This Week in Poker: February 15 – 21 

This Week in Poker: February 15 - 21
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  • Attreyee Khasnabis February 22, 2023
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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 circuits. Here are this week’s top stories!

The penultimate week of February was relatively calmer for online MTT players compared to the past weeks. Still, PokerBaazi’s Baazi Turbo Series has kept the action in top gear since it started on February 19.

Despite the sluggish pace, several big winners emerged this week, and topping them all was Sunday`s Adda52 Top Liners champion Prem Madderla – who banked the week`s single-biggest payout of ₹20.92 Lakhs. But since the player has decided to remain faceless, the “PokerGuru Star of the Week” title goes to Aditya Singh. The online beast reeled in at least ₹19.86 Lakhs this past week through a litany of FT finishes and a title victory!

Kanishka Samant, Sahil Mahboobani, Young Gun Aayush Arya, and Armaan Kochhar were the week`s other top scorers.

February is nearing its end, but March will bring the digital felts to life with PokerBaazi announcing the third edition of the National Poker Series India from March 29 to April 16. With a whopping ₹25+ Crores in guaranteed prizes spread across 107 tournaments and 324 medals to be won, the series has all the makings to be a historical event. PokerBaazi announced the series with the “Ab India Khelega Glory Ke Liye” campaign, showcasing NPS`s potential to bring pride and glory to its champions.

Not only will players get to enjoy exciting tournaments on PokerBaazi, but the playing experience will also be superlative. The online poker operator has recently launched PokerBaazi 3.0, an upgraded version of its online poker platform with better animation, faster table opening speed, and reduced CPU and memory consumption. The app also offers new game formats, an interactive tutorial, an improved tournament search bar, and much more.

For cash game players, Gamezy Poker has launched the Full House February Mission, where anyone can win cash rewards on hitting 13 milestones. The grand prize for completing all milestones is over 10 Lakhs. The promotion runs from February 17 to March 2.

PokerMatch India has launched a month-long Happy Hours promotion for cash game players on its Speed Poker tables. Players can boost their bankroll by playing more and winning more during five two-hour periods daily from February 17 to March 16.

In an exciting development, the Mumbai-headquartered Juggernaut Productions is working on a biopic series on PokerBaazi Team Pro Muskan Sethi to inspire gender equality and encourage women to pursue their dreams fearlessly.

Junglee Games Private Ltd recently signed Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn as the brand ambassador for its online rummy platform Junglee Rummy and rolled out a national campaign, ‘Rummy bole toh Junglee Rummy,’ across various media platforms.

In Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin expressed confusion over the Governor’s reluctance to approve the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill, 2022, and a DMK MP raised the issue in the Lok Sabha.

The long-awaited clarity on indirect taxation on online gaming, casinos, and horse racing will take longer. The GoM report on the topic could not be taken up at the 49th GST Council meeting on February 18 due to the absence of the GoM convener, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma.

Delta Corp’s Deltin Town project received terms of reference from the Goa State Environment Impact Assessment Authority for an EIA study, aligning with their environmental compliance efforts in the state’s developmental projects.

The inaugural 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris commenced on February 15 at Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile. Slates to run until February 23, the series has already crowned champions in Andre Marques (Won €10,200 Mystery Bounty for €128,500), Alan Goasdoue (Won €1,100 FPS Paris Main Event for €287,830), Chris Brewer (Won €25,000 No-Limit Hold’em for €357,180 & €50,000 EPT Paris Super High Roller for €959,520), Teun Mulder (Won €25,000 No-Limit Hold’em II for €389,870), and Mohamed Mokrani (Won €2,200 FPS Paris High Roller for €305,300).

 

Online Railbird Report

Adda52 loyalist Prem Madderla grabbed the week’s single-biggest score for taking down the second edition of the site`s 75 Lakhs GTD Top Liners for a jaw-dropping 20.92 Lakhs – over three times his previous best score on the site. The user ‘joseappu’ collected a site-best 13.17 Lakhs in second place.

Aditya Singh has been on a rampage of late, and the online crusher kept the heater going by raking in at least ₹19.86 Lakhs this past week. Singh’s weekly run saw him post multiple FT finishes – he posted three third-place finishes, two runner-up finishes, and won a marquee tournament – making him our “PokerGuru Star of the Week!”

Aditya Singh
Aditya Singh

 

His top finishes include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹3,16,894

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s The Elite (6-Max) for ₹3,08,700

> 7th in Adda52’s Top Liners for ₹2,90,625

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹2,43,250

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹2,34,000

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹1,57,500

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller (6-Max) for ₹1,54,000

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹1,43,549

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹61,454

> 6th in PokerStars India’s The Big Bash [8-Max, PKO] for ₹43,528

Kanishka Samant was another trailblazer. The poker coach reeled in 13.08 Lakhs on the back of two podium finishes. He won PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for 76,936 on Friday and then placed third in Adda52’s Top Liners for 9.68 Lakhs on Sunday.

