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Daily Majors: Himanshu Arora, Dhinesh Kumar, Vikhyat Ahlawat & Manish Lakhotia Hit the Friday Jackpot
Action always goes on an uptick as we approach the weekend. Still, Friday turned out to be super busy, with Spartan Poker’s Legend Poker Series, PokerBaazi’s APT Online India Series, and PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder Series running side-by-side.
Himanshu Arora made the Friday headlines and went on an absolute heater in the LEGEND flagships, netting ₹8.92 Lakhs across seven deep runs! Arora placed second in Spartan Poker`s LEGEND #53 Friday Showdown for ₹5.37 Lakhs and finished sixth in the LEGEND #56 Friday Magnate for ₹2.19 Lakhs.
Dhinesh Kumar was another top reg binking a flagship tournament. He took down Spartan Poker`s LEGEND #56 Friday Magnate, reeling in his best score of 2022, worth ₹7.43 Lakhs (his second title in three days). Kumar chopped the Friday Magnate title three-way with Tarush Gupta (2nd for ₹6.95 Lakhs) and Aditya Singh (3rd for ₹6.35 Lakhs).
Vikhyat Ahlawat has been one of the biggest revelations of the year, and the upcoming pro dazzled his way to victory in Spartan Poker`s LEGEND #53 Friday Showdown, taking it down for ₹5.57 Lakhs (won ₹6.02 Lakhs overall). Ahlawat satellited into the tournament and ended up striking a three-way deal with Himanshu Arora (2nd for ₹5.37 Lakhs) and Nitin Gupta (3rd for ₹5.23 Lakhs).
‘Sami5’ (Won ₹15 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #54 Multi Entry for ₹2.82 Lakhs), ‘Been there Done that’ (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #57 Turbo for ₹1.06 Lakhs), Sanchit ‘Laika’ Pande (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #51 for ₹99,984), and ‘Bholagurjar’ (Won ₹4 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #52 Thunder for ₹79,511) won the other Legend Poker Series marquees on Friday.
The APT Online India Series Day 1 headliner, PokerBaazi`s APT#3 Friday Major, found a champion in Puneet Jain, who clinched his maiden APT trophy and a site-best ₹6.91 Lakhs. The BTH High Roller champion Amrit Mishra collected a site-best ₹4.59 Lakhs in second place.
Fresh off winning two BSS tournaments on Thursday, Abhishek Sonu kept his scorecard ticking by taking down the APT Online India series-opener APT#1 Kickoff for ₹3.50 Lakhs (won ₹3.74 Lakhs overall).
Last year`s APT#10 Monday Major winner, Shubham Agarwal, nailed PokerBaazi’s APT#4 Monsterstack for ₹2.12 Lakhs, striking a heads-up deal with Rafiq Khan (2nd for ₹1.85 Lakhs).
Chirag Khanduja (Won ₹8 Lakhs GTD APT#2 for ₹1,13,972) and Vikram Mishra (Won ₹8 Lakhs GTD APT#5 (7-Max) Turbo for ₹1,11,440) took down the other APT Online titles on Friday.
Manish Lakhotia finished #2 on the Friday charts behind Himanshu Arora, notching up a hefty ₹7.84 Lakhs from four deep runs and even made Day 2 in The Spartan Poker`s LEGEND Sterling. He shipped Adda52’s The Ballers for the second time in six weeks for ₹5.35 Lakhs. Sanish Chhabra collected ₹3.24 Lakhs in second place (won ₹3.34 Lakhs overall), crossing ₹6 Crores in tracked online winnings.
The 2020 India Poker Champion Rubin Labroo came out on top in PokerStars India’s BBS-24 Uppercut 6-Max to collect ₹2.63 Lakhs, while The Ballers champion Manish Lakhotia pocketed ₹1.72 Lakhs as the runner-up.
Avneesh Munjal, Niraj Munka, Shubham Tyagi, and Aditya Kesharwani shipped the other Friday majors.
Here are the Friday highlights!
Spartan Poker
LEGEND #53 Friday Showdown – ₹35 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 185
Re-entries – 69
Rebuys – 102
Prize Pool – ₹35,60,000
Places Paid – 31
Vikhyat ‘Super Saiyan’ Ahlawat has been quite the revelation this year, with an extensive record of top finishes at marquee stops like ITM, THC, BTS, DCS, Millionaire Series, and the ongoing Legend Poker Series!
And Ahlawat couldn`t have asked for a better start to the weekend, for he took down Spartan Poker`s ₹35 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #53 Friday Showdown last night for ₹5.57 Lakhs (his second-best online score) after getting in through a ₹880 satellite. He chopped the title three-way with last night`s top scorer Himanshu ‘WhatIffGawd’ Arora (2nd for ₹5.37 Lakhs) and Nitin ‘mickyn34’ Gupta (3rd for ₹5.23 Lakhs).
Ahlawat made away with over ₹6.02 Lakhs on the back of six deep runs, which include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker`s LEGEND #53 Friday Showdown for 5,56,948
> 91st in Spartan Poker`s LEGEND #54 Multi Entry 5,068
> 57th in PokerBaazi’s APT#5 (7-MAX) TURBO for 3,440
> 48th in PokerBaazi’s APT#3 FRIDAY MAJOR for 28,420
> 27th in Spartan Poker`s LEGEND #51 for 4,258
> 24th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #52 Thunder for 3903
Vikhyat Ahlawat`s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹99.47 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹23.63 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Moves to #2 on the LEGEND Mix Hold’em LBD Leaderboard
Himanshu Arora was all the rage yesterday, and he made the Friday headlines, netting ₹8.92 Lakhs across seven deep runs!
His Friday winnings include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker`s LEGEND #53 Friday Showdown for ₹5,37,401
> 6th in Spartan Poker`s LEGEND #56 Friday Magnate for ₹2,19,000 (won his entry through a ₹4,400 satellite)
> 7th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹64,244
> 28th in PokerBaazi’s APT#3 FRIDAY MAJOR for ₹32,480
> 10th in PokerStars India’s BBS-24 for ₹28,084
> 25th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹5,900
> 84th in PokerBaazi’s APT#4 MONSTERSTACK for ₹4,906
Himanshu Arora’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.05 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.39 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #19 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.07 Crores
Thursday’s LEGEND #49 – High Roller champion Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar accumulated ₹2.18 Lakhs for his seventh-place finish in the LEGEND #53 Friday Showdown – Deepstack LBD and another five deep runs.
His top Friday finishes include:
> 7th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #53 Showdown for ₹1,27,093
> 5th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #54 Multi Entry for ₹66,418
Mahesh Shyamsundar`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.68 Crore | Lifetime Profits: ₹24 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #10
Final Table Results
- Vikhyat ‘Super Saiyan’ Ahlawat – ₹5,56,948*
- Himanshu ‘WhatIffGawd’ Arora – ₹5,37,401*
- Nitin ‘mickyn34’ Gupta – ₹5,22,959*
- suitedrockets – ₹2,89,784
- Jess2010 – ₹2,29,264
- Kanishka ‘Wildflower’ Samant – ₹1,74,084
- Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar – ₹1,27,092
- Buhr ‘C@rnage’ Advirkar – ₹92,916
*denotes a three-way deal
LEGEND #56 Friday Magnate – ₹35 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹27,500
Entries – 68
Re-entries – 30
Rebuys – 48
Prize Pool – ₹36,50,000
Places Paid – 13
Three days into December, Dhinesh ‘kendralust’ Kumar has already picked up two marquee titles! And he scored the Friday breakthrough after storming past 145 other regs in Spartan Poker`s ₹35 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #56 Friday Magnate, reeling in his best score of 2022, worth ₹7.43 Lakhs.
Thursday`s BBS-19 Uppercut Mini winner, Kumar, chopped the Friday Magnate title three-way with SCS High Main Event champion Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta (2nd for ₹6.95 Lakhs) and the Galactic Series Main Event champion Aditya ‘Ben K Rolle’ Singh (3rd for ₹6.35 Lakhs).
Kumar made another deep run in PokerBaazi`s APT#3 FRIDAY MAJOR (23rd for ₹32,480) and collected a bounty in PokerStars India`s BBS-26 #BattleRoyale, cashing over ₹7.76 Lakhs and crossing ₹2 Crores in online profits.
Dhinesh Kumar`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.40 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.01 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.78 Crores
Final Table Results
- Dhinesh ‘kendralust’ Kumar – ₹7,42,996*
- Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta – ₹6,95,218*
- Aditya ‘Ben K Rolle’ Singh – ₹6,34,986*
- Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹3,48,575
- Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha – ₹2,81,050
- Himanshu ‘WhatIffGawd’ Arora – ₹2,19,000
*denotes a three-way deal
LEGEND #54 Multi Entry – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹990
Entries – 1,189 (707)
Rebuys – 562
Prize Pool – ₹15,75,900
Places Paid – 175
The mystery crusher ‘Sami5’ fired up a scintillating Friday run, taking down a whopping 1,751-entry field in Spartan Poker`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #54 Multi Entry to bank the lion`s share of the ₹15.76 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹2.82 Lakhs.
LEGEND #12 PKO winner Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma pocketed ₹1.66 Lakhs in second place.
Final Table Results
- Sami5 – ₹2,82,244
- Vikranth ‘borntrouble’ Varma – ₹166,257
- Sumeet ‘Sumitsingh199’ Rajpurohit – ₹116,931
- BuddyAAA – ₹87,620
- Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar – ₹67,133
- Manav ‘Gehe15’ Gehe – ₹49,640
- PKJB007 – ₹37,837
- conquerorbhaiya – ₹26,964
LEGEND #57 Turbo – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 180
Re-entries – 33
Rebuys – 114
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 31
The user ‘Been there Done that’ raced past 326 other competitors in Spartan Poker`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #57 Turbo, winning the 9:30 PM marquee for ₹1.06 Lakhs. Ankit ’BuddyLove’ Gupta grabbed the runner-up payday worth ₹71,200.
The ₹1,650 entry buy-in LEGEND #57 Turbo experienced an overlay shortfall of ₹9,500, and the top 31 places got paid.
Final Table Results
- Been there Done that – ₹1,05,750
- Ankit ’BuddyLove’ Gupta – ₹71,200
- Rise@boveHate – ₹50,200
- Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha – ₹40,700
- Mayank ‘barrelbrat’ Maruka – ₹32,200
- Kaps ‘pokerkaps’ Sahitya – ₹24,450
- Giraldik – ₹17,850
- Shakti ‘Allineveryone’ Soni – ₹13,050
LEGEND #51 – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 267
Re-entries – 73
Rebuys – 173
Prize Pool – ₹5,13,000
Places Paid – 47
Thursday’s Monster Turbo winner Sanchit ‘Laika’ Pande made a grand showing in Spartan Poker’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #51, outplaying a formidable 513-entry field to collect a site-best ₹99,984 – picking up his second title on consecutive days.
Sanchit Pande crossed the money line in three other APT events, netting ₹1.30 Lakhs overall.
His Friday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #51 for ₹99,984
> 18th in PokerBaazi’s APT#1 KICKOFF for ₹23,000
> 20th in PokerBaazi’s APT#5 (7-MAX) TURBO for ₹5,360
> 147th in PokerBaazi’s APT#2 for ₹1,729
Sanchit Pande online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.23 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹32.81 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3
TLB Crusher Neeraj ‘UnsafeChoice’ Kumar collected ₹63,509 as the runner-up – one of two tournaments he came second in yesterday. He charged into the money in 12 events, scoring ₹1.08 Lakhs altogether, formally entering the prestigious “₹8 Crores Club.’
