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In the PokerGuru feature ‘This Week in Poker,’ we bring you the weekly roundup of the most significant online scores by Indian MTT players and the top stories from both the live and online poker circuit. Here are this week’s top stories!
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This past week again brought on abundant action for online MTT players with the WPT Online India series on Adda52 and PokerBaazi`s APT Online India series setting the virtual felts ablaze. The APT Online India series powered down on Sunday, and it is none other than the series’ Super High Roller champion Rajat Sharma who sits on top of the weekly charts with over ₹25 Lakhs in total winnings. The former banked is also our “PokerGuru Star of the Week!”
Young Gun Arsh Grover etched his name in the history books as a two-time ‘The Millionaire’ champion. The 25-year-old poker phenom joined an elite club of players comprising Sriharsha Doddapaneni, Manish Lakhotia, Manoj Pentakota, Yudhishter Jaswal, among others, as he bagged his second The Millionaire title on Sunday for ₹17.78 Lakhs. He wrapped up the week with ₹24.68 Lakhs in total earnings.
PokerGuru Ambassadors Mithun Mahesh, Vishal Bajaj, Ankit Wadhawan, Laksh Pal Singh, and Ashish Ahuja, along with Young Guns Kanchan Sharma and Neel Joshi, and Anant Purohit, Ankit Modi, APT Main Event champion Subhayan Das, Rising Star Ritwik Khanna, and Chirag Sodha featured among the other top scorers of the week.
While the WPT Online India series has been dominating the attention of the MTT regs, Spartan Poker’s Ultimate Value Series (UVS) has also been pulling in the low-to-mid stakes crowd. Kicking off on August 9, the series is slated to run till August 15 and promises over ₹1 Crore in guaranteed prizes.
Picking up the pace from the UVS series will be PokerDangal’s Dangal Value Series (DVS) that runs from August 15 to 22. With ₹35 Lakhs in prize pool guarantees on offer, the series also promises ₹5 Lakhs in leaderboard prizes.
The GGPoker/Natural8-leg of the 2021 WSOP Online Series is on the verge of completing two weeks, and seven WSOP bracelets have been awarded at the series so far.
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The two-time Millionaire champion Rajat Sharma was on a roll this week. On Friday, Sharma trounced a 166-strong field in the ₹80 Lakhs GTD APT #35 Super High Roller to bag his career-first APT title and a hefty ₹20.64 Lakhs. Sharma also FT-ed the APT #49 Main Event, in all earning over ₹25 Lakhs. His trailblazing run makes him the week`s top performer and also our “PokerGuru Star of the Week!”
His top finishes include:
> 1st in the APT#35 Super Highroller ₹80 Lakhs GTD for ₹20.64 Lakhs
> 8th in APT#49 Main Event ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹1.75 Lakhs
Young Gun Arsh Grover is hot on Sharma’s trail and collected ₹24.68 Lakhs over the week. Grover was Sunday’s biggest winner, as he took down Spartan Poker`s flagship ‘The Millionaire’ for a cumulative ₹17.78 Lakhs, becoming the seventh player in history to clinch the tournament for a second time!
His top finishes include:
> 1st in The Millionaire ₹1 Crore GTD for ₹17.78 Lakhs (Cumulative)
> 1st in Monster Stack ₹8 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.76 Lakhs
> 9th in APT#22 Championship Event ₹50 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.21 Lakhs
PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun Mahesh picked up two title wins and ran deep in the WPT Gladiator, in all fattening his online bankroll by ₹23.26 Lakhs. Mahesh hit the Thursday headlines after winning his first APT trophy in the APT #29 Highroller on PokerBaazi for a site-best ₹16.57 Lakhs.
His top finishes include:
> 1st in APT#29 Highroller ₹75 Lakhs GTD for ₹16.57 Lakhs
> 3rd in WPT Gladiator ₹30 Lakhs GTD for ₹2.98 Lakhs
> 1st in Mukkamaar ₹9 Lakhs GTD for ₹1.73 Lakhs
The Young Gun’s were a force to be reckoned with this past week as three of them delivered stunning performances. The 2020 leaderboard topper Gaurav Sood added a whopping ₹19.28 Lakhs to his name, primarily on the back of his victory run in the APT #22 Championship Event for ₹12.06 Lakhs.
