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Daily Majors: Vishal Ojha, Avinash Anand, Srujan Gudelly & Deepak Singh Make the Monday Headlines

With Spartan Poker’s inaugural Diwali Celebration Series and Adda52 Nano Poker Series wrapping up on Sunday, Monday served the regular tournament fare.

The former Destiny winner Vishal Ojha emerged as Monday`s chartbuster! The online reg got a firecracker start to the Diwali week, firing six ITM runs for over ₹3.03 Lakhs in total winnings. He notably finished runner-up in two flagship tournaments last night – PokerBaazi’s The Big Show (₹1.29 Lakhs) and Adda52’s Iron Man (₹1.21 Lakhs)!

Avinash Anand reeled in his second breakout run of the year last night, banking over ₹2.01 Lakhs, including PokerBaazi`s The Big Show title.

Sanjay Kumar took down Adda52`s Iron Man, winning the Monday flagship for the second time for ₹2 Lakhs.

Back to the online grind after a long break, Srujan Gudelly delivered an impressive run in the PokerBaazi marquees yesterday. He won the 7:30 PM Daily Value Boost for ₹1.76 Lakhs and cashed another two late-night events, rounding up almost ₹1.93 Lakhs in Monday winnings!

The former FTS Supreme winner Deepak Singh made away with 1.74 Lakhs in Monday winnings, most prominently taking down Spartan Poker’s The Rainmaker for ₹1.59 Lakhs. He struck a three-way deal with Biplob Rana (2nd for ₹1.54 Lakhs) and James Mathews (3rd for ₹1.41 Lakhs).

Mayank Maruka fired two bullets in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT before taking down the 9 PM marquee for ₹1.38 Lakhs and lapped up ₹1.58 Lakhs across five deep runs! Abhishek Batra finished runner-up in the (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹96,798.

The PokerStars India loyalist Anmolraj Singh Chawla won the site’s Battle Royale [8-Max] for an impressive fifth time (the second time this year) for ₹96,292 (₹58,047 in bounties) (won ₹1 Lakh overall).

Saturday’s Daily Boost runner-up Atishay Samuel was another head-turner as he made six deep runs for ₹98,093 in total winnings and made the victory run in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹43,061* (HU deal).

The former Millionaire Series #12 – Millionaire United champion Arunkumar Singh shipped Spartan Poker’s 9:30 PM Deepstack Turbo for ₹74,025.

Stivan’ Fernandes won the Daily Night SPRINT for ₹30,766.

Here are the Monday highlights!

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Spartan Poker

The Rainmaker – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 164

Re-entries – 63

Rebuys – 80

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 31

Improving upon his runner-up finish in Spartan Poker`s The Rainmaker last month, Deepak ‘Optimist’ Singh crushed the 307-player field in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Monday headliner, winning the title for ₹1.59 Lakhs (his first in three weeks).

Deepak Singh
Deepak Singh

 

The former FTS Supreme champion chopped The Rainmaker title three-way with Biplob ‘hellhell’ Rana (2nd for ₹1.54 Lakhs) and James ‘Jomathu’ Mathews (3rd for ₹1.41 Lakhs).

Deepak Singh cashed another three events for a Monday take-home worth ₹1.74 Lakhs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.61 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹91.55 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.67 Crores

With most regs taking the Monday off, the ₹3,300 buy-in The Rainmaker ended up overlaying ₹79,000, and the top 31 places got paid.

Final Table Results

  1. Deepak ‘Optimist’ Singh – ₹1,59,061*
  2. Biplob ‘hellhell’ Rana – ₹1,53,766*
  3. James ‘Jomathu’ Mathews – ₹1,41,473*
  4. The Clairvoyant – ₹81,400
  5. Sami5 – ₹64,400
  6. suntzu – ₹48,900
  7. Ankita ‘BillaFromBong’ Maheshwary – ₹35,700
  8. AllGhilliedUp – ₹26,100

*denotes a three-way deal

 

Deepstack Turbo – ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 168

Re-entries – 41

Rebuys – 93

Prize Pool – ₹3,50,000

Places Paid – 31

The former Millionaire Series – Millionaire United champion Arunkumar ‘denoi’ Singh broke an over 45-day title drought by taking down Spartan Poker’s ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD Deepstack Turbo, winning the 9:30 PM tournament for ₹74,025. ‘kelvinkean3’ pocketed ₹49,840 as the runner-up.

Arunkumar Singh’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹1.01 Crores | Site Profits: ₹28.19 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #6

Just as the other Monday marquees, the ₹1,100 buy-in Deepstack Turbo registered a below-par 302 entries, experiencing an overlay shortfall worth ₹48,000.

The tournament ended at 3.32 AM, and the top 31 finishers got paid.

Final Table Results

  1. Arunkumar ‘denoi’ Singh – ₹74,025
  2. kelvinkean3 – ₹49,840
  3. Arnav ‘AIOps’ Sharma – ₹35,140
  4. dkd1003 – ₹28,490
  5. Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta – ₹22,540
  6. Sanket ‘GentleMonster’ Arora – ₹17,115
  7. Bh@uk@@L – ₹12,495
  8. BillyWalsh – ₹9,135

 

Badass’ (Won Sundowner ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹42,300), ‘Abhimanisha’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹37,632), ‘Zombie99’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹19,000), and ‘ _AMERICAN_SNIPER_’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹7,440) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

 

PokerBaazi

The Big Show – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 201

Re-Entries – 190

Prize Pool – ₹11,73,000

Places Paid – 49

Avinash ‘Borntogamble’ Anand pulled out his second breakout run of the year last night, banking over ₹2.01 Lakhs, including PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Big Show title!

Avinash Anand
Avinash Anand

 

His Monday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹1,95,305 (his first title in over four months)

> 21st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹6,183

Avinash Anand’s online stats (PokerBaazi & Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.31 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹57.79 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2

It`s Diwali week, and Vishal ‘Darky’ Ojha is already off to a smashing start as he raked in over ₹3.03 Lakhs last night through six ITM finishes. He fired up two runner-up finishes – both in flagship tournaments – including The Big Show, where he won ₹1.21 Lakhs.

Vishal Ojha
Vishal Ojha

 

His Monday finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi`s The Big Show for ₹1,29,030

> 2nd in Adda52`s Iron Man for ₹1,21,200

> 3rd in Adda52`s Voyager for ₹29,242

> 17th in Spartan Poker’s The Rainmaker for ₹13,300

> 10th in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack Turbo for ₹6,405

> 30th in PokerBaazi’s SPRINT for ₹4,259

Vishal Ojha`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.20 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹58.24 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #8

One of the biggest MTT crushers in the mid-stakes, Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur, collected ₹61,716 on the back of four ITM finishes, which include:

Rajneesh Thakur
Rajneesh Thakur

 

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹46,920

> 17th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹7,076

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s PLO Boost Monster for ₹4,238

> 60th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹3,482

Rajneesh Thakur’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.72 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹64.73 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #50| Ranked #2 in the Annual TLB (Points) Leaderboard

Final Table Results

  1. Avinash ‘Borntogamble’ Anand – ₹1,95,305
  2. Vishal ‘Darky’ Ojha – ₹1,29,030
  3. 4betdonkey – ₹99,705
  4. Arun ‘arumanu1’ Kumar – ₹82,110
  5. Vishak ‘vishakdelhi’ Nair – ₹70,380
  6. Kashish ‘kashish007’ Gupta – ₹58,650
  7. Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹46,920
  8. Avinash ‘ISLIDUR1’ Anant – ₹35,190

 

Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,375

Entries – 461

Re-entries – 383

Prize Pool – ₹10,55,000

Places Paid – 137

Just recently back to the online grind after a long break, Srujan ‘Gambling_buddha’ Gudelly delivered an impressive run in the PokerBaazi marquees yesterday. The former The Pride winner trounced an 844-entry field in PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost, winning the 7:30 PM tournament for ₹1.76 Lakhs and cashed another two late-night events, rounding up almost ₹1.93 Lakhs in Monday winnings.

Srujan Gudelly
Srujan Gudelly

 

Srujan Gudelly`s Monday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹1,76,291 (his first title in over five months)

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s Midnight SPRINT for ₹8,342

> 15th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹8,244

Srujan Gudelly’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹41.62 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹18.26 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2

Final Table Results

  1. Srujan ‘Gambling_buddha’ Gudelly – ₹1,76,291
  2. armaankhan2608 – ₹1,23,330
  3. nimbupani – ₹85,983
  4. Surya ‘Surya12’ Lohia – ₹59,819
  5. mangubansal – ₹41,356
  6. Unknown – ₹28,802
  7. The Old Lady – ₹20,045
  8. 1levelup – ₹14,665

 

(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 262

Re-Entries – 196

Prize Pool – ₹6,87,000

Places Paid – 54

Two-time IOPC title winner Mayank ‘Newsolidcash’ Maruka fired twice before racing past a 458-strong field in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT, taking down the 9 PM marquee for the first time for ₹1.38 Lakhs. Abhishek ‘abbie1987’ Batra finished runner-up for ₹96,798.

