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Daily Majors: Ashit Sharma, Rishab Malik, Aditya Singh & Vishal Bajaj Score BIG in the Tuesday Flagships
Spartan Poker’s biggest-ever India Online Poker Championship (IOPC) 14.0 has entered its February leg. With eight IOPC-branded tournaments playing down to a winner yesterday, it was a value-laden Tuesday for MTT players.
Ashit Sharma bagged away the biggest Tuesday paycheque, netting ₹8.05 Lakhs from two deep runs on Spartan Poker. The online reg fired two bullets in IOPC #99 Tuesday High before clinching his first IOPC silver badge for ₹7.97 Lakhs (second-best online score).
Sahil Nevatiya made a rollicking run in the day`s star attraction, Spartan Poker’s IOPC #98 Tuesday Prime, taking it down for a site-best ₹7.99 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with Rishab Malik (2nd for ₹6.33 Lakhs).
The Galactic Series Main Event champion Aditya Singh fired up quite the Tuesday session, netting at least ₹4.37 Lakhs from three FT finishes. Grabbing his first IOPC Silver badge, Singh shipped Spartan Poker’s IOPC #100 Tuesday Spotlight for ₹3.09 Lakhs (his second title of the year)! Ruhaan Malhotra pocketed ₹2.54 Lakhs in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
Shivam Kumar Dubey (Won IOPC #101 All Rounder Boost for ₹1.76 Lakhs), Clinton Tavares (Won IOPC #97 Triple Chance for ₹1.63 Lakhs), Neeraj Sattawat (Won IOPC #95 for ₹1.51 Lakhs), Rakesh Nizare (Won IOPC #94 Triple Chance for ₹97,079) and Kabir Tandon (Won IOPC #96 for ₹96,224) won the other IOPC marquees on Tuesday.
Sunday’s Nighttide DST Adda winner Raghuvinder Singh scored a thumping victory in Adda52’s The Mint, banking a site-best ₹4.08 Lakhs (won ₹4.18 Lakhs overall). Young Gun Anmol Mehta collected ₹2.42 Lakhs in second place (won ₹2.45 Lakhs overall).
Top pro Vishal Bajaj nailed PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹3.64 Lakhs (won ₹3.73 Lakhs overall), climbing to #5 in the POY race. He chopped the Tuesday headliner heads-up with last night’s (7-Max) SPRINT finalist Sahil Mahboobani (2nd for ₹3.26 Lakhs) (won ₹3.76 Lakhs overall).
Vinay Rajpal completed a hattrick last night! The MTT pro followed up his Sunday’s IOPC Wanderer and Monday’s IOPC #90 PKO win with another top finish, winning PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹2 Lakhs – accumulating ₹2.55 Lakhs across six ITM finishes! He chopped the title heads-up with Pradip Ghosh (2nd for ₹1.72 Lakhs).
Last Sunday`s BSS Value Boost champion ‘intervntion’ won PokerBaazi`s Daily Value Boost for ₹1.45 Lakhs, with Young Gun Siddhanth Kripalani pocketing ₹1.10 Lakhs as the runner-up.
Harsh Bubna came out on top in PokerStars India’s Turbo Masters [8-Max] to win ₹1.04 Lakhs (won ₹1.20 Lakhs overall), clinching his second title in under a week. The two-time The Millionaire champion Ayush Garg came second for ₹79,376 (won ₹1.67 Lakhs overall).
Kashish Gupta, Praveen KR, Yash Chitre, Aditya Parashar, Kshitij Kucheria, Hemanshu Tomar, Sandeep Chhabra, Mayank P, and Shashank Desai won the other Tuesday marquees.
Here are the Tuesday highlights!
Spartan Poker
IOPC #98 Tuesday Prime – ₹35 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 409
Re-entries – 151
Rebuys – 357
Prize Pool – ₹45,85,000
Places Paid – 79
Sahil ‘Blinddaddy’ Nevatiya entered February with panache after taking down a reg-infested 917-entry field (409 unique) in Tuesday`s top draw, Spartan Poker`s ₹35 Lakhs GTD IOPC #98 Tuesday Prime, for a personal-best ₹7.99 Lakhs (heads-up deal) – clinching his first IOPC title and silver badge and recovering all his past losses in one go.
The road to the top was anything but easy for Nevatiya, who had to get past the two-time The Millionaire champion Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik in the heads-up showdown, the latter banking ₹6.33 Lakhs in second place (his best score of the year so far).

Rishab Malik`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.90 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ~₹1.78 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | IOPC Titles Won: #1
The ₹5,500 entry buy-in IOPC #98 Tuesday Prime generated a guarantee-smashing ₹45.85 Lakhs prize pool, and 79 places got paid.
Final Table Results
- Sahil ‘Blinddaddy’ Nevatiya – ₹7,98,576*
- Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik – ₹6,33,319*
- apples – ₹3,95,227
- Abhumanyu ‘foul child’ Mittal – ₹3,08,112
- Parminder ‘Bounceez’ Randhava – ₹2,41,630
- Rahul ‘palawat’ Jain – ₹1,89,819
- Raghav ‘Mr. Bean’ Ananth – ₹1,41,677
- Mohsin ‘gongo’ Shaikh – ₹98,119
*denotes a heads-up deal
IOPC #99 Tuesday High (6-Max) – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 175
Re-entries – 67
Rebuys – 135
Prize Pool – ₹37,70,000
Places Paid – 31
Spartan Poker`s guarantee-crushing IOPC 14.0 has entered its February leg, but the action is only getting hotter. Eight IOPC silver badges were awarded on Tuesday, and one of them went to Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma.

The online reg fired two bullets in the ₹25 Lakhs GTD IOPC #99 Tuesday High before taking down the 9 PM flagship for ₹7.97 Lakhs (second-best online score) – his first title of the series.
Sharma made Day 2 in IOPC #140 Value Mine and fired another deep run in IOPC #97 Triple Chance (20th for ₹6,471), which along with bounties, accounted for a Tuesday haul worth ₹8.05 Lakhs.
Ashit Sharma`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.27 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.37 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | IOPC Titles Won: #3
The two-time POY Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood made away with ₹3.58 Lakhs in Tuesday winnings across three deep runs, which include:

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #99 Tuesday High for ₹3,06,878
> 16th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #98 Tuesday Prime for ₹41,724
> 45th in PokerBaazi’s (7-MAX) SPRINT for ₹9,212
Gaurav Sood’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹15.24 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹7.64 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #5 | Ranked #4 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Finished #7 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
The ₹11,000 entry buy-in IOPC #99 Tuesday High registered a 377-player starting field, and 31 places got paid.
Final Table Results
- Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma – ₹7,97,355
- Fliptripp – ₹5,36,848
- Anand ‘TPARTNER26’ Kevlani – ₹3,78,508
- Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood – ₹3,06,878
- Vinay ‘ConCrete’ B – ₹2,42,788
- Shriram ‘MasterBet10’ Varma – ₹1,84,353
IOPC #100 Tuesday Spotlight – ₹16 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 437
Re-entries – 151
Rebuys – 317
Prize Pool – ₹18,10,000
Places Paid – 87
One of the biggest revelations of 2022, Aditya ‘Ben K Rolle’ Singh (opted out of tracking) had a decent January run, thanks to his three FT finishes last night. He ransacked a 905-entry field (437 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹16 Lakhs GTD IOPC #100 Tuesday Spotlight to win his first IOPC silver badge and ₹3.09 Lakhs in the first-place prize money, with Ruhaan ‘malindcorp’ Malhotra pocketing ₹2.54 Lakhs in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

Shortly before the IOPC win (his second title victory in 2023), Singh picked up ₹1.15 Lakhs for his sixth-place finish in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour and ₹14,460 for placing seventh in (7-Max) Daily SPRINT, packing in at least ₹4.37 Lakhs across his Tuesday run.
The 9 PM flagship posted a guarantee-crushing ₹18.10 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 87 places got paid.
Final Table Results
- Aditya ‘Ben K Rolle’ Singh – ₹3,08,449*
- Ruhaan ‘malindcorp’ Malhotra – ₹2,53,918*
- dagadfool – ₹1,54,393
- Faiz ‘FoldTo1BB’ Alam – ₹1,19,460
- Vikram ‘greenSTUFF79’ Mishra – ₹94,120
- 1ne7even – ₹73,667
- Chirag ‘ShonkeyMoulder’ Sodha – ₹54,481
- Piyush ‘jacks_apart’ Jain – ₹37,467
*denotes a heads-up deal
IOPC #101 All Rounder Boost – ₹11 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 328
Re-entries – 133
Rebuys – 409
Prize Pool – ₹13,05,000
Places Paid – 63
Thursday’s Hold’em PKO champion, Shivam ‘SSoulShaker’ Kumar Dubey, made the victory march in Spartan Poker’s late-night marquee, ₹11 Lakhs GTD IOPC #101 All Rounder Boost, banking a career-best ₹1.76 Lakhs. Sharma won his maiden IOPC silver badge ( his first IOPC title) after striking a three-way deal with December’s The MoneyMaker winner, Karan ‘Junior-KK’ Kapur (2nd for ₹1.75 Lakhs) and ‘Haliax0805’ (3rd for ₹1.75 Lakhs).

With last night’s win, Dubey has become the eighth player to advance to the ₹6 Lakhs GTD IOPC #137 All-Rounder SNG (February 5 at 9 PM).
Shivam Kumar Dubey’s online stats (excluding PokerBaazi): Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.31 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.64 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | IOPC Titles: #1
Karan Kapur added ₹1.83 Lakhs through two ITM finishes, which include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #101 All Rounder Boost for ₹1,75,479
> 47th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #100 Tuesday Spotlight for ₹7,059
Karan Kapur’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.64 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹45.48 Lakhs
The 11 PM marquee registered 870 entries (328 unique), posting ₹13.05 Lakhs in the prize pool. The top 63 places got paid.
Final Table Results
- Shivam ‘SSoulShaker’ Kumar Dubey – ₹1,75,752*
- Karan ‘Junior-KK’ Kapur – ₹1,75,479*
- Haliax0805 – ₹1,74,554*
- Puneet ‘smellmynuts’ Mishra – ₹90,698
- Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar – ₹71,123
- Ravi ‘Rvjn91’ Jain – ₹55,724
- Puneet ‘shalvinCk’ Dhawan – ₹41,891
- Sold_Unsold – ₹29,754
*denotes a three-way deal
IOPC #95 – ₹6.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 152
Re-entries – 37
Rebuys – 152
Prize Pool – ₹6,82,000
Places Paid – 27
After four FT scores in the ongoing IOPC 14.0, the in-form Neeraj ‘NeeruNJ’ Sattawat finally got the monkey off his back by scoring a thumping victory in Spartan Poker’s ₹6.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #95, winning the 3 PM marquee for ₹1.51 Lakhs (his first IOPC title). The long-time circuit regular Eka ‘Live2Bluff’ Vedantham secured the runner-up payday of ₹1.02 Lakhs.

Sattawat added over ₹1.79 Lakhs last night from four deep runs, which include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #95 for ₹1,51,063
> 36th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹18,263
> 16th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #97 Triple Chance for ₹6,344
> 83rd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,560
Neeraj Sattawat’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.27 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹40.90 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2
Eka Vedantham added ₹1.79 Lakhs from deep runs in three IOPC marquees (two FT finishes), which include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #95 for ₹1,01,959
> 17th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #98 Tuesday Prime for ₹41,724
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #96 for ₹34,935
Eka Vedantham’s online stats (Spartan Poker and Adda52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹78.43 Lakhs
The ₹2,200 entry buy-in IOPC #95 logged in 341 entries, collecting ₹6.82 Lakhs in the prize pool. The top 27 places got paid.
Final Table Results
- Neeraj ‘NeeruNJ’ Sattawat – ₹1,51,063
- Eka ‘Live2Bluff’ Vedantham – ₹1,01,959
- Advait ‘Rattler$’ Rajguru – ₹70,178
- Vaibhav ‘Lang Syne’ Temani – ₹57,220
- Shalvin ‘tigress83’ Vohra – ₹45,626
- Kidwithin12 – ₹35,055
- Shakti ‘Allineveryone’ Soni – ₹25,507
- Kanav ‘slickooo’ Parwal – ₹18,482
IOPC #97 Triple Chance – ₹6 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹770
Entries – 658 (400)
Rebuys – 560
Prize Pool – ₹8,52,600
Places Paid – 95
Saturday’s IOPC #73 PKO winner Clinton ‘ClintonTavaress’ Tavares fired three bullets in Spartan Poker’s ₹6 Lakhs GTD IOPC #97 Triple Chance before taming a vast 1,218-entry field (400 unique) to win ₹1.63 Lakhs, bagging away his second IOPC silver badge in four days. The user ‘crown2121’ secured a runner-up payday worth ₹1+ Lakhs.

