #18 for ₹79,299

> 100th in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 -The Millionaire for ₹34,785

> 14th in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-29 [Sunday Special – Gtd Boost] for ₹29,764

> 58th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹10,231

> 34th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS SPRINT for ₹5,295

Ashish Ahuja’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.64 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹2.40 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #19 | Moves to #5 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Final Table Results

1. Yogesh ‘GAMA PEHALWAN’ Choudhary – ₹10,78,025*
2. Deepesh ‘prince1993’ Raka – ₹9,85,736*
3. Ankit ‘HALAGALA’ Jajodia – ₹8,73,839*
4. Avinash ‘Naacho-BC’ Kumar – ₹3,74,400
5. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹2,36,160
6. Ashish ‘Donkey 07’ Munot – ₹1,72,800
7. Arun ‘Rohini Sharma’ Karthik – ₹1,44,000
8. Metamorphosis – ₹1,15,200

*denotes a three-way deal

MS #19 – Deepstack Turbo – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 255

Re-entries – 78

Rebuys – 167

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 47

Young Gun Sahil ‘$lim$hady19’ Chutani has had a cracking year, and his run good continued on Sunday. The poker coach netted ₹5.38 Lakhs in winnings through four deep runs, including shipping Spartan Poker’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD MS #19 – Deepstack Turbo for ₹4.87 Lakhs, picking up his first title in nearly a month.

Akshat ‘doubledown’ Sharma finished runner-up for ₹3.10 Lakhs.

Sahil Chutani’s Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s MS #19 Deepstack Turbo for ₹4,87,250

> 38th in Spartan Poker’s MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire for ₹28,224

> 196th in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 – The Millionaire for ₹11,718

> 53rd in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹11,250

Sahil Chutani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.53 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.74 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹2.95 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #18 | Ranked #2 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #1 in Annual Profits

Akshat Sharma locked in ₹5.09 Lakhs through six ITM finishes which include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s MS #19 Deepstack Turbo for ₹3,09,500

> 7th in Adda52’s Adda52 Millions for ₹81,250

> 11th in Spartan Poker’s MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire for ₹51,840

> 44th in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 -The Millionaire for ₹32,811

> 14th in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹25,000

> 35th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹8,556

Akshat Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.19 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹97.09 Lakhs | Annual Winnings: ₹1.15 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #7

Alok ‘Mazacar’ Birewar pocketed ₹85,994 last night on the back of three ITM finishes which include:

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s MS #19 Deepstack Turbo for ₹61,000

> 168th in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 -The Millionaire for ₹12,828

> 53rd in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹12,166

Alok Birewar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.65 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #6 | Annual Winnings: ₹50 Lakhs

Final Table Results

1. Sahil ‘$lim$hady19’ Chutani – ₹4,87,250
2. Akshat ‘doubledown’ Sharma – ₹3,09,500
3. Neeraj ‘NeeruNJ’ Sattawat – ₹2,32,000
4. angleShot23 – ₹1,87,750
5. Au$tin – ₹1,48,000
6. Swapnil ‘norm_macdonald’ Patil – ₹1,13,000
7. Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha – ₹83,000
8. Alok ‘Mazacar’ Birewar – ₹61,000

MS #16 – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 161

Re-entries – 36

Rebuys – 145

Prize Pool – ₹10,26,000

Places Paid – 27

Spartan poker loyalist Parag ‘Persie’ Shah has been in sublime form in the ongoing Millionaire Series 5.0 and is among the top-ranked players in the MS 2 Million leaderboard standings. The MTT reg stormed past a 342-player field in the site’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD MS #16 and seized the title after seven hours of action-packed play, taking home ₹2.27 Lakhs. Last night`s MS #21 – The Millionaire fourth-place finisher ‘Usbcable’ (anonymity requested) collected ₹1.53 Lakhs in second place.