Mayank Maruka
Mayank Maruka

 

Maruka grossed ₹1.57 Lakhs overall across five deep runs. His top finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,38,087

> 6th in Pocket52’s Pocket Jacks for ₹11,250

> 13th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹9,601

> 48th in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹8,211

Mayank Maruka’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.71 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹36.53 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #11

Final Table Results

  1. Mayank ‘Newsolidcash’ Maruka – ₹138,087
  2. Abhishek ‘abbie1987’ Batra – ₹96,798
  3. Zafar ‘Zedd’ Ahmed – ₹62,242
  4. Hrohit – ₹46,029
  5. Yogesh ‘ydc1234’ Choudhary – ₹34,556
  6. UNKNOWN – ₹27,686
  7. Vinay ‘keechad’ Verma – ₹23,083

 

‘ItsArestarHD’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Midnight SPRINT for ₹50,175), Atishay ‘nutscracker’ Samuel (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹43,061), ‘Heisenbergj’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD (7-MAX) Afternoon Boost for ₹41,287), Stivan ‘pokersadu’ Fernandes (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹30,766), ‘angadgill’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹28,042), and ‘Ritu.79’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO Boost Monster for ₹25,176) shipped the other Monday marquees on PokerBaazi.

 

Pocket52

Pocket Jacks – ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,450

Entries – 97

Re-entries – 54

Prize Pool – ₹2,50,000

Places Paid – 24

Pocket52 network user ‘Acekiller’ overcame a 151-player field in the site’s Monday marquee, ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, taking home ₹52,500 in first-place prize money! The user ‘Jack_Killer’ finished runner-up for ₹38,750.

Final Table Results

  1. Acekiller – ₹52,500
  2. Jack_Killer – ₹38,750
  3. Kaustubh ‘KaustubhKa’ Kulkarni – ₹28,750
  4. papay – ₹20,000
  5. Jaishreeram1 – ₹15,000
  6. Mayank ‘muckforvalue’ Maruka – ₹11,250

 

‘Florida01’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹22,000), ‘crocodile_rana70_14285795’ (Won ₹65K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹14,950) and ‘KOHINOOR’ (Won ₹50K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹11,500), won the other Pocket52 marquees.

 

PokerDangal

Monday Monster – ₹1 Lakh GTD

Buy-in – ₹770

Entries – 99

Rebuys – 49

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 23

‘Deepu’ raced past a 148-player field in PokerDangal’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Monday Monster, netting ₹21,756 in first-place prize money. The user ‘TriggerHappy’ placed second for ₹16,058.

Final Table Results

  1. Deepu – ₹21,756
  2. TriggerHappy – ₹16,058
  3. Sahil09malik – ₹12,173
  4. Chaturkhiladi008 – ₹9,324
  5. Kicker – ₹6,993
  6. Vishu85 – ₹5,180

 

 

PokerStars India

Battle Royale [8-Max] – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 95

Re-Entries – 74

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,11,250

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,11,250

Total Prize Pool – ₹4,22,500

Places Paid – 17

The PokerStars India reg Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla outlasted the guarantee-surpassing 169-entry field in the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale [8-Max], winning the Monday tournament for the fifth time (second time this year) for ₹96,292 (₹58,047 in bounties).

Anmolraj Singh Chawla
Anmolraj Singh Chawla

 

The user ‘garima14’ (2nd for ₹50,140) (₹11,895 in bounties) and PokerGuru Ambassador Advait ‘ronaldinh18’ Rajguru (3rd for ₹38,480) (₹11,934 in bounties) round out the Battle Royale podium!

Anmolraj Singh Chawla fired another deep run in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost (51st for ₹4,115), collectively adding over ₹1 Lakh. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.81 Crores| Lifetime Profits: ₹60.51 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹82.59 Lakhs

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

  1. Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla – ₹96,292
  2. garima14 – ₹50,140
  3. Advait ‘ronaldinh18’ Rajguru – ₹38,480
  4. 7Braveheart – ₹31,183
  5. rummy_11 – ₹25,103
  6. pablo227799 – ₹13,598
  7. kimi_nj – ₹16,312
  8. $00th$ayer – ₹16,330
  9. Kannug – ₹12,424

 

‘Victorgangs10@’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹23,342), ‘rajindia’ (Won ₹50K GTD Afternoon on Stars for ₹15,536), ‘feedmeass’ (Won ₹50K GTD Deepstack for ₹13,258), and ‘Ajeet899’ (Won ₹50K GTD Primetime Grind for ₹10,959) won the other Monday marquees on PokerStars India.

 

Adda52

Iron Man – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,400

Entries – 168

Re-entries – 149

Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000

Places Paid – 34

Adda52 reg Sanjay ‘Floppednuts’ Kumar nailed the site`s Monday headliner, ₹8 Lakhs GTD Iron Man, for the second time last night for ₹2 Lakhs! Last night’s breakout winner, Vishal ‘darky012’ Ojha, collected ₹1.21 Lakhs as the runner-up.

Vishal Ojha
Vishal Ojha

 

The former Destiny champion, Ojha, made away with over ₹3.03 Lakhs in Monday winnings across six deep runs and posted three podium finishes.

The ₹2,400 buy-in Iron Man had 317 hopefuls in the fray, and the top 34 finishers benefitted from the ₹1.02 Lakhs in overlay value added by the site.

Final Table Results

  1. Sanjay ‘Floppednuts’ Kumar – ₹2,00,000
  2. Vishal ‘darky012’ Ojha – ₹1,21,200
  3. Mohit ‘Gandiaa’ Dhingra – ₹88,000
  4. Daniyall ‘hermes786’ Kazi – ₹66,800
  5. Maelwyn – ₹46,000
  6. Ashutosh ‘senojwod’ Balodhi – ₹30,000

 

Voyager – ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 139

Re-entries – 112

Prize Pool – ₹2,51,000

Places Paid – 27

‘VishuChi’ stomped past the 251-player field in Adda52`s ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Voyager, winning the 9:30 PM tournament for ₹65,260. Adda52 loyalist Vijay ‘GajaniG’ Pandit was chasing his third Voyager title and fell one place short of the finish line, netting ₹38,905 as the runner-up.

Vijay Pandit’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹58.07 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹19.94 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #11

Final Table Results

  1. VishuChi – ₹65,260
  2. Vijay ‘GajaniG’ Pandit – ₹38,905
  3. Vishal ‘darky012’ Ojha – ₹29,242
  4. iamalooser – ₹21,335
  5. krishb591993 – ₹14,433
  6. Atishay ‘pokergod56’ Samuel – ₹10,668
  7. Himanshu ‘StupidCommonMan’ Kataria – ₹8,158
  8. Comedypoker – ₹6,275

 

‘sarita23’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹30,301), ‘Shahrukh487’ (Won ₹40K GTD Freeze Out Adda for 14,266), ‘SaamyJay’ (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹12,656ٖ), ‘FB-UNFITTOFIT’ (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹10,635), and ‘Bilu99’ (Won ₹50K GTD Evening Adda for ₹9,939) won the other Adda52 marquees.

 

Khelo365

Khelo365 user ‘Ashu79’ took down the ₹10K GTD Sun Downer for ₹3,100, besting ‘BlackWood’ (2nd for ₹2,100) heads-up.

 

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Vishal Tulsyan, Sreekanth Narayan, Avijit Jaiswal & Gautam Bansal Reel in Hefty Sunday Scores

It`s been a relatively busy week with MPL Poker’s India Poker Festival and Adda52’s Beat the Heat series turning up the heat. And Sunday witnessed high-octane action!

However, non-stop action awaits online MTT players with the India Online Poker Championship, 1100 Texas Hold’em Championship, and Summer Series, all set to commence this week!

Returning to the Sunday headlines, Rahul ‘HIMKIR69’ Nischal walked away with the fattest paycheque as they championed the only eight-figure guaranteed event running on Adda52, the ₹1 Crore GTD BTH Main Event for ₹16.70 Lakhs. Vishal Tulsyan (2nd for ₹12.01 Lakhs) and IPC Megastacks ₹15K Mystery Bounty third-place finisher Avijit Jaiswal (3rd for ₹8.63 Lakhs) made away with the other hefty scores.

