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Daily Majors: Abhimanyu Mittal, Saurabh Rohila, Akshat Sharma & Sahil Chutani Reel in Huge Scores in the Friday Flagships

Online MTT players are arguably entering the biggest weekend ever, with Spartan Poker`s IOPC June 2022 and PokerBaazi`s 1100 THC now two days away from wrapping up! The spike in online action is visible with players prepping up for the big Sunday coming up ahead.

Coming to the Friday recap, Abhimanyu Mittal topped the charts with panache after crushing the competition in Spartan Poker`s IOPC #115 – Friday Spotlight, picking up his first IOPC title and the hefty ₹11.44 Lakhs up-top (his second-best career finish). Mittal also FT-ed #IOPC #114 – Friday Prime (4th for ₹1.18 Lakhs), making away with the day`s best ₹12.67 Lakhs overall. Coming in hot after winning the IOPC #107 Super High Roller the day before, Saurabh Rohila finished runner-up for an impressive ₹7.21 Lakhs.

The now two-time IOPC – Legends champion Sahil Chutani kept his heater going by shipping PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for the second time this year for ₹3.91 Lakhs. He chopped the Friday flagship with Anmolraj Singh Chawla (2nd for ₹3.49 Lakhs). The most profitable MTT player of the year on our tracked database, Chutani, made another three ITM runs yesterday, banking ₹4.19 Lakhs overall.

Akshat Sharma pulled out his best finish of the year last night. He won Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹5.31 Lakhs, also cashing another three events for a total take-home worth ₹6.22 Lakhs. The Friday run pushed Sharma past the ₹50 Lakh mark in annual earnings.

Rishab Malik added the missing THC title to his tally after winning PokerBaazi’s THC#88 Superstack for ₹2.32 Lakhs. He squeezed out another two deep runs, including an FT finish in The Weekly HighRoller (4th for ₹1.45 Lakhs), netting ₹3.94 Lakhs.

Manish Kumar (Won THC#87 Monsterstack for ₹1.21 Lakhs), Akshay Joshi (Won THC#89 – (5-max) Turbo for ₹90,260), and Abhishek Sonu (Won THC#86 – PKO for ₹88,250) won the other THC titles.

The former WCS #95 – The Millionaire – Feature Main Event runner-up finisher Nitesh Katiyar opened his title tally for the year in style with a victory march in Spartan Poker`s IOPC #114 – Friday Prime for ₹3.43 Lakhs.

Like Young Gun Sanat Mehrotra and Sreekanth Narayan the day before, Siddharth Gangwar booked two title victories on Friday. The IOPC #107 – Super High Roller runner-up finisher clinched a title each at the IOPC and THC – winning the THC#90 (6-Max) Turbo for ₹1.15 Lakhs, and IOPC #113 for ₹95,175, pocketing ₹2.33 Lakhs across his Friday grind.

boosterx’ (Won IOPC #116 – All-Rounder for ₹2.12 Lakhs), ‘rtj11’ (Won IOPC #111 for ₹1.23 Lakhs), PokerGuru Ambassador Arjanveer Singh Chadha (Won IOPC #112 for ₹90,225), and Anurag Srivastava (Won IOPC #110 for ₹45,554) were the other IOPC winners of the day.

MTT reg Harsh Dembla (opted out of our tracked database) won the Friday flagship on PokerStars India, Uppercut, for ₹1.07 Lakhs.

Pranay Sikka, Vignesh Kumar, Alok Kumar, Akhilesh Gautam, and Vijay Pandit shipped the other Friday majors.

Here are the Friday highlights!

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IOPC #115 – Friday Spotlight – 50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 303

Re-entries – 133

Rebuys – 155

Prize Pool – ₹59,10,000

Places Paid – 63

The ₹50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #115 – Friday Spotlight was the biggest attraction on Day 16 of the IOPC June 2022 series, and the turnouts didn`t disappoint as 591 hopefuls joined the Friday flagship, generating a hefty ₹59.10 Lakhs prize pool.

The former FTS #13 – Supreme runner-up finisher, Abhimanyu ‘Asraat Manfi’ Mittal, made it past the competition to grab a hefty ₹11.44 Lakhs payday – his second-best career finish. Friday’s IOPC #107 – Super High Roller Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila lost out on grabbing a career-fifth IOPC title and collected ₹7.21 Lakhs in second place.

Abhimanyu Mittal pulled out his best finish yet this year as he also FT-ed IOPC #114 – Friday Prime and cashed another two events, netting ₹12.67 Lakhs overall.

His top Friday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #115 – Friday Spotlight for 11.44 Lakhs

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #114 – Friday Prime for ₹1.18 Lakhs

Abhimanyu Mittal`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.33 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.08 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #3 | Ranked #1 in the IOPC June 2022 Daily Leaderboard for ₹30K in Bonus Money

Abhimanyu Mittal
Abhimanyu Mittal

 

Final Table Results

  1. Abhimanyu ‘Asraat Manfi’ Mittal – ₹11,43,585
  2. Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila – ₹7,21,020
  3. Ssick_One – ₹5,17,125
  4. Rosehip22 – ₹4,10,745
  5. Varun ‘buffalosoldier’ Meena – ₹3,22,095
  6. jon_snow – ₹2,52,357
  7. Vishal ‘Darky012’ Ojha – ₹1,89,711
  8. Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood – ₹1,34,748

 

IOPC #114 – Friday Prime – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹990

Entries – 1,389 (764)

Re-entries – 625

Rebuys – 1,140

Prize Pool – ₹22,76,100

Places Paid – 207

Nitesh ‘KATIYAR11’ Katiyar cut his way through the vast 2,529-entry field in Spartan Poker`s ₹20 Lakhs GTD IOPC #114 – Friday Prime and made away with a ₹3.43 Lakhs cash prize and his first title of the year (his career-second IOPC title).

The win ensured Katiyar’s #3 position in the IOPC Daily Leaderboard (₹20K in Bonus Money). His online stats (excluding Adda52 and PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.20 Crores | ₹46.46 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #1

Nitesh Katiyar
Nitesh Katiyar

 

Final Table Results

  1. Nitesh ‘KATIYAR11’ Katiyar – ₹3,43,110
  2. Raj@19911 – ₹2,57,904
  3. Gungun224 – ₹1,93,345
  4. Abhimanyu ‘Asraat Manfi’ Mittal – ₹1,19,495
  5. Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta – ₹93,548
  6. RoLeBete – ₹70,969
  7. Flakes – ₹54,308
  8. The Clairvoyant – ₹38,488

 

IOPC #116 – All-Rounder – ₹11 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 351

Re-entries – 136

Rebuys – 238

Prize Pool – ₹11,00,000

Places Paid – 71

The ₹11 Lakhs GTD IOPC #116 – All-Rounder brought in 725 entrants, filling in a marginal ₹12,500 in overlays. The user ‘boosterx’ was the last player standing and won the title for ₹2.12 Lakhs along with the last remaining seat in the IOPC #128 – All-Rounder SnG. ‘noscOPe’ came second for ₹1.34 Lakhs.

Final Table Results

  1. boosterx – ₹2,12,300
  2. noscOPe – ₹1,33,760
  3. ztsethna – ₹95,810
  4. doubledown – ₹75,460
  5. sangsss – ₹59,290
  6. Minimalist – ₹46,310
  7. Ashish ‘Spewushhhiiiii’ Ahuja – ₹34,870
  8. Jyoti Pegu – ₹24,310

 

IOPC #111 – ₹6 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 220

Re-entries – 66

Rebuys – 172

Prize Pool – ₹6,87,000

Places Paid – 39

The mystery user ‘rtj11’ made their way past the guarantee-crushing 458-entry field in the 3 PM IOPC marquee, the ₹6 Lakhs GTD IOPC #111, netting ₹1.23 Lakhs. ‘Elbulli’ collected ₹1.05 Lakhs in second place, courtesy of a heads-up deal.

Final Table Results

  1. rtj11 – ₹1,22,709*
  2. Elbulli – ₹1,05,439*
  3. Mr6Green9 – ₹65,810
  4. Murakonda ‘@Valmiki@’ Ratnakar – ₹54,067
  5. Bhavyajeet Singh ‘brbhavya’ Rathore – ₹42,388
  6. Sanchit ‘scofield1210’ Nag – ₹32,083
  7. WhatIffGawd – ₹23,564
  8. Armaan ‘space ace’ Kochhar – ₹17,312

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

IOPC – Value Mine Day 1E – ₹35 Lakhs GTD

> Day 1E: Entries – 280 | Re-entries – 39 | Rebuys – 221 | Survivors – 59 | Chip Leader – Arjanveer ‘bazzingaa’ Singh Chadha (210,241)

> Combined: Entries – 1,354 | Re-entries – 205 | Rebuys – 1,028 | Survivors – 259 | Overall Chip Leader: ‘elbedonk’ (340,963)

 

IOPC – The Crown Day 1E – ₹4 Crores GTD

> Day 1E: Entries – 274 | Re-entries – 99 | Rebuys – 181 | Survivors – 77 | Chip Leader – Vivek ‘Kill Ivey’ Bajaj (381,847)

> Combined: Entries – 1,295 | Re-entries – 355 | Rebuys: 818 | Survivors – 349 |

Overall Chip Leader – Saurabh ‘Beast555’ Jain (383,945)

Siddharth ‘cooking_nutsGangwar (Won ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #113 for ₹95,175), Arjanveer Singh ‘bazzingaa’ Chadha (Won ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #112 for ₹90,225), and Anurag ‘CultOfPersonality’ Srivastava (Won ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #110 for ₹45,554) were the other IOPC winners of the day.

Arjanveer Singh Chadha
Arjanveer Singh Chadha

 

The ₹33 Crores GTD IOPC edition is just two days from culmination. And the three-time IOPC Leaderboard crusher Bhanu ‘MafiaGaming’ Prakash KC (16,710 points) looks well on track to repeat the feat once again. Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta (15,402 points) and Dinesh ‘$Lucky Guy$’ Singh (15,018 points) continue to trail him in #2 and #3 places, respectively!

IOPC June 2022 Leaderboard Standings After Day 16

RankPlayerPoints
1Bhanu 'MafiaGaming' Prakash KC16,710
2Mohit 'thejoker' Mehta15,402
3Dinesh '$Lucky Guy$' Singh15,018
4Anurag 'CultOfPersonality' Srivastava13,832
5Arjanveer 'bazzingaa' Singh Chadha13,818
6Ashish 'X--factor' Pareek12,604
7Vinay 'BeepBeepImaJeep' Rajpal12,129
8Varun 'buffalowsoldier' Meena11,016
9WhatIffGawd10,180
10UnsafeChoice10,122

 

PokerBaazi

THC#88 Superstack – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 669

Re-entries – 668

Prize Pool – ₹15,00,000

Places Paid – 221

The former Millionaire winner Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik clinched his first-ever THC title yesterday, winning PokerBaazi`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD THC#88 Superstack for ₹2.32 Lakhs. He bested ‘pokersadu’ (2nd for ₹1.62 Lakhs) in the heads-up play.

Rishab Malik made another two deep runs, rounding up ₹3.94 Lakhs in Friday earnings. His Friday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s THC#88 Superstack for ₹2,32,350

> 4th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹1,45,250

> 25th in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹16,604

Rishab Malik’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.51 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.56 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #11 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.56 Crores

Rishab Malik
Rishab Malik

 

Final Table Results

  1. Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik – ₹2,32,350
  2. pokersadu – ₹1,62,150
  3. boom786 – ₹1,12,800
  4. Prem ‘PsyCl0ne’ Amarnani – ₹78,450
  5. Anurag ‘dexi’ Lakra – ₹54,450
  6. Aikansh ‘aikansh98’ Ghusinga – ₹37,950
  7. JC1870 – ₹26,400
  8. mcp1212 – ₹18,450

 

The Weekly HighRoller – ₹12 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹11,000

Entries – 101

Re-entries – 74

Prize Pool – ₹17,50,000

Places Paid – 21

This past Sunday, Sahil ‘bluffme19’ Chutani defended the IOPC – Legends title to ride into the top of the weekly charts. Chutani extended his winning streak to Friday night when he topped a field of 175 runners to win PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD The Weekly HighRoller for the second time this year, adding ₹3.91 Lakhs to his name. He chopped the title heads-up with Anmolraj ‘PINCIOTTI’ Singh Chawla (2nd for ₹3.49 Lakhs).

Also, the most profitable MTT player of the year on our tracked database, Sahil Chutani, made another three ITM runs last night, adding ₹4.19 Lakhs to his burgeoning bankroll.

His top Friday finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi`s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹3.91 Lakhs

> 46th in Spartan Poker`s IOPC #115 – Friday Spotlight for ₹22,070

Sahil Chutani`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.62 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.19 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #10 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.04 Crores | Ranked #3 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings | Ranked #1 in Annual Profits

Sahil Chutani
Sahil Chutani

 

Final Table Results

  1. Sahil ‘bluffme19’ Chutani – ₹3,90,839*
  2. Anmolraj ‘PINCIOTTI’ Singh Chawla – ₹3,49,411*
  3. Ankit ‘Ankitmodi’ Modi – ₹1,96,175
  4. Rishab ‘ryuk’ Malik – ₹1,45,250
  5. Ujjwal ‘Mr_Robot’ Narwal – ₹1,09,025
  6. Siddhanth ‘Bullzeye’ Kapoor – ₹87,150

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

THC#89 – (5-max) Turbo – ₹8 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 377

Re-entries – 336

Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000

Overlay – ₹87,000

Places Paid – 113

Poker Baazi reg and former PBC#15 Game Changer runner-up finisher, Akshay ‘akdolos’ Joshi, took down the ₹8 Lakhs GTD THC#89 (5-max) Turbo for ₹90,260. He chopped the title three-way with Clinton ‘clintontavares’ Tavares (2nd for ₹1.02 Lakhs), and ‘Kombucha’ (3rd for ₹1.05 Lakhs), who made away with better payouts.

Akshay Joshi lapped up ₹95,210 overall from his two ITM runs yesterday. His PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹46.06 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹26.76 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2

Akshay Joshi
Akshay Joshi

 

Final Table Results

  1. Akshay ‘akdolos’ Joshi – ₹90,260*
  2. Clinton ‘clintontavares’ Tavares – ₹102,656*
  3. Kombucha – ₹105,725*
  4. Shubhamgoswami – ₹46,600
  5. Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani – ₹32,400
  6. Aditya ‘pnutbutterbacon’ Navalkar – ₹22,560
  7. Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹15,920
  8. Anilkumar ‘jat777’ Singh – ₹12,080

*denotes a three-way deal

 

THC#87 Monsterstack – ₹7 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 343

Re-entries – 294

Prize Pool – ₹7,00,000

Places Paid – 107

Manish ‘manishkmrxxx’ Kumar came out on top in PokerBaazi`s ₹7 Lakhs GTD THC#87 Monsterstack, winning the 5 PM marquee for ₹1.21 Lakhs. Online reg Ankit ’tiltplay’ Khattar stood second for ₹84,350.

Manish Kumar’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹3.70 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹98,756

The 1,100 buy-in event logged in 637 entries, overlaying 63,000.

Manish Kumar
Manish Kumar

 

Final Table Results

  1. Manish ‘manishkmrxxx’ Kumar – ₹1,21,030
  2. Ankit ’tiltplay’ Khattar – ₹84,350
  3. Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj – ₹58,800
  4. Aayush ‘Learnnwin’ Arya – ₹40,950
  5. Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani – ₹28,490
  6. Prem ‘premprakash933’ Prakash – ₹19,880
  7. Speedevil – ₹14,420
  8. Piyush ‘anCap’ Ravi – ₹11,620

 

THC#90 – (6-Max) Turbo – ₹7 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 382

Re-entries – 329

Prize Pool – ₹7,11,000

Places Paid – 113

Total entries – 711

Following through on his impressive runner-up finish in the IOPC #107 – Super High Roller the day before, Siddharth ‘GangnamGangi’ Gangwar went on to win a title each at IOPC and THC last night. He bested the 711-strong player field to win PokerBaazi’s THC#90 (6-Max) Turbo for ₹1.15 Lakhs and went on to clinch the IOPC #113 title for another ₹95,175, adding over ₹2.33 Lakhs altogether.

His top Friday finishes include:

>1st in PokerBaazi`s THC#90 (6-Max)Turbo for ₹1.15 Lakhs

> 1st in Spartan Poker`s IOPC #113 for ₹95,175 (his third career IOPC title)

> 26th in #Adda52`s The Ballers for ₹16,604

Siddharth Gangwar`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.37 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.37 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #16 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.79 Crores | Ranked #5 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standing | Ranked #5 in Annual Profits | Ranked #4 in the Annual TLB (Points) Standings

Siddharth Gangwar
Siddharth Gangwar

 

Final Table Results

  1. Siddharth ‘GangnamGangi’ Gangwar – ₹1,14,674
  2. avialte5121 – ₹91,729
  3. Nishant ‘stockfull’ Pandey – ₹59,013
  4. BrightAce007 – ₹41,238
  5. Suraj ‘SurajRathi’ Rathi – ₹28,796
  6. Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra – ₹20,050

 

THC – Main Event Qualifier 5 – ₹1 Crore GTD

> Qualifier 5: Entries – 289 | Re-entries – 211 | Survivors – 58 | Chip Leader – ‘gora981’ (370,000)

 

THC – Main Event Qualifier 6 – ₹1 Crore GTD

> Qualifier 6: Entries – 366 | Re-entries – 257 | Survivors – 60 | Chip Leader – Kunal ‘callmeifyoucan’ Yadav (4,61,000)

> Combined: Entries – 3,599 | Re-entries – 1,734 | Survivors – 522 | Overall Chip Leader – Ashirbad ‘jaimal93’ Behera (749,000)

Abhishek ‘chipndchair’ Sonu (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD THC#86 – PKO for ₹88,250), ‘kundumc’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹50,700), Pranay ‘hungryanimal’ Sikka (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD SPRINT for ₹39,130), ‘Sandy231’ (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD Sprint for ₹38,740), Vignesh ‘Rajjni007’ Kumar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Daily Morning SPRINT for ₹31,750) and ‘venktesh’ (Won ₹1 Lakhs GTD Baazi Super Value for ₹12,310) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

Abhishek Sonu
Abhishek Sonu

 

With Day 18 of the THC series now in the books, PokerBaazi loyalist Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur (15,632 points) remains unshakeable from his #1 position in the ₹10 Lakhs GTD THC leaderboard race. Shubham ‘bakchod’ Agarwal (13,940 points) has moved upward to #2, while Deepak ‘3streakbluff’ Singh (13,470 points) is ranked #3.

THC Leaderboard Standings after Day 18

RankPlayerPoints
1Rajneesh 'msdhoni' Thakur15,632
2Shubham 'bakchod' Agarwal13,940
3Deepak '3streakbluff' Singh13,470
4Dinesh 'wizard' Kumar12,709
5Abhishek 'chipndchair' Sonu12,330
6Neeraj 'SelfClaimedPro' Kumar12,230
7Ganesh 'Ganesh24' Durgade12,049
8Ravinder ‘Ravikirti’ Singh11,845
9Clinton 'clintontavares' Tavares11,736
10Sarthak 'sarthak2222' Aswal10,254

 

MPL Poker

Friday Supreme – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,800

Entries – 126

Re-entries – 99

Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000

Places Paid – 37

‘aaapoker’ was the last player standing in MPL Poker`s ₹4 Lakhs GTD Friday Supreme and won the title for ₹94,000 after besting Rohit ‘1 Tera 1 Mera’ Surana (2nd for ₹59,800) in heads-up play.

The ₹1,800 buy-in event clocked in a 225-entry field to leave an overlay of ₹31,675 and paid out 37 places.

Final Table Results

  1. aaapoker – ₹94,000
  2. Rohit ‘1 Tera 1 Mera’ Surana – ₹59,800
  3. Shubham ‘84*****221’ Kumar Khemka – ₹40,600
  4. Pulkit ‘pokerking16’ Rathi – ₹32,200
  5. Priya ‘sppppppp’ Prasad – ₹21,200
  6. shooterboss4321 – ₹15,000
  7. Md. ‘asif8017’ Asif – ₹12,000
  8. Pranav ‘MinakshiSunder’ Khandalkar – ₹9,600

 

PokerStars India

Uppercut – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 106

Re-entries – 80

Regular Prize Pool – ₹3,14,000

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,86,000

Total Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 19

Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla (opted out of our tracking) made the victory march in PokerStars India’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Uppercut, winning his sixth title on the site this year and ₹1.07 Lakhs in prize money. ‘JrGetPlay’ finished runner-up for ₹69,966.

The ₹2,200 buy-in event could only muster 186 signups, resulting in a significant ₹1.28 Lakhs overlay shortfall.

Harsh Dembla
Harsh Dembla

 

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

  1. Harsh ‘kakori kabab’ Dembla – ₹1,07,779
  2. JrGetPlay – ₹69,966
  3. Gopal ‘MrBigSlick139’ Bajaj – ₹46,267
  4. NAM317 – ₹37,758
  5. Praveen ‘pinawxd’ KR – ₹25,460
  6. Lavesh ‘lavesh786’ Meena – ₹19,759
  7. deadpan16 – ₹13,858

 

Uppercut Mini – ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,375

Entries – 83

Re-entries – 43

Regular Prize Pool – ₹96,250

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹78,750

Total Prize Pool – ₹1,75,000

Places Paid – 14

The PokerStars India user ‘yuvidilwariya’ raced past the competition in the ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Uppercut Mini, collecting ₹39,614 for the win. ‘killeerbeee’ placed runner-up for ₹23,364.

Like in the Uppercut, the Uppercut Mini couldn`t hit its advertised guarantee. The ₹1,375 buy-in event brought in 126 participants, filling in ₹17,500 in overlays (an almost 10% deficit).

Final Table Results (Including Bounties)

  1. yuvidilwariya – ₹39,614
  2. killeerbeee – ₹23,364
  3. IamD1992 – ₹18,652
  4. Sreeharsha ‘DonkeyCommitted’ Boneni – ₹16,116
  5. JC1870 – ₹9,371
  6. Mrgodspeeed – ₹9,093
  7. Rb2108 – ₹6,417

 

‘ronaldinh18’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹27,510), ‘greed_a75’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening on Stars for ₹24,291), Akhilesh ‘GM2318’ Gautam (Won ₹50K GTD Afternoon on Stars for ₹17,889), ‘patton120’ (Won ₹50K GTD Deepstack for ₹12,639), and ‘breakdcode1’ (Won ₹50K GTD Primetime Grind for ₹11,948), shipped the other PokerStars India marquees.

 

Adda52

The Ballers – ₹20 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹7,200

Entries – 160

Re-entries – 143

Prize Pool – ₹20,75,547

Places Paid – 30

Akshat ‘akshat03’ Sharma had a trailblazing run in the online MTTs he played last night and got his most significant break of the day in Adda52’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Ballers. The online reg overcame the 303-entry field in the Friday flagship, winning the title for ₹5.31 Lakhs – his second-best finish on the site. ‘BackDoorMan‘ finished runner-up for ₹3.16 Lakhs.

Akshat Sharma
Akshat Sharma

 

Akshat Sharma made another three ITM finishes, pocketing ₹6.22 Lakhs overall, crossing ₹50 Lakhs in yearly winnings. His Friday finishes include:

> 1st in Adda52`s The Ballers for ₹5,31,341

> 4th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #116 – All-Rounder for ₹75,460

> 9th in PokerBaazi’s THC#89 (5-Max) Turbo for ₹12,080

> 55th in PokerBaazi’s THC#90 (6-Max) Turbo for ₹2,631

Akshat Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.79 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹83.76 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #5 | Annual Winnings: ₹75.64 Lakhs

The #1 ranked player of the year, Young Gun Anuj ‘anuj25395’ Yadav, posted four deep runs across his Friday grind, cumulatively adding ₹3.51 Lakhs.

Anuj Yadav’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.65 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #14 | Annual Winnings: ₹2.50 Crores | Ranked #1 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings | Ranked #2 in Annual Profits

Anuj Yadav
Anuj Yadav

 

His Friday finishes include:

> 3rd in Adda52’s The Ballers for ₹2,38,688

> 7th in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹72,450

> 29th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #115 – Friday Spotlight for ₹37,233

> 157th in PokerBaazi’s THC#88 Superstack for ₹2,400

Final Table Results

  1. Akshat ‘akshat03’ Sharma – ₹5,31,341
  2. BackDoorMan – ₹3,16,521
  3. Anuj ‘anuj25395’ Yadav – ₹2,38,688
  4. Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara – ₹1,76,422
  5. Siddharth ‘Bit2Easy’ Mundada – ₹1,19,344
  6. Vinayak ‘bhai_on_mary_jane’ Bajaj – ₹83,022

 

Friday Bounty – ₹4 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,700

Entries – 99

Re-entries – 64

Total Prize Pool – ₹4,17,279

Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,21,679

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,95,600

Places Paid – 17

The Adda52 user ‘TheGreek’ came out on top of the 163-entry field in the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Friday Bounty, collecting the lion`s share of the ₹4.17 Lakhs prize pool worth ₹89,705 (₹29,851 in bounties). Avinash ‘aksinha97’ Kumar secured a runner-up finish worth ₹47,983 (₹10,297 in bounties).

‘TheGreek’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹3.17 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹1.12 Lakhs

2nd in Chips Avinash Kumar
Avinash Kumar

 

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

  1. TheGreek – ₹89,705
  2. Avinash ‘aksinha97’ Kumar – ₹47,983
  3. Vijay ‘GajaniG’ Pandit – ₹36,926
  4. Aarchit ‘Aarchit’ Dhadwal – ₹26,510
  5. goofy25 – ₹19,083
  6. drunktoast – ₹12,949
  7. Mohit ‘Betoo’ Kumar Singh – ₹15,662
  8. pokerme8 – ₹15,096

 

Alok ‘Elusiveflame’ Kumar (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹32,123), Vijay ‘GajaniG’ Pandit (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹13,858), and ‘nav545’ (Won ₹20K GTD Midnight Bash for ₹7,227) won the other Adda52 marquees.

 

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The Khelo365-hosted ₹30K GTD Prime Time PLO event was taken down by ‘samarth,’ who added ₹11,100 to their poker bankroll. ‘TheBigDaddy’ placed runner-up for ₹7,500.

 

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WPT Prime Vietnam: Zarvan Tumboli Beats Ashish Munot Heads-up to Win India It’s 2nd WPT Vietnam Main Event Trophy & Career-Best ₹1.02 Crore!

The writing was on the wall! Zarvan Tumboli had entered the inaugural WPT Prime Vietnam Main Event final table as the overwhelming chip leader and went wire-to-wire, besting the record 777-player field to emerge as the first-ever WPT Prime Main Event champion. Team India’s dream run in the showstopper tourney concluded after Tumboli beat fellow countryman, the 2018 WPT India Main Event champion, PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish Munot, heads-up to claim the bragging rights!

With the victory, the 30-year-old Tumboli, who had won the BPT ₹100K Highroller for ₹50.03 Lakhs just two months back, etched his name in Asia’s live poker history. Not only did he wing WPT’s most prominent live tournament in Asia and the biggest open event to be hosted in Vietnam, but he also landed his second WPT trophy and a career-best VND 3.050 Billion (~₹1.02 Crores)! After MPL Poker Pro Dhaval Mudgal, who won the 2018 WPT Vietnam Main Event, Tumboli has become the second Indian to lift the WPT Vietnam Main Event trophy!

Dhaval Mudgal
Dhaval Mudgal

 

Tumboli was in the driver`s seat almost throughout the day and lost his advantage only briefly. However, he pulled ahead into a significant lead after cracking Minh Quang Nguyen’s aces with his nut flush, breaking Nguyen’s chip-leading streak, and there was no looking back for him after that. Tumboli soon eliminated Nguyen in fifth place.

The two Indians didn`t shy away from locking horns and got into many pots against each other. A heads-up between the Indians was a pipe dream when the FT began. While Tumboli was a runaway chip leader, Munot had his work cut out as the second shortest stack at the start of the day. However, the PokerGuru Ambassador pulled out a comeback for the ages as he rummaged through the stacked competition to get to the heads-up finale with his countryman – assuring India its second WPT Vietnam Main Event title!

The heads-up lasted all of 30 minutes before Tumboli took it down in front of an Indian rail that included IPC Megastacks High Roller champion Alok Birewar, Young Gun Anuj Yadav, Chirag Sodha, Apoorv Goel, Harshad Barve, PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal Singh, Jasven Saigal, and Kunal Patni.

Munot, who had won the 2019 WPT India Main Event for ₹63.48 Lakhs, secured a career-best live score of VND 2.025 Billion in second place.

Along with Tumboli and Munot, nine Indian players cashed the Main Event. The list includes Kunal Patni (22nd), Jasven Saigal (27th), Young Gun Gaurav Sood (36th), PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal Singh (54th), MPL Poker Team Pro Dhaval Mudgal (57th), recent