Shah cumulatively added ₹3.97 Lakhs on Sunday from five ITM runs. His Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s MS #16 for ₹2,27,259

> 9th in Spartan Poker’s MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire for ₹1,00,800

> 21st in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 – The Millionaire Day 2 for ₹66,609

> 63rd in Spartan Poker’s Weekender Day 2 for ₹1,450

Parag Shah’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹98.95 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹14.05 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹43.19 Lakhs | Ranked #3 in the Millionaire Series 2 Million Leaderboard Standings

Final Table Results

1. Parag ‘Persie’ Shah – ₹2,27,259
2. Usbcable – ₹1,53,387
3. Neeraj’ UnsafeChoice’ Kumar – ₹1,02,874
4. Vikrant ‘borntrouble’ Varma – ₹86,081
5. Wish555 – ₹65,938
6. CashMeIfYouCan – ₹50,035
7. kracker – ₹38,372
8. Siddharth’ FLIPopotamus’ Kadel – ₹27,805

Destiny 24.0 Finale ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Entries – 8

Places Paid – 3

Spartan Poker’s Destiny 24.0 Finale ran from 9 PM to 12.37 AM on Sunday, bringing all the Destiny 24.0 series winners (counting one double stack) from the past eight weeks together for an SNG match that guaranteed Las Vegas packages worth ₹10 Lakhs to the top three finishers. Only eight winners joined the action, and PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh ‘bazzinga’ Chadha walked away as the champion! Chadha, who topped the weekly leaderboard for two consecutive weeks, grabbed a Las Vegas Package worth ₹5 Lakhs.

Chadha also FTed the MS #19 Deepstack Turbo on Spartan Poker while cashing another four events to rake in Sunday winnings amounting to ₹6.88 Lakhs. His top Sunday scores are:

>1st in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 24.0 Finale for ₹5,00,000 (Las Vegas Package)

> 7th in Spartan Poker’s MS #19 Deepstack Turbo for ₹83,000

Arjanveer Singh Chadha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.80 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.26 Crores | Titles Won in 2022:17 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.73 Crores

Rising Star Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna placed second for ₹2.75 Lakhs, with BSS Monsterstack champion, PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh receiving a Las Vegas package worth ₹2.25 Lakhs in third place.

Khanna cashed another two events to boost his bankroll by ₹2.96 Lakhs. His top Sunday scores include:

>2nd in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 24.0 Finale for ₹2,50,000 (Las Vegas Package)

> 8th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹23,250

> 22nd in Adda52’s Adda52 Millions for ₹22,500

Ritwik Khanna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.52 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.04 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: 12

Singh’s Sunday victory and multiple standout scores saw him add a hefty ₹5.21 Lakhs to his online scorecard.

Final Results (Vegas Packages)

1. Arjanveer Singh ‘bazzinga’ Chadha – ₹5,00,000
2. Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna – ₹2,75,000
3. Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh – ₹2,25,000

MS #18 – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 741

Re-entries – 193

Rebuys – 401

Prize Pool – ₹13,35,000

Places Paid – 135

Spartan Poker reg Himanshu ‘venomaster’ Aggarwal scored a thumping victory in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD MS #18, outlasting a guarantee-busting 1,335-player field to win his first Millionaire Series title and a personal-best ₹2.01 Lakhs. He chopped the 8 PM marquee heads-up with Shrikant ‘baphomate’ Pradhan (2nd for ₹1.97 Lakhs)

Last night’s Galactic Series-29 [Sunday Special] champion, Raghav ‘Mr. Bean’ Ananth posted a third-place finish worth ₹1.06 Lakhs, rounding up ₹5.37 Lakhs in Sunday winnings.

Final Table Results

1. Himanshu ‘venomaster’ Aggarwal – ₹2,00,598*
2. Shrikant ‘baphomate’ Pradhan – ₹1,96,965*
3. Raghav ‘Mr. Bean’ Ananth – ₹1,05,599
4. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹79,299
5. Shinu22 – ₹61,677
6. TheRealAAJJ – ₹45,657
7. Aman2499 – ₹32,694
8. Shyam ‘shyam1190’ Sundar – ₹23,996

*denotes a heads-up deal

MS #20 – PKO Turbo – ₹6 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 186

Re-entries – 41

Rebuys – 144

Total Prize Pool – ₹7,42,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹3,71,000

Knockout Prize Pool – ₹3,71,000

Places Paid – 31

The Baazi Turbo Series Main Event champion, Samyak ‘stonedurr’ Sethi, outlasted a reg-laden 371-player field in Spartan Poker’s MS #20 – PKO Turbo, picking up his first title of the month and a ₹1.49 Lakhs cash prize (₹70,039 in bounties). Siddharth ‘FLIPopotamus’ Kadel pocketed ₹60,643 (₹7,813 in bounties) in second place.

