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Daily Majors: Saransh Garg, Raghav Chauhan, Anuj Yadav, Vivek Singh & Vishal Bajaj Rake in the Top Scores on Wednesday
Wednesday witnessed another electrifying day of online action, and Spartan Poker’s India Turbo Masters 2.0 was once again the driving force that kept the tempo in top gear!
The freshly-minted The Millionaire champion Saransh Garg took the ITM tourneys by storm last night, cashing three of them for almost ₹7.20 Lakhs (overall) and crossing ₹1 Crore in online profits. He banked the day’s single-largest score worth ₹6.38 Lakhs in Spartan Poker’s ITM #37 Wednesday Big, winning his second ITM tournament in four days. PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek Singh (2nd for ₹4.31 Lakhs) and Aditya Singh (3rd for ₹2.80 Lakhs) locked in podium finishes.
The day`s biggest guaranteed tournament, Spartan Poker`s ITM #36 Wednesday Supersonic, ended in a heads-up deal b/w the mystery reg Vishal ‘Alicent Hightower‘ Tulsyan (1st for ₹4.66 Lakhs) and the #1 ranked player of the year Young Gun Anuj Yadav (2nd for ₹4.61 Lakhs).
PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal Bajaj makes the headlines for the third time this week. A day after missing out on the ITM #30 Tuesday Big title and three days after championing the ITM #18 Blizzard, Bajaj nailed Adda52’s Maverick for ₹3.82 Lakhs (won ₹3.91 Lakhs overall).
Snehil Aggarwal kept his September heater going by shipping Spartan Poker’s ITM #38 DST for ₹2.46 Lakhs. Akshat Sharma finished runner-up for ₹1.57 Lakhs.
Shakti Soni (Won ITM #35 Hyper for ₹62,880), Anant Malik (Won ITM #33 Hyper 5-Max for ₹63,450), ‘Scud’ (Won ITM #34 Multi-Entry Turbo for ₹48,510), and Sameer Sharma (Won ITM #34 PLO 4 Bounty for ₹38,984) won the other India Turbo Masters tournaments on Wednesday.
Sandy Lamba shipped PokerBaazi`s The Pride for the second time last night for ₹2.06 Lakhs, winning his first title in almost seven months. Lamba won his entry into the event through a ₹165 buy-in satellite and ended up chopping the top prize three-way with ‘intervntion’ (anonymity requested) (2nd for ₹2.02 Lakhs) & yesterday`s breakout winner Raghav Chauhan (3rd for ₹1.86 Lakhs).
The lawyer turned poker pro Armaan Kochhar conquered PokerStars India’s Night on Stars, winning the mid-week marquee for the second time for ₹1.01 Lakhs. Deepesh Raka collected ₹77,285 as the runner-up.
The ranked #4 in the POY standings, Young Gun Arsh Grover, unlocked a significant benchmark after his Wednesday grind. He ITM-ed two events for ₹1.05 Lakhs in net winnings, becoming the third player on our tracked database after Gaurav Sood & Ashish Ahuja to cross ₹12 Crores in recorded online earnings.
Aman Chouhan, Sanish Chhabra, Kaleem Pasha, Rajneesh Thakur, Kamlesh Raul, Sandeep Varma RS, Sankalp Marwah, and Aabhas Bandlish won the other Wednesday marquees.
Here are the Wednesday highlights!
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Spartan Poker
Spartan Poker`s India Turbo Masters 2.0 had a cracking Wednesday lineup with seven events on the tap.
ITM #36 Wednesday Supersonic (7-Max) – ₹22 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹6,600
Entries – 215
Re-entries – 83
Rebuys – 165
Prize Pool – ₹27,78,000
Places Paid – 39
Tuesday`s biggest draw, Spartan Poker`s ₹22 Lakhs GTD ITM #36 Wednesday Supersonic, saw the 463-player starting field whittling down to a heads-up playoff b/w the mystery reg ‘Alicent Hightower‘ & the #1 ranked player of the year Young Gun Anuj Yadav.
Last week’s Thursday High Roller fourth place finisher ‘Alicent Hightower,’ who signed up on Spartan Poker with the House of Dragons-inspired moniker just two weeks ago, ended up taking down the event for a site-best ₹4.66 Lakhs.
Anuj Yadav, chasing his first title in over five weeks, collected a comparable ₹4.61 Lakhs in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal, pulling ahead of the aggressive advances of Sahil Chutani in the POY race.
Alicent Hightower’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹10.26 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹6.24 Lakhs | Titles Won: #1
Anuj Yadav’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.31 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.98 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #19 | Annual Winnings: ₹3.36 Crores | Ranked #1 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #2 in Annual Profits
Anant ‘Dr.infinitipower’ Malik had a field day in the ITM marquees yesterday! He won the ITM #33 Hyper and cashed another two events for ₹2.38 Lakhs (overall), crossing ₹50 Lakhs in tracked online winnings.
His Wednesday finishes include:
> 5th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #36 Wednesday Supersonic (7-Max) for ₹1,71,403
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s ITM #33 Hyper (5-Max) for ₹63,450
> 15th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #34 Multi-Entry Turbo for ₹3,293
Anant Malik’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹52.07 Lakhs| Titles Won in 2022: #2
Raghav ‘sariyaa’ Chauhan was one of the day`s top scorers and fired up FT runs in three flagship tournaments, rounding up an impressive ₹5.03 Lakhs (overall).
His Wednesday FT finishes include:
> 5th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #37 Wednesday Big (6 Max) for ₹1,87,083
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹1,86,423
> 6th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #36 Wednesday Supersonic (7-Max) for ₹1,29,733
Raghav Chauhan’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.27 Crores| Lifetime Profits: ₹43.53 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #7 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.23 Crores
The ₹6,600 buy-in event collected a guarantee-crushing ₹27.78 Lakhs and paid out the top 39 places.
Final Table Results
- Alicent Hightower – ₹4,65,993*
- Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹4,61,304*
- Maddhav ‘maddhav’ Kohli – ₹2,70,855
- anand85 – ₹2,18,629
- Anant ‘Dr.infinitipower’ Malik – ₹1,71,403
- Raghav ‘sariyaa’ Chauhan – ₹1,29,733
- Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹95,285
*denotes a heads-up deal
ITM #37 Wednesday Big (6-Max) – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹16,500
Entries – 91
Re-entries – 35
Rebuys – 43
Prize Pool – ₹25,35,000
Places Paid – 17
The titles keep coming to Saransh ‘TerrorGandhi$’ Garg, and the top MTT reg made the mid-week headlines with panache. The freshly-minted The Millionaire champion took the India Turbo Masters tourneys by storm last night, cashing three of them for almost ₹7.20 Lakhs (overall), breaching ₹1 Crore in online profits.
His Wednesday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s ITM #37 Wednesday Big for ₹6,37,806 (his second ITM title in four days)
> 6th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #38 DST for ₹57,404
> 27th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #36 Wednesday Supersonic for ₹24,446
Saransh Garg’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.13 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.01 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #17 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.65 Crores
PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh (2nd for ₹4.31 Lakhs) and Aditya ‘Ben K Rolle’ Singh (3rd for ₹2.80 Lakhs) secured podium finishes in ITM #37 Wednesday Big.
The ₹16,500 buy-in high roller tournament collected ₹25.35 Lakhs in the prize pool and paid out 17 places.
Final Table Results
- Saransh ‘TerrorGandhi$’ Garg – ₹6,37,806
- Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh – ₹4,30,950
- Aditya ‘Ben K Rolle’ Singh – ₹2,80,118
- Harshad ‘Epic Whale’ Barve – ₹2,31,953
- Raghav ‘sariyaa’ Chauhan – ₹1,87,083
- Laksh ‘b00mTilt23’ Pal Singh – ₹1,47,537
ITM #38 DST – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 247
Re-entries – 88
Rebuys – 173
Prize Pool – ₹12,70,000
Places Paid – 47
Snehil ‘gaurav_arsh’ Aggarwal has been on a trailblazing run this month, having already won three flagships and posting runner-up finishes in two others! He took down his maiden ITM title yesterday, outlasting a 508-player field in Spartan Poker’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD ITM #38 DST to collect ₹2.46 Lakhs.
Akshat ‘doubledown’ Sharma (2nd for ₹1.57 Lakhs) and ‘hutu001’ (3rd for ₹1.18 Lakhs) locked in podium finishes in the 9:30 PM tournament.
Snehil Aggarwal’s top September finishes include:
> 2nd PokerBaazi’s 1000X#28 Super Saturday for ₹3,26,310 on September 17
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹2,92,594 on September 16
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹2,76,360 on September 21
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s ITM #38 DST for ₹2,45,772 on September 28
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Bounty Builder HR for ₹2,29,955 on September 20
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s The Rainmaker for ₹2,11,500 on September 19
Final Table Results
- Snehil ‘gaurav_arsh’ Aggarwal – ₹2,45,772
- Akshat ‘doubledown’ Sharma – ₹1,57,226
- hutu001 – ₹1,17,856
- Soodhukavvum – ₹95,377
- Sahil ‘d0nkish’ Mahboobani – ₹75,184
- Saransh ‘TerrorGandhi$’ Garg – ₹57,404
- Devendra ‘thablack’ Suthar – ₹42,164
- AllGhilliedUp – ₹30,988
Shakti ‘Allineveryone’ Soni (Won ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD ITM #35 Hyper for ₹62,880), Anant ‘Dr.Infinitipower’ Malik (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD ITM #33 Hyper 5-Max for ₹63,450), ‘Scud’ (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD ITM #34 Multi-Entry Turbo for ₹48,510), and Sameer ‘Hakuna matata’ Sharma (Won ₹3 Lakhs GTD ITM #34 PLO 4 Bounty for ₹38,984) won the other India Turbo Masters titles on Wednesday.
India Turbo Masters 2.0 Leaderboard Standings – Day 6
The top order in the India Turbo Masters 2.0 leaderboard standings kept the status quo yesterday. Vikhyat ‘super Saiyan’ Ahlawat (4,445 points) is still the frontrunner in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD leaderboard race and holds a significant lead over Sushant ‘kalkiyug’ Sirohi (3,045 points) and Young Gun Karan ‘Majestic’ Radia (2,666 points)!
Rank Player Point
1 Vikhyat 'super Saiyan' Ahlawat 4,445
2 Sushant 'kalkiyug' Sirohi 3,045
3 Karan 'Majestic' Radia 2,666
4 Neeraj 'UnsafeChoice' Kumar 2,579
5 Alok 'ALOK.' Pawar 2,533
6 Manish ‘Khatidragon’ Jangid 2,314
7 Ketan 'Godparticle' Sengar 2,294
8 pin2chem 2,213
9 Ravi 'Rvjain91' Jain 2,212
10 Alicent Hightower 2,145
‘Skyfall77’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹46,848), ‘Forestwow^’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹23,131), and ‘Win55’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹10,408) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
PokerBaazi
The Pride – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 179
Re-entries – 197
Prize Pool – ₹13,16,000
Places Paid – 45
Improving upon his third-place finish in The Big Show on Monday, Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba picked his second The Pride title on PokerBaazi last night. Lamba won his seat in the Wednesday headliner through a ₹165 satellite and ran past a field of 376 players. In the end, he struck a three-way deal before grabbing the title for ₹2.06 Lakhs – his first win in almost seven months!
‘intervntion’ (anonymity requested) (2nd for ₹2.02 Lakhs) and Raghav ‘raghav14082’ Chauhan (3rd for ₹1.86 Lakhs) were the other beneficiaries of the deal.
Yesterday, Lamba made another deep run in Spartan Poker`s ITM #36 Wednesday Supersonic (32nd for 19,168), raking in over ₹2.25 Lakhs altogether. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.25 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹85.90 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3
The APT July 2022 – Super Highroller runner-up finisher Raghav Chauhan made a breakout Wednesday run, pulling out three FT finishes for ₹5.03 Lakhs overall!
His Wednesday finishes include:
> 5th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #37 Wednesday Big for ₹1,87,083
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹1,86,423
> 6th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #36 Wednesday Supersonic for ₹1,29,733
Raghav Chauhan`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.23 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹43.53 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #7 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.23 Crores
The #2 ranked player in the annual (TLB) standings, Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur, scored another huge haul, posting a title victory, and cashing five other events for ₹1.65 Lakhs in Wednesday winnings. Incidentally, Thakur bagged his career-third midnight marquee title yesterday (all three he has won this month), and this was his eighth FT appearance in the Mi this month.