Another Young Gun, Kanchan Sharma, pulled scores worth ₹18.26 Lakhs, headlined by her winning the Destiny for ₹7.02 Lakhs. Sharma also placed third in The Millionaire for ₹6.85 Lakhs.
Fellow Young Gun Neel Joshi earned over ₹18.13 Lakhs, much of which he pocketed in the WPT India Mini Highroller that he won for ₹16.47 Lakhs.
PokerGuru Ambassadors Vishal Bajaj, Ankit Wadhawan, Laksh Pal Singh, Ashish Ahuja, Anant Purohit, Ankit Modi, Subhayan Das, Rising Star Ritwik Khanna, and Chirag Sodha were the other top scorers of the week.
Notable Winners of the Week
Player | Prize Amount | Event | Poker Site |
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Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma | ₹20.64 Lakhs | APT #35 Super Highroller ₹80 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Arsh 'BigggTymeR' Grover | ₹17.78 Lakhs | The Millionaire ₹1 Crore GTD | Spartan Poker |
Mithun 'thepokeraja' Mahesh | ₹16.56 Lakhs | APT#29 Highroller ₹75 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Neel ‘neeljoshi23’ Joshi | ₹16.47 Lakhs | WPT India Mini Highroller ₹60 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Subhayan ‘arjun100’ Das | ₹15.16 Lakhs | APT#49 Main Event ₹1 Crore GTD | PokerBaazi |
Gaurav 'gaug17' Sood | ₹12.06 Lakhs | APT#22 Championship Event ₹50 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Paawan 'ukissmyace' Bansal | ₹9.97 Lakhs | APT#23 Mini Main ₹50 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
TejuHel | ₹8.02 Lakhs | Sunday Superstack ₹40 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
happyfish | ₹7.94 Lakhs | WPT Superstack Classic ₹30 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja | ₹7.65 Lakhs | WPT Gladiator ₹30 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Kanchan ‘Midge Maisel' Sharma | ₹7.02 Lakhs | Destiny ₹23 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Sukriti ‘Jason Koon’ Dembla | ₹7.02 Lakhs | The Elite ₹30 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Yudhishter ‘McFly’ Jaswal | ₹6.49 Lakhs | The Big Deal ₹30 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Ritwik ‘ritwik27’ Khanna | ₹5.51 Lakhs | WPT Tuesday Feature 8-Max ₹22.50 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
ashadcrkm | ₹4.52 Lakhs | WPT Bounty Classic PKO ₹15 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Sriharsha 'ivey2' Doddapaneni | ₹4.42 Lakhs | WPT Deepstack ₹17 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Gokul 'The Greek Freak' Raj | ₹4.32 Lakhs | Trending Thursday ₹21 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Ashish 'rocky3705' Ahuja | ₹3.95 Lakhs | WPT 3000 ₹15 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Ankit 'd00mtr00p3r' Wadhawan | ₹3.85 Lakhs | WPT Wednesday Rush ₹20 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Dhiraj 'supernuts' Lakhotia | ₹3.75 Lakhs | WPT Monday Feature 6-Max ₹15 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Debneil "ChhotaDon" Mukherjee | ₹3.26 Lakhs | Mega Stack Millionaire Bubble ₹16.50 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Nitin 'philhermouth' Arora | ₹3.18 Lakhs | APT#30 DST ₹15 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan | ₹3.06 Lakhs | APT#48 BIG KO ₹15 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Kamal ‘kamalpunjabi’ Punjabi | ₹3.01 Lakhs | Sunday Special – Progressive KO ₹15 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
TheTamizhDurrr | ₹2.96 Lakhs | APT#25 6-Max Turbo ₹15 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Mohammad ‘Bund_Blaster’ Azhar | ₹2.76 Lakhs | Sunday Highroller ₹12 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
Anmol ‘freakweird0’ Agarwal | ₹2.72 Lakhs | APT#50 Megastack ₹12 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Vishal ‘darky012’ Ojha | ₹2.62 Lakhs | WPT Monster Turbo ₹10 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Atishay 'nutscracker' Samuel | ₹2.38 Lakhs | The Endeavour ₹12 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna | ₹2.34 Lakhs | APT #38 (6-Max) Turbo ₹12 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Akshay ‘LalaSaab’ Kapoor | ₹2.19 Lakhs | Highroller ₹10 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