Sethi`s Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s MS #20 – PKO (Turbo) for ₹1,48,506

> 70th in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 -The Millionaire for ₹21,956

> 43rd in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹13,750

> 38th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹8,556

Samyak Sethi`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹54.25 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹20.93 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #12

Final Table Results (Include Bounties)

1. Samyak ‘stonedurr’ Sethi – ₹1,48,506
2. Siddharth ‘FLIPopotamus’ Kadel – ₹60,643
3. ardneran1 – ₹57,428
4. kilzzz – ₹40,090
5. Unnikrishnan ‘swimminwdafishies’ Nair – ₹25,642
6. Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC – ₹28,923
7. Refill – ₹38,979
8. Giraldik – ₹16,996

Weekender Day 2 – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹660

Total Entries – 499

Total Re-entries – 77

Total Rebuys – 247

Total Survivors – 103 (88)

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 103

The second edition of Spartan Poker`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Weekender brought in 823 entrants across three starting flights, and 103 hopefuls (88 unique players) returned for Day 2 yesterday.

The ₹660 buy-in tournament wrapped up at 1.51 AM, with Naresh ‘NareshNow’ Kumar walking away with the title and the ₹78,422 up top. He struck a heads-up deal with ‘Mantri97’, who netted ₹74,228 for their second-place finish.

Naresh Kumar`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹45.47 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.09 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #7

Final Table Results

1. Naresh ‘NareshNow’ Kumar – ₹78,422*
2. Mantri97 – ₹74,228*
3. Hazardous10 – ₹41,400
4. Unnikrishnan ‘swimminwdafishies’ Nair – ₹31,350
5. papatumhare – ₹24,950
6. einor$uperhero769 – ₹19,150
7. whiskypokerr – ₹13,850
8. Pankaj ‘blom89’ Rautela – ₹9,450

*denotes a heads-up deal

Millionaire Series 5.0 2 Million Leaderboard – Day 4

Leaderboard crusher Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC (3,808 points) has overtaken Anurag ‘CultOfPersonality’ Srivastava (3,545 points) in the Millionaire Series 5.0 2 Million Leaderboard standings. Yesterday’s MS #16 winner, Parag ‘Persie’ Shah (2,942 points), is still firmly perched at the #3 spot.

Manish ‘diamond101’ Ranjan (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Sun Poker Nite #4 for ₹49,290), Paras ‘Jhukega nahi $ala’ Jain (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultimate OFC for ₹29,488), ‘Prithvi23’ (Won ₹50K GTD Ultimate OFC – Pineapple OH for ₹14,394), and ‘LuckyPatcher’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹9,866) won the other Sunday marquees on Spartan Poker.

PokerBaazi

BSS SuperStack – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 262

Re-entries – 291

Prize Pool – ₹27,65,000

Places Paid – 63

PokerBaazi user ‘tiltplay’ overcame a stacked 553-player field in the site`s ₹20 Lakhs GTD BSS SuperStack to collect a career-best ₹5.37 Lakhs. Anirudh ‘flash1’ Reddy placed runner-up for ₹3.77 Lakhs – his fourth-time final table finish in the event.

Anirudh Reddy made another three ITM finishes in Sunday tournaments, collectively adding ₹4.34 Lakhs.

His top Sunday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi`s BSS SuperStack for ₹3,76,593

> 28th in Spartan Poker`s MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire for ₹31,680

> 89th in Spartan Poker`s MS #21 – The Millionaire for ₹18,873

Anirudh Reddy`s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.09 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.06 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #6

The ₹5,500 buy-in event ran from 7 PM to 3.07 AM, and the top 63 finishers earned a share of the ₹27.65 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. tiltplay – ₹537,240
2. Anirudh ‘flash1’ Reddy – ₹3,76,593
3. Vikas ‘nohomejerome’ Yadav – ₹2,42,214
4. Areyann ‘kreishhAA’ Gurbaxani – ₹1,79,172
5. Deepak ‘3streakbluff’ Singh – ₹134,379
6. Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni – ₹1,07,835
7. Benwa179 – ₹89,863
8. Akhilesh ‘Ikka5’ Chauhan – ₹71,614

(7-Max) BSS SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 219

Re-entries – 208

Prize Pool – ₹8,54,000

Places Paid – 54

PokerGuru Ambassador Advait ‘ExploitativeGTO’ Rajguru broke past a 427-player barrier in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) BSS SPRINT, taking down the title and collecting the winner’s due worth ₹1.72 Lakhs. Rajguru outdid stablemate Faiz ‘AliaGaya’ Alam (2nd for ₹1.20 Lakhs) heads-up.