His top Wednesday finishes include:
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹92,120
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Midnight SPRINT for ₹57,771
His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.54 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹61.43 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #44 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.57 Crores | Ranked #2 in the Annual TLB (Points) Standings
Final Table Results
- Sandy ‘Ziigmund’ Lamba – ₹2,06,156*
- intervntion – ₹2,01,595*
- Raghav ‘raghav14082’ Chauhan – ₹1,86,423*
- Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹92,120
- Luciakarma – ₹69,090
- Vishal ‘karan23’ Kumar – ₹55,272
- Ashish ‘ashish030393’ Didwania – ₹46,060
- Gurpal ‘roothless’ Singh – ₹36,848
- jyotilt – ₹27,636
*denotes a three-way deal
Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 606
Re-entries – 427
Prize Pool – ₹10,33,000
Places Paid – 161
PokerBaazi user ‘burakumao’ playing their ninth tournament on the site this year, took on a formidable 1,033-entry field in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost, winning the 7:30 PM flagship for a site-best ₹1.45 Lakhs. Another relatively new MTT player on the site, ‘akgoenka’ (playing their 36th tournament), collected a site-best ₹1.41 Lakhs in second place.
Burakumao’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.82 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.20 Lakhs
Final Table Results
- burakumao – ₹1,45,043*
- akgoenka – ₹1,41,407*
- Muthukumar ‘hero1965’ Rajagopalan – ₹81,607
- ashish4147 – ₹57,125
- Srishti ’kombucha’ Negi – ₹39,771
- OM ‘Oppyrates’ Prakash – ₹27,788
- Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh – ₹19,317
- Deepak ‘sabJuwaaHai’ Choudhary – ₹13,429
*denotes a heads-up deal
(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 279
Re-entries – 215
Prize Pool – ₹7,41,000
Places Paid – 63
The former Excalibur champion Aman ‘aceskings4’ Chouhan grabbed his second title of the year last night. Chouhan topped the 494-player field in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT, eventually claiming the title and the ₹1.44 Lakhs up top (his second-best finish in 2022). Sunday’s ITM #16 Sunday Supersonic and Monday’s The Big Show champion, Young Gun Arsh ‘Button_Hai_Bro’ Grover, narrowly missed picking his third title of the week, securing a runner-up score of ₹1.01 Lakhs, with Nitin ‘Gambler42’ Rawat (3rd for ₹64,912) rounding out the three finalists.
Chouhan cashed out another event, collectively banking ₹1.47 Lakhs on Wednesday. His Wednesday scores include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,43,976
> 23rd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹2,824
His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹47.81 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: 2
His Wednesday grind marked a significant milestone for Arsh Grover, currently ranked #4 on the 2022 POY standings. Grover picked up ₹1.05 Lakhs in Wednesday winnings, becoming the third player on our tracked database after Young Gun Gaurav Sood and PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish Ahuja to cross ₹12 Crores in recorded online winnings.
Arsh Grover’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.79 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #20 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.80 Crores Ranked #4 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #3 in Annual Profits
In addition to placing third, poker streamer Nitin Rawat also made a top-10 finish in PokerBaazi’s The Pride while cashing out the third tourney to lap up ₹91,287 on Wednesday. His Wednesday scores include:
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹64,912
> 10th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹20,135
> 17th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹6,240
His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.48 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹59.48 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #20
Final Table Results
- Aman ‘aceskings4’ Chouhan – ₹1,43,976
- Arsh ‘Button_Hai_Bro’ Grover – ₹1,00,924
- Nitin ‘Gambler42’ Rawat – ₹64,912
- Bibhu ‘Daniel_Ivey’ Agarwal – ₹48,017
- Farookh ‘luckyfa’ Thangkhiew – ₹36,013
- King19 – ₹28,899
- Lavesh ‘upay4myweed98’ Meena – ₹24,083
(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 136
Re-entries – 124
Prize Pool – ₹5,20,000
Places Paid – 27
Early in September, Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra placed third in the MS Main Event for a career-best ₹20.62 Lakhs. The former The Millionaire champion picked up his first title of the month – overcoming the 260-player field in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT to collect ₹1.22 Lakhs. Interestingly, Chhabra’s previous title victory on July 19 was in the same event – overall, he has won the marquee tournament three times this year.
Sanish Chhabra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.60 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.82 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #7 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.34 Crores
Kamlesh ‘Malvette’ Raul finished runner-up for an online best of ₹85,852. Raul went the distance in the ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT taking it down for ₹37,153, earning ₹1.23 Lakhs across the two PokerBaazi events.
His known Wednesday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹85,852
> 1st in Daily Night SPRINT for ₹37,153
Kamlesh Raul’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹6.30 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹19,256
Third-place finisher Tanmay ‘Truman’ Benara also FT-ed PokerStars India’s Night on Stars, adding ₹1.49 Lakhs overall.
His Wednesday finishes include:
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹55,224
> 6th in PokerStars India’s Night on Stars for ₹26,507
> 12th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹16,500
Tanmay Benara’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.08 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹92.28 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #17
Final Table Results
- Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra – ₹1,22,356
- Kamlesh ‘Malvette’ Raul – ₹85,852
- Tanmay ‘Truman’ Benara – ₹55,224
- Vikram Ved ‘vikrambatra’ Batra – ₹40,872
- Sourabh ‘meanrev’ Kukreja – ₹30,680
- Chandan ‘darkfish’ Arora – ₹24,544
- Adithya ‘ading1’ Ng – ₹20,384
(7-Max) Afternoon Boost – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 135
Re-entries – 106
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 47
The mystery user ‘ThisIsMaia’ came out on top of a 241-strong field in PokerBaazi`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost, taking home a site-best ₹79,550. ‘SinWithAGrin’ pocketed ₹58,800 as the runner-up.
‘ThisisMaia’ made another top finish in Holdem BOOST (3rd for ₹30,830), netting ₹1.10 Lakhs across his Wednesday run. The two top finishes have almost got the user out of the red, with his net losses on the site now a paltry ₹3,602.
The ₹2,200 buy-in Afternoon Boost filled in ₹18,000 in overlays and paid out 47 places.
Final Table Results
- ThisIsMaia – ₹79,550
- SinWithAGrin – ₹58,800
- Vaibhav ‘vaibhi18’ Arora – ₹44,850
- blazin666 – ₹34,800
- puja080 – ₹24,750
- epwe71labga – ₹17,650
- borntrouble – ₹14,550
Sandeep Varma ‘effuno’ RS ran amok in PokerBaazi’s ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD (6-Max) (6-MAX) Holdem BOOST yesterday, taking it down for ₹35,718. Varma took the diplomatic way out to grab his third Holdem BOOST branded tournament, striking a four-way deal with ‘Rohan0199’ (2nd for ₹31,441), ‘ThisIsMaia’ (3rd for ₹30,830) & ‘Betset’ (4th for ₹26,336).
Sandeep Varma R S`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹68.95 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹20 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #9
‘Charysta’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹57,810), Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Midnight SPRINT for ₹57,771), Kamlesh ‘Malvette’ Raul (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹37,153), Ayush ‘b03307’ Kumar (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD PLO-6 Boost Monster for ₹26,860), ‘vinny_thakur’ (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹22,500), ‘sudmishra18’ (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹21,280), ‘laxmikant9545’ (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD (RE) for ₹18,000), Sankalp ‘Wobbegong’ Marwah (Won ₹75K GTD PLO-6 SPRINT for ₹17,030), ‘Poorav12’ (Won ₹40K GTD PLO Daily for ₹10,150), and ‘5AH1L’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD SPRINT for ₹28,407) also bagged titles on the site.
Pocket52
Pocket Jacks – ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,250
Entries – 121
Re-entries – 67
Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000
Places Paid – 27
The Pocket52 network user ‘King789’ outmaneuvered a 188-player field in the ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, winning the marquee title for ₹51,875.
‘southern_donald20_19143804’ raked in ₹38,750 in second-place prize money.
Final Table Results
- King789 – ₹51,875
- southern_donald20_19143804 – ₹38,750
- jaimahakaal – ₹27,500
- Psycho_rp – ₹17,500
- crocodile_rana70_14285795 – ₹13,125
- Habil ‘TryHard’ Jiruwala – ₹10,000
‘sayonara’ (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Pocket Tanks for ₹28,750), ‘kirmada’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹22,000), ‘Gizopy’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹17,250) and ‘jaimahakaal’ (Won ₹50K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹11,500) won the other Pocket52 marquees.
PokerDangal
Booster Wednesday – ₹75K GTD
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 81
Rebuy – 29
Prize Pool – ₹75,000
Places Paid – 17
PokerDangal user ‘Hacked’ nailed the ₹75K GTD Booster Wednesday for ₹18,000 after defeating ‘Winner2020’ (2nd for ₹12,750) heads-up.
Final Table Results
- Hacked – ₹18,000
- Winner2020 – ₹12,750
- RehanAAA – ₹9,000
- godsfavchild – ₹6,750
- ULBY7042– ₹5,250
- 88bluff – ₹3,750
PokerStars India
Night on Stars – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 116
Re-entries – 91
Prize Pool – ₹5,17,500
Places Paid – 26
Lawyer turned poker pro Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar came out trumps in PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars, winning the mid-week marquee for the second time for ₹1.01 Lakhs. Deepesh ‘deep12322’ Raka, chasing his third flagship title of the month, collected ₹77,285 as the runner-up.
Kochhar made away with almost ₹1.11 Lakhs in Wednesday winnings across two deep runs, which include:
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Night on Stars for ₹1,00,991
> 27th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹9,738
Armaan Kochhar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.23 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.18 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #13
Deepesh Raka also added almost ₹1.10 Lakhs from two deep runs, which include:
> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Night on Stars for ₹77,285
> 17th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #37 Wednesday Big for ₹32,712
Deepesh Raka’s online stats (excluding Adda52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.48 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹24.20 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5
Final Table Results
- Armaan ‘armaan007111’ Kochhar – ₹100,991
- Deepesh ‘deep12322’ Raka – ₹77,285
- varunpothan82 – ₹59,144
- ohmmshiva – ₹45,261
- Arjanveer ‘ballistik310’ Singh Chadha – ₹34,637
- Tanmay ‘tanmay1909’ Benara – ₹26,507
- Ashutosh ‘Msnugget’ Balodhi – ₹20,285
- Samay ‘LIM!TLE$$’ Singh Modi – ₹15,523
- Anand ‘easywithducks’ Babu Pallikona – ₹11,879
‘yuvidilwariya’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush for ₹33,858), ‘Kannug’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹25,396), ‘aradhya1’ (Won ₹50K GTD Afternoon on Stars for ₹13,495), ‘CR Official’ (Won ₹50K GTD Primetime Grind for ₹11,948), and ‘wildshark100’ (Won ₹50K GTD Deepstack for ₹14,143) won the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
Maverick – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 282
Re-entries – 277
Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000
Places Paid – 63
PokerGuru Ambassador Vishal ‘GigaaBet’ Bajaj is on a roll as he makes the headlines for the third time this week! A day after missing out on the ITM #30 Tuesday Big title and three days after championing the ITM #18 Blizzard, Bajaj juggernaut his way to the top in Adda52’s Wednesday headliner, ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick, pocketing ₹3.83 Lakhs. ‘hridaye’ finished runner-up for ₹2.18 Lakhs.
The PokerGuru Staking stable member pulled out another ITM run in PokerBaazi’s The Pride, locking in ₹3.91 Lakhs in Wednesday winnings.
Vishal Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.10 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.73 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #12 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.15 Crores | Ranked #13 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarty pocketed ₹1.55 Lakhs through three ITM finishes, which include:
> 3rd in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹1,49,250
> 16th in PokerBaazi’s (6-MAX) Holdem BOOST for ₹3,400
> 27th in Adda52’s Voyager for ₹2,403
Sashank Chakravarthy’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.01 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹22.41 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5
The 1000X#16 Mini Main Event champion Gaurav ‘gauravgoru’ Bhutra collectively added ₹1.18 Lakhs through three deep runs, which include:
> 9th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #36 Wednesday Supersonic for ₹58,060
> 6th in Adda52’s Maverick’s for ₹52,500
> 46th in Spartan Poker’s ITM #38 DST for ₹7,239
Gaurav Bhutra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.01 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹8 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #4
Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ B FT-ed the Maverick (7th for ₹41,250) and pulled out another five ITM finishes, rounding up ₹87,942 in Wednesday winnings.
