The virtual felts were brimming with action on Wednesday, with the Final Table Series and National Poker Series once again churning out several breakout winners!

In the mad rush to win FTS medallions and NPS medals, the one player that stood out yesterday was Pavankiran Bellamkonda. Last year`s IOPC – Sunday Prime winner, Bellamkonda, topped the Wednesday charts after overcoming a guarantee-crushing field full of regs in FTS #24 – Big Game on Spartan Poker for career-best ₹12.29 Lakhs. He chopped the title heads-up with Tuesday’s NPS#16 Sprint winner, Young Gun Arsh Grover (2nd for ₹10.82 Lakhs).

Nishant Kumar was another relatively new name on top of the Wednesday charts. The satellite qualifier scored an insane ROI on his investment as he shipped PokerBaazi’s NPS#19 Double Jump for a personal-best ₹8.70 Lakhs. The Game Changer 4.0 champion, JaiKiran Kumar, finished runner-up for ₹6.10 Lakhs.

Last week`s Trending Thursday champion Jyoti Ranjan Nayak notched up another standout score by taking down Spartan Poker`s FTS #25 for ₹5.52 Lakhs and his first FTS silver medallion. Arunkumar Singh secured a runner-up payday worth ₹3.44 Lakhs.

Ayush Arora struck gold in PokerBaazi’s NPS #22 SPRINT (5-Max), winning the event for ₹3.52 Lakhs and his first NPS gold medal. Saransh Garg came second for ₹2.47 Lakhs.

The 2020 India Poker Champion Rubin Labroo came out on top in Adda52’s Maverick to win ₹3.07 Lakhs. He struck a three-way deal with Vinay B (2nd for ₹2.29 Lakhs) and PokerGuru Ambassador Ratul Steves (3rd for ₹2.13 Lakhs).

Arun Sriram is officially on a heater of a lifetime. Just two days after taking down FTS #14, the entrepreneur-cum-poker reg bagged his career-first NPS gold medal in PokerBaazi’s NPS#18 PKO Bout, pocketing ₹2.93 Lakhs. Avijit Jaiswal came second for ₹1.74 Lakhs, cementing his place at the top of the NPS Podium Leaderboard.

Tuesday`s NPS #15 Deepdive champion Ankit Bajaj went back-to-back as he won the NPS Freezeout for ₹1.88 Lakhs, picking up his second NPS gold medal on consecutive days. He chopped the title with Sumanth Kumar (2nd for ₹1.83 Lakhs).

Ravindra Arora (Won ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD FTS #23 for ₹1.41 Lakhs via a heads-up deal) and ‘hulk0111’ (Won ₹6.50 Lakhs GTD FTS #22 for ₹1.15 Lakhs via a heads-up deal) won the other FTS medallions yesterday.

Jimmy Arora (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD NPS#21 for ₹1.39 Lakhs via a heads-up deal) and Arijit Chatterjee (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD NPS#17 Hyper Sprint (5-Max) for ₹1.31 Lakhs) round out the list of NPS title winners.

Debneil Mukherjee, Harsh Dembla, Narendra Valuurupalli, Mohak Kapoor, Siddharth Kumar, Tapan Mansotra, Nitesh Mallanar, and Md Nazim won the other Wednesday marquees.

Here are the Wednesday highlights!

Spartan Poker

The fourth edition of the Final Table Series currently underway on Spartan Poker (and partner sites BLITZPOKER and PokerHigh) crossed the mid-way mark yesterday. Day 6 of FTS 4.0 had four events running, offering a collective ₹1.06 Crores in prize pool guarantees.

FTS #24 – Big Game – ₹70 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹4,400

Entries – 270

Re-entries – 97

Rebuys – 119

Prize Pool – ₹72,90,000

Places Paid – 55

Pavankiran ‘Rootahua Machi’ Bellamkonda had a breakout Wednesday run as he overcame a reg-laden 486-entry field in Spartan Poker`s ₹70 Lakhs GTD FTS #24 – Big Game, collecting a career-best ₹12.29 Lakhs, the FTS Gold Medallion, and a seat on the FTS The Masters Table. Tuesday’s NPS#16 Sprint champion, Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover, missed out on bagging back-to-back titles and had to settle for a runner-up payday worth ₹10.82 lakhs, courtesy of a heads-up chop.