Uttam Gope added over ₹1 Lakh across four ITM runs, including winning the Daily Morning SPRINT.

His Sunday finishes include:

> 6th in PokerBazi’s BSS SPRINT for ₹34,416

> 1st in PokerBazi’s Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹32,647

> 15th in PokerBazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹32,074

> 65th in PokerBazi’s BSS Kickoff for ₹917

Uttam Gope’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹20.56 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹5.71 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5

Final Table Results

1. Advait ‘ExploitativeGTO’ Rajguru – ₹1,71,654
2. AliaGaya – ₹1,20,329
3. Kritika ‘jessepinkman420’ Chugh – ₹77,372
4. Allen ‘romeo333’ Romeo – ₹57,218
5. Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarty – ₹42,956
6. Uttam ‘brokenpocker’ Gope – ₹34,416
7. Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar – ₹28,694

BSS (6-Max) MonsterStack – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 160

Re-entries – 134

Prize Pool – ₹7,35,000

Places Paid – 36

The former The Millionaire champion and last week`s Destiny winner, PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh, conquered PokerBaazi’s Sunday evening favorite, ₹5 Lakhs GTD BSS (6-Max) MonsterStack, adding ₹1.62 Lakhs to his poker bankroll. Chirag ‘chiragkhanduja’ Khanduja came second for ₹1.14 Lakhs.

Singh made another six ITM finishes and bagged a Las Vegas package worth ₹2.25 Lakhs for finishing third in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 24.0 SnG Finale.

Vivek Singh`s Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BSS (6-Max) MonsterStack for ₹1,62,362

> 14th in Adda52 Millions for ₹31,250

> 60th in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 – The Millionaire for ₹26,027

> 48th in Spartan Poker’s MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire for ₹24,768

> 21stth in Spartan Poker’s MS #19 – Deepstack Turbo for ₹23,250

> 29th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹16,590

> 23rd in Spartan Poker’s MS #16 for ₹11,286

Vivek Singh`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.17 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.16 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #18 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.12 Crores

Final Table Results

1. Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh – ₹1,62,362
2. Chirag ‘chiragkhanduja’ Khanduja – ₹1,13,925
3. Tarush ‘Busterr’ Gupta – ₹73,280
4. Chandan ‘darkfish’ Arora – ₹54,243
5. Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarty – ₹40,719
6. Monam ‘loosingfreak’ Hayat – ₹32,561

Mukesh ‘Guruuu’ Surana (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night SPRINT for ₹55,140), ‘Hdwiedi3’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD BSS for ₹49,390), ‘Kingofdisco’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD BSS Kickoff for ₹34,800), Uttam ‘brokenpocker’ Gope (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹32,650), John ‘Jopay.poker’ Raphael (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD BSS Afternoon SPRINT for ₹26,920), Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Baazi Super Value for ₹13,500), and ‘yano’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Baazi Super Value for ₹11,270) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

MPL Poker

Master Series #11 – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Total Entries – 286

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 45

Machiraju ‘player3580643’ Dinesh outmaneuvered a 286-strong field in MPL Poker’s Sunday flagship, ₹5 Lakhs GTD Master Series #11, clinching his first MTT title on the site and a career-best ₹1 Lakh.

Puneet ‘arhanhit’ Fatehchand Jain fell one short of the finish line, taking home ₹70,000 in second-place prize money.

Final Table Results

1. Machiraju ‘player3580643’ Dinesh – ₹1,00,000
2. Puneet ‘arhanhit’ Jain – ₹70,000
3. Anjul ‘pariqueenstar’ Bajpai – ₹50,000
4. Bijoy ‘dealtweapon442’ Mathew – ₹37,500
5. Himanshu ‘comeontheboyzz’ Arora – ₹26,250
6. epicability6560 – ₹18,750
7. Satyam ‘gtoontilt’ Verma – ₹15,000
8. Rajarshi ‘ninjabuff35517’ Saha – ₹12,500

Anoop ‘zimmyyash’ Sharma (Won ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Master Series #10 for ₹36,750) and Mamta ‘socialgame15904’ Meena (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD Master Series #12 for ₹18,912) won the other Master Series titles on Sunday.