His top Friday finishes include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #51 for ₹63,509
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s PLO-6 BOOST for ₹29,050
> 16th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹10,000
Neeraj Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ~₹8.01 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.57 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #56 | Annual Winnings: ~₹1.50 Crores
Final Table Results
- Sanchit ‘Laika’ Pande – ₹99,984
- Neeraj ‘UnsafeChoice’ Kumar – ₹63,509
- Amit ‘Kavipri 2.0’ Gehani – ₹47,606
- Parag ‘Persie’ Shah – ₹38,526
- Dracary$ – ₹30,370
- Tkolte – ₹23,188
- Bharath ‘sanapalbhar’ Kumar – ₹17,032
- ASMBGShShRKN – ₹12,517
Legend #52 Thunder – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹660
Total Entries – 692
Prize Pool – ₹4,15,200
Places Paid – 87
A relatively new Spartan Poker user ‘Bholagurjar,’ who has been honing their poker skills playing freerolls, took their shot at the multi-flight, ₹4 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #52 Thunder, and ended up outlasting the 692-player starting field, banking ₹79,511 in first-place prize money. Site user ‘le_godmod’ came second for ₹49,492.
Bholagurjar’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.07 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹38,478 Lakhs | Titles Won: #5
The ₹660 entry buy-in Thunder was a single-day, multi-flight marquee that registered 692 entrants across two starting flights. The ₹4.15 Lakhs prize pool was distributed among the top 87 finishers.
Final Table Results
- Bholagurjar – ₹79,511
- le_godmod – ₹49,492
- StereotypesPoker – ₹35,417
- luck12 – ₹27,403
- Ravindra ‘RJVENOM’ Jogi – ₹21,590
- aja85 – ₹16,899
- KINGPIN09 – ₹12,498
- Ritik ‘AWMSHOT’ Nirwal – ₹8,595
Legend Poker Series Leaderboards – Day 9
Five of the six LPS leaderboards saw minor fluctuations in standings yesterday, with only the Legend Multi Flight Leaderboard staying unchanged.
Legend – High Roller Leaderboard – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Young Gun Anuj Yadav (1,218 points) usurped the top spot of the ₹20 Lakhs GTD Legend – High Roller Leaderboard after finishing fourth in LEGEND #56 Friday Magnate yesterday.
Thursday’s LEGEND #49 – High Roller (6 Max) champion Mahesh Shyamsundar (1,086 points) slipped to #2, displacing LEGEND #23 Sunday Magnate champion, Young Gun Siddhanth Kripalani (1,082 points) to #3.
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anuj 'br0ckLesnar95' yadav | 1,218 |
| 2 | Mahesh 'mariokart' Shyamsundar | 1,086 |
| 3 | Siddhanth 'PluRibu$' Kripalani | 1,082 |
| 4 | Himanshu 'WhatiffGawd' Arora | 1,006 |
| 5 | Arjanveer 'bazzingaa' Singh Chadha | 988 |
| 6 | Rishabh 'radda' Gupta | 920 |
| 7 | Vivek 'KasolHieghts' Singh | 880 |
| 8 | Ujjwal '$shitreg' Narwal | 869 |
| 9 | Anujkumar 'aatmaan108' Kodam | 667 |
| 10 | Tarush 'Tarush123' Gupta | 638 |
Legend – Deepstack Leaderboard – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
The LEGEND #40 Wednesday Showdown champion Abhinav Iyer (1,903 points) retained the #1 position on the ₹15 Lakhs GTD LEGEND Deepstack Leaderboard for the third consecutive day.
The top-ranked player of the year, Young Gun Anuj Yadav (1,509 points), ITM-ed the LEGEND #53 Friday Showdown last night, climbing to #2, relegating the LEGEND #15 Saturday Showdown winner Amit J (1,471 points) to #3.
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abhinav ‘hightr0ller’ Iyer | 1,903 |
| 2 | Anuj 'br0ckLesnar95' Yadav | 1,509 |
| 3 | Amit 'guru' J | 1,471 |
| 4 | Mahesh 'mariokart' Shyamsundar | 1,203 |
| 5 | Vikaash 'viks82' Shah | 1,185 |
| 6 | Manish 'thekid' Lakhotia | 1,134 |
| 7 | Ashish 'Spewushhhiiiii' Ahuja | 1,130 |
| 8 | Ankit ‘d00mtr00per’ Wadhawan | 1,095 |
| 9 | Mohammad 'Cupid stunt' Azhar | 1,092 |
| 10 | Gursimrann 'f00l4u' Brar | 1,088 |
Legend – Turbo Leaderboard – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
LEGEND #57 was the Turbo event on the Friday schedule. However, the top order on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD LEGEND Turbo Leaderboard went undisturbed.
For the third day straight, Monday’s LEGENDS #31 champion Mandar Madaye (1,989 points) held the #1 position.
The LEGEND #6 winner and LEGEND #24 Deepstack Turbo runner-up finisher, Young Gun Siddhanth Kripalani (1,434 points), is ranked #2 in the standings, followed by Abhishek Kumar Chaurasia (1,258 points) at #3.
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mandar 'MAMA04' Madaye | 1,989 |
| 2 | Siddhanth 'PluRibu$' Kripalani | 1,434 |
| 3 | Abhishek 'Bittur' Kumar Chaurasia | 1,258 |
| 4 | Vishal 'sarryu' Singh | 966 |
| 5 | Ritwik 'Fisherman1997' Khanna | 880 |
| 6 | Advait 'Rattler$' Rajguru | 866 |
| 7 | Jason 'Jasonroyce' Fernandes | 801 |
| 8 | Harsh 'harsh20' Karanpuria | 793 |
| 9 | Yash 'Babyshark10' Chitre | 718 |
| 10 | Kashish 'Nahihorha' Gupta | 714 |
Legend – PLO Leaderboard – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
The LEGEND #19 PLO4 Deepstack runner-up finisher Sony Puthussery (1,292 points) posted his fifth ITM finish in an LPS PLO event yesterday, reclaiming the #1 position on the ₹10 Lakhs GTD LEGEND PLO Leaderboard.
The LEGEND #11 PLO6 winner and LEGEND #48 – PLO4 finalist, ‘A passage to India’ (1,219 points), dropped to #2, while the LEGEND #4 PLO4 winner Parag Shah (1,018 points) stayed put at #3.
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sony 'swAAmi' Puthussery | 1,292 |
| 2 | A passage to India | 1,219 |
| 3 | Parag 'Persie' Shah | 1,018 |
| 4 | anny1984 | 962 |
| 5 | poteryk | 898 |
| 6 | Akai 'Akai aye1' Aye | 884 |
| 7 | dwanthoery | 812 |
| 8 | Newsharkintown | 791 |
| 9 | Ravinder 'BROgoingPRO' Singh | 757 |
| 10 | Lavesh UPay4MyWeed98' Meena | 756 |
Legend – Mix Hold’em Leaderboard – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
The LEGEND #12 PKO finalist ‘HEMAKUNA’ (3,934 points) continues to headline the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Legend Mix Hold’em Leaderboard – his sixth consecutive day in charge.
Vikhyat Ahlawat (3,234 points) and ‘Forestwow^’ (2,993 points) exchanged positions and are currently ranked #2 and #3, respectively.
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HEMAKUNA | 3,934 |
| 2 | Vikhyat 'Super Saiyan' Ahlawat | 3,234 |
| 3 | Forestwow^ | 2,993 |
| 4 | poteryk | 2,727 |
| 5 | crownTHEclown | 2,694 |
| 6 | Anup 'Ashoka1' Biswas | 2,688 |
| 7 | Samay 'Limitless' Singh Modi | 2,560 |
| 8 | Ganesh ‘fedorholz2020’ Kamat | 2,515 |
| 9 | Gaurav 'RoLeBete' Bhutra | 2,467 |
| 10 | borntrouble | 2,389 |
Legend – Multi Flight Leaderboard – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
The ₹10 Lakhs GTD Legend Multi Flight Leaderboard had no changes to report.
The LEGEND #25 Esteem – Main Event champion Gursimrann Brar (904 points) continues to lead the charge, followed by Ujjwal Narwal (638 points) and Ashish Ahuja (601 points).
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gursimrann 'f00l4u' Brar | 904 |
| 2 | Ujjwal '$hitreg' Narwal | 638 |
| 3 | Ashish 'Spewushhhiiiii' Ahuja | 601 |
| 4 | Mohammad 'Cupid Stunt' Azhar | 563 |
| 5 | Arun 'vazharmorghulias' Sriram | 552 |
| 6 | Gaurav 'RoLeBete' Bhutra | 527 |
| 7 | Mithun '1NTU1T1ON' Mahesh | 515 |
| 8 | jailakshmi | 498 |
| 9 | Ramji 'bluffpolice123' Kishore G | 496 |
| 10 | Debapriya 'debapriya_12345' Manna | 465 |
‘suman4456’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹45,012), ‘Eroii’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Dark Knight for ₹31,080), and ‘pin2chem’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹18,025), won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
PokerBaazi
APT#3 Friday Major – ₹30 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 211
Re-entries – 195
Prize Pool – ₹40,60,000
Places Paid – 49
The fifth edition of the APT India Online Series got off to a roaring start on PokerBaazi yesterday, with the ₹30 Lakhs GTD APT#3 Friday Major headlining the Day 1 schedule.
One of the two trophy events of the day, the Friday Major, drew 406 entries, generating a guarantee-crushing ₹40.60 Lakhs prize pool. Puneet ‘arhanhit’ Jain fired two bullets in the 7 PM flagship en route to clinching his maiden APT trophy and a site-best ₹6.91 Lakhs.
The three-time THC title holder locked horns with the BTH High Roller champion Amrit ‘bungakat’ Mishra in the heads-up battle, with the latter reeling in a site-best ₹4.59 Lakhs in second place.
Amrit Mishra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.81 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹58.71 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #10
Nitin ‘Gambler42’ Rawat raked in ₹4.48 Lakhs through five ITM finishes, breaching the ₹1.50 Crores mark in annual winnings.
His Friday finishes include:
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s APT#3 FRIDAY MAJOR for ₹3,56,468 (his second-best score on the site)
> 4th in PokerStars India’s BBS-24 [Uppercut] for ₹74,646
> 10th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #51 for ₹8,618
> 45th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #54 Multi Entry for ₹6,549
> 153rd in PokerBaazi’s APT#2 8 for ₹1,729
Nitin Rawat’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.97 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹83.27 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #24 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.53 Crores
The POY contender Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava pocketed ₹2.19 Lakhs last night, jumping to #6 in the annual standings.
His Friday finishes include:
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s APT#3 FRIDAY MAJOR for ₹1,91,632
> 28th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹14,990
> 52d in PokerBaazi’s APT#4 MONSTERSTACK for ₹6,963
> 51st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹4,800
Anurag Srivastava’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.88 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.20 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #30 | Annual Winnings: ₹3.25 Crores | Moves to #6 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #26 in Annual Profits
Final Table Results
- Puneet ‘arhanhit’ Jain – ₹6,91,418
- Amrit ‘bungakat’ Mishra – ₹4,58,780
- Nitin ‘Gambler42’ Rawat – ₹3,56,468
- Areyann ‘kreishhAA’ Gurbaxani – ₹2,82,170
- SinWithAGrin – ₹2,34,668
- Anurag ’13anurag’ Srivastava – ₹1,91,632
- Arsh ‘Button_Hai_Bro’ Grover – ₹1,51,844
- Ninad ‘DarAdal’ Naik – ₹1,15,710
APT#1 Kickoff – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 424
Re-entries – 399
Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000
Places Paid – 100
A day after shipping two BBS marquees on PokerStars India, Abhishek ‘chipndchair’ Sonu lifted the first APT trophy at the just-started fifth edition of the APT Online India Series on PokerBaazi, nailing the series-opener ₹25 Lakhs GTD APT#1 Kickoff for ₹3.50 Lakhs (his second-best finish on the site).
