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The Sunday flagships made for an eventful day for online MTT players, and PokerBaazi’s BB#5 MoneyMaker stole the spotlight. It turned out to be a terrific day for PokerGuru Staking, with two team members (incidentally both part of the PSL – Season 4 champions Kolkata Kings) bagging titles – and their mentor Aditya Agarwal!
Headlining the list was winners was Wilson Yomso, who became the 18th MoneyMaker winner on PokerBaazi, and took home a glorious ₹17.45 Lakhs payday. Karan Mehta finished runner-up for ₹12.22 Lakhs.
India’s poker pioneer, Aditya Agarwal, made a stunning comeback to the virtual felts by taking down Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹7.91 Lakhs. Armaan Kochhar finished runner-up for ₹5.32 Lakhs.
The #2 ranked player of the year, Young Gun Arsh Grover, took down the Adda52 Millions for the second time for ₹7.40 Lakhs, becoming the second player after Young Gun Anuj Yadav to cross ₹1.50 Crores in annual winnings.
Aditya Agarwal’s mentees, PokerGuru Ambassadors Ashish Ahuja and Arjanveer Singh Chadha battled it out for PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack title. Ahuja claimed the title and top prize of ₹5.29 Lakhs, while his good friend and flatmate Chadha walked away with ₹3.71 Lakhs in second place.
‘ps pro vegas’ (anonymity requested) won PokerStars India’s Sunday Special (On-time Rake Refund) for a personal-best ₹2.81 Lakhs, while Abhishek Garg shipped the Sunday Highroller (On-time Rake Refund) for ₹2.60 Lakhs.
Ram Kakkar defended his Nano Main Event title on Adda52, bagging ₹2.81 Lakhs up top, following a four-way deal with Akshay Asawa (2nd for ₹2.74 Lakhs), Sanjay Kumar (3rd for ₹2.73 Lakhs), and ‘piyush0657’ (4th for ₹2.51 Lakhs).
PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit Wadhawan, Young Gun Karan Radia, Kunal Sharma, Tanmay Benara, Gopal Bajaj, Rudramani Pokhrel, Atishay Samuel, Jyoti Pandey, Manish Jangid, Swapnil Patil, and Md Nazim were the other Sunday winners.
Here are the Sunday highlights!
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PokerBaazi
BB#5 MoneyMaker – ₹1 Crore GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 625
Re-entries – 401
Prize Pool – ₹1,03,00,000
Places Paid – 126
It’s been a while since we have talked about one of the more stylish players on the domestic poker circuit. When one thinks of Wilson ‘kalingkaling’ Yomso, his colorful hairdos always come to mind first, but that does not take away from the fact that he is a fierce competitor on the felts. Proving his mettle once again, Yomso clinched PokerBaazi’s ₹1 Crore GTD BB#5 MoneyMaker for ₹17.45 Lakhs (his second-best career finish), becoming the 18th MoneyMaker. Karan ‘karan2507’ Mehta finished runner-up for ₹12.22 Lakhs.
Wilson Yomso took home ₹17.48 Lakhs in Sunday winnings, as he also cashed in Spartan Poker’s Money Heist (38th for ₹3,555). His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.80 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ~₹41 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2
The ₹11,000 buy-in tourney locked in 1,026 entries, posting a guarantee-crushing ₹1.03 Crores prize pool. The top 126 places got paid.
Final Table Results
BSS SuperStack – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 260
Re-Entries – 295
Prize Pool – ₹27,75,000
Places Paid – 63
The MTT crowd came in droves to play the Sunday flagships on PokerBaazi! And like the #BB5 MoneyMaker, the site`s ₹20 Lakhs GTD BSS SuperStack clocked in a guarantee-crushing field with 555 hopefuls filling in ₹27.75 Lakhs in the prize pool (almost 40% more than the listed guarantee).
After eight hours and 19 minutes of play, the #3 ranked player of the year, PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja, won the Sunday flagship for the fourth time, netting ₹5.29 Lakhs. His flatmate & fellow stablemate Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha settled for a runner-up payday worth ₹3.71 Lakhs.