MPL Poker`s ₹50 Lakhs GTD IPF #5 Mini Main Event was another Sunday headliner! The former The Millionaire winner Sreekanth Narayan grabbed the top honors and a seven-figure payday worth ₹10 Lakhs. Nangare Vinayak Baban (2nd for ₹6.05 Lakhs) & Atrij Singhal (3rd for ₹3.80 Lakhs) secured podium finishes!

Pushpa Khandelwal shipped the other IPF headliner, IPF #4, for ₹5.25 Lakhs, with Rajiv Kumar walking away with ₹3.50 Lakhs in second place.

Kunal Vohra came out on top in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack and won the Sunday headliner for ₹7.87 Lakhs. Deepak Raina lapped up ₹5.30 Lakhs as the runner-up.

PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish Munot, one of two Indians on the WPT Prime Vietnam Main Event FT, took down the Destiny 23.0 SNG Finale to win a Las Vegas package worth ₹5 Lakhs.

Gautam Bansal won PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹5.34 Lakhs after outlasting Rishabh Choudhary (2nd for ₹3.74 Lakhs) in the heads-up finale.

PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun Mahesh took down PokerStars India’s Sunday Highroller (On-time Rake Refund) for the second time last night for ₹2.42 Lakhs.

Tanay Parekh, Arunkumar Singh, Kunal Grover, Aarchit Dhadwal, Vinay Verma, Surbhit Grover, Suneeth Kalmady, Ashish Kumar, and Vijay Pandit won the other Sunday majors.

Here are the Sunday highlights!

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MPL Poker

IPF #5 Mini Main Event – 50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Total Entries – 542

Total Re-entries – 224

Prize Pool – ₹50,00,000

Places Paid – 85

It was a massive Sunday on MPL Poker, with the fast-growing site hosting the IPF #5 Mini Main Event finale last night. The 50 Lakhs GTD event happens to be the biggest guaranteed event hosted by the site to date.

The event clocked in 990 entries over four starting flights, and 90 survivors reconvened last night to play down to a champion. Seasoned MTT pro Sreekanth ‘iZnoGouD’ Narayan was the last player standing and won 10 Lakhs, with Nangare ‘soniyosvin’ Vinayak Baban (2nd for 6.05 Lakhs) and Atrij ‘pakhtoon’ Singhal (3rd for 3.80 Lakhs) securing podium finishes.

The 5,500 buy-in event fell 10 entries short of its 1,000-player guarantee and paid out 85 places.

Sreekanth Narayan
Sreekanth Narayan

 

Final Table Results

  1. Sreekanth ‘iZnoGouD’ Narayan – 10,00,000
  2. Nangare ‘soniyosvin’ Vinayak Baban – 6,05,000
  3. Atrij ‘pakhtoon’ Singhal3,80,000
  4. Mohammad ‘rakeshkumar’ Azhar – 2,80,000
  5. Byzantine – 2,15,000
  6. keralaking – 1,65,000
  7. 98*****596 – 1,25,000
  8. Lavesh ‘UPay4MyWeed’ Meena – 1,00,000

 

IPF #4 – 25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 4,400

Entries – 233

Re-entries – 225

Prize Pool – 27,32,000

Places Paid – 80

Pushpa ‘runnerboss59244’ Khandelwal toppled a guarantee-crushing 683-entry field in the 25 Lakhs GTD IPF #4 and walked away with 5.25 Lakhs in first-place prize money. Rajiv ‘loser888’ Kumar collected 3.50 Lakhs in second place.

Rajiv Kumar
Rajiv Kumar

 

Final Table Results

  1. Pushpa ‘runnerboss59244’ Khandelwal – 5,25,000
  2. Rajiv ‘loser888’ Kumar – 3,50,000
  3. Manju ‘76*****027’ Devi – 2,25,000
  4. Bhojraj – 1,75,000
  5. Mrblue – 1,37,500
  6. Byzantine – 88,750
  7. shahjankhan3 – 67,500
  8. genius1310405 – 52,500

 

Spartan Poker

Sunday Superstack – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 185

Re-entries – 69

Rebuys – 118

Prize Pool – ₹37,20,000

Places Paid – 31

The former The Millionaire champion Kunal ‘kvohra’ Vohra opened his title scorecard for 2022 by taking down Spartan Poker`s Sunday Superstack – his second time winning the event! Vohra overcame a 372-player field to win the title for ₹7.87 Lakhs. The victory boosted Vohra’s online tally to ₹1.11 Crores.

The March 2020 DPTXpress Main Event champion Deepak ‘ogre’ Raina secured a runner-up payday worth ₹5.30 Lakhs.

The ₹11,000 buy-in event ran from 8 PM to 5.11 AM and paid out 31 places a share from the guarantee-crushing ₹37.20 Lakhs prize pool.

Deepak Raina
Deepak Raina

 

Final Table Results

  1. Kunal ‘kvohra’ Vohra – 7,86,780
  2. Deepak ‘ogre’ Raina – 5,29,728
  3. nirmal512 – 3,73,488
  4. Sahil ‘$lim$hady19’ Chutani – 3,02,808
  5. Devang ‘THENERDGUY’ Yadav – 2,39,568
  6. Rahul ‘BubbleDropMusic’ Kumar – 1,81,908
  7. Oustiner – 1,32,804
  8. Arunkumar ‘denoi’ Singh – 97,092

 

Destiny 23.0 Finale – ₹10 Lakhs GTD

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 3

The Destiny 23.0 SNG Finale brought the winners of the past 10 Destiny editions together on Sunday. The top three finishers won a Las Vegas package, with PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘Donkey 07’ Munot walking away as the Destiny 23.0 Finale winner.

Munot, one of two Indians on the WPT Prime Vietnam Main Event FT, won a Las Vegas package worth ₹5 Lakhs. Young Gun Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi finished second for a Las Vegas package worth ₹2.75 Lakhs, and Piyush ‘jacks_apart’ Jain grabbed a package worth ₹2.25 Lakhs in third place.

Ashish Munot
Ashish Munot

 

Final Table Results

  1. Ashish ‘Donkey 07’ Munot – 5,00,000
  2. Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi – 2,75,000
  3. Piyush ‘jacks_apart’ Jain – 2,25,000

 

Sunday Sundowner – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 113

Re-entries – 14

Rebuys – 76

Prize Pool – ₹6,09,000

Places Paid – 17

The former Millionaire Series – Millionaire United champion Arunkumar ‘denoi’ Singh shipped the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Sunday Sundowner on Spartan Poker for ₹1.53 Lakhs, with Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar coming in second for ₹1.04 Lakhs.

Arunkumar Singh also FT-ed the Sunday Superstack, making away with over ₹2.50 Lakhs. His Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Sundowner for ₹1.53 Lakhs

> 8th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹97,092

Arunkumar Singh’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹86.51 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹30.61 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3

The #4 ranked player in the annual TLB (points) standings, Siddharth Gangwar, pulled out another smashing Sunday run. He made away with over ₹2.50 Lakhs across six ITM finishes (including two runner-up finishes)!

His top Sunday finishes include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker`s Sunday Sundowner for ₹1,03,530

> 2nd in Adda52`s BTH FTV Flamingo for ₹85,995

> 98th in Adda52`s BTH Main Event for ₹27,507

Siddharth Gangwar`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.99 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.14 Crore | Titles Won in 2022: #10 | Annual Winnings: 1.39 Crores | Ranked #4 in the Annual TLB (Points) Standings

Like the other Sunday marquees on Spartan Poker, the Sunday Sundowner not only met the listed guarantee but collected a hefty ₹6.09 Lakhs prize pool.

Final Table Results

  1. Arunkumar ‘denoi’ Singh – 1,53,224
  2. Siddharth ‘cooking_nuts’ Gangwar – 1,03,530
  3. Ashwin ‘A116’ Vijay – 67,295
  4. Myron ‘Zzzzz369’ Pereira – 55,724
  5. Areyann ‘VerbalDiarrhea’ Gurbaxani – 44,944
  6. jabwebet – 35,444
  7. kidcostanza – 27,101
  8. Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara – 20,402

 

Money Heist (IOPC FT) – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,200

Entries – 224

Re-entries – 63

Rebuys – 133

Prize Pool – ₹4,62,000

Places Paid – 39

The user ‘The Clairvoyant’ outran a 420-strong player field in the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Money Heist to win the title for ₹92,631. ‘jabwebet’ raked in ₹61,585 in second place.

The top three finishers of the event received a ticket each to the IOPC #1 Launch Party.

Final Table Results

  1. The Clairvoyant – 92,631
  2. jabwebet – 61,585
  3. SpyWhoBluffedMe – 45,045
  4. Debneil ‘ChhotaDon’ Mukherjee – 36,359
  5. Yash ‘Babyshark10’ Chitre – 28,505
  6. Paras ‘Jhukega nahi $ala’ Jain – 21,575
  7. jaswanthc1992 – 15,847
  8. Duhu333 – 11,642

 

The user ‘Jax Teller’ grabbed two Sunday titles on Spartan Poker. They won the ₹60K GTD Epic for ₹17,325 while also taking down the ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹10,575, collectively banking ₹27,900.