Sonu kept his BBS scorecard ticking by cashing two BBS-branded tourneys and collecting a bounty, rounding up ₹3.74 Lakhs across his Friday run.
His Friday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s APT#1 KICKOFF for ₹3,49,500
> 2nd in PokerStars India’s BBS-23 [Laser Tag TKO 100%] for ₹32,727
> 14th in PokerStars India’s BBS-24 [Uppercut] for ₹22,316
Abhishek Sonu’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.71 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹38.58 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #60
Tuesday`s The Mint winner Saransh ‘saransh004’ Garg scored a Friday haul worth ₹2.29 Lakhs, with his biggest score coming in the APT#1 KICKOFF (2nd for ₹2.16 Lakhs).
His Friday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s APT#1 KICKOFF for ₹2,16,250
> 112th in PokerBaazi’s APT#4 MONSTERSTACK for ₹4,906
> 42nd in PokerBaazi’s APT#5 (7-MAX) TURBO for ₹3,440
Saransh Garg’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.38 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.04 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #19 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.92 Crores
The #2 ranked player of the year, Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja, locked in ₹1.82 Lakhs in Friday winnings across five deep runs, which include:
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s APT#1 KICKOFF for ₹1,40,750
> 20th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹20,344
> 18th in PokerStars India’s BBS-24 [Uppercut] for ₹11,151
> 51st in PokerBaazi’s APT#4 MONSTERSTACK for ₹6,963
> 101st in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #54 Multi Entry for ₹2,326
Ashish Ahuja’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.48 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.35 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #26 | Annual Winnings: ₹3.89 Crores | Ranked #2 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #3 in Annual Profits
The ₹3,300 entry buy-in APT#1 Kickoff registered an 823-player starting field, overlaying ₹31,000.
Final Table Results
- Abhishek ‘chipndchair’ Sonu – ₹3,49,500
- Saransh ‘saransh004’ Garg – ₹2,16,250
- Prem ‘lastbluff’ Chand Gope – ₹1,74,000
- Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹1,40,750
- Mayank ‘Newsolidcash’ Maruka – ₹1,13,500
- Manash ‘ravenclaws’ Kalita – ₹87,000
- nutsornothing03 – ₹61,250
- Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B – ₹50,000
APT#4 Monsterstack – ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 356
Re-entries – 277
Prize Pool – ₹15,82,000
Places Paid – 113
The #BB5 MoneyMaker fourth-place finisher Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal was one of five players taking down an APT Online title on Friday! Last year`s APT#10 Monday Major winner, Agarwal, topped the guarantee-crushing 633-player field in PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD APT#4 Monsterstack to collect ₹2.12 Lakhs (his second APT online title) following a heads-up deal with Rafiq ‘Mrkhan’ Khan (2nd for ₹1.85 Lakhs).
Shubham Agarwal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.65 Crore | Lifetime Profits: ₹48.51 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #14
Final Table Results
- Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal – ₹2,11,500*
- Rafiq ‘Mrkhan’ Khan – ₹1,85,233*
- Sachin ‘browguy26’ Raj – ₹1,34,513
- maxpain – ₹87,038
- Cryptanosaurus – ₹64,883
- Saahib ‘Junta’ Bawa – ₹44,943
- Sanjay ‘smr1g10’ Mohan – ₹32,600
- Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani – ₹26,744
*denotes a heads-up deal
Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,375
Entries – 306
Re-entries – 265
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 101
With ten FT finishes in the last six weeks, Avneesh ‘iamam’ Munjal has been riding high on form even without a title victory! However, he set the record straight yesterday, firing twice before taking apart a 571-entry field in PokerBaazi’s 7:30 PM headliner, ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost, for ₹1.43 Lakhs in first-place prize money. PokerBaazi loyalist Kamlesh ‘Malvette’ Raul collected ₹1.13 Lakhs in second place.
Munjal also ITM-ed APT#5 (7-Max) TURBO (7th for ₹15,520), cumulatively adding ₹1.59 Lakhs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.46 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹68.94 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #4 | Annual Winnings: ₹79.59 Lakhs
The ₹1,375 entry buy-in Daily Value Boost registered 571 entrants, filling in a significant ₹2.86 Lakhs in overlays. The top 101 finishers boarded the money bus.
Final Table Results
- Avneesh ‘iamam’ Munjal – ₹1,43,000
- Kamlesh ‘Malvette’ Raul – ₹1,13,000
- volat – ₹87,500
- ManhusGambler – ₹63,800
- Srishti ‘kombucha’ Negi – ₹41,600
- pjprateek – ₹29,000
- Shardul ‘duuurrrr’ Parthasarathi – ₹20,200
- Kk13 – ₹16,000
APT#2 – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹990
Entries – 474
Re-entries – 441
Prize Pool – ₹8,23,000
Places Paid – 157
PokerBaazi’s APT#2 drew 915 entries, collecting a guarantee-crushing ₹8.23 Lakhs prize pool. Chirag ‘chiragkhanduja’ Khanduja waded past the competition to claim the lion`s share of the prize money worth ₹1.14 Lakhs and his first title in almost two months.
Khanduja made a deep run in another APT Online marquee yesterday, grossing ~₹1.19 Lakhs overall. His Friday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s APT#2 for ₹1,13972
> 99th in PokerBaazi’s APT#4 MONSTERSTACK for ₹4,906
Chirag Khanduja’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹61.61 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3
Final Table Results
- Chirag ‘chiragkhanduja’ Khanduja – ₹1,13,972
- Suraj ‘kioshima6969’ Singh – ₹88,938
- Akshay ‘akdolos’ Joshi – ₹66,704
- Kritarth ‘AgentJack’ Pant – ₹45,293
- NewKid – ₹31,293
- preetam91 – ₹21,823
- Anish ‘Anyaa’ Pandey – ₹15,564
- kallolbecs – ₹11,611
APT#5 (7-Max) Turbo – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 402
Re-entries – 305
Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000
Places Paid – 119
Former INCOOP-103 [HERCULES] champion Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra cranked up the heat in the Friday marquees, netting ₹2.20 Lakhs across seven ITM finishes (and one bounty). Busting a two-month title drought, Mishra took down PokerBaai’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD APT#5 (7-Max) Turbo, banking a cool ₹1.11 Lakhs up top. ‘jackeightos’ finished runner-up for ₹88,000.
Mishra’s top Friday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s APT#5 (7-MAX) TURBO for ₹1,11,440
> 12th in PokerBaazi’s APT#3 FRIDAY MAJOR for ₹60,900
> 20th in PokerStars India’s BBS-24 [Uppercut] for ₹18,401
> 3rd in PokerStars India’s BBS-28 [Blizzard] for ₹14,948
Vikram Mishra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.65 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹70.17 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #9
Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra (4th for ₹45,200), Wednesday’s Daily Value Boost winner Mukesh ‘Guruuu’ Surana (5th for ₹30,400), Surya ‘Surya12’ Lohia (6th for ₹20,800) and last night`s Daily Value Boost champion Avneesh ‘iamam’ Munjal (7th for ₹15,520) also FT-ed the 9:30 PM event.
The 9:30 PM APT#5 clocked 707 entries, overlaying ₹93,000. The top 119 finishers crossed the money line.
Final Table Results
- Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra – ₹1,11,440
- jackeightos – ₹88,000
- RPat007 – ₹66,400
- Sumit ‘boronyx’ Sapra – ₹45,200
- Mukesh ‘Guruuu’ Surana – ₹30,400
- Surya ‘Surya12’ Lohia – ₹20,800
- Avneesh ‘iamam’ Munjal – ₹15,520
(7-Max) Afternoon Boost – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 118
Re-entries – 124
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 41
PokerBaazi user ‘blazin666’ trounced the 242-player field in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost, picking up their tenth title of the year and a site-best ₹96,350. ‘borntrouble’ (anonymity requested) secured a runner-up payday worth ₹68,650.
‘blazin666’ also cashed APT#5 7-Max Turbo (18th for ₹5,360), netting ₹1.02 Lakhs overall. Their PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹20.34 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #10
The ₹2,200 buy-in Afternoon Boost fell a marginal eight entries short of its advertised 250-player guarantee.
Final Table Results
- blazin666 – ₹96,350
- borntrouble – ₹68,650
- NoNutsNoGlory – ₹48,850
- Prashant ‘prashant031’ Pandagre – ₹34,800
- Varunn ‘Varunn’ Gaala – ₹24,750
- pattelagaobhai – ₹17,650
- Janish ‘janish1998’ Jain – ₹14,550
‘armaankhan2608’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT for ₹54,366), ‘vineysingal’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-6 BOOST for ₹40,090), ‘tinker_bell’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹37,492), ‘pandit12’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹35,527), ‘chipotle’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹32,247),‘drazer619’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹29,825), Shubham ‘BamBhole3796’ Tyagi (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 Boost Monster for ₹19,780), and ‘Rivert’ (Won ₹50K GTD (5-Max) Daily for ₹6,330) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
Pocket52
PFS#10 Pocket Queens – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 223
Re-entries – 167
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 55
Pocket52 network user ‘pokersage’ wreaked havoc in a 390-entry field in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD PFS#10 Pocket Queens, winning the PFS Friday headliner for a handsome ₹90,000 in first place. ‘user1664966032’ came second for ₹65,000.
Final Table Results
- pokersage – ₹90,000
- user1664966032 – ₹65,000
- user1669896417 – ₹45,000
- mk0096_B9kda7mBw3 – ₹32,500
- user1666034791 – ₹23,500
- Bholenath – ₹20,000
‘adityalucky’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PFS#11 Pocket knights for ₹40,000), Shivam ‘broosky’ Shukla (Won ₹1.50 Lakh GTD PFS#7 Pocket Lunch for ₹27,750), ‘enormous_cubone18_22649015’ (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD PFS#12 Pocket Soda for ₹22,000), ‘PokerGirl62’ (Won ₹75K GTD PFS#9 Pocket Snacks for ₹13,875), and ‘81##.544##97_3967856’ (Won ₹60K GTD PFS#8 Pocket Squares for ₹11,460) won the other PFS marquees.
PokerStars India
PokerStars India’s ₹2.70 Crores GTD Bounty Builder Series had seven tournaments running to a close on Friday.
BBS-24 Uppercut 6-Max – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹4,400
Entries – 186
Re-entries – 186
Total Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000
Regular Prize Pool – ₹7,56,000
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹7,44,000
Places Paid – 47
The 2020 India Poker Champion Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo started his weekend with a bang by scoring ₹3.14 Lakhs last night (his first six-figure score in two weeks), including the BBS headliner title. He outlasted the 372-player field in PokerStars India’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD BBS-24 Uppercut 6-Max to collect ₹2.63 Lakhs (₹1.39 Lakhs in bounties) in first-place prize money.
Yesterday’s The Ballers champion Manish ‘theoldestkid’ Lakhotia fell one place short of a second title, clinching ₹1.72 Lakhs (₹52,469 in bounties) as the runner-up.