Vinay B`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.86 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.15 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #9
Final Table Results
- Vishal ‘GigaaBet’ Bajaj – ₹3,82,500
- hridaye – ₹2,17,500
- Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarty – ₹1,49,250
- Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh – ₹1,08,750
- deepesh2727 – ₹75,000
- Gaurav ‘gauravgoru’ Bhutra – ₹52,500
- Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ B – ₹41,250
- Kritarth ‘TightAgressive28’ Pant – ₹30,000
La Luna – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,800
Entries – 138
Re-entries – 129
Prize Pool – ₹4,37,880
Places Paid – 27
Kaleem ‘fishwithnuts’ Pasha sure knows his way around winning tournaments. The Adda52 loyalist trounced a 267-entry field in the ₹4 Lakhs GTD La Luna, claiming the lion’s share of the ₹4.38 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹1.14 Lakhs and bagging his fourth title on the site this month!
Kaleem Pasha’s Adda52 stats (including HU SnGs): Site Winnings: ₹42.10 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹24.54 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #14
Young Gun Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia missed out on clinching his 33rd (at least) title of the year, settling for a runner-up finish worth ₹67,871.
Vikram ‘swingtrader’ Ved Batra FT-ed two tourneys, netting ₹91,885 overall. His FT finishes include:
> 3rd in Adda52’s La Luna for ₹51,013
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹40,872
Vikram Ved Batra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹85.48 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹24.48 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #14
Final Table Results
- Kaleem ‘fishwithnuts’ Pasha – ₹1,13,849
- UNKNOWN – ₹67,871
- Vikram ‘swingtrader’ Ved Batra – ₹51,013
- Puneet ‘j4jolly’ Mishra – ₹37,220
- Bchabs19 – ₹25,178
- Ayush ‘lazyman’ Garg – ₹18,610
- UNKNOWN – ₹14,231
- Manik ‘royalty’ Kapoor – ₹10,947
Manish ‘Bujo’ Kumar (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹32,940), Md ‘t9ace’ Nazim (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹30,301), ‘Battlefury’ (Won ₹40K GTD Morning Adda for ₹11,382), ‘Lsdouthere’ (Won ₹50K GTD Evening Adda for ₹9,939), and Aabhas ‘MicroGrinder9’ Bandlish (Won ₹30K GTD Daily Adda for ₹5,963) won the other Adda52 marquees.
Khelo365
Khelo365 user ‘AAJAQ’ defeated ‘Tolet333’ (2nd for ₹2,200) heads-up in the ₹10K GTD Sun Downer to win ₹3,500.
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Daily Majors: Gaurav Bhutra, Deepesh Raka, Aniket Waghmare & Karan Sitlani Shine in the Wednesday Flagships
Wednesday packed in another hectic schedule of online tournaments, and PokerBaazi’s 1000X Series drove up the mid-week action.
Gaurav Bhutra was hands down the MVP of the day. He went on a rampage across the PokerBaazi 1000X Series tournaments last night, cashing all four events for a career-best ₹7.91 Lakhs. He won the Wednesday headliner, 1000X#16 Mini Main Event (₹6.75 Lakhs), finished runner-up in the 1000X#15 (₹1.10 Lakhs) (heads-up deal), and won his way into both through ₹110 buy-in satellites.
Navneet Tanwar (2nd for ₹4.73 Lakhs) and Akshay Joshi (3rd for ₹3.07 Lakhs) made podium finishes in PokerBaazi`s 1000X#16 Mini Main Event.
Last week’s MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire runner-up finisher, Deepesh Raka, converted a ₹990 satellite buy-in into a whopping ₹5.75 Lakhs payday (his second-best finish of 2022) after shipping Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller. Rahul Melwani locked in ₹3.96 Lakhs in second place.
The Destiny 22.0 SnG Finale winner Aniket Waghmare scored the winning touchdown in the first of the ten Destiny tournaments in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 25.0 series, taking down the Wednesday flagship for the second time for ₹4.32 Lakhs and crossing ₹2 Crores in online profits. The IOPC JUNE 2022 THE CROWN third-place finisher Neeraj Sattawat finished runner-up for ₹2.87 Lakhs.
September’s first Friday Bounty champion, ‘Frander,’ won Adda52’s Maverick for a site-best ₹3.82 Lakhs. Siliguri-based pro Manish Lakhotia fell one spot short of the title, securing ₹2.17 Lakhs as the runner-up (won ₹3.56 Lakhs overall across two FT finishes).
PokerBaazi reg Karan Sitlani clinched his maiden 1000X Series title in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#15 for ₹1.38 Lakhs, ending an over seven-week-long title drought and cashed another three events, making away with ₹1.48 Lakhs overall.
‘killerdude7777’ (Won 1000X#17 PKO for ₹1.47 Lakhs) and ‘Sabretooth’ (Won 1000X#14 for ₹72,473) won the other 1000X Series titles.
Well-known TLB chaser Neeraj Kumar went on a title-winning spree on Spartan Poker! He won the Wednesday Showdown (₹1.17 Lakhs) & Wed Poker Nite #1 (₹26,332) & cashed another six events, rounding up almost ₹1.69 Lakhs in Wednesday winnings.
PokerGuru Ambassador Faiz Alam nailed Adda52’s La Luna for ₹1.10 Lakhs, picking up his second title of the month. ‘Baxtere’ finished runner-up for ₹64,026.
Last week`s Galactic Series-29 [Sunday Special] champion Raghav Ananth conquered PokerStars India’s Night on Stars for ₹1.01 Lakhs (won ₹1.30 Lakhs overall across four deep runs). The in-form Pradip Ghosh, chasing his second Night on Stars title, collected ₹77,611 in second place (won ₹92,653 overall across three ITM finishes).
Basaveshwar Mane won MPL Poker’s Wednesday Bonanza for ₹23,500. ‘ninjahero311606’ came second for ₹18,216.
Areyann Gurbaxani, Mohak Kapoor, Yuvraj Bhardwaj, Varun Devayya, Utkarsh Srivastava, Sahil Singh, and Vikram Ved Batra were the other standout winners of the day.
Here are the Wednesday highlights!
PokerBaazi
1000X#15 Mini Main Event – ₹35 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 569
Re-entries – 564
Prize Pool – ₹39,65,500
Places Paid – 126
Gaurav ‘gauravgoru’ Bhutra went on a tear across the 1000X Series marquees last night, cashing all four MTTs for a career-best ₹7.91 Lakhs. He crushed a vast 1,133-entry field in the Wednesday flagship, ₹35 Lakhs GTD 1000X#16 Mini Main Event (₹6.75 Lakhs), finished runner-up in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD 1000X#15 (₹1.10 Lakhs), and won his way into both through ₹110 buy-in satellites.
His Wednesday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#16 Mini Main Event for a personal-best ₹6,74,532
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#15 for ₹1,10,000 (heads-up deal)
> 12th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#14 for ₹5,611
> 175th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#17 for ₹1,042
Gaurav Bhutra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹97.27 Lakhs |Lifetime Profits: ₹6.79 Lakhs |Titles Won in 2022: #4 |Annual Winnings: ₹65.88 Lakhs |Ranked #1 in the 1000X Series Leaderboard Standings
Navneet ‘Navneet78’ Tanwar (2nd for ₹4.73 Lakhs) and Akshay ‘akdolos’ Joshi (3rd for ₹3.07 Lakhs) made podium finishes in the 1000X#16 Mini Main Event.
The #2 ranked player of 2021, the MTT pro from Siliguri, Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia, crossed the money line in three events (including two FT finishes), altogether adding ₹3.56 Lakhs.
His Wednesday finishes include:
> 2nd in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹2,17,500
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#16 Mini Main Event for ₹1,36,810
> 180th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#13 for ₹2,035
Manish Lakhotia’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.72 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.32 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #11 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.95 Crores
Final Table Results
- Gaurav ‘gauravgoru’ Bhutra – ₹6,74,532
- Navneet ‘Navneet78’ Tanwar – ₹4,72,688
- Akshay ‘akdolos’ Joshi – ₹3,06,533
- Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani – ₹2,26,430
- Neeraj ‘neeraj2828’ Bajaj – ₹1,68,930
- Manish ‘thekid’ Lakhotia – ₹1,36,810
- Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – ₹1,13,413
- Vishal ‘Darky’ Ojha – ₹90,413
1000X#15 – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 492
Re-entries – 443
Total Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 155
PokerBaazi reg Karan ‘collingwood’ Sitlani was the last player standing in the site`s other Wednesday flagship, ₹10 Lakhs GTD 1000X#15, and made away with ₹1.38 Lakhs in first-place prize money – busting an over seven-week-long title drought. A heads-up deal saw last night`s 1000X#15 Mini Main Event winner Gaurav ‘gauravgoru’ Bhutra netting an equally impressive ₹1.10 Lakhs in second place.
Karan Sitlani ITM-ed three other PokerBaazi events yesterday, collectively earning ₹1.48 Lakhs.
His Wednesday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#15 for ₹1,38,100
> 93rd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#16 Mini Main Event for ₹7,138
> 18th in PokerBaazi’s SPRINT for ₹1,792
> 219th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#17 for ₹1,411
Karan Sitlani’s online stats (PokerBaazi & Adda52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹91.97 Lakhs |Lifetime Profits: ₹5.37 Lakhs |Titles Won in 2022: #27 |Annual Winnings: ₹41 Lakhs
The ₹1,100 buy-in 1000X#15 fell ₹65,000 short of its advertised guarantee, and the top 155 places benefitted from the value on offer.
Final Table Results
- Karan ‘collingwood’ Sitlani – ₹1,38,100*
- Gaurav ‘gauravgoru’ Bhutra – ₹1,10,000*
- Abhishek ‘sharktops’ Jaiswal – ₹82,600
- Shashikant ‘ghatak007’ Meena – ₹56,000
- Raghavendra ‘ThikanaCK’ Hada – ₹38,000
- Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹26,500
- Manash ‘ravenclaws’ Kalita – ₹18,900
- Sajjan ‘TheTeacher’ Barnwal – ₹13,700
*denotes a heads-up deal
1000X#14 – ₹7 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹770
Entries – 539
Re-entries – 502
Prize Pool – ₹7,28,700
Places Paid – 167
PokerBaazi user ‘Sabretooth’ clinched their second title on the site yesterday after outlasting the 1,041-player field in the ₹7 Lakhs GTD 1000X#14 for ₹72,473. They struck a three-way deal with yesterday`s Daily Morning SPRINT winner Utkarsh ‘Sam20542’ Srivastava (2nd for ₹91,268) and Clinton ‘clintontavares’ Tavares (3rd for ₹75,564).
‘Sabretooth’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹2.65 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2
Clinton Tavares had an eventful Wednesday run with three ITM finishes worth ₹1.19 Lakhs (overall), crossing ₹1 Crore in tracked online winnings.
His Wednesday finishes include:
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#14 for ₹75,564
> 5th in PokerStars India’s Night on Stars for ₹35,422
> 12th in Adda52’s La Luna for ₹6,002
Clinton Tavares’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.01 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹24.65 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #32 | Annual Winnings: ₹33.61 Lakhs
Final Table Results
- Sabretooth – ₹72,473*
- Utkarsh ‘Sam20542’ Srivastava – ₹91,268*
- Clinton ‘clintontavares’ Tavares – ₹75,564*
- krishnagope – ₹40,297
- pg2545 – ₹28,055
- ashwathamautg – ₹19,602
- Karthick ‘Karthickanbu’ Anbalagan – ₹13,627
- Hc27 – ₹9,473
*denotes a three-way deal
1000X#17 – PKO – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 634
Re-entries – 668
Prize Pool – ₹6,51,000
Places Paid – 220
‘killerdude7777,’ a relatively new user on the site who had championed PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT earlier this month, bagged their maiden 1000X Series title yesterday! They trounced a stacked 1,302-strong field in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD 1000X#17 PKO to collect ₹1,47,240 (₹59,160 in bounties).
