Vinayak Bajaj Scores a Windfall ₹39.04 Lakhs on Sunday After Championing Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series Main Event & Adda52 Millions!

We knew it would be a firecracker Sunday, and we were not disappointed!

Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series 5.0 came to a thundering close a few hours ago! And no surprises here as the ₹2 Crores GTD MS #57 – Main Event champion Vinayak Bajaj emerged as the day’s biggest winner! The 29-year-old poker pro from Ranchi not only shipped the MS Main Event for a personal-best ₹31.77 Lakhs but also championed the Adda52 Millions for ₹5.89 Lakhs. Bajaj raked in a career-best ₹39.04 Lakhs last night, breaching ₹7 Crores in tracked online winnings and ₹1.50 Crores in annual winnings!

Musician and poker pro Dhaval Mudgal chopped the MS Main Event title three-way, taking home a runner-up finish worth ₹22.20 Lakhs (won ₹24.35 Lakhs overall in the event). He ended his Sunday run ₹24.66 Lakhs richer, crossing 5 Crores in tracked online winnings.

Sanish Chhabra was the only other player netting ₹2 Million in Sunday winnings. He finished third in the MS Main Event for ₹20.62 Lakhs and made another three ITM finishes, rounding up a hefty ₹21.22 Lakhs overall.

Joining the list of Sunday Millionaires was Myron Pereira, who shipped Spartan Poker`s MS #53 – Sunday Millionaire for a jaw-dropping ₹10.76 Lakhs (won ₹11.16 Lakhs overall). He chopped the Sunday flagship four-way with Saransh Garg (2nd for ₹9.04 Lakhs) (won ₹12.39 Lakhs overall), Devendra Suthar (3rd for ₹8.12 Lakhs) (won ₹9 Lakhs overall), and Kunal Patni (4th for ₹7.95 Lakhs) (won ₹8.58 Lakhs overall)!

‘sarryu’ (Won MS #55 – Deepstack Turbo for ₹5.17 Lakhs), Rising Star Pratibh Saluja (Won MS #52 for ₹1.76 Lakhs), Anand Pallikona (Won MS #54 for ₹2.06 Lakhs), Kritagya Sharma (Won MS #58 D’lite for ₹1.23 Lakhs), and ‘HEMAKUNA’ (Won MS #56 – Turbo (5-Max) for ₹71,745) won the last few Millionaire Series titles.

And while Spartan Poker`s Millionaire Series was playing down to a close, PokerBaazi’s all-new 1000x series got off to a scintillating start. Young Gun Kanchan Sharma made quite the impression as she cut her way through the 1,003-entry field in the 1000X#1 Sunday Prime to claim the ₹6.04 Lakhs up top (won ₹7.15 Lakhs overall).

Pratik Manjrekar took down the 1000X#1 Kickoff for a personal-best ₹4.41 Lakhs (won ₹4.43 Lakhs overall).

Thiyam Dannish (Won 1000X#3 for ₹2.28 Lakhs), Abhinav Malhotra (Won 1000X#5 for ₹1.90 Lakhs), and Gautam Bansal (Won 1000X#2 for ₹1.36 Lakhs) won the other 1000x Series titles on Sunday.

Kaleem Pasha was the last player standing in Adda52’s Mega Suits and made away with a personal-best ₹6.12 Lakhs (won ₹6.96 Lakhs overall). Rising Star Aman Parakh came second for ₹3.62 Lakhs (won ₹4.14 Lakhs overall).

PokerStars India’s Galactic Series is a day away from wrapping up proceedings, with Day 1 of the ₹1 Crore GTD Galactic Series-82 Main Event registering 638 entries. The user ‘IND(Y@hya’ (3,910,211) emerged as the day-end chip leader. With late registration open till 10 PM on Day 2, the field size is bound to increase.

Rishabh Sharma took down MPL Poker’s Sunday headliner, the Master Series #32, for ₹90,500. Muskan Khatoon finished runner-up for ₹65,000.

Rising Star Ritwik Khanna, Gautam Sethi, Niteen Raj, Satyam Verma, Ishaan Dewangan, Peter Nazareth, Sanjay Chauudhury, Arunkumar Gaddi, Ravinder Singh, and Bhagat S shipped the other Sunday marquees.

Here are the Sunday highlights!

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Spartan Poker

MS #57 – Main Event – ₹2 Crores GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Total Entries – 1,190

Total Re-entries – 322

Total Rebuys – 739

Total Survivors – 294 (200)

Prize Pool – ₹2,25,10,000

Places Paid – 287

Vinayak ‘firehaimai’ Bajaj had a Sunday run unlike any before! The 29-year-old poker pro from Ranchi won two flagship tournaments, including the weekend headliner, Spartan Poker`s ₹2 Crores GTD MS #57 – Main Event, rounding up a career-best ₹39.04 Lakhs in Sunday winnings.