Masters Series Leaderboard – Day 4

Prabhas Sharma (112 points) topped the leaderboard, with ‘OM PRAKASH’ (95 points) and ‘Beast’ (83 points) rounding out the top three ranks.

PokerStars India

Galactic Series-29 [Sunday Special] – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 219

Re-entries – 177

Regular Prize Pool – ₹10,10,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹9,90,000

Total Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000

Places Paid – 47

Raghav ‘scambrahm’ Ananth went on a rampage last night and collected almost ₹5.37 Lakhs across five ITM finishes – three of them six-figure scores! He most prominently championed PokerStars India`s ₹20 Lakhs GTD Galactic Series -29 [Sunday Special] for ₹2.87 Lakhs.

His Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerStars India`s Galactic Series-29 [Sunday Special] for ₹2,87,531 (his first title in over three months)

> 12th in Spartan Poker`s MS #21 – The Millionaire for ₹1,26,680

> 3rd in Spartan Poker`s MS #18 for ₹1,05,599

> 14th in Spartan Poker’s MS #16 for ₹15,390

> 39th in Spartan Poker’s Weekender for ₹1,850

Raghav Ananth`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.34 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹33.86 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5

The newly elevated PokerGuru Staking coach, Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIn’ Mahesh (opted out of our tracking), pocketed ₹2.55 Lakhs in second place.

The ₹5,500 buy-in Sunday Special registered a starting field of 396 participants, falling four entries short of breaking even, and paid out 47 places.

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

1. Raghav ‘scambrahm’ Ananth – ₹2,87,531
2. Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIn’ Mahesh – ₹2,55,890
3. Rishab ‘NoChan(3’ Malik – ₹1,03,535
4. Dayanand ‘dayanandprass’ Prass – ₹1,16,628
5. WaveBosss – ₹75,716
6. rdx1111 – ₹1,04,473
7. Shravan ‘lukBo$$13’ Chhabria – ₹63,436
8. Deepankur ‘dp8218’ Gupta – ₹43,124
9. Arman ‘huger_pen’ Khan – ₹41,730

Galactic Series-32 [Sunday Highroller] – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 74

Re-entries – 41

Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000

Places Paid – 13

Fresh off a runner-up finish in Spartan Poker`s MS #12 – Saturday Millionaire the day before, Tanmay ‘tanmay1909’ Benara went the distance in PokerStars India`s ₹12 Lakhs GTD Galactic Series-32 [Sunday Highroller], winning the Sunday flagship for the first time last night for ₹2.77 Lakhs.

The five-time SPRINT champion, Benara, accumulated almost ₹2.87 Lakhs in Sunday winnings as he made another ITM finish in Spartan Poker’s MS #20 Turbo (20th for ₹10,315), crossing ₹3 Crores in tracked online winnings.

Tanmay Benara’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹92.41 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #17

The #5 ranked player of the year and Friday’s Galactic Series – 15 [Hubble Bubble Rush] champion, Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar, scored an insane ROI in the Sunday Highroller, spinning up a ₹1,100 satellite buy-in into a runner-up payday worth ₹2.12 Lakhs.

The three-time THC title holder, Gangwar, raked in over ₹3.37 Lakhs last night, counting another four deep runs. His Sunday finishes include:

> 2nd in Galactic Series-32 [Sunday Highroller] for ₹2,12,376

> 34th in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 -The Millionaire for ₹81,658

> 13th in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-29 [Sunday Special – Gtd Boost] for ₹29,157

> 22nd in Add52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹10,185

Siddharth Gangwar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.12 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.55 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #25| Annual Winnings: ₹2.38 Crores| Ranked #5 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

The ₹11,000 buy-in Sunday Highroller registered an overlay shortfall of ₹50,000 after only 115 hopefuls signed up for the event, and the top 13 places got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Tanmay ‘tanmay1909’ Benara – ₹2,76,522
2. Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar – ₹2,12,376
3. ThatsItAllin – ₹1,63,110
4. Lavesh ‘lavesh786’ Meena – ₹1,25,272
5. Archit ‘Flyingmuck’ Khandelwal – ₹96,212
6. ankit2107 – ₹73,893
7. Rishab ‘NoChan(3’ Malik – ₹56,752
8. Gautam ‘nomnomnom18’ Sethi – ₹43,587
9. Nerupuda – ₹33,476

Partho ‘Spidermanindia’ Datta (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD Galactic Series-35 [Sunday Cooldown] for ₹56,556), Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarty (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Galactic Series-31 [Cosmic Warm-up] for ₹46,723), Amit ‘Nitin&AMIT9999’ Ayare (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Galactic Series-33 [Solar Storm] for ₹31,707), Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Galactic Series-28 [50 Big Blinds, 2 Final Table Payout] for ₹28,332), ‘DEVME’ (Won ₹40K GTD Galactic Series-34 [Pulsar PLO] for ₹12,964), and ‘rkrohan@&’ (Won ₹50K GTD Galactic Series-30 [Bounty Planet] for ₹7,992) won the other Galactic Series titles on Sunday.