Ashish Ahuja also posted a deep run in PokerStars India’s Sunday Special (30th for ₹22,127), collectively adding ₹5.52 Lakhs. It turned out to be an excellent weekend for the Chandigarh-based pro as his team Kolkata Kings lifted the PSL Season 4 trophy just a day before. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.95 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.33 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹1.36 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #10 | Ranked #3 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
JaiKiran ‘testify’ Kumar crossed the money line in three Sunday marquees (including two FT scores), collectively earning ₹1.68 Lakhs. His ITM finishes include:
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹1.32 Lakhs
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s BSS MonsterStack for ₹29,736
> 35th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SPRINT for ₹5,704
Final Table Results
(7-Max) BSS SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 239
Re-Entries – 221
Prize Pool – ₹9,20,000
Places Paid – 54
The ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) BSS SPRINT logged in 460 entries, collecting a ₹9.20 Lakhs prize pool (1.8X times its listed guarantee). Kunal ‘Maharaj3’ Sharma outlasted them all to collect this third title this month (his sixth this year) and ₹1.85 Lakhs in prize money. Last night`s ₹2 Lakhs GTD BSS winner Atishay ‘nutscracker’ Samuel pocketed ₹1.30 Lakhs in second place.
Kunal Sharma FT-ed two more events, filling in ₹2.94 Lakhs in Sunday winnings. His Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS SPRINT for ₹1.85 Lakhs
> 5th in Adda52’s Nano Highroller for ₹79,913
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s BSS for ₹29,212
Kunal Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.69 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹17.31 Lakhs |Titles Won in 2022: #6
The two-time Sunday Special PKO champion Atishay Samuel made quite the splash yesterday, posting four ITM finishes for a collective ₹2.60 Lakhs. His Sunday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS SPRINT for ₹1.30 Lakhs
> 1st PokerBaazi’s ₹2L GTD BSS for ₹64,724
> 4th PokerBaazi’s BSS MonsterStack for ₹49,518
> 14th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Sundowner for ₹12,416
Atishay Samuel’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.91 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹58.56 Lakhs | Annual Winnings: ₹52.23 Lakhs |Titles Won in 2022: #9
Final Table Results
BSS MonsterStack 6-Max – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 129
Re-Entries – 123
Prize Pool – ₹6,30,000
Places Paid – 27
The PokerBaazi reg Tanmay ‘truman’ Benara decimated the 252-entry field in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD BSS MonsterStack (6-Max) and lifted the title for ₹1.36 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with the user ‘RICHIERICH2365’ (2nd for ₹1.16 Lakhs).
Tanmay Benara crossed the money line in four events yesterday, pocketing ₹1.93 Lakhs altogether. His Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BSS MonsterStack 6-Max for ₹1.36 Lakhs
> 29th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹32,912
> 9th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Sundowner for ₹18,583
> 92nd in Adda52’s Nano Main Event for ₹5,789
Tanmay Benara’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.10 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹65.02 Lakhs | Annual Winnings: ₹70.53 Lakhs |Titles Won in 2022: #11
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
Atishay ‘nutscracker’ Samuel (Won BSS ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹64,724), ‘Subhash01’ (Won BSS Night SPRINT ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹48,195), Jyoti ‘akqj1717’ Pandey (Won BSS Kickoff ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹37,998), ‘Gotu111’ (Won BSS Afternoon SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹33,226), ‘ManiakGod’ (Won 5-Max Daily ₹50K GTD for ₹14,220), and ‘spvp23’ (Won PLO Daily ₹40K GTD for ₹11,063) won the other Sunday marquees on PokerBaazi.
Spartan Poker
Sunday Superstack (₹50K LBD) – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 189
Re-entries – 65
Rebuys – 120
Prize Pool – ₹37,40,000
Places Paid – 31
India`s poker pioneer Aditya ‘Yennefer’ Agarwal made a rare Sunday appearance after “missing in action” for the last few months! And the poker superstar announced his comeback in style by taking down Spartan Poker`s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Sunday Superstack for a handsome ₹7.91 Lakhs. His stellar performance pushed his tracked online winnings north of the ₹4 Crores mark.