No surprises here that the blockbuster Sunday run saw him hitting two career milestones:

> Crossing ₹7 Crores in tracked online winnings

> Crossing ₹1.50 Crores in annual winnings

His Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker`s MS #57 – Main Event for a personal-best ₹31,77,114* (including a 207th place finish)

> 1st in Adda52 Millions for ₹5,89,226

> 9th in Spartan Poker’s MS #53 – Sunday Millionaire for ₹1,09,550

> 41st in Spartan Poker’s MS #55 for ₹15,105

> 16th in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-85 [The Big Crunch] for ₹13,457

Vinayak Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.23 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.64 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.79 Crores

Dhaval ‘ElegantlyWasted’ Mudgal secured a runner-up payout worth ₹22.20 Lakhs in the MS #57 – Main Event (won ₹24.35 Lakhs overall in the event), courtesy of a three-way deal.

The MS #40 High Roller runner-up finisher, Dhaval Mudgal, posted another deep run in Spartan Poker`s other Sunday flagship, MS #53 – Sunday Millionaire (36th for ₹30,674), netting ₹24.66 Lakhs overall – crossing ₹5 Crores in tracked online winnings.

Dhaval Mudgal`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.12 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.72 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #4 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.46 Crores

Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra locked in a career-best ₹21.22 Lakhs in Sunday winnings through four deep runs, which include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker`s MS #57 – Main Event for ₹20,62,047

> 24th in Spartan Poker’s MS #53 – Sunday Millionaire for ₹41,942

> 23rd in Spartan Poker’s MS #52 for ₹11,583

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#2 for ₹6,261

Sanish Chhabra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.5 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.78 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #6 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.34 Crores

Final Table Results

1. Vinayak ‘firehaimai’ Bajaj – ₹31,53,254*
2. Dhaval ‘ElegantlyWasted’ Mudgal – ₹22,19,977*
3. Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹20,62,047*
4. R_w – ₹10,51,217
5. Ankit ‘ON_MY_MAC’ Bajaj – ₹8,60,107
6. Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar – ₹7,18,294
7. papajiishere – ₹5,29,210
8. Sandy ‘ZIIGMUND’ Lamba – ₹3,72,991

*denotes a three-way deal

MS #53 – Sunday Millionaire (1st Place ₹10 Lakhs GTD) – ₹50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 312

Re-entries – 114

Rebuys – 200

Prize Pool – ₹62,60,000

Places Paid – 60

Myron ‘mehhhhh’ Pereira was one of the 17 players posting a seven-figure payday in Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series 5.0! He nailed the ₹50 Lakhs GTD MS #53 – Sunday Millionaire on the last day of the series for a whopping ₹10.76 Lakhs – storming into the “The Millionaire’s Club!”

The MTT pro from Goa posted another three ITM finishes, making away with a hefty ₹11.16 Lakhs in Sunday winnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.87 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹93.18 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #7 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.70 Crores

Myron Pereira chopped the Sunday Millionaire title four-way with the MS #48 – Saturday Millionaire winner Saransh ‘TerrorGandhi$’ Garg (2nd for ₹9.04 Lakhs) (won ₹12.39 Lakhs overall), Friday’s Galactic Series-67 [Uppercut] champion Devendra ‘thablack’ Suthar (3rd for ₹8.12 Lakhs) and Kunal ‘SoormaBhopali’ Patni (4th for ₹7.95 Lakhs).

Final Table Results

1. Myron ‘mehhhhh’ Pereira – ₹10,75,821*
2. Saransh ‘TerrorGandhi$’ Garg – ₹9,04,271*
3. Devendra ‘thablack’ Suthar – ₹8,11,535*
4. Kunal ‘SoormaBhopali’ Patni – ₹7,95,053*
5. Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram – ₹2,56,660
6. DC1985 – ₹1,87,800
7. Shashank ‘Goldfish097’ Shekhar – ₹1,56,500
8. Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC – ₹1,18,790

*denotes a four-way deal

MS #55 – Deepstack Turbo – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 277

Re-entries – 63

Rebuys – 190

Prize Pool – ₹26,50,000

Places Paid – 47

Spartan Poker reg ‘sarryu’ clinched their second Millionaire Series title in the ₹20 Lakhs GTD MS #55 – Deepstack Turbo for ₹5.17 Lakhs. The MS #14 winner defeated ‘talissya’ (2nd for ₹3.28 Lakhs) heads-up.

sarryu’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹39.64 Lakhs | Titles Won: #5

The poker commentator and MTT reg Akshay ‘AustralianAccountant’ Kapoor pocketed ₹3.11 Lakhs through five ITM finishes which include:

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s in MS #55 – Deepstack Turbo for ₹1,99,015

> 15th in Spartan Poker’s MS #53 – Sunday Millionaire for ₹56,340

> 11th in Adda52’s Adda52 Millions for ₹41,700

> 29th in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-85 [The Big Crunch] for ₹8,452