Vinay keechad’ Verma (Won Sunday Monster Stack ₹2.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹67,483), ‘gameplay_changed’ (Won Reloaded ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹34,875), ‘jits12’ (Won Sunday Night Rider ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹24,521), ‘sleepy’ (Won Chip Up ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹16,222), and ‘Moledo21’ (Won Striker ₹18K GTD for ₹4,599) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

 

PokerBaazi

BSS SuperStack – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 259

Re-entries – 307

Prize Pool – ₹28,30,000

Places Paid – 72

The SCS #62 #FridayCelebration champion Gautam ‘johny3’ Bansal raced past the 566-entry field in PokerBaazi`s ₹20 Lakhs GTD BSS SuperStack to grab the lion’s share of the ₹28.30 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹5.34 Lakhs (his third-best online finish). Rishabh ‘bongfc’ Choudhary placed runner-up for ₹3.74 Lakhs.

Gautam Bansal’s online stats (PokerBaazi & Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹33.47 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹6.54 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3

Anmol ‘airball’ Narang made away with ₹2.57 Lakhs through two deep runs that include:

> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹2,41,116

> 27th in Adda52’s BTH Mega Shot for ₹16,478

Gautam Bansal
Gautam Bansal

 

Final Table Results

  1. Gautam ‘johny3’ Bansal – ₹5,34,870
  2. Rishabh ‘bongfc’ Choudhary – ₹3,74,975
  3. Anmol ‘airball’ Narang – ₹2,41,116
  4. Akshat ‘takingcuntrol’ Sharma – ₹1,78,573
  5. Sanket ‘blackcod’ Arora – ₹1,33,859
  6. DaaakuDaddy – ₹1,07,257
  7. Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar – ₹89,428
  8. Harpreet ‘nikku479’ Singh – ₹71,316

 

(7-Max) BSS SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 238

Re-entries – 205

Prize Pool – ₹8,86,000

Places Paid – 54

Tanay ‘TanayParekh’ Parekh clinched his sixth title of the year after shipping PokerBaazi`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) BSS SPRINT for ₹1.78 Lakhs. Areyann ‘kreishhAA’ Gurbaxani finished runner-up for ₹1.24 Lakhs.

Tanay Parekh made another deep run in the BSS MonsterStack (10th for ₹12,075). His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹59.57 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹18.40 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #6

The poker bootcamper Areyann Gurbaxani added ₹1.77 Lakhs through four ITM finishes that include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) BSS SPRINT for ₹1,24,837

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Sundowner for ₹44,944

> 6th in Adda52’s BTH Deep Stack Turbo for ₹7,125

> 46th in PokerStars India’s Big Bubble Rush for ₹250

Tanay Parekh
Tanay Parekh

 

Final Table Results

  1. Tanay ‘TanayParekh’ Parekh – ₹1,78,086
  2. Areyann ‘kreishhAA’ Gurbaxani – ₹1,24,837
  3. Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal – ₹80,272
  4. Neha ‘bugsy’ Kamath – ₹59,362
  5. Gaurav ‘kira1545’ Kaul – ₹44,566
  6. Yash ‘Riraizer’ Chitre – ₹35,706
  7. Minkle ‘BANBEER’ Singh Parihar – ₹29,770

 

BSS MonsterStack 6-Max – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 163

Re-entries – 137

Prize Pool – ₹7,50,000

Places Paid – 36

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD BSS MonsterStack 6-Max registered 300 entries, posting a healthy ₹7.50 Lakhs prize pool. After five hours of play, Kunal ‘Kanu0503’ Grover emerged as the victor and walked away with the ₹1.43 Lakhs top prize, following a three-way deal with Sahil ‘you3bi4b’ Nair (2nd for ₹1.11 Lakhs), and Piyush ‘piyus5’ Garg (3rd for ₹1.01 Lakhs).

Kunal Grover`s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹11.39 Lakhs | Title Wins: #4 | Final Table Finishes: #36

Sahil Nair
Sahil Nair

 

Final Table Results

  1. Kunal ‘Kanu0503’ Grover – ₹1,43,545*
  2. Sahil ‘you3bi4b’ Nair – ₹1,11,815*
  3. Piyush ‘piyus5’ Garg – ₹1,01,340*
  4. Chandan ‘darkfish’ Arora – ₹55,350
  5. Varun ‘omniknight’ Meena – ₹41,550
  6. Hemanya ‘achilles06’ Gupta – ₹33,225

*denotes a three-way deal

 

Surbhit ‘grovahova’ Grover (Won BSS Night SPRINT ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹58,670), Suneeth ‘suneethkalmady’ Kalmady (Won BSS ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹50,790), ‘omnipower’ (Won BSS Kick-Off ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹45,730), ‘abhi321letsgo’ (Won SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹41,180), ‘babadookdook’ (Won Daily Morning SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹41,180), Ashish ‘Imgabru’ Kumar (Won SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹35,440), ‘Ustaad75’ (Won BSS Afternoon SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹33,240), and ‘Unmesh’ (Won 5-Max Daily ₹50K GTD for ₹9,870) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

 

PokerStars India

Sunday Special (On-time Rake Refund) – 15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 5,500

Entries – 129

Re-entries – 119

Regular Prize Pool – 8,80,000

Bounty Prize Pool – 6,20,000

Total Prize Pool – 15,00,000

Places Paid – 27

The PokerStars India reg ‘rkcravi’ came out trumps in the 15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special (On-time Rake Refund) for a cash prize worth 3.13 Lakhs after defeating Kapil ‘racemonk’ Arora (2nd for 1.67 Lakhs) in the heads-up play.

Kapil Arora, who has made a habit of doing well in the Sunday majors, also cashed PokerBaazi`s BSS SuperStack (62nd for 10,188). His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 2.61 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 14.62 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3

The 5,500 buy-in MTT logged in 248 entries to leave an overlay shortfall of 2.60 Lakhs, and the top 27 places boarded the money bus. The site refunded the 500 rake to everyone registered for the event before its 5 PM start time.

Kapil Arora
Kapil Arora

 

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

  1. rkcravi – 313,926
  2. Kapil ‘racemonk’ Arora – 167,133
  3. ferrari089 – 128,197
  4. Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra – 98,302
  5. Algorithm101 – 77,919
  6. Ram ‘TheLagLawyer’ Kakkar – 59,720
  7. Anant ‘antypanty123’ Chaudhary – 60,144
  8. Goonjan ‘gmtesting.ind’ Mall – 29,390
  9. holdingwater123 – 35,122

 

Sunday Highroller (On-time Rake Refund) – 10 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 11,000

Entries – 45

Re-entries – 34

Prize Pool – 10,00,000

Places Paid – 9

PokerGuru Ambassador Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh shipped PokerStars India`s 10 Lakhs GTD Sunday Highroller (On-time Rake Refund) for the second time this year, netting 2.42 Lakhs in prize money. Rudramani ‘rudz1478’ Pokhrel finished runner-up for 1.90 Lakhs.

Mithun Mahesh, currently in attendance at WPT Vietnam, lapped up over 3.59 Lakhs last night as he ran deep in two more events. His Sunday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerStars India`s Sunday Highroller for 2.42 Lakhs

> 16th in Adda52’s BTH Main Event for 61,663

> 14th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for 55,056

Mithun Mahesh`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 6.99 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 2.38 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #7 | Annual Winnings: 1.12 Crores

The 11,000 buy-in MTT signed up 79 hopefuls, filling in a significant 2.10 Lakhs in overlays.

Mithun Mahesh
Mithun Mahesh

 

Final Table Results

  1. Mithun ‘ThePokeRajaIN’ Mahesh – 2,42,918
  2. Rudramani ‘rudz1478’ Pokhrel – 1,90,542
  3. Faiz ‘LFGgggg’ Alam – 1,49,458
  4. Ashwinvijay – 1,17,233
  5. Tanmay ‘tanmay1909’ Benara – 91,956
  6. Sahil ‘you3bi4b’ Nair – 72,129
  7. Kunal ‘kunnotaguero’ Yadav – 56,577
  8. harsha@patil – 44,378
  9. Sanat ‘durrsanta’ Mehrotra – 34,810

 

‘Maniak God’ (Won Big Bubble Rush 1.50 Lakhs GTD for 41,903), ‘kush0078’ (Won Ultrasonic 1 Lakh GTD for 25,578), ‘Niceowl888’ (Won Sunday Storm 1.25 Lakhs GTD for 21,595), ‘ShaktiMaaan’ (Won Total 100% 40K GTD for 14,893), ‘killeerbeee’ (Won Afternoon on Stars 50K GTD for 13,916), and ‘Areax97’ (Won Deepstack 50K GTD for 11,275) won the other PokerStars India marquees.