‘Ddevil57’ took down the ₹50K GTD Afternoon on Stars for ₹17,578.

Galactic Series Leaderboard – Day 4

With Day 4 of the Galactic Series in the books, last night`s Galactic Series-28 champion Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar (690 points) headlines the ₹5 Lakhs-added series’ leaderboard standings, while ‘WaveBosss’ and ‘Prabhat1028’ round out the top three positions – both with 605 points.

Galactic Series Standings After Day 4

Pocket52

Pocket Jacks – ₹2 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 124

Re-entries – 79

Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000

Places Paid – 30

The user ‘Sahilpihu2’ took down Pocket52’s Sunday attraction, ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, for ₹40,600. Site regular ‘lucky_bhai’ cashed for ₹28,928 in second place.

Final Table Results

1. Sahilpihu2 – ₹40,600
2. lucky_bhai – ₹28,928
3. lucky2Blucky – ₹20,300
4. mosti – ₹14,210
5. HassiAces – ₹10,658
6. smitra11 – ₹8,120

‘Daynamobom’ (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD Gladiator for ₹23,000), ‘Looser’ (Won ₹75K GTD Unravel for ₹16,500), Mrinmoy ‘Trishit’ Chatterjee (Won ₹60K GTD Snacks for ₹12,600), and ‘mosti’ (Won ₹50K GTD Dessert for ₹12,453) won the other Sunday marquees on Pocket52.

PokerDangal

Sunday PLO6 – ₹50K GTD

Buy-in – ₹330

Entries – 66

Re-entries – 62

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 20

PokerDangal’s ₹50K GTD Sunday PLO6 brought in 128 runners, and ‘Anky03’ outlasted them all to win the title for ₹11,000. Anshu ‘nope11’ Pandey finished runner-up for ₹8,250.

Final Table Results

1. Anky03 – ₹11,000
2. Anshu ‘nope11’ Pandey – ₹8,250
3. 100NU_J1 – ₹6,000
4. jatsahab50 – ₹4,500
5. spewgod – ₹3,375
6. Stanley89 – ₹2,500

Adda52

Mega Suits – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 263

Re-entries – 237

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 55

The former The Millionaire runner-up finisher Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma outran the 500-player field in Adda52`s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Mega Suits to capture the title for a site-best ₹6 Lakhs – also his first flagship title victory after a month. Friday’s breakout runner, Young Gun Ujjwal ‘fourteenk’ Narwal, kept the momentum going by picking up a runner-up payday worth ₹3.50 Lakhs.

Ashit Sharma raked in almost ₹6.26 Lakhs across his Sunday run, posting one of his best finishes of 2022. His top Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹6,00,000

> 13th in Spartan Poker’s MS #16 for ₹16,929

> 65th in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series – 29 [Sunday Special GTD Boost] for ₹5,938

Ashit Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.12 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.15 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #17 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.38 Crores

Seasoned MTT pro Raghav ‘balugawhale’ Bansal, who recently crossed ₹6 Crores in tracked online winnings, filled in ₹1.41 Lakhs in Sunday winnings from two deep runs, which include:

> 19th in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 – The Millionaire for ₹78,944

> 7th in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹62,500

Raghav Bansal’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.04 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.88 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #2

The ₹5,500 buy-in Mega Suits ran from 7.30 PM to 3.44 AM and just about met its advertised ₹25 Lakhs prize pool guarantee that was distributed among the top 55 finishers.