> 32nd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#5 for ₹5,814

Akshay Kapoor’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.46 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹71.03 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5

Final Table Results

1. sarryu – ₹5,16,485
2. talissya – ₹3,28,070
3. Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – ₹2,45,920
4. Akshay ‘AustralianAccountant’ Kapoor – ₹1,99,015
5. Karan ‘Engineerlonda’ Malhotra – ₹1,56,880
6. sevenduece – ₹1,19,780
7. Anant ‘ProMaco’ Purohit – ₹87,980
8. Ankit ‘d00mtr00per’ Wadhawan – ₹64,660

MS #52 – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 163

Re-entries – 35

Rebuys – 153

Prize Pool – ₹10,53,000

Places Paid – 27

Last month’s Blockbuster winner Rising Star Pratibh ‘stickysticky’ Saluja stole the limelight in Spartan Poker`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD MS #52, picking up his third title of the year and ₹1.76 Lakhs in prize money. Saluja chopped the title three-way with Alok ‘ALOK.’ Pawar (2nd for ₹1.70 Lakhs) and Vinay ‘vinay0902’ Rajpal (3rd for ₹1.53 Lakhs).

Pratibh Saluja’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.37 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹77.63 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3 | Annual Winnings: ₹46.37 Lakhs

Final Table Results

1. Pratibh ‘stickysticky’ Saluja – ₹1,76,140*
2. Alok ‘ALOK.’ Pawar – ₹1,70,102*
3. Vinay ‘vinay0902’ Rajpal – ₹1,52,775*
4. Sumit ‘pleasedontbet’ Silwal – ₹88,347
5. Mithun ‘nodelocker’ Mahesh – ₹70,446
6. Manish ‘khatidragon’ Jangid – ₹54,124
7. ZindagiJuaHai – ₹39,382
8. KonQs – ₹28,536

*denotes a three-way deal

MS #54 – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 648

Re-entries – 169

Rebuys – 390

Prize Pool – ₹12,07,000

Places Paid – 119

Anandbabu ‘$treet$mart’ Pallikona scored a thumping victory in Spartan Poker`s MS #54, outlasting a stacked 1,207-entry field to wing his maiden Millionaire Series title for ₹2.06 Lakhs and ending an over six-month-long title drought. He struck a heads-up deal with the MS #45 – Deepstack Turbo champion Ganesh ‘fedorholz2020’ Kamat (2nd for ₹1.60 Lakhs).

Pallikona also cashed the site’s MS #56 – Turbo 5-Max (55th for ₹2,481), cumulatively adding ₹2.08 Lakhs. His online stats (excluding PokerBaazi): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.72 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹38.34 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2 | Annual Winnings: ₹23.84 Lakhs

Final Table Results

1. Anandbabu ‘$treet$mart’ Pallikona – ₹2,05,670*
2. Ganesh ‘fedorholz2020’ Kamat – ₹1,60,051*
3. Siddharth ‘FLIPopotamus’ Kadel – ₹97,767
4. Abhinay ‘wolowizard’ Devarakonda – ₹73,627
5. Shrvan ‘SSAScorpion’ Amlekar – ₹58,057
6. delhiite – ₹43,573
7. Broke_Bloke – ₹31,020
8. Shyam ‘shyam1190’ Sundar – ₹21,485

*denotes a heads-up deal

MS #58 D’lite – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹550

Total Entries – 1,127

Total Re-entries – 266

Total Rebuys – 610

Total Survivors – 224 (192)

Prize Pool – ₹10,01,500

Places Paid – 223

Kritagya ‘muckitfcukit’ Sharma (opted-out from our tracking) topped a guarantee-crushing field in Spartan Poker’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD MS #58 D’lite to collect ₹1.23 Lakhs. He chopped the multi-flight marquee three-way with Sumeet ‘Sumitsingh199’ Rajpurohit (2nd for ₹1.14 Lakhs) and Ramji ‘bluffpolice123’ Kishore G (3rd for ₹1.09 Lakhs).

The ₹550 buy-in event logged in a massive 2,003-entry field across three starting flights, and the top 223 places took a bite out of the ₹10.01 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

1. Kritagya ‘muckitfcukit’ Sharma – ₹1,23,112*
2. Sumeet ‘Sumitsingh199’ Rajpurohit – ₹1,13,886*
3. Ramji ‘bluffpolice123’ Kishore G – ₹1,08,620*
4. Monster No1 – ₹51,477
5. Relentle$$ – ₹43,645
6. Ghost Of Sparta – ₹31,117
7. Pure Vegetarian – ₹23,816
8. Nikhil ‘NikhilSegel’ Segel – ₹16,855

*denotes a three-way deal

MS #56 – Turbo (5-Max) – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 300

Re-entries – 67

Rebuys – 266

Prize Pool – ₹5,06,400

Places Paid – 55

Spartan Poker’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD MS #56 – Turbo (5-Max) attracted 633 entrants, generating a guarantee-crushing ₹5.06 Lakhs prize pool. The user ‘HEMAKUNA’ shipped the event for ₹71,745, following a three-way deal with Madhur ‘Freebird11’ Kapoor (2nd for ₹70,239) and ‘cracker’ (3rd for ₹62,855).

