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Daily Majors: Ashish Munot Champions Spartan Poker’s FTS #46 Super High Roller For ₹46.06 Lakhs, Climbs to #1 in the POY Ranking
Friday signaled the start of a blockbuster weekend for online MTT players. Spartan Poker’s biggest-ever Final Table Series 6.0, PokerBaazi’s 1000X Series, and PokerStars India’s MicroMillions are fast moving towards their Sunday finale even as the first-ever IndiaPlays Micro Poker League got off the ground running on Friday.
Even with so much happening across all the top poker platforms, Ashish Munot was the name that shone the brightest on the Friday charts. One of the top tournament pros in the country, Munot pulled outa dazzling run in the day`s biggest attraction, Spartan Poker`s FTS #46 Super High Roller. The 2019 WPT India Main Event champion outplayed a fiercely competitive field in the ₹2.10 Lakhs entry buy-in tournament, winning his second SHR title this year for an online best ₹46.06 Lakhs, his first FTS gold medallion and a seat on The Master Table. The mystery user ‘ubuntu’ playing their tenth tournament on Spartan Poker, raked in a jackpot ₹33.18 Lakhs in second place.
Like the day before, the breakout score caused a significant churn in the annual leaderboards as the Friday win catapulted Munot to the top of the POY race. The poker pro also crossed ₹1 Crore in annual profits, becoming the first player to do so.
The first IOPC The Crown winner, Harshit Sanghi, ended his title jinx in the other FTS gold medallion flagship, Spartan Poker`s FTS #45 Friday Titan, taking it down for a handsome ₹13.58 Lakhs (his best score of the year) and a seat on The Master Table. Devendra Suthar collected a career-best ₹8.61 Lakhs in second place (won ₹8.66 Lakhs overall).
Kabir Tandon was another Spartan Poker reg on the FTS Friday winners list. He won FTS #43 Marathon for ₹5.68 Lakhs, bagging away the FTS silver medallion and a seat on The Master Table.
Vikas Yadav (Won FTS #44 Triple Chance for ₹2.17 Lakhs), Kunal Agrawal (Won FTS #47 Turbo for ₹1.81 Lakhs), and Ashit Sharma (Won FTS #42 for ₹1.55 Lakhs) won the other FTS silver medallions on Friday.
Lavesh Meena came out charging last night, adding ₹5.12 Lakhs from two top finishes and ending a 14-week-long title slump. He made the victory march in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller, banking a site-best ₹4.52 Lakhs shortly after finishing runner-up in Adda52’s Friday Bounty for ₹59,605.
Ashutosh Balodhi nailed PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 (7-Max) Friday Prime for ₹4 Lakhs (won ₹4.24 Lakhs overall). Dinesh Kukreja placed runner-up for ₹2.43 Lakhs.
Arbaaz Ahmed (Won 1000X#33 for ₹1.17 Lakhs), ‘5betjam’ (Won 1000X#31 for ₹88,466), and ‘papajigope’ (Won 1000X#30 (PLO-6) for ₹42,324) won the other 1000X Series Friday tournaments.
The FTS #19 Sunday Grande winner Rajat Sharma added another flagship title to his weekly scorecard, winning Adda52’s The Ballers for the second time for ₹4.89 Lakhs. He struck a heads-up deal with Vinay Rajpal (2nd for ₹4.18 Lakhs) (won ₹5.34 Lakhs overall).
Advait Rajguru posted his fourth top finish of the year in PokerStars India’s Micro Millions-28 [KO Low Roller], winning the 8 PM tournament for ₹2.40 Lakhs. Sreekanth Narayan came second for ₹1.17 Lakhs (won ₹3.06 Lakhs overall).
Samyak Sethi, Mohak Kapoor, Dayanand Prass, Ramesh Pathipati, Kripansh Khosla, Nayan Patel, Abhinav Menon, Rajneesh Thakur, Harshit Dadhich, Nakul Sharma, and Firoz Khan won the other Friday majors.
Here are the Friday highlights!
Spartan Poker
FTS #46 Super High Roller (6-Max) – ₹1.50 Crores GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,10,000
Entries – 49
Re-entries – 20
Re-buys – 10
Prize Pool – ₹1,58,00,000
Places Paid – 9
Sporting a steep ₹2.10 Lakhs entry purse and an equally hefty ₹1.50 Crores prize pool guarantee, Spartan Poker`s FTS #46 Super High Roller had the entire poker circuit railing the 49 regs (79 total entries) in battle. The deep structure and intense action ensured over eight hours of game time.
After all was done and dusted, Ashish ‘0mg_spew’ Munot emerged as the FTS Super High Roller champion (his second SHR title this year), banking a whopping ₹46.06 Lakhs first-place cash prize, the FTS gold medallion, and a seat on The Master Table.
The IOPC 14.0 Super High Roller champion won his first FTS SHR bullet through a ₹9,900 satellite but re-entered after falling early. His second attempt was far more successful, fetching him a career-best payday. As seen throughout the FTS, Munot`s breakout Friday score has shaken up the leaderboard rankings – catapulting the poker pro to the top of the annual rankings – also making him the first player to cross ₹1 Crore in yearly profits.
Ashish Munot`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.64 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.70 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #6 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.82 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹1.22 Crores | Moves to #1 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes and Profits)
Playing their 10th MTT on the site, a mystery crusher ‘ubuntu’ walked away with a site-best ₹33.18 Lakhs (on this screen name) in second place. Their Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹35.18 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹31.03 Lakhs
Most of the FTS SHR finalists raked in their best scores of the year in the tournament!
The third-place finisher, Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha, missed out on winning a seat in a 2 Seats GTD satellite, cashing ₹92,000 instead of a free entry. The Chandigarh-based pro finished third in FTS #46 Super High Roller for ₹21.56 Lakhs. He also FT-ed the FTS #45 Friday Titan, booking ₹24.24 Lakhs in Friday winnings across three deep runs, which include:
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s FTS #46 Super High Roller for ₹21,56,700
> 8th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #45 Friday Titan for ₹1,65,200
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s 2 Seats GTD satellite – FTS #46 Super High Roller for ₹92,000
> 51st in Spartan Poker’s FTS #43 Marathon for ₹9,600
Arjanveer Singh Chadha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.91 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.63 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3
Last week`s The Endeavour champion, Sriharsha ‘lvey2’ Doddapaneni, posted a massive ₹17.01 Lakhs in Friday winnings across three deep runs, which include:
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #46 Super High Roller for ₹16,27,400
> 9th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹45,148
> 13th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹28,800
Sriharsha Doddapaneni’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.21 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.30 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1
The FTS #40 Thursday Grande winner from the day before, Abhinav ‘hightr0ller’ Iyer, is on a ₹32 Lakhs upswing in two days as he made away with ₹10.28 Lakhs last night across two deep runs.
His Friday finishes include:
> 6th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #46 Super High Roller for ₹9,79,600
> 31st in Spartan Poker’s FTS #45 Friday Titan for ₹48,300
Abhinav Iyer’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.42 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.82 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2
Aditya ‘Ben K Rolle’ Singh (7th for ₹7.74 Lakhs), Aditya ‘Yennefer’ Agarwal (8th for ₹6 Lakhs), and Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (9th for ₹4.74 Lakhs) were others crossing the money line.
The 79 entry field ensured the ₹1.50 Crores guarantee for covered. The top nine finishers grabbed a piece from the jaw-dropping ₹1.58 Crores collected in the prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Ashish ‘0mg_spew’ Munot – ₹46,05,700
- ubuntu – ₹33,18,000
- Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha – ₹21,56,700
- Sriharsha ‘lvey2’ Doddapaneni – ₹16,27,400
- Darth Wager – ₹12,64,000
- Abhinav ‘hightr0ller’ Iyer – ₹9,79,600
FTS #45 Friday Titan – ₹70 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹16,500
Entries – 223
Re-entries – 146
Re-buys – 91
Prize Pool – ₹70,00,000
Places Paid – 55
Harshit ‘TheDevilsHand’ Sanghi might not be someone posting massive scores regularly, but the entrepreneur from Kanpur sure has a knack for winning big-ticket tournaments. Sanghi, the first player to win the IOPC The Crown title, ended an almost six-month-long title drought last night with a maiden FTS victory.
Improving upon his fifth-place finish in FTS #40 Thursday Grande the day before, the part-time player navigated a stacked 460-strong field (223 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹70 Lakhs GTD FTS #45 Friday Titan, winning the 8 PM flagship for ₹13.58 Lakhs (his best score of the year). The win fetched Sanghi an FTS gold medallion and a seat on The Master Table!
Harshit Sanghi’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.76 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.45 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Devendra ‘thekid2003’ Suthar, who won FTS #23 Monday Titan earlier this week, kept the online heater going by scoring a personal-best ₹8.61 Lakhs in second place. He made another ITM finish in FTS #42 (32nd for ₹4,720), adding ₹8.66 Lakhs for the day`s work.
Devendra Suthar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.37 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹51.80 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3
Madhav ‘Apcomingsoon’ Sethi (4th for ₹5.03 Lakhs), Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta (5th for ₹3.98 Lakhs), and the FTS #46 Super High Roller finalist Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha (8th for ₹1.65 Lakhs) were other notables on the FTS #45 Friday Titan final table.
The ₹16,500 entry buy-in tournament registered ₹1 Lakh in overlays, and 55 players scored a payday.
Final Table Results
- Harshit ‘TheDevilsHand’ Sanghi – ₹13,58,000
- Devendra ‘thekid2003’ Suthar – ₹8,61,000
- sharkisbackk – ₹6,22,300
- Madhav ‘Apcomingsoon’ Sethi – ₹5,03,300
- Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta – ₹3,98,300
- Whateveh – ₹3,06,600
- averagestudent – ₹2,28,200
- Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha – ₹1,65,200
FTS #43 Marathon – ₹30 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 602
Re-entries – 119
Re-buys – 449
Prize Pool – ₹30,00,000
Places Paid – 103
February’s IOPC #96 champion, Kabir ‘KAKAROT98$’ Tandon (opted out of tracking), returned to the winner’s circle in style last night, outplaying the 155 Day 2 qualifiers in Spartan Poker’s ₹30 Lakhs GTD FTS #43 Marathon to win ₹5.68 Lakhs, the FTS silver medallion and a seat on The Master Table. A five-day-old Spartan Poker user, ‘jadugar22,’ playing their 8th tournament on the site, pocketed ₹3.48 Lakhs in second place.
jadugar22’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹3.50 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹3.25 Lakhs
Last night’s Micro Millions-28 [KO Low Roller] 6-Max runner-up finisher, Sreekanth ‘Vhagar’ Narayan, added ₹3.06 Lakhs across two final table finishes, which include:
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #43 Marathon for ₹1,88,100
> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Micro Millions-28 [KO Low Roller] 6-Max for ₹1,17,677
Sreekanth Narayan’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.73 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.04 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4
FTS #46 Super High Roller ninth place finisher Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (7th for ₹83,100) also FT-ed FTS #43 Marathon.