 

Adda52

BTH Main Event Finale – 1 Crore GTD

Buy-in – 7,500

Entries – 840

Re-entries – 561

Prize Pool – 1,00,00,000

Places Paid – 143

Adda52’s first-ever 5 Crores GTD Beat The Heat series wound down to a close last night with the series’ showstopper, 1 Crore GTD BTH Main Event, playing down to a winner. The 7,500 buy-in event registered a 1,401-strong field across five starting flights (Day 1A – 186, Day 1B – 186, Day 1C Turbo – 160, Day 1D – 249, and Day 1E – 620), and 165 among them returned to play the Day 2 Finale at 10 PM last night.

Last Sunday’s BTH Mojito runner-up finisher, Rahul ‘HIMKIR69’ Nischal, did one better this Sunday as he won the BTH Main Event for a career-best 16.70 Lakhs and their first title on the site. Vishal ‘amarkhatri999’ Tulsyan (opted out of our tracking) (2nd for 12.01 lakhs) and Avijit ‘avijitjazz93’ Jaiswal (3rd for 8.63 Lakhs) secured podium finishes.

The champion ‘HIMKIR69’ also cashed the BTH Sunday Madness (50th for 8,088), collectively adding 16.78 Lakhs, making them the day’s top winner.

‘HIMKIR69’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: 23.71 Lakhs | Site Profits: 22.18 Lakhs

The 7,500 Main Event filled in an overlay shortfall of 4.03 Lakhs and paid out 143 places.

Vishal Tulsyan
Vishal Tulsyan

 

Final Table Results

  1. Rahul ‘HIMKIR69’ Nischal – 16,69,892
  2. Vishal ‘amarkhatri999’ Tulsyan – 12,00,666
  3. Avijit ‘avijitjazz93’ Jaiswal – 8,63,289
  4. Tarush ‘tarush123’ Gupta – 6,20,712
  5. AkkiDan007 – 4,46,297
  6. prithviaditya19 – 3,20,891
  7. Arun ‘hiesenpreet’ Poply – 2,30,723
  8. Fletcher03 – 1,65,892

 

BTH Mega Shot – 25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 5,500

Entries – 256

Re-entries – 251

Prize Pool – 25,35,021

Places Paid – 55

Anmol ‘inki_pinky_ponky’ Agarwal outran the 507-entry field in the 25 Lakhs GTD BTH Mega Shot to take home a career-best 5.46 Lakhs. A heads-up deal saw Yohan ‘allinmaestro’ Patel settling for a runner-up payday worth 4.17 Lakhs.

Anmol Agarwal’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: 7.62 Lakhs | Site Profits: 2.64 Lakhs | Titles Won: #2

Anmol Agarwal
Anmol Agarwal

 

Final Table Results

  1. Anmol ‘inki_pinky_ponky’ Agarwal – 5,46,126*
  2. Yohan ‘allinmaestro’ Patel – 4,17,174*
  3. Ujjwal ‘fourteenk’ Narwal – 2,40,825
  4. Sathriyan88 – 1,90,125
  5. bopin – 1,26,750
  6. Wilson ‘kaling’ Yomso – 88,725
  7. Mohammed ‘AshMD’ Arshaq – 63,375
  8. joptk – 50,700

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

BTH Sunday Madness – 15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 2,500

Entries – 331

Re-entries – 258

Prize Pool – 15,00,000

Places Paid – 62

The former The Ballers winner ‘whodahellru’ made it to the finish line in the 15 Lakhs GTD BTH Sunday Madness and won 2.74 Lakhs. Suraj ‘MRvBEAST’ N Yadav (2nd for 2.01 Lakhs) and Punya ‘ShamalDas’ Behera (3rd for 1.47 Lakhs) secured podium finishes.

‘whodahellru’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: 16.52 Lakhs | Titles Won: #9

The 2,500 buy-in event logged in 589 entries, falling 1.60 Lakhs short of its advertised guarantee.

Suraj N Yadav
Suraj N Yadav

 

Final Table Results

  1. whodahellru – 2,74,060
  2. Suraj ‘MRvBEAST’ N Yadav – 2,00,885
  3. Punya ‘ShamalDas’ Behera – 1,47,248
  4. Unknown1,07,932
  5. Saket ‘saker’ Kumar – 79,114
  6. Rashim ‘potkiller86’ Garg – 57,990
  7. Amar ‘Thespecialone’ Mehta – 42,507
  8. Aditya ‘adit11’ Kulkarni – 31,157

 

BTH FTV Flamingo – 5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 2,200

Entries – 143

Re-entries – 130

Prize Pool – 5,46,000

Places Paid – 27

The two-time Adda52 Millions winner ‘pokraj’ was the last player standing in 5 Lakhs GTD BTH FTV Flamingo and added 1.47 Lakhs. Sunday Sundowner runner-up finisher Siddharth ‘kab00m’ Gangwar missed out on the title yet again, collecting 85,995 in second place.

‘pokraj’ also placed third in BTH Ice Cube for 31,108, collectively adding 1.79 Lakhs. Their Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: 1.50 Crores | Site Profits: 52.17 Lakhs | Titles Won: #152

Siddharth Gangwar
Siddharth Gangwar

 

Final Table Results

  1. pokraj – 1,47,420
  2. Siddharth ‘kab00m’ Gangwar – 85,995
  3. SpiNNaker – 65,520
  4. happyfish – 47,775
  5. Bujo – 32,760
  6. Shrey ‘kingsb30’ Baj – 23,205

 

Aarchit ‘Aarchit’ Dhadwal (Won BTH Ice Cube 2.50 Lakhs GTD for 71,160) and Vijay ‘GajaniG’ Pandit (Won BTH Deep Stack Turbo 2 Lakhs GTD for 31,964) were the other title winners on the last day of the BTH series.

The 10 Lakhs-added BTH series leaderboard was taken down by the user ‘amanpoker27’ (906 points) for 2.50 Lakhs in tournament bonus money. Jimmy ‘milliondollerdream’ Arora (742 points) (2nd for 1.75 Lakhs) and Kritagya ‘kritagya_17’ Sharma (738 points) (3rd for 1.25 Lakhs) round out the top three places on the leaderboard standings.

 

Khelo365

Khelo365’s Sunday mainstay, ₹1 Lakh GTD Big Bang, roped in 47 participants, and the user ‘GautamSingh’ topped them all to collect ₹37,000. ‘Reverse88’ finished runner-up for ₹25,000.

The user ‘Akolum’ championed the ₹50K GTD Dominator for a payday worth ₹17,500. Site regular ‘SALMANBABA’ collected ₹11,000 in second place.

 

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Daily Majors: Pavankiran Bellamkonda, Arsh Grover, Nishant Kumar & Jyoti Ranjan Nayak Hit the Mid-Week Jackpot

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!

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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

Arsh Grover
Arsh Grover

 

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.

Pavankiran B
Pavankiran B

 

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).

Jyoti Ranjan Nayak
Jyoti Ranjan Nayak

 

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:

Animesh Thakur
Animesh Thakur

 

> 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

RankPlayerPoints
1Nitin 'NITINBAD' Rawat3,184
2Vikram 'MentalScience' Mishra2,242
3Rahul 'Vasili Arkipov' Lal1,864
4Anuj 'tittooTauji' Yadav1,727
5Rajat 'NoPrisoners' Sharma1,709
6Archit 'Archit789' Saraogi1,631
7Sanat 'orhem3001' Mehrotra1,630
8Vivek 'KasolHieghts' Singh1,560
9Arunkumar 'denoi' Singh1,500
10Sanket 'GentleMonster' Arora1,490

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:

Jaikiran Kumar
Jaikiran Kumar

 

> 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:

Sahil Mahboobani
Sahil Mahboobani

 

> 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.

Nishant Kumar
Nishant Kumar

 

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).

Ayush Arora
Ayush Arora

 

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)

Arun Sriram
Arun Sriram

 

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)

Ankit Bajaj
Ankit Bajaj

 

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 – 9,60,000

Places Paid – 117

Jimmy ‘jeeven’ Arora was the last player standing in PokerBaazi`s 5 Lakhs GTD NPS #21 and won the NPS gold medal and 1.39 Lakhs in prize money.

Jimmy Arora’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 1.07 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 23.90 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #1

The defending NPS Main Event champion Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar, who was live-streaming the event alongside Aditya Wadhwani, chopped the event with Arora for 1.42 Lakhs and the NPS silver medal.