Smikijoejr | ₹2.10 Lakhs | APT#27 Monsterstack ₹10 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
SatyenTrehan | ₹2.04 Lakhs | APT#47 Monsterstack ₹10 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Rajesh 'rajesh_asi' Kumar Shukla | ₹1.98 Lakhs | WPT Lazy Sunday ₹8 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Ravindra ‘wormhole’ Arikeri | ₹1.98 Lakhs | WPT Mini 6-Max ₹8 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Randeep ‘randysingh’ Lather | ₹1.97 Lakhs | APT#51 Afterparty ₹8 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Rakesh 'rockynockals' Kalla | ₹1.84 Lakhs | Futuristic ₹9.5 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Tanmay ‘Truman’ Benara | ₹1.87 Lakhs | APT #36 Freezeout ₹10 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Arsh 'BigggTymeR' Grover | ₹1.76 Lakhs | Monster Stack ₹8 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Harshad ‘omglukbox’ Barve | ₹1.69 Lakhs | ReCharge ₹8 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Pratibh 'pratibhsaluja' Saluja | ₹1.66 Lakhs | The Big Show ₹7.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
g.sharma04 | ₹1.52 Lakhs | Uppercut MAGIC Edition ₹7 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
FuckedUpLife | ₹1.50 Lakhs | WPT Moonlight ₹6 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha | ₹1.45 Lakhs | APT #32 (6-Max) ₹8 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Yash 'scylla' Jain | ₹1.43 Lakhs | APT#24 SuperStack ₹7 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Sanjay ‘Raskolnikov’ Chauudhury | ₹1.36 Lakhs | APT#46 Hyper (5-Max) Turbo ₹7 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
“sarryu” | ₹1.35 Lakhs | The Race ₹6.75 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Debneil 'ChhotaD0N' Mukherjee | ₹1.29 Lakhs | Battle Royale 7-Max ₹5 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
Siddhanth 'bullzeyepower' Kapoor | ₹1.28 Lakhs | WPT Table For 6 ₹7 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha | ₹1.25 Lakhs | Wednesday Vibes ₹6 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Ajay Sharma | ₹1.15 Lakhs | Sixth Sense ₹5 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
allinpavbaji | ₹1.11 Lakhs | Money Heist ₹8 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal | ₹1.05 Lakhs | APT #34 KO ₹5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
MkDDA | ₹1.04 Lakhs | WPT Classic ₹4 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Ankita 'ankumalik' Ajay | ₹1.02 Lakhs | WPT Multiplier ₹4 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Shivam 'cyflopse' Jain | ₹1 Lakh | WPT Hustle ₹4 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal | ₹98,114 | APT #28 Megastack ₹6 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Mohit 'thejoker' Mehta | ₹85,702 | APT#26 Hyper Turbo ₹5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Akshay ‘LalaSaab’ Kapoor | ₹85,427 | Night on Stars ₹5 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani | ₹84,000 | APT#21 KO ₹4 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Yash 'YOSHER' Jain | ₹81,975 | WPT Hustle ₹4 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Kuldeep ‘don_31’ Kumar | ₹68,870 | APT#20 WTB ₹3 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
Saahib 'saahib' Bawa | ₹66,416 | WPT Late Night PKO ₹3 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
Aman’KarmaPoker’ Parakh | ₹65,440 | APT #33 Timebomb ₹8 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
FHIRSE | ₹57,912 | The Classic ₹3 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
Amit Suresh ‘Kavipri’ Gehani | ₹57,905 | Monster Stack ₹3 Lakh GTD | Spartan Poker |
robert_ford9 | ₹57,778 | Big Bubble Rush ₹3 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
Aditya 'konstantinn' Singh | ₹55,243 | Monster Stack ₹3 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Avinash 'i_fart_you_faint' Kumar | ₹54,900 | WPT Daily Warmup ₹2 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
ronukl | ₹51,070 | Night DST ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerBaazi |
kracker | ₹50,947 | Night Rider - Monster Stack ₹2.10 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