The ₹2,750 entry buy-in multi-flight tournament registered a starting field of 1,170 entrants over four flights, overlaying ₹75,000. The top 103 finishers got paid.
Final Table Results
- Kabir ‘KAKAROT98$’ Tandon – ₹5,68,200
- jadugar22 – ₹3,47,700
- errajatsehgal – ₹2,48,400
- Sreekanth ‘Vhagar’ Narayan – ₹1,88,100
- FieryMarty – ₹1,49,700
- NoConnection – ₹1,14,900
- Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹83,100
- khatidragon – ₹56,700
FTS #47 Turbo – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 211
Re-entries – 44
Re-buys – 172
Prize Pool – ₹8,54,000
Places Paid – 31
Kunal ‘champion2112’ Agrawal made quite the start of the year, posting a second-place finish in PBC#1 The MoneyMaker. While not near that January finish, Agrawal`s Friday scorecard read ₹2 Lakhs from three deep runs.
The online reg notably championed a 427-entry field (211 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD FTS #47 Turbo, taking down the 11 PM tournament for ₹1.81 Lakhs and his first FTS silver medallion. Long-time circuit reg Pranav ‘R_U_SUAR’ Khandalkar pocketed ₹1.22 Lakhs in second place.
Kunal Agrawal`s Friday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s FTS #47 Turbo for ₹1,80,621
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#33 for ₹16,457
> 17th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹2,736
Kunal Agrawal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.21 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2
Pranav Khandalkar had a profitable Friday session, posting ₹2.72 Lakhs from seven deep runs. His top finishes of the day include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s FTS #47 Turbo for ₹1,21,610
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #44 Triple Chance for ₹73,362
> 55th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #45 Friday Titan for ₹34,300
> 17th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹28,800 (won his entry through a ₹550 satellite)
Pranav Khandalkar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.74 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹85.58 Lakhs
Deepak ‘Optimist’ Singh reeled in ₹1.27 Lakhs across six deep runs, which include:
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s FTS #47 Turbo for ₹85,742
> 16th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹24,832
> 12th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#30 (PLO-6) for ₹7,500
> 16th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT for ₹4,800
> 12th in Adda52’s Kill Shot PLO Bounty for ₹2,204
> 124th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#33 for ₹1,789
Deepak Singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.25 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.04 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #5
FTS #39 Thursday Titan runner-up finisher Myron ‘mehhhhh’ Pereira accumulated ₹98,827 from three deep runs, which include:
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #47 Turbo for ₹69,516
> 11th in PokerStars India’s Micro Millions-28 [KO Low Roller] 6-Max for ₹23,474
> 141st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 (7-Max) Friday Prime for ₹5,837
Myron Pereira’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.48 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.04 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3
Aryan ‘bob_marley’ Singh (5th for ₹54,998) and Satyam ‘GTOonTilt’ Verma (8th for ₹22,289) also FT-ed FTS #47 Turbo.
The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament distributed ₹8.54 Lakhs in prize money to the top 31 finishers.
Final Table Results
- Kunal ‘champion2112’ Agrawal – ₹1,80,621
- Pranav ‘R_U_SUAR’ Khandalkar – ₹1,21,610
- Deepak ‘Optimist’ Singh – ₹85,742
- Myron ‘mehhhhh’ Pereira – ₹69,516
- Aryan ‘bob_marley’ Singh – ₹54,998
- Amor Mio – ₹41,761
- Ikigaii – ₹30,488
- Satyam ‘GTOonTilt’ Verma – ₹22,289
FTS #42 – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 398
Re-entries – 86
Re-buys – 147
Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000
Places Paid – 55
Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma entered the blockbuster weekend on a high. The IOPC 14.0 Tuesday High champion bagged his first FTS silverware after ransacking a 631-strong field (398 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD FTS #42, winning the 5 PM tournament for ₹1.55 Lakhs. Arinjay ‘cyberyogi’ Khadke scored ₹98,400 as the runner-up.
Ashit Sharma had a profitable Friday run, raking in ₹2.65 Lakhs from the following finishes:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s FTS #42 for ₹1,55,200
> 37th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #45 Friday Titan for ₹41,300
> 6th in PokerStars India’s Micro Millions-28 [KO Low Roller] 6-Max for ₹36,062
> 42nd in Spartan Poker’s 1000X#32 (7-Max) Friday Prime for ₹19,458
> 34th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #43 Marathon for ₹12,600
Ashit Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.58 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.46 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #6 | Annual Winnings: ₹59.14 Lakhs
Gautam ‘kaana.raja’ Bansal (3rd for ₹71,120) and Biplob ‘hellhell’ Rana (4th for ₹57,520) were some other site regs on the FTS #42 final table.
The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament registered an overlay shortfall of ₹53,500, and 55 players benefitted from the value on offer.
Final Table Results
- Ashit ‘D. Carwin1’ Sharma – ₹1,55,200
- Arinjay ‘cyberyogi’ Khadke – ₹98,400
- Gautam ‘kaana.raja’ Bansal – ₹71,120
- Biplob ‘hellhell’ Rana – ₹57,520
- YashPokerGG – ₹45,520
- jethalaal – ₹35,040
- Aceboy – ₹26,080
- KAKAROT98$ – ₹18,880
₹25 Lakhs GTD FTS Marathon – Day 1A
Day 1A > Entries – 125 | Re-entries – 7 | Re-buys – 82 | Survivors – 30 | Chip Leader – Biplob ‘hellhell’ Rana (177,602)
FTS 6.0 Leaderboard Standings – Day 9
Gaurang ‘callmerockets’ Bhatti (3,331 points) has had a dream run in FTS 6.0. He won FTS #17 Triple Chance on Sunday and posted his fourth final table score in the series yesterday in FTS #44 Triple Chance, dethroning Laksh Pal Singh from the top spot in the FTS leaderboard standings.
Given Bhatti`s onslaught, Young Gun Laksh ‘b00mTilt23’ Pal Singh (2,999 points) has slipped to #2 in the standings after enjoying the lead for six days. Leaderboard crusher Bhanu ‘MafiaGaming’ Prakash KC (2,628 points) retains his #3 position.
Rank Player Points
1 Gaurang 'callmerockets' Bhatti 3,331
2 Laksh 'b00mTilt23' Pal Singh 2,999
3 Bhanu 'MafiaGaming' Prakash KC 2,628
4 Devendra 'thekid2003' Suthar 2,451
5 Vaidik ‘TripleH’ Murkar 2,389
6 Ashish 'Spewushhhiiiii' Ahuja 1,998
7 bloording_banger 1,977
8 Whateveh 1,926
9 Aryan 'bob_marley' Singh 1,897
10 Ravi 'Rvjn91' Jain 1,875
Ramesh ‘Flimflam’ Pathipati (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹46,500), ‘Sihan0716’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹37,740), ‘HaanMainBaazigar’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Sundowner – Triple Chance for ₹17,317), Nayan ‘HIGH FREQUENCY’ Patel (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up- Triple Chance for ₹16,407), Harshit ‘Ashwathama0026’ Dadhich (Won ₹50K GTD Turbo – Triple Chance for ₹13,458) and ‘aze’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹10,575) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
PokerBaazi
1000X#32 (7-Max) Friday Prime – ₹30 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 529
Re-entries – 552
Prize Pool – ₹32,43,000
Places Paid – 148
Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi pulled out a dominating run in PokerBaazi’s 1000X Series Friday headliner, ₹30 Lakhs GTD 1000X#32 (7-Max) Friday Prime. He powered through the 1,081-strong field (529 unique) in the 7:30 PM tournament to win his maiden 1000X title and a cool ₹4 Lakhs up top. The 1000X#19 finalist Dinesh ‘htc170209’ Kukreja finished runner-up for ₹2.43 Lakhs.
The first-ever Millionaire Series Main Event champion, Balodhi, posted another deep run in Millionaire Series Main Event, filling in ₹4.24 Lakhs total winnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.73 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.39 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #5
Circuit reg Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B (3rd for ₹1.95 Lakhs), Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan (4th for ₹1.57 Lakhs), and Thursday’s The Summit runner-up Nikhil ‘nikhil234880’ Agarwal (5th for ₹1.24 Lakhs) were the other known players on the 1000X#32 (7-Max) Friday Prime final table.
The ₹3,300 entry buy-in flagship posted a guarantee-crumbling ₹32.43 Lakhs prize pool. The top 148 places got paid.
Final Table Results
- Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi – ₹3,99,538
- Dinesh ‘htc170209’ Kukreja – ₹2,43,225
- Vinay ‘Vinstill’ B – ₹1,94,580
- Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan – ₹1,56,637
- Nikhil ‘nikhil234880’ Agarwal – ₹1,24,207
- letsplaypoker89 – ₹93,074
- Hrohit – ₹66,482
The Weekly HighRoller – ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 114
Re-entries – 78
Prize Pool – ₹19,20,000
Places Paid – 20
Lavesh ‘upay4myweed98’ Meena fired up an invigorating performance last night, posting ₹5.12 Lakhs in Friday earnings from two FT scores.
The Legend Poker Series Main Event finalist came close to scoring his first victory of the year in Adda52’s Friday Bounty but was made to settle for a runner-up payday worth ₹59,605. Undeterred, Meena shipped PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller a few hours later for a site-best ₹4.52 Lakhs, dusting off an over a 14-week-long title dry spell. The user ‘rema’ finished runner-up for ₹3.25 Lakhs.