Jimmy Arora
Jimmy Arora

 

Final Table Results

  1. Jimmy ‘jeeven’ Arora – 1,38,792*
  2. Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar – 1,42,200*
  3. hammerofthor – 75,072
  4. dilbaghsingh – 55,488
  5. Varun ‘omniknight’ Meena – 41,376
  6. Bhanu ‘Chennaino1’ Prakash KC – 33,504
  7. vivekkurmee – 27,744
  8. Harshit ‘Harshit114’ Sanghi – 22,080

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

NPS#17 Hyper Sprint (5-Max) – 5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 1,100

Entries – 320

Re-entries – 387

Prize Pool – 7,07,000

Places Paid – 81

Arijit ‘Basilisk13’ Chatterjee cut his way across 706 opponents in the 5 Lakhs GTD NPS#17 Hyper Sprint (5-Max) to claim the lion’s share of the 7.07 Lakhs prize pool worth 1.31 Lakhs and the NPS gold medal. Vishal ‘Darky’ Ojha came second for 91,557.

Arijit Chatterjee’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: 2.59 Lakhs | Titles Won: 2 | Final Table Finishes: 3

Vishal Ojha
Vishal Ojha

 

Final Table Results

  1. Arijit ‘Basilisk13’ Chatterjee – 1,30,583
  2. Vishal ‘Darky’ Ojha – 91,557
  3. Kashish ‘kashish007’ Gupta – 59,035
  4. Shubham ‘backchod’ Agarwal – 43,622
  5. binpur1234 – 32,663

 

NPS Highroller Qualifier 1 – 1 Crore GTD

Buy-in – 16,500

Entries – 214

Re-entries – 108

Survivors – 44

Wednesday marked the start of the 1 Crore GTD NPS Highroller. Qualifier 1 of the ₹16,500 Highroller clocked in 322 entrants, and after the stipulated levels of play, only 44 advanced through to Day 2.

Atul ‘ajjaiswal27’ Jaiswal (2,52,000) bagged the day-end chip lead, with Young Gun`s Ujjwal ‘Mr_Robot’ Narwal (228,000) and Anuj ‘BrockLesnar95’ Yadav (221,000), ‘Dreamrekha’ (218,000), and Sahil ‘Bluffme19’ Chutani (206,000) rounding out the top five stacks of the day.

Avijit Jaiswal
Avijit Jaiswal

 

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Qualifier 1

  1. Atul ‘ajjaiswal27’ Jaiswal – 252,000
  2. Ujjwal ‘Mr_Robot’ Narwal – 228,000
  3. Anuj ‘BrockLesnar95’ Yadav – 221,000
  4. Dreamrekha – 218,000
  5. Sahil ‘Bluffme19’ Chutani – 206,000
  6. Vaibhav ‘Vane_shado’ Temani – 205,000
  7. Sanat ‘Mehro2511’ Mehrotra – 205,000
  8. Laksh ‘Boomtlt23’ Pal Singh – 2,00,000
  9. Kumar ’23offsuits’ Vatsal – 195,000
  10. Nnavin3386 – 191,000

 

NPS Value Mine Qualifier 4 – 50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 1,100

Entries – 243

Re-entries – 121

Survivors – 39

The fourth starting flight of the 50 Lakhs GTD NPS Value Mine logged in 364 entries, taking the total registrations to 1,994 (Qualifier 1 – 714, Qualifier 2 – 469, Qualifier 3 – 447, and Qualifier 4 – 364). After 27 levels of 8 minutes each, 39 among them qualified for the Finals.

Vignesh ‘Rajjni007’ Kumar (311,000), Aurkodyuti ‘ad87’ Das (305,000), Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha (295,000), Amar ‘akkipower’ Nath (286,000), Mohit ‘monuguru’ Gupta (283,000), Neeraj ‘neerunj’ Sattawat (276,000), Young Gun Ujjwal ‘Mr_Robot’ Narwal (245,000), Ashay ‘rockfan24’ Barve (241,000), ‘rajvijay’ (224,000), and ‘ROMI41’ (223,000) made it on the day-end top 10 chip counts list.

2nd in Chips Aurkodyuti Das
2nd in Chips Aurkodyuti Das

 

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Qualifier 4

  1. Vignesh ‘Rajjni007’ Kumar – 311,000
  2. Aurkodyuti ‘ad87’ Das – 305,000
  3. Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha – 295,000
  4. Amar ‘akkipower’ Nath – 286,000
  5. Mohit ‘monuguru’ Gupta – 283,000
  6. Neeraj ‘neerunj’ Sattawat – 276,000
  7. Ujjwal ‘Mr_Robot’ Narwal – 245,000
  8. Ashay ‘rockfan24’ Barve – 241,000
  9. rajvijay – 224,000
  10. ROMI41 – 223,000

 

Mohammad ‘chandlerbing’ Azhar (4,591 points) is back on familiar territory! After all but crushing the inaugural NPS, he has moved back into the #1 position on the NPS Series Leaderboard at the ongoing series. Rohit ‘ChubbyGhost’ Begwani (4,460 points) and Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni (3,994 points) occupy the #2 and #3 positions.

NPS Leaderboard Standings After Day 4

RankPlayerPoints
1Mohammad 'chandlerbing' Azhar4,591
2Rohit 'ChubbyGhost' Begwani4,460
3Kunal 'VasooliChacha' Patni3,994
4Vishal 'dilbaghsingh' Tulsyan3,981
5Dhaval 'Faizal1506' Doshi3,907
6Rishab 'ryuk' Malik3,845
7Shubham 'bakchod' Agarwal3,828
8Bhanu 'Chennaino1' Prakash K C3,784
9Aman 'KarmaPoker' Parakh3,517
10Gautam 'M8a7' Rohilla3,451

Avijit ‘SwangoRay’ Jaiswal is presently headlining the NPS Podium Leaderboard, having won an NPS gold and silver medal. Rohit ‘ChubbyGhost’ Begwani is in second place, and Kunal ‘VasooliChacha’ Patni is ranked third.

‘huhututu’ (Won Daily Night SPRINT 1.50 Lakhs GTD for 67,540) and ‘pocketladies’ (Won PLO-6 Daily 40K GTD for 11,780) won the other Wednesday marquees on PokerBaazi.

 

PokerStars India

Day 2 of PokerStars India’s Micro Millions series had eight events on the tap.

Micro Millions-10 Night on Stars – 6 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 2,200

Entries – 149

Re-entries – 120

Prize Pool – 10,00,000

Places Paid – 35

The mystery player ‘yuvidilwariya’ was the last player standing in PokerStars India`s 6 Lakhs GTD Micro Millions-10 Night on Stars and won 1.14 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Haxton Jr.’ Raj came second for 85,544.

The 2,200 buy-in event filled in 62,000 in overlays and 35 places got paid.

Gokul Raj
Gokul Raj

 

Final Table Results

  1. yuvidilwariya – 1,14,244
  2. Gokul ‘Haxton Jr.’ Raj – 85,544
  3. revenger_CB – 64,054
  4. Devang ‘Infic11’ Mehta – 47,963
  5. Aman ‘Karma0Poker77’ Parakh – 35,914
  6. singhbliing23 – 26,892
  7. Arkranger425 – 20,136
  8. Adwait ‘Adwait Pol’ Pol – 15,078
  9. Sanjay ‘raghav1990’ Khanna – 11,290

 

Micro Millions-12 Big Bubble Rush – 2.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 1,375

Entries – 121

Re-entries – 78

Regular Prize Pool – 1,25,625

Bounty Prize Pool – 1,24,375

Total Prize Pool – 2,50,000

Places Paid – 23

PokerStars India`s Star of the Month” – March 2021, Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla kept his dominating run on the site going by taking down the 2.50 Lakhs GTD Micro Millions-12 Big Bubble Rush for 58,309. Another PokerStars India reg Raghav ‘scambrahm’ Ananth finished runner-up for 32,440.

The 1,375 buy-in event brought in 199 entrants, falling just one entry short of breaking even on its 2.50 Lakhs prize pool guarantee.

