There could not have been a more thrilling end to August than what transpired last night! With the Adda52-hosted World Poker Tour (WPT) Online India on its penultimate day, two of the biggest tournaments of the series, the ₹3 Crores GTD WPT Main Event and the ₹1 Crore GTD WPT Unreal, both played down to winners.

Grabbing the day’s single biggest paycheque was Kushal Sogani, who took down the WPT Main Event for a career-defining ₹47.45 Lakhs. The former Full House Finale also final-tabled the WPT 3000, cumulatively banking ₹48.82 Lakhs.

The first-ever NPS Champion Mohammad Azhar came close to capturing yet another Main Event title (his second in two months) but ultimately settled for a runner-up finish worth ₹34.09 Lakhs. Two more ITM finishes boosted his Sunday winnings to ₹34.34 Lakhs.

Ram Kakkar (3rd for ₹24.51 Lakhs) and Puneet Mishra (4th for ₹17.62 Lakhs) were the other WPT Main Event final table finishers to bank seven-figure payouts.

Running alongside the WPT Main Event was the WPT Unreal. The marathon event finally culminated last night after declaring a winner in Ankita Malik. Claiming her career-fourth WPT title, Malik outlasted Simran Sharma (2nd for ₹10 Lakhs) and her own husband, Gagandeep Singh (3rd for ₹8 Lakhs) on the FT to claim a career-best ₹15 Lakhs payday. A rising star in the domestic poker circuit, Ankita Malik’s incredible run is an inspiration for many up-and-coming players, especially women who struggle to find their footing in the industry.

Young Gun Anuj Yadav won Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire title, becoming the eighth player in our database to win weekend flagship twice. He earned a top prize of ₹17.24 Lakhs (cumulatively) after defeating Sachin Sharma (2nd for ₹9.27 Lakhs) heads-up. The 25-year-old Yadav joins Manoj Pentakota, Phanindra Akkina, Sriharsha Doddapaneni, Manish Lakhotia, Gaurav Sood, and Arsh Grover in the elite two-time Millionaire champion’s club.

If Ankita Malik’s WPT Unreal win was inspiring, then Young Gun Kanchan Sharma‘s consistent form is equally motivating. The former Destiny winner was in stellar form yesterday as she championed PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹4.88 Lakhs. She wrapped up her Sunday run with a career-best ₹10.88 Lakhs in total winnings on the back of another three deep runs.

Anujkumar Kodam was another Young Gun who joined the Sunday winner’s list after taking down Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹7.09 Lakhs.

Manesh Rathod, Adda52 Game Ambassador Kunal Patni, Young Gun Gaurav Sood, Niteen Raj, Young Gun Arsh Grover, Vijay Singh, Pradip Ghosh, Raman Arora, Anish Arora, Clinton Tavares, Aditya Kesharwani, Chaitanya Dhingra, Hemant Meena, and Sumit Gupta won the other Sunday marquees!

Here are the Sunday highlights!

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Spartan Poker

Spartan Poker’s final The Millionaire edition of August came to a close last night. The weekend flagship registered a guarantee-crushing 2,010 participants, surpassing its listed guarantee by ₹50,000. Only 297 qualifying stacks made it to Day 2, and the list included 209 unique players. The final confrontation over the title was between the recent IOPC July 20201 Leaderboard topper, Young Gun Anuj ‘titooTauji’ Yadav, and Sachin ‘Ullumanati’ Sharma. Yadav, who had placed runner-up in The Big Deal and the Highroller on Thursday before winning The Elite for the second time on Friday, bagged the prized title and a whopping ₹16.83 Lakhs! Sharma conceded to a runner-up finish worth ₹9.27 Lakhs.

 

The 25-year-old Anuj Yadav has emerged as one of the poker powerhouses on the domestic felts. He crushed it in the 11th edition of the IOPC (July edition), landing himself five IOPC titles alongside a third-place finish in the IOPC – The Crown. Last April, Yadav had championed The Millionaire Legends for ₹42.93 Lakhs. He had brought five qualifying stacks to Day 2 of The Millionaire yesterday and scored through all of them. Yadav also placed 148th for ₹11,658, 212nd for ₹10,553, 274th for ₹9,045, 288th for ₹9,045, to collectively earn ₹17.24 Lakhs in the event.

Joining the Sunday list of winners was another of our Young Gun’s, Anujkumar ‘aatmaan108’ Kodam. The 32-year-old player is the first-ever MoneyMaker winner and a former Millionaire champion. Last night, Kodam ran past a 403-player field to win the ₹11,000 entry buy-in Sunday Superstack for ₹7.09 Lakhs, following a heads-up deal with ‘MysticRiver’ (2nd for ₹6.36 Lakhs).

 

The third Sunday headliner on Spartan Poker, the ₹8 Lakhs GTD Money Heist, registered a turnout of 692 entrants, overlaying ₹38,800. Priyank ‘Satoshi_Nakamoto’ Kothari proved the eventual champion and won the ₹1.29 Lakhs up top, following a heads-up deal with Rahul ‘iLiSHMaCh’ Sahni (2^nd for ₹1.23 Lakhs).

 

Priyank Kothari ITMed another five events yesterday, padding his bankroll by a cumulative ₹1.99 Lakhs. He presently boasts ₹3.33 Crore in lifetime winnings.

Spartan Poker ran the ₹17 Lakhs GTD OFC Festival from August 27 to 29. Headlining the action on the final day was the ₹3 Lakhs GTD OFC Fantasy Series #9 Main Event – Pineapple OH. Sumit K ‘Newsharkintown’ Dogra bested the 107-player field to win the Main Event title for ₹93,572, defeating ‘pokergambit’ (2nd for ₹67,410) in the heads-up showdown.