Lavesh Meena’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.85 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹32.81 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra locked in ₹2.40 Lakhs from four deep runs (and one bounty), which include:
> 11th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #45 Friday Titan for ₹1,10,600
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹90,240
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#31 for ₹20,510
> 8th in PokerStars India’s Micro Millions-28 [KO Low Roller] for ₹17,504
Sanish Chhabra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.90 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1
JaiKiran ‘testify’ Kumar (4th for ₹1.70 Lakhs) was another notable on The Weekly HighRoller final table.
The ₹11,000 entry buy-in flagship drew 192 entries (114 unique), creating a ₹19.20 Lakhs prize pool. The top 20 players boarded the money bus.
Final Table Results
- Lavesh ‘upay4myweed98’ Meena – ₹4,52,160
- rema – ₹3,24,864
- 1299sanj – ₹2,46,336
- JaiKiran ‘testify’ Kumar – ₹1,69,920
- deep1221 – ₹1,27,680
- Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹90,240
(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 192
Re-entries – 117
Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000
Places Paid – 35
Samyak ‘stonedurrr’ Sethi is unstoppable. Just four days after winning PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) SPRINT, he championed the 9 PM tournament again last night – his third time overall.
Sethi – best known for winning the first-ever BTS Main Event – raced past 191 other contenders (309 total entries) in the ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT to collect ₹2.07 Lakhs and added ₹2.96 Lakhs across his Friday run from the following:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹2,06,520 (his third time winning the tournament)
> 5th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #44 Triple Chance for ₹57,500
> 16th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 (7-Max) Friday Prime for ₹32,430
Samyak Sethi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.36 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹30.37 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4
Laksh Pal ‘boomtlt23’ Singh worked up ₹3.08 Lakhs in Friday earnings from six ITM finishes.
His top Friday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,43,880
> 5th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹1,29,802
> 24th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #43 – Marathon for ₹16,500
Laksh Pal Singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.05 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.63 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #5
Anirban D ‘pottysingh’ Das reeled in ₹1.82 Lakhs across nine ITM finishes.
His top Friday finishes include:
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,03,200
> 8th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹53,760
> 14th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹4,345
Anirban D Das’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.88 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.15 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3
Sumanth ‘sp175’ Kumar (3rd for ₹1.22 Lakhs), the 2022 POY, Young Gun Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav (5th for ₹85,200), Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan (6th for ₹67,800), and Prashant ‘prashant031’ Pandagre (8th for ₹51,000) also FT-ed the ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT.
The ₹3,850 entry buy-in tournament registered an overlay shortfall of ₹1.19 Lakhs, with 35 players cashing in on the added value.
Final Table Results
- Samyak ‘stonedurrr’ Sethi – ₹2,06,520
- Laksh Pal ‘boomtlt23’ Singh – ₹1,43,880
- Sumanth ‘sp175’ Kumar – ₹1,22,400
- Anirban D ‘pottysingh’ Das – ₹1,03,200
- Anuj ‘brockLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹85,200
- Rajat ‘happyfish’ Mahajan – ₹67,800
- Prashant ‘prashant031’ Pandagre – ₹51,000
1000X#33 – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹880
Entries – 593
Re-entries – 525
Prize Pool – ₹8,94,000
Places Paid – 185
Arbaaz ‘Abbc’ Ahmed conquered the 1,118-strong field (593 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD 1000X#33 to win the lion’s share of the ₹8.94 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹1.17 Lakhs – marking his first top finish in a 1000X tournament and breaking a 14-week-long title slump. He chopped the 9 PM tournament heads-up with Mukesh ‘Mukeshahuja’ Ahuja (2nd for ₹1.03 Lakhs).
Arbaaz Ahmed also cashed 1000X#31 (40th for ₹3,430), posting ₹1.20 Lakhs in Friday winnings. His PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹30.53 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹10.94 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Mukesh Ahuja added ₹1.06 Lakhs from two ITM finishes yesterday, which include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#33 for ₹1,03,221
> 19th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹2,815
Mukesh Ahuja’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.25 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Wednesday’s The Pride runner-up finisher, Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik (5th for ₹33,987), and last night’s FTS #47 Turbo champion Kunal ‘symbolicchamp’ Agrawal (7th for ₹16,457) were other regs on the 1000X#33 final table.
The ₹880 entry buy-in marquee registered a 1,118-strong starting field (593 unique), generating a ₹8.94 Lakhs prize pool. The top 185 players skated past the money line.
Final Table Results
- Arbaaz ‘Abbc’ Ahmed – ₹1,16,980*
- Mukesh ‘Mukeshahuja’ Ahuja – ₹1,03,221*
- shraban56 – ₹71,552
- kidddd37 – ₹48,298
- Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik – ₹33,987
- bapuzamindar – ₹23,612
- Kunal ‘symbolicchamp’ Agrawal – ₹16,457
- Athung – ₹11,538
*denotes a heads-up deal
1000X#31 – ₹7 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹770
Entries – 463
Re-entries – 376
Prize Pool – ₹7,00,000
Places Paid – 155
The user ‘5betjam’ bested an 839-player field in PokerBaazi`s ₹7 Lakhs GTD 1000X#31, winning their maiden tournament title on the site and a personal-best ₹88,466 in prize money. The user ‘Daisy2307’ scored a better ₹89,404 as the runner-up, courtesy of a heads-up deal.
5betjam’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.63 Lakhs | Title Won in 2023: #1
Tuesday’s PLO-5 BOOST champion Varun ‘omniknight’ Meena placed fourth for ₹41,790 and accumulated ₹81,822 from eight deep runs (including two FT finishes).
His top Friday finishes include:
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#31 for ₹41,790
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s PLO-5 BOOST for ₹15,300
> 11th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹10,400
> 116th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 (7-Max) Friday Prime for ₹5,837
Varun Meena’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.36 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹49.51 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3
Vishwas ‘quickmaths’ Khanna (5th for ₹30,240) and last night`s The Weekly HighRoller finalist Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra (6th for ₹20,510) were the other know players on the 1000X#31 final table.
The ₹770 entry buy-in tournament had to fill in a glaring ₹1.13 Lakhs in overlays, and 143 players benefitted from the added value.
Final Table Results
- 5betjam – ₹88,466*
- Daisy2307 – ₹89,404*
- solagratia12 – ₹58,100
- Varun ‘omniknight’ Meena – ₹41,790
- Vishwas ‘quickmaths’ Khanna – ₹30,240
- Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹20,510
- yashh7 – ₹15,400
- arr86 – ₹11,130
* denotes a heads-up deal
(7-Max) Afternoon Boost – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 124
Re-entries – 95
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 41
After a string of FT scores earlier in the year, the user ‘onelove’ finally scored the elusive win on Friday. The mystery reg came out on top of a 219-player starting field (124 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost, taking down the daytime marquee for ₹82,000.
Onelove’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹13.51 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.97 Lakhs | Titles Won: #1
Shobhit ‘shobhit3373’ Naveen fell inches short of winning the Afternoon Boost title for the second time this year (third overall), banking ₹62,950 as the runner-up. He ran deep in two other PokerBaazi tournaments, (7-Max) SPRINT (15th for ₹18,000) and Daily Morning SPRINT (31st for ₹1,801), making for a Friday take-home worth ₹82,751.
Shobit Naveen`s online stats (PokerBaazi and Adda52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹33.52 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2
Wednesday’s FTS #33 champion, Rising Star Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh, finished sixth in Afternoon Boost for ₹19,650. He added ₹72,853 from six ITM finishes – two of them FT scores.
His top Friday finishes include:
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT for ₹22,410
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹19,650
> 41th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 (7-Max) Friday Prime for ₹19,458
> 23rd in Spartan Poker’s FTS #44 Triple Chance for ₹5,268
Aman Parakh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.89 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.90 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4
The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament registered an overlay loss of ₹62,000, and 41 players scored a payday.
Final Table Results
- onelove – ₹82,000
- Shobhit ‘shobhit3373’ Naveen – ₹62,950
- azzy0097 – ₹48,800
- skshahab – ₹37,350
- Noor4 – ₹27,100
- Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh – ₹19,650
- Shivam ‘daddyaddy’ Kumar Dubey – ₹15,900
1000X#30 (PLO-6) – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 309
Re-entries – 482
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 115
PokerBaazi reg ‘papajigope’ made their first top finish in the 1000X Series by taking down a 791-entry field in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD 1000X#30 (PLO-6) to win ₹42,324. A four-way deal in the 3 PM tournament earned Prabhas ‘prabzter’ Sharma (2nd for ₹42,464), ‘akjn90’ (3rd for ₹44,042), and Siddharth ‘FrancescoTotti’ Ranshevre (4th for ₹37,970) almost comparable cash prizes.
papajigope’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹16.51 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Prabhas Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹61.64 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2
The ₹550 entry buy-in tournament had 115 players taking a bite out of the ₹5 Lakhs guaranteed in prize money with the site filling in ₹1.04 Lakhs in overlays.
Final Table Results
- papajigope – ₹42,324*
- Prabhas ‘prabzter’ Sharma – ₹42,464*
- akjn90 – ₹44,042*
- Siddharth ‘FrancescoTotti’ Ranshevre – ₹37,970*
- BigJee – ₹22,200
- solagratia12 – ₹17,100
*denotes a four-way deal
1000X Leaderboard Standings – Day 8
The 2022 TLB leaderboard topper Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur (7,247 points) is still the runaway leader on the 1000X Series 3.0 leaderboard.
Dinesh ‘htc170209’ Kukreja (5,506 points) has taken a massive leap, jumping seven places to the #2 spot on the series leaderboard after his runner-up finish in 1000X#32 (7-Max) Friday Prime last night. The mystery user ‘vedprakash923’ (5,488 points) has slipped a rank to #3.