The MTT reg from Kolkata Harsh’ harsh1327′ Bubna finished runner-up for ₹96,716 (₹28,360 in bounties).
killerdude7777’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹3.26 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹2.76 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2
Harsh Bubna also cashed the 1000X#16 Mini Main Event (107th for ₹5,948), netting ₹1.03 Lakhs across his two ITM runs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.68 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹80.95 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.56 Crores
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
- killerdude7777 – ₹1,47,240
- Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹96,716
- Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni – ₹89,320
- HGOEL1993 – ₹44,746
- Debashis ‘Alln’ Bal – ₹40,528
- Raghav ‘scambrahm’ Ananth – ₹23,798
- Praveen ‘praveenchandcr7’ Chand – ₹14,026
- rajankaushik – ₹18,393
1000X Leaderboard Standings – Day 4
Gaurav ‘gauravgoru’ Bhutra`s (3,772 points) scintillating run across the 1000X Series last night has catapulted him to the #1 position in the ₹10 Lakhs-added 1000X Series leaderboard race.
Bharath’ hzgod’ Kumar (3,032 points), who held the pole position on the leaderboard for the last three days, couldn`t withstand Bhutra`s onslaught and has dropped to #2 in the standings. TLB crusher Neeraj’ SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (3,023 points) stays put at #3.
Rank Player Points
1 Gaurav 'gauravgoru' Bhutra 3,772
2 Bharath 'hzgod' Kumar 3,032
3 Neeraj 'SelfClaimedPro' Kumar 3,023
4 Ashish 'Notoriouskonvict' Nailwal 2,925
5 Kanchan 'Kanchansharma' Sharma 2,748
6 Uttam 'brokenpocker' Gope 2,739
7 Kritagya 'Kritagya_17' Sharma 2,554
8 Gautam 'johny3' Bansal 2,533
9 Pratik 'zpAAced' Manjrekar 2,517
10 Sandy 'Ziigmund' Lamba 2,469
‘krushnadadhich’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹46,240), ‘digitalbuoy’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Midnight SPRINT for ₹37,590), Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹31,910), ‘pingu’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹26,880), Utkarsh ‘Sam20542’ Srivastava (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹29,320), ‘culllensss’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD SPRINT for ₹28,040), and ‘Kirti88’ (Won ₹50K GTD 5-Max Daily for ₹5,260) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
Spartan Poker
Wednesday High Roller (6-Max) – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹16,500
Entries – 79
Re-entries – 28
Rebuys – 43
Prize Pool – ₹22,50,000
Places Paid – 15
Last week’s MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire runner-up finisher, Deepesh ‘prince1993’ Raka, made quite the mid-week run on Spartan Poker, triumphing over a reg-infested 150-player field in the ₹20 Lakhs GTD Wednesday High Roller, netting ₹5.75 Lakhs – his second-best score of 2022. What’s even better, he won his entry into the ₹16,500 buy-in High Roller tourney through a ₹990 buy-in satellite.
Raka fired up another deep run in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#16 Mini Main Event (113th for ₹5,948), rounding up a hefty ₹5.81 Lakhs overall, crossing ₹1 Crore in annual winnings.
Deepesh Raka’s online stats (excluding Adda52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.43 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹29.90 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.01 Crores
Rahul ‘therealslowroller’ Melwani locked in ₹4.28 Lakhs across his Wednesday run through three ITM finishes which include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller for ₹3,96,000
> 23rd in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 25.0 for ₹21,119
> 64th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#16 Mini Main Event for ₹11,103
Rahul Melwani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹94.44 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.95 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #1
The Millionaire Series 5.0 Main Event champion Vinayak ‘firehaimai’ Bajaj collected ₹1.85 Lakhs overall on the back of two deep runs, which include:
> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller for ₹1,69,875
> 49th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#16 Mini Main Event for ₹15,069
Vinayak Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.25 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.70 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.81 Crores | Ranked #1 in the Monthly Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #1 in Monthly Profits
The unchallenged #1 ranked player of the year, Young Gun Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav, raked in ₹1.41 Lakhs from two ITM finishes, which include:
> 6th in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday High Roller for ₹1,32,750
> 90th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#16 Mini Main Event for ₹8,328
Anuj Yadav’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.22 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.95 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #19 | Annual Winnings: ₹3.28 Crores | Ranked #1 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #2 in Annual Profits
Final Table Results
- Deepesh ‘prince1993’ Raka – ₹5,74,875
- Rahul ‘therealslowroller’ Melwani – ₹3,96,000
- Sajal ‘GoMuckYourself’ Gupta – ₹2,59,875
- sharksingh – ₹2,10,375
- Vinayak ‘firehaimai’ Bajaj – ₹1,69,875
- Anuj ‘br0ckLesnar95’ Yadav – ₹1,32,750
Destiny 25.0 – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 209
Re-entries – 78
Rebuys – 144
Prize Pool – ₹21,55,000
Places Paid – 39
The Destiny 22.0 SnG Finale winner Aniket ‘TakingSouls’ Waghmare championed the first of the ten Destiny tournaments in Spartan Poker’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD Destiny 25.0 series, winning the Wednesday flagship for the second time for ₹4.32 Lakhs (his first title in five weeks).
The mid-week victory helped Aniket Waghmare cross ₹2 Crores in online profits. His online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.24 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.02 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #8 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.72 Crores
Neeraj ‘NeeruNJ’ Sattawat (2nd for ₹2.87 Lakhs) and Devendra ‘thablack’ Suthar (3rd for ₹2.10 Lakhs) made podium finishes in the Wednesday headliner.
Final Table Results
- Aniket ‘TakingSouls’ Waghmare – ₹4,32,078
- Neeraj ‘NeeruNJ’ Sattawat – ₹2,87,262
- Devendra ‘thablack’ Suthar – ₹2,10,113
- Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar – ₹1,69,599
- Rahul ‘JacK`spArrow’ Kumar M Jain – ₹1,32,964
- Nitesh ‘KATIYAR11’ Katiyar – ₹1,00,639
- Siddharth ‘SherRun’ Karia – ₹73,917
- Kritagya ‘muckitfcukit’ Sharma – ₹54,306
Wednesday Showdown – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 431
Re-entries – 249
Re-buys – 336
Prize Pool – ₹10,16,000
Places Paid – 95
The well-known leaderboard chaser Neeraj ‘UnsafeChoice’ Kumar went on a title-winning spree on Spartan Poker yesterday, winning two tournaments and cashing another six events for almost ₹1.69 Lakhs overall!
Kumar most notably shipped the all-new ₹10 Lakhs GTD Wednesday Showdown on Spartan Poker for ₹1.17 Lakhs. He topped a vast 1,016-player field and struck a five-way deal with ‘Relentle$$’ (2nd for ₹1.08 Lakhs), ‘WhatIffGawd’ (3rd for ₹1.03 Lakhs), ‘Pokz11’ (4th for ₹96,833), and Sanchit ‘scofield1210’ Nag (5th for ₹91,189).
Neeraj Kumar`s Wednesday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday Showdown for ₹1,17,093
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Wed Poker Nite #1 for ₹26,332
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s Midnight SPRINT for ₹15,901
> 49th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#15 for ₹4,000
> 76th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#17 for ₹2,073
> 20th in PokerBaazi’s SPRINT for ₹1,947
> 144th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#14 for ₹1,385
> 10th in Adda52’s Nano PLO for ₹563
Neeraj Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.71 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.56 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #47
Final Table Results
- Neeraj ‘UnsafeChoice’ Kumar – ₹1,17,093*
- Relentle$$ – ₹1,08,296*
- WhatIffGawd – ₹1,03,123*
- Pokz11 – ₹96,833*
- Sanchit ‘scofield1210’ Nag – ₹91,189*
- Rajesh ‘PokerKnight’ Uttam – ₹40,437
- Rohitk786 – ₹29,464
- isshhhh – ₹20,137
*denotes a five-way deal
Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Sundowner for ₹42,300), ‘hutu001’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Wed Poker Nite #3 for ₹38,002), Neeraj ‘UnsafeChoice’ Kumar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Wed Poker Nite #1 -PLO4 for ₹26,332), and ‘vinayy20’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹16,126) shipped the other Spartan Poker marquees.
MPL Poker
Wednesday Bonanza – ₹1 Lakh GTD
Buy-in – ₹550
Total Entries – 253
Prize Pool – ₹1,26,500
Places Paid – 37
Basaveshwar ‘topper2083431’ Mane outmaneuvered the 230-entry field in MPL Poker’s ₹1 Lakhs GTD Wednesday Bonanza, taking home ₹23,500 in first-place prize money. ‘ninjahero311606’ placed runner-up for ₹18,216.
Final Table Results
- Basaveshwar’ topper2083431′ Mane – ₹23,500
- ninjahero311606 – ₹18,216
- vishnu0070045 – ₹13,662
- Sujit’ kridence’ Nishad – ₹10,120
- Arun’ stocksgod66565′ Jain – ₹7,210
- Kshitij’ kachhi01′ Kushwaha – ₹5,566
- Ram’ msbsain0077′ Bai – ₹4,301
- Bhagat’ darshbhagat’ S – ₹3,415
Pocket52
Pocket Jacks – ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,250
Entries – 122
Re-entries – 63
Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000
Places Paid – 27
Pocket52 network user ‘juicy_circle102_20731473’ topped the 74-player field in the ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, taking home the lion’s share of ₹51,875 in first-place prize money. User ‘96##.023##_1570341’ placed runner-up for ₹38,750.
Final Table Results
- juicy_circle102_20731473 – ₹51,875
- 96##.023##_1570341 – ₹38,750
- Madhab ‘madhabpal2015’ Pal – ₹27,500
- quick_farfetchd165_9398083 – ₹17,500
- Sandeep’ effuno’ Varma RS – ₹13,125
- Richierich001 – ₹10,000
Sahil’ Acejpoker’ Singh (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Pocket Tanks for ₹28,750), ‘JAYSHREERAM’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹22,286), ‘RonnAa’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹17,648) and ‘sany8145’ (Won ₹50K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹11,500) won the other Pocket52 marquees.
PokerDangal
Booster Wednesday – ₹75K GTD
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 92
Re-entries – 30
Prize Pool – ₹75,000
Places Paid – 20
PokerDangal user ‘kingkong11’ clinched the ₹75K GTD Booster Wednesday title for ₹16,500, just as ‘Akram56’ fell out in second place for ₹12,375.
Final Table Results
- kingkong11 – ₹16,500
- Akram56 – ₹12,375
- Theflash – ₹9,000
- Bazzeee123 – ₹6,750
- HLAT9962 – ₹5,063
- fightertoads – ₹3,750
PokerStars India
Night on Stars – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 101
Re-entries – 70
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 20
Last week’s Galactic Series-29 [Sunday Special] champion Raghav ‘scambrahm’ Ananth shipped PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Night on Stars title for the first time last night for ₹1.01 Lakhs and made away with ₹1.30 Lakhs last night across four deep runs.
His Wednesday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Night on Stars for ₹1,00,803
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#17 for ₹23,798
> 69th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#15 for ₹3,300
> 18th in Adda52’s Nano DST for ₹2,369
Raghav Ananth`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.39 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹33.90 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #6
The in-form Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh, chasing his second Night on Stars title, collected ₹77,611 in second place and raked in ₹92,653 across three deep runs.
His Wednesday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Night on Stars for ₹77,611
> 16th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹13,500
> 152nd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#17 for ₹1,542
Pradip Ghosh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.66 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.10 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #24
The ₹2,750 buy-in Night on Stars registered an overlay shortfall of ₹72,500 on the back of 171 entries, and the top 20 places boarded the money bus.
Final Table Results
- Raghav ‘scambrahm’ Ananth – ₹1,00,803
- Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh – ₹77,611
- Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar – ₹59,755
- Ankit ‘I am VR4Poker’ Nahar – ₹46,007
- Clinton ‘Clinton Tavares’ Tavares – ₹35,422
- Akhand ‘akhand188’ Shukla – ₹27,273
- Mahesh ‘masteroffelts’ Shyamsundar – ₹20,998
- sarthakssinghal – ₹16,167
- Bluff_masters8 – ₹12,447
Varun ‘wardev’ Devayya (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush for ₹30,895), Vikram ‘swingtrader23’ Ved Batra (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹18,908), ‘Dreadmeguys’ (Won ₹50K GTD Deepstack for ₹13,844), ‘solveforme’ (Won ₹50K GTD Afternoon on Stars for ₹13,495), ‘OMERTA’ (Won ₹50K GTD Primetime Grind for ₹9,899) shipped the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
Maverick – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 275
Re-entries – 298
Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000
Places Paid – 63
September’s first Friday Bounty champion, ‘Frander,’ playing their 94th tournament on Adda52, fired three bullets in the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick before topping the 573-player field to collect a site-best ₹3.82 Lakhs. The Siliguri-based pro Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia fell one spot short of the title, securing a runner-up payday of ₹2.17 Lakhs.