Final Table Results

1. Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹6,00,000
2. Ujjwal ‘fourteenk’ Narwal – ₹3,50,000
3. Vinay ‘vinay0902’ Rajpal – ₹2,37,500
4. akx – ₹1,87,500
5. happyfish – ₹1,25,000
6. Rajat ‘oshoswami’ Sharma – ₹87,500
7. Raghav ‘balugawhale’ Bansal – ₹62,500
8. Sush15 – ₹50,000

Adda52 Millions – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 143

Re-entries – 102

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 27

PokerGuru Staking had another terrific Sunday with three titles in the bag! The biggest winner from the stable was PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan, who nailed Adda52 Millions for the third time last night for ₹5.40 Lakhs, following a heads-up deal with Sumit ‘hammer_head’ Sapra (2nd for ₹4.98 Lakhs).

Not only did Wadhawan end an over two-month-long title drought by taking down the Adda52 Millions last night, but he also cashed in Spartan Poker`s MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire, adding ₹5.63 Lakhs in Sunday winnings.

His Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52 Millions for ₹5,39,610

>59th in Spartan Poker`s MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire for ₹23,040

Ankit Wadhawan`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.84 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.33 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #9 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.90 Crores | Ranked #17 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

The Asian live circuit regular Sumit Sapra made another deep run in Spartan Poker`s MS #21 – The Millionaire, adding ₹5.10 Lakhs (overall) and is fast approaching the ₹10 Crore milestone in recorded online winnings.

Sumit Sapra’s Sunday finishes include:

> 2nd in Adda52 Millions for ₹4,97,890

> 207th in Spartan Poker`s MS #21 – The Millionaire for ₹11,718

Sumit Sapra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.89 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.58 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #2

PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja FT-ed three events and cashed another four, cashing ₹5.39 Lakhs overall. The lawyer-turned-poker pro hit a significant career milestone by entering the elite ‘₹12 Crore Club’ in recorded online winnings and stormed his way to #5 in the annual leaderboard rankings.

Ahuja’s top Sunday finishes include:

> 5th in Adda52 Millions for ₹1,43,750

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire for ₹2,36,160

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s MS #18 for ₹79,299

Ashish Ahuja’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.64 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #18 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.41 Crores | Moves to #5 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Adda52 Millions registered a 245-player field, overlaying ₹50,000, and 27 places got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – ₹5,39,610
2. Sumit ‘hammer_head’ Sapra – ₹4,97,890
3. Tarush ‘tarush123’ Gupta – ₹2,91,250
4. Bujo – ₹2,12,500
5. Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹1,43,750
6. Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh – ₹1,06,250

Sunday Showdown – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 215

Re-entries – 144

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 39

Adda52 user ‘josepha99’ proved to be the last player standing in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Sunday Showdown and won the title for a site-best ₹1.93 Lakhs, with poker streamer Nitin ‘JeeneNhiDunga’ Rawat banking ₹1.42 Lakhs as the runner-up.

This turned out to be a much-needed breakout score for the winner, who was playing their 172nd MTT on the site and still has ₹83,043 in recorded losses.

Nitin Rawat made away with over ₹1.76 Lakhs in Sunday winnings across four ITM finishes, which include:

> 2nd in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹1,42,602

> 33rd in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹16,250

> 134th in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 -The Millionaire for ₹14,185

> 89th in Spartan Poker’s MS #18 for ₹3,217

Nitin Rawat’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹60.45 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #19

The ₹2,500 buy-in Sunday Showdown brought in 359 participants, falling ₹1.02 Lakhs short of its ₹10 Lakhs prize pool guarantee, and the top 39 places got paid.

Final Table Results

1. josepha99 – ₹1,92,934
2. Nitin ‘JeeneNhiDunga’ Rawat – ₹1,42,602
3. Brajeshkumar123 – ₹1,05,400
4. mindmesunny – ₹77,904
5. philosopher – ₹57,580
6. ArjunThala – ₹42,559
7. UNKNOWN – ₹31,456
8. Ritwik ‘ritwik27’ Khanna – ₹23,250

‘Unmesh100’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Holdem Bash for ₹53,768), ‘gunrider’ (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Sunday Bounty for ₹22,381), and ‘ShawkingMan’ (Won ₹60K GTD Sunday Night PLO for ₹14,771) won the other Sunday marquees on Adda52.

Khelo365

Khelo365’s Sunday staple, ₹1 Lakh GTD Big Bang, was taken down by the user ‘mohithK,’ who banked ₹37,000. ‘spingo’ fired two bullets to secure the runner-up payout worth ₹25,000.

‘Comrade55’ championed the ₹50K GTD Dominator for ₹15,500, beating ‘NikitaLuther123’ (2nd for ₹10,500) heads-up.

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