Rank Player Points
1 Rajneesh 'msdhoni' Thakur 7,247
2 Dinesh 'htc170209' Kukreja 5,506
3 vedprakash923 5,488
4 Gadadhar 'gd1921' Behera 5,486
5 Bhanu 'ChennaiNo1' Prakash KC 5,373
6 Prabhas 'prabzter' Sharma 4,990
7 Neeraj 'SelfClaimedPro' Kumar 4,859
8 Rafiq 'Mrkhan' Khan 4,854
9 RockingstarYash 4,669
10 Nikhil 'muraxion' Unnikrishnan 4,559
Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD 7-Max Midnight SPRINT for ₹45,470), cybro’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹42,110), ‘Shakeyanimal’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹35,040), ‘Ravee007’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 Boost for ₹34,630) and ‘DAZ006’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹33,710) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
Pocket52
Pocket Queens – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 124
Re-entries – 95
Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000
Places Paid – 34
Pocket52’s Magical March offering, ₹8 Lakhs GTD Pocket Queens, brought in 219 runners last night. The user ‘user1654179704’ outlasted them all to collect the lion’s share of ₹1.53 Lakhs, just as ‘John_wick1399’ finished runner-up for ₹1.12 Lakhs.
Final Table Results
- user1654179704 – ₹1,53,000
- John_wick1399 – ₹1,12,000
- allinpro – ₹72,000
- Soleiyu – ₹56,000
- futans – ₹40,000
- Narun11 – ₹32,000
‘user1654705244’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch for ₹44,000), ‘crocodile_rana70_14285795’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Soda for ₹21,000), ‘crocodile_rana70_14285795’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹21,000), and ‘Mention’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹17,250) won the other Pocket52 marquees.
IndiaPlays
IMPL Special – ₹1 Lakh GTD
Buy-in – ₹275
Entries – 122
Re-entries – 53
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
Places Paid – 43
IndiaPlays’s first-ever Micro Poker League kicked off yesterday. The user ‘Mformaut’ ran past a 175-player field in the biggest IMPL tournament of the day, ₹1 Lakh GTD IMPL Special, to win ₹21,000. ‘Rudraksh147’ came second for ₹15,000.
Final Table Results
- Mformaut – ₹21,000
- Rudraksh147 – ₹15,000
- Xoheb – ₹10,000
- Health – ₹7,200
- satyapoker – ₹4,250
- Mkrao188 – ₹3,700
- THXN5118 – ₹3,000
PokerStars India
Micro Millions-28 [KO Low Roller] 6-Max – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹4,400
Entries – 151
Re-entries – 138
Prize Pool – ₹11,56,000
Places Paid – 35
PokerStars India’s Micro Millions 5.0 is on the home stretch, with two days of action left to unfold. The series hosted six tournaments on Friday, and the top attraction was the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Micro Millions-28 [KO Low Roller].
Doing one better than his runner-up finish in Adda52`s Monster Turbo on Thursday, Advait ‘ronaldinho18’ Rajguru fired two bullets in the 8 PM tournament, eventually taking down the 289-strong field (151 unique) to win ₹2.40 Lakhs (₹1.44 Lakhs in bounties).
Tuesday’s FTS #30 Tuesday Grande (6-Max) runner-up finisher Sreekanth ‘LaganaHiToHai’ Narayan came up one short of the title again, netting ₹1.18 Lakhs (₹21,625 in bounties) in second place. He added ₹3.06 Lakhs from two final table scores last night, which include:
> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Micro Millions-28 [KO Low Roller] for ₹1,17,677
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #43 Marathon for ₹1,88,100
Sreekanth Narayan’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.72 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.04 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4
With an FTS silver medallion on his back, Ashit ‘Cringing’ Sharma boosted his online scorecard by ₹2.67 Lakhs by crossing the money line in six tournaments.
His top Friday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s FTS #42 for ₹1,55,200
> 6th in PokerStars India’s Micro Millions-28 [KO Low Roller] for ₹36,062
> 37th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #45 Friday Titan for ₹41,300
> 42nd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#32 (7-Max) Friday Prime for ₹19,458
> 34th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #43 Marathon for ₹12,600
Ashit Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.58 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.46 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #6
Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar put up ₹84,163 on his Friday tally from seven deep runs – including two top-10 finishes, which include:
> 8th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹39,000
> 5th in PokerStars India’s Micro Millions-28 [KO Low Roller] for ₹33,305
Neeraj Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.56 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.64 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #7 | Ranked #3 in the 2023 TLB (Points) Leaderboard
Young Gun Neel ‘Worm236’ Joshi (4th for ₹78,619) and Adwait ‘Adwait Pol’ Pol (7th for ₹24,064) were the other players on the Micro Millions-28 [KO Low Roller] final table.
With 289 entrants in the field, the ₹4,400 buy-in tournament comfortably surpassed its listed guarantee, collecting ₹11.56 Lakhs in the prize pool. The top 35 finishers got paid.
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
- Advait ‘ronaldinho18’ Rajguru – ₹2,39,771
- Sreekanth ‘LaganaHiToHai’ Narayan – ₹1,17,677
- sssss951 – ₹91,273
- Neel ‘Worm236’ Joshi – ₹78,619
- Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar – ₹33,305
- Ashit ‘Cringing’ Sharma – ₹36,062
- Adwait ‘Adwait Pol’ Pol – ₹24,064
Micro Millions-29 [Big Bubble] 8-Max – ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,375
Entries – 154
Re-entries – 137
Prize Pool – ₹3,63,750
Places Paid – 34
The 9.30 PM slotted Micro Millions marquee, PokerStars India’s ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD Micro Millions-29 [Big Bubble] 8-Max, drew 291 contenders (154 unique). ‘RishiG6’ fired two bullets in the ₹1,375 buy-in tournament before taking it down for ₹74,857 (₹40,142 in bounties). Site reg ‘PabloDEscobar’ finished runner-up for ₹40,644 (₹14,658 in bounties).
PabloDEscobar’s PokerStars India stats: Site Winnings: ₹33.55 Lakhs | Titles Won: #191
The 9.30 PM tournament collected a generous ₹3.64 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 34 finishers got paid.
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
- RishiG6 – ₹74,857 (Bounties: ₹40,142)
- PabloDEscobar – ₹40,644 (Bounties: ₹14,658)
- killeerbeee – ₹23,045
- sudhipoker7 – ₹16,122
- Pranjal ‘broke08’ Raut – ₹20,991
- Maniak God – ₹16,068
- MUDIT_MALL_420 – ₹13,089
- Er.sahab – ₹12,774
‘rpm282828’ (Won ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD Micro Millions-31 [Micro Express] for ₹29,356), ‘nuclear_bis’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Micro Millions-30 [Bounty Adrenaline] for ₹19,206), ‘tonyg202014’ (Won ₹75K GTD Micro Millions-26 [Super Stack, 8-Max] for ₹18,284), and ‘ola lambu’ (Won ₹50K GTD Micro Millions-27 [The Hot] for ₹10,959) won the other MicroMillions titles on PokerStars India.
Adda52
The Ballers – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹7,500
Entries – 166
Re-entries – 165
Prize Pool – ₹22,57,417
Places Paid – 34
Ranked #6 in all-time online winnings on our tracked database, Rajat ‘oshoswami’ Sharma reeled in his second flagship title this week, five days after winning FTS #19 Sunday Grande. The former banker outplayed 165 opponents (331 total entries) in Adda52’s The Ballers, winning the Friday tournament for the second time for ₹4.89 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with another well-known pro Vinay ‘vinay0902’ Rajpal (2nd for ₹4.18 Lakhs).
Sharma picked up another small cash in Spartan Poker’s FTS #43 Marathon (74th for ₹8,700), adding over ₹4.97 Lakhs in Friday earnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.32 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ~₹4.84 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #6
The recent ‘₹6 Crore Club‘ entrant Vinay Rajpal had a far more eventful Friday session, banking north of ₹5.34 Lakhs from six ITM finishes. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.08 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.21 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #
Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover (3rd for ₹2.48 Lakhs), Vishal ‘darky012’ Ojha (4th for ₹1.88 Lakhs), Laksh ‘boomtilt23’ Pal Singh (5th for ₹1.30 Lakhs) and the #2 ranked player in the annual TLB standings Rajneesh ‘rajneesh620’ Thakur (6th for ₹84,653) round out the 6-max The Ballers final table.
The ₹7,500 entry buy-in tournament filled in a profitable ₹22.57 Lakhs in the prize pool, distributed among the top 34 finishers.
Final Table Results
- Rajat ‘oshoswami’ Sharma – ₹4,88,510*
- Vinay ‘vinay0902’ Rajpal – ₹4,17,844*
- Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover – ₹2,48,316
- Vishal ‘darky012’ Ojha – ₹1,88,495
- Laksh ‘boomtilt23’ Pal Singh – ₹1,29,802
- Rajneesh ‘rajneesh620’ Thakur – ₹84,653
*denotes a heads-up deal
Dayanand ‘1God’ Prass (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹35,145), Kripansh ‘kripanshk’ Khosla (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD The Ballers Lite for ₹31,037), Rajneesh “rajneesh620” Thakur (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹29,253), Abhinav ‘Borntogamble’ Menon (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Kill Shot PLO Bounty for ₹25,818), Nakul ‘NakulSharma11’ Sharma (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹11,839) and Firoz “proff_z4” Khan (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹11,600) won the other Adda52 marquees.
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Daily Majors: Manish Lakhotia, Armaan Kochhar, Deepankur Gupta & Vivek Singh Take the Tuesday Flagships by Storm
Tuesday saw the regular marquees running across all the major poker platforms, and the turnouts were better than Monday. While the micro-low stake players had IndiaPlays’ rake-free The Dominator Series to keep them busy, we are sitting on the start of a hectic month.
The biggest-ever PokerBaazi’s ₹2 Crores GTD The MoneyMaker plays out today (March 1), and the action is bound to pick up further later in the week once the third edition of the brand’s 1000X Series starts on Friday, March 3. That`s not all, as star attractions like PokerBaazi`s National Poker Series India 2023 and Spartan Poker’s Final Table Series 6.0 get going soon.
Coming to the Tuesday recap, Manish Lakhotia topped the charts by raking in a hefty ₹5.11 Lakhs across five deep runs, including a smashing four FT scores. He championed PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for the second time for ₹2.10 Lakhs and made FT appearances in The Endeavour (5th for ₹1.31 Lakhs), Daily Value Boost (3rd for ₹86,700), and PokerStars India’s Highroller (6th for ₹59,556).
Sunday’s BTS Main Event finalist Devendra Suthar collected ₹1.46 Lakhs for his runner-up finish in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) SPRINT.
The lawyer-turned-poker-pro Armaan Kochhar banked the day`s single-biggest score in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller (6-Max), winning the 9 PM flagship for the second time in two weeks for ₹4.83 Lakhs. The mystery reg ‘David2000’ collected ₹3.26 Lakhs in second place.