‘Frander’ almost won the Nano Maverick as well (2nd for ₹19,794), lapping up ₹4.02 Lakhs in Wednesday winnings. Their Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹8.81 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹6.50 Lakhs.
Manish Lakhotia made a second final table appearance in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#16 Mini Main Event (6th for ₹1.37 Lakhs), rounding up ₹3.54 Lakhs in total winnings.
His Wednesday finishes include:
> 2nd in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹2,17,500
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#16 Mini Main Event for ₹1,36,810
Manish Lakhotia’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹15.53 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.32 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #11 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.95 Crores
Spartan Poker`s Sundowner champion Mohak ‘sparkie’ Kapoor pulled out a scorching run across his hectic Wednesday grind, cashing ten events for ₹1.33 Lakhs.
His top Wednesday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Sundowner for ₹42,300
> 7th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹41,250
> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Ultrasonic for ₹14,184
> 11th in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday Showdown for ₹12,225
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s Midnight SPRINT for ₹11,546
Mohak Kapoor’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.21 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹64.05 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #35
The ₹2,750 buy-in Maverick ended up overlaying ₹67,500, and the top 63 places got paid.
Final Table Results
- Frander – ₹3,82,500
- Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia – ₹2,17,500
- wolfysage – ₹1,49,250
- Sachin ‘brownguy26’ Raj – ₹1,08,750
- Nishant ‘stockfull’ Pandey – ₹75,000
- Mithun ‘Themiths’ Mahesh – ₹52,500
- Mohak ‘sparkie’ Kapoor – ₹41,250
- deathknell – ₹30,000
La Luna – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,800
Entries – 133
Re-entries – 111
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,150
Places Paid – 24
The two-time (7-Max) SPRINT champion (in 2022), PokerGuru Ambassador Faiz ‘TheInternetKid’ Alam (opted out of our tracking), emerged triumphant over the 244-entry field in Adda52’s La Luna, collecting ₹1.10 Lakhs in first-place prize money and his second title this month. ‘Baxtere’ finished runner-up in the 9:30 PM marquee for ₹64,026.
Vikram Ved ‘swingtrader’ Batra posted a fifth-place finish in the La Luna for ₹24,010. While that was his most significant score last night, Batra shipped PokerStars India’s Ultrasonic and cashed another three events for a Wednesday take-home of ₹47,074.
His top Wednesday finishes include:
> 5th in Adda52’s La Luna for ₹24,010
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Ultrasonic for ₹18,909
Vikram Ved Batra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹82.80 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹23.79 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #14
Final Table Results
- Faiz ‘TheInternetKid’ Alam – ₹1,09,844
- Baxtere – ₹64,026
- VishuChi – ₹48,019
- Aarchit ‘Aarchit’ Dhadwal – ₹34,414
- Vikram Ved ‘swingtrader’ Batra – ₹24,010
- Mayank ‘AreyBetaRaise’ Maruka – ₹17,007
₹25 Lakhs GTD – Nano Main Event – Day 1A
> Day 1A – Entries – 140 | Re-entries – | Survivors 26 | Chip leader: Pranav ‘pkpok’ Khandalkar (272,809)
The ₹1 Crore GTD Nano Poker Series has been underway since September 12. Some of the Wednesday winners include Areyann ‘paisenikalbc’ Gurbaxani (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Nano DST for ₹57,754), ‘saurav2636727’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nano Maverick for ₹27,004), ‘RM2021’ (Won ₹90K GTD Nano Siesta for ₹25,200), ‘Samimeel’ (Won ₹70K GTD Nano Crack Jack for ₹14,222), and ‘Rahul1105’ (Won ₹30K GTD Nano Battleship for ₹7,500).
Khelo365
Khelo365 user ‘Rajveer888’ took down the ₹10K GTD Sun Downer for ₹3,100, with ‘RonalMes’ collecting ₹2,100 in second place.
Keep following PokerGuru for daily updates on the biggest winners across the major domestic networks!
This Week in Poker: August 31 – September 6
In the PokerGuru feature, ‘This Week in Poker,’ we bring you the weekly roundup of the most significant online scores by Indian MTT players and the top stories from both the live and online poker circuit. Here are this week’s top stories!
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September officially marks the onset of the festive season in India! And while the hullabaloo is yet to set in, the digital felts have already started to sport highly intense action!
The online MTTs were in top gear this week with three headline stops, Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series 5.0, MPL Poker`s Master Series, and PokerStars India’s Galactic Series running in tandem alongside a host of other attractions like PokerDangal’s Dangal Birthday Bash and IndiaPlays’ Multi-Flight Depositors Freeroll.
Standing out among the week`s top scorers was Vishal Tulsyan! The long-time poker pro captured Spartan Poker’s MS #23 – Monday Millionaire for ₹10.56 Lakhs, joining a super-elite group of three-time Millionaire champions, which has Young Guns Anuj Yadav and Gaurav Sood as its only other members! Tulsyan pocketed a leaderboard-topping ₹22.43 Lakhs across his weekly run, making him our “PokerGuru Star of the Week!”
Giving Tulsyan stiff competition on the weekly rankings was the former IOPC – The Millionaire Main Event champion Anurag Srivastava who made several close finishes across the Millionaire Series flagships. Even with a title victory eluding him, Srivastava racked up an impressive ₹20.79 Lakhs and is presently the top-ranked player on the Millionaire Series 2 Million Leaderboard.
Rishab Malik, PokerGuru Ambassadors Sanchit Anand, Ashish Ahuja & Vivek Singh, Vaibhav Sharma, Nitesh Katiyar, and Deepesh Raka were the other week`s other top scorers!
It’s been raining money on the domestic felts, and Tulsyan is just one of the eight Millionaires to have emerged in Spartan Poker’s ongoing Millionaire Series 5.0. While the ₹13 Crores GTD online festival has at least five more players to make Millionaires, given the guarantee-crushing turnouts, the chances of that number increasing are high.
If the small-stakes grinders were feeling left out, PokerDangal’s Dangal Micro Value Series, a ₹10 Lakhs GTD extravaganza exclusively for the upcoming players, takes off today. Part of the Dangal Birthday Bash to commemorate PokerDangal completing five years of operations, the DMVS will be followed by an array of eclectic offers on the site through September!
Making September even more fun for micro stakes grinders is IndiaPlays’ Depositors Freeroll Series which offers ₹3 Lakhs in prizes across two multi-flight freerolls – each guaranteeing ₹1.50 Lakhs. Series 1 is already underway and will run till September 10, while Series 2 will run from September 19 to 24.
Meanwhile, Gamezy Poker and Pocket52’s September MTT lineup offers a very enticing ₹2.90-plus Crores in prizes each, opening up a range of options for players.
The tournament action is not going to slow down anytime soon as starting on September 12 will be PokerBaazi’s all-new 1000X Series, guaranteeing over ₹5 Crores in cash prizes through eight days of non-stop MTT action.
Two crucial developments rocked the Indian gaming landscape this week. The Supreme Court has listed the Tamil Nadu government`s appeal challenging the August 2021 Madras High Court order that deemed the state’s online gaming ban unconstitutional. The Apex Court is expected to hear the matter tomorrow.
While we await the court’s proceedings that could profoundly impact the gaming industry’s future in the country, the Group of Ministers (GoM) set up by the Central GST Council convened a meeting in New Delhi on September 5. The GoM, headed by Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangama, seems to have softened its stance on levying a uniform 28% GST on the online gaming, casinos, and horse racing sectors. The group will take a legal consult before submitting its final report in a week.
It`s been a little dry on the live tournament space in India these last few months. Still, cash game enthusiasts can make their way to Casino Deltin Royale in Goa to participate in the High Stakes Poker Cash Festival that commenced today and will continue till September 12.
Though live poker action is on the back burner in the country, it’s booming on the global felts!
Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Cyprus kicked off on September 5 and has already crowned champions in Finland’s Patrik Antonius (Won Event #1: $25,000 No Limit Hold’em 8-Handed for $825,000) and USA’s Ben Tollerene (Won Event #2: $30,000 No Limit Hold ’em 6-Handed for $807,000).
The Luxon Pay Mediterranean Poker Party culminated this week. France’s Hannes Jeschka took down the Main Event title for a career-best $542,000, following a three-way deal with Russia’s Arsenii Karmatckii (2nd for $471,000) and UK’s Steven Warburton (3rd for $534,000). Lithuania’s Tony G won the $10,400 High Roller for $257,500.
Arthur Morris (Won the WSOP Circuit Tulsa Main Event for $182,379), Jack Hardcastle (Won the Goliath X GUKPT Main Event for £125,450), and Indo-American Raminder Singh (Won WPT Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Event #13: $600 NLHE for $22,475) were other prominent winners in separate live events.
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Vishal Tulsyan had a firecracker week, emerging as our latest “PokerGuru Star of the Week!” He cashed an impressive ₹10.56 Lakhs in Spartan Poker’s MS #23 – Monday Millionaire. While his victory made him a three-time Millionaire – one of the few players who can boast of the distinction, Tulsyan posted another two FT finishes this past week, filling in ₹22.43 Lakhs overall.
His top finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s MS #23 – Monday Millionaire for ₹10,56,640
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 -The Millionaire for ₹5,69,507
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s MS #16 for ₹1,53,387
Anurag Srivastava was the other hot stepper. He collected ₹20.79 Lakhs on the back of three FT scores and is the frontrunner in the Millionaire Series 2 Million Leaderboard race!
His top finishes include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s MS #7 – Friday Millionaire for ₹8,68,800
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s MS #2 – Thursday Millionaire for ₹3,73,680
> 2nd in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹3,59,100
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s MS #30 for ₹1,02,940
Rishab Malik netted ₹20.44 Lakhs, his most prominent score coming in Spartan Poker`s MS #21 – The Millionaire that he took down for ₹17.16 Lakhs, becoming a two-time Millionaire champion.
His top finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 -The Millionaire – Day 2 for ₹17,15,708
> 3rd in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-29 [Sunday Special – GTD Boost] for ₹1,03,535
> 4th in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-14 [Uppercut] for ₹58,846
> 7th in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-32 [Sunday Highroller] for ₹56,752
Young Gun Anmol Mehta wrote his name in the history books by winning PokerBaazi`s The MoneyMaker this past Sunday, adding a personal-best ₹16.13 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with PokerGuru Ambassador Sanchit Anand. Mehta’s total weekly takeaway was ₹19.91 Lakhs.
His top finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹16,13,184
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s MS #23 – Monday Millionaire for ₹2,68,224
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹57,790
Sanchit Anand’s The MoneyMaker runner-up finish fetched him a career-best ₹15.05 Lakhs, and his weekly scorecard stands tall at ₹18.05 Lakhs.
His top finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹15,05,470
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s MS #9 for ₹2,87,016
> 3rd in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹1,53,750
PokerGuru Ambassadors Ashish Ahuja and Vivek Singh, Vaibhav Sharma, Nitesh Katiyar, and Deepesh Raka were the other week’s top online scorers.