‘Sanu15’ (Won the ₹2 Lakhs GTD Reloaded for ₹42,300), ‘DOT Com’ (Won ₹1.15 Lakhs GTD OFC Fantasy Series #8 – Pineapple OH for ₹36,225), Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain (Won ₹70K GTD OFC Fantasy Series #7 Pineapple OH for ₹22,050) and Dhirendra ‘dhiru91’ Kumar (Won ₹75K GTD Sunday Deep Freeze for ₹21,863) were the other Sunday winners on Spartan Poker.

 

DanielNeg07’ topped the ₹2 Lakhs-added OFC Fantasy Series leaderboard to win ₹50,000 in bonus money. ‘Asalie ‘AcesOnDeck’ Peseyie and ‘Honey17890’ won ₹35,000 and ₹30,000 respectively, for rounding out the top three on the OFC Fantasy Series leaderboard.

OFC Fantasy Series Final Leaderboard Standings

Rank	Player	Prize Amount (BM)
1	DanielNeg07	₹50,000
2	Asalie 'AcesOnDeck' Peseyie	₹35,000
3	Honey17890	₹30,000
4	Ravi 'Rvjn91' Jain	₹25,000
5	Hemanshu 'CM.PUNK2412' Tandon	₹20,000
6	darklust	₹15,000
7	Paras 'AAKKQQJJ' Jain	₹10,000
8	Sumit 'Newsharkintown' Dogra	₹7,000
9	Siddarth 'PeterPunter' Singhvi	₹5,000
10	DOT Com	₹3,000

 

PokerBaazi

Spearheading the Sunday schedule on PokerBaazi was the ₹20 Lakhs GTD BSS SuperStack. The former Destiny winner, Young Gun Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma, took down the title – her first time winning the event – netting a personal best (on PokerBaazi) ₹4.88 Lakhs. She beat Shashank ‘shashank171992’ Mehrotra (2nd for ₹3.42 Lakhs) heads-up.

 

Kanchan Sharma was one of the top Sunday winners and posted three more ITM scores, banking a career-best ₹10.88 Lakhs (cumulatively).

Her scores include:

> 1^st in PokerBaazi’s BSS SuperStack for ₹4.88 Lakhs

> 4^th & 88^th in Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire for ₹4.60 Lakhs & ₹17,990 (₹4.78 Lakhs cumulatively)

> 39^th in Adda52’s WPT Main Event for ₹91,800

> 36^th in Spartan Poker’s Sunday Superstack for ₹27,807

Kanchan Sharma’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.58 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.34 Crores| Annual Winnings: ₹1.65 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹54.73 Lakhs

The ₹5 Lakhs GTD BSS MonsterStack 6-Max registered 233 entries to surpass its advertised guarantee by ₹82,500. The former IOPC SHR runner-up finisher and the #2 ranked player of 2020, Young Gun Arsh ‘Button_Hai_Bro’ Grover, toppled the former IOPC – Mega Stack winner Vinayak ‘salmanbhai’ Bajaj (2nd for ₹96,171) heads-up to clinch the title for ₹1.37 Lakhs.

 

The third most profitable player of the year (currently), Grover crossed the money line in three more events yesterday, earning a cumulative ₹2.64 Lakhs. His stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.93 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.42 Crores| Annual Winnings: ₹2.49 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹1.20 Crores | Ranked #5 in the Annual Leaderboard Standings

Sunday also brought an end to the Baazi Grinders Series. The featured event of the budget series, the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Grinders#40 Main Event, saw Vijay ‘VIJAYAIR01’ Singh decimating a guarantee-crushing 618-entry strong field to win a personal-best (on PokerBaazi) ₹1.17 Lakhs. The user ‘stonedurr’ came second for ₹81,885. Singh boosted his lifetime winnings to ₹11.75 Lakhs (₹90,401 in profits) with this win.

Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani (Won Grinders#39 6-Max ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹28,707), Hemant ‘hkm2828’ Meena (Won Grinders#41 WTB ₹80K GTD for ₹15,720), Sumit ‘m0ney’ Gupta (Won Grinders#38 ₹65K GTD for ₹13,020), ‘molik06’ (Won Grinders#42 Turbo ₹50K GTD for ₹10,575), and ‘Samrudra55’ (Won Grinders#37 ₹15K GTD for ₹2,861) won the other titles on the last day of the Baazi Grinders Series.

 

Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora (Won BSS ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹53,413), ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ (Won Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹37,305), ‘Moneyhoneymoney’ (Won BSS Kickoff ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹27,921), and Chaitanya ‘chaitanyadhingra’ Dhingra (Won BSS Afternoon SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹25,290), and ‘Mimoh’ (Won PLO Daily ₹40K GTD for ₹11,820) won the other Sunday marquees on PokerBaazi.

 

Adda52

Sunday was an eventful one on Adda52, with the site hosting the penultimate day’s action of the WPT Online India Series. There were nine events on the tap, and all of them crowned champions.

The crème de la crème of the series, the ₹3 Crores GTD WPT Main Event, finally played down to a winner. It took seven hours and 34 minutes for Adda52 reg Kushal ‘dimaria7’ Sogani to come out on top and walked away with a life-altering ₹47.45 Lakhs payday! Besides the WPT Online India trophy, Sogani will also receive a Hublot watch and a WPT Passport worth $5,000.

 

The former Full House champion was on a rampage as they also final-tabled WPT 3000, finishing fourth for ₹1.37 Lakhs, netting ₹48.82 Lakhs cumulatively. Kushal Sogani now has ₹80.73 Lakhs in online winnings on Adda52, with ₹70.74 Lakhs in net profits.

Winning the WPT Main Event is undoubtedly a mammoth achievement; however, Mohammad ‘blankspace’ Azhar’s runner-up finish for ₹34.09 Lakhs was equally commendable. The NPS Main Event champion was a hair’s breadth away from claiming yet another grand title in just over two months.