The first-ever Top Liners champion Deepankur Gupta took down PokerBaazi’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Endeavour for ₹3.06 Lakhs (won ₹3.71 Lakhs overall) – reeling in his seventh title of the year. He chopped the title three-way with ‘Asamita4545’ (2nd for ₹2.74 Lakhs), and the 2022 POY, Young Gun Anuj Yadav (3rd for ₹2.58 Lakhs) (won at least ₹2.99 Lakhs overall).
The former The Millionaire champion Vivek Singh ended a three-month title jinx with a victory march in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack, winning the Tuesday flagship for the second time for ₹3.18 Lakhs (won ₹3.34 Lakhs overall).
India’s first WSOP bracelet winner Aditya Sushant posted a hefty ₹3.68 Lakhs across deep runs in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack (2nd for ₹2.51 Lakhs), PokerStars India’s Highroller (5th for ₹77,286), and PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT (8th for ₹39,699).
After finishing runner-up in Adda52’s The Mint twice this year, the user ‘9X8X8X3X6X’ finally won the Tuesday tournament last night, banking a site-best ₹3.92 Lakhs (their second title on the site). The #2 ranked player of 2022, Ashish Ahuja, came second for ₹2.32 Lakhs.
The IOPC 10.0 The Crown champion Laksh Pal Singh shipped PokerStars India’s Highroller for the seventh time for ₹2.19 Lakhs (won ₹2.36 Lakhs overall) – busting a three-week-long title drought. Abhishek Sonu scored a runner-up payday of ₹1.69 Lakhs (won ₹1.89 Lakhs overall).
Ashit Sharma, Neha Kamath, Puneet Sachan, Clinton Tavares, Mohit Savargaonkar, Yash Swaika, Aditya Parashar, Prateek Tibrewal, Sanjay Mohan, Gurpal Singh, Ankuprasad Aryan, and Kamal Punjabi won the other Tuesday marquees.
Here are the Tuesday highlights!
Spartan Poker
Mega Stack – ₹16 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹4,400
Entries – 200
Re-entries – 46
Rebuys – 156
Prize Pool – ₹16,08,000
Places Paid – 31
With an impressive 13 final table scores in the last three months, Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh was long overdue for a top finish, and he ended the title jinx on Tuesday. The former The Millionaire champion pulled out a trailblazer of a run in Spartan Poker’s ₹16 Lakhs GTD Mega Stack, storming past a stacked 402-strong field (200 unique) to win the 8 PM Tuesday flagship for the second time for ₹3.18 Lakhs.
Singh, ranked 10th in all-time winnings on our tracked database, made another deep run in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour (43rd for ₹15,820), adding ₹3.34 Lakhs overall. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.09 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.87 Crores| Titles Won in 2023: #1 | Annual Winnings: ₹22.41 Lakhs
India’s first WSOP bracelet winner Aditya ‘SuperuSer’ Sushant, posted a hefty ₹3.68 Lakhs from three deep runs – two of them FT finishes.
His Tuesday finishes include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹2,51,081
> 5th in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹77,286
> 8th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹39,699
Aditya Sushant’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.80 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.29 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4 | Annual Winnings: ₹62.30 Lakhs
Pavan ‘Rootahua Machi’ Kiran B (3rd for ₹1.61 Lakhs), Rohit ‘Hulk66’ Singh (4th for ₹1.31 Lakhs), Rahul ‘Klopp’ Sharma (5th for ₹1.04 Lakhs), and Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh (7th for ₹57,406) also FT-ed the Mega Stack.
The ₹4,400 entry buy-in tournament collected ₹16.08 Lakhs in the prize pool, and 31 players crossed the money line.
Final Table Results
- Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh – ₹3,17,990
- Aditya ‘SuperuSer’ Sushant – ₹2,51,081
- Pavan ‘Rootahua Machi’ Kiran B – ₹1,61,443
- Rohit ‘Hulk66’ Singh – ₹1,30,891
- Rahul ‘Klopp’ Sharma – ₹1,03,555
- Sagar97706 – ₹78,631
- Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh – ₹57,406
- Devil_Fish12 – ₹41,969
Tuesday High Roller (6-Max) – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 93
Re-entries – 37
Rebuys – 62
Prize Pool – ₹19,20,000
Places Paid – 17
Returning after a Monday break, Armaan ‘Archie Karas’ Kochhar banked the single-biggest score last night. The lawyer-turned-poker-pro fired four bullets in Spartan Poker’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Tuesday High Roller (6-Max) before storming past a reg-laden field of 92 other players (192 total entries), winning the 9 PM flagship for the second time in two weeks for ₹4.83 Lakhs. The mystery reg ‘David2000’ pocketed ₹3.26 Lakhs in second place.
Armaan Kochhar’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.70 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.79 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4
Last week’s Destiny 26.0 runner-up finisher Shalvin ‘tigress83’ Vohra (3rd for ₹2.12 Lakhs) and former The Millionaire champion Anmol ‘Dead money’ Narang (4th for ₹1.76 Lakhs) were other notables on the 6-Max Tuesday High Roller final table.
The top 17 finishers earned a share of the ₹19.20 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Armaan ‘Archie Karas’ Kochhar – ₹4,83,072
- David2000 – ₹3,26,400
- Shalvin ‘tigress83’ Vohra – ₹2,12,160
- Anmol ‘Dead money’ Narang – ₹1,75,680
- Abhimanisha – ₹1,41,696
- O Monstro – ₹1,11,744
Daily Turbo (6-Max) – ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 160
Re-entries – 40
Rebuys – 112
Prize Pool – ₹4,68,000
Places Paid – 27
The former (7-Max) Daily SPRINT winner Neha ‘bugsy3’ Kamath made a grand debut on Spartan Poker yesterday. She registered in three tournaments on the site and shipped the biggest one she played, the ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Turbo (6-Max), for ₹1.04 Lakhs – picking up her maiden title of the year!
Neha Kamath’s online stats (Spartan Poker and PokerBaazi): Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.90 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹64,256 | Titles Won in 2023: #1
The 9:30 PM tournament registered a 312-strong starting field. Last night’s Monster Stack finalist Rahul ‘Godfather10’ Purohit (2nd for ₹69,966) and upcoming pro Gopal ‘Mamacita’ Bajaj (5th for ₹31,309) made the 6-Max final table.
The ₹1,650 entry buy-in Daily Turbo registered ₹4.68 Lakhs in the prize pool, and 27 players crossed the money line.
Final Table Results
- Neha ‘bugsy3’ Kamath – ₹1,03,662
- Rahul ‘Godfather10’ Purohit – ₹69,966
- prince1993 – ₹48,157
- GodsMessenger – ₹39,265
- Gopal ‘Mamacita’ Bajaj – ₹31,309
- Madmoney005 – ₹24,055
Mohit ‘OfcourseOfcourse’ Savargaonkar (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹50,229), ‘pshark’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹37,292), ‘R.K.K’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Hold’em PKO for ₹25,153), Ankuprasad ‘Jerry Maguire’ Aryan (Won ₹75K GTD Striker – PKO for ₹23,647), ‘pokergur’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up – Triple Chance for ₹19,484), ‘CleverMonkey’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Sundowner – Triple Chance for ₹17,137), ‘High Stack’ (Won ₹50K GTD Monster Stack 6 Card PLO for ₹14,575), ‘Broken3’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹10,575) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
PokerBaazi
The Endeavour – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 227
Re-entries – 225
Prize Pool – ₹22,60,000
Places Paid – 49
The first-ever Top Liners champion, Deepankur ‘Dp179’ Gupta, entered March on a solid note. He fired three bullets in PokerBaazi’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Endeavour, eventually taking down the 452-player field (227 unique) to win ₹3.06 Lakhs (his seventh title of the year).
Gupta chopped the Tuesday headliner three-way with ‘Asamita4545’ (2nd for ₹2.74 Lakhs), and the 2022 POY, Young Gun Anuj ‘brockLesnary95’ Yadav (3rd for ₹2.58 Lakhs).
Deepankur Gupta raked in ₹3.71 Lakhs last night across six deep runs, which include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹3,06,462* (3-way deal)
> 10th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹39,360
> 30th in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹10,397
> 18th in Spartan Poker’s Daily Turbo for ₹5,616
> 33d in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹5,610
> 48th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹3,806
Deepankur Gupta’s online stats (Spartan Poker and PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.47 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.13 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4
Poker phenom Anuj Yadav also scored in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) SPRINT (19th for ₹15,270) and PokerStars India’s High Roller (₹25,780), adding at least ₹2.99 Lakhs across his Tuesday run.
The Endeavour fifth-place finisher Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia went the distance in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT, winning the 9 PM tournament for the second time for ₹2.10 Lakhs. With ₹5.11 Lakhs in Tuesday earnings from five ITM scores, Lakhotia was the Tuesday chartbuster.
Pranay ‘5pranay’ Chaudhry (6th for ₹1,06,672) and Puneet ‘bonomo’ Mishra (7th for ₹84,524) were others on the 8-max The Endeavour final table.
The ₹5,500 entry buy-in tournament generated a guarantee-crushing ₹22.60 Lakhs prize pool, and 49 players got paid.
Final Table Results
- Deepankur ‘Dp179’ Gupta – ₹3,06,462*
- Asamita4545 – ₹2,74,110*
- Anuj ‘brockLesnary95’ Yadav – ₹2,58,114*
- charcol – ₹1,57,070
- Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹1,30,628
- Pranay ‘5pranay’ Chaudhry – ₹1,06,672
- Puneet ‘bonomo’ Mishra – ₹84,524
- johanbaazi – ₹64,410
*denotes a three-way deal
(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 223
Re-entries – 126
Prize Pool – ₹12,21,000
Places Paid – 35
Last week’s Tuesday HighRoller champion Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia extended his strong showing in the POY race with a fantastic Tuesday outing, rounding out a hefty ₹5.11 Lakhs from five deep runs – including a smashing four FT finishes. The Siliguri-based pro, currently ranked #6 in the annual rankings, most notably overcame a 349-strong field (223 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT, winning the 9 PM tournament for the second time for ₹2.10 Lakhs.