Rubin Labroo’s top Friday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerStars India’s BBS-24 Uppercut for ₹2,62,979 (₹1,39,375 in bounties)
> 17th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #53 Friday Showdown for ₹47,348
> 60th in PokerBaazi’s APT#5 7-Max Turbo for ₹3,440
> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND Sterling
Rubin Labroo’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.49 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.88 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.17 Crores
The ₹4,400 entry buy-in BBS-24 Uppercut brought in 372 participants, falling a nominal ₹12,000 short of its advertised guarantee.
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
- Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo – ₹2,59,229
- Manish ‘theoldestkid’ Lakhotia – ₹1,72,322
- Jimmy ‘jimmyarora’ Arora – ₹1,09,819
- Nitin ‘NRIPOKER’ Rawat – ₹74,646
- Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹74,399
- Lavesh ‘lavesh786’ Meena – ₹42,622
- killeerbeee – ₹47,096
BBS-26 Battle Royale 7-Max – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 121
Re-entries – 104
Total Prize Pool – ₹5,62,500
Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,81,250
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,81,250
Places Paid – 27
Niraj ‘Niraj2401’ Munka (opted-out from our tracking) trounced the 225-player field in PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD BBS-26 Battle Royale 7-Max, winning the BBS 9:30 PM marquee for ₹1.33 Lakhs (₹85,000 in bounties). ‘ShaktiMaaan’ scored the runner-up payday worth ₹74,184 (₹26,211 in bounties).
Young Gun Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi ITM-ed four events yesterday (including two FT finishes), adding ₹69,269 to his burgeoning poker bankroll.
His Friday finishes include:
> 3rd in PokerStars India’s BBS-26 Battle Royale 7-Max for ₹34,465
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹20,200
> 38th in PokerBaazi’s APT#4 MONSTERSTACK for ₹8,704
> 26th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #57 for ₹4,900
Shardul Parthasarathi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.75 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.31 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #9 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.58 Crores
The ₹2,750 entry buy-in BBS-26 Battle Royale had 225 hopefuls vying for a share of the ₹5.62 Lakhs prize pool, and only 27 places got paid.
Final Table Results
- Niraj ‘Niraj2401’ Munka – ₹1,32,973
- ShaktiMaaan – ₹74,184
- Shardul ‘merci999’ Parthasarathi – ₹34,465
- Vinay ‘CharleSCorreA’ B – ₹29,188
- Naman ‘naman_sal’ Sharma – ₹28,985
- Yogesh ‘Yogi12340’ Ranka – ₹25,202
- Manish ‘manish jangid’ Jangid – ₹14,931
‘bina111984’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD BBS-28 Blizzard for ₹46,445), ‘Flambeur Herzog’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD BBS-23 Laser Tag TKO 100% for ₹44,352), ‘sonu201190’ (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD BBS-22 Bubble Rush for ₹30,525), ‘Zikk23461’ (Won ₹75K GTD BBS-27 Bounty Adrenaline 6-Max for ₹18,957), and ‘Singh 025’ (Won ₹50K GTD BBS-25 Pulsar PLO 6-Max Turbo for ₹15,298) won the other BSS marquees.
Adda52
The Ballers – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹7,500
Entries – 162
Re-entries – 152
Prize Pool – ₹21,41,470
Places Paid – 34
Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia finished #2 on the Friday charts behind Himanshu Arora, notching up a hefty ₹7.84 Lakhs from four deep runs and even made Day 2 in Spartan Poker`s ₹1 Crore GTD LEGEND Sterling.
Lakhotia’s biggest score came in Adda52’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Ballers, where he outlasted a 314-player field to grab the top prize of ₹5.35 Lakhs. Sanish ‘sanish21’ Chhabra collected ₹3.24 Lakhs in second place.
Lakhotia`s Friday finishes include:
> 1st in Adda52`s The Ballers for ₹5,35,370 (won the event for the second time in six weeks)
> 2nd in PokerStars India`s BBS-24 Uppercut for ₹1,72,322
> 22nd in Spartan Poker`s LEGEND #53 Friday Showdown for ₹38,448
> 12th in PokerBaazi`s APT#1 KICKOFF for ₹37,500
> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker`s ₹1 Crore GTD LEGEND Sterling
Manish Lakhotia`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.62 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.48 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #17 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.84 Crores | Moves to #13 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #6 on the LEGEND Deepstack Leaderboard
Posting his fifth FT finish this week, the December MoneyMaker finalist Sanish Chhabra collected ₹3.24 Lakhs as The Ballers runner-up and raked in over ₹3.34 Lakhs altogether, crossing ₹6 Crores in tracked online winnings.
Sanish Chhabra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.01 Crore | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.90 Crore | Titles Won in 2022 #9
Final Table Results
- Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia – ₹5,35,370
- Sanish ‘sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹3,24,434
- Arvind ‘bigredshove’ Halaharvi – ₹2,35,563
- Sahil ‘bluffme19’ Chutani – ₹178,814
- Deepankur ‘dp178’ Gupta – ₹1,23,135
- Kunal ‘FloatToMyBoat’ Patni – ₹80,306
- Himanshu ‘pirateking7’ Arora – ₹64,244
- Iamondrugs – ₹53,537
Aditya ‘Beware67’ Kesharwani (Won ₹4 Lakhs GTD Friday Bounty for ₹93,933), ‘visitani06’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹30,059), ‘DooMAni’ (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹11,800), ‘yash8055’ (Won ₹40K GTD Morning Adda for ₹10,605), ‘Harishgujwar’ (Won ₹40K Freeze Out Adda for ₹10,596), and ‘THEGAME26’ (Won ₹50K GTD Evening Adda for ₹8,939) won the other Adda52 marquees.
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Daily Majors: Alok Birewar, Dhinesh Kumar, Ayush Garg & Rahul Jain Reel in Massive Scores on Thursday
Thursday delivered an action-packed day of online MTTs, with the top regs sweeping away most of the flagship titles.
The IPC Megastacks High Roller champion Alok Birewar ruled the Thursday charts, banking a hefty ₹7.84 Lakhs across his blistering run in the Spartan Poker flagships. He won the Thursday High Roller (6-Max) for a whopping ₹6.20 Lakhs (HU deal) after getting in through a ₹2,200 satellite and made another FT finish in the Ultron (4th for ₹1.71 Lakhs).
Dhinesh Kumar championed Adda52’s Godfather for the second time this year for ₹6.20 Lakhs (won ₹6.46 Lakhs overall), hitting two career milestones:
> Crossed ₹1 Crore in tracked winnings on Adda52
> Crossed ₹1 Crore in annual winnings
Harsh Bubna finished runner-up behind Kumar in the Godfather to win ₹3.75 Lakhs and FT-ed two other events and cashed a third, filling in ₹4.76 Lakhs in Thursday winnings.
The two-time The Millionaire champion Ayush Garg set the virtual felts ablaze last night, raking in over ₹5.75 Lakhs. His most prominent score came in PokerBaazi`s The Summit, as he took down the Thursday flagship for the third time yesterday for ₹4.95 Lakhs.
Siddharth Gangwar collected ₹4.12 Lakhs from two runner-up finishes in PokerBaazi’s The Summit (₹3.48 Lakhs) & Spartan Poker’s Thur Poker Nite #1 (₹64,080), laddering up to #5 in the annual leaderboard rankings.
The two-time The Race winner Rahul Kumar M Jain championed Spartan Poker`s Ultron for ₹4.35 Lakhs, picking up his first title in over seven weeks and his second-best score of 2022.
The former Bounty Builder HR champion Karan Kapur was the last player standing in PokerStars India’s Highroller and won ₹2.19 Lakhs – his second title this month.
Yash Chitre (opted out of our tracking) had a terrific run last night! The online MTT reg shipped two titles – Adda52’s Monster Turbo (₹1.38 Lakhs) & PokerBaazi`s Daily Boost for ₹34,810, netting over ₹1.72 Lakhs in the process.
The MoneyMaker 4.0 champion Guruprasad Gupta ended an over two-and-a-half-month-long title drought last night after taking down PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for the second time for ₹1.53 Lakhs. The APT#38 Super Highroller runner-up finisher Aditya Kulkarni collected ₹1.07 Lakhs in second place (won ₹1.59 Lakhs overall).
Zafar Ahmed won PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹1.09 Lakhs following a three-way deal with Deepesh Raka (2nd for ₹1.09 Lakhs) and Vishal Kumar (3rd for ₹1 Lakh).
Dhaval Doshi kept his heater running by shipping PokerBaazi’s Afternoon Boost for ₹86,550 (won 1.16 Lakhs overall), bagging his fourth title in three days.
Clinton Tavares (won two titles), Somesh Patel, Himanshu Aggarwal, Neha Mehta, Paras Jain, and Vikhyat Ahlawat won the other Thursday marquees.
Here are the Thursday highlights!
Spartan Poker
Thursday High Roller (6-Max) – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹22,000
Entries – 73
Re-entries – 25
Rebuys – 39
Prize Pool – ₹27,40,000
Places Paid – 13
The former The Millionaire champion Alok ‘Mazacar’ Birewar stole the Thursday thunder, filling in a hefty ₹7.91 Lakhs across his blistering runs in Spartan Poker flagships – his best finish yet in 2022. He spun up a ₹2,200 satellite victory into a whopping ₹6.20 Lakhs payday after taking down the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Thursday High Roller (6-Max). The user ‘AimB0t’ banked an equally impressive ₹6.03 Lakhs in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
Alok Birewar’s Thursday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller for ₹6,20,497 (HU deal)
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹1,70,779
Alok Birewar’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.34 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.60 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #5 | Annual Winnings: ₹40.22 Lakhs
This week`s Tuesday High Roller champion & the #1 ranked player of the year, Young Gun Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav, fired up three deep runs (including two FT finishes), adding ₹3.46 Lakhs to his burgeoning bankroll.
His Thursday finishes include:
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller for ₹2,61,670
> 6th in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹59,556
> 15th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹25,000
Anuj Yadav’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.11 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.90 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #19 | Annual Winnings: ₹3.17 Crores | Ranked #1 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #2 in Annual Profits
Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall (5th for ₹2.11 Lakhs), Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (7th for ₹1.30 Lakhs), Sriharsha ‘lvey2’ Doddapaneni (8th for ₹1.01 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha (10th for ₹63,020), and last night`s The Summit winner Ayush ‘Tabono’ Garg (13th for ₹56,170) were notables who cashed the Thursday High Roller.
Final Table Results
- Alok ‘Mazacar’ Birewar – ₹6,20,497*
- AimB0t – ₹6,02,913*
- Doublesuited – ₹3,32,910
- Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹2,61,670
- Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹2,10,980
- AkkiDan7777 – ₹1,64,400
*denotes a heads-up deal
Ultron – ₹21 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 209
Re-entries – 68
Rebuys – 157
Prize Pool – ₹21,70,000
Places Paid – 39
The two-time The Race winner Rahul ‘JacK’spArrow’ Kumar M Jain toppled the 434-entry field in Spartan Poker`s ₹21 Lakhs GTD Ultron to win ₹4.35 Lakhs – his second-best score of the year. ‘sdb1401’ made away with ₹2.89 Lakhs in second place.
Rahul Kumar M Jain’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹96.30 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹20.97 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5 | Annual Winnings: ₹49.25 Lakhs
Sriharsha ‘lvey2’ Doddapaneni is back to the online grind with gusto and fired two deep runs, banking ₹3.13 Lakhs.
His Thursday finishes include:
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹2,11,575
> 8th in Spartan Poker’s Thursday High Roller for ₹1,01,380
Sriharsha Doddapaneni’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.33 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.96 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹42.10 Lakhs
The former AOPS Mini Main Event champion Guneet ‘GeeKay’ Kwatra FT-ed two events (both seventh-place finishes), rounding up ₹1.43 Lakhs (overall).