Notable Winners of the Week
Player Prize Amount Event Poker Site
Rishab Malik
₹16.75 Lakhs MS #21 The Millionaire ₹1 Crore GTD 1st Place ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
Anmol Mehta
₹16.13 Lakhs The MoneyMaker ₹1 Crore GTD
PokerBaazi
Nitesh Katiyar
₹14.12 Lakhs MS #7 Friday Millionaire (1st Place ₹10 Lakhs GTD) - ₹50 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
Yogesh Choudhary
₹10.78 Lakhs MS #17 Sunday Millionaire ₹50 Lakhs GTD 1st Place ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
Vishal Tulsyan
₹10.57 Lakhs MS #23 – Monday Millionaire ₹35 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
“lucky Fish” ₹10.11 Lakhs MS #2 Thursday Millionaire ₹40 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
“PinealOptics49” ₹8.94 Lakhs MS #28 – Tuesday Millionaire – ₹40 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
Siddhanth Kripalani ₹6.16 Lakhs Godfather ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Adda52
Ashit Sharma
₹6 Lakhs Mega Suits ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Adda52
Ujjwal Narwal ₹5.47 Lakhs The Ballers ₹20 Lakhs GTD Adda52
Ankit Wadhawan
₹5.40 Lakhs Adda52 Millions ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Adda52
“tiltplay”
₹5.37 Lakhs BSS SuperStack ₹20 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
Vishal Bajaj ₹5.32 Lakhs The Summit ₹15 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
Sahil Chutani ₹4.87 Lakhs MS #19 Deepstack Turbo ₹20 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Alok Birewar
₹4.53 Lakhs The Weekly HighRoller ₹12 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
Arjanveer Singh Chadha
₹4 Lakhs Destiny 24.0 Finale
Spartan Poker
Devendra Suthar ₹3.85 Lakhs The Mint ₹14 Lakhs GTD
Adda52
Siddharth Karia
₹3.45 Lakhs MS #4 ₹15 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Siddhanth Kripalani ₹3.11 Lakhs The Endeavour ₹12 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi
Vikram Mishra
₹3.02 Lakhs Galactic Series-05 [Highroller] ₹15 Lakhs GTD PokerStars India
Vivek Singh
₹2.88 Lakhs The Big Show ₹10 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
Raghav Ananth
₹2.88 Lakhs Galactic Series-29 [Sunday Special] - ₹20 Lakhs GTD
PokerStars India
Sanchit Anand
₹2.87 Lakhs MS #9 ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
Tanmay Benara
₹2.77 Lakhs Galactic Series-32 [Sunday Highroller] - ₹12 Lakhs GTD
PokerStars India
Anant Purohit
₹2.62 Lakhs MS #30 (6-Max)- ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
Anish Arora ₹2.39 Lakhs MS #25 ₹10 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Bhanu Prakash KC
₹2.36 Lakhs MS #6 Multi Entry - ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
Parag Shah
₹2.27 Lakhs MS #16 ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
Duksh S ₹2.16 Lakhs Iron Man ₹8 Lakhs GTD Adda52
“Bittoo Bauji”
₹2.12 Lakhs MS #1 Showtime ₹10 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Deepankur Gupta
₹2.07 Lakhs Galactic Series-14 [Uppercut] ₹12 Lakhs GTD
PokerStars India
“josepha99” ₹1.93 Lakhs Sunday Showdown - ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Adda52
Rony Chowdhury ₹1.87 Lakhs Galactic Series-40 [Saturn the Sixth] ₹10 Lakhs GTD PokerStars India
Mithun Mahesh
₹1.74 Lakhs MS #8 - ₹8 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Advait Rajguru
₹1.72 Lakhs (7-Max) BSS SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
Vivek Singh ₹1.62 Lakhs BSS MonsterStack 6-Max ₹5 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi
Advait Rajguru
₹1.61 Lakhs (7-Max) SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
swapan biswas ₹1.50 Lakhs Master Series #17 – ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD MPL Poker
“nannuchimoo” ₹1.49 Lakhs MS #24 ₹7 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
Harsh Bubna
₹1.46 Lakhs MS #3 ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
“rkrohan@&”
₹1.44 Lakhs Galactic Series-41 [Uppercut Mini] ₹5 Lakhs GTD
PokerStars India
Areyann Gurbaxani ₹1.40 Lakhs (7-Max) Daily SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
Rahul Sengar
₹1.39 Lakhs (7-Max) SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
“sumitm74”
₹1.36 Lakhs Battle Royale [8-Max] ₹4 Lakhs GTD
PokerStars India
Samay Singh Modi ₹1.35 Lakhs MS #22 ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
Rishabh Gupta ₹1.31 Lakhs (7-Max) Daily SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi
Shivkesh Meena ₹1.31 Lakhs (7-Max) SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTD PokerBaazi
Yuvraj Bhardwaj
₹1.20 Lakhs (7-Max) SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
Nadeem Basha
₹1.18 Lakhs MS #27 - ₹5 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Arpan Majhi
₹1.06 Lakhs (7-Max) Daily SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
Himanshu Chalukia
₹1.06 Lakhs MS #29 - ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
Siddharth Gangwar ₹1.02 Lakhs Galactic Series-15 [Hubble Bubble Rush] ₹5 Lakhs GTD PokerStars India
Machiraju Dinesh
₹1 Lakh Master Series #11 – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
MPL Poker
“Frander” ₹1 Lakh Friday Bounty ₹4 Lakhs GTD Adda52
Kartik Ved
₹85K Galactic Series-06 [ The Classic ] ₹5 Lakhs GTD PokerStars India
Mohak Kapoor ₹80K Master Series #14 – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
MPL Poker
Prem Chand Gope
₹80K (7-Max) Afternoon Boost ₹5 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
Mritunjay Singh
₹81K MS #5 ₹4 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Naresh Kumar
₹78K Weekender ₹5 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Samyak Sethi
₹78K MS #20 Turbo PKO ₹6 Lakhs GTD Spartan Poker
Spartan Poker’s Biggest Ever ₹13 Crores GTD Millionaire Series 5.0 (September 1 – 11) Underway, Eight Millionaires Crowned Already!
Running from September 1, Spartan Poker’s biggest-ever ₹13 Crores GTD Millionaire Series 5.0 has churned out eight Millionaires in the opening week. If you were not one of them, don’t worry, as at least five more players are guaranteed to become Millionaires in the next seven days.
Read the complete report here.
PokerDangal’s Dangal Micro Value Series Offers ₹10 Lakhs in GTD Prizes (September 8 – 11)
The first of PokerDangal’s Birthday bash unique offerings, the Dangal Micro Value Series, starts today, September 8. While the DMVS will dish out cash prizes to the tune of at least ₹10 Lakhs, consistent winnings will be in the race to win from leaderboard prizes worth ₹2 Lakhs!
Read the complete report here.
IndiaPlays’ Depositors Freeroll Series Offers ₹3 Lakhs in Guaranteed Prizes
IndiaPlays’ two-part multi-flight Depositors Freeroll Series kicked off on September 5 and will run until September 24 – each guaranteeing ₹1.50 Lakhs.
The first part, i.e., Series 1, has been underway since September 5 and will play down to a winner on September 10. Series 2 will run from September 19 to 24.
Read the complete report here.
Pocket52 Guarantees Over ₹2.90 Crores in Poker Festember
With over 250 high-value MTTs on the September schedule and ₹2.90-plus Crores in guaranteed prizes, it promises to be a sizzling hot month for tournament players on Pocket52.
Read the complete report here.
Gamezy Poker’s September MTT Offerings Has Over ₹2.90 Crores in Guaranteed Prizes
The fast-growing multi-game platform Gamezy Poker will be dishing out over ₹2.90 Crores in guaranteed prizes in September!
Read the complete report here.
With this, we conclude this week’s roundup of the latest news updates and developments from the world of poker. We will return next week with our weekly report. Stay tuned.
Rishab Malik Enters Two-Time Millionaire Club After Shipping Spartan Poker’s MS #21 – The Millionaire; Sharma, Choudhary, Lamba & Raka Bank the Other Seven-Figure Sunday Scores
The first Sunday of September was a blockbuster one, with Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series 5.0, PokerStars India’s Galactic Series, and MPL Poker’s Master Series dishing out massive guaranteed tournaments.
On the eve of Teacher’s Day, many poker players made their coaches and mentors proud by topping the guarantee-crushing fields and scoring big.
Rishab Malik was the standout winner on Sunday. The 27-year-old poker pro from New Delhi not only banked the day’s biggest score, ₹18.87 Lakhs (overall), he entered the elite ‘two-time Millionaire’ club and breached the ₹5 Crores mark in tracked online winnings! Malik shipped Spartan Poker’s ₹1 Crore GTD MS #21 – The Millionaire for a site-best ₹16.75 Lakhs (he cashed the event four times, netting ₹17.16 Lakhs overall) after striking a three-way deal with Vaibhav Sharma (2nd for ₹12.12 Lakhs) and Uttam Lamba (3rd for ₹10.70 Lakhs).
Vaibhav Sharma pocketed a whopping ₹12.34 Lakhs in Sunday winnings on the back of three deep runs.
Yogesh Choudhary was another Millionaire champion to emerge on Sunday and won the coveted title in Spartan Poker`s MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire ( his maiden title of 2022) for a jaw-dropping ₹10.78 Lakhs. Like Malik, Choudhary, too, struck a three-way deal with Deepesh Raka (2nd for ₹9.86 Lakhs) and Ankit Jajodia (3rd for ₹8.75 Lakhs).
Deepesh Raka ended his Sunday run with a ₹10.43 Lakhs bankroll boost, while Ankit Jajodia raked in ₹9 Lakhs overall.
The most profitable player of the year, Young Gun Sahil Chutani, came out on top in Spartan Poker’s MS #19 Deepstack Turb, banking ₹4.87 Lakhs in first-place prize money. He collected ₹5.38 Lakhs through four deep runs.
Parag Shah (Won MS #16 for ₹2.27 Lakhs), Himanshu Aggarwal (Won MS #18 for ₹2.01 Lakhs), and Samyak Sethi (Won MS #20 – PKO Turbo for ₹1.49 Lakhs) shipped the other Millionaire Series titles on Sunday.
Ashit Sharma topped the 500-entry field in Adda52’s Mega Suits, clinching a site-best ₹6 Lakhs (won ₹6.26 Lakhs overall). Saturday`s top scorer, Young Gun Ujjwal Narwal, pocketed ₹3.50 Lakhs in second place.
PokerGuru Ambassador Ankit Wadhawan was one of three players from the stable winning a Sunday title and filled in ₹5.63 Lakhs in Sunday winnings. His best finish of the day was winning the Adda52 Millions for the third time for ₹5.40 Lakhs, and he chopped the title heads-up with Sumit Sapra (2nd for ₹4.98 Lakhs).
PokerBaazi user ‘tiltplay’ (anonymity requested) conquered PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for a personal-best ₹5.37 Lakhs. Anirudh Reddy finished runner-up for ₹3.77 Lakhs (won ₹4.34 Lakhs overall).
PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh Chadha championed Destiny 24.0 SnG Finale, winning a Las Vegas package worth ₹5 Lakhs. Rising Star Ritwik Khanna (won Las Vegas package worth ₹2.75 Lakhs) and yesterday’s BSS (6-Max) MonsterStack winner, PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek Singh (won Las Vegas package worth ₹2.25 Lakhs) secured the two other packages on offer.
Raghav Ananth nailed PokerStars India’s Galactic Series -29 [Sunday Special] for ₹2.87 Lakhs, netting ₹5.37 Lakhs across five ITM finishes.
Improving upon his runner-up finish in Spartan Poker`s MS #12 – Saturday Millionaire the day before, Tanmay Benara took down PokerStars India`s Galactic Series-32 [Sunday Highroller] for the first time, walking away with a winner’s paycheque worth ₹2.77 Lakhs (won ₹2.87 Lakhs overall).
Machiraju Dinesh was the last player standing in MPL Poker’s Sunday headliner, Master Series #11, and scored a career-best ₹1 Lakh.
Anoop Sharma (Won Master Series #10 for ₹36,750) and Mamta Meena (Won Master Series #12 for ₹18,912) clinched the other Master Series titles on Sunday.
PokerGuru Ambassador Advait Rajguru, Naresh Kumar, Partho Datta, Mukesh Surana, Manish Ranjan, Sashank Chakravarty, Uttam Gope, Amit Ayare, Paras Jain, Abhijeet Kumar, John Raphael, Neeraj Kumar, and Mrinmoy Chatterjee shipped the other Sunday majors.
Here are the Sunday highlights!
Spartan Poker
MS #21 – The Millionaire (1st Place ₹15 Lakhs GTD) – ₹1 Crore GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Total Entries – 1,309
Total Re-entries – 339
Total Rebuys – 819
Total Survivors – 309 (232)
Prize Pool – ₹1,23,35,000
Places Paid – 303
Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik is the newest entrant in the two-time Millionaire club! The 27-year-old triumphed over the 2,467-entry field in Spartan Poker’s ₹1 Crore GTD MS #21 – The Millionaire for a site-best ₹16.75 Lakhs (he cashed the event four times, netting ₹17.16 Lakhs cumulatively), following a three-way deal with Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma (2nd for ₹12.12 Lakhs) and Uttam ‘ulam’ Lamba (3rd for ₹10.70 Lakhs).
Malik’s previous Millionaire title came about a year ago in August. While his MS #21 – The Millionaire win was the biggest score of the day, the ENDBOSS 1.0 fifth-place finisher posted another three deep runs, banking ₹18.87 Lakhs (overall) and crossing ₹5 Crores in tracked online winnings.
His Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 -The Millionaire for ₹17,15,708* (cashed four times)
> 3rd in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-29 [Sunday Special] for ₹1,03,535
> 7th in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-32 [Sunday Highroller] for ₹56,752
> 50th in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹11,250
Rishab Malik’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.08 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.76 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹1.72 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #13
Saturday’s MS #13 runner-up finisher, Vaibhav Sharma, has been on a breakout run since last week, where he scored a hattrick of title victories. The MTT beast raked in a whopping ₹12.34 Lakhs last night through three ITM finishes, which include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 -The Millionaire for ₹12,11,982
> 44th in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹11,250
> 60th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹10,231
Vaibhav Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.38 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #8 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.75 Crores
Another two-time Millionaire on the MS #21 FT, the user ‘Usbcable’ (anonymity requested), pocketed ₹7.74 Lakhs through six scores which include:
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 -The Millionaire for ₹5,58,775
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s MS #16 for ₹1,53,387
> 20th in Spartan Poker’s MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire for ₹40,169
> 13th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹14,435
> 6th in Spartan Poker’s Ultimate OFC for ₹6,400
> 49th in Spartan Poker’s MS #20 Turbo PKO for ₹1,250
Final Table Results
- Rishab ‘NoChanc3’ Malik – ₹16,74,879*
- Vaibhav ‘Nikka Zaildar’ Sharma – ₹12,11,982*
- Uttam ‘ulam’ Lamba – ₹10,70,207*
- Usbcable – ₹5,58,775
- Avneesh ‘IamAM’ Munjal – ₹4,66,509
- Harshad ‘Epic Whale’ Barve – ₹3,78,068
- Devendra ‘thablack’ Suthar – ₹2,89,749
- Dracula11 – ₹2,04,144
*denotes a three-way deal
MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire (1st Place ₹10 Lakhs GTD) – ₹50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 291
Re-entries – 113
Rebuys – 172
Prize Pool – ₹57,60,000
Places Paid – 60
It was raining Millions in Spartan Poker’s Millionaire Series 5.0 last night, and Yogesh ‘GAMA PEHALWAN’ Choudhary was one of four players banking a seven-figure Sunday score on the site, i.e., ₹10.78 Lakhs with a victory march in the ₹50 Lakhs GTD MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire – bagging his maiden title of the year.
Like in MS #21 – The Millionaire, here too, a three-way deal was struck of which Deepesh ‘prince1993’ Raka (2nd for ₹9.86 Lakhs) and Ankit ‘HALAGALA’ Jajodia (3rd for ₹8.75 Lakhs) were the other beneficiaries.
Yogesh Choudhary’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹70.27 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #1
Deepesh Raka, chasing his first title in almost four months, made away with a whopping ₹10.43 Lakhs yesterday on the back of three ITM finishes. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.28 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹21.92 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3
Avinash ‘Naacho-BC’ Kumar cashed for ₹4.09 Lakhs through three ITM finishes which include:
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire for ₹3,74,400
> 27th in Spartan Poker’s MS #19 Deepstack Turbo for ₹20,750
> 149th in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 -The Millionaire for ₹14,185
Avinash Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.37 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹16.74 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #11
PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish’ Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja fired up seven ITM finishes across his hectic Sunday grind, netting ₹5.39 Lakhs. Not only did he storm into #5 in the annual standings, but the Chandigarh-based pro also hit a notable career milestone, crossing ₹12 Crores in tracked online winnings!
Ashish Ahuja`s Sunday finishes include:
> 5th in Spartan Poker’s MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire for ₹2,36,160
> 5th in Adda52’s Adda52 Millions for ₹1,43,750
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s MS #18 for ₹79,299
> 100th in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 -The Millionaire for ₹34,785
> 14th in PokerStars India’s Galactic Series-29 [Sunday Special – Gtd Boost] for ₹29,764
> 58th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹10,231
> 34th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS SPRINT for ₹5,295
Ashish Ahuja’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.64 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹2.40 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #19 | Moves to #5 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
Final Table Results
- Yogesh ‘GAMA PEHALWAN’ Choudhary – ₹10,78,025*
- Deepesh ‘prince1993’ Raka – ₹9,85,736*
- Ankit ‘HALAGALA’ Jajodia – ₹8,73,839*
- Avinash ‘Naacho-BC’ Kumar – ₹3,74,400
- Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹2,36,160
- Ashish ‘Donkey 07’ Munot – ₹1,72,800
- Arun ‘Rohini Sharma’ Karthik – ₹1,44,000
- Metamorphosis – ₹1,15,200
*denotes a three-way deal
MS #19 – Deepstack Turbo – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 255
Re-entries – 78
Rebuys – 167
Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000
Places Paid – 47
Young Gun Sahil ‘$lim$hady19’ Chutani has had a cracking year, and his run good continued on Sunday. The poker coach netted ₹5.38 Lakhs in winnings through four deep runs, including shipping Spartan Poker’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD MS #19 – Deepstack Turbo for ₹4.87 Lakhs, picking up his first title in nearly a month.
Akshat ‘doubledown’ Sharma finished runner-up for ₹3.10 Lakhs.
Sahil Chutani’s Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s MS #19 Deepstack Turbo for ₹4,87,250
> 38th in Spartan Poker’s MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire for ₹28,224
> 196th in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 – The Millionaire for ₹11,718
> 53rd in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹11,250
Sahil Chutani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.53 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.74 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹2.95 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #18 | Ranked #2 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #1 in Annual Profits
Akshat Sharma locked in ₹5.09 Lakhs through six ITM finishes which include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s MS #19 Deepstack Turbo for ₹3,09,500
> 7th in Adda52’s Adda52 Millions for ₹81,250
> 11th in Spartan Poker’s MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire for ₹51,840
> 44th in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 -The Millionaire for ₹32,811
> 14th in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹25,000
> 35th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹8,556
Akshat Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.19 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹97.09 Lakhs | Annual Winnings: ₹1.15 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #7
Alok ‘Mazacar’ Birewar pocketed ₹85,994 last night on the back of three ITM finishes which include:
> 8th in Spartan Poker’s MS #19 Deepstack Turbo for ₹61,000
> 168th in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 -The Millionaire for ₹12,828
> 53rd in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹12,166
Alok Birewar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.65 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #6 | Annual Winnings: ₹50 Lakhs
Final Table Results
- Sahil ‘$lim$hady19’ Chutani – ₹4,87,250
- Akshat ‘doubledown’ Sharma – ₹3,09,500
- Neeraj ‘NeeruNJ’ Sattawat – ₹2,32,000
- angleShot23 – ₹1,87,750
- Au$tin – ₹1,48,000
- Swapnil ‘norm_macdonald’ Patil – ₹1,13,000
- Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha – ₹83,000
- Alok ‘Mazacar’ Birewar – ₹61,000
MS #16 – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 161
Re-entries – 36
Rebuys – 145
Prize Pool – ₹10,26,000
Places Paid – 27
Spartan poker loyalist Parag ‘Persie’ Shah has been in sublime form in the ongoing Millionaire Series 5.0 and is among the top-ranked players in the MS 2 Million leaderboard standings. The MTT reg stormed past a 342-player field in the site’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD MS #16 and seized the title after seven hours of action-packed play, taking home ₹2.27 Lakhs. Last night`s MS #21 – The Millionaire fourth-place finisher ‘Usbcable’ (anonymity requested) collected ₹1.53 Lakhs in second place.
Shah cumulatively added ₹3.97 Lakhs on Sunday from five ITM runs. His Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s MS #16 for ₹2,27,259
> 9th in Spartan Poker’s MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire for ₹1,00,800
> 21st in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 – The Millionaire Day 2 for ₹66,609
> 63rd in Spartan Poker’s Weekender Day 2 for ₹1,450
Parag Shah’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹98.95 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹14.05 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹43.19 Lakhs | Ranked #3 in the Millionaire Series 2 Million Leaderboard Standings
Final Table Results
- Parag ‘Persie’ Shah – ₹2,27,259
- Usbcable – ₹1,53,387
- Neeraj’ UnsafeChoice’ Kumar – ₹1,02,874
- Vikrant ‘borntrouble’ Varma – ₹86,081
- Wish555 – ₹65,938
- CashMeIfYouCan – ₹50,035
- kracker – ₹38,372
- Siddharth’ FLIPopotamus’ Kadel – ₹27,805
Destiny 24.0 Finale ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Entries – 8
Places Paid – 3
Spartan Poker’s Destiny 24.0 Finale ran from 9 PM to 12.37 AM on Sunday, bringing all the Destiny 24.0 series winners (counting one double stack) from the past eight weeks together for an SNG match that guaranteed Las Vegas packages worth ₹10 Lakhs to the top three finishers. Only eight winners joined the action, and PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh ‘bazzinga’ Chadha walked away as the champion! Chadha, who topped the weekly leaderboard for two consecutive weeks, grabbed a Las Vegas Package worth ₹5 Lakhs.
Chadha also FTed the MS #19 Deepstack Turbo on Spartan Poker while cashing another four events to rake in Sunday winnings amounting to ₹6.88 Lakhs. His top Sunday scores are:
>1st in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 24.0 Finale for ₹5,00,000 (Las Vegas Package)
> 7th in Spartan Poker’s MS #19 Deepstack Turbo for ₹83,000
Arjanveer Singh Chadha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.80 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.26 Crores | Titles Won in 2022:17 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.73 Crores
Rising Star Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna placed second for ₹2.75 Lakhs, with BSS Monsterstack champion, PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh receiving a Las Vegas package worth ₹2.25 Lakhs in third place.
Khanna cashed another two events to boost his bankroll by ₹2.96 Lakhs. His top Sunday scores include:
>2nd in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 24.0 Finale for ₹2,50,000 (Las Vegas Package)
> 8th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹23,250
> 22nd in Adda52’s Adda52 Millions for ₹22,500
Ritwik Khanna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.52 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.04 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: 12
Singh’s Sunday victory and multiple standout scores saw him add a hefty ₹5.21 Lakhs to his online scorecard.
Final Results (Vegas Packages)
- Arjanveer Singh ‘bazzinga’ Chadha – ₹5,00,000
- Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna – ₹2,75,000
- Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh – ₹2,25,000
MS #18 – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 741
Re-entries – 193
Rebuys – 401
Prize Pool – ₹13,35,000
Places Paid – 135
Spartan Poker reg Himanshu ‘venomaster’ Aggarwal scored a thumping victory in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD MS #18, outlasting a guarantee-busting 1,335-player field to win his first Millionaire Series title and a personal-best ₹2.01 Lakhs. He chopped the 8 PM marquee heads-up with Shrikant ‘baphomate’ Pradhan (2nd for ₹1.97 Lakhs)
Last night’s Galactic Series-29 [Sunday Special] champion, Raghav ‘Mr. Bean’ Ananth posted a third-place finish worth ₹1.06 Lakhs, rounding up ₹5.37 Lakhs in Sunday winnings.
Final Table Results
- Himanshu ‘venomaster’ Aggarwal – ₹2,00,598*
- Shrikant ‘baphomate’ Pradhan – ₹1,96,965*
- Raghav ‘Mr. Bean’ Ananth – ₹1,05,599
- Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹79,299
- Shinu22 – ₹61,677
- TheRealAAJJ – ₹45,657
- Aman2499 – ₹32,694
- Shyam ‘shyam1190’ Sundar – ₹23,996
*denotes a heads-up deal
MS #20 – PKO Turbo – ₹6 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 186
Re-entries – 41
Rebuys – 144
Total Prize Pool – ₹7,42,000
Regular Prize Pool – ₹3,71,000
Knockout Prize Pool – ₹3,71,000
Places Paid – 31
The Baazi Turbo Series Main Event champion, Samyak ‘stonedurr’ Sethi, outlasted a reg-laden 371-player field in Spartan Poker’s MS #20 – PKO Turbo, picking up his first title of the month and a ₹1.49 Lakhs cash prize (₹70,039 in bounties). Siddharth ‘FLIPopotamus’ Kadel pocketed ₹60,643 (₹7,813 in bounties) in second place.