Vasu ‘aggrolegend’ Ramanan | ₹48,950 | The Classic PKO ₹2 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
Pratibh ‘pratibhsaluja’ Saluja | ₹39,260 | Turbo ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
ShipIT@MONEY | ₹38,434 | Ultrasonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
RAV1619 | ₹36,773 | Deepstack ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
Monish 'monish1965' Kumar | ₹36,400 | WPT Battlefield ₹1.4 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
JC1870 | ₹33,878 | Big Bubble Rush ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
cobainkurt | ₹30,856 | Night Rider – Monster Stack ₹2.10 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
breaking bad | ₹24,787 | The Centurion ₹1 Lakh GTD | Spartan Poker |
Siddharth ‘gangnam_gangi’ Gangwar | ₹23,896 | Bigstack Turbo ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerStars India |
Queenofaces | ₹22,000 | Wednesday PLO ₹1 Lakh GTD | PokerDangal |
Sandeep ‘goldypaji' Malik | ₹20,164 | Ultra KO 75% 50K GTD | PokerStars India |
myvictori | ₹17,076 | Afternoon on Stars ₹60K GTD | PokerStars India |
nikhil020791 | ₹12,004 | Deepstack ₹50K GTD | PokerStars India |
Anantha ‘Art-of-Limping’ Nallepally | ₹11,240 | Primetime Grind ₹50K GTD | PokerStars India |
dreamanil9 | ₹8,937 | WPT Party Bash | Adda52 |
RAJEEVCTU | ₹8,700 | WPT PLO | Adda52 |
Sarfraz Mohamed 'sarfoboss' Ibrahim | ₹7,898 | WPT Win the Button | Adda52 |
amanpoker27 | ₹7,597 | WPT Regular 250 | Adda52 |
Aishwarya ‘Titica’ Khurana | ₹5,575 | Striker ₹35K GTD | Spartan Poker |
Roshansabbal | ₹3,797 | WPT 4 Max KO | Adda52 |
SarfoBoss | ₹2,525 | WPT Regular 55 | Adda52 |
Spartan Poker’s Ultimate Value Series is Back with ₹1 Crore-Plus in Prizes (August 9- 15)
Spartan Poker is back with another edition of its popular Ultimate Value Series (#UVS). Catering to the low to mid-stakes players, the series runs from August 9 – 15, promising ₹1+ Crore in guaranteed prizes & ₹3 Lakhs in leaderboard prizes!
PokerBaazi Launches Two Face Leaderboards Awarding ₹5 Crores in Prizes
On August 6, PokerBaazi launched the “₹5 Crore Two Face Leaderboards,” putting up a ginormous ₹5 Crores in prizes across two leaderboard sprints – the ₹3.50 Crores GTD Cash Smash 6.0 and the ₹1.50 Crore GTD Loss Insurance Cover – over its five-week run.
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PokerDangal to Host Dangal Value Series With ₹40 Lakhs in Prizes
PokerDangal is all set to host its popular MTT series, the Dangal Value Series (DVS). The series commences its run on Independence Day, i.e., August 15, and will run all the way through August 22. DVS boasts ₹35 Lakhs in prize pool guarantees and offers another ₹5 Lakhs in leaderboard prizes!
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Tamil Nadu Government Announces Plans to Introduce New Law Banning Online Games
According to a statement issued by Tamil Nadu State Law Minister S. Regupathy, the government plans to introduce a law banning online games like rummy. The announcement came almost immediately after the Madras High Court struck down the Tamil Nadu Gaming and Police Laws (Amendment) Act 2021.
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WSOP Online 2021 Updates
The international leg of the 2021 WSOP Online Series had some of the best poker players in the world battling it out to win the coveted gold bracelets on GGPoker/Natural8 this week. So far, the series has awarded seven gold bracelets, with the most recent one clinched by Brazil’s Eduardo Pires, who won Event #7: $1,500 Millionaire Maker for $1.38 Million.
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This series has been a strong outing for Brazilians so far, with three of the seven bracelets taken down by them. The second biggest winner at the series (so far) is Brazil’s Thiago “IneedWasabi” Macedo, who won Event #4: $800 Double Chance NLHE for $161,637.
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And with this, we conclude this week’s roundup of the latest news updates and developments from the world of poker. We will return next week with our weekly report. Stay tuned.