 

Mohammad Azhar also cashed in Spartan Poker’s The Millionaire (108th for ₹23,618) and PokerStars India’s Sunday Special (100th for ₹1,250), pocketing ₹34.34 Lakhs in overall Sunday earnings.

Mohammad Azhar’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.35 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹82.31 Lakhs | Annual Winnings: ₹1.84 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹1.10 Crores

The WPT Main Event final table comprised of quite a few familiar names, including Ram ‘mowgumotu’ Kakkar (3rd for ₹24.51 Lakhs), Puneet ‘j4jolly’ Mishra (4th for ₹17.62 Lakhs), Apratim ‘checmate’ Sharma (6th for ₹9.11 Lakhs) and Abhimanyu ‘PsychoDrama’ Mittal (7th for ₹6.55 Lakhs).

 

While the WPT Main Event was unquestionably the magnum opus of the series, the ₹1 Crore GTD WPT Unreal was arguably the show-stealer. The affordable ₹499 buy-in tourney ran for the entirety of the series, from August 1 to 30, hosting a total of 30 flights and registered 19,568 entries. Day 2 began with 2,048 runners, of which only 2,000 were slated to finish in the money.

The tourney commenced at 7 PM, and in a little less than eight hours of play, Ankita ‘ankumalik’ Malik navigated her way to the top to become the first-ever WPT Unreal champion! Clinching her career-fourth WPT Online title (her third at the series), Malik also banked a career-best ₹15 Lakhs payday. Simran ‘killerinstincts’ Sharma finished runner-up for ₹10 Lakhs, and Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Singh, who happens to be Ankita Malik’s husband, placed third for ₹8 Lakhs.

 

Ankita Malik had previously shipped the WPT Mini 6-Max on November 15, the WPT Multiplier on August 9, and the WPT Daily Warmup on August 25. She scored in two other events yesterday, raking in ₹15.02 Lakhs in Sunday winnings.

Her stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹72 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹31.89 Lakhs

Manesh ‘TEAMfromHELL’ Rathod took down the other Sunday marquee, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD WPT 3000, for a personal-best ₹4.90 Lakhs, with ‘babyiamhere’ placing second for ₹2.84 Lakhs. Rathod also finished 35th in the WPT Main Event for ₹91,800, ending the day with ₹5.82 Lakhs in cumulative earnings. He now has ₹34.16 Lakhs (across Adda52 & Spartan Poker) in online winnings.

Friday’s WPT Classic winner, Niteen ‘niteenplus’ Raj, won the ₹5 Lakhs GTD WPT Hustle for ₹1.84 Lakhs, while yesterday`s WPT Multiplier champion ‘peacelover’ (anonymity requested) came second for ₹1.05 Lakhs. Niteen Raj now has ₹25.38 Lakhs in tracked online winnings.

‘peacelover’ (Won WPT Multiplier ₹4 Lakhs GTD for ₹90,063), Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh (Won WPT Late Night PKO ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹81,276), and Raman ‘Ranzoo9’ Arora (Won WPT Daily Warmup ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹63,013) shipped the final WPT titles of the series.

 

The race to top the WPT Mega Leaderboard standings ran neck-to-neck for the last few days, but in the end, Raghav ‘FuckedUpLife’ Siddalinga held on to his lead. He cashed a total of 49 times in the series and won four titles accumulating 1,334 points, enough to pip the competition to win ₹8 Lakhs. PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish ‘rocky3705’ Ahuja (1,235 points) placed second for ₹5 Lakhs, and his teammate Ankit ‘d00mtr003r’ Wadhawan (1,228 points) took third place in standings to win ₹3.25 Lakhs.

 

Final WPT Mega Leaderboard Standings

Rank	Player	Prize Amount
1	Raghav 'FuckedUpLife' Siddalanga	₹8,00,000
2	Ashish 'rocky3705' Ahuja	₹5,00,000
3	Ankit 'd00mtr003r' Wadhawan	₹3,25,000
4	Devrat 'vickypune' Singh	₹2,00,000
5	Anant 'Pro_baba' Purohit	₹1,50,000
6	Arjanveer 'arjan30' Singh Chadha	₹1,20,000
7	Kunal 'FoatToMyBoat' Patni	₹1,00,000
8	Ritwik 'ritwik27' Khanna	₹83,000
9	Gaurav 'gauravarod' Sood	₹70,000
10	Arsh 'BigggTymeR' Grover	₹55,000

Besides the WPT Mega leaderboard, two other leaderboards were running – the WPT Mini and WPT Micro leaderboards.

WPT Hustle champion Niteen ‘niteenplus’ Raj (2,658 points) topped the WPT Mini leaderboard standings, earning an additional ₹2.55 Lakhs in leaderboard prizes. ‘Indianthug’ (2,631 points) received ₹1.80 Lakhs for placing second, while the WPT Unreal winner, Ankita ‘ankumalik’ Ajay Malik (2,583 points), ranked third for ₹1.15 Lakhs.

 

The WPT Micro leaderboard was taken down by Satbir ‘satbir2222’ Singh (4,541 points) for ₹1.50 Lakhs. ‘amanpoker27’ (4,353 points for ₹1.08 Lakhs) and Pramila ‘aurora999’ Arora (4,244 points for ₹70,000) secured the following two ranks.

But wait, the WPTOI isn’t over yet! Day 30 of the series will host two exciting SNGs, the ₹7 Lakhs GTD WPT Winners SNG and the ₹3 Lakhs GTD WPT Bubble SNG. So, stay tuned to see who wins these tourneys!

 

PokerStars India

The biggest Sunday draw on PokerStars India, the ₹18 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special – Progressive KO, filled in ₹2.55 Lakhs in overlays after 309 entrants bought in for ₹5,500. After over eight hours of play, the winningest player of the country, Young Gun Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood, came out on top to win ₹3.07 Lakhs. The Deepstack champion ‘Thucydidezz’ placed second for ₹2.32 Lakhs!