Final Table Results

1. HEMAKUNA – ₹71,745*
2. Madhur ‘Freebird11’ Kapoor – ₹70,239*
3. cracker – ₹62,855*
4. Ashish ‘X—factor’ Pareek – ₹36,410
5. Unnikrishnan ‘swimminwdafishies’ Nair – ₹28,814
6. MALLI0035 – ₹22,180
7. Yash ‘gambler11’ Jaiswal – ₹16,509
8. Sami5 – ₹11,951

*denotes a three-way deal

Millionaire Series 5.0 2 Million Leaderboard Final Standings

Leaderboard crusher Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC has done it again! The four-time IOPC leaderboard topper took down the MS 2 Million Leaderboard standings, banking ₹4.80 Lakhs. The three-time Millionaire champion Vishal ‘usbcable’ Tulsyan finished second in the leaderboard race for ₹3 Lakhs, while the former IOPC Millionaire Main Event champion Anurag ‘CultOfPersonality’ Srivastava placed third for ₹2.40 Lakhs.

Peter ‘Sigmund’ Nazareth (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultimate OFC for ₹30,000), Ravinder ‘BROgoingPRO’ Singh (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹18,490), ‘shubhamkumarjha75’ (Won ₹50K GTD Ultimate OFC – Pineapple OH for ₹15,000), ‘RT OM’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹10,025) won the other Sunday marquees on Spartan Poker.

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi’s all-new ₹5 Crores GTD 1000X Series took off on Sunday, with five events crowning winners.

1000X#4 Sunday Prime – ₹35 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 519

Re-entries – 484

Prize Pool – ₹35,10,000

Places Paid – 117

Young Gun Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma broke a nearly two-month-long dry spell last night, shipping PokerBaazi’s 1000X#1 Sunday Prime – the biggest draw on Day 1 of the inaugural series! Sharma bested the 1,003-player field to lay claim to the ₹6.04 Lakhs first-place cash prize. ‘RareAbility’ finished runner-up for ₹4.23 Lakhs, boosting their site winnings to ₹6.80 Lakhs (₹2.87 Lakhs in site profits).

Kanchan Sharma cashed another four events, rounding up an impressive ₹7.15 Lakhs in Sunday winnings.

Her Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#1 Sunday Prime for ₹6,04,157

> 77th in Spartan Poker’s MS #57 – Main Event Day 2 for ₹88,689

> 32nd in Spartan Poker’s MS #44 – Deepstack Turbo for ₹16,960

> 178th in Spartan Poker’s MS #58 for ₹1,192

Kanchan Sharma`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.90 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.25 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #9 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.70 Crores

Final Table Results

1. Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma – ₹6,04,157
2. RareAbility –₹4,23,366
3. Nishant ‘rektace’ Kumar – ₹2,74,521
4. Anurag ‘13anurag’ Srivastava – ₹2,02,907
5. Raubin ‘pkhelp123’ Sainju – ₹1,51,303
6. Saransh ‘saransh004’ Garg – ₹1,22,516
7. KidUltimo – ₹1,01,453
8. Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B – ₹80,742

1000X#1 Kickoff – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 532

Re-entries – 506

Prize Pool – ₹25,95,000

Places Paid – 126

After a litany of top finishes in the last six months, Pratik ‘zpAAced’ Manjrekar finally scored the long-overdue victory in PokerBaazi’s 1000Xseries-opener 1000X#1 Kickoff, where he overcame a 1,038-entry field to collect a personal-best ₹4.41 Lakhs.

The user ‘Khaliq’ finished runner-up for ₹3.09 Lakhs.

Manjrekar also min-cashed Spartan Poker’s MS #48 – D’Lite (39th for ₹1,973), lapping up ₹4.43 Lakhs overall. His Sunday finishes include:

>1st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#1 Kickoff for ₹4,41,410

> 89th in Spartan Poker’s MS #58 – D’Lite for ₹1,973

Pratik Manjrekar`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹82.34 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹14.15 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #4

Last week`s PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-58 [Championship Highroller] third-place finisher Gurpal ‘roothless’ Singh rounded out the podium with a third-place finish worth ₹2.01 Lakhs.