Sunday`s BTS Main Event finalist Devendra ‘thablack’ Suthar collected a runner-up payday of ₹1.46 Lakhs.
Lakhotia’s Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹2,10,220 (his second time winning the tournament)
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹1,30,628
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹86,700
> 6th in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹59,556
> 14th in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹23,798
Seasoned pro Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani pocketed ₹1.23 Lakhs across two ITM finishes, overtaking Abhinav Iyer to move to #7 in the POY race.
His Tuesday finishes include:
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,05,049
> 30th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹18,080
Sahil Mahboobani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.18 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.30 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | Moves to #7 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma (5th for ₹86,727), Anmolraj Singh ‘PINCIOTTI’ Chawla (6th for ₹69,015), and Sanjay ‘sanjaykotak’ Khanna (7th for ₹51,914) were others on the (7-Max) SPRINT final table.
The ₹3,850 entry buy-in tournament generated a guarantee-smashing ₹12.21 Lakhs prize pool, and 35 players got paid.
Final Table Results
- Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹2,10,220
- Devendra ‘thablack’ Suthar – ₹1,46,458
- Moneymaker91 – ₹1,24,593
- Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani – ₹1,05,049
- Rajat ‘LungFakeer’ Sharma – ₹86,727
- Anmolraj Singh ‘PINCIOTTI’ Chawla – ₹69,015
- Sanjay ‘sanjaykotak’ Khanna – ₹51,914
Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 375
Re-entries – 305
Prize Pool – ₹10,20,000
Places Paid – 113
IOPC January 2023 Tuesday High champion, Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma took eight and a half hours to vanquish a guarantee-crossing 680-strong field (375 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost to win ₹1.45 lakhs – posting his first title victory since taking down Adda52`s Monster Turbo on February 2.
The user ‘aaryaa77’ fell one short of the finish line in the 7:30 PM tournament, banking a cool ₹1.10 Lakhs in second place.
Online reg Ashit Sharma made another decent in-the-money run in The Endeavour (15th for ₹28,250), accumulating ₹1.74 Lakhs across his Tuesday grind. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.47 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.43 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #5
Last night`s (7-Max) SPRINT champion Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia (3rd for ₹86,700), Arvind ‘arvind919’ Khorwal (6th for ₹28,968) and Monday’s The Big Show finalist Parag ‘vix786’ Shah (7th for ₹21,012) were the other known players on the Daily Value Boost final table.
The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament registered 13 players over the advertised guarantee, and the top 113 finishers got paid.
Final Table Results
- Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹1,45,350
- aaryaa77 – ₹1,10,364
- Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹86,700
- Pamposter – ₹56,100
- Winer28 – ₹41,820
- Arvind ‘arvind919’ Khorwal – ₹28,968
- Parag ‘vix786’ Shah – ₹21,012
- Vardatic – ₹17,238
(7-Max) Afternoon Boost – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 161
Re-entries -128
Prize Pool – ₹5,78,000
Places Paid – 53
PokerBaazi reg ‘Heisenbergj’ ransacked a 289-entry field in the site’s 2 PM offering, ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost, winning the daytime marquee for the fourth time (at least) for ₹89,359. Hours before taking down the (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT, site reg ‘prashant1982’ posted a runner-up finish in the Afternoon Boost, banking ₹67,684.
Heisenbergj’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹20.81 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹8.42 Lakhs | Titles Won: #14
The mid-stakes crusher, Suraj ‘MR8BEAST’ N Yadav, ran hot throughout February, FT-ing as many as 13 tournaments. Yesterday, he rounded out the Afternoon Boost podium, collecting ₹52,540 in third place and added ₹72,033 from four deep runs, which include:
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹52,540
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT for ₹10,256
> 11th in Spartan Poker’s Daily Turbo (6 Max) for ₹7,842
> 51st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹1,395
Suraj N Yadav’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.71 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3
The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament dished out ₹5.78 Lakhs in prize money to the top 53 finishers.
Final Table Results
- Heisenbergj – ₹89,359
- prashant1982 – ₹67,684
- Suraj ‘MR8BEAST’ N Yadav – ₹52,540
- AffableSatan – ₹39,015
- sevenpockets – ₹27,571
- rawkasid – ₹19,536
- shouryax – ₹15,953
(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 166
Re-entries – 118
Prize Pool – ₹5,68,000
Places Paid – 53
The 2022 G.O.A.T runner-up Puneet ‘puneetdurr111’ Sachan broke an over six-month-long title dry spell with a victory march in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT. He outplayed a stacked 284-entry field (166 unique) in the 7:15 PM tournament to collect ₹78,049 (his second-best finish of 2023), striking a heads-up deal with the ever-consistent Shrey ‘Kingsb30’ Baj (2nd for ₹76,277).
Sachan made another ITM finish in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost, netting ₹88,555 overall.
His Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹78,049* (heads-up deal)
> 13th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹10,506
Puneet Sachan’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.15 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹68.95 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Well-known reg Siddharth ‘GangnamGangi’ Gangwar added ₹59,715 from three deep runs on Tuesday, which include:
> 10th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹39,550
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹15,677
> 42nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹4,488
Siddharth Gangwar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.29 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.67 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | Finished #19 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
Saturday’s Head Shot Bounty champion Jatin ‘patience124’ Sablani (4th for ₹38,340) also FT-ed the (7-Max) Daily SPRINT.
The top 53 finishers got a share from the ₹5.68 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Puneet ‘puneetdurr111’ Sachan – ₹78,049*
- Shrey ‘Kingsb30’ Baj – ₹76,277*
- thebullu – ₹51,631
- Jatin ‘patience124’ Sablani – ₹38,340
- DogaXII – ₹27,094
- arctrus – ₹19,198
- Siddharth ‘GangnamGangi’ Gangwar – ₹15,677
- pingu – ₹13,064
*denotes a heads-up deal
‘prashant1982’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD 7-Max Midnight SPRINT for ₹52,890), Clinton ‘clintontavares’ Tavares (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹51,900), ‘Whoarewe’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹48,880), ‘FireonNuts’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹46,700), Yash ‘yswaika’ Swaika (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 BOOST for ₹44,270), Aditya ‘adityalucky’ Parashar (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹34,900), Sanjay ‘smr1g10’ Mohan (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹33,950), ‘Sihan’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹28,440), ‘Mujhejitado’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD SPRINT for ₹25,310), ‘Badshah05’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Afternoon PLO-5 BOOST for ₹21,340), and ‘Badshah05’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 BOOST for ₹21,150) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
IndiaPlays
TDS -Texas – ₹100K GTD
Buy-in – ₹600
Entries – 113
Rebuys – 20
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
Places Paid – 31
IndiaPlays user ‘MritynjoyLaha’ ran past a 133-player field in the ₹100K GTD Texas to win ₹23,000, just as ‘Fun2sh’ fell out in second place for ₹15,000.
Final Table Results
- MritynjoyLaha – ₹23,000
- Fun2sh – ₹15,000
- Krohit15 – ₹11,250
- Guddu99 – ₹7,250
- Health – ₹4,500
- Darkfountain218 – ₹3,750
- Starlight – ₹3,000
PokerStars India
Highroller – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹7,700
Entries – 69
Re-entries – 47
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 15
Crossing over a relatively slow February, the IOPC January 2021 The Crown champion Laksh ‘B00MTilt23’ Pal Singh scooped up a nifty ₹2.36 Lakhs from four deep runs in Tuesday tournaments. He scored the title breakthrough in PokerStars India’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Highroller, outlasting a 69-player field (116 total entries) to collect ₹2.19 Lakhs (his seventh time winning the tournament) – busting a three-week-long title drought.
Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu earned ₹1.69 Lakhs for his second-place finish in the 8:45 PM flagship.
Laksh Pal Singh`s Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹2,19,186 (his seventh time winning the tournament)
> 42nd in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹8,797
> 52nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹4,488
> 50th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹3,806
Laksh Pal Singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.24 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4 | Finished #20 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
Abhishek Sonu posted ₹1.89 Lakhs from three ITM finishes – and he FT-ed two tournaments on PokerStars India.
His Tuesday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹1,68,902
> 14th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹10,506
> 6th in PokerStars India’s Uppercut for ₹9,817
Abhishek Sonu’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.19 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹49.52 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #8
Last night’s Mega Stack runner-up finisher, Aditya ‘serendipity789’ Sushant, put up ₹3.65 Lakhs on his Tuesday tally from three deep runs, which include:
> 2nd in SpartanPoker’s Mega Stack for ₹2,47,961
> 5th in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹77,286
> 8th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹39,699
Aditya Sushant’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.83 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.28 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4
Faiz ‘LFGgggg’ Alam scored ₹94,130 across a litany of deep runs, which include:
> 7th in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹45,893
> 14th in SpartanPoker’s Tuesday HighRoller for ₹25,013
> 21st in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹11,996
> 17th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹8,066
> 89th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,162
Young Gun Karan ‘The Annihilator’ Radia (3rd for ₹1,30,154), last night`s top scorer Manish ‘theoldestkid’ Lakhotia (6th for ₹59,556), Niraj ‘Niraj2401’ Munka (8th for ₹35,365) and Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (9th for ₹30,194) were other known players on the Highroller final table.
The ₹7,700 entry buy-in tournament filled in a significant ₹1.88 Lakhs in overlays, and 15 players cashed in on the added value.
Final Table Results
- Laksh ‘B00MTilt23’ Pal Singh – ₹2,19,186
- Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu – c
- Karan ‘The Annihilator’ Radia – 1,30,154
- ASG 961 – ₹1,00,295
- Aditya ‘serendipity789’ Sushant – ₹77,286
- theoldestkid – ₹59,556
- Faiz ‘LFGgggg’ Alam – ₹45,893
- Niraj ‘Niraj2401’ Munka – ₹35,365
- Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹30,194
‘tush.patil17’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Uppercut for ₹51,251), Gurpal ‘twizelll’ Singh (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹28,572), ‘Royalking7424’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline [6-Max] for ₹13,200), and Kamal ‘kamalpunjabi’ Punjabi (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹13,632) won the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
The Mint – ₹14 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 240
Re-entries – 217
Prize Pool – ₹15,99,501
Places Paid – 49
After two runner-up finishes in Adda52’s ₹14 Lakhs GTD The Mint earlier this year, the user ‘9X8X8X3X6X’ finally got the job done last night. The mystery player outlasted a 457-strong field (240 unique) in the Tuesday primetime tournament, banking a site-best ₹3.92 Lakhs (their second title on the site).