His Thursday finishes include:
> 7th in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹74,431
> 7th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹68,750
Guneet Kwatra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.46 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.26 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #2 | Annual Winnings: ₹59.64 Lakhs
Final Table Results
- Rahul ‘JacK’spArrow’ Kumar M Jain – ₹4,35,085
- sdb1401 – ₹2,89,261
- Sriharsha ‘lvey2’ Doddapaneni – ₹2,11,575
- Alok ‘Mazacar’ Birewar – ₹1,70,779
- Ronywalker – ₹1,33,899
- TheKaliCartel – ₹1,01,339
- Guneet ‘GeeKay’ Kwatra – ₹74,431
- Siddharth ‘SherRun’ Karia – ₹54,684
Thursday Poker Nite #1 – ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 194
Re-entries – 58
Rebuys – 118
Prize Pool – ₹4,50,000
Places Paid – 31
The Millionaire Series April 2022 – Sunday Millionaire champion ‘CharlieDREW’ shipped Spartan Poker`s ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD Thursday Poker Nite #1 for ₹95,175, picking up their fourth-best score on the site this year. The Summit runner-up finisher Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar fell one place short of the finish line here as well, netting ₹64,080, climbing to #5 in the annual leaderboard rankings.
CharlieDREW’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹46.71 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹3.77 Lakhs | Titles Won: #6
The ₹1,100 buy-in late-night tournament attracted 370 players, falling ₹80,000 short of its advertised guarantee.
Final Table Results
- CharlieDREW – ₹95,175
- Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar – ₹64,080
- bigwinner – ₹45,180
- Manoj ‘Solder9’ Kumar – ₹36,630
- Nitin ‘NITINABD’ Rawat – ₹28,980
- Parag ‘Persie’ Shah – ₹22,005
- Happy Hunter – ₹16,065
- Jacques – ₹11,745
‘robertbhalla’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹53,160), Himanshu ‘venomaster’ Aggarwal (Won ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Sundowner for ₹38,116), Neha ‘The Unconventional’ Mehta (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Thur Poker Nite #4 for ₹37,740), Paras ‘Jhukega nai $ala’ Jain (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Thur Poker Nite #2 – PLO6 for ₹29,146), ‘battlefury’ (Won ₹60K GTD Striker PKO for ₹19,348), ‘Black and White’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up – Multi-Entry for ₹16,599), and ‘TheRevenant’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹10,025) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
PokerBaazi
The Summit – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹8,250
Entries – 160
Re-entries – 139
Prize Pool – ₹22,43,000
Places Paid – 36
Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg set the virtual felts ablaze last night. The two-time The Millionaire champion raked in over ₹5.75 Lakhs in Thursday winnings across five deep runs and most prominently conquered a guarantee-crushing field in PokerBaazi`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Summit to win ₹4.95 Lakhs – his third time taking down the Thursday flagship title.
His Thursday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi`s The Summit for ₹4,95,368 (won the event for the third time)
> 13th in Spartan Poker`s Thursday High Roller for ₹56,170
> 35th in Spartan Poker`s Ultron for ₹14,973
> 21st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹6,838
> 36th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹2,147
Ayush Garg`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.51 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #12 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.60 Crores
Siddharth ‘GangnamGangi’ Gangwar collected ₹3.47 Lakhs for his second-place finish in The Summit and finished in the same runner-up spot in Spartan Poker’s Thur Poker Nite #1 for ₹64,080. The ₹4+ Lakhs Thursday haul pushed him to #5 in the annual leaderboard rankings.
Siddharth Gangwar`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.99 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.50 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #24 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.34 Crores| Moves to #5 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
The ₹8,250 buy-in The Summit had 299 hopefuls vying for a share of the ₹22.43 Lakhs prize pool (an almost 50% surplus), and the top 36 places boarded the money bus.
Final Table Results
- Ayush ‘Proman502’ Garg – ₹495,368
- Siddharth ‘GangnamGangi’ Gangwar – ₹347,588
- Neel ‘blackace9’ Haria – ₹223,577
- Varunn ‘Varunn’ Gaala – ₹165,497
- Vivek ‘mittalgang’ Jain – ₹124,235
- Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha – ₹99,343
- tiltplay – ₹82,524
(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 289
Re-entries – 235
Prize Pool – ₹7,86,000
Places Paid – 63
In what was a long time coming, Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta ended an over two-and-a-half-month-long title last night by outlasting a 524-entry field in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1.53 Lakhs – his second time winning the 9 PM tournament.
The MoneyMaker 4.0 champion also cashed in The Summit (31st for ₹15,249), making away with over ₹1.68 Lakhs in Thursday winnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.41 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹25.05 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹49.36 Lakhs
The APT#38 Super Highroller runner-up finisher Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni came second in the (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1.07 Lakhs and collectively added ₹1.59 Lakhs from four deep runs.
His Thursday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,07,053
> 4th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹45,000
> 11th in PokerBaazi’s Midnight SPRINT for ₹5,254
> 25th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹2,173
Aditya Kulkarni’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.92 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹75.01 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #11 | Annual Winnings: ₹46.08 Lakhs
Final Table Results
- Guruprasad ‘fish_calling’ Gupta – ₹1,52,720
- Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni – ₹1,07,053
- zen – ₹68,854
- diven – ₹50,933
- Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar – ₹38,200
- Kamal ‘bagdadi345’ Joshi – ₹30,654
- ishael – ₹25,545
(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 170
Re-entries – 164
Prize Pool – ₹6,68,000
Places Paid – 36
Zafar ‘Zedd’ Ahmed made the victory march in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT to collect ₹1.09 Lakhs following a three-way deal with Deepesh ‘deep1221’ Raka (2nd for ₹1.09 Lakhs) and Vishal ‘karan23’ Kumar (3rd for ₹1 Lakh).
Ahmed lapped up almost ₹1.55 Lakhs across three deep runs, which include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹1,08,753
> 9th in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹41,597
> 25th in PokerBaazi’s Afternoon Boost for ₹4,461
Zafar Ahmed’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹52.76 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #6
Final Table Results
- Zafar ‘Zedd’ Ahmed – ₹1,08,753*
- Deepesh ‘deep1221’ Raka – ₹1,08,601*
- Vishal ‘karan23’ Kumar – ₹1,00,347*
- Kunal ‘imcursed’ Shalin – ₹49,298
- Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah – ₹37,007
- Sanchit ‘deuceseven27’ Nag – ₹29,592
- Sebin009 – ₹24,582
*denotes a three-way deal
Afternoon Boost – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 137
Re-entries – 135
Prize Pool – ₹5,44,000
Places Paid – 53
On the heels of a blockbuster Wednesday run that saw Dhaval ‘Faizal1506’ Doshi claiming back-to-back titles in Adda52’s Afternoon Adda and PokerBaazi’s Holdem BOOST, the online reg persisted with his breakout form by taking down PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Boost for ₹86,550 – bagging his third title in two days!
Not just that, Doshi came close to winning PokerBaazi’s Holdem BOOST on consecutive days, cashing ₹27,270 in third place yesterday. He also ITM-ed the Daily Boost (46th for ₹1,776), netting ₹1.16 Lakhs overall.
Dhaval Doshi’s online stats (including HU SnGs and excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.36 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹31.03 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #9
Final Table Results
- Dhaval ‘Faizal1506’ Doshi – ₹86,550
- Karan880 – ₹63,702
- Vishwas ‘quickmaths’ Khanna – ₹49,450
- Praveen ‘baroozgar’ Kumar – ₹36,720
- Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah – ₹25,949
- ninjakari – ₹18,387
- Yudi1234 – ₹15,014
- kingslayer05 – ₹12,240
The PokerBaazi reg Clinton ‘clintontavares’ Tavares clinched two PokerBaazi titles yesterday for a collective ₹1.03 Lakhs. He championed the Midnight SPRINT for ₹72,088 and the PLO5 BOOST for ₹23,710. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹90.02 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹19.20 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #31 | Annual Winnings: ~₹26.16 Lakhs
‘CrystalTurtle44’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Hyper SPRINT for ₹58,120), Somesh ‘jacknotma’ Patel (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD Holdem BOOST for ₹47,730), Yash ‘Riraizer’ Chitre (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹34,810), ‘yesorno’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹34,340), Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD SPRINT for ₹29,010), and ‘Phillhermouth’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Baazi Super Value for ₹10,410) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
Pocket52
Pocket Jacks – ₹2 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 117
Re-entries – 65
Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000
Places Paid – 27
Pocket52 network user ‘user1641222274’ outplayed the 182-player field in the site`s Thursday flagship, ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, collecting ₹41,500 in first-place prize money. The user ‘wrong_wire92_20538648’ came second for ₹31,000.
Final Table Results
- user1641222274 – ₹41,500
- wrong_wire92_20538648 – ₹31,000
- goldeneye – ₹22,000
- bazigarrr – ₹14,000
- Bdninja – ₹10,500
- lucky2Blucky – ₹8,000
‘user1654705244’ (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD Pocket Tanks for ₹23,000), ‘Malil’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹16,500), ‘80##.740##_1555088’ (Won ₹60K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹12,600), and ‘mosti’ (Won ₹50K GTD Pocket Chips for ₹12,500) won the other Pocket52 marquees.
PokerStars India
Highroller – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹7,700
Entries – 74
Re-entries – 56
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 15
Karan ‘JUNIOR1-KK’ Kapur was the last player standing in PokerStars India’s Thursday night extravaganza, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Highroller, and won the title for ₹2.19 Lakhs – his second title victory this month.
The former Bounty Builder HR champion managed another ITM finish in Spartan Poker’s Ultron (33rd for ₹14,973), netting ₹2.34 Lakhs overall.
Karan Kapur’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.71 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹25.84 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2
‘RaP1319’ (2nd for ₹1.69 Lakhs) and Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo (3rd for ₹1.30 Lakhs) rounded out the top three payouts.
The ₹7,700 buy-in Highroller clocked in 130 entries, overlaying ₹90,000.
Final Table Results
- Karan ‘JUNIOR1-KK’ Kapur – ₹2,19,186
- RaP1319 – ₹1,68,902
- Rubin ‘kornkid4’ Labroo – ₹1,30,154
- Archit ‘Flyingmuck’ Khandelwal – ₹1,00,295
- thisisme16 – ₹77,286
- Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹59,556
- Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood – ₹45,893
- Pranav ‘041195’ Somani – ₹35,365
- sssss951 – ₹30,194
‘iam_fishno4’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹27,113), ‘GUNMAN7275’ (Won ₹40K GTD Primetime Grind for ₹12,598), and ‘kenpachipoker’ (Won ₹50K GTD Deepstack for ₹10,425) shipped the other Thursday marquees on PokerStars India.
PokerDangal
PLO 5 Thursday – ₹50K GTD
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 64
Rebuys – 25
Prize Pool – ₹50,000
Places Paid – 15
PokerDangal’s ₹50K GTD PLO 5 Thursday engaged 89 runners, and the user ‘offroad’ outlasted them all to win the title for ₹12,000. Mahlima ‘zokid’ Fanai finished runner-up for ₹8,750.
Final Table Results
- offroad – ₹12,000
- zokid – ₹8,750
- smokeup – ₹12,000
- Akram56 – ₹4,750
- RehanAAA – ₹3,500
- Allin1 – ₹2,500
Adda52
Godfather – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 229
Re-entries – 198
Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000
Places Paid – 43
Dhinesh ‘dinzy009’ Kumar drove up the action on Adda52! He cut through a 427-player field in the site`s Thursday headliner, ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather, winning the title for the second time this year and netting the same ₹6.20 Lakhs he did last time to hit two career milestones:
> Crossing ₹1 Crore in tracked winnings on Adda52
> Crossing ₹1 Crore in annual winnings
The former Full House winner, Dhinesh Kumar, fired up two other ITM finishes last night, rounding up over ₹6.46 Lakhs in Thursday winnings.