Singh, who won the 2022 WPT Prime Cambodia Closer Turbo last month, lapped up ₹2.86 Lakhs across five deep runs. His top Sunday finishes include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#1 Kickoff for ₹2,00,594

> 5th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹58,544

> 190th in Spartan Poker’s MS #57 – Main Event for ₹20,709

Gurpal singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.24 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹63.02 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #17 | Annual Winnings: ₹98.95 Lakhs

Final Table Results

1. Pratik ‘zpAAced’ Manjrekar – ₹4,41,410
2. Khaliq – ₹3,09,324
3. Gurpal ‘roothless’ Singh – ₹2,00,594
4. pokerbaaaz – ₹1,48,175
5. Vinod ‘Aarvi’ Kumar – ₹1,10,547
6. Ashish ‘Notoriouskonvict’ Nailwal – ₹89,528
7. Ashish ‘ashish030393’ Didwania – ₹74,217
8. sinhashubham95 – ₹59,166

1000X#3 – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 532

Re-entries – 517

Prize Pool – ₹15,73,000

Places Paid – 126

PokerBaazi’s 1000X#3 drew a starting field of 1,049 entrants, generating a juicy ₹15.73 Lakhs prize pool. The action went down the wire following a heads-up deal.

Thiyam ‘thiyam’ Dannish clinched the title and a career-best ₹2.28 Lakhs up top, with the ever-consistent Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh raking in ₹2.27 Lakhs in second place, courtesy of the heads-up deal.

Thiyam Dannish’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.44 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.75 Lakhs| Titles Won in 2022: #2

One of the top-ranked players in the annual TLB (points) standings, Pradip Ghosh, fired up another seven ITM finishes across his hectic Sunday run, raking in a handsome ₹3.11 Lakhs.

Pradip Ghosh`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.63 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.10 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #24 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.37 Crores | Ranked #9 in the Annual TLB (Points) Standings

Fourth-place finisher Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba FT-ed Spartan Poker’s MS #57- Main Event as well, altogether adding ₹4.88 Lakhs.

His Sunday finishes include:

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s MS #57 – Main Event for ₹3,72,991

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#3 for ₹89,847

> 12th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#2 for ₹11,359

Sandy Lamba’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.18 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹84.26 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2

Final Table Results

1. Thiyam ‘thiyam’ Dannish – ₹2,28,489*
2. Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh – ₹2,26,724*
3. Varun ‘DemonicSlayer’ Bansal – ₹121,632
4. Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba – ₹89,847
5. bigbluf – ₹67,031
6. Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj – ₹54,286
7. jat777 – ₹45,002
8. Nitesh ‘neo007’ Baliyan – ₹35,876

*denotes a heads-up deal

1000X#5 – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 582

Re-entries – 536

Prize Pool – ₹11,18,000

Places Paid – 126

Abhinav ‘boom786’ Malhotra locked his career-first online title after taking down the 1,118-player field in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#5, winning a personal-best ₹1.90 Lakhs. Vaibhav ‘BeBoT’ Sharma finished runner-up for ₹1.33 Lakhs.

Malhotra’s Sunday winnings included another ITM finish in 1000X#2, netting him almost ₹1.96 Lakhs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.79 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹26.64 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #1

Final Table Results

1. Abhinav ‘boom786’ Malhotra – ₹1,90,172
2. Vaibhav ‘BeBoT’ Sharma – ₹1,33,266
3. Karan ‘Apocalypto’ Radia – ₹86,421
4. TheBrunson – ₹63,838
5. lvkysumi – ₹47,627
6. royalking7424 – ₹38,571
7. Gurjeet ‘bigfish12’ Singh – ₹31,975
8. Kaustubh ‘KaustubhKa’ Kulkarni – ₹25,490

1000X#2 – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹880

Entries – 551

Re-entries – 567

Prize Pool – ₹8,94,400

Places Paid – 126

Gautam ‘johny3’ Bansal made quite the run in PokerBaazi`s 1000X series yesterday, cashing three events for over ₹1.49 Lakhs, and even picked up a title on the opening day of the inaugural series.

He scored a thumping victory in PokerBaazi’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD 1000X#2 and took home ₹1.36 Lakhs up top – his first title in over three months – after striking a three-way deal with the MS #53 – Sunday Millionaire runner-up finisher Saransh ‘saransh004’ Garg (2nd for ₹76,779) & Samsher ‘santacruzsam’ Gandhi (3rd for ₹1.14 Lakhs).

Gautam Bansal`s Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#2 for ₹1,36,442

> 42nd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#3 for ₹7,081

> 30th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#5 for ₹5,814

Gautam Bansal’s online stats (PokerBaazi and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹55.83 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹8.36 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #4

Final Table Results

1. Gautam ‘johny3’ Bansal – ₹1,36,442*
2. Saransh ‘saransh004’ Garg – ₹76,779*
3. Samsher ‘santacruzsam’ Gandhi – ₹1,14,666*
4. morsmordre – ₹51,070
5. Chirag ‘Miyagi’ Sodha – ₹38,101
6. Habz420 – ₹30,857
7. 8102277012 – ₹25,580
8. Inzemaam ‘Shavzz’ Husain – ₹20,392

1000X Leaderboard Standings – Day 1

The ₹10 Lakhs GTD Series Leaderboard went live on Sunday, and Saransh ‘saransh004’ Garg (1,825 points) has pulled ahead into an early lead after cashing four of the five 1000X events yesterday, including FT finishes in 1000X#4 Sunday Prime and 1000X#2.