Not just that, Tavares fired up two other deep runs (and won a bounty) for over ₹1.74 Lakhs in Tuesday winnings and even made Day 2 in IOPC #140 Value Mine.
His Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #97 Triple Chance for ₹1,62,676
> 41st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #101 All Rounder – Boost for ₹6,134
> 43rd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹4,475
> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #140 Value Mine
Clinton Tavares’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.52 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹42.92 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #6 | IOPC Titles Won: #2
The ₹770 entry buy-in 7:30 PM marquee paid 95 players a share from the ₹8.53 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Clinton ‘ClintonTavaress’ Tavares – ₹1,62,676
- crown2121 – ₹1,00,436
- Mahima ‘mambojojo’ Walia Das – ₹71,789
- Aarchit ‘aarchit’ Dhadwal – ₹54,993
- Magnath1212 – ₹43,568
- Sandeep ‘effuno’ Varma RS – ₹33,933
- Jai_Bajrangbali – ₹24,725
- Vikhyat ‘Super Saiyan’ Ahlawat – ₹16,899
Rakesh ‘rakeshguru’ Nizare (Won ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #94 Triple Chance for ₹97,079), and Kabir ‘KAKAROT98$’ Tandon (Won ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #96 for ₹96,224) won the other IOPC titles on Spartan Poker.
₹5 Crores GTD IOPC – The Crown – Day 1B
Day 1B: Entries – 248 | Re-entries – 76 | Rebuys – 177 | Survivors – 71 | Chip Leader – Young Gun Anuj ‘Br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav (3,04,030)
Combined Entries: 478 | Combined Re-entries – 146 | Combined Rebuys – 347 | Survivors – 138 | Overall Chip Leader – Azaan ‘papertiger’ Ahmed (351,380)
₹35 Lakhs GTD IOPC – Value Mine – Day 1B
Day 1B: Entries – 249 | Re-entries – 30 | Rebuys – 193 | Survivors – 48 | Chip Leader – Akshay ‘hitler9’ Singh (234,046)
Combined: Entries – 506 | Re-entries – 74 | Rebuys – 362 | Survivors – 99| Overall Chip Leader – Akshay ‘hitler9’ Singh (234,046)
IOPC 14.0 Leaderboard Standings After Day 13
Sunday’s IOPC Wanderer champion Vinay Rajpal (15,326 points) looks determined to top the ₹1.50 Crores GTD IOPC leaderboard race. He extended his lead even further with four ITM finishes yesterday – adding to 62 scores in the series – retaining his #1 spot for the ninth straight day.
The IOPC June 2021 leaderboard topper Young Gun Anuj Yadav (13,196 points) and ‘p@tience7744’ (11,938 points) kept the top order unchanged as #2 and #3, respectively.
Rank Player Points
1 Vinay 'vinay0902' Rajpal 15,326
2 Anuj 'br0ckLesnar95' Yadav 13,196
3 p@tience7744 11,938
4 Kabir 'KAKAROT98$' Tandon 11,050
5 Vikram 'GreenSTUFF79' Mishra 10,854
6 Samay Singh 'Limitless' Modi 10,830
7 Parag 'Persie' Shah 10,645
8 Bhanu Prakash 'MafiaGaming' KC 10,523
9 Arjanveer 'bazzingaa' Singh Chadha 10,356
10 Saransh 'TerrorGandhi$' Garg 10,341
‘crownTHEclown’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹32,443), ‘adi93’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Holdem PKO for ₹25,953), ‘albyjohn’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up – Triple Chance for ₹21,382), and Shashank ‘reconnecting’ Desai (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹10,025) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
PokerBaazi
The Endeavour – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 239
Re-entries – 248
Prize Pool – ₹24,35,000
Places Paid – 49
One of the ten-odd players with over ₹50 Lakhs in online earnings in January, Vishal ‘Vishzz’ Bajaj closed out the month in style. The top pro outlasted a stacked 487-player field (239 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Endeavour to win ₹3.64 Lakhs, chopping the Tuesday headliner heads-up with last night’s (7-Max) SPRINT finalist Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani (2nd for ₹3.26 Lakhs).

Bajaj had a profitable Tuesday outing as he ITM-ed PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT (48th for ₹9,212) and carried a stack forward through Day 1B of IOPC The Crown, netting almost ₹3.73 Lakhs – climbing to #5 in the POY rankings.
Vishal Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.83 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.57 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #6 | Moves to #5 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Finished #12 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
Sahil Mahboobani locked in ₹3.76 Lakhs through two FT finishes which include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹3,26,263
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s (7-MAX) SPRINT for ₹49,218
Sahil Mahboobani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.6 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.95 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh collected ₹2.30 Lakhs through two deep runs, which include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹2,13,793
> 17th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #100 Tuesday Spotlight for ₹15,928
Vivek Singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.81 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.78 Crores
Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan notched up almost ₹2 Lakhs from three deep runs last night, which include:

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹1,69,233
> 10th in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹20,825
> 11th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹9,746
Sreekanth Narayan’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.24 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.80 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2
The #3 ranked player of 2022, Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha, thrashed out seven deep runs in his Tuesday session, netting ₹1.98 Lakhs with his biggest score coming in The Endeavour (5th for ₹1.41 Lakhs).

Arjanveer Singh Chadha`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.28 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.63 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | Finished #3 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
The top 49 places dug into the ₹24.35 Lakhs collected in prize money.
Final Table Results
- Vishal ‘Vishzz’ Bajaj – ₹3,63,573*
- Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani – ₹3,26,263*
- Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh – ₹2,13,793
- Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan – ₹1,69,233
- Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha – ₹1,40,743
- Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh – ₹1,15,000
- destiny1008 – ₹91,070
- NiceTryJack – ₹69,400
*denotes a heads-up deal
(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 224
Re-entries – 152
Prize Pool – ₹13,16,000
Places Paid – 49
Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal is on a title-winning rampage. The MTT pro followed up his Sunday’s IOPC Wanderer and Monday’s IOPC #90 PKO win with another shipment. The #1 ranked player on the IOPC 14.0 Leaderboard toppled the 376-player field in PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT to win ₹2 Lakhs, hitting a hattrick! He chopped the 9 PM flagship title heads-up with Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh (2nd for ₹1.72 Lakhs).

While last night was the second time Rajpal won the (7-Max) SPRINT, he lapped up ₹2.55 Lakhs on the back of six ITM finishes. His top Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹2,00,340 (his second time winning the event)
> 13th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #97 Triple Chance for ₹12,227
> 15th in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹16,660
Vinay Rajpal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.61 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.09 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #6 | IOPC Titles Won: #7| Ranked #1 on the IOPC 14.0 Leaderboard
Pradip Ghosh added ₹2.04 Lakhs across three ITM finishes, which include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,72,483
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) DAILY SPRINT for ₹24,995
> 56th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #100 Tuesday Spotlight for ₹6,335
Pradip Ghosh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.74 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.63 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2
Mohit ‘bhaiyamohit’ Dhingra (3rd for ₹1.16 Lakhs), Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee (5th for ₹76,060), Rohan Thomas ‘RTJam’ John (6th for ₹62,120), and The Endeavour runner-up finisher Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani (7th for ₹49,218) were others who FT-ed the tournament.
The top 49 places got a share from the ₹13.16 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Vinay ‘vinay09’ Rajpal – ₹2,00,340*
- Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh – ₹1,72,483*
- Mohit ‘bhaiyamohit’ Dhingra – ₹1,15,545
- geotag – ₹91,460
- Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee – ₹76,060
- Rohan Thomas ‘RTJam’ John – ₹62,120
- Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani – ₹49,218
*denotes a heads-up deal
Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 376
Re-entries – 302
Prize Pool – ₹10,17,000
Places Paid – 113
Last Sunday`s BSS Value Boost champion ‘intervntion’ came out on top of the 678-player field (376 unique) in PokerBaazi`s Daily Value Boost, taking down the 7:30 PM tourney for ₹1.45 Lakhs. Young Gun Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani pocketed the runner-up payday of ₹1,10,039.

intervntion’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.28 Crores | Site Profits: ₹32.88 Lakhs | Titles Won: #50
Chasing his first title of the year, IPC Megastacks Main Event champion, Kripalani, made another ITM finish in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #98 Tuesday Prime, netting almost ₹1.21 Lakhs last night.
His Tuesday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s DailyValue Boost for ₹1,10,039
> 77th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #98 Tuesday Prime for ₹11,225
Siddhanth Kripalani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.14 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.58 Crores
Sunday`s (7-Max) BSS Sprint champion Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni raked in ₹94,678 across six deep runs, hitting ₹3 Crores in online profits.

His top Tuesday finishes include:
> 12th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹36,525
> 49th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #98 Tuesday Prime for ₹18,799
> 8th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹17,187
> 16th in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹14,161
Kunal Patni’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.28 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3
Sunday`s (7-Max) SPRINT champion Animesh ‘ogamayaken’ Tripathi (4th for ₹55,940), Ajay ‘Raakaa1’ Agrawal (5th for ₹41,700), Prashanth ‘mcp1212’ Chandrasekhar (6th for ₹28,880), and Kunal ‘kduggal13’ Duggal (7th for ₹20,950) were others who FT-ed the ₹10 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily Value Boost.
The top 117 places got a share from the ₹10.17 Lakhs collected in the prize pool.
Final Table Results
- intervntion – ₹1,45,000
- Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani – ₹1,10,039
- JCchon413 – ₹86,440
- Animesh ‘ogamayaken’ Tripathi – ₹55,940
- Ajay ‘Raakaa1’ Agrawal – ₹41,700
- Prashanth ‘mcp1212’ Chandrasekhar – ₹28,880
- Kunal ‘kduggal13’ Duggal – ₹20,950
- Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni – ₹17,190
(7-Max) Afternoon Boost – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 163
Re-entries – 164
Prize Pool – ₹6,54,000
Places Paid – 59
The mystery user ‘Aksh7660’ raced past the 327-entry field (163 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost, winning the 2 PM marquee for a site-best ₹1.21 Lakhs! Yuvraj ‘yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj was in the hunt for his maiden title of the year but, despite his valiant efforts, had to settle for a runner-up payday of ₹84,693.