His Thursday finishes include:
> 1st in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹6,20,000
> 13th in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹22,011
> 44th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹4,087
Dhinesh Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.95 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.81 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #6 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.01 Crores
The Kolkata-based poker reg Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna finished runner-up behind Kumar in the Godfather to win ₹3.75 Lakhs and FT-ed two other events and cashed a third, filling in ₹4.76 Lakhs in Thursday winnings.
His Thursday finishes include:
> 2nd in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹3,75,000
> 8th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹66,154
> 5th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹31,250
> 52nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹3,458
Harsh Bubna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.54 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹79.57 lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #12 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.41 Crores
The ₹5,500 buy-in Godfather recorded a glaring ₹3.65 Lakhs in overlays, and the top 43 places benefitted from the added value.
Final Table Results
- Dhinesh ‘dinzy009’ Kumar – ₹6,20,000
- Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹3,75,000
- Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹2,62,500
- Punya ‘ShamalDas’ Behera – ₹2,00,000
- Siddhanth ‘bullzeyepower’ Kapoor – ₹1,30,000
- Neel ‘neeljoshi23’ Joshi – ₹87,500
- Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra – ₹68,750
- kavego – ₹56,250
Monster Turbo – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 113
Re-entries – 86
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 21
Yash ‘Babyshark21’ Chitre (opted out of our tracking) had a terrific run last night! The online MTT reg shipped two titles, banking over ₹1.72 Lakhs in the process. He most notably took down Adda52’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo for ₹1.38 Lakhs a few hours after winning PokerBaazi`s Daily Boost for ₹34,810.
‘Baxtere‘ placed runner-up behind Chitre in the Monster Turbo for ₹81,250. They also FT-ed the ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda (6th for ₹7,444), netting ₹88,694 overall.
Baxtere’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹16.63 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.61 Lakhs | Titles Won: #3
The 199-entry field in the Monster Turbo led to an overlay shortfall of ₹52,250, and the top 21 finishers got paid.
Final Table Results
- Yash ‘Babyshark21’ Chitre – ₹1,37,500
- Baxtere – ₹81,250
- Avinash ‘i_fart_you_faint’ Kumar – ₹61,750
- Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni – ₹45,000
- Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹31,250
- Anmolraj Singh ‘anmolrajy’ Chawla – ₹21,250
- Sagar ‘Fang987’ Surve – ₹17,500
- Kunalkalra8860 – ₹13,750
‘FB-RUBY17‘ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹30,059), ‘Mranjitmca‘ (Won ₹50K GTD Morning Adda for ₹13,041), ‘VishuChi‘ (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹12,417), and ‘goblem00‘ (Won ₹50K GTD Evening Adda for ₹10,208) won the other Adda52 marquees.
Khelo365
Khelo365 user ‘Tonkaaaaaa’ won the ₹30K GTD Hitman PLO for ₹10,500, beating ‘Chancetaker’ (2nd for ₹6,600) heads-up.
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Daily Majors: Harshad Barve, Sandeep Tulsyan, Gaurav Bhandari & Aman Parakh Dominate the Tuesday Flagships
After a lackluster Monday, there was a noticeable uptick in action yesterday. With PokerBaazi Classics slated to hit the ground running on Sunday and Spartan Poker’s Freedom Celebration Series starting on August 4, this downtime will be invaluable for regs and newbies alike before the busy season begins all over again!
Spartan Poker’s primetime tournaments dominated the action, with the winners of the Mega Stack and Tuesday High Roller dishing out the most massive cash prizes.
Harshad Barve banked the day’s single biggest score after winning Spartan Poker`s Tuesday High Roller for ₹4.62 Lakhs and posted another deep run in Adda52’s The Mint (23rd for ₹10,631), rounding up ₹4.73 Lakhs in Tuesday winnings.
The former WPT India Superstack champion Sandeep Tulsyan made a grand return to the winner`s circle after shipping the day`s biggest-guaranteed tournament, Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack, for ₹4.11 Lakhs.
Gaurav Bhandari ended an almost 14-month-long title drought after taking down PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹3.20 Lakhs. He cumulatively added ₹3.28 Lakhs across his Tuesday run.
One of the most consistent winners on our tracked database, Rising Star Aman Parakh, finished runner-up in The Endeavour for ₹2.24 Lakhs and cashed another six events for ₹3.12 Lakhs altogether.
Saturday`s Blockbuster winner Amit J championed PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR title for the second time last night, taking home ₹2.28 Lakhs. He cumulatively added ₹2.42 Lakhs. Dhinesh Kumar came second for ₹1.66 Lakhs and filled in ₹2.15 Lakhs altogether on the back of three deep runs.
Pawan Kumar was the last player standing in MPL Poker’s Tuesday Slam and won his maiden title on the site and ₹96,000 in prize money after besting Manish Barman (2nd for ₹65,000) heads-up.
Ashish Nailwal, PokerGuru Ambassador Debneil Mukherjee, Nitin Tomar, Animesh Thakur, Himanshu Arora, Fayaz Ahmad Akhoon, Mukesh Surana, Navneesha P, and Uttam Gope won the other Tuesday marquees.
Here are the Tuesday highlights!
Spartan Poker
Mega Stack – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹4,400
Entries – 239
Re-entries – 101
Rebuys – 187
Prize Pool – ₹21,08,000
Places Paid – 47
The 2017 WPT India Superstack champion Sandeep ‘SandeepTulsyan’ Tulsyan made a grand return to the winner’s circle last night after shipping the day’s biggest guaranteed tournament, Spartan Poker’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD Mega Stack, for ₹4.11 Lakhs. ‘oreo123’ finished runner-up for ₹2.61 Lakhs.
Sandeep Tulsyan’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹56.42 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹19.43 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2
Abhishek ‘Bittur’ Kumar Chaurasia made away with ₹81,183 in Tuesday winnings on the back of two ITM finishes, which include:
> 8th in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹51,435
> 18th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹29,748
Final Table Results
- Sandeep ‘SandeepTulsyan’ Tulsyan – ₹4,10,849
- oreo123 – ₹2,60,970
- Vishal ‘Darky012’ Ojha – ₹1,95,622
- Aayush ‘Eureka226’ Arya – ₹1,58,311
- Vinay ‘keechad’ Verma – ₹1,24,794
- Rohit ‘fishbait’ Barve – ₹95,282
- Ashumi ‘ThePhoenix’ Parekh – ₹69,986
- Abhishek ‘Bittur’ Kumar Chaurasia – ₹51,435
Tuesday High Roller (6-Max) – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 106
Re-entries – 37
Rebuys – 79
Prize Pool – ₹22,20,000
Places Paid – 20
Circuit regular Harshad ‘Epic Whale’ Barve scored the long-overdue breakthrough in Spartan Poker’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Tuesday High Roller, taking down the flagship for ₹4.62 Lakhs – his first title victory in over three months! He struck a heads-up deal with ‘thereisnospoon’ (2nd for ₹4.32 Lakhs).
The IOPC July 2021 Blaze of Glory champion, Barve, made another deep run in Adda52’s The Mint (23rd for ₹10,631), emerging as Tuesday’s top scorer with almost ₹4.73 Lakhs in the bank. His online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.61 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ~₹28.50 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5
One of the leaderboard toppers, Anurag ‘CultOfPersonality’ Srivastava, raked in ₹2.43 Lakhs through two ITM finishes, which include:
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹2,38,650
> 28th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹4,066
Anurag Srivastava’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.66 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #19 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.86 Crores | Ranked #13 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha locked in ₹2.84 Lakhs on the back of four deep runs, which include:
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹1,97,136
> 4th in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR for ₹69,467
> 24th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹12,899
> 26th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹4,664
Chirag Sodha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.45 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.27 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #7 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.48 Crores | Ranked #26 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
Rahul ‘BubbleDropMusic’ Kumar (7th for ₹93,018), Young Gun Siddhanth ‘PluRibu$’ Kripalani (9th for ₹53,280), Mohit ‘OfcourseOfcourse’ Savargaonkar (10th for ₹44,400), Deepesh ‘prince1993’ Raka (11th for ₹44,400), Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma (12th for ₹38,850), Dhinesh ‘kendralust’ Kumar (14th for ₹35,520), Varad ‘Despar4do’ Patil (16th for ₹32,634), PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Donkey 07’ Munot (17th for ₹32,634), Abhishek ‘Bittur’ Kumar Chaurasia (18th for ₹29,748), Rohit ‘soulcrusher’ Mittal (19th for 29,748), and Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (20th for 29,748) were other notables who cashed the Tuesday High Roller.
Final Table Results
- Harshad ‘Epic Whale’ Barve – ₹4,62,171*
- thereisnospoon – ₹4,32,489*
- Anurag ‘CultOfPersonality’ Srivastava – ₹2,38,650
- Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha – ₹1,97,136
- Amit ‘Immortal Killer’ Sur – ₹1,58,286
- bluechipp – ₹1,24,098
*denotes a heads-up deal
Tuesday PN – ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 163
Re-entries – 51
Rebuys – 99
Prize Pool – ₹4,69,500
Places Paid – 31
Spartan Poker’s ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD Tuesday PN registered a 313-player starting field (including re-entries and rebuys), posting a ₹4.70 Lakhs prize pool. The user ‘Gungun224’ outlasted them all, claiming their first title on the site and a top prize of ₹86,891. ‘mafia666’ collected ₹79,266 in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
Gungun224’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹5.53 Lakhs | Title Wins: #1 | Final Table Finishes: #6
Karan ‘Engineerlonda’ Malhotra locked in ₹74,340 in Tuesday winnings on the back of two ITM runs and bounties. His Tuesday finishes include:
> 8th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹42,679
> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday PN for ₹30,236
Karan Malhotra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.61 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹51.35 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #18 | Annual Winnings: ₹64.11 Lakhs
Final Table Results
- Gungun224 – ₹86,891*
- mafia666 – ₹79,266*
- Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee – ₹47,138
- Dadwontagree – ₹38,217
- Karan ‘Engineerlonda’ Malhotra – ₹30,236
- Tarzanakh – ₹22,959
- Akshay ‘Eagle mentality’ Thakur – ₹17,761
- Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover – ₹12,254
*denotes a heads-up deal
Nitin ‘Ladone’ Tomar (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Sundowner for ₹55,286), ‘CyberPaapi’ (Won ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Sundowner for ₹51,894), ‘BlindMan’sBluff’ (Won ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD PN Night Rider for ₹36,199), ‘BAYMYTH’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PN Ultimate 6 Card PLO for ₹25,325), ‘sanzoo’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹21,203), ‘sleepy’ (Won The Centurion ₹50K GTD for ₹10,025) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
MPL Poker
Tuesday Slam – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,999
Entries – 108
Re-entries – 63
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 30
Pawan ‘love4371550’ Kumar outmaneuvered the 171-player field in MPL Poker`s ₹4 Lakhs GTD Tuesday Slam yesterday, winning his maiden title on the site and a personal-best ₹96,000. Manish ‘any1willdo’ Barman took home ₹65,000 for his second-place finish.
Pawan Kumar had at least nine FT finishes on the site before last night`s win.