Aditya Agarwal also topped the Daily Feature Leaderboard for an additional ₹25K in bonus money.
Armaan ‘space ace’ Kochhar (2nd for ₹5.32 Lakhs) and Manav ‘Gehe15’ Gehe (3rd for ₹3.75 Lakhs) secured podium finishes.
Final Table Results
Sunday Sundowner (₹50K LBD) – ₹6 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 150
Re-entries – 24
Rebuys – 93
Prize Pool – ₹8,01,000
Places Paid – 23
Young Gun Karan ‘Majestic’ Radia won back-to-back titles over the weekend. He won PokerStars India’s Eliminator on Saturday, and extended his winning run by topping the 267-entry field in Spartan Poker’s ₹6 Lakhs GTD Sunday Sundowner last night for ₹1.86 Lakhs.
PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘LuckyBhai$’ Pal Singh pocketed ₹1.26 Lakhs in second place, adding another six figure score to the team`s Sunday tally.
Final Table Results
Money Heist (₹50K LBD) – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,200
Entries – 254
Re-entries – 83
Rebuys – 168
Prize Pool – ₹5,55,500
Places Paid – 47
The 22-year-old Gopal ‘TheRealG’ Bajaj has been crushing the mid-stakes MTTs on Spartan Poker, and the upcoming poker star took down the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Money Heist for ₹88,794 yesterday, picking up his 16th title of the year. The user ‘D@K$H’ pocketed ₹88,244 in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
The four-time Sundowner champion collected ₹1.09 Lakhs in Sunday winnings on the back of four deep runs. His online stats (Spartan Poker & PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.69 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹44.13 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #16
Final Table Results
*denotes a heads-up deal
Rudramani ‘rud1478’ Pokhrel (Won Sunday Monster Stack ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹60,170), ‘Kalaimani4004’ (Won Reloaded ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹34,556), ‘Pogback’ (Won Epic – Boost ₹60K GTD for ₹16,500), and ‘Pablit0’ (Won Striker ₹18K GTD for ₹4,599) shipped the other Sunday marquees on Spartan Poker.
PokerStars India
Sunday Special (On-time Rake Refund) – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 153
Re-entries – 131
Regular Prize Pool – ₹7,90,000
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹7,10,000
Total Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000
Places Paid – 31
‘ps pro vegas’ (anonymity requested) came out trumps in PokerStars India`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special (On-time Rake Refund), netting a personal-best ₹2.81 Lakhs for the win. Himanshu ‘himkat@stars’ Kataria collected ₹1.97 Lakhs in second place.
The ₹5,500 buy-in event clocked in 284 entries, and the top 31 places benefitted from the ₹80,000 in overlay value added by the site.
As part of its On-time Rake Refund promotion, the site refunded the ₹500 in rake to all the players who registered for the event before its 5 PM start time.
Final Table Results
Sunday Highroller (On-time Rake Refund) – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 67
Re-entries – 46
Prize Pool – ₹11,30,000
Places Paid – 13
Riding high on form, Abhishek ‘TheGrinder333’ Garg won the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Sunday Highroller (On-time Rake Refund) for ₹2.60 Lakhs, picking up his second flagship title in the last three days. In the heads-up play, he defeated PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Haxton Jr’ Raj (2nd for 1.99 Lakhs).
The cash game reg, Garg, made another four ITM finishes, making away with over ₹3.63 Lakhs in Sunday winnings. His Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerStars India`s Sunday Highroller for ₹2,60,391
> 19th in Spartan Poker`s Sunday Superstack for ₹44,132
> 9th in PokerStars India`s Sunday Special for ₹35,083
> 18th in Adda52’s Nano Highroller for ₹11,265
> 47th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹11,990
Abhishek Garg`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.21 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹82.16 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3
Like the Sunday Special, the site refunded the ₹1,000 charged in rake of all players who had entered the 8 PM flagship before it started.
Final Table Results
Manish ‘Manish Jangid’ Jangid went on a rampage on PokerStars India last night and ended up shipping two tournaments for a collective ₹33,940 in prize money.