Last year`s IOPC – Sunday Prime winner, Pavankiran Bellamkonda, also cashed FTS #25 (65th for ₹7,905), banking an impressive ₹12.37 Lakhs (cumulatively). His smashing mid-week run has pushed him past the ₹1 Crore mark in tracked online earnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.05 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹25.12 Lakhs | Annual Winnings: ₹37.35 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2

MTT phenom Arsh Grover ITM-ed a total of six events yesterday, adding ₹11.18 Lakhs to his burgeoning poker bankroll. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.98 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.82 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹74.71 Lakhs

PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha (10th for ₹1.15 Lakhs), Sanket ‘GentleMonster’ Arora (11th for ₹1.15 Lakhs), Mayank ‘bairaagee’ Shekhar (16th for ₹79,461), Young Gun Anuj ‘tittooTauji’ Yadav (17th for ₹79,461), Ayush ‘Tabono’ Garg (18th for ₹72,171), Vijendra ‘mukuw’ Sharma (19th for ₹72,171), and Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik (20th for ₹72,171) were others who posted a deep run in the Wednesday flagship.

Final Table Results

1. Pavankiran ‘Rootahua Machi’ Bellamkonda – ₹12,28,888*
2. Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover – ₹10,82,041*
3. Siddhanth ‘PluRibu$’ Kripalani – ₹6,48,081
4. Zen_Master – ₹5,24,151
5. Akshat ‘doubledown’ Sharma – ₹4,14,801
6. papertiger – ₹3,19,302
7. Prakash ‘Robin Van Charsi’ Gupta – ₹2,37,654
8. Kshithesh ‘tobirama’ Siraboina – ₹1, 72,044

*denotes a heads-up deal

FTS #25 – ₹22 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 464

Re-entries – 159

Rebuys – 338

Prize Pool – ₹28,83,000

Places Paid – 87

Last week`s Trending Thursday champion Jyoti ‘joey114114’ Ranjan Nayak clinched his second title in under a week with a victory lap in the ₹22 Lakhs GTD FTS #25, banking a personal-best ₹5.52 Lakhs and his first FTS silver medallion. Spartan Poker reg Arunkumar ‘denoi’ Singh pocketed ₹3.44 Lakhs in second place.

Jyoti Ranjan Nayak’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.94 Crores| Titles Won in 2022: #2

The ₹3,300 buy-in event attracted 961 entries, collecting a guarantee-crushing ₹28.83 Lakhs (over 30% more than its listed guarantee).

Final Table Results

1. Jyoti ‘joey114114’ Ranjan Nayak – ₹5,52,095
2. Arunkumar ‘denoi’ Singh – ₹3,43,654
3. Sanat ‘orhem3001’ Mehrotra – ₹2,45,920
4. Nijesh Patel – ₹1,90,278
5. Ayush ‘Tabono’ Garg – ₹1,49,916
6. Sunil ‘bababk’ Arora – ₹1,17,338
7. hutu001 – ₹86,778
8. Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹59,678

FTS #23 – ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 409

Re-entries – 100

Rebuys – 343

Prize Pool – ₹8,52,000

Places Paid – 71

Ravindra ‘Raju2229’Arora came out on top in Spartan Poker`s ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD FTS#23, winning a site-best ₹1.41 Lakhs. A heads-up deal saw Mithilesh ‘StrangeSadhu’ Choubey pocketing ₹1.27 Lakhs in second place.

Ravindra Arora’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹13.61 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.48 Lakhs

Final Table Results

1. Ravindra ‘Raju2229’ Arora – ₹1,40,766
2. Mithilesh ‘StrangeSadhu’ Choubey – ₹1,27,273
3. Anuj ‘tittooTauji’ Yadav – ₹74,209
4. Vikram ‘MentalScience’ Mishra – ₹58,447
5. No Hope – ₹45,923
6. Nitin ‘NITINABD’ Rawat – ₹35,869
7. Jasonroyce – ₹27,008
8. Ishaan ‘potripper16’ Bhatia – ₹18,829

FTS #22 – ₹6.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 373

Re-entries – 93

Rebuys – 287

Prize Pool – ₹6,77,700

Places Paid – 63

Spartan Poker user ‘hulk0111’ topped the 753-entry field in the ₹6.50 Lakhs GTD FTS #22, winning the FTS silver medallion and a site-best ₹1.15 Lakhs. The user chopped the title heads-up with ‘princeOpoker’ (2nd for ₹99,047).