Final Table Results
- Pawan ‘love4371550’ Kumar – ₹96,000
- Manish ‘any1willdo’ Barman – ₹65,000
- Avinash ‘avinash587’ Saraf – ₹42,000
- ichayan_ – ₹34,000
- secret_guardian – ₹23,800
- berlin0085 – ₹16,400
- parimalpatra – ₹12,400
- Sunny ‘fossilman’ Kumar – ₹10,400
PokerBaazi
The Endeavour – ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 245
Re-entries – 210
Prize Pool – ₹15,92,500
Places Paid – 54
The IOPC July 2022 – Legends finalist Gaurav ‘Zillastar’ Bhandari ended a prolonged fourteen-month-long title drought with a thumping victory in PokerBaazi`s Tuesday headliner, ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Endeavour, for ₹3.20 Lakhs. Rising Star Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh came second for ₹2.24 Lakhs.
Gaurav Bhandari made another deep run in Adda52’s The Mint (36th for ₹7,796), netting ₹3.28 Lakhs altogether. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.87 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹61.31 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #1
The APT Online India January 2022 Mini Main Event champion, Aman Parakh, crossed the money line in seven events (including two runner-up finishes and another FT finish), cumulatively worth ₹3.12 Lakhs. The Tuesday run has pushed him past ₹1.50 Crores in annual earnings.
His Tuesday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹2,24,383
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s Hyper Sprint for ₹34,860
> 4th in Adda52’s Voyager for ₹22,950
> 31st in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹12,259
> 15th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹9,448
> 20th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹5,920
> 53rd in PokerBaazi’s Holdem BOOST for ₹1,980
Aman Parakh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.04 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.84 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #21 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.52 Crores |Moves to #21 in the Annual Leaderboard Rankings (Total Cashes)
Final Table Results
- Gaurav ‘Zillastar’ Bhandari – ₹3,20,093
- Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh – ₹2,24,383
- Rohit ‘Kudos0505’ Behal – ₹1,44,281
- Ram ‘mowgumotu’ Kakkar – ₹1,06,698
- Rahul ‘YOUAGAIN’ Pruthi – ₹80,103
- Unnikrishnan ‘TigerGemini1974’ Nair – ₹64,178
- Gautam ‘M8a7’ Rohilla – ₹53,508
- Karan ‘karangogi’ Malhotra – ₹42,679
(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 290
Re-entries – 253
Prize Pool – ₹8,14,500
Places Paid – 63
Ashish ‘Notoriouskonvict’ Nailwal has had a breakout month, and he kept the heater going by obliterating a guarantee-crushing field in PokerBaazi`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT to win ₹1.58 Lakhs. Avneesh ‘iamam’ Munjal collected ₹1.11 Lakhs in second place.
APT Online India July 2022 PLO Highroller champion, Ashish Nailwal, fired up another FT run in the ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT (4th for ₹15,552), collectively adding ₹1.74 Lakhs across his Tuesday run.
Ashish Nailwal’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.81 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹49.72 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #8 | Monthly Winnings: ₹26.79 Lakhs
Final Table Results
- Ashish ‘Notoriouskonvict’ Nailwal – ₹1,58,257
- Avneesh ‘iamam’ Munjal – ₹1,10,935
- nitinmakkar – ₹71,350
- Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah – ₹52,780
- Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor – ₹39,585
- upswing4eva – ₹31,766
- piyushv – ₹26,471
(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 161
Re-entries – 138
Prize Pool – ₹5,98,000
Places Paid – 36
PokerBaazi’s 7:30 PM marquee, ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT, registered 299 entries, generating a prize pool worth ₹5.98 Lakhs. After almost six hours of play, the recent PokerGuru Staking inductee, Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee, was the last player standing and won ₹1.32 Lakhs. Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni came second for ₹92,690.
PokerGuru Ambassador Debneil Mukherjee belted out another five deep runs, cumulatively adding ₹2.09 Lakhs. His Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹1,32,098
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday PN for ₹47,138
> 17th in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹14,175
> 47th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹7,326
> 27th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹4,910
> 17th in Adda52’s Voyager for ₹3,375
Debneil Mukherjee’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.59 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹28.75 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #11
Final Table Results
- Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee – ₹1,32,098
- Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni – ₹92,690
- Tanmay ‘truman’ Benara – ₹59,621
- Kunal ‘imcursed’ Shalin – ₹44,132
- Guddu ‘gudduhero20’ Chaudhary – ₹33,129
- tjghai – ₹26,491
- Atishay ‘nutscracker’ Samuel – ₹22,006
’emo919′ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Boost for ₹74,120), Animesh ‘animeshth20’ Thakur (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Hyper Sprint for ₹49,740), Himanshu ‘pokerbrat7’ Arora (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD Holdem BOOST for ₹47,730), ‘tjghai’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹47,352), Fayaz ‘Jorach’ Ahmad Akhoon (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹43,937), ‘mazearke’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹32,383), Mukesh ‘Guruuu’ Surana (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD SPRINT 1 AM ₹30,466), ‘iamsid2904’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹25,621), ‘sidan2701’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO5 BOOST for ₹25,234), ‘Bolt109’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹22,216), Uttam ‘brokenpocker’ Gope (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Baazi Super Value for ₹12,650) and ‘slytherin18’ (Won ₹50K GTD 5-Max Daily for ₹6,100) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
PokerStars India
Bounty Builder HR (On-time Rake Refund) ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹7,700
Entries – 72
Re-entries – 59
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 15
Last week`s Blockbuster champion Amit ‘the_ziro’ J won PokerStars India`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Bounty Builder HR for the second time last night. He fired three bullets in the Tuesday High Roller before overcoming the 131-entry field to collect ₹2.28 Lakhs (₹1.26 Lakhs in bounties). Dhinesh ‘you3betl4bet’ Kumar secured a runner-up payday of ₹1.66 Lakhs (₹64,695 in bounties).
The IOPC June 2022 – The Crown fifth-place finisher, Amit J, made another ITM finish in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour, collectively adding ₹2.42 Lakhs.
His Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR (On-time Rake Refund) for ₹2,27,529
> 49th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹7,326
His online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.41 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹13.80 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2
The Bounty Builder HR runner-up finisher Dhinesh Kumar filled in ₹2.15 Lakhs in Tuesday winnings on the back of three deep runs.
His Tuesday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR (On-time Rake Refund) for ₹1,66,279
> 14th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹35,520
> 38th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹8,600
Dhinesh Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.75 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.75 Crores |Titles Won in 2022: 4
The ₹7,700 buy-in tourney filled in an overlay shortfall of ₹83,000, and the top 15 places earned a payday. Everyone registered in the event before the first hand was dealt got the ₹700 in rake on their initial buy-in refunded.
Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)
- Amit ‘the_ziro’ J – ₹2,27,529
- Dhinesh ‘you3betl4bet’ Kumar – ₹1,66,279
- Pranay ‘aankhdikhatahai’ Chawla – ₹95,673
- Chirag ‘WhyworrY_56’ Sodha – ₹69,467
- tabahi2k18 – ₹50,270
- Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik – ₹46,225
- Ravi ‘rkcravi’ Kumar – ₹33,261
- Clinton ‘Clinton Tavares’ Tavares – ₹25,812
- Gurpal ‘twizelll’ Singh – ₹25,980
‘xzqtr1’ (Won ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Uppercut Mini for ₹48,498), ‘MeraDeshMahaan’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹24,161), ‘anuj1202’ (Won ₹50K GTD Afternoon on Stars for ₹15,536), ‘JITENDRA PANCHA’ (Won ₹50K GTD Deepstack for ₹11,739), and ‘sarthakssinghal’ (Won ₹50K GTD Primetime Grind for ₹10,959) won the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
The Mint ₹14 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 206
Re-entries – 199
Prize Pool – ₹14,17,500
Places Paid – 43
‘Awanabsa’ boosted their MTT winnings on Adda52 by ₹13.33 Lakhs yesterday after outplaying the 405-player field in the Tuesday headliner, The Mint, to collect a site-best ₹3.52 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Niruha’ Raj, chasing his first title in over three months, had to settle for a runner-up payday worth ₹2.13 Lakhs.
Gokul Raj`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.29 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.14 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #3
Final Table Results
- Awanabsa – ₹3,51,540
- Gokul ‘Niruha’ Raj – ₹2,12,625
- Ankit ‘d00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – ₹1,48,838
- s4pp4s – ₹1,13,400
- Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹73,710
- Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’Ghosh – ₹49,613
- VishuChi – ₹38,981
- anna0906 – ₹31,894
Voyager – ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 160
Re-entries – 110
Prize Pool – ₹2,70,000
Places Paid – 27
‘allinbluff’ bested the 270 player-field in Adda52`s ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Voyager, winning the 9:30 PM Tuesday marquee for ₹70,200. The three-time Sundowner champion Kunal’ Kunotaguero’ Yadav settled for a runner-up payday worth ₹41,850.
allinbluff’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹4.06 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹2.11 Lakhs | Titles Won: #3
Kunal Yadav made away with ₹58,774 in Tuesday winnings across four ITM finishes, which include:
> 2nd in Adda52’s Voyager for ₹41,850
> 11th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday PN for ₹8,592
> 10th in PokerBaazi’s Holdem BOOST for ₹5,520
> 18th in Spartan Poker’s Sundowner for ₹2,812
Kunal Yadav’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.02 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹26.63 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #19
Final Table Results
- allinbluff – ₹70,200
- Kunal ‘Kunotaguero’ Yadav – ₹41,850
- noc1296 – ₹31,455
- Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh – ₹22,950
- Rohan’ rswim’ Sathe – ₹15,525
- tarunalcon – ₹11,475
- Naresh’ nareshnow’ Kumar – ₹8,775
- bsb36 – ₹6,750
PokerDangal
Booster Tuesday – ₹1 Lakh GTD
Buy-in – ₹660
Entries – 95
Rebuys – 40
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
Places Paid – 23
Online reg Navneesha ‘np406’ P came out on top of the 135-player field in PokerDangal’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Booster Tuesday to win ₹21,000. ‘Papaerplane’ finished runner-up for ₹15,500.
Final Table Results
- Navneesha ‘np406’ P – ₹21,000
- Paperplane – ₹15,500
- Breathe – ₹11,750
- ULBY7042 – ₹9,000
- Elliots – ₹6,750
- Hacked – ₹5,000
Khelo365
Monday’s ₹10K GTD Sun Downer runner-up finisher, ‘Sogaya123’ went the distance in the Sun Downer last night to win ₹3,100. ‘CvS’ came second for ₹2,100.
Keep following PokerGuru for daily updates on the biggest winners across the major domestic networks!
This Week in Poker: April 13 – 19
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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We are midway through April, but the summer buzz seems to be missing from the virtual felts! This past week was especially uneventful as most of the MTT crowd was busy playing the Deltin Poker Tournament series in Goa. Sumit Lalchandani was the standout winner at the six-day series as he shipped the Main Event for a career-best ₹35.64 Lakhs. The other prominent winners included Aayush Arya, who won the Highroller for ₹36.63 Lakhs, and Avinash Koneru, who topped the Big Billions final table for ₹31.64 Lakhs.
Headlining an otherwise slow week of online MTTs was PokerBaazi’s #BB4 MoneyMaker which doled out the biggest payouts on Sunday. Sumit Advani from Dubai won the 1 flight ₹1 Crore GTD Sunday flagship to emerge as the 17th MoneyMaker champion and banked a personal-best ₹14.57 Lakhs to walk away with our “PokerGuru Star of the Week” title!
Advani chopped the MoneyMaker three-way with Aditya Kulkarni (2nd for ₹11.07 Lakhs) and Sumit Sapra (3rd for ₹11.46 Lakhs), who were the two other players to bank seven-figure scores this week.