Aksh7660’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹2.10 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.03 Lakhs
Yuvraj Bhardwaj accumulated ₹1.05 Lakhs across eight deep runs, which include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-MAX) Afternoon Boost for ₹84,693
> 9th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹5,381
> 47th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #101 All Rounder for ₹4,263 (got in through a ₹385 satellite)
> 29th in PokerBaazi’s (7-MAX) Midnight SPRINT for ₹2,673
> 16th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹2,595
> 20th in Spartan Poker’s Night Rider for ₹2,112
> 27th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for ₹1,850
> 25th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹1,447
Yuvraj Bhardwaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.27 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹15.39 Lakhs
Site regs Vaibhav ‘vaibhi18’ Arora (3rd for ₹59,120), Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur (4th for ₹41,270), Tanay ‘TanayParekh’ Parekh (5th for ₹28,780) and Mandar ‘MAM04’ Madaye (7th for ₹13,600) made an FT finish in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD day-time marquee.
The ₹2,200 entry buy-in (7-Max) Afternoon Boost obliterated its listed guarantee by ₹1.54 Lakhs, with 59 players scoring a payday.
Final Table Results
- aksh7660 – ₹1,21,000
- Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj – ₹84,690
- Vaibhav ‘vaibhi18’ Arora – ₹59,120
- Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹41,270
- Tanay ‘TanayParekh’ Parekh – ₹28,780
- pendulal – ₹16,550
- Mandar ‘MAM04’ Madaye – ₹13,600
(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 161
Re-entries – 101
Prize Pool – ₹5,24,000
Places Paid – 53
PokerBaazi user ‘akki6775’ scored an insane ROI on a ₹110 satellite investment that got him entry into the ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT. The mystery player ended up outlasting the 262-entry field (161 unique) in the 7:15 PM marquee for a site-best ₹71,340 – 12X their previous best score on PokerBaazi – following a three-way with ‘rjvenom619’ (2nd for ₹60,590) & ‘uiieee’ (3rd for ₹58,070).
Akki6775’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.22 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1,637 | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Kritarth ‘Agentjack’ Pant posted ₹53,633 on his Tuesday scorecard across two deep runs, which include:

> 4th in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹35,370
> 32nd in PokerBaazi`s The Endeavour for ₹18,263
Kritarth Pant`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹44.29 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.15 Lakhs
Last night`s (7-Max) SPRINT runner-up finisher Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh (5th for ₹24,990), Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B (6th for ₹17,710) and IOPC #100 Tuesday Spotlight champion Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh (7th for ₹14,460) were top regs making an FT finish in the 7:15 PM marquee.
The ₹2,200 entry buy-in (7-Max) Daily SPRINT collected a guarantee smashing ₹5.24 Lakhs in the prize pool, and 53 places got paid.
Final Table Results
- akki6775 – ₹71,340*
- rjvenom619 – ₹60,590*
- uiieee – ₹58,070*
- Kritarth ‘Agentjack’ Pant – ₹35,370
- Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh – ₹24,990
- Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B – ₹17,710
- Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh – ₹14,460
*denotes a three-way deal
Praveen ‘PinaWXD’ KR (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT for ₹48,710), ‘nash007’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 BOOST for ₹46,440), Yash ‘Riraizer’ Chitre (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹44,980), Kshitij ‘kmk1127’ Kucheria (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹43,020), ‘pattelagaobhai’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹31,600), Hemanshu ‘papakancha00’ Tomar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹26,730), and Sandeep ‘pizzakhanahai’ Chhabra (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹24,330) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
Pocket52
Pocket Jacks – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,000
Entries – 124
Re-entries – 69
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 30
Pocket52’s ₹4 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks wrangled in 193 entrants and the user ‘FareenAsim’ outlasted them all to win the title for ₹80,000. Site-reg ‘AAKKQ’ pocketed ₹57,000 in second place.
Final Table Results
- FareenAsim – ₹80,000
- AAKKQ – ₹57,000
- 83##.888##38_6075877 – ₹40,000
- 84##.757##_14247 – ₹28,000
- Justbornbaby – ₹21,000
- Aravindan_tJOQyGuY9c – ₹16,000
‘prasenjit@11_d6VXz15ISq’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹25,938), ‘KALICHARAN_yDlvsv6Bos’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Soda for ₹16,500), ‘Babusona1235’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹16,500), and ‘en##.447##_2834231’ (Won ₹60K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹14,525) won the other Pocket52 marquees on Tuesday.
PokerStars India
Turbo Masters [8-Max] – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 98
Re-entries – 52
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 20
Last week’s IOPC #55 Wednesday Spotlight champion, Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna, reeled in his second title in under a week, taking down PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Turbo Masters [8-Max] for ₹1.04 Lakhs. The Kolkata-based pro ran past the 150-player field, eventually besting the two-time The Millionaire champion Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg (2nd for ₹79,376) heads-up, winning the Tuesday headliner for the first time.

Bubna accumulated ₹1.20 Lakhs from four deep runs, and his top Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Turbo Masters [8-Max] for ₹1,03,640
> 40th in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹9,163
Harsh Bubna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.64 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹95.12 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4
Ayush Garg accumulated ₹1.67 Lakhs last night across five ITM finishes, which include:

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Turbo Masters [8-Max] for ₹79,376
> 29th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #99 Tuesday High for ₹33,176
> 17th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹30,438
> 52nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #98 Tuesday Prime for ₹14,434
> 46th in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹9,163
Ayush Garg’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.48 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.70 Crores
Anirban D ‘nocluewho’ Das had five scores on his Tuesday tally – two of them FT finishes – cumulatively worth ₹74,138.

His top Tuesday finishes include:
> 6th in PokerStars India’s Turbo Masters [8-Max] for ₹27,310
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹37,089
Anirban D Das’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.63 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.18 Crores
The mid-stakes crusher Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu (7th for ₹20,916), LPS Main Event champion Dhinesh ‘you3betl4bet’ Kumar (8th for ₹16,019), and last week`s IOPC #46 Tuesday High winner Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj (9th for ₹13,560) were others on the 8-max Turbo Masters final table.
The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Turbo Masters registered an overlay shortfall of ₹50,000, and the top 20 finishers benefitted from the added value.
Final Table Results
- Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹1,03,640
- Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg – ₹79,376
- Laksh Pal ‘B00MTilt23’ Singh – ₹60,792
- Somesh ‘JackNotMa’ Patel – ₹46,559
- sssss951 – ₹35,658
- Anirban D ‘nocluewho’ Das – ₹27,310
- Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu – ₹20,916
- Dhinesh ‘you3betl4bet’ Kumar – ₹16,019
- Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj – ₹13,560
Adda52
The Mint – ₹14 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 223
Re-entries- 253
Prize Pool – ₹16,66,000
Places Paid – 49
Sunday’s Nighttide DST Adda winner Raghuvinder ‘Murti8’ Singh hit the Tuesday jackpot by overcoming a 376-entry field in Adda52’s ₹14 Lakhs GTD The Mint for a site-best ₹4.08 Lakhs.
Singh also FT-ed the Nighttide DST Adda (5th for ₹9,841), netting ₹4.18 Lakhs. His Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹54.44 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹4.13 Lakhs | | Titles Won in 2023: #2
The September 2022 The MoneyMaker champion Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta raked in ₹2.42 Lakhs in second place – posting his best finish yet in the Tuesday headliner. The Young Gun made another ITM finish in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost (35th for ₹3,560) and advanced to Day 2 in IOPC #140 Value Mine, rounding up ₹2.45 Lakhs overall.

The ₹3,850 entry buy-in The Mint paid the top 49 finishers a share from the ₹16.66 prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Raghuvinder ‘Murti8’ Singh – ₹4,08,170
- Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹2,41,570
- prasad1naik – ₹1,66,600
- kartikhaha – ₹1,24,950
- Zeshan ‘bondo07’ Hamza – ₹83,300
- G ‘mohan1969’ Mohan – ₹58,310
- Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹45,815
- Siddharth ‘gabandheer’ Pandey – ₹37,485
Kashish ‘Fletcher03’ Gupta (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Voyager for ₹76,032), Aditya ‘jumbo52’ Parashar (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹32,940), ‘Maverick1234’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹30,059), ‘sweetsundar’ (Won ₹1.40 Lakhs GTD The Mint Lite for ₹25,978), Mayank ‘mayankp0985’ P (Won ₹50K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹11,800), and ‘agoswami’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹9,688) won the other Adda52 marquees.
Khelo365
Khelo365 user ‘PATTHAAN’ defeated ‘KALIYUG’ (2nd for ₹2,000) heads-up to win the ₹10K GTD Sun Downer for ₹3,000.
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Tarush Gupta, Vishal Bajaj, Gaurav Sood, Sanat Mehrotra & Neel Joshi Champion the Sunday Headliners
This past Sunday, more than delivered on expectations as PokerBaazi’s 1000X Series closed out a very successful second edition even as PokerStars India’s Winter Series 5.0 hit the midway mark.
Topping the Sunday charts was Tarush Gupta, who clinched his first title of 2023 after championing the Adda52 Big Game for a jaw-dropping ₹16.25 Lakhs (his third seven-figure online score). ‘AkkiDan007’ came second for ₹9.69 Lakhs.
Vishal Bajaj had a trailblazing Sunday run as well, for he shipped Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for the third time last night for ₹8.98 Lakhs (won ₹9.86 Lakhs overall).
Our Young Guns featured prominently on Sunday’s winner’s list.
The two-time POY topper Young Gun Gaurav Sood is already off to a scintillating start in 2023 and picked up his second title of the year in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 Main Event, banking ₹7.89 Lakhs (won ₹9.80 Lakhs overall). The Player Hunt Season 2 champion Samay Singh Modi finished runner-up for ₹4.80 Lakhs (won ₹5.01 Lakhs overall).
Faiz Alam (Won 1000X#33 MegaStack for ₹2.54 Lakhs), Shrvan Amlekar (Won 1000X#34 Afterparty for ₹1.66 Lakhs), Harsh Bubna (Won 1000X#30 (KO) for ₹1.53 Lakhs), and Neeraj Kumar (Won 1000X#31 (PLO-6) for ₹99,250) captured the last few 1000X Series titles on Sunday.
Sanat Mehrotra was another Young Gun making the Sunday breakout winners lineup. Picking up his second title of 2023 and fifth in three weeks, Mehrotra made a clean sweep of the competition in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller, taking home ₹4.91 Lakhs (won ₹7.04 Lakhs overall).
Neel Joshi is the third Young Gun making the Sunday cover. The chemical engineer from BITS Pilani added ₹5.67 Lakhs to his bankroll and won his maiden title of 2023 in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹5.24 Lakhs. Fellow Young Gun Aayush Arya secured a runner-up payout worth ₹4.84 Lakhs.
Vinay Rajpal captured his second Winter Series High Roller title in less than a week. The leaderboard crusher shipped PokerStars India’s Winter Series-21 [Sunday High Roller] for ₹4.63 Lakhs (won ₹5.28 Lakhs overall), while Sreekanth Narayan placed runner-up for ₹3.42 Lakhs.
Prem Poonia outlasted the other nine Destiny 25.0 winners to ship the DESTINY 25.0 SnG Finale, winning a Prague package worth ₹5 Lakhs. Samit Mehta earned himself a Prague package worth ₹2.75 Lakhs in second place, with Young Gun Siddhanth Kripalani rounding out the winners, finishing third for a package worth ₹2.25 Lakhs.
Young Gun Anmol Mehta took down Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹3.95 Lakhs (won ₹4.86 Lakhs overall), while Lavesh Meena finished runner-up for ₹2.67 Lakhs (won ₹3.18 Lakhs overall).
Rudresh Manegaonkar took down MPL Poker’s Big Bucks Sunday for ₹20,100. Rajesh Kumar finished runner-up for ₹11,500.
Raghav Bansal, Gaurang Bhatti, Karan Thakker, Raman Arora, Sanchit Anand, Deepak Pipalwa, Shalvin Vohra, Ravi Chandran, Ashwani Kumar, and Abhinav Menon shipped the other Sunday marquees.
Here are the Sunday highlights!
PokerBaazi
1000X#32 Main Event – ₹50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 637
Re-entries – 644
Prize Pool – ₹64,05,000
Places Paid – 148
Young Gun Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood is one player with an unmatched online poker resume, and the two-time POY winner thrashed out ₹9.80 Lakhs in Sunday winnings, asserting himself as a strong contender for the 2023 POY title. His best finish last night was conquering PokerBaazi’s ₹50 Lakhs GTD 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹7.89 Lakhs – his second title in two days.

Sood’s top Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹7,89,096
> 11th in Adda52’s Adda52 Big Game for ₹93,750
> 13th in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-21 [Sunday HighRoller] for ₹40,203
Gaurav Sood’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹14.82 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹7.53 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2
The Player Hunt Season 3 mentor Samay ‘Sammybigstac’ Singh Modi, chasing his second title on consecutive days, finished runner-up in the 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹4.80 Lakhs. He added ₹5.01 Lakhs across his Sunday run through four ITM finishes.