The 1000X#2 champion Gautam ‘johny3’ Bansal (1,758 points) and 1000X5 winner Abhinav ‘boom786’ Malhotra (1,593 points) rounded out the top three names in the 1000X leaderboard after the opening day proceedings.

Satyam ‘satyamverma25’ Verma (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD BSS Night SPRINT for ₹46,420), Krityagya ‘Kritagya_17’ Sharma (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Midnight SPRINT for ₹42,730), Sanjay ‘raskolnikov’ Chauudhury (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹26,649), Arunkumar ‘Koppal3057’ Gaddi (Won ₹40K GTD PLO Daily for ₹20,000), and ‘Prabath1234’ (Won ₹50K GTD 5-Max Daily for ₹5,830) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

MPL Poker

Master Series #32 – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Total Entries – 329

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 55

Rishabh ‘traveltrade7141’ Sharma overcame a 329-entry field in MPL Poker’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Master Series #32, taking home his maiden Master Series title and a site-best ₹90,500. Muskan ‘ranveer0090’ Khatoon collected ₹65,000 in second place.

Final Table Results

1. Rishabh ‘traveltrade7141’ Sharma – ₹90,500
2. Muskan ‘ranveer0090’ Khatoon – ₹65,000
3. Tondewad ‘leader6704109’ Santosh Shivaji – ₹50,000
4. Ashok ‘puzzlegod960202’ Jagarwal – ₹37,500
5. Annes ‘cadore_1’ Badusha – ₹26,250
6. Sachin ‘legend2071962’ Srivastava – ₹18,750
7. Shakti ‘sniperguru10073’ Singh Chouhan – ₹15,000
8. Babita ‘pailot979884540’ Kumari – ₹12,000

Ishaan ‘noob9235110’ Dewangan (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Master Series #31 for ₹31,680) and Bhagat ‘darshbhagat’ S (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Master Series #33 for ₹17,600) won the other Master Series titles on the last day of the series.

Master Series Leaderboard Final Standings

Prabhas Sharma (364.56 points) sailed over the finish line and kept his Master Series leaderboard position intact. Om Prakash (297.91 points) placed second, preceding Sharma, and Utkarsh Raj (248.78 points) rounded the podium in third place.

Prabhas Sharma and Om Prakash have won expenses-paid packages worth ₹2.50 Lakhs each to watch India vs. Pakistan World Cup match in Australia.

PokerStars India

Galactic Series-82 Main Event (Day 1) – ₹1 Crore GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 376

Re-entries – 262

Survivors – 180

The PokerStars India’s Galactic Series showstopper, ₹1 Crore GTD Galactic Series-82 Main Event, drew 638 entrants on Day 1. The late registrations are open until 10 PM tonight, and the Main Event needs another 362 entries to break even.

After the stipulated 16 levels of play, 180 survivors advanced to Day 2, with site user ‘IND(Y@hya’ (3,910,211) bagging the chip lead.

Ishan ‘huntisshh’ Pandey (3,624,199), Xavier ‘xaviervz’ Anthony Vas (3,111,124), ‘vipulkukkar’ (2,767,937), and poker pro Shravan ‘lukBo$$13’ Chhabria (2,765,886) carried the other top stacks to Day 2.

Day 2 resumes at 8 PM tonight, where all surviving players and late entrants will play down to a winner.

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1

1. IND(Y@hya – 3,910,211
2. Ishan ‘huntisshh’ Pandey – 3,624,199
3. Xavier ‘xaviervz’ Anthony Vas – 3,111,124
4. vipulkukkar – 2,767,937
5. Shravan ‘lukBo$$13’ Chhabria – 2,765,886
6. Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna – 2,726,340
7. Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg – 2,709,755
8. snehadi – 2,655,502
9. Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo – 2,614,615
10. aakhrijanam – 2,491,791

Galactic Series–85 The Big Crunch – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,850

Entries – 162

Re-entries – 126

Prize Pool – ₹10,08,000

Places Paid – 35

PokerStars India reg ‘rdx1111’ outlasted the 288-entry field in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Galactic Series–85 The Big Crunch to win ₹1.71 Lakhs. The IOPC Jan 2022 – Legends finalist Vinay ‘CharleSCorreA’ B banked an equally impressive ₹1.64 Lakhs for his runner-up finish, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

‘rdx1111’s PokerStars India stats: Site Winnings: ₹82.58 Lakhs | Titles Won: #143

Friday’s Galactic Series-68 Battle Royale 8-Max & MS #46 Turbo PKO winner Vinay B crossed the money line in four other events, walking away with ₹2.79 Lakhs (overall) – crossing ₹1.50 Crores in annual winnings.