Harsh Dembla
Harsh Dembla

 

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

  1. Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla – 58,309
  2. Raghav ‘scambrahm’ Ananth – 32,440
  3. Dayanand ‘dayanandprass’ Prass – 20,483
  4. Monkey D. Wolfy – 11,823
  5. Amit ‘Nitin&AMIT9999’ Ayare – 14,301
  6. Devang ‘Infic11’ Mehta – 13,201
  7. singhbliing23 – 6,730

 

Kunal ‘kunalduggal13’ Duggal (Won Micro Millions-06 Afternoon on Stars 1.50 Lakhs GTD for 34,565), ‘Himanshu2206’ (Won Micro Millions-13 Ultrasonic 1.75 Lakhs GTD for 27,244), Siddharth ‘SlimFish0’ Kumar (Won Micro Millions-08 Alternating Blinds 60K GTD for 17,086), Tapan ‘tweedu_taps’ Mansotra (Won Micro Millions-11 Primetime Grind 75K GTD for 16,681), ‘damrubaba@ak47’ (Won Micro Millions-09 Bounty Builder Progressive KO 40K GTD for 10,280), and ‘dopeinderx’ (Won Micro Millions-07 The Hot 40K GTD for 8,247) won the other Micro Millions titles on Wednesday.

 

Adda52

Maverick – 15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 2,750

Entries – 317

Re-entries – 281

Prize Pool – 15,00,000

Places Paid – 63

The 2018 PPL #31 Main Event champion Rubin ‘kornkif’ Labroo won Adda52`s Maverick for the first time last night for 3.07 Lakhs. It was 3:50 AM on the tournament clock when Labroo walked away with the title after striking a three-way deal with January 2022 IOPC #69 – Legends third-place finisher Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ B (2nd for 2.29 Lakhs) and PokerGuru Ambassador Ratul ‘riverking021’ Steves (3rd for 2.13 Lakhs).

Rubin Labroo ITM-ed another three events for 3.51 Lakhs in Wednesday winnings. His ITM finishes include:

>1st in Adda52’s Maverick for 3.07 Lakhs

> 50th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #24 – Big Game for 29,110

> 30th in Spartan Poker’s FTS #25 for 14,703

Rubin Laboo’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 7.91 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 2.44 Crores| Titles Won in 2022: #2 | Annual Winnings: 57.96 Lakhs | Ranked #25 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

It was a day of runner-up finishes for Vinay B, with the long-time reg taking second place in both the Adda52 marquees – Maverick and La Luna. He ITM-ed three more events for a Wednesday haul worth 3.04 Lakhs.

His top ITM finishes include:

>2nd in Adda52’s Maverick for 2.29 Lakhs

>2nd in Adda52’s La Luna for 65,075

Vinay B’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 4.75 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 90.11 Lakhs

The 2,750 buy-in event registered a 598-entry field, falling two entries short of breaking even.

Rubin Labroo
Rubin Labroo

 

Final Table Results

  1. Rubin ‘kornkif’ Labroo – 3,06,905*
  2. Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ B – 2,29,444*
  3. Ratul ‘riverking021’ Steves – 2,12,901*
  4. beachka – 1,08,750
  5. mukeshgahkot542 – 75,000
  6. lokimon – 52,500
  7. sgarg13 – 41,250
  8. shubhlabh95 – 30,000

*denotes a three-way deal

 

La Luna – 4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – 1,800

Entries – 142

Re-entries – 114

Prize Pool – 4,19,842

Places Paid – 27

The former Mega Stack – Millionaire Bubble champion Debneil ‘NoobNeil’ Mukherjee overcame a 256-entry field in the 4 Lakhs GTD La Luna to collect 1.09 Lakhs. The Maverick runner-up finisher Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ B posted the same second-place finish here as well, banking 65,075.

Debneil Mukherjee’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: 1.07 Crores | Lifetime Profits: 19.44 Lakhs

Vinay B
Vinay B

 

Final Table Results

  1. Debneil ‘NoobNeil’ Mukherjee – 1,09,158
  2. Vinay ‘ContemporisT’ B – 65,075
  3. Rony ‘fish4life’ Chowdhury – 48,911
  4. AshMD – 35,686
  5. Vishal ‘darky012’ Ojha – 24,141
  6. yuvi434 – 17,843

 

Mohak ‘sparkie’ Kapoor (Won Nighttide DST Adda 1.50 Lakhs GTD for 32,600), Nitesh ‘MallaNi’ Mallanar (Won Freeze Out Adda 50K GTD for 14,771), ‘akshaydaga29’ (Won Sundown Adda 50K GTD for 14,000), ‘rahulkumarbit’ (Won Bounty Adda 60K GTD for 11,925), and Md ‘t9ace’ Nazim (Won Evening Adda 50K GTD for 9,939) won the other Adda52 marquees.

 

Khelo365

Khelo365 user ‘Ashu079’ came out on top in the site`s Wednesday fixture, 25K GTD 6 Feet Under Deepstack PLO, netting 10,000. ‘Max07’ fired three bullets in the event, eventually placing runner-up for 6,250.

 

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Daily Majors: Deepesh Raka, Ankit Khattar, Gaurav Sood & Vikranth Varma Make the Thursday Headlines

With the weekend closing in, the MTT turnouts on Thursday were encouraging, and the regs dominated most of the day’s flagships!

Spartan Poker’s ‘Winter Celebration Series’ has another three days to the finish line, and the WCS#72 High Roller was the biggest guaranteed event playing down to a winner yesterday! The former The Big Deal champion Deepesh Raka shipped the High Roller for a career-best ₹11.80 Lakhs, making him the day`s top scorer. Anant Purohit placed runner-up for ₹7.99 Lakhs.

Another former The Big Deal champion Ankit Khattar won the second Spartan Poker flagship, WCS#70 Trending Thursday, for ₹4.87 Lakhs, beating Vivek Bajaj (2nd for ₹3.09 Lakhs) in heads-up play!

The winningest player on our tracked database, Young Gun Gaurav Sood, looks all set to defend the ‘Player of the Year’ title for the second consecutive year! The 25-year-old poker phenom won an impressive 7.05 Lakhs yesterday, crossing ₹11 Crores in recorded online winnings. He most prominently took down Adda52’s Rocking Ahuja for ₹4.93 Lakhs, with Young Gun Sahil Chutani placing runner-up for 2.92 Lakhs.

Vikranth Varma busted a five-month-long title drought as he chopped PokerBaazi’s The Summit with Rising Star Ritwik Khanna (2nd for ₹3.60 Lakhs), scoring ₹3.64 Lakhs.

PokerStars India user ‘JumboJetPack’ came out on top in the site`s Highroller to win ₹2.20 Lakhs, denying Sahil Mahboobani (2nd for ₹1.71 Lakhs) a third Highroller title.

Kuldeep Kumar, Arunkumar Singh, Sumanth Kumar, Srikant Shubhankar, Gaurav Ashok Jain, and Hemang Shah won the other marquees!

Here are the Thursday highlights!

 

Spartan Poker

Heading into the home stretch, Spartan Poker`s Winter Celebration Series (WCS) had nine events running on Thursday, including Day 1A of the ₹1 Crore GTD WCS The Millionaire Main Event.

The WCS#72 High Roller was undoubtedly the day`s featured event. Even though the steep ₹27,500 buy-in was a deterrent for many, the regs came out in strong numbers, and a 203-entry field helped collect a massive ₹50.75 Lakhs in the prize pool. The former The Big Deal champion Deepesh ‘prince1993’ Raka cut his way across the stacked field to make away with a career-best ₹11.80 Lakhs. MTT pro Anant ‘Prometheius’ Purohit came second for ₹7.99 Lakhs, posting his second-best finish of the year!

Deepesh Raka
Deepesh Raka

Last night`s win fetched Deepesh Raka, his seventh title of the year – his second in December. His online stats (on PokerStars India and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.37 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹21.32 Lakhs

One of the top-five ranked players of the year, PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha, raked in ₹5.84 Lakhs across three ITM finishes!

Arjanveer Singh Chadha
Arjanveer Singh Chadha

 

His ITM finishes include:

> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s WCS#72 High Roller for ₹5,32,875

> 8th in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹37,609

> 29th in Adda52’s Rocking Ahuja for ₹13,085

Arjanveer Singh Chadha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.90 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.14 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹3.24 Crores | Ranked #5 in the Annual Leaderboard Standing

The second Thursday headliner, the ₹25 Lakhs GTD WCS#70 Trending Thursday, logged in 497 entries, falling three entries, i.e., ₹15,000, short of its 500-player guarantee. Another former The Big Deal champion Ankit ‘Asymptote05’ Khattar came up trumps. He won the title for ₹4.87 Lakhs and FT-ed two other events, adding ₹7.63 Lakhs collectively!

Ankit Khattar
Ankit Khattar

 

His ITM finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s WCS #70 Trending Thursday for ₹4,87,250

> 6th in Spartan Poker’s WCS#72 High Roller for ₹2,71,513

> 5th PokerBaazi’s Daily Morning Sprint for ₹4,179

Ankit Khattar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.71 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹67.92 Lakhs | Annual Winnings: ₹1.20 Crores | Titles Won in 2021: #11

Vivek ‘Kill Ivey’ Bajaj (2nd for ₹3.09 Lakhs) and PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh ‘LuckyBhai$’ Pal Singh (3rd for ₹2.32 Lakhs) secured podium finishes in the WCS#70 Trending Thursday.