Another top pro Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar, pocketed ₹4.73 Lakhs through four ITM finishes, which include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹3,84,300
> 11th in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹50,575
> 25th in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-21 [Sunday High Roller] for ₹20,079
> 37th in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-20 [MINI MAIN] for ₹17,910
Mohammad Azhar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.18 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.67 Crores
Siddharth ‘CARDashian66’ Kadel made away with ₹3.65 Lakhs in Sunday earnings through the following deep runs:

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹3,09,362
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s BSS Night SPRINT for ₹52,528
> 81st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#34AfterParty for ₹2,942
Siddharth Kadel’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.37 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹31.83 Lakhs
Final Table Results
- Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood – ₹7,89,096
- Samay ‘Sammybigstac’ Singh Modi – ₹4,80,375
- Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar – ₹3,84,300
- Siddharth ‘CARDashian66’ Kadel – ₹3,09,362
- CrystalTurtle44 – ₹2,45,312
- Neeraj ‘neeraj2828’ Bajaj – ₹1,83,824
- Nikhil ‘Nikhilaneja’ Aneja – ₹1,31,303
- Laxmi ‘thedude7’ Narayan Meena – ₹96,075
(7-Max) BSS Championship – ₹35 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹8,250
Entries – 265
Re-entries – 266
Prize Pool – ₹39,83,000
Places Paid – 70
Young Gun Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi had a breakout run on the second Sunday of the New Year, adding almost ₹5.67 Lakhs from three deep runs. The score that stood out was the ₹5.24 Lakhs he won for taking down PokerBaazi’s ₹35 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) BSS Championship – his first title victory in almost seven weeks.

Joshi chopped the Sunday flagship title heads-up with last week’s Thursday High Roller champion, Young Gun Aayush ‘Learnnwin’ Arya, who pocketed ₹4.84 Lakhs as the runner-up.

Incidentally, the last title Joshi won last year was the BSS Championship in November, and his first title of 2023 was also in the same event.
Neel Joshi`s Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BSS Championship for ₹5,24,313
> 28th in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹21,675
> 18th in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹21,420
Neel Joshi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.5 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.73 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1
The 6 PM flagship registered 531 entries, generating a guarantee-crushing ₹39.83 Lakhs. The top 70 finishers got paid.
Final Table Results
- Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi – ₹5,24,313*
- Aayush ‘Learnnwin’ Arya – ₹4,83,657*
- Pranav ‘Salmon123’ Bagai – ₹2,97,095
- Yash ‘Riraizer’ Chitre – ₹2,26,604
- Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan – ₹1,82,797
- Gautam ‘rabbithunter’ Kaul – ₹1,39,388
- Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik – ₹97,571
*denotes a heads-up deal
BSS HighRoller – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 160
Re-entries – 129
Prize Pool – ₹28,90,000
Places Paid – 35
Sunday saw several top pros winning headline tournaments, and one of them was Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra. Last week’s Wednesday High Roller champion, Mehrotra, came out on top of a guarantee-crushing 289-player field in PokerBaazi’s 8:30 PM marquee, ₹20 Lakhs GTD BSS HighRoller, taking home ₹4.91 Lakhs up top – his second title of 2023 and fifth in three weeks ‘Nk009’ finished runner-up for ₹3.47 Lakhs.

The IIT-IIM alumnus accumulated ₹7.04 Lakhs from six deep runs, which include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹4,91,300
> 18th in Adda52 Big Game for ₹65,625
> 9th in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-20 [MINI MAIN] for ₹53,841
> 38th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹44,835
> 38th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Championship for ₹27,878
> 27th in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-21 [Sunday High Roller – Boosted Gtd] for ₹20,079
Sanat Mehrotra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.63 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.82 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | Finished #11 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
Ankit ‘akj290’ Jajodia collected ₹2.77 Lakhs in Sunday winnings, with his deepest run coming in the BSS HighRoller (4th for ₹2.46 Lakhs). His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.63 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹37.71 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1

The ₹11,000 buy-in tourney attracted 289 entries, posting a guarantee-smashing ₹28.90 Lakhs prize pool. The top 35 runners received cash prizes.
Final Table Results
- Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹4,91,300
- Nk009 – ₹3,46,511
- Kritagya ‘Kritagya_17’ Sharma – ₹2,91,890
- Ankit ‘akj290’ Jajodia – ₹2,45,650
- Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹2,08,947
- Arjanveer ‘holdbaby’ Singh Chadha – ₹1,72,822
1000X#33 MegaStack – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 636
Re-entries – 618
Prize Pool – ₹18,81,000
Places Paid – 209
Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam announced his return to the winner’s circle after a six-week gap last night, scoring the long-overdue victory in PokerBaazi’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD 1000X#33 MegaStack for ₹2.54 Lakhs. Alam bagged his first title of the year and his maiden 1000X Series title after besting Varun ‘omniknight’ Meena (2nd for ₹1.98 Lakhs) in the heads-up showdown.

Alam had an eventful Sunday run, netting almost ₹3.84 Lakhs across five deep runs, which include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#33 MegaStack for ₹2,54,499
> 8th in PokerBaazi’s BSS Championship for ₹79,650
> 56th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹32,025
> 12th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹13,115
> 41st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#34 AfterParty for ₹5,149
Varun Meena made one other ITM finish in the 1000X#31 (PLO-6) (17th for ₹6,560), posting ₹2.04 Lakhs overall. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.17 Crores | Lifetime ₹50.28 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
The 7:30 PM tourney locked in 1,254 entries to comfortably sail past its listed guarantee, collecting ₹18.81 Lakhs in the prize pool. The top 209 places got paid.
Final Table Results
- Faiz ‘AilaGaya’ Alam – ₹2,54,499
- Varun ‘omniknight’ Meena – ₹1,97,505
- Siddhanth ‘ender’ Kripalani – ₹1,43,332
- Avneesh ‘iamam’ Munjal – ₹96,307
- Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – ₹69,597
- prakhar57 – ₹48,530
- Aabhas ‘MrEVpositive’ Bandlish – ₹33,670
- enriqueiglesias – ₹23,513
1000X#34 Afterparty – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 702
Re-entries – 524
Prize Pool – ₹12,26,000
Places Paid – 209
PokerBaazi`s 1000X Series wrapped up its second edition last night with Shrvan ‘SSAScorpion’ Amlekar taking down the last event on the schedule, ₹10 Lakhs GTD 1000X#34 Afterparty, for a site-best ₹1.66 Lakhs – ending a two-month-long title drought. Pranay ‘5pranay’ Chaudhry converted a ₹110 satellite investment into a runner-up payday worth ₹1.29 Lakhs.

Yesterday, Shrvan Amlekar raked in almost ₹1.88 Lakhs from five deep runs, which include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#34 Afterparty for ₹1,65,878 (his site-best finish)
> 30th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹8,330
> 21st in Spartan Poker’s Weekender for ₹6,011
> 135th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#30 for ₹5,300
> 15th in Spartan Poker’s Smash – Triple Chance for ₹2,058
The ₹1,100 entry buy-in 1000X#34 Afterparty paid out the top 209 places a share from the ₹12.26 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Shrvan ‘SSAScorpion’ Amlekar – ₹1,65,878
- Pranay ‘5pranay’ Chaudhry – ₹1,28,730
- Rishabh ’13rishabh’ Harsh – ₹93,421
- Parag ‘vix786’ Shah – ₹62,771
- digitalbuoy – ₹45,362
- Vikhyat ‘supersaiyan57’ Ahlawat – ₹31,631
- Vandisel84 – ₹21,945
- waynil10 – ₹15,325
1000X#30 (KO) – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 430
Re-entries – 389
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 137
Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna struck early in his Sunday grind, sweeping past an 819-strong field in PokerBaazi’s 4 PM ₹10 Lakhs GTD 1000X#30 (KO), bagging the top finisher’s due worth ₹1.53 Lakhs (₹8,000 in bounties) – his first title in over three weeks.

Kolkata-based MTT reg Bubna made away with a Sunday take-home worth ₹2.09 Lakhs from three ITM finishes and one bounty, which include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#30 (KO) for ₹1,52,800
> 39th in Spartan Poker’s SundaySuperstack for ₹30,912
> 20th in SpartanPoker’s Deepstack Turbo (6-Max) for ₹22,007
>151st in PokerStars India’s WinterSeries-20 [Mini Main] for ₹3,750
Harsh Bubna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.40 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹91.66 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
The ₹2,200 entry buy-in KO event registered 819 runners, falling short of its listed guarantee by ₹1.81 Lakhs, and the top 137 finishers got paid.
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
- Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹1,52,800
- goodone – ₹1,18,000
- Manish ‘Royalsagar’ Singh – ₹1,00,500
- theoretical – ₹66,000
- Sanjeeta ‘realkidsanju’ Kumari – ₹44,000
- Kritagya ‘Kritagya_17’ Sharma – ₹41,000
- Saurav ‘eternalgambler’ Gupta – ₹25,000
- Dhawal ‘Stick3rz’ Lachhwani – ₹28,400
1000X#31 (PLO-6) – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹880
Entries – 333
Re-entries – 571
Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000
Places Paid – 155
Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar, who finished #3 in the 2022 TLB standings, has been on a scoring spree since the start of the year. The mid-stakes volume junkie shipped PokerBaazi’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD 1000X#31 (PLO-6) for ₹99,250 yesterday, clinching his first title of 2023 following a heads-up deal with Eka ‘gettingthere’ Vedantham (opted out of our tracking) (2nd for ₹97,870).

Kumar made away with ₹1.07 Lakhs last night as he also scored in 1000X#33 MEGASTACK (38th for ₹7,900).
Neeraj Kumar`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.18 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.59 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | Finished #3 on the 2022 TLB (Points) Leaderboard
The ₹880 entry buy-in 1000X#31 clocked a 904-player starting field, falling ₹76,800 short of breaking even. The top 155 places got paid.
Final Table Results
- Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar – ₹99,250*
- Eka ‘gettingthere’ Vedantham – ₹97,870*
- verbose – ₹64,800
- fraudbaba – ₹44,000
- Sandeep ‘Goldypaji’ Malik – ₹30,400
- Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra – ₹21,200
- Jivanu – ₹15,120
- gd1921 – ₹11,280
*denotes a heads-up deal
Raman ‘Ranzoo9’ Arora (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD BSS Night SPRINT for ₹74,930), Deepak ‘Deep2607’ Pipalwa (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD BSS for ₹33,240), and ‘Abhi3292’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹22,190) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
Spartan Poker
Sunday Superstack – ₹35 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 219
Re-entries – 79
Rebuys – 150
Prize Pool – ₹44,80,000
Places Paid – 39
Living up to his reputation as one of the top poker talents in the country, Vishal ‘SimSlave’ Bajaj fired up an explosive Sunday run, adding a hefty ₹9.86 Lakhs from four ITM finishes. The 26-year-old MTT phenom picked up scores across sites and banked his biggest payout in Spartan Poker`s ₹35 Lakhs GTD Sunday Superstack, which he took down for the third time for ₹8.98 Lakhs.

Bajaj`s Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker`s Sunday Superstack for ₹8,98,240 (his second title in two days and third time winning the event)
> 12th in PokerBaazi`s BSS HighRoller for ₹50,575
> 18th in PokerStars India`s #WinterSeries-21 [#SundayHighRoller] for ₹25,308
> 121st in PokerBaazi`s 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹11,529
Vishal Bajaj`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.49 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.36 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | Finished #12 in the 2022 Leaderboard Rankings (Total Cashes)
Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal collected ₹5.97 Lakhs in the second place and accumulated a hefty ₹8.80 Lakhs overall on the back of another six cashes.