Last week`s leaderboard topper, Young Gun Ujjwal Narwal, the #1 ranked player on the annual TLB standings, Rajneesh Thakur, PokerGuru Ambassadors Ratul Steves, Mithun Mahesh, and Ankit Wadhawan, along with Lavesh Meena, and Manish Lakhotia were the other notable scorers of the week.
With the DPT now in the books, the next live MTT series on the horizon is the IPC Megastacks that takes place at the Spartan LIVE poker room at Casino Vegas by Big Daddy in Jhapa, Nepal, from May 17 to 22. If you want to attend the series on a budget, then BLITZPOKER has just the thing for you. The site`s ‘Road to IPC Megastacks’ promises tickets worth over ₹70 Lakhs to the upcoming series through the Cash Fiesta (April 20 to May 10) and Online Satellites (April 15 to May 20).
Asia’s largest online poker room, Natural8, has flagged off another edition of its Omaholic Series! The eight-day series got underway on April 17 and is running a choc-a-bloc schedule of PLO tournaments until April 24, offering $3 Million in guaranteed prizes.
In a surprising turn of events, PokerBaazi LIVE – the live poker arm of PokerBaazi – ended its three-year-old association with Casino Majestic Pride abruptly on April 19. According to a statement by the PokerBaazi management, the decision was made due to space constraints at the venue.
In the international headlines, the ten-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Ivey topped the Super High Roller Series Europe series leaderboard! Jake Schindler championed the Super High Roller Bowl Europe for $3.20 Million.
Meanwhile, Steve O’Dwyer won the Irish Poker Open Main Event for €318,700.
Online Railbird Report
Sumit Advani was the week`s top scorer, making him our “PokerGuru Star of the Week.” The poker player based in Dubai topped a 954-entry field in PokerBaazi’s ₹1 Crore GTD #BB4 MoneyMaker on Sunday! Along with the bragging rights of becoming the 17th MoneyMaker champion, Advani moped up a career-best ₹14.57 Lakhs for the win and added a collective ₹14.65 Lakhs throughout the week!
The #BB4 MoneyMaker witnessed a three-way deal, and Sumit Sapra clinched the second-biggest cut of the prize money, i.e., ₹11.46 Lakhs, in third place. The long-time MTT pro collectively added ₹12.40 Lakhs this past week.
The #BB4 MoneyMaker runner-up finisher Aditya Kulkarni was the only other player to rake in a seven-figure score this week! He pocketed ₹11.07 Lakhs in the MoneyMaker and added ₹11.18 Lakhs overall through his weekly run in online MTTs.
Last week`s “PokerGuru Star of the Week,” Young Gun Ujjwal Narwal, kept his indomitable form going as he accumulated over ₹7.73 Lakhs to take the #4 spot in the weekly rankings. He added two flagship titles to his tally since our last weekly update, Adda52’s The Ballers ( for ₹5.18 Lakhs) and PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR (On-time Rake Refund) (for ₹2.55 Lakhs).
Rajneesh Thakur, PokerGuru Ambassadors Ratul Steves, Mithun Mahesh, and Ankit Wadhawan, along with Lavesh Meena and Manish Lakhotia, were the week`s other prominent winners.
Notable Winners of the Week
| Player | Prize Amount | Event | Poker Site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumit Advani | ₹14.57 Lakhs | #BB4 MoneyMaker 1 Crore GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Gaurav Sood | ₹6.89 Lakhs | Adda52 Millions ₹25 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| Ram Kakkar | ₹6.20 Lakhs | Godfather ₹25 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| Mithun Mahesh | ₹5.25 Lakhs | Sunday Superstack (₹50K LBD) ₹25 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Ujjwal Narwal | ₹5.20 Lakhs | The Ballers ₹20 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| “Whale Machi” | ₹4.49 Lakhs | The Elite (₹50K LBD) ₹20 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| “freddiemercury” | ₹4.48 Lakhs | The Summit ₹15 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Siddharth Mundada | ₹4.04 Lakhs | BSS SuperStack 20 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Gurpal Singh | ₹3.90 Lakhs | Maverick ₹15 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| Anirudh Reddy | ₹3.60 Lakhs | The Weekly HighRoller ₹12 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Shagun Jain | ₹3.50 Lakhs | Trending Thursday (₹50K LBD) ₹16 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Deepankur Gupta | ₹3.50 Lakhs | The Mint ₹14 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| Ashish Munot | ₹3.33 Lakhs | Destiny (₹50K LBD) ₹18 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Laksh Pal Singh | ₹3.31 Lakhs | Mega Stack (₹50K LBD) - Millionaire Bubble ₹17 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Lavesh Meena | ₹2.56 Lakhs | Sunday Special (On-time Rake Refund) ₹15 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| Ujjwal Narwal | ₹2.55 Lakhs | Bounty Builder HR (On-time Rake Refund) ₹10 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| Ram Kakkar | ₹2.38 Lakhs | The Endeavour 12 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Mohit Mehta | ₹2.28 Lakhs | The Pride 10 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Anish Arora | ₹2.21 Lakhs | The Big Show ₹10 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| “Aneha” | ₹2.11 Lakhs | ReCharge (₹50K LBD) ₹10 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Areyann Gurbaxani | ₹2 Lakhs | Iron Man ₹8 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| “nerdguy” | ₹1.93 Lakhs | Sunday Showdown ₹10 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| Gopal Bajaj | ₹1.92 Lakhs | Sunday Sundowner (₹50K LBD) ₹8 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Gokul Raj | ₹1.70 Lakhs | Highroller (On-time Rake Refund) ₹9 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| Debneil Mukherjee | ₹1.37 Lakhs | FTV Flamingo ₹5 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| “Gehe15” | ₹1.35 Lakhs | Futuristic (₹50K LBD) ₹7 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Rajavelu Vijaykumar | ₹1.28 Lakhs | (7-Max) BSS SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Tarush Gupta | ₹1.25 Lakhs | (7-Max) SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Tanmay Benara | ₹1.24 Lakhs | (7-Max) SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Rajneesh Thakur | ₹1.24 Lakhs | (7-Max) Daily SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Shivam Shukla | ₹1.23 Lakhs | Monster Turbo ₹5 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| Lavesh Meena | ₹1.21 Lakhs | (7-Max) Daily SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| “mgehe” | ₹1.20 Lakhs | (7-Max) Daily SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| “rajvijay” | ₹1.18 Lakhs | (7-Max) SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| “Greenturtle18” | ₹1.11 Lakhs | La Luna ₹4 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| “texaskid2405” | ₹1.10 Lakhs | Uppercut ₹5 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| “blackfly_crazy” | ₹1.05 Lakhs | Night on Stars ₹5 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| Anurag Srivastava | ₹1.04 Lakhs | Friday Bounty ₹4 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| Samay Singh Modi | ₹1.04 Lakhs | (7-Max) Daily SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| “auderman” | ₹1.02 Lakhs | Money Heist (₹50K LBD) ₹5 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Shubham Tyagi | ₹1.01 Lakhs | (7-Max) Daily SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| Atishay Samuel | ₹1 Lakh | Battle Royale [8-Max] ₹4 Lakhs GTD | PokerStars India |
| “Vengeance.jd” | ₹96K | (7-Max) SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTD | PokerBaazi |
| “CashMeIfYouCan” | ₹94K | The Race (₹50K LBD) ₹5 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| Gopal Bajaj | ₹81K | Wednesday Vibes (₹50K LBD) ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
| “factory123” | ₹78K | Voyager ₹3 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| Tarush Gupta | ₹77K | Voyager ₹3 Lakhs GTD | Adda52 |
| “Severide” | ₹58K | Sundowner (₹50K LBD) ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD | Spartan Poker |
PokerBaazi LIVE Ends Three-Year-Long Association With Casino Majestic Pride
Less than a month after the record-crushing Baazi Poker Tour series wrapped up came the surprising news of the PokerBaazi LIVE poker room ceasing operations onboard Casino Majestic Pride with immediate effect.
PokerBaazi made the announcement on April 19, citing space constraints at the venue as the reason for taking the decision.
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BLITZPOKER’s ‘Road to IPC Megastacks’ Has IPC Tickets Worth Over ₹70 Lakhs Up For Grabs
With all eyes on the upcoming IPC Megastacks series, BLITZPOKER (and partner sites) have come out with the king of all promotions – ‘Road to IPC Megastacks!’
The site is guaranteeing IPC tickets worth over ₹70 Lakhs to both cash game players and the MTT regs through the Cash Fiesta (April 20 to May 10) and Online Satellites (April 15 to May 20), respectively!
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Natural8’s $3 Million GTD Omaholic Series Runs From April 17–24
Natural8`s immensely popular Omaha festival, Omaholic Series, is back! The eight-day series runs from April 17 to 24, guaranteeing a whopping $3 Million in prize money.
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“Stickingsimba” Wins Natural8’s Bad Beat Jackpot Twice
Lightning struck twice for Natural8 player “Stickingsimba,” who bagged a combined $698.11 for hitting the site’s Bad Beat Jackpot, not once but an incredible two times! The best part is he did it while playing at stakes as low as $0.01/$0.02!
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Deltin Poker Tournament – April 2022
With the COVID-19 pandemic subsiding, the live MTT scene is reverting back to its former glory!
The second live domestic series after the pandemic, Deltin Poker Tournament, concluded its seven-day run at the Deltin Royale Casino in Panjim, Goa on April 20. The series included six DPT-branded events – a ₹15 Lakhs GTD Freeroll and the final table of the online-live hybrid ₹2 Crores GTD Big Billions!
The biggest attractions at the DPT were the ₹1.20 Crores GTD Main Event and the ₹65 Lakhs GTD Highroller.
The ₹35K buy-in Main Event logged in 602 entries across four starting flights, and the ₹1.89 Crores prize pool was distributed among the top 72 finishers. After three days of grueling action, Sumit Lalchandani was the last player standing and won his maiden DPT title and a career-best ₹35.64 Lakhs. Sandeep Gupta (2nd for ₹25.11 Lakhs) and PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit Wadhawan (3rd for ₹16.14 Lakhs) secured podium finishes!
The second DPT headliner, ₹65K buy-in Highroller, saw Aayush Arya outlasting the 281-entry field to clinch his first DPT title and a personal-best ₹36.63 Lakhs. Paawan Bansal (2nd for ₹25.71 Lakhs) and Bhavesh Patel (3rd for ₹16.54 Lakhs) made podium finishers. The Highroller paid out 36 places from the ₹1.66 Crores prize pool.
The online-live hybrid ₹2 Crores GTD Big Billions had Avinash Koneru topping the competition for a massive ₹31.64 Lakhs payday. The upcoming player had won his way into the event through a ₹1,100 buy-in satellite and ended up topping the 1,936 entry-field. Bulusu Venkat Ram Narayana (2nd for ₹22.73 Lakhs) and Himanshu Arora (3rd for ₹16.34 Lakhs) banked the other top payouts.
Amit Kaushik (Won ₹15K Bounty for ₹5.57 Lakhs), Tushar Bharti (Won ₹15K PLO Bounty for 4.85 Lakhs), Vaibhav Shah (Won ₹11K Warm Up for ₹4.28 Lakhs), nant Purohit (Won ₹15 Lakhs added DPT Freeroll for ₹3.30 Lakhs), and Young Gun Kanchan Sharma (Won ₹10K Women’s Special for ₹92,400) were the other title winners at the just-concluded DPT series.
With this, we conclude this week’s roundup of the latest news updates and developments from the world of poker. We will return again next week with our weekly report. Stay tuned.