‘Hulk0111’`s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹3.09 Lakhs.

Upcoming streamer Animesh ‘animeshth’ Thakur ITM-ed three events, collectively adding ₹73,919. His ITM finishes include:

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #22 for ₹47,100

> 2nd in Adda52’s Nighttide DST Adda for ₹24,146

> 97th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#18 PKO Bout for ₹2,673

Final Table Results

1. hulk0111 – ₹1,14,767*
2. princeOpoker – ₹99,047*
3. Akshit ‘alwaysgud’ Madan – ₹59,299
4. Animesh ‘animeshth’ Thakur – ₹47,100
5. Jhoncarter – ₹36,935
6. Goonjan ‘gmtesting’ Mall – ₹28,938
7. Vikram ‘MentalScience’ Mishra – ₹21,754
8. Gokul ‘The Greek Freak’ Raj – ₹15,452

*denotes a heads-up deal

The ₹30 Lakhs-added FTS 4.0 leaderboard still has Nitin ‘NITINBAD’ Rawat (3,184 points) in the lead with the player completing his fifth consecutive day at the #1 position. Vikram ‘MentalScience’ Mishra (2,242 points) and Rahul ‘Vasili Arkipov’ Lal (1,864 points) are in hot pursuit, with Young Gun Anuj Yadav (1,728 points) climbing up to #4.

FTS 4.0 Leaderboard Standings After Day 6

Narendra ‘bahubali007’ Valuurupalli (Won Monster Stack ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹58,125) and ‘Aces_utg’ (The Centurion ₹50K GTD for ₹7,387) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

PokerBaazi

NPS#19 Double Jump – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 304

Re-entries – 129

Prize Pool – ₹43,30,000

Places Paid – 54

Nishant ‘rektace’ Kumar, who had sattied his way into the ₹25 Lakhs GTD NPS#19 Double Jump, booked an insane ROI on the investment as he took down the event for a career-best ₹8.70 Lakhs, also winning the prestigious NPS gold medal. The Game Changer 4.0 champion JaiKiran ‘testify’ Kumar collected the NPS silver medal and ₹6.10 Lakhs in prize money.

Nishant Kumar made another ITM finish in NPS#17 Hyper Sprint (65th for ₹2,121), adding ₹8.72 Lakhs (cumulatively). His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹79.42 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.81 Lakhs

JaiKiran Kumar lapped up a collective ₹6.12 Lakhs on the back of two ITM finishes that include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#19 Double Jump for ₹6,10,097

> 43rd in Spartan Poker’s FTS #22 for ₹2,425

Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani cashed three events for a take-home of ₹4.02 Lakhs. His ITM finishes include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s NPS#19 Double Jump for ₹3,92,298

> 30th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#20 NPS Freezeout for ₹6,247

> 60th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹3,750

The #2 ranked player on the NPS Series Leaderboard and Podium Leaderboard standings, Rohit ‘ChubbyGhost’ Begwani, made away with a collective ₹3.14 Lakhs last night, including a fourth-place finish in NPS#19 Double Jump worth ₹2.90 Lakhs.

Final Table Results

1. Nishant ‘rektace’ Kumar – ₹8,70,330
2. JaiKiran ‘testify’ Kumar – ₹6,10,097
3. Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani – ₹3,92,298
4. Rohit ‘ChubbyGhost’ Begwani – ₹2,90,110
5. gd1921 – ₹2,17,799
6. Bhumi ‘bossyyyy’ Sanket Shah – ₹1,74,499
7. Rahul ‘slowroller’ Melwani – ₹1,45,488
8. Adarsh ‘lazygamer007’ Subham – ₹1,16,044

NPS#22 SPRINT (5-Max) – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 607

Re-entries – 789

Prize Pool – ₹20,94,000

Places Paid – 144

Ayush ‘thesetminer’ Arora came out trumps in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD NPS#22 SPRINT (5-Max), winning his first NPS gold medal and ₹3.52 Lakhs in prize money (his second-best career finish). Saransh ‘saransh004’ Garg won the NPS silver medal and a ₹2.47 Lakhs cash prize.