9X8X8X3X6X’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹13.86 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹5.97 Lakhs | Titles Won: #2
The #2 ranked player of 2022, Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (opted out of tracking), almost won The Mint title for the second time this year, reeling in a runner-up payday worth ₹2.32 Lakhs.
Top pro Vaibhav ‘alienrobot’ Sharma added ₹2.15 Lakhs from four deep runs, which include:
> 3rd in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹1,59,950
> 10th in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹25,780
> 21st in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹17,366
> 6th in Adda52’s Voyager for ₹11,625
Vaibhav Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.28 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.96 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4
Rubin ‘kornkif’ Labroo (4th for ₹1.20 Lakhs), this week’s Sunday Superstack finalist Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan (7th for ₹43,986), and the #2 ranked player in the annual TLB (points) leaderboard, Rajneesh ‘rajneesh620’ Thakur (8th for ₹35,989) were other notables picking up final table scores in The Mint.
The 8 PM flagship generated a profitable ₹15.99 Lakhs prize pool, and 49 players got a share of the spoils.
Final Table Results
- 9X8X8X3X6X – ₹3,91,878
- Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja – ₹2,31,928
- Vaibhav ‘alienrobot’ Sharma – ₹1,59,950
- Rubin ‘kornkif’ Labroo – ₹1,19,963
- Mrblue – ₹79,975
- MoscowChikna – ₹55,983
- Sreekanth ‘n0thing’ Narayan – ₹43,986
- Rajneesh ‘rajneesh620’ Thakur – ₹35,989
‘sagar1102’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Voyager for ₹77,500), ‘gggg9627’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹35,200), Prateek ‘tibrewalprateek’ Tibrewal (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹34,580), ‘nik006’ (Won ₹1.40 Lakhs GTD The Mint Lite for ₹23,087), ‘piyusujay’ (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹12,271), ‘Sreekanthgowda’ (Won ₹40K GTD Morning Adda for₹11,817), ‘ganu12’ (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹10,721) and ‘Unmesh100’ (Won ₹30K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹10,433) won the other Adda52 marquees.
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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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Daily Majors: Snehil Aggarwal, Ashit Sharma, Shailesh Patel & Akansha Sehgal Grab Top Scores on Monday
While January 1 had witnessed a dip in traffic with most players recovering from their new year’s celebration, January 2 saw an uptick in numbers. PokerBaazi’s 1000X Series 2.0 commenced on Sunday, ensuring MTTs a wide range of lucrative guaranteed tournaments to choose from. Day 2 of the series had four events on the tap, and we saw most flagship events surpass their posted guarantees.
In two days (January 5) is PokerStars India’s fifth edition of the Winter Series will kick off, and we hear the upcoming edition will be the biggest-ever, promising over ₹3 Crores in guaranteed prizes!
The Monday chartbuster this week was Snehil Aggarwal, who made a victory run in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#8 Monday Prime to collect a hefty ₹2.93 Lakhs in the first place.
Hot on Aggarwal’s trail was the well-known reg Ashit Sharma who won PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for an incredible third time, pocketing the top prize of ₹1.99 Lakhs up top. As Sharma collected ₹2.09 Lakhs on Monday, he crossed the ₹5 Crore milestone in recorded online winnings! Last November’s FTS Big Game third-place finisher Siddharth Kadel came in second for ₹1.32 Lakhs (won ₹1.73 Lakhs overall).
Last August’s FCS #84 High Saturday Celebration winner, Shagun Kanodia, took down Spartan Poker’s Monday headliner, The Rainmaker, for ₹2.01 Lakhs (his third-best score on the site), following a heads-up deal with the first-ever PokerGuru Challenge champion, Shailesh Kumar Patel (2nd for ₹1.93 Lakhs).
Adda52 user ‘Lsdouthere’ captured the Iron Man title for a site-best ₹2 Lakhs. Ajay Agrawal finished runner-up for ₹1.21 Lakhs.
Akansha Sehgal won her first title in over ten months in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#9, pocketing the top prize of ₹1.38 Lakhs (her second-best score on the site) – adding to ₹1.40 Lakhs in Monday winnings. Laxmi Narayan Meena finished runner-up for ₹1.07 Lakhs.
PokerStars India user ‘uncrypted’ took down the Eliminator [8-Max] to collect ₹1.05 Lakhs.
Prem Chand Gope (Won 1000X#7 (PLO-5) for ₹60,235) and ‘Hailsatan’ (Won 1000X#6 for ₹74,970) also won 1000X titles, both cutting three-way deals in the respective events.
Sankalp Marwah, Mohak Kapoor, and Rudramani Pokhrel won the other Monday marquees.
Here are the Monday highlights!
PokerBaazi
1000X#8 Monday Prime – ₹18 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,980
Entries – 715
Re-entries – 803
Prize Pool – ₹27,32,000
Places Paid – 190
Snehil ‘snehil99’ Aggarwal (opted out of tracking) was the Monday chartbuster on PokerBaazi as he overcame the 1,518-strong entry field in the site’s ₹18 Lakhs GTD 1000X#8 Monday Prime, lapping up the top prize of ₹2.93 Lakhs. Mystery player ‘ppfac20’ collected ₹1.83 Lakhs in second place.
Parag ‘vix786’ Shah rounded out ₹1.27 Lakhs across three ITM finishes which include:
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s ₹1000X#8 Monday Prime for ₹1,24,324
> 115th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#9 for ₹1,935
Parag Shah’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.50 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹11.77 Lakhs
Final Table Results
- Snehil ‘snehil99’ Aggarwal – ₹2,92,913
- ppfac20 – ₹1,83,071
- Anant Babu ‘flattery’ Pallikona – ₹1,53,561
- Parag ‘vix786’ Shah – ₹1,24,324
- Tarush ‘Busterr’ Gupta – ₹95,361
- Rishabh ‘thenewpokerkid’ Fialoke – ₹66,944
- Jyoti ‘akqj1717’ Pandey – ₹49,183
- Kunal ‘symbolicchamp’ Agrawal – ₹40,986
The Big Show – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 191
Re-entries – 199
Prize Pool – ₹11,70,000
Places Paid – 49
Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma reeled in his first title in five weeks last night, opening his scorecard for 2023 in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Big Show while hitting the ₹5 Crores milestone in tracked online winnings. Sharma ran past the 390-player field in the ₹3,300 buy-in tourney, eventually clinching the title and the ₹1.99 Lakhs up top – his third time winning the event! The FTS Big Game third-place finisher Siddharth ‘CARDashian66’ Kadel collected ₹1.32 Lakhs in second place.
Ashit Sharma’s Monday haul was approximately ₹2.09 Lakhs, as he also cashed another three events. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.02 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.34 Crores
Siddharth Kadel squeezed out ₹1.73 Lakhs across five cashes, which include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹132,210
> 10th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#8 Monday Prime for ₹34,155
> 23rd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹2,760
Siddharth Kadel’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.32 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹28.76 Lakhs
Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur added ₹1.38 Lakhs to his online bankroll on the back of three ITM finishes, which include:
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹1,02,726
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for ₹33,511
> 42nd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#7 (PLO-5) for ₹1,904
Rajneesh Thakur’s online stats: ₹5.39 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹84.15 Lakhs
Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra netted ₹58,503 across two cashes, which include:
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹55,224
> 170th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#8 Monday Prime for ₹3,279
Sanat Mehrotra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.46 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.71 Crores
Final Table Results
- Ashit ‘nexus010’ Sharma – ₹1,99,251
- Siddharth ‘CARDashian66’ Kadel – ₹1,32,210
- Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹1,02,726
- Aishwary ‘czarash’ Sharma – ₹81,315
- Kashish ‘kashish007’ Gupta – ₹67,626
- Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹55,224
- Shashikant ‘15Shasha’ Yadav – ₹43,758
- silentkiller25 – ₹33,345
1000X#9 – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹880
Entries – 651
Re-entries – 622
Prize Pool – ₹10,18,000
Places Paid – 220
Akansha ‘gogikaran’ Sehgal won her first title in over ten months by taking down PokerBaazi’s 9 PM marquee, the ₹8 Lakhs GTD 1000X#9, for ₹1.38 Lakhs (her second-best score on the site). Laxmi ‘thedude7’ Narayan Meena finished runner-up for ₹1.07 Lakhs.
Akansha Sehgal also cashed the Daily Boost (43rd for ₹1,770), locking in ₹1.40 Lakhs overall. Her online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹55.21 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹8.17 Lakhs
Laxmi Narayan Meena scored in the 1000X#7 (PLO-5) (90th for ₹1,270), netting ₹1.08 Lakhs in winnings. His online stats (excluding Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹21.93 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.51 Lakhs
The ₹880 buy-in tourney garnered 1,273 entries, posting a guarantee-smashing ₹10.18 Lakhs prize pool. The top 220 finishes grabbed a piece of the prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Akansha ‘gogikaran’ Sehgal – ₹1,37,790
- Laxmi ‘thedude7’ Narayan Meena – ₹1,06,932
- Md ‘NAZIM’ Nazim – ₹78,620
- Jasvir88 – ₹52,957
- Aditya ‘pnutbutterbacon’ Navalkar – ₹37,681
- Onni ‘Onimalhotra’ Malhotra – ₹26,275
- Hardik ‘HARDIKHARDIK’ Nair – ₹18,128
- dedpul – ₹12,628
1000X#6 – ₹6 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹660
Entries – 628
Re-entries – 666
Prize Pool – ₹7,76,000
Places Paid – 220
Vaibhav ‘Hailsatan’ Tyagi emerged victorious over the 1,294-player field in the ₹6 Lakhs GTD 1000X#6, eventually cutting a three-way deal to claim the title and the ₹74,970 up top. Dhirendra Kumar ‘dhirekum’ Chauhan collected ₹82,831 in second place, while third-place finisher ‘pokerdolt’ grabbed the biggest payout among the three, amounting to ₹88,706.