 

It was a red-letter day for the dentist-turned poker pro Gaurav Sood, who became the first player in Indian history to breach the ₹10 Crores mark in online winnings! The 25-year-old poker prodigy lapped up ₹4.93 Lakhs in total last night and his other deep runs included:

> 15th in The Millionaire for ₹1.29 Lakhs*

> 144th in WPT India Main Event for ₹56,121

Gaurav Sood’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.01 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.22 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹3.30 Crores | Ranked #1 in the Annual Leaderboard Standings, Annual Profits, and Lifetime Profits.

Adda52 Game Ambassador Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni championed the other Sunday marquee on PokerStars India, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Sunday Highroller for ₹3.32 Lakhs after prevailing over Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra (2nd for ₹2.56 Lakhs) in the heads-up clash.

 

Kunal Patni’s stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.13 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.05 Crores | Ranked #4 in the Annual Leaderboard Standings

The event crushed its listed guarantee by ₹1.50 Lakhs (a 10% surplus) after clocking in 165 entrants who bought in for ₹11,000. The top 20 places walked past the money line.

The ₹2 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush found a champion in site loyalist Clinton ‘Clinton Tavares’ Tavares, who earned a paycheck of ₹41,659 after prevailing over Abhishek ‘abhiaum’ Chhajer (2nd for ₹27,594) in the heads-up clash. The two-time The Classic champion, Tavares, breached the ₹27 Lakhs mark in lifetime earnings last night. The event generated a ₹2.21 Lakhs prize pool after clocking in 177 participants, and the top 29 places got paid.

 

‘Stanoneil86’ (Won Sunday Storm ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹28,631), ‘Dangerousdaku’ (Won Sunday Warm-Up ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹28,538), ‘Xbox0710‘ (Won Ultrasonic ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD for ₹25,394), and Sunday Special runner-up finisher ‘Thucydidezz’ (Won Deepstack ₹50K GTD for ₹12,809) were the other Sunday winners on PokerStars India.

 

PokerDangal

The centerpiece of PokerDangal’s Dangal Value Series (DVS), the ₹10 Lakhs GTD DVS Main Event, was rescheduled after a technical disruption with the client last Sunday. Last night, the 109 survivors returned to the felts to play down to a champion, and taking the title home was the user ‘Unbelievebleluck,’ who won a cash prize of ₹1.50 Lakhs after defeating ‘flashsurya’ (2nd for ₹1.20 Lakhs) in the heads-up clash.

The other Sunday winners were:

Player	Prize Amount	Event	Poker Site
Niteen ‘niteenplus’ Raj	₹1.84 Lakhs	WPT Hustle ₹4 Lakhs GTD	Adda52
peacelover	₹90,063	WPT Multiplier ₹4 Lakhs GTD	Adda52
Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh	₹81,276	WPT Late Night PKO ₹3 Lakhs GTD	Adda52
Raman ‘Ranzoo9’ Arora	₹63,013	WPT Daily Warmup ₹2 Lakhs GTD	Adda52
Anish 'PapaNegreanu' Arora	₹53,413	BSS ₹2 Lakhs GTD	PokerBaazi
Sanu15		Reloaded ₹2 Lakhs GTD	Spartan Poker
Clinton ‘Clinton Tavares’ Tavares	₹41,659	Big Bubble Rush 2 Lakhs GTD	PokerStars India
TheTamizhDurrr	₹37,305	Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.5 Lakhs GTD	PokerBaazi
DOT Com	₹36,225	OFC Fantasy Series #8 – Pineapple OH ₹1.15 Lakhs GTD	Spartan Poker
Aditya 'KesarDa' Kesharwani	₹28,707	Grinders#39 6-Max ₹1 Lakh GTD	PokerBaazi
Moneyhoneymoney	₹27,921	BSS Kickoff ₹1 Lakh GTD	PokerBaazi
Chaitanya 'chaitanyadhingra' Dhingra	₹25,290	BSS Afternoon SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD	PokerBaazi
Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain	₹22,050	OFC Fantasy Series #7 Pineapple OH ₹70K GTD	Spartan Poker
Dhirendra ‘dhiru91’ Kumar	₹21,863	Sunday Deep Freeze ₹75K GTD	Spartan Poker
Hemant 'hkm2828' Meena	₹15,720	Grinders#41 WTB ₹80K GTD	PokerBaazi
Sumit 'm0ney' Gupta	₹13,020	Grinders#38 ₹65K GTD	PokerBaazi
Mimoh	₹11,820	PLO Daily ₹40K GTD	PokerBaazi
molik06	₹10,575	Grinders#42 Turbo ₹50K GTD	PokerBaazi
Samrudra55	₹2,861	Grinders#37 ₹15K GTD	PokerBaazi

 

WPT India Main Event ₹3 Crores GTD Final – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹16,500

Survivors – 227

Prize Pool – ₹3,00,00,000

Places Paid – 197

The biggest draw of Sunday, the ₹3 Crores GTD WPT Main Event, found a champion last night in former Full House champion Kushal ‘dimaria7’ Sogani, who won a jaw-dropping ₹47.45 Lakhs, the WPT Online India trophy, a Hublot watch, and a WPT Passport worth $5,000.

Sogani also finished fourth in the WPT 3000 for ₹1.37 Lakhs, improving his recorded winnings on Adda52 to ₹80.73 Lakhs, and ₹70.74 Lakhs in net profits.

The NPS Main Event champion Mohammad ‘blankspace’ Azhar placed runner-up for ₹34.09 Lakhs.

Ram ‘mowgumotu’ Kakkar (3rd for ₹24.51 Lakhs), Puneet ‘j4jolly’ Mishra (4th for ₹17.62 Lakhs), Apratim ‘checmate’ Sharma (6th for ₹9.11 Lakhs) and Abhimanyu ‘PsychoDrama’ Mittal (7th for ₹6.55 Lakhs) also FT-ed the event.

A total of 227 survivors from across 10 starting flights returned for Day 2, and only 197 places got paid, with a min-cash worth ₹56,121.

Final Table Results

1. Kushal ‘dimaria7’ Sogani – ₹47,45,478
2. Mohammad ‘blankspace’ Azhar – ₹34,09,320
3. Ram ‘mowgumotu’ Kakkar – ₹24,51,330
4. Puneet ‘j4jolly’ Mishra – ₹17,62,527
5. deep1221 – ₹12,67,269
6. Apratim ‘checmate’ Sharma – ₹9,11,178
7. PsychoDrama – ₹6,55,143
8. Abhimanyu ‘PsychoDrama’ Mittal – ₹4,71,054

 

The Millionaire ₹1 Crore GTD – Day 2 – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 1,068

Re-entries – 255

Re-buys – 687

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,50,000

Places Paid – 295

August ended on a high note on Spartan Poker with the final ₹1 Crore GTD The Millionaire edition of the month registered 2,010 entries across five starting flights – 10 more than the 2000 player guarantee. A total of 297 qualifying stacks (209 unique players) converged for Day 2 on Sunday.

Making his way past the competition was Young Gun Anuj ‘titooTauji’ Yadav, who beat Sachin ‘Ullumanati’ Sharma heads-up to add a career-second Millionaire win to his name, alongside the top prize of ₹16.83 Lakhs. Sharma finished runner-up for ₹9.27 Lakhs.

A former The Millionaire Legends champion, Anuj Yadav, has been in indomitable form since last month. He captured five titles at the IOPC July edition to emerge as the series topper. Before the weekend began, Yadav had already picked up momentum and posted two runner-up finishes in The Big Deal and the Highroller on Thursday. He also won the Friday flagship The Elite.

Yadav brought five qualifying stacks to Day 2 of The Millionaire and scored through all of them, placing 148th for ₹11,658, 212nd for ₹10,553, 274th for ₹9,045, 288th for ₹9,045, to cumulatively collect ₹17.24 Lakhs in the event.

The final table was choc-a-bloc with seasoned runners, and most of them scored multiple times. This included Sahil ‘$lim$hady19’ Chutani (3rd for ₹6.41 Lakhs, 161st for ₹11,658, 287th for ₹9,045), Young Gun Kanchan ‘Midge Maisel’ Sharma (4th for ₹6.41 Lakhs, 88th for ₹17,990), Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha (6th for ₹3.08 Lakhs, 138th for ₹13,065, 154th for ₹11,658), and Usman ‘Witty.White’ Alam (8th for ₹1.66 Lakhs, 204th for ₹10,553).

Amit Suresh ‘Kavipri’ Gehani (8th for ₹1.27 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassadors Ankit ‘Shippament’ Wadhawan (10th for ₹1.06 Lakhs, 13th for ₹94,571) and Gokul ‘The Greek Freak’ Raj (11th for ₹1.06 Lakhs), Mohitkumar Sunilkumar ‘FloatingMonkey’ Bohra (14th for ₹84,521), Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood (15th for ₹84,521, 26th for ₹44,823), Advait ‘GTfO18’ Rajguru (16th for ₹74,471), Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram (17th for ₹85,023, 209th for ₹10,551), Manash ‘Silver555’ Kalita (19th for ₹64,421) and Raghav ‘thatssosick’ Bansal (20th for ₹85,727, 71st for ₹21,306) were the other players who ran deep in the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Anuj ‘titooTauji’ Yadav – ₹16,83,375
2. Sachin ‘Ullumanati’ Sharma – ₹9,26,610
3. Sahil ‘$lim$hady19’ Chutani – ₹6,41,190
4. Kanchan ‘Midge Maisel’ Sharma – ₹4,60,290
5. Thodi Mariada Rakhiye – ₹3,82,101
6. Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha – ₹3,08,334
7. Chen_Khulli_Ki_Maiin – ₹2,36,175
8. Usman ‘Witty.White’ Alam – ₹1,66,428

 

WPT Unreal ₹1 Crore GTD Day 2 – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹499

Entries – 16,943

Re-entries – 2,626

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,00,000

Places Paid – 2000

The ₹1 Crore GTD WPT Unreal was bound to set a new benchmark in the country, and the event pretty much lived up to expectations. The marathon event managed to register a blistering 19,569 total entries over 30 starting flights, filling in ₹11.94 Lakhs in overlays. Day 2 had 2,048 runners in the fray after adopting the best stack forward concept, and only 2,000 of them got paid.

After all was done and dusted in this month-long event, the upcoming player Ankita ‘ankumalik’ Malik cemented her name as the first-ever WPT Unreal champion, winning a career-best ₹15 Lakhs, her first WPT Online trophy, and fourth WPT Online title.

With two more ITM finishes under her belt, Malik posted ₹15.02 Lakhs in Sunday earnings, touching ₹36.50 Lakhs in recorded winnings this year (₹8.73 Lakhs in annual profit).

A lady player from Pune, Simran killerinstincts’ Sharma (2nd for ₹10 Lakhs) and Ankita`s husband Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Singh (3rd for ₹8 Lakhs), secured podium finishes in the event.

Pavan ‘Pawan131’ Kumar placed sixth for ₹3.75 Lakhs.

Final Table Results

1. Ankita ‘ankumalik’ Malik – ₹15,00,000
2. Simran ‘killerinstincts’ Sharma – ₹10,00,000
3. Gagandeep ‘gaganhyd’ Singh – ₹8,00,000
4. Slimshady17 – ₹6,00,000
5. docaru1986 – ₹4,50,000
6. Pavan ‘Pawan131’ Kumar – ₹3,75,000
7. mishrasudeep0108 – ₹2,50,000
8. rockstar2424 – ₹1,50,000

 

Sunday Superstack ₹40 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 200

Re-entries – 78

Re-buys – 125

Prize Pool – ₹40,30,000

Places Paid – 39

Spartan Poker`s Sunday mainstay, the ₹40 Lakhs GTD Sunday Superstack, attracted 411 runners on its latest run, recording eight entries less than last week. The event could still collect a profitable ₹40.30 Lakhs in the prize pool.

Young Gun Anujkumar ‘aatmaan108’ Kodam played his stack to the finish line and eventually chopped the title heads-up for ₹7.09 Lakhs. ‘MysticRiver’ placed runner-up for ₹6.36 Lakhs, courtesy of the deal.

PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal ‘LuckyBhai$’ Singh (5th for ₹2.49 Lakhs), Young Gun Karan ‘Majestic’ Radia (6th for ₹1.88 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Shashank ‘reconnecting’ Desai (7th for ₹1.38 Lakhs) and Rahul ‘sttoned’ Kumar (8th for ₹1.02 Lakhs) were the other known players on the FT.

Final Table Results

1. Anujkumar ‘aatmaan108’ Kodam – ₹7,08,769*
2. MysticRiver – ₹6,36,444*
3. PradhanLi – ₹3,92,925
4. ITMiser – ₹3,17,161
5. Laksh Pal ‘LuckyBhai$’ Singh – ₹2,48,651
6. Karan ‘Majestic’ Radia – ₹1,88,201
7. Shashank ‘reconnecting’ Desai – ₹1,38,229
8. Rahul ‘sttoned’ Kumar – ₹1,01,556

*denotes heads-up deal

 

BSS SuperStack ₹20 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 236

Re-entries – 250

Prize Pool – ₹24,30,000

Places Paid – 54

PokerBaazi’s signature Sunday tourney, the ₹20 Lakhs GTD BSS SuperStack, was championed by the former Destiny winner Young Gun Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma for a personal-best (on PokerBaazi) ₹4.88 Lakhs. Shashank ‘shashank171992’ Mehrotra came second for ₹3.42 Lakhs.

Kanchan Sharma finished ITM in three more events, including an FT score in The Millionaire (4th & 88th for ₹4.78 Lakhs cumulatively), netting a career-best ₹10.88 Lakhs (cumulatively).

The ₹5,500 entry buy-in event registered 486 runners, crushing its listed guarantee by a comfortable ₹4.30 Lakhs (over 20% more than its advertised guarantee).

Dishani ‘Dishvish’ Vijay (3rd for ₹2.20 Lakhs), Shravan ‘FishStars’ Chhabria (4th for ₹1.63 Lakhs), Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar (5th for ₹1.22 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Gokul ‘Nygma’ Raj (6th for ₹97,929), and WPT India Main Event third-place finisher Ram ‘mowgumotu’ Kakkar (7th for ₹81,648) also FT-ed the event.

Guneet ‘guntz’ Kwatra bubbled the FT in ninth place for ₹48,843.

Final Table Results

1. Kanchan ‘Kanchansharma’ Sharma – ₹4,88,430
2. Shashank ‘shashank171992’ Mehrotra – ₹3,42,387
3. Dishani ‘Dishvish’ Vijay – ₹2,20,158
4. Shravan ‘FishStars’ Chhabria – ₹1,62,810
5. Prashanth ‘Iveyleague’ Sekar – ₹1,22,229
6. Gokul ‘Nygma’ Raj – ₹97,929
7. Ram ‘mowgumotu’ Kakkar – ₹81,648
8. tigeronhunt1995 – ₹65,124

 

Sunday Special – Progressive KO ₹18 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 171

Re-entries – 138

Total Prize Pool – ₹18,00,000

Regular Prize Pool – ₹10,27,500

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹7,72,500

Places Paid – 34

Young Gun Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood set a new benchmark last night by becoming the first player to cross the ₹10 Crore mark in online winnings. Getting him to this landmark figure was his inspiring run in PokerStars India’s Sunday flagship, the ₹18 Lakhs GTD Sunday Special – Progressive KO. Sood shipped the event for ₹3.07 Lakhs after besting yesterday`s Deepstack champion ‘Thucydidezz’ (2nd for ₹2.32 Lakhs) heads-up.

The 5 PM event recorded a starting field of 309 entrants, who coughed up ₹5,500 to enter, leaving an overlay of ₹2.55 Lakhs.

Pavan ‘Rootahua Macchi’ Kiran B (3^rd for ₹1.52 Lakhs), Sunday Highroller champion Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni (4^th for ₹90,161), and Abhimanyu ‘fraudscheme’ Mittal (7^th for ₹51,032) also FT-ed the tourney.

Final Table Results

1. Gaurav ‘3betPanda’ Sood – ₹307,494
2. Thucydidezz – ₹232,923
3. Pavan ‘Rootahua Macchi’ Kiran B – ₹152,890
4. Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni – ₹90,161
5. MrBigSlick139 – ₹76,421
6. muttonmm – ₹54,639
7. Abhimanyu ‘fraudscheme’ Mittal – ₹51,032
8. kparmar – ₹27,523
9. raghav1990 – ₹43,297

 

WPT 3000 ₹15 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹3,000

Entries – 401

Re-entries – 318

Prize Pool – ₹19,61,432

Places Paid – 72

The last ₹15 Lakhs GTD WPT 3000 event of the second edition of the WPTOI declared a winner in Manesh ‘TEAMfromHELL’ Rathod. After nine long hours of play, Rathod pipped the mystery player ‘babyiamhere’ (2nd for ₹2.84 Lakhs) heads-up to collect ₹4.90 Lakhs for the win.

The ₹3,000 entry buy-in event logged in a stacked 719-entry field, crushing its listed guarantee by ₹4.61 Lakhs. The top 72 runners walked past the money line.

PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer ‘arjan30’ Singh Chadha (6th for ₹68,650), long-time circuit regular Jasven ‘bajateraho’ Saigal (7th for ₹53,939), and WPT Wednesday Rush champion (August 11) Sajjan ‘haitohhai’ Barnwal (8th for ₹39,229) posted FT scores.

The WPT India Main Event champion Kushal ‘dimaria7′ Sogani placed fourth for ₹1.37 Lakhs.

Final Table Results

1. Manesh ‘TEAMfromHELL’ Rathod – ₹4,90,358
2. babyiamhere – ₹2,84,408
3. Themaster777 – ₹1,92,220
4. dimaria7 – ₹1,37,300
5. arrowhead – ₹98,072
6. Arjanveer ‘arjan30’ Singh Chadha – ₹68,650
7. Jasven ‘bajateraho’ Saigal – ₹53,939
8. Sajjan ‘haitohhai’ Barnwal – ₹39,229

 

Sunday Highroller ₹15 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 102

Re-entries – 63

Prize Pool – ₹16,50,000

Places Paid – 20

Adda52 Game Ambassador Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni came out trumps in PokerStars India`s Sunday Highroller and won ₹3.32 Lakhs. Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra placed second for ₹2.56 Lakhs.

The ₹11,000 entry buy-in event obliterated its advertised guarantee by almost 10% after pulling in a starting field of 165 challengers. The 7:30 PM event ended at 2:56 AM, and the top 20 places earned a payday.

PokerGuru Ambassadors Ankit ‘b00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan (3^rd for ₹1.97 Lakhs) and Arjanveer ‘ballistik310’ Singh Chadha (8^th for ₹53,351) along with cash game streamer Aryan ‘PainProvider’ Chauhan (4^th for ₹1.51 Lakhs), Vishnu ‘violator2018’ Khandelwal (5^th for ₹1.16 Lakhs), Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal (7^th for ₹69,293), and Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik (9^th for ₹41,076) FT-ed the event.

 

Final Table Results

1. Kunal ‘iAlwaysHaveit’ Patni – ₹3,32,650
2. Sanish ‘sneakysani’ Chhabra – ₹2,56,117
3. Ankit ‘b00mtr00p3r’ Wadhawan – ₹1,97,192
4. Aryan ‘PainProvider’ Chauhan – ₹1,51,823
5. Vishnu ‘violator2018’ Khandelwal – ₹1,16,893
6. 041195 – ₹89,999
7. Anmol ‘freak_weird0’ Agarwal – ₹69,293
8. Arjanveer ‘ballistik310’ Singh Chadha – ₹53,351
9. Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik – ₹41,076

 

DVS Main Day 2 10 Lakhs GTD – PokerDangal

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 651

Re-entries – 293

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 95

PokerDangal user ‘Unbelievebleluck’ shipped the ₹10 Lakhs GTD DVS Main Event title to collect ₹1.50 Lakhs. The user ‘flashsurya’ placed runner-up for ₹1.20 Lakhs.

The event had 109 survivors convening after a weeklong break (due to technical issues), and the top 95 places got paid.

 

Money Heist ₹8 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹1,200

Entries – 347

Re-entries – 120

Re-buys – 225

Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000

Places Paid – 63

Spartan Poker`s 9 PM attraction, the ₹8 Lakhs GTD Money Heist, had to fill in ₹38,800 in overlays after only 692 participants signed up to play. The action continued till 5.22 AM, and things went down the wire after the final two players shook hands on a deal.

The former EndBoss finalist Priyank ‘Satoshi_Nakamoto’ Kothari was awarded the title and ₹1.29 Lakhs. Rahul ‘iLiSHMaCh’ Sahni placed runner-up for ₹1.23 Lakhs.

The Money Heist win was Priyank Kothari’s 20th title victory this year, and boosted his online scorecard to ₹3.33 Crores.

Rishab ‘radda’ Gupta (5th for ₹43,600), poker streamer Shobhit ‘569poker’ Bhargava (7th for ₹25,680), and actor-cum-poker player Siddhanth ‘Liu Kang’ Kapoor (8th for ₹18,240) also FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

1. Priyank ‘Satoshi_Nakamoto’ Kothari – ₹1,28,906*
2. Rahul ‘iLiSHMaCh’ Sahni – ₹1,23,494*
3. Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain – ₹70,000
4. CharlieDREW – ₹55,600
5. Rishab ‘radda’ Gupta – ₹43,600
6. mafia666 – ₹34,160
7. Shobhit ‘569poker’ Bhargava – ₹25,680
8. Siddhanth ‘Liu Kang’ Kapoor – ₹18,240

*denotes heads-up deal

 

WPT Hustle ₹5 Lakhs GTD – Adda52

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 504

Re-entries – 294

Prize Pool – ₹7,98,000

Places Paid – 82

Spiking its prize pool guarantee by ₹1 Lakh, the last WPT Hustle event at the series logged in a mammoth 798 participants, creating a guarantee-bursting ₹7.98 Lakhs prize pool.

Niteen ‘niteenplus’ Raj clinched the title to win ₹1.84 Lakhs, besting ‘peacelover’ (anonymity requested) heads-up. The latter netting ₹1.05 Lakhs for his second-place finish.

Niteen Raj topped the WPT Mini leaderboard standings, raking in an additional ₹2.55 Lakhs in prize money.

Meanwhile, the runner-up finisher ‘peacelover’ was gunning for their second WPT title of Sunday, having earlier won the WPT Multiplier for ₹90,063.

Friday’s Grinders#27 Highroller runner-up finisher Dhaval ‘faizal1506’ Doshi (5^th for ₹37,905) & Rishabh ‘rishabh002’ Gupta (6^th for ₹26,254) also FT-ed the event.

Final Table Results

1. Niteen ‘niteenplus’ Raj – ₹1,83,540
2. peacelover – ₹1,05,336
3. abhikumar8299 – ₹71,820
4. Sophiacooper07 – ₹54,264
5. Dhaval ‘faizal1506’ Doshi – ₹37,905
6. Rishabh ‘rishabh002’ Gupta – ₹26,254
7. msrachit – ₹19,950
8. void191 – ₹15,162

 

BSS MonsterStack 6-Max ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹2,750

Entries – 129

Re-entries – 104

Prize Pool – ₹5,82,500

Places Paid – 27

Young Gun Arsh ‘Button_Hai_Bro’ Grover outran the 233-player field in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD BSS#3 MonsterStack 6-Max to win ₹1.37 Lakhs. The former IOPC – Mega Stack winner Vinayak ‘salmanbhai’ Bajaj came second for ₹96,171.

Shashank ‘Iverson003’ Shekhar (3rd for ₹61,862), Maria ‘MariaKirloskar’ Kirloskar (4th for ₹45,785), Sanjeeta ‘realkidsanju’ Kumari (5th for ₹34,368), and last night`s Money Heist champion Priyank ‘Piko1432’ Kothari (7th for ₹22,834) also FT-ed the tourney.

 

Final Table Results

1. Arsh ‘Button_Hai_Bro’ Grover – ₹1,37,062
2. Vinayak ‘salmanbhai’ Bajaj – ₹96,171
3. Shashank ‘Iverson003’ Shekhar – ₹61,862
4. Maria ‘MariaKirloskar’ Kirloskar – ₹45,785
5. Sanjeeta ‘realkidsanju’ Kumari – ₹34,368
6. Ashutosh.anand7 – ₹27,494
7. Priyank ‘Piko1432’ Kothari – ₹22,834

 

Grinders#40 Main Event ₹5 Lakhs GTD – PokerBaazi

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 309

Re-entries – 309

Prize Pool – ₹6,18,000

Places Paid – 72

Vijay ‘VIJAYAIR01’ Singh was the last player standing in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Grinders#40 Main Event and won a personal-best (on PokerBaazi) ₹1.17 Lakhs. Singh defeated ‘stonedurr’ heads-up, with the latter earning ₹81,885.

Pankaj ‘Jmdpanku’ Sharma (3^rd for ₹52,654), Sanjay ‘raskolnikov’ Chauudhury (4th for ₹38,996), Vishal ‘Darky’ Ojha (6th for ₹23,422), Nathaniel ‘ante2410’ Fancon (7th for ₹19,529), and Sreeharsha ‘yUDdam’ Boneni (8th for ₹15,574) posted FT scores.

Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur bubbled the FT in ninth place for ₹11,680.

Final Table Results

1. Vijay ‘VIJAYAIR01’ Singh – ₹1,16,802
2. stonedurr – ₹81,885
3. Pankaj ‘Jmdpanku’ Sharma – ₹52,654
4. Sanjay ‘raskolnikov’ Chauudhury – ₹38,996
5. nimbupani – ₹29,231
6. Vishal ‘Darky’ Ojha – ₹23,422
7. Nathaniel ‘ante2410’ Fancon – ₹19,529
8. Sreeharsha ‘yUDdam’ Boneni – ₹15,574

 

OFC Fantasy Series #09 Main Event ₹3 Lakhs GTD – Spartan Poker

Buy-in – ₹3,300

Entries – 44

Re-entries – 24

Re-buys – 39

Prize Pool – ₹3,21,000

Places Paid – 9

The three-day-long ₹17 Lakhs GTD OFC Festival came to a finish on Sunday, and the biggest attraction on the schedule was the ₹3 Lakhs GTD OFC Fantasy Series #9 Main Event – Pineapple OH.

The event registered 107 entrants (after re-entries and re-buys) to collect a ₹3.21 Lakhs prize pool. Sumit K ‘Newsharkintown’ Dogra proved the eventual champion and won ₹93,572, with Suresh ‘pokergambit’ Kolli finishing runner-up for ₹67,410.

Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha (4th for ₹33,063), Kiran ‘KingAA’ Kumar (6th for ₹19,902), and Paras ‘AAKKQQJJ’ Jain (8th for ₹9,539) posted FT scores in the event.

 

Big Bubble Rush ₹2 Lakhs GTD – PokerStars India

Buy-in – ₹1,375

Entries – 91

Re-entries – 86

Prize Pool – ₹2,21,250

Places Paid – 29

PokerStars India reg Clinton ‘Clinton Tavares’ Tavares took down the ₹2 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush for ₹41,659 after besting Abhishek ‘abhiaum’ Chhajer (2nd for ₹27,594) in heads-up play.

The ₹1,375 entry buy-in event logged in 177 challengers to create a guarantee crushing ₹2.21 Lakhs prize pool.

Ajay ‘AJ14071988’ Sharma (4^th for ₹14,894), Madhab ‘madhabpal2015’ Pal (5^th for ₹7,579), Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu (6^th for ₹12,586), Adwait ‘Adwait Pol’ Pol (7^th for ₹6,494), Vishal ‘KeepYourC()()I_’ Sharma (8^th for ₹3,775), and Yash ‘Yash9694’ Jain (9^th for ₹5,181) also FT-ed the tourney!

 

Big Bang ₹1 Lakh GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 36

Re-entries – 6

Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000

Places Paid – 5

Khelo365 user ‘7371973890’ outlasted a 42-entry field in the site`s ₹1 Lakh GTD Sunday marquee, the Big Bang, to collect ₹43,000. ‘ITISJOHNNY’ finished runner-up for ₹23,000.

 

Dominator ₹50K GTD – Khelo365

Buy-in – ₹550

Entries – 57

Re-entries – 30

Prize Pool – ₹50,000

Places Paid – 9

Khelo365 regular ‘nishant24k’ added ₹16,000 to their poker bankroll after conquering the ₹50K GTD Dominator last night. ‘ajaashish’ placed second for ₹10,000.

 

This report was updated at 8:30 PM on 30.08.2021.

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