Sethi`s Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s MS #20 – PKO (Turbo) for ₹1,48,506
> 70th in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 -The Millionaire for ₹21,956
> 43rd in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹13,750
> 38th in Adda52’s Sunday Showdown for ₹8,556
Samyak Sethi`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹54.25 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹20.93 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #12
Final Table Results (Include Bounties)
- Samyak ‘stonedurr’ Sethi – ₹1,48,506
- Siddharth ‘FLIPopotamus’ Kadel – ₹60,643
- ardneran1 – ₹57,428
- kilzzz – ₹40,090
- Unnikrishnan ‘swimminwdafishies’ Nair – ₹25,642
- Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC – ₹28,923
- Refill – ₹38,979
- Giraldik – ₹16,996
Weekender Day 2 – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹660
Total Entries – 499
Total Re-entries – 77
Total Rebuys – 247
Total Survivors – 103 (88)
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 103
The second edition of Spartan Poker`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Weekender brought in 823 entrants across three starting flights, and 103 hopefuls (88 unique players) returned for Day 2 yesterday.
The ₹660 buy-in tournament wrapped up at 1.51 AM, with Naresh ‘NareshNow’ Kumar walking away with the title and the ₹78,422 up top. He struck a heads-up deal with ‘Mantri97’, who netted ₹74,228 for their second-place finish.
Naresh Kumar`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹45.47 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.09 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #7
Final Table Results
- Naresh ‘NareshNow’ Kumar – ₹78,422*
- Mantri97 – ₹74,228*
- Hazardous10 – ₹41,400
- Unnikrishnan ‘swimminwdafishies’ Nair – ₹31,350
- papatumhare – ₹24,950
- einor$uperhero769 – ₹19,150
- whiskypokerr – ₹13,850
- Pankaj ‘blom89’ Rautela – ₹9,450
*denotes a heads-up deal
Millionaire Series 5.0 2 Million Leaderboard – Day 4
Leaderboard crusher Bhanu ‘spectre’ Prakash KC (3,808 points) has overtaken Anurag ‘CultOfPersonality’ Srivastava (3,545 points) in the Millionaire Series 5.0 2 Million Leaderboard standings. Yesterday’s MS #16 winner, Parag ‘Persie’ Shah (2,942 points), is still firmly perched at the #3 spot.
Rank Player Points
1 Bhanu 'spectre' Prakash KC 3,808
2 Anurag 'CultOfPersonality' Srivastava 3,545
3 Parag 'Persie' Shah 2,942
4 Siddharth 'FLIPopotamus' Kadel 2,586
5 Ashish 'Spewushhhiiiii' Ahuja 2,517
6 Varun 'buffalosoldier' Meena 2,430
7 Vishal 'usbcable' Tulsyan 2,194
8 Siddharth 'SherRun' Karia 1,866
9 Vaibhav 'Nikka Zalidar' Sharma 1,782
10 Unnikrishnan 'swimminwdafishies' Nair 1,712
Manish ‘diamond101’ Ranjan (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Sun Poker Nite #4 for ₹49,290), Paras ‘Jhukega nahi $ala’ Jain (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultimate OFC for ₹29,488), ‘Prithvi23’ (Won ₹50K GTD Ultimate OFC – Pineapple OH for ₹14,394), and ‘LuckyPatcher’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹9,866) won the other Sunday marquees on Spartan Poker.
PokerBaazi
BSS SuperStack – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 262
Re-entries – 291
Prize Pool – ₹27,65,000
Places Paid – 63
PokerBaazi user ‘tiltplay’ overcame a stacked 553-player field in the site`s ₹20 Lakhs GTD BSS SuperStack to collect a career-best ₹5.37 Lakhs. Anirudh ‘flash1’ Reddy placed runner-up for ₹3.77 Lakhs – his fourth-time final table finish in the event.
Anirudh Reddy made another three ITM finishes in Sunday tournaments, collectively adding ₹4.34 Lakhs.
His top Sunday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi`s BSS SuperStack for ₹3,76,593
> 28th in Spartan Poker`s MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire for ₹31,680
> 89th in Spartan Poker`s MS #21 – The Millionaire for ₹18,873
Anirudh Reddy`s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.09 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.06 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #6
The ₹5,500 buy-in event ran from 7 PM to 3.07 AM, and the top 63 finishers earned a share of the ₹27.65 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- tiltplay – ₹537,240
- Anirudh ‘flash1’ Reddy – ₹3,76,593
- Vikas ‘nohomejerome’ Yadav – ₹2,42,214
- Areyann ‘kreishhAA’ Gurbaxani – ₹1,79,172
- Deepak ‘3streakbluff’ Singh – ₹134,379
- Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni – ₹1,07,835
- Benwa179 – ₹89,863
- Akhilesh ‘Ikka5’ Chauhan – ₹71,614
(7-Max) BSS SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 219
Re-entries – 208
Prize Pool – ₹8,54,000
Places Paid – 54
PokerGuru Ambassador Advait ‘ExploitativeGTO’ Rajguru broke past a 427-player barrier in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) BSS SPRINT, taking down the title and collecting the winner’s due worth ₹1.72 Lakhs. Rajguru outdid stablemate Faiz ‘AliaGaya’ Alam (2nd for ₹1.20 Lakhs) heads-up.
Uttam Gope added over ₹1 Lakh across four ITM runs, including winning the Daily Morning SPRINT.
His Sunday finishes include:
> 6th in PokerBazi’s BSS SPRINT for ₹34,416
> 1st in PokerBazi’s Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹32,647
> 15th in PokerBazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹32,074
> 65th in PokerBazi’s BSS Kickoff for ₹917
Uttam Gope’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹20.56 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹5.71 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5
Final Table Results
- Advait ‘ExploitativeGTO’ Rajguru – ₹1,71,654
- AliaGaya – ₹1,20,329
- Kritika ‘jessepinkman420’ Chugh – ₹77,372
- Allen ‘romeo333’ Romeo – ₹57,218
- Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarty – ₹42,956
- Uttam ‘brokenpocker’ Gope – ₹34,416
- Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar – ₹28,694
BSS (6-Max) MonsterStack – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 160
Re-entries – 134
Prize Pool – ₹7,35,000
Places Paid – 36
The former The Millionaire champion and last week`s Destiny winner, PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh, conquered PokerBaazi’s Sunday evening favorite, ₹5 Lakhs GTD BSS (6-Max) MonsterStack, adding ₹1.62 Lakhs to his poker bankroll. Chirag ‘chiragkhanduja’ Khanduja came second for ₹1.14 Lakhs.
Singh made another six ITM finishes and bagged a Las Vegas package worth ₹2.25 Lakhs for finishing third in Spartan Poker’s Destiny 24.0 SnG Finale.
Vivek Singh`s Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s BSS (6-Max) MonsterStack for ₹1,62,362
> 14th in Adda52 Millions for ₹31,250
> 60th in Spartan Poker’s MS #21 – The Millionaire for ₹26,027
> 48th in Spartan Poker’s MS #17 – Sunday Millionaire for ₹24,768
> 21stth in Spartan Poker’s MS #19 – Deepstack Turbo for ₹23,250
> 29th in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹16,590
> 23rd in Spartan Poker’s MS #16 for ₹11,286
Vivek Singh`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.17 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.16 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #18 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.12 Crores
Final Table Results
- Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729’ Singh – ₹1,62,362
- Chirag ‘chiragkhanduja’ Khanduja – ₹1,13,925
- Tarush ‘Busterr’ Gupta – ₹73,280
- Chandan ‘darkfish’ Arora – ₹54,243
- Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarty – ₹40,719
- Monam ‘loosingfreak’ Hayat – ₹32,561
Mukesh ‘Guruuu’ Surana (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night SPRINT for ₹55,140), ‘Hdwiedi3’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD BSS for ₹49,390), ‘Kingofdisco’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD BSS Kickoff for ₹34,800), Uttam ‘brokenpocker’ Gope (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹32,650), John ‘Jopay.poker’ Raphael (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD BSS Afternoon SPRINT for ₹26,920), Neeraj ‘SelfClaimedPro’ Kumar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Baazi Super Value for ₹13,500), and ‘yano’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Baazi Super Value for ₹11,270) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
MPL Poker
Master Series #11 – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Total Entries – 286
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 45
Machiraju ‘player3580643’ Dinesh outmaneuvered a 286-strong field in MPL Poker’s Sunday flagship, ₹5 Lakhs GTD Master Series #11, clinching his first MTT title on the site and a career-best ₹1 Lakh.
Puneet ‘arhanhit’ Fatehchand Jain fell one short of the finish line, taking home ₹70,000 in second-place prize money.
Final Table Results
- Machiraju ‘player3580643’ Dinesh – ₹1,00,000
- Puneet ‘arhanhit’ Jain – ₹70,000
- Anjul ‘pariqueenstar’ Bajpai – ₹50,000
- Bijoy ‘dealtweapon442’ Mathew – ₹37,500
- Himanshu ‘comeontheboyzz’ Arora – ₹26,250
- epicability6560 – ₹18,750
- Satyam ‘gtoontilt’ Verma – ₹15,000
- Rajarshi ‘ninjabuff35517’ Saha – ₹12,500
Anoop ‘zimmyyash’ Sharma (Won ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Master Series #10 for ₹36,750) and Mamta ‘socialgame15904’ Meena (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD Master Series #12 for ₹18,912) won the other Master Series titles on Sunday.
Masters Series Leaderboard – Day 4
Prabhas Sharma (112 points) topped the leaderboard, with ‘OM PRAKASH’ (95 points) and ‘Beast’ (83 points) rounding out the top three ranks.
| Rankings | User Id | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prabhas 'Babatufaani' Sharma | 112.2315448 |
| 2 | 'OM PRAKASH' | 95.08502654 |
| 3 | 'Beast' | 83.25982059 |
| 4 | 'Kamasara' | 81.07649999 |
| 5 | 'Corona warrior g' | 79.89664811 |
| 6 | 'Grindlwald' | 73.95123048 |
| 7 | Devvrat Singh 'kinghyper' Kaurav | 72.57352931 |
| 8 | '90*****407' | 71.54393323 |
| 9 | '77*****570' | 71.32378302 |
| 10 | Awanish Kumar | 70.04531743 |
PokerStars India
Galactic Series-29 [Sunday Special] – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 219
Re-entries – 177
Regular Prize Pool – ₹10,10,000
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹9,90,000
Total Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000
Places Paid – 47
Raghav ‘scambrahm’ Ananth went on a rampage last night and collected almost ₹5.37 Lakhs across five ITM finishes – three of them six-figure scores! He most prominently championed PokerStars India`s ₹20 Lakhs GTD Galactic Series -29 [Sunday Special] for ₹2.87 Lakhs.
His Sunday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerStars India`s Galactic Series-29 [Sunday Special] for ₹2,87,531 (his first title in over three months)
> 12th in Spartan Poker`s MS #21 – The Millionaire for ₹1,26,680
> 3rd in Spartan Poker`s MS #18 for ₹1,05,599
> 14th in Spartan Poker’s MS #16 for ₹15,390
> 39th in Spartan Poker’s Weekender for ₹1,850
Raghav Ananth`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.34 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹33.86 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5
The newly elevated PokerGuru Staking coach, Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIn’ Mahesh (opted out of our tracking), pocketed ₹2.55 Lakhs in second place.
The ₹5,500 buy-in Sunday Special registered a starting field of 396 participants, falling four entries short of breaking even, and paid out 47 places.
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
- Raghav ‘scambrahm’ Ananth – ₹2,87,531
- Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIn’ Mahesh – ₹2,55,890
- Rishab ‘NoChan(3’ Malik – ₹1,03,535
- Dayanand ‘dayanandprass’ Prass – ₹1,16,628
- WaveBosss – ₹75,716
- rdx1111 – ₹1,04,473
- Shravan ‘lukBo$$13’ Chhabria – ₹63,436
- Deepankur ‘dp8218’ Gupta – ₹43,124
- Arman ‘huger_pen’ Khan – ₹41,730
Galactic Series-32 [Sunday Highroller] – ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 74
Re-entries – 41
Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000
Places Paid – 13
Fresh off a runner-up finish in Spartan Poker`s MS #12 – Saturday Millionaire the day before, Tanmay ‘tanmay1909’ Benara went the distance in PokerStars India`s ₹12 Lakhs GTD Galactic Series-32 [Sunday Highroller], winning the Sunday flagship for the first time last night for ₹2.77 Lakhs.
The five-time SPRINT champion, Benara, accumulated almost ₹2.87 Lakhs in Sunday winnings as he made another ITM finish in Spartan Poker’s MS #20 Turbo (20th for