Vaibhav Tyagi also ITM-ed the Daily Morning SPRINT (19th for ₹2,158) , lapping up ₹77,128 on Monday. Their Monday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#6 for ₹74,970
> 19th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹2,158
‘Hailsatan’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹10.20 Lakhs | Titles Won: #8
Dhirendra Kumar Chauhan also FT-ed the 1000X#7 (PKO-5) in seventh place, adding ₹92,565 to his scorecard.
Final Table Results
- Vaibhav ‘Hailsatan’ Tyagi – ₹74,970*
- Dhirendra Kumar ‘dhirekum’ Chauhan – ₹82,831*
- pokerdolt – ₹88,706*
- Kamal ‘bagdadi345’ Joshi – ₹40,373
- avenger4583 – ₹28,727
- benjr – ₹20,031
- danielng07 – ₹13,820
- Rafiq ‘Mrkhan’ Khan – ₹9,627
*denotes a three-way deal
1000X#7 (PLO-5) – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 432
Re-entries – 626
Prize Pool – ₹5,29,000
Places Paid – 185
PokerBaazi loyalist Prem ‘lastbluff’ Chand Gope topped the 1,058-entry field in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD 1000X#7 (PLO-5), to clinch his fifth title on the site, along with ₹60,235 up top, following a three-way deal with ‘tattyabicchu’ (2nd for ₹64,961) and ‘thankgod’ (3rd for ₹47,364).
Prem Chand Gope’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹21.39 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹9.60 Lakhs | Titles Won: #5
Puneet ‘bonomo’ Mishra scored in four tourneys, pocketing ₹54,456 overall, which include:
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#7 (PLO-5) for ₹28,566
> 63rdin PokerBaazi’s 1000X#8 Monday Prime for ₹10,930
> 30th in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹9,360
> 34th in Adda52’s Iron Man for ₹5,600
Puneet Mishra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.88 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹33.70 Lakhs
The 5 PM marquee surpassed its advertised guarantee by ₹29,000, and the top 185 places were paid.
Final Table Results
- Prem ‘lastbluff’ Chand Gope – ₹60,235*
- tattyabicchu – ₹64,961*
- thankgod – ₹47,364*
- Puneet ‘bonomo’ Mishra – ₹28,566
- Vivek ‘Vivek769’ Rawat – ₹20,102
- Siddharth ‘Sidash21’ Ojha – ₹13,966
- Dhirendra ‘dhirekum’ Kumar Chauhan – ₹9,734
- shouryax – ₹6,824
*denotes a three-way deal
‘handysam’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹47,580), Sankalp ‘wobbegong’ Marwah (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹36,320), ‘kombucha’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 BOOST for ₹33,710), ‘PriyamMahajan’ (Won (7-Max) ₹1 Lakh GTD SPRINT for ₹33,570), Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO Boost Monster for ₹26,510), and ‘thnakgod’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 BOOST for ₹24,760) also bagged titles on PokerBaazi.
Spartan Poker
The Rainmaker – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 196
Re-entries – 74
Rebuys – 123
Prize Pool – ₹11,79,000
Places Paid – 39
Last August’s FCS #84 High Saturday Celebration winner, Shagun ‘Gungun224’ Kanodia, triumphed over the 197-player field in Spartan Poker’s 8 PM flagship, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Rainmaker, taking home a cool ₹2.01 Lakhs (his third-best score on the site). Before closing out his over four-month-long title dry spell, Kanodia struck a heads-up deal with the first-ever PokerGuru Challenge champion, Shailesh ‘MrShailesh’ Kumar Patel, with the latter locking up ₹1.93 Lakhs for his runner-up finish.
Shagun Kanodia’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹15.58 Lakhs | Titles Won: #3
Shailesh Kumar Patel collected ₹2.04 Lakhs through three ITM finishes which include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s The Rainmaker for ₹1,92,473
> 15th in PokerStars India’s Eliminator for ₹7,241
> 112th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#8 Monday Prime for ₹4,372
Shailesh Kumar Patel’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹18.66 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹6.30 Lakhs
The ₹3,300 buy-in tourney generated a ₹11.79 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 39 runners crossed the money line.
Final Table Results
- Shagun ‘Gungun224’ Kanodia – ₹2,01,078*
- Shailesh ‘MrShailesh’ Kumar Patel – ₹1,92,473*
- Arunkumar ‘denoi’ Singh – ₹1,14,953
- Ritika ‘Sweetie12’ Kumari – ₹92,787
- Suraj ‘MR.BEAST’ N Yadav – ₹72,744
- Amit ‘Penguin071’ Gaikwad – ₹55,059
- Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal – ₹40,440
- Mohit ‘OfcourseOfcourse’ Savargaonkar – ₹29,711
*denotes a heads-up deal
Deepstack Turbo – ₹3 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 170
Re-entries – 68
Rebuys – 106
Prize Pool – ₹3,44,000
Places Paid – 31
Spartan Poker user ‘BeastPitamah’ overcame the 344-strong entry field in the ₹3 Lakhs GTD Deepstack Turbo, collecting the top prize of ₹72,756. ‘MaestroEric’ finished runner-up for ₹44,856.
BeastPitamah’s Spartan Poker’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹78,732 | Lifetime Profits: ₹48,797| Titles Won in 2023: #1
Final Table Results
- BeastPitamah – ₹72,756
- MaestroEric – ₹48,986
- themager – ₹34,538
- Harpreet ‘AZA16’ S Gurditta – ₹28,002
- limestone – ₹22,154
- Sanchit ‘scofield1210’ Nag – ₹16,822
- Shirou Emiya – ₹12,281
- Jackpro13 – ₹8,978
‘monu2405’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹52,824), ‘LowBlowNuts’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹36,288), ‘Scud’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Dark Knight for ₹27,500), ‘pshark’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹24,196), and ‘The Fiend’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹7,809) won the other titles on Spartan Poker.
Pocket52
Pocket Jacks – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 139
Re-entries – 115
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 38
Pocket52 network user ‘Tomer021’ stormed through a 254-entry field in the site’s Monday primetime offering, the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks taking home the lion’s share of the prizepool worth ₹74,000 in the first place.
Site reg ‘Idries’ fell inches short of bagging the 8 PM marquee title by inches, placing second for ₹52,000.
Final Table Results
- Tomer021 – ₹74,000
- Idries – ₹52,000
- spotless_henderson19_20629989 – ₹36,000
- agent999_X7t71UPXrR – ₹28,000
- adityalucky – ₹20,000
- Monu12121 – ₹16,000
‘england69_epgXzJY1V6’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Soda for ₹16,500), ‘63##.513##37_5411480’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹16,500), and ‘shershaah’ (Won ₹60K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹12,600) won the other Pocket52 marquees on Monday.
MPL Poker
Monday Money Mania – ₹1 Lakh GTD
Buy-in – ₹275
Total Entries – 456
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
Places Paid – 85
MPL Poker user ‘sandyy0000’ outlasted a 456-player field in the site’s Monday marquee, the ₹1 Lakh GTD Monday Money Mania, banking ₹22,800 in first-place prize money. Site user ‘retrodamage6107’ finished second for ₹13,110.
Final Table Results
- sandyy0000 – ₹22,800
- retrodamage6107 – ₹13,110
- royalflush7 – ₹7,068
- sanamoo7 – ₹5,700
- kingking69 – ₹4,560
- prathikjain – ₹3,420
- 90*****510 – ₹2,850
- raceidol168177 – ₹2,394
PokerStars India
Eliminator [8-Max] – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 112
Re-entries – 115
Total Prize Pool – ₹5,16,652
Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,58,326
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,58,326
Places Paid – 23
PokerStars India user ‘uncrypted’ ransacked a 227-entry field in the site’s 8 PM Monday offering, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Eliminator [8-Max], bagging away the top finisher’s due worth ₹1.05 Lakhs (₹59,852 in bounties). User ‘merlion30’ placed second for ₹66,239 (₹21,409 in bounties).
uncrypted’s PokerStars India stats: Site Winnings: ₹2.64 Lakhs | Site profits: ₹18.28 Lakhs | No. of titles won: 36
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
- uncrypted – ₹104,682
- merlion30 – ₹66,239
- Gokul’ Haxton Jr’ Raj – ₹40,048
- Wanabepro299 – ₹46,631
- Faiz’ LFGgggg’ Alam – ₹20,409
- Vishnu ‘violator2018’ Khandelwal – ₹17,730
- Yash ‘Reeraiser21’ Chitre – ₹21,157
- kapv710 – ₹14,909
‘Nawabmh49’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹31,574), ‘RageAce00’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Super Stack 8-Max for ₹30,906), and ‘isshaan’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO [8-Max] for ₹11,467), and ‘porwal0205’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline [6-Max] for ₹12,635) won the other titles on PokerStars India.
Adda52
Iron Man – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,400
Entries – 175
Re-entries – 143
Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000
Places Paid – 34
‘Lsdouthere’ was the last player in Adda52’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD Iron Man and took home a site-best ₹2 Lakhs up top – 10x more payout than their previous site best finish. Ajay ‘maybe59’ Agrawal (opted out of tracking) placed second for ₹1.21 Lakhs.
Lsdouthere’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹5.42 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
The recent ₹3 Crore club entrant, Areyann ‘paisenikalbc’ Gurbaxani, reeled in ₹44,331 in Monday winnings across four deep runs, which include:
> 6th in Adda52’s Iron Man for ₹30,000
> 40th in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹8,190
> 19th in Adda52’s Voyager for ₹2,750
> 59th in 1000X#9 for ₹3,361
His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.02 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹62.65 Lakhs
The ₹2,400 buy-in MTT clocked in 318 participants to leave an overlay of ₹1 Lakh, and the top 34 places got paid.
Final Table Results
- Lsdouthere – ₹2,00,000
- Ajay ‘maybe59’ Agrawal – ₹1,21,200
- PapaTumhare97 – ₹88,000
- Honey ‘ho9ey’ Bijlani – ₹66,800
- Comedypoker – ₹46,000
- Areyann ‘paisenikalbc’ Gurbaxani – ₹30,000
‘Sathriyan88’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Voyager for ₹68,625), ‘falsify’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹30,059), Rudramani ‘rud1478’ Pokhrel (Won ₹40K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹13,041), ‘Unmesh100’ (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹10,890), and ‘prakhargupta0808’ (Won ₹50K GTD Evening Adda for ₹10,020) won the other titles on Adda52.
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