His Sunday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-85 The Big Crunch for ₹1,63,598

> 8th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#4 Sunday Prime for ₹80,742

> 136th in Spartan Poker’s MS #57 – Main Event for ₹26,337

> 55th in Spartan Poker’s MS #54 for ₹4,225

> 28th in Spartan Poker’s MS #58 – D’lite for ₹3,986

Vinay B’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.70 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.12 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #15 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.51 Crores

Final Table Results

1. rdx1111 – ₹1,71,422*
2. Vinay ‘CharleSCorreA’ B – ₹1,63,598*
3. kushagrakhatri – ₹1,05,713
4. sssss951 – ₹78,358
5. Ashutosh ‘Msnugget’ Balodhi – ₹58,082
6. rmk1978 – ₹43,052
7. Somesh ‘JackNotMa’ Patel – ₹34,118

*denotes a heads-up deal

Niteen ‘niteenplus’ Raj (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Galactic Series-84 Cosmic Warm-up for ₹52,476), ‘OMERTÃ’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Galactic Series-86 Solar Storm for ₹37,473), Gautam ‘nomnomnom18’ Sethi (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD Galactic Series-88 Final Cooldown for ₹56,651), ‘harsha164’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Galactic Series-81 Steller Stack for ₹26,061), and ‘KDBATM’ (Won ₹50K GTD Galactic Series-83 Bounty Planet PKO for ₹9,324) won the other Galactic Series titles on Sunday.

Galactic Series Leaderboard Standings – Day 10

With the Galactic Series close to the finish line, Abhijeet ‘sexylady7766’ Kumar (1,845 TLB points) headlines the leaderboard standings. Vaibhav ‘vaibsss’ Bhatia (1,690 TLB points) and Niteen ‘niteenplus’ Raj (1,455 TLB points) round out the top three names in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD leaderboard race.

Pocket52

Pocket Kings – ₹6 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 123

Re-entries – 83

Prize Pool – ₹6,00,000

Places Paid – 30

Pocket52 user ‘Gizopy’ came out on top in the ₹6 Lakhs GTD Pocket Kings to collect ₹1.20 Lakhs. ‘crocodile_rana70_14285795’ came second for ₹85,500.

If that was not enough, ‘Gizopy’ championed the ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Knights for another ₹44,000, banking ₹1.64 Lakhs across his Sunday run on the site.

Final Table Results

1. Gizopy – ₹1,20,000
2. crocodile_rana70_14285795 – ₹15,500
3. Alak20 – ₹60,000
4. bluehorseshoe – ₹42,000
5. knightgamer – ₹31,500
6. Malkeet2050 – ₹24,000

‘Gizopy’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Knights for ₹44,000), ‘jaimahakaal’ (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch for ₹27,500), ‘gurujii’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹15,750), ‘spotless_attraction139_21122922’ (Won ₹60K GTD Pocket Chips for ₹15,000), ‘Laxmi5’ (Won ₹50K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹12,128) won the other Pocket52 marquees.

PokerDangal

DMVS Main Event – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹330

Total Entries – 622

Total Rebuys – 446

Total Survivors – 138

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 105

Site user ‘Lilpup’ trounced over a 138-survivor field on Day 2 of PokerDangal’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD – DMVS Main Event, taking home ₹1 Lakh in first-place prize money, a healthy return on a ₹330 investment. The user ‘starboy00’ banked ₹60,000 for finishing runner-up.

Final Table Results

1. Lilpup – ₹1,00,000
2. starboy00 – ₹60,000
3. Ravinder ‘Drumlord88’ Singh – ₹37,500
4. thesunshine – ₹25,000
5. Sharmaji – ₹20,000
6. Chandan ‘Chandan4’ Jaiswal – ₹16,000

‘thesunshine’ (Won ₹30K GTD DMVS #12 – PLO6 for ₹9,080) won the other DMVS title on Sunday.

Adda52

Adda52 Millions – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 162

Re-entries – 116

Prize Pool – ₹27,80,000

Places Paid – 30

What a Sunday it was for Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj! He outdid a 278-strong field in Adda52’s Sunday flagship, ₹25 Lakhs GTD Adda52 Millions, banking ₹5.89 Lakhs. Poker coach Abhishek ‘pomfret1989’ Goindi collected ₹5.46 Lakhs in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

The Adda52 Millions title victory (his first time winning the Sunday flagship) was overshadowed as the 29-year-old poker pro from Ranchi also took down the weekend headliner, Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series Main Event rounding up a career-best ₹39.04 Lakhs in Sunday winnings.