> 1st in ₹40K GTD Total KO 100% for ₹16,100
> 1st in ₹50K GTD Afternoon on Stars for ₹17,840
‘IamD1992’ (Won Big Bubble Rush ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹36,158), ‘Xx_dadbod_xX’ (Won Sunday Storm ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹24,528), Swapnil ‘pokpom1’ Patil (Won Ultrasonic ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹20,895), and ‘Prat920830’ (Won Deepstack ₹50K GTD for ₹14,481) won the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
Nano Main Event Finale – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 1,045
Re-entries – 494
Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000
Places Paid – 161
Adda52’s Nano Poker Series wound down to a close last night with the series’ showstopper ₹25 Lakhs GTD Nano Main Event playing down to a winner. The ₹1,650 buy-in event registered a 1,539-strong field across seven starting flights, and 161 among them returned to play the Day 2 (Finale) at 10 PM yesterday.
Last Tuesday’s The Endeavour champion Ram ‘mowgumotu’ Kakkar (opted out of our tracking) did it again! He had won the Nano Main Event Finale last month, and he defended the title to collect ₹2.81 Lakhs after striking a four-way deal with Akshay ‘Powershell’ Asawa (2nd for ₹2.74 Lakhs), Sanjay ‘Floppednuts’ Kumar (3rd for ₹2.73 Lakhs), and ‘piyush0657’ (4th for ₹2.51 Lakhs).
The event filled in an overlay shortfall of ₹1.92 Lakhs, and all 161 players who returned to play on Day 2 got paid.
Final Table Results
*denotes a four-way deal
Adda52 Millions – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 172
Re-entries – 117
Prize Pool – ₹28,90,000
Places Paid – 30
The FTS 4.0 Main Event champion and currently the #2 ranked player of 2022, Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover, won his second Adda52 Millions title last night for ₹7.40 Lakhs, also posting his eighth title victory of the year. Grover was among the 289 challengers who signed up for the ₹11,000 buy-in event and eventually defeated ‘MALLU81’ (2nd for ₹4.41 Lakhs) heads-up to become the second player after Young Gun Anuj Yadav to cross ₹1.50 Crores in annual winnings.
Arsh Grover made another two ITM finishes, adding ₹8.30 Lakhs to his Sunday tally. His Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in Adda52 Millions for ₹7.40 Lakhs
> 17th in Spartan Poker`s Sunday Superstack for ₹49,742
> 12th in Adda52’s Nano Highroller for ₹16,910
Arsh Grover`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.76 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.23 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #9 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.55 Crores | Ranked #2 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #3 in Annual Profits
Final Table Results
Nano High Roller – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,000
Entries – 308
Re-entries – 247
Prize Pool – ₹
Places Paid – 62
The FTS 3.0 Main Event champion and part of the PSL – Season 4 champions, Kolkata Kings, PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan made it to the finish line in Adda52’s Nano High Roller and won the title for ₹2.77 Lakhs. Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna pocketed ₹2.03 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.
Ankit Wadhawan`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.82 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.03 Crores
Final Table Results
The ₹1 Crore GTD Nano Poker Series (NPS) crowned six other winners on its final day, namely, ‘Ivan2822’ (Won Nano DST ₹2.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹47,541), ‘bullzeye’ (Won Nano Fantastic Four ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹36,256), ‘gvt1962’ (Won Nano Monster Turbo ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹35,656), ‘Blue_basilisk’ (Won Nano Sunday Blast ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹26,250), ‘alreadywiner’ (Won Nano Battleship ₹30K GTD for ₹8,700) and Md ‘t9ace’ Nazim (Won Nano PLO ₹25K GTD for ₹7,250).
MPL Poker
MPL Poker user ‘Nalanda’ outlasted 156 other opponents in the ₹1 Lakh GTD Sunday Showstopper to win ₹24,500 in first-place prize money.
Khelo365
The ₹1 Lakh GTD Big Bang on Khelo365 was taken down by ‘edward’ for ₹37,000. ‘Vinay2001’ pocketed ₹25,000 in second place.
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