Ayush Arora’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹35.21 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹6.26 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #1

The 9:30 PM event blew the advertised guarantee to smithereens with the final prize pool touching ₹20.94 Lakhs (over 2X the listed guarantee).

Final Table Results

1. Ayush ‘thesetminer’ Arora – ₹3,51,792
2. Saransh ‘saransh004’ Garg – ₹2,46,673
3. Varun ‘omniknight’ Meena – ₹1,59,982
4. Ankit ‘ankit9300’ Mathani – ₹1,18,520
5. Harmeet ‘gurmeet786’ Kour – ₹88,367

NPS#18 PKO Bout – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 403

Re-entries – 447

Prize Pool – ₹12,75,000

Places Paid – 99

It`s official! Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram is on a heater of a lifetime. Two days after clinching the FTS medallion in the ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD FTS #14 on Spartan Poker, Sriram added an NPS gold medal to his crowded trophy cabinet. The 38-year-old poker player from Bengaluru was the last player standing in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD NPS#18 PKO Bout and won ₹2.93 Lakhs (includes ₹66,556 in bounties).

Avijit ‘SwangoRay’ Jaiswal pocketed ₹1.74 Lakhs (includes ₹15,456 in bounties) and the NPS silver medal in second place, cementing his place at the top of the NPS Podium Leaderboard.

Last night, Arun Sriram notched up five ITM finishes, altogether banking ₹3.84 Lakhs. His ITM finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s NPS#18 PKO Bout for ₹2,92,996

> 5th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#20 NPS Freezeout for ₹56,017

> 16th in PokerBaazi’s NPS#22 Sprint for ₹18,427

> 48th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #25 for ₹11,244

> 18th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #22 for ₹6,303

Arun Sriram’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.69 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹91.07 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5 | Annual Winnings: ₹62.68 Lakhs | Ranked #20 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

1. Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram – ₹2,92,996
2. Avijit ‘SwangoRay’ Jaiswal – ₹1,73,944
3. Ganesh ‘Ganesh24’ Durgade – ₹1,12,444
4. Dhaval ‘Faizal1506’ Doshi – ₹77,801
5. Manish ‘KHATIDRAGON’ Jangid – ₹61,755
6. Siddharth ‘GangnamGangi’ Gangwar – ₹47,846
7. Yoanatanwar – ₹46,448
8. Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni – ₹48,157

NPS#20 NPS Freezeout – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Total Entries – 403

Prize Pool – ₹10,07,000

Places Paid – 40

The first multi-flight event at NPS 2.0, ₹10 Lakhs GTD NPS#20 NPS Freezeout, played down to a winner last night. The ₹2,750 buy-in event registered a player field of 403 runners from two starting flights, just about surpassing its listed guarantee by ₹7,000.

Coming in fresh after clinching his first-ever NPS gold medal in NPS#15 Deepdive the day before, Ankit ‘Psycorp’ Bajaj went back-to-back by taking down NPS Freezeout for ₹1.88 Lakhs. A heads-up chop saw Sumanth ‘sp175’ Kumar taking home ₹1.83 Lakhs in second-place prize money.

Ankit Bajaj scored in three events yesterday, pocketing ₹2.44 Lakhs. His ITM finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s NPS Freezeout for ₹1,87,885

> 24th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #24 – Big Game for ₹50,980

> 45th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹5,250

Ankit Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.86 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.08 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #3 | Annual Winnings: ₹50.97 Lakhs | Ranked #35 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Final Table Results

1. Ankit ‘Psycorp’ Bajaj – ₹1,87,885*
2. Sumanth ‘sp175’ Kumar – ₹1,83,379*
3. Ritwik ‘Ritwikkhanna’ Khanna – ₹1,06,392
4. Siddharth ‘Siddonuts’ Pandey – ₹73,245
5. Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram – ₹56,017
6. Deepankur ‘Dp179’ Gupta – ₹45,237
7. Achintya ‘achu0614’ Acharya – ₹36,975
8. Sanjeeta ‘realkidsanju’ Kumari – ₹29,117

*denotes a heads-up deal

NPS#21 PLO5 Slam Dunk – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 338

Re-entries – 622

Prize Pool –