Abhishek Goindi collected a Sunday paycheck worth ₹6.37 Lakhs across four deep runs, which include:

> 2nd in Adda52 Millions for ₹5,46,404

> 132nd in Spartan Poker’s MS #57 – Main Event for ₹50,197

> 41st in Spartan Poker’s MS #53 – Sunday Millionaire for ₹26,918

> 40th in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹19,750

Abhishek Goindi`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.54 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.33 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #2 | Annual Winnings: ₹82.75 Lakhs

Young Gun Anmol Mehta cumulatively added ₹5.79 Lakhs across three deep runs, which include:

> 3rd in Adda52 Millions for ₹3,19,700

> 29th in Spartan Poker’s MS #57 – Main Event for ₹2,34,104

> 54th in Spartan Poker’s MS #53 – Sunday Millionaire for ₹25,040

Anmol Mehta`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.04 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.32 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #9 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.24 Crores

Final Table Results

1. Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj – ₹5,89,226
2. Abhishek ‘pomfret1989’ Goindi – ₹5,46,404
3. Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹3,19,700
4. Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia – ₹2,36,300
5. Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – ₹1,59,850
6. Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan – ₹1,11,200

Mega Suits – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 249

Re-entries – 237

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 49

Adda52 loyalist Kaleem ‘fishwithnuts’ Pasha made the victory march in the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Mega Suits to take home ₹6.12 Lakhs up top, with Rising Star Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh collecting a paycheque of ₹3.62 Lakhs for his second-place finish.

Pasha went on a rampage last night on Adda52 as he shipped the Holdem Bash for ₹70,718 – banking ₹6.96 Lakhs overall across three ITM finishes.

His Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹6,12,500

> 1st in Adda52’s Holdem Bash for ₹70,718

> 14th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹12,956

Kaleem Pasha’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹96.66 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹22.56 Lakhs| Titles Won in 2022: #12 | Annual Winnings: ₹21.11 Lakhs

The ₹5,500 buy-in Mega Suits registered an overlay shortfall of ₹70,000, and the top 49 places boarded the money bus.

Final Table Results

1. Kaleem ‘fishwithnuts’ Pasha – ₹6,12,500
2. Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh – ₹3,62,500
3. Ankit ‘rustypockets’ Jajodia – ₹2,50,000
4. Vijay ‘GajaniG’ Pandit – ₹1,87,500
5. Siddharth ‘skaria1’ Karia – ₹1,25,000
6. Ishan ‘nerdguy’ Chutani – ₹87,500
7. Pratibha ‘TeamRocket’ Arya – ₹68,750
8. alwaysnutz – ₹56,250

Sunday Showdown – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 186

Re-entries – 157

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 35

Rising Star Ritwik ‘ritwik27’ Khanna nailed Adda52`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Sunday Showdown for ₹1.96 Lakhs after prevailing over the IPC MegaStacks Kick-Off champion Mahesh ‘mahikalra’ Shyamsundar (2nd for ₹1.44 Lakhs) heads-up.

Khanna pulled in over ₹2.67 Lakhs in total winnings yesterday across five ITM finishes, climbing to #6 in the annual rankings.

His Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹1,95,556

> 58th in Spartan Poker’s MS #53 – Sunday Millionaire for ₹25,040

> 24th in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹18,750

> 170th in Spartan Poker’s MS #57 – Main Event for ₹21,835

> 79th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#1 Kickoff for ₹6,228

Ritwik Khanna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.58 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.03 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #12 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.44 Crores | Moves to #6 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Mahesh Shyamsundar made away with a personal-best ₹8.76 Lakhs across three deep runs, crossing ₹1 Crore in annual winnings.

His Sunday finishes include:

> 6th in Spartan Poker’s MS #57 – Main Event for ₹7,18,294

> 2nd in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹1,44,652

> 46th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#4 Sunday Prime for ₹13,340

Mahesh Shyamsundar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.13 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹9.33 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #7 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.01 Crores

The ₹2,500 buy-in Sunday Showdown experienced an overlay avalanche of ₹2.28 Lakhs (an over 20% deficit), and the top 35 finishers from a starting field of 343 runners got paid.

Final Table Results

1. Ritwik ‘ritwik27’ Khanna – ₹1,95,556
2. Mahesh ‘mahikalra’ Shyamsundar – ₹1,44,652
3. Kritarth ‘TightAgressive28’ Pant – ₹1,06,998
4. Hitesh ‘buntai’ Batra – ₹79,146
5. Gurpal ‘TheUndecided777’ Singh – ₹58,544
6. Areyann ‘paisenikalbc’ Gurbaxani – ₹43,305
7. Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara – ₹32,033
8. Mohammad ‘blankspace’ Azhar – ₹23,694

Kaleem ‘fishwithnuts’ Pasha (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Holdem Bash for ₹70,718), ‘Iloveu5969’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹30,301), ‘prakhargupta0808’ (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Sunday Bounty for ₹20,709) won the other Adda52 marquees.

Khelo365

‘DreamBigDealer’ conquered Khelo365’s Sunday showstopper, ₹1 Lakh GTD Big Bang, for ₹37,000. ‘jainew’ secured the runner-up cash prize worth ₹25,000.

Site regular ‘picnic123’ took down the ₹50K GTD Dominator for ₹15,000, beating ‘Akolum’ (2nd for ₹10,000) heads-up.

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