His top Sunday finishes include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹5,97,184
> 5th in PokerStars India’s Winter Series – 20 [Mini Main] for ₹98,497
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#33 Megastack for ₹96,307
> 22nd in Adda52 Big Game for ₹56,250
Avneesh Munjal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.81 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹78.62 Lakhs
Poker coach Mithun ‘1NTU1T1ON’ Mahesh (opted out of tracking) banked at least ₹4.19 Lakhs across two ITM finishes on Spartan Poker, which include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹3,52,576
> 7th in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹66,759
Anmol ‘Dead money’ Narang pocketed ₹2.51 Lakhs across three ITM finishes, which include:

> 6th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹2,09,216
> 22nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹29,869
> 125th in PokerBazi’s 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹11,529
Anmol Narang’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.75 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹37.04 Lakhs
Final Table Results
- Vishal ‘SimSlave’ Bajaj – ₹8,98,240
- Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal – ₹5,97,184
- Guneet ‘GeeKay’ Kwatra – ₹4,36,800
- Mithun ‘1NTU1T1ON’ Mahesh – ₹3,52,576
- Vikas ‘CharlieDREW’ – ₹2,76,416
- Anmol ‘Dead money’ Narang – ₹2,09,216
- Dhruvin ‘thepokerplayer’ Kothari – ₹1,53,664
- Rishabh ‘radda’ Gupta – ₹1,12,896
Destiny 25.0 SnG Finale – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
The 25th edition of Spartan Poker’s Destiny series closed out on Sunday, with the ten winners across all Destiny 25.0 tournaments sitting down for the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Destiny 25.0 SnG Finale. The action took off at 9 PM, and the Destiny winner from October 5, 2022, Prem ‘keepplaying, Poonia, was the last player standing and won a Prague package worth ₹5 Lakhs.
Prem Poonia’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹21.75 Lakhs | Titles Won: #15
Samit ‘waghoneblood$’ Mehta earned himself a Prague package worth ₹2.75 Lakhs in second place, with Young Gun Siddhanth ‘PluRibu$’ Kripalani rounding out the winners, finishing third for a package worth ₹2.25 Lakhs.

In addition to the package, Siddhanth Kripalani pulled in ₹1.72 Lakhs across two ITM finishes, crossing ₹8 Crores in tracked online winnings.
His Sunday finishes include:
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 25.0 SnG Finale for ₹2,25,000 (Prague package)
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#33 Megastack for ₹1,43,332
> 25th in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹28,900
Siddhanth Kripalani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.60 Crores
Final Table Results
- Prem ‘keepplaying’ Poonia – ₹5,00,000
- Samit ‘waghoneblood$’ Mehta – ₹2,75,000
- Siddhanth ‘PluRibu$’ Kripalani – ₹2,25,000
Armageddon – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 162
Re-entries – 30
Rebuys – 165
Prize Pool – ₹17,85,000
Places Paid – 27
Young Gun Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta posted his first title of the year in style, topping the 357-player field in Spartan Poker`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Armageddon, shipping the 6 PM Sunday tourney for the first time for ₹3.95 Lakhs. Lavesh ‘UPay4MyWeed98’ Meena collected ₹2.67 Lakhs in second place.

November’s The G.O.A.T third-place finisher, Mehta, added ₹4.86 Lakhs across four ITM finishes, which include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹3,95,378
> 36th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹44,835
> 57th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹23,895
> 26th in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹21,675
Lavesh Meena lapped up ₹3.18 Lakhs on the back of three ITM finishes, which include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹2,66,858
> 14th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹49,781
> 41st in Spartan Poker’s Weekender Day for ₹1,834
Lavesh Meena’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.60 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹36.17 Lakhs
Young Gun Devang ‘THENERDGUY’ Yadav (opted out of tracking) lapped up ₹1.98 Lakhs across two known Sunday finishes, which include:

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹1,19,417
> 16th in Adda52 Big Game for ₹78,125
Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram posted ₹3.06 Lakhs across six Sunday scores, which include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹1,83,677
> 23rd in Adda52’s Adda52 Big Game for ₹56,250
> 32nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹27,878
Arun Sriram’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.22 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.81 Crores
Thursday’s Ultron winner Ashutosh ‘stupefy’ Balodhi locked in almost ₹2.91 Lakhs from five deep runs. His top finishes include:

> 9th in Adda52’s Adda52 Big Game for ₹1,25,000
> 6th in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹91,749
> 24th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹39,424
Ashutosh Balodhi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.18 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.35 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Young Gun Shardul ‘fish2022’ Parthasarathi’s Sunday haul came in at over ₹2 Lakhs as he crossed the money line in five events. His top Sunday finishes include:

> 24th in Adda52’s Adda52 Big Game for ₹56,250
> 8th in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹48,374
> 11th for PokerStars India’s Winter Series – 20 [Mini Main] Event for ₹40,393
> 29th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹34,944
Shardul Parthasarathi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.38 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.59 Crores
Final Table Results
- Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹3,95,378
- Lavesh ‘UPay4MyWeed98’ Meena – ₹2,66,858
- Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram – ₹1,83,677
- Pokerispain – ₹1,49,762
- Devang ‘THENERDGUY’ Yadav – ₹1,19,417
- Ashutosh ‘stupefy’ Balodhi – ₹91,749
- Mithun ‘1NTU1T1ON’ Mahesh – ₹66,759
- Shardul ‘fish2022’ Parthasarathi – ₹48,374
Deepstack Turbo (6-Max) – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 182
Re-entries – 42
Rebuys – 149
Prize Pool – ₹18,65,000
Places Paid – 31
The Adda52 Big Millions champion from November, well-known pro Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal, nailed Spartan Poker’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Deepstack Turbo (6-Max) for ₹3.94 Lakhs, ending a two-month-long title drought. One of the Indian challengers in Hanoi for the World Poker Championship, Amit ‘en el vacio’ Kaushik, placed runner-up for ₹2.66 Lakhs.

MTT pro Bansal collectively added ₹6.16 Lakhs from seven deep runs, which include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹3,94,448
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Money Heist for ₹57,684
> 26th in Adda52 Big Game for ₹56,250
> 7th in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-20 [Mini Main] for ₹51,848
> 34th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹24,063
> 28th in in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-21 [Sunday High Roller – Boosted GTD] for ₹20,079
> 135th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹11,529
Raghav Bansal’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.18 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.28 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1
The ₹5,500 buy-in event collected ₹18.65 Lakhs in the prize pool and paid out the top 31 places.
Final Table Results
- Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal – ₹3,94,448
- Amit ‘en el vacio’ Kaushik – ₹2,65,576
- Deepankur ‘AngryPitbull’ Gupta – ₹1,87,246
- Kingbadshah – ₹1,51,811
- Karan ‘Junior-KK’ Kapur – ₹1,20,106
- PHONEPE00 – ₹91,199
Money Heist – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 456
Re-entries – 144
Rebuys – 274
Prize Pool – ₹8,74,000
Places Paid – 87
The former Nano Highroller champion Karan ‘karannthakker’ Thakker traversed the 874-player field in Spartan Poker’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD Money Heist for ₹1.20 Lakhs, picking up his first title in seven weeks. In the final moments, Thakker struck a three-way deal with ‘chipUp124’ (2nd for ₹1.19 Lakhs) and Ishan ‘neatvat’ Tipre (3rd for ₹1.07 Lakhs).

Karan Thakker’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹37.08 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹15.87 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Last niight’s Deepstack Turbo winner Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal (4th for ₹57,684), the the former Full House champion Devrat ‘Leonidas1’ Singh (6th for ₹35,572), Anita ‘Percival’ Hazra (7th for ₹26,307), and Prithvi ‘Blunders whale’ Singh (8th for ₹18,092) were others who FT-ed the 8 PM Money Heist.
Final Table Results
- Karan ‘karannthakker’ Thakker – ₹1,19,764*
- chipUp124 – ₹1,18,907*
- Ishan ‘neatvat’ Tipre – ₹1,07,433*
- Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal – ₹57,684
- baba.jholar – ₹45,448
- Devrat ‘Leonidas1’ Singh – ₹35,572
- Anita ‘Percival’ Hazra – ₹26,307
- Prithvi ‘Blunders whale’ Singh – ₹18,092
*denotes a three-way deal
Battlezone – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 85
Re-entries – 19
Rebuys – 66
Prize Pool – ₹5,95,000
Places Paid – 15
Spartan Poker user ‘Monty0515’ emerged triumphant over a field of 170 runners in the 4 PM marquee, ₹5 Lakhs GTD Battlezone, after seven riveting hours of play, netting a site-best ₹1.52 Lakhs for the coup.
Monty0515’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.95 Lakhs | No of title wins: #2
MPL Poker Team Pro Siddharth ‘SherRun’ Karia missed securing his first title this year by inches, finishing runner-up for ₹1.05 Lakhs. The poker pro notched up ₹2.25 Lakhs (overall) across five deep runs yesterday, which include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Battlezone for ₹1,04,720
> 14th in Adda52 Big Game for ₹78,125
> 61st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹25,620
> 20th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#33 MegaStack for ₹9,405
> 44th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹7,262
Siddharth Karia’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.08 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.47 Crores
The ₹3,850 entry buy-in tourney registered 170 entrants, who pooled in ₹95,000 more than the listed guarantee, and the top 15 finishers got paid.
Final Table Results
- Monty0515 – ₹1,52,023
- Siddharth ‘SherRun’ Karia – ₹1,04,720
- Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover – ₹68,723
- TPARTNER26 – ₹55,633
- Karan ‘Engineerlonda’ Malhotra – ₹44,923
- Parminder ‘Bounceez’ Randhava – ₹35,105
- Anurag ‘Norman Bates’ Srivastava – ₹27,668
- Anmol ‘Anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹21,123
‘JustHoldForOnce’ (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD Weekender for ₹80,576), ‘Hazardous10’ (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD Smash – Triple Chance for ₹43,776), Shalvin ‘tigress83’ Vohra (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹28,192), ‘Jacques’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Dark Knight for ₹21,981), ‘harryThakur’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Sundowner Multi-Entry for ₹26,167), Ashwani ‘ashwani0007’ Kumar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹17,026), and Kharola007’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹8,974) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
MPL Poker
Big Bucks Sunday – ₹1 Lakh GTD
Buy-in – ₹275
Entries – 399
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
Places Paid – 100
Rudresh ‘chesspro8957875’ Manegaonkar totaled a 399-player field in the MPL Poker’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Big Bucks Sunday, taking home ₹20,100 in first-place prize money. Rajesh ‘prince8460582’ Kumar finished runner-up for ₹11,500.
Final Table Results
- Rudresh ‘chesspro8957875’ Manegaonkar – ₹20,000
- Rajesh ‘prince8460582’ Kumar – ₹11,500
- Vishnu ‘parshu0014’ Pandey – ₹6,200
- Priyanka ‘rpgcomrade82172’ Dutta – ₹5,000
- Mohd ‘sumit606’ Sarik – ₹4,000
- Mukesh ‘mashvariant6386’ Giramkar – ₹3,000
- Raminder ‘arora0024’ Singh – ₹2,500
- Vidhan ‘vidhaan041’ Bhagat – ₹2,100
Pocket52
Pocket Kings – ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 217
Re-entries – 198
Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000
Places Paid – 63
Pocket52 reg ‘Alak20’ bested a massive 415-entry field in the poker network`s Sunday headliner, ₹12 Lakhs GTD Pocket Kings, banking a hefty ₹2.10 Lakhs for the win. Site user ‘Q8 Suited_OsB0Kdrfvj’ came second for ₹1.50 Lakhs.
Final Table Results
- Alak20 – ₹2,10,000
- Q8 Suited_OsB0Kdrfvj – ₹1,50,000
- 84##.757##_14247 – ₹1,02,000
- crow_scale168_23139557 – ₹78,000
- jatshankar – ₹56,400
- Sanjay ‘smr1g10’ Mohan – ₹48,000
‘Killer’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch for ₹31,187), ‘partha_3inQTLY1qC’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Soda for ₹16,500), ‘dairingbaz’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹15,750) and ‘user1649415838’ (Won ₹60K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹13,272) won the other Pocket52 marquees on Sunday.
PokerStars India
Winter Series-20 [Mini Main] – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 256
Re-entries – 279
Total Prize Pool – ₹26,75,000
Regular Prize Pool – ₹13,37,500
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹13,37,500
Places Paid – 63
PokerStars India user ‘Sahni1509’ outlasted the guarantee surpassing 535-entry field in the site’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Winter Series-20 [Mini Main], championing the event for ₹3.66 Lakhs (₹1.59 Lakhs in bounties).
The Goa-based reg Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira reeled in ₹5.26 Lakhs across eight deep runs, which include:

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-20 [Mini Main] for ₹3,16,676
> 9th in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹79,475
> 20th in Adda52 Big Game for ₹65,625
> 11th in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹30,036
> 32nd in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-21 [Sunday High Roller – Boosted GTD] for ₹20,079
> 15th in Spartan Poker’s Battlezone for ₹7,992
> 135th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#33 Megastack for ₹3950
> 80th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#31 (PLO-6) for ₹2,480
Myron Pereira’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.84 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ~₹1.03 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹7.60 Lakhs
Mandar Madaye FT-ed two Winter Series events for a collective ₹1.50 Lakhs. His Sunday FT finishes include:

> 4th in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-20 [Mini Main] for ₹1,18,724
> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-18 [Polar Express] for ₹31,255
Mandar Madaye’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹99.59 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹20.54 Lakhs
The ₹5,500 entry buy-in Sunday headliner paid out the top 63 places a share of the ₹26.75 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Sahni1509 – ₹3,66,090
- Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira – ₹3,15,426
- Aryaman ‘AryaKnight’ Arora – ₹1,44,081
- Mandar ‘MAMA4000’ Madaye – ₹1,18,724
- Avneesh ‘IamAM09’ Munjal – ₹98,497
- kudakan – ₹69,175
- Raghav ‘OMGZ_ITS_RB’ Bansal – ₹50,598
- Chandan ‘RunBarryRun’ Arora – ₹52,847
- Sanat ‘durrsanta’ Mehrotra – ₹53,841
Winter Series-21 [Sunday High Roller – Boosted GTD], 6-Max – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 120
Re-entries – 120
Prize Pool – ₹24,00,000
Places Paid – 35
Thursday’s Winter Series-02 [High Roller] champion Vinay ‘VlNAY09’ Rajpal staked claim on his second High Roller title in the ongoing series, stomping past a stacked 240-entry field in PokerStars India’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD Winter Series-21 [Sunday High Roller] for ₹4.63 Lakhs. Sreekanth ‘LaganaHiToHai’ Narayan placed runner-up for ₹3.42 Lakhs.

Rajpal notched up ₹5.28 Lakhs in Sunday winnings from three deep runs and a bounty, which include:
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-21 [Sunday High Roller – Boosted GTD] for ₹4,62,618
> 8th in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹48,677
> 116th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹11,529
> 61st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#34 Afterparty for ₹3,555
Vinay Rajpal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.24 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹96.26 Lakhs | Annual Winnings: ₹10.97 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2
Himanshu ‘kosmoz21’ Arora has maneuvered himself into an early lead in the 2023 POY race and lapped up ₹5.55 Lakhs last night on the back of six deep runs, which include:

> 3rd in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-21 [Sunday High Roller – Boosted GTD] for ₹2,52,144
> 8th in PokerBaazi`s BSS HighRoller for ₹1,06,930
> 4th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹84,556
> 13th in Pokerbaazi’s (7-Max) BSS Championship for ₹59,738
> 20th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹48,384
> 143rd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#33 Megastack for ₹3,386
Himanshu Arora’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.38 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.68 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹24.60 Lakhs
The ₹11,000 entry buy-in event collected a guarantee-shattering ₹24 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 35 runners crossed the money line.
Final Table Results
- Vinay ‘VlNAY09’ Rajpal – ₹4,62,618
- Sreekanth ‘LaganaHiToHai’ Narayan – ₹3,41,535
- Himanshu ‘kosmoz21’ Arora – ₹2,52,144
- Varun ‘wardev’ Devayya – ₹1,86,149
- pranshubansal1 – ₹1,37,428
- Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹1,01,458
- Adithya ‘RloxRenfield1’ N G – ₹80,497
Winter Series Leaderboard Standings After Day 5
Rank | Player | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Akhand 'akhand188' Shukla | 635 |
2 | yuvidilwariya | 505 |
3 | Abhijeet 'sexylady7766' Kumar | 485 |
4 | manish jangid | 435 |
5 | Vikram 'GreenSTUFF79' Mishra | 430 |
6 | Varun 'wardev' Devayya | 375 |
7 | Samay 'LIM!TLE$$' Singh Modi | 320 |
8 | ShaktiMaaan | 305 |
9 | PrateekTib | 295 |
10 | Jimmy 'jimmyarora' Arora | 265 |
Sanchit ‘devilsanchit’ Anand (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Winter Series-24 [Polar Express] for ₹46,922), ‘sonam kumari111’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Winter Series-23 [Winter Storm] for ₹36,712) and Ravi ‘rkcravi’ Chandran (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Winter Series-19 [Deep Snow, DST] for ₹27,086) won the other Winter Series titles on PokerStars India.
Adda52
Adda52 Big Game – ₹50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹27,500
Entries – 149
Re-entries – 101
Prize Pool – ₹62,50,000
Places Paid – 27
The first-ever SCS High Main Event champion, Tarush ‘tarush123’ Gupta (opted out of tracking), had a bombastic Sunday outing as he muscled through a 250-player field in Adda52`s ₹50 Lakhs GTD Adda52 Big Game to win ₹16.25 Lakhs – his maiden title of 2023 and third seven-figure online score! ‘AkkiDan007’ pocketed a runner-up payday worth ₹9.69 Lakhs.

The Adda52 Big Game fourth-place finisher, Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall, had a profitable Sunday session as he accumulated over ₹6.47 Lakhs across six deep runs, which include:

> 4th in Adda52 Big Game for ₹5,31,250
> 14th in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹27,602
> 46th in PokerBaazi’s (7-MAX) BSS Championship for ₹25,886
> 22nd in PokerStars India’s Winter Series-21 [Sunday High Roller – Boosted GTD] for ₹25,308
> 16th in Spartan Poker’s Armageddon for ₹24,098
> 90th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 Main Event for ₹12,810
Goonjan Mall`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.96 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.96 Crores
The BB#2 MoneyMaker champion Sahil ’you3bi4b’ Nair had quite the Sunday run, reeling in ₹3.88 Lakhs from three ITM finishes, which include:

> 5th in in Adda52 Big Game for ₹3,59,375 (parlayed a ₹2,750 satellite investment)
> 64th in PokerBaazi’s (7-MAX) BSS Championship for ₹23,895 (parlayed a ₹1,100 satellite investment)
> 89th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#33 MEGASTACK for ₹4,514
Sahil Nair’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.10 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹76.55 Lakhs
The ₹27,500 entry buy-in Adda52 Big Game crushed its listed guarantee by ₹12.50 Lakhs (25% surplus). The top 27 places boarded the money bus.
Final Table Results
- Tarush ‘tarush123’ Gupta – ₹16,25,000
- AkkiDan007 – ₹9,68,750
- Ujjwal ‘fourteenk’ Narwal – ₹7,28,125
- Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹5,31,250
- Sahil ’you3bi4b’ Nair – ₹3,59,375
- ridrsofthrstorm – ₹2,65,625
Sunday Showdown – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 258
Re-entries – 250
Prize Pool – ₹11,43,000
Places Paid – 53
Gaurang ‘Bhattigaurang77’ Bhatti became the second player after Akhand Shukla to win four MTT titles this year and he earned that distinction after taking down Adda52’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Sunday Showdown for a personal-best ₹1.77 Lakhs – – 4X his previous best finish on the site!

Batti chopped the 6 PM title three-way with Mayank ‘ridrsofthrstorm’ Joshi (2nd for ₹1.56 Lakhs) and Sanjay ‘Floppednuts’ Kumar (3rd for ₹1.53 Lakhs) and lapped up ₹1.84 Lakhs in Sunday cashes from three deep runs on Adda52, which include:
> 1st in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹1,77,529 (3-way deal)
> 12th in Adda52’s Holdem Bash for ₹4,250
> 22nd in Adda52’s Sunday Bounty for ₹2,336
Gaurang Bhatti’s online stats (Spartan Poker and Adda52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹14.30 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.01 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4
The ₹2,500 entry buy-in Sunday Showdown obliterated its listed guarantee by ₹1.43 Lakhs on the back of a 508-player starting field, and the top 53 places finished ITM.
Final Table Results
- Gaurang ‘Bhattigaurang77’ Bhatti – ₹1,77,529*
- Mayank ‘ridrsofthrstorm’ Joshi – ₹1,56,488*
- Sanjay ‘Floppednuts’ Kumar – ₹1,53,417*
- Himanshu ‘pirateking7’ Arora – ₹84,556
- Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra – ₹61,979
- kapoorA – ₹45,430
- thunderbolt007 – ₹33,300
- Sashank ’TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarty – ₹24,409
*denotes a three-way deal
‘Loveramani’ (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Sunday Bounty for ₹21,871) and Abhinav ‘Borntogamble’ Menon (Won ₹50K GTD Sunday Night PLO for ₹12,171) won the other Sunday marquees on Adda52.
Khelo365
Khelo365 user ‘Ganguli24’ shipped the site`s Sunday mainstay, ₹1 Lakh GTD Big Bang, for a handsome ₹35,000 payday. ‘Zebronic77’ came second for ₹22,000.
Site regular ‘Samaybk’ fired three bullets before taking down the ₹50K GTD Dominator for ₹15,500. ‘iambapokergod’ finished runner-up for ₹10,500.
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Daily Majors: Suraj N Yadav, Saurabh Rohila, Vishal Bajaj & Suneeth Kalmady Rock the Tuesday Headlines
With just days left for 2022 to culminate, it’s been a significant year for Indian poker. Despite no big-guaranteed MTT series playing out on the virtual felts, most Tuesday marquees surpassed their advertised guarantees. Getting the temperatures high as we enter 2023 will be PokerBaazi’s ₹5+ Crores GTD 1000X Series, which takes off on January 1.
Topping the Tuesday headlines was ‘Mr.BEAST’ aka Suraj N Yadav, who lapped up a whopping ₹4.66 Lakhs across two FT finishes. Yadav most prominently took down Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹2.94 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with Rajiv Srivastava (2nd for ₹2.40 Lakhs).
Suraj N Yadav also came within striking distance in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT, eventually placing runner-up for ₹1.44 Lakhs. Mystery player ‘Pratap42’ claimed their maiden title for ₹2.04 Lakhs.
The second big scorer of the day was the IOPC June 2022 The Crown and Super High Roller champion, Saurabh Rohila, who took down Adda52’s Mechanical Bull, winning ₹3.07 Lakhs up top (won ₹4.21 Lakhs overall).
Vishal Bajaj was another standout performer last night. He rounded out ₹4.10 Lakhs across two deep finishes, including shipping Spartan Poker’s day’s Tuesday High Roller (for the third time), adding ₹3.78 Lakhs to his bankroll, following a heads-up deal with Tarush Gupta (2nd for ₹3.42 Lakhs).
Former BSS Championship winner Suneeth Kalmady fired four bullets in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour before clinching his second title of the month for ₹3.86 Lakhs. Rising Star Ritwik Khanna finished runner-up for ₹2.56 Lakhs (won ₹2.68 Lakhs overall).
The first-ever BTS Main Event champion Samyak Sethi finished fourth in Adda52’s Mechanical Bull (₹98,993) and shipped Spartan Poker’s The Race (₹81,956), making away with ₹1.81 Lakhs in Tuesday winnings.
Young Gun Anmol Mehta reeled in his first title in a month, taking down PokerBaazi’s DailyValue Boost for ₹1.44 Lakhs.
Last week’s Turbo Masters runner-up finisher on PokerStars India, ‘44706625’, did one better in the site’s Turbo Masters (8-Max) last night, collecting ₹1.04 Lakhs in first place.
Raman Arora, Manish Singh, Saurav Ghosh, Rahul Agarwal, and Sandeep Malik won the other Tuesday marquees.
Here are the Tuesday highlights!
Spartan Poker
Tuesday High Roller (6-Max) – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 86
Re-entries – 34
Rebuys – 51
Prize Pool – ₹17,10,000
Places Paid – 17
Vishal ‘SimSlave’ Bajaj seems to have made a habit of shipping Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller, having shipped the ₹15 Lakhs GTD tourney at least once in the past three months! Last night, the 26-year-old MTT pro traversed the 171-player field in the event, eventually cutting a heads-up deal with Tarush Tarush123’ Gupta (2nd for ₹3.78 Lakhs) to pocket the ₹3.78 Lakhs top prize.