Kanishka Samant
Kanishka Samant

 

His top finishes include:

> 3rd in Adda52’s Top Liners for 9,68,470

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for 76,936

Well-known circuit pro reg Sahil Mahboobani added a hefty 12.74 Lakhs this week, hitting a significant career milestone of crossing 12 Crores in tracked online winnings. He most notably won Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller (4.55 Lakhs).

Sahil Mahboobani
Sahil Mahboobani

 

His top finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller for 4,54,795

> 11th in Adda52’s Top Liners for 1,55,000

> 2nd in Adda52’s Iron Man for 1,27,710

> 4th in Adda52’s The Mint for 1,12,000

Young Gun Aayush Arya was a competitive force across several of the week’s biggest flagship tourneys and accumulated 12.45 Lakhs over the week. He won two flagships – Spartan Poker’s Ultron (4.57 Lakhs), PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT (1.77 Lakhs), and placed runner-up in Spartan Poker’s Destiny (3.20 Lakhs).

Aayush Arya
Aayush Arya

 

His top finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for 4,56,840

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Destiny for 3,19,910

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller (6-Max) for 2,32,780

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for 1,77,322

The lawyer-turned-poker-pro Armaan Kochhar won two tournaments and posted a fourth-place finish in Adda52`s Top Liners, reeling in a commendable 10.85 Lakhs across his weekly run.

Armaan Kochhar
Armaan Kochhar

 

His top finishes include:

> 4th in Adda52’s Top Liners for 7,16,875

> 1st in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for 2,04,074

> 1st in PokerStars India’s Uppercut for 42,844

 

Rajat Sharma, Vaibhav Sharma, Tanmay Benara, Deepankur Gupta, Rajneesh Thakur, and Ankit Jajodia were the week`s other top scorers.

Notable Winners of the Week

PlayerPrize AmountEventPoker Site
Prem Madderla₹20.92 LakhsTop Liners ₹75 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Abhinav Menon₹7.34 LakhsSunday SuperStack ₹35 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Deepankur Gupta₹6.64 LakhsThe Elite (6-Max) ₹30 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Rishabh Gupta₹5.97 LakhsThursday High Roller (6-Max) ₹20 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Harshad Barve₹5.29 LakhsThe Ballers ₹20 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Saransh Garg₹4.95 LakhsGodfather ₹25 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Arvindhan Lakshminarayanan₹4.94 LakhsBSS Highroller ₹20 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Tanmay Benara₹4.76 Lakhs(7-Max) BSS Championship ₹35 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Aayush Arya₹4.57 LakhsUltron ₹20 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Sahil Mahboobani₹4.55 LakhsWednesday High Roller (6-Max) ₹20 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Suneeth Kalmady₹4.46 LakhsBTS#5 Sunday Prime ₹25 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Sanjay Kumar₹4.22 LakhsThe Summit ₹20 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Rajat Sharma₹4.12 LakhsThe Weekly HighRoller ₹12 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Anant Purohit₹3.90 LakhsDestiny 26.0 ₹18 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Anuj Yadav₹3.90 LakhsMaverick ₹15 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Anirban D Das₹3.55 LakhsBTS#15 Tuesday Prime ₹18 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Manish Lakhotia₹3.49 LakhsTuesday High Roller (6-Max) ₹18 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
“advaitt”₹3.49 LakhsBTS#1 Kickoff ₹25 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Ujjwal Narwal₹3.47 LakhsThe Mint – ₹14 Lakhs GTDAdda52
“badboysha”₹3.41 LakhsMega Stack ₹17 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Raghav Chauhan₹3.24 LakhsThe Endeavour ₹20 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Arjanveer Singh Chadha₹3.01 LakhsDeepStack Turbo ₹15 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Ashish Munot₹2.98 LakhsArmageddon ₹15 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Ashwin Vijay₹2.97 LakhsSunday Special [8-Max] ₹15 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Gaurav Bhutra₹2.93 LakhsBTS#10 Monday Prime ₹15 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
“thedesiviper”₹2.81 LakhsThe Colosseum [6-Max] ₹12 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Ankit Jajodia₹2.61 LakhsThe Pride ₹15 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
“theoldestkid”₹2.31 LakhsThe Big Bash [8-Max] ₹10 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
“rajjani21”₹2.11 LakhsIron Man ₹8 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Armaan Kocchar₹2.04 LakhsSunday Showdown ₹10 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Abhishek Sonu₹2.04 Lakhs(7-Max) SPRINT ₹12 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Anand Babu Pallikona₹2 LakhsFuturistic – Triple Chance ₹10 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Ritesh Joshi₹1.86 Lakhs(7-Max) SPRINT ₹12 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Advait Rajguru₹1.84 LakhsThe CashMaker - Triple Chance ₹10 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
JaiKiran Kumar₹1.80 LakhsBTS#4 ₹15 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Aayush Arya₹1.77 Lakhs(7-Max) SPRINT ₹12 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
“Anil1986”₹1.72 LakhsThe Big Show ₹10 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Siddharth Gangwar₹1.60 LakhsMoney Heist - Triple Chance ₹10 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Kritarth Pant₹1.58 LakhsBTS#6 PKO 10 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Rajat Mahajan₹1.49 LakhsDaily Value Boost ₹10 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
“ashcashsmash”₹1.46 LakhsBTS#3 10 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Ayush Garg₹1.45 LakhsDaily Value Boost ₹10 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Aditya Singh₹1.44 LakhsDaily Value Boost ₹10 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
Debapriya Manna₹1.43 LakhsBSS Value Boost ₹10 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
“missionimposibl”₹1.43 LakhsDaily Value Boost ₹10 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Snehil Aggarwal₹1.22 LakhsBTS#11 ₹8 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Pratibh Saluja₹1.21 LakhsDaily Value Boost ₹10 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
“hik18”₹1.20 LakhsBTS#14 (PLO-6) ₹7 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Anand Babu Pallikona₹1.07 LakhsDaily Turbo (6-Max) ₹5 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Deepak Singh₹1.06 LakhsDaily Turbo ₹5 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
“RAV1619”
₹1 LakhEliminator [8-Max] ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Vinayak Bajaj₹99KMaster Minds [8-Max] ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Vignesh Kumar
₹98K(7-Max) Afternoon Boost ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Adwait Pol
₹95KTurbo Masters [8-Max] ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
“Heisenbergi”₹89K(7-Max) Afternoon Boost ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Manish Ranjan₹88KDeepstack Turbo ₹4 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Uttam Gope₹79KBTS#2 (PLO-6) ₹8 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
“vedprakash923”₹79KBTS#16 Freeze ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
“Skylark77”₹75KDeepstack Turbo ₹4 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
“Vardatic”
₹75K(7-Max) Daily SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
“pokergodess007”₹75K(7-Max) Afternoon Boost ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
“Daisy2307”
₹73K(7-Max) SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Uttam Gope
₹73KBTS#13 Hyper ₹5.5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Kunal Agrawal
₹70KBTS#7 Hyper ₹4 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
“DrunkenGoD”
₹68K(7-Max) Afternoon Boost ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
“starrk0”
₹67KBTS#8 ₹6 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Nanadan Pugalia₹59KBTS#12 ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Snehil Aggarwal₹53KBTS#9 Hyper ₹4 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi

 

PokerBaazi Announces National Poker Series India 2023 With a New Campaign “Ab India Khelega Glory Ke Liye”

PokerBaazi officially announced the third edition of the National Poker Series India in a campaign titled “Ab India Khelega Glory Ke Liye” to promote the tournament, emphasizing how players can achieve pride and glory by becoming a champion.

The NPS India 2023 promises to be the biggest yet, with over ₹25 Crores guaranteed across 107 tournaments and 324 medals to be won. The series runs from March 29 to April 16 on PokerBaazi.

PokerBaazi Officially Launches National Poker Series India 2023

Read the complete report here.

 

PokerBaazi 3.0 Offers Smoother Gameplay, Faster Action, & Exciting New Feature

Coinciding with the NPS announcement, PokerBaazi launched its latest upgrade – PokerBaazi 3.0, which promises all users a superior and smoother gameplay experience. The new features include actual table-like animation, faster table opening speed, and better performance with reduced CPU and memory consumption.

The app also offers new game formats and features, such as an interactive tutorial, an improved tournament search bar, and a better range of emojis, avatars, throwables, and new table themes.

PokerBaazi 3.0 Upgreat

Read the complete report here.

 

Participate in Gamezy Poker’s Full House February Mission & Earn Rewards Worth Over 10 Lakhs

Gamezy Poker’s Full House February Mission is here. From February 17 to March 2, participate by playing cash games on the poker app and completing 13 milestones to earn deposit cash rewards. With the grand prize of over 10 Lakhs, it’s time to fire up the Gamezy Poker app and start playing!

Gamezy - Rakeback - Cover

Read the complete report here.

 

PokerMatch India Launches Happy Hours on Speed Poker Cash Tables

Boost your bankroll by playing on PokerMatch India’s Speed Poker cash tables during ‘Happy Hours’! The promotion spans four weeks – from February 17 to March 16 – and offers players the chance to earn five free small blinds for every 25 raked hands they play during five two-hour periods daily.

PokerMatch India Happy Hours

Read the complete report here.

 

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.

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