The outlook for the weekend ahead looks bright with the ₹1 Crore GTD WCS The Millionaire Main Event getting off to a sturdy start. Day 1A of the five-flight event logged in 267 entries, and Sanish ‘Sanish21’ Chhabra (218,177) topped the 43 survivors advancing to Day 2. Pranav ‘pranavpoker’ Khandalkar (208,842), ‘chiku16’ (182,070), ‘Cost of Zero’ (164,156), and Young Gun Devang ‘THENERDGUY’ Yadav (147,383) round out the top five names on the day-end chip counts!

Sanish Chhabra
Sanish Chhabra

 

‘Flushed69’ (Won WCS#73 Monster Stack ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹92,441), Arunkumar ‘denoi’ Singh (Won Night Rider Deepstack ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹48,000), ‘Mastermind000’ (Won WCS#67 ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹31,675), ‘Sammyy’ (Won WCS#66 ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹30,075), ‘LARA LARA’ (Won WCS#68 – 4 Card PLO ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹23,250), and Srikant ‘constantine’ Shubhankar (Won WCS#71 ₹75K GTD for ₹13,338) won the other WCS titles!

After Day 9 of the series, the ₹10 Lakhs-added WCS Feature Leaderboard has PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha (2,309 points) hanging on the #1 spot. However, the competition is fierce as both Rising Star Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna (2,222 points) and Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (2,158 points) are closing in.

WCS Feature Leaderboard Standings After Day 9

RankPlayerPoints
1Arjanveer 'bazzingaa' Singh Chadha2,309
2Ritwik 'Fisherman1997' Khanna2,222
3Gaurav 'mozzie17' Sood2,158
4Ankit 'Asymptote' Khattar1,817
5Tanmay 'Tandroid' Bhalerao1,737
6Mithun 'Zima Blue' Mahesh1,714
7Nitin 'Demogorgon' Arora1,664
8Mohit thejoker' Mehta1,654
9Kanchan 'Midge Maisel' Sharma1,629
10Emma Raducanu1,605

 

PokerBaazi

PokerBaazi`s Thursday schedule featured the familiar ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Summit. The ₹8,250 buy-in event crushed its listed guarantee, with a 241-entry field collecting ₹18.08 Lakhs in the prize pool. Vikranth ‘borntrouble‘ Varma overcame them all to win the title for ₹3.64 Lakhs, ending a five-month-long title drought. He chopped the event heads-up with Rising Star Ritwik ritwikkhannaKhanna (2nd for ₹3.60 Lakhs).

Vikranth Varma’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.73 Crores| Lifetime Profits: ₹2.42 Crores

Vikranth Verma
Vikranth Verma

 

Ritwik Khanna seems to have been working double-time on his game, and his results speak for themself. The Summit was his 12th FT finish this month, bringing him just ₹6 Lakhs shy of the ₹4 Crore mark in recorded online winnings.

Ritwik Khanna
Ritwik Khanna

 

The ₹4 Lakhs GTD SPRINT crushed its listed guarantee by ₹70,000 after 235 hopefuls signed up for ₹2,200. The online reg happyfish (anonymity requested) was the last player standing and won ₹1.11 Lakhs, with Veer ‘Ragnarok1892‘ Kaushal placing runner-up for ₹77,597.

sudmishra18 (Won Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹56,904), Kuldeep don_31 Kumar (Won Holdem BOOST ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹54,354), Sumanth ‘sp175‘ Kumar (Won PLO5 BOOST ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹31,360), tapputhewinner(Won Daily Afternoon SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹27,229), ‘sab55’ (Won SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹26,800), and nbara(Won Evening SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹22,571) won the other Thursday marquees on PokerBaazi.

 

PokerStars India

PokerStars India’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Highroller took off at 8.06 PM yesterday. The ₹7,700 buy-in event drew 150 runners, generating a ₹10.50 Lakhs prize pool. It took eight hours for the dust to settle with mystery player ‘JumboJetPack’ taking down the title for ₹2.20 Lakhs.

The two-time Highroller winner, Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani, missed winning the event for the third time and placed runner-up for ₹1.71 Lakhs. He also cashed ₹11,072 from his 44th place finish in Adda52’s Rocking Ahuja, inching closer to the 9 Crore Club.”

Sahil Mahboobani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.97 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.15 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹2.58 Crores | Ranked #16 in the Annual Leaderboard Standings

Sahil Mahboobani
Sahil Mahboobani

 

The ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Deepstack drew 137 hopefuls, filling in a marginal ₹3,750 overlay shortfall. The event ran from 9.30 PM to 1.56 AM, and the user ‘robert_ford9′ walked away with the title and a ₹41,324 payday (includes ₹24,570 in bounties). PokerStars India reg ‘RAV1619′ came second for ₹20,855 (includes ₹4,102 in bounties).

‘robert_ford9’`s PokerStars India stats: Site Winnings: ₹20.49 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹4.49 Lakhs

‘guns4655’ (Won Ultrasonic ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD for ₹26,474), ‘nikhilchaudhary’ (Won Afternoon on Stars ₹60K GTD for ₹17,640), ‘Arif Dar’ (Won Deepstack ₹50K GTD for ₹10,559), ‘Aqsa12’ (Won Primetime Grind ₹50K GTD for ₹9,884), and Hemang ‘Grandmaster786’ Shah (Won Bounty Builder PKO ₹15K GTD for ₹3,731) bagged the other marquee titles on PokerStars India.

 

Adda52

Thursday marked Day 4 of Adda52’s ‘Series of Legends,’ and the ₹20 Lakhs GTD Rocking Ahuja – named after PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish Ahuja – grabbed most of the attention. The ₹4,800 buy-in event locked in 466 entries, posting a ₹20.13 Lakhs prize pool. The heads-up turned out to be a battle between the Young Guns with Gaurav ‘gauravarod’ Sood and Sahil ‘bluffme19’ Chutani going head-to-head. In the end, the winningest player on our tracked database, Gaurav Sood, prevailed and won ₹4.93 Lakhs (his 24th title this year)!

The annual leaderboard topper scored in another two events, adding ₹7.05 Lakhs in Thursday winnings. Sood`s explosive run last night got him past another career milestone – crossing ₹11 Crores in recorded online winnings. Not just that, he also won the ₹5,000 bounty on Ashish Ahuja in Rocking Ahuja.

Gaurav Sood
Gaurav Sood

 

His ITM finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52’s Rocking Ahuja for ₹4,93,214

> 3rd in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹1,32,985

> 14th in Spartan Poker’s WCS #72 – High Roller for ₹78,663

Gaurav Sood’s online stats – Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.04 Crores| Lifetime Profit: ₹5.71 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹4.33 Crores | Annual Profit: ₹2.15 Crores | Ranked #1 in Annual Winnings and Net Profits

Sahil Chutani’s runner-up finish in Rocking Ahuja garnered him a ₹2.92 Lakhs payout. It turned out to be an eventful Thursday grind for the Young Gun, who lapped up ₹4 Lakhs across three deep runs.

Sahil Chutani
Sahil Chutani

 

His ITM finishes include:

> 2nd in Adda52’s Rocking Ahuja for ₹2,91,902

> 13th in Spartan Poker’s WCS #72 – High Roller for ₹86,275

> 17th in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹21,690

Sahil Chutani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.57 Crores | Lifetime Profit: ₹1.67 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹1.71 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹81.59 Lakhs

PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish Ahuja, after whom the Rocking Ahuja was named, made a deep run in the event, finishing 10th for ₹25,164.

Ashish Ahuja
Ashish Ahuja

 

The ₹1 Crore GTD Patni Millionaire hosted Day 1D last evening, with 245 runners joining the action, expanding the field size to 712 entries. Only 27 players survived the day’s onslaught, with Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj (269,140) bagging the end-of-day chip lead. Young Gun’s Gaurav ‘gauravarod’ Sood (248,774) and Devang ‘spark123’ Yadav (219,137) carried forward the other top stacks.

Vinayak Bajaj
Vinayak Bajaj

 

‘BilluBhayankar’ (Won Afternoon Adda ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹37,154), ‘Borntogamble’ (Won Win The Button 330 ₹15K GTD for ₹7,186), and Gaurav ‘NutsandGuts’ Ashok Jain (Won Classic 200 ₹20K GTD for ₹5,800) shipped the other Thursday marquees on Adda52.

 

Khelo365

Khelo365’s ₹30K GTD Hitman PLO saw ‘chinna9553’ topping the 39-entry field to win ₹12,000. ‘darkhorse94’ came second for ₹7,500.

 

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