Vishal Bajaj rounded out ₹4.10 Lakhs in cashes across another two ITM finishes. His Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹3,78,474
> 10th in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹25,922
> 33rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹6,000
Vishal Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.26 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.26 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #15 (including the EPT Prague qualifier) | Annual Winnings: ₹3.16 Crores | Ranked #12 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
The former The Millionaire champion Anmol ‘Dead money’ Narang rounded out ₹1.72 Lakhs in cashes across two deep finshes, which include:

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹1,56,465
> 42nd in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹15,855
Anmol Narang’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.89 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹31.97 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3
Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta is steadily progressing towards the₹ 5 Crore milestone in tracked online winnings, and last night Mehta added ₹1.47 Lakhs to his online scorecard across four cashes, which include:

> 6th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹99,522
> 16th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹28,313
> 10th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹12,281
> 41st in Mechanical Bull for ₹6,806
Mohit Mehta’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.95 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.32 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #17
Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor (7th for ₹76,095), Rohan ‘The Sightseer’ Bhasin (9th for ₹42,750), and Rahul ‘BubbleDropMusic’ Kumar (10th for ₹35,055) also ran deep in the event.
Final Table Results
- Vishal ‘SimSlave’ Bajaj – ₹3,78,474*
- Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta – ₹3,42,462*
- Uttam Kumar ‘chinunew’ Sinha – ₹1,88,955
- Anmol ‘Dead money’ Narang – ₹156,465
- LlinusLlove – ₹126,198
- Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – ₹99,522
*denotes a heads-up deal
Mega Stack – ₹16 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹4,400
Entries – 204
Re-entries – 61
Rebuys – 106
Prize Pool – ₹16,00,000
Places Paid – 39
The former The Prestige winner Suraj N ‘MR.BEAST’ Yadav was true to his screen name last night! Getting into beast mode, Yadav posted three deep finishes, including a title win and a runner-up finish!

Yadav lapped up an impressive ₹4.66 Lakhs, and his most prominent run was in Spartan Poker’s ₹16 Lakhs GTD Mega Stack where he trumped a field of 371 entries, eventually striking a heads-up deal with Rajiv ‘Drunken Monk’ Srivastava (2nd for ₹2.40 Lakhs) before claiming the title and the ₹2.94 Lakhs up top.
His Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹2,94,128
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,43,880
> 14th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹28,215
Suraj N Yadav’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.34 Crores |Titles Won in 2022: #8 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.26 Crores
The APT India Online Main Event champion Debapriya ‘debapriya_12345’ Manna also cashed another event, making away with ₹1.15 Lakhs in Tuesday winnings. His Tuesday finishes include:

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹98,720
> 40th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹15,855
Debapriya Manna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.66 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹39.43 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2
Final Table Results
- Suraj N ‘MR.BEAST’ Yadav – ₹2,94,128*
- Rajiv ‘Drunken Monk’ Srivastava – ₹2,39,952*
- Grabaka_Hitman – ₹,156,000
- Deep ‘PatelBhai789’ Patel – ₹1,25,920
- Debapriya ‘debapriya_12345’ Manna – ₹98,720
- Rony ‘Eunseom176’ Chowdhury – ₹74,720
- Arjun Kumar ‘2Pac4life’ Kochhar – ₹54,880
- Amit ‘Kavipri 2.0’ Gehani – ₹40,320
*denotes a heads-up deal
The Race – ₹3 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 131
Re-entries – 26
Rebuys – 78
Prize Pool – ₹3,52,500
Places Paid – 23
The first-ever BTS Main Event champion Samyak ‘stonedurr’ Sethi lapped up ₹1.81 Lakhs in Tuesday’s winnings across two deep finishes. Last Tuesday’s The Endeavour winner, Sethi, outran the 235-player field in Spartan Poker’s ₹3 Lakhs GTD The Race, clinching the title and the ₹81,956 up top.

Sethi’s better Tuesday cash came in Adda52’s Mechanical Bull, where he placed fourth. His Tuesday finishes include:
> 4th in Adda52’s Mechanical Bull for ₹98,993
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s The Race for ₹81,956
Samyak Sethi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹99.90 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹25.12 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #21 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.20 Crores
Kashish ‘Nahihorha’ Gupta pocketed a ₹55,519 payout in second place.
The 9:30 PM tourney generated a ₹3.53 Lakhs prize pool and the top 23 runners crossed the money line.
Final Table Results
- Samyak ‘stonedurr’ Sethi – ₹81,956
- Kashish ‘Nahihorha’ Gupta – ₹55,519
- Sanchit ‘scofield1210’ Nag – ₹37,013
- dagadfool – ₹30,315
- Mohit ‘OfcourseOfcourse’ Savargaonkar – ₹24,323
- Aritra ‘Percival’ Hazra – ₹18,859
- aceking99 – ₹13,959
- boomhoops – ₹10,258
‘deceiverr’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹44,300), ‘Devil565624’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹37,687), ‘Mrs kapoor’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultra PLO6 for ₹33,623), ‘The Fiend’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹19,406), and ‘Dragon17047’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹9,015) won the other titles on Spartan Poker.
PokerBaazi
The Endeavour – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 230
Re-entries – 223
Prize Pool – ₹22,65,000
Places Paid – 49
PokerBaazi loyalist and former BSS Championship winner Suneeth ‘suneethkalmady’ Kalmady fired four bullets in the site’s Tuesday headliner, the ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Endeavour, before clinching his second title of the month along with a ₹3.86 Lakhs payday (his fourth-best career score).

Suneeth Kalmady’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹70.92 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹20.35 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3
Last Wednesday’s Master Mind champion, Rising Star Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna, finished runner-up for ₹2.56 Lakhs. He picked up two more ITM finishes in PokerStars India’s Turbo Masters (16th for ₹8,224) and PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost (67th for ₹3,818), netting ₹2.68 Lakhs overall.

Ritwik Khanna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.52 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.31 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #17 | Annual Winnings: ₹3.41 Crores | Moves to #6 on the 2022 POY Leaderboard (Total Cashes) | Ranked #19 in Annual Profits
The most recent Sunday Superstack winner, Anant ‘Pro_Pro’ Purohit, ran deep in four tourneys, lapping up ₹2.04 Lakhs in Tuesday winnings. His ITM finishes include:

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹1,30,917
> 17th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹26,847
> 11th in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹25,922
> 9th in Adda52’s Mechanical Bull for ₹19,799
Anant Purohit’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.75 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.80 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #12 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.75 Crores
MPL Poker Pro Siddharth ‘schemer’ Karia pocketed ₹1.49 Lakhs through three ITM finishes, which include:

> 6th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹1,06,908
> 15th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹28,215
> 21st in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹13,602
Siddharth Karia’s online stats (excluding MPL Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.05 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.47 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #10
The 8 PM flagship registered 453 entries, creating a guarantee-smashing ₹22.65 Lakhs prize pool, with the top 49 finishers receiving payouts.
Final Table Results
- Suneeth ‘suneethkalmady’ Kalmady – ₹3,85,730
- Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna – ₹2,55,945
- gdgdg – ₹1,98,867
- Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal – ₹1,57,418
- Anant ‘Pro_Pro’ Purohit – ₹1,30,917
- Siddharth ‘schemer’ Karia – ₹1,06,908
- Saurabh ‘twister’ Rohila – ₹84,711
- Vishal ‘karan23’ Kumar – ₹64,553
(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 196
Re-entries – 111
Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000
Places Paid – 35
PokerBaazi reg ‘Pratap42’ trounced over the 307-entry field in PokerBaazi’s 9 PM marquee, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT, clinching their maiden title on the site and walking away with a winner’s paycheque worth ₹2.04 Lakhs (their third-best score on the site).
Pratap42’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹17.01 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹53,761 | Titles Won: #1
Yesterday’s Mega Stack champion, Suraj ‘MR8BEAST’ N Yadav, finished runner-up for ₹1.44 Lakhs, netting ₹4.64 Lakhs overall.
Kunal ‘imcursed’ Shalin (4th for ₹1.02 Lakhs) and Diven ‘diven’ Nagpal (6th for ₹71,760) was the only other known names to FT the (7-Max) SPRINT.
Final Table Results
- Pratap42 – ₹2,04,000
- Suraj ‘MR8BEAST’ N Yadav – ₹1,43,880
- arnavkamboj – ₹1,21,200
- Kunal ‘imcursed’ Shalin – ₹1,02,000
- Hrohit – ₹86,760
- Diven ‘diven’ Nagpal – ₹71,760
- Realfc – ₹57,000
Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 371
Re-entries – 317
Prize Pool – ₹10,32,000
Places Paid – 119
November’s The G.O.A.T third-place finisher, Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta, broke through his month-long title dry spell by shipping PokerBaazi’s 7:30 PM marquee, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost, for a cool ₹1.44 Lakhs.

The lawyer-turned-poker pro shipped the Daily Value Boost for the first time yesterday (his 13th title win of 2022), outlasting ‘tinulkr’ (2nd for ₹1.14 Lakhs) in the heads-up.
The ₹1,650 buy-in tourney logged 688 entrants, posting a guarantee-surpassing ₹10.32 Lakhs prize pool. The top 119 places were paid.
Final Table Results
- Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹1,43,758
- tinulkr – ₹1,13,520
- Parteek ‘ptk007’ Maheshwari – ₹85,656
- pintu00 – ₹58,308
- Nandan ‘ragemonster’ Pugalia – ₹39,216
- Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh – ₹26,832
- CharPatteWala – ₹20,021
- jimmy0507 – ₹15,583
Afternoon Boost – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 128
Re-entries – 101
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 35
‘blazin666’ hit the much-needed breakout score after making the victory march in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Boost! ‘blazin666’ took away their third best site score of ₹78,567 after striking a three-way deal with ‘shashi60’ (2nd for ₹74,150), and ‘ScorpionNuts’ (3rd for ₹68,334).
blazin666’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹23.92 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹98,582 | Titles Won in 2022: #11
The Daily Value Boost runner-up finisher from last month, Nandan’ ragemonster’ Pugalia, placed fourth for ₹37,350. He grossed ₹80,157 overall from two more deep runs, including another FT finish and also collected bounties in PokerStars India’s Uppercut (50th for ₹1,719). His Tuesday finishes include:
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹39,216
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹37,350
> 17th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹1,872
Nandan Pugalia’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹50.69 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹12.79 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #15 | Annual Winnings: ₹50.63 Lakhs
The ₹2,200 buy-in MTT fell short of breaking even by ₹42,000 on the back of 229 challengers, and the top 35 places got paid.
Final Table Results
- blazin666 – ₹78,567*
- shashi60 – ₹74,150*
- ScorpionNuts – ₹68,334*
- Nandan ‘ragemonster’ Pugalia – ₹37,350
- ayushrathour – ₹27,100
- GOAT07 – ₹19,650
- Divyanshu ‘Divyansh1995’ Agrawal – ₹15,900
*denotes a three-way deal
‘udixi18’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹48,050), ‘gowda89’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹46,400), Raman ‘Ranzoo9’ Arora (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹40,060), Manish ‘ROYALSAGAR’ Singh (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 BOOST for ₹28,390), ‘livecarder’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹27,240), Rahul ‘rahullpharm’ Agarwal (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO Boost Monster for ₹21,310), and ‘KHOIROM’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 BOOST for ₹20,030) also bagged titles on the site.
Pocket52
Pocket Jacks – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 138
0Re-entries – 102
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 38
Pocket52 network user ‘Rista’ raced past a 240-player field on the site’s Tuesday, offering the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, taking home ₹74,000 in first-place prize money. Site user ‘black_cat_bom_QpiUrNBbuE’ placed second for ₹52,000.
Final Table Results
- Rista – ₹74,000
- black_cat_bom_QpiUrNBbuE – ₹52,000
- FareenAsim – ₹36,000
- Isildur1_BZAf1nPJ2a – ₹28,000
- Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra – ₹20,000
- adityalucky – ₹16,000
‘rnlo_CYuiJFoddo’ (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹25,752), ‘287766_37JY0FUWOW’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Soda for ₹16,500), ‘royal_nd86ycqY0g’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹15,750) and ‘ChintaMani’ (Won ₹60K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹13,020) won the other Pocket52 marquees on Tuesday.
PokerStars India
Turbo Masters (8-Max) – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 91
Re-entries – 58
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 20
Last week’s Turbo Masters runner-up finisher, ‘44706625’, finally got the monkey off their back and took down the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Turbo Masters (8-Max) for a handsome ₹1.04 Lakhs payday, while ‘kudakan’ placed second for ₹79,376.
The ₹3,300 buy-in MTT logged in 149 challengers to leave an overlay of 53,000, and the top 20 places got paid.
Final Table Results
- 44706625 – ₹103,640
- kudakan – ₹79,376
- Nitin ‘Mickyn34’ Gupta – ₹60,792
- Advait ‘ronaldinh18’ Rajguru – ₹46,559
- GudThimma – ₹35,658
- IMR444 – ₹27,310
- boga577 – ₹20,916
- Anand ‘easywithducks’ Babu Pallikona – ₹16,019
- leperfoot – ₹13,560
‘randomguy276’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Uppercut for ₹51,434), Saurav ‘saurav007’ Ghosh (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹27,866), ‘HAKERBOY999’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹13,269), and ‘0HG0DPLZ’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline [6-Max] for ₹12,829) won the other Monday marquees on PokerStars India.
Adda52
Mechanical Bull – ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,499
Entries – 210
Re-entries – 179
Prize Pool – ₹12,37,414
Places Paid – 43
The IOPC June 2022 The Crown and Super High Roller champion, Saurabh ‘saurabh21’ Rohila trounced the 389-player field in Adda52’s Tuesday headliner, the ₹12 Lakhs GTD Mechanical Bull, taking home the lion’s share of the guarantee-surpassing prizepool worth ₹3.07 Lakhs. Site user ‘checkthat’ finished runners-up for ₹1.86 Lakhs.

Rohila posted another three ITM finishes, including one FT finish, securing ₹4.21 Lakhs in total winnings. His top finishes include:
> 1st in Adda52’s Mechanical Bull for ₹3,06,877
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹84,711
> 14th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹18,000
> 39th in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹11,040
Saurabh Rohila’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.81 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.80 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #17 | Annual Winnings: ~₹2.47 Crores
Yesterday’s The Race champion Samyak ‘stonedurr’ Sethi, placed fourth for ₹98,993, netting a handsome ₹1.81 Lakhs overall from two deep runs
The ₹3,499 buy-ins Mechanical Bull registered 389 runners, who surpassed the guarantees by ₹37,414, and the top 43 places were paid.
Final Table Results
- Saurabh ‘saurabh21’ Rohila – ₹3,06,877
- checkthat – ₹1,85,611
- raaVaanKaChela – ₹129,928
- Samyak ‘stonedurr’ Sethi – ₹98,993
- manishratwaya16 – ₹64,345
- Prashant ‘prashant1703’ Pandagre – ₹43,309
- Raghav ‘FuckedUpLife’ Siddalinga – ₹34,029
- Comedypoker – ₹27,842
‘boosterx’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Bumper Car for ₹84,828), ‘vedrishit’ (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹31,500), ‘VishuChi’ (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹11,876), ‘rajjani21’ (Won ₹40K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹11,248), ‘sunnydeep79’ (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹11,052), and Sandeep ‘TheUnicorn’ Malik (Won ₹50K GTD Evening Adda for ₹8,799) won the other titles on Adda52.
Khelo365
Khelo365’s user ‘HAFEEZ777’ claimed the ₹10K GTD Sun Downer title for ₹3,100, while ‘Krishana123’ finished runner-up for ₹2,100.
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Gursimrann Brar Champions Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #25 Esteem; Siddhanth Kripalani & Ashutosh Balodhi Were the Other Sunday Crushers
Sundays are always loaded with action, but with Spartan Poker’s inaugural Legend Poker Series completing its first week, yesterday was extra special!
Expectedly, the day’s biggest winner was the champion of the only eight-figure guarantee tournament on the tap, Spartan Poker’s ₹1.50 Crores GTD LEGEND #25 Esteem! October’s FTS #24 Double Stack champion Gursimrann Brar triumphed over the 1,903-entry field to claim his maiden LPS title and a whopping ₹26.06 Lakhs payday!
The NPS 1.0 Main Event winner Mohammad Azhar fell one spot short of the finish line in the LEGEND #25 Esteem, settling for an equally impressive ₹14.52 Lakhs in second place (won ₹16.45 Lakhs overall).
While Brar was the day’s biggest winner, Young Gun Siddhanth Kripalani came close to usurping him from the top spot. Kripalani’s unstoppable form saw him nailing two headline tournaments and making another runner-up finish, coming out with an eye-popping ₹18.93 Lakhs in Sunday winnings! Of his six deep runs, he championed Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #23 Sunday Magnate (₹9.73 Lakhs) and PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller (₹4.66 Lakhs) and finished runner-up in LEGEND #24 Deepstack Turbo (for ₹3.18 Lakhs).
Vivek Singh (Won LEGEND #21 Sunday Showdown for ₹8.58 Lakhs), Rising Star Ritwik Khanna (Won LEGEND #24 Deepstack Turbo for ₹5 Lakhs), ‘KAKAROT98$’ (Won LEGEND #18 for ₹3.53 Lakhs), Ganesh Kamat (Won Legend #22 for ₹2.09 Lakhs), ‘iSPEWaLOT’ (Won Legend #20 – Thunder for ₹93,401) and ‘dwanthoery’ (Won LEGEND #19- PLO4 Deepstack for ₹47,036) shipped the other Legend Poker Series titles on Sunday.
Ashutosh Balodhi was among the standout performers as he took down the Adda52 Big Game for a monstrous ₹14.08 Lakhs top prize (won ₹14.80 Lakhs overall).
The upcoming pro Areyann Gurbaxani accumulated ₹8.42 Lakhs in Sunday winnings, most prominently taking down PokerBaazi’s BSS Championship for a career-best ₹8 Lakhs.
Gautam Kaul came out on top in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack to collect ₹4.51 Lakhs (won ₹6.08 Lakhs overall), while Akshat Sharma came second for ₹2.68 Lakhs (won ₹6.55 Lakhs overall).
Young Gun Anmol Mehta surged through the competition in Adda52’s Nano Highroller to claim his second major flagship title of November for ₹2.78 Lakhs (won ₹3.82 Lakhs overall). A heads-up chop saw Anurag Srivastava pocket ₹2.04 Lakhs in second place (won ₹4.65 Lakhs overall).
Adda52’s Big Millions champion Avinash Koneru took down the Nano Main Event for ₹3.24 Lakhs, ending an over a month-long title drought. He chopped the NPS showstopper three-way with Kritarth Pant (2nd for personal-best ₹3.04 Lakhs) and Sethuram Kannan (3rd for ₹2.95 Lakhs).
Young Gun Karan Radia conquered PokerStars India’s Sunday Special PKO for at least the second time last night, banking ₹3.48 Lakhs.
Vaibhav Arora, Karan Malhotra, Puneet Mishra, Shiv Chugh, Dinesh Kukreja, Vikk Sharma, and Shawn Chatterton won the other Sunday majors.
Here are the Sunday highlights!
Spartan Poker
LEGEND #25 Esteem Day 2 – ₹1.50 Crores GTD
Buy-in – ₹8,800
Total Entries – 1,903
Prize Pool – ₹1,52,24,000
Places Paid – 263
There were fireworks on the online felts last night as Spartan Poker’s Legend Poker Series laid out several massive GTD tournaments! However, ₹1.50 Crores GTD LEGEND #25 Esteem – the first of the five eight-figure GTD flagships on the LPS schedule – stole the thunder.
Last month’s FTS #24 Double Stack champion Gursimrann ‘f00l4u’ Brar conquered the guarantee-crossing 1,903-entry field (across five flights) in the weekend flagship to collect a career-best ₹26.06 Lakhs – over 3X his previous best score.
The Sunday win pushed Brar into an early lead on the LEGEND Multi Flight Leaderboard. His Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹56.41 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹33.05 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2
The NPS 1.0 Main Event champion Mohammad ‘Cupid stunt’ Azhar finished runner-up in LPS Esteem, netting ₹14.52 Lakhs (won ₹16.45 Lakhs overall), taking over the #2 spot on the LEGEND Multi Flight Leaderboard and climbing in the POY race.

Mohammad Azhar`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.75 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.60 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #18 | Ranked #15 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
The DCS Main Event champion Young Gun Ujjwal ‘$hitreg’ Narwal (3rd for ₹10.14 Lakhs), Adda52 Big Millions runner-up finisher Debapriya ‘debapriya_12345’ Manna (4th for ₹7.34 Lakhs), Raghav ‘Mr. Bean’ Ananth (6th for ₹4.70 Lakhs), Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram (7th for ₹4.90 Lakhs*) (cashed thrice), and Ramji ‘bluffpolice123’ Kishore G (8th for ₹2.53 Lakhs) also FT-ed the weekend flagship.

Final Table Results
- Gursimrann ‘f00l4u’ Brar – ₹26,06,349
- Mohammad ‘Cupid stunt’ Azhar – ₹14,52,370
- Ujjwal ‘$hitreg’ Narwal – ₹10,13,918
- Debapriya ‘debapriya_12345’ Manna – ₹7,33,769
- jailakshmi – ₹5,88,407
- Raghav ‘Mr. Bean’ Ananth – ₹4,69,508
- Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram – ₹3,58,829
- Ramji ‘bluffpolice123’ Kishore G – ₹2,53,175
LEGEND #23 Sunday Magnate – ₹40 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹33,000
Entries – 80
Re-entries – 33
Rebuys – 36
Prize Pool – ₹44,70,000
Places Paid – 15
Take a bow Siddhanth ‘PluRibu$’ Kripalani! The Young Gun was indubitably the breakout star on Sunday, banking a jaw-dropping ₹18.93 Lakhs (his best showing yet in 2022) across six deep runs!
The Game Changer 3.0 champion has been in phenomenal form since Thursday. After shipping LEGEND #6 (Thursday) and (7-MAX) SPRINT (Friday), Kripalani continued his winning spree by taking two headline tournaments – Spartan Poker’s ₹40 Lakhs GTD LEGEND #23 Sunday Magnate (₹9.73 Lakhs) and PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller (₹4.66 Lakhs).
But that’s not all! The first-ever IPC MegaStacks Main Event champion finished runner-up in the LEGEND #24 Deepstack Turbo (for ₹3.18 Lakhs). Expectedly, Kripalani is ranked #1 on the LEGEND – Turbo and #2 on the LEGEND – High Roller leaderboard races.
Kripalani’s Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #23 Sunday Magnate for ₹9,72,554* (heads-up deal)
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BSS HighRoller for ₹4,65,800
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #24 Deepstack Turbo for ₹3,17,547
> 45th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #25 Esteem for ₹57,090
> 12th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹42,300
> 25th in Spartan Poker’s LEGEND #21 Sunday Showdown for ₹37,664
Siddhanth Kripalani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.56 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.38 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #17 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.49 Crores
Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh secured an equally impressive ₹10.65 Lakhs in Sunday winnings, which included his runner-up finish in the LEGEND #23 Sunday Magnate for ₹9.56 Lakhs, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

Vivek Singh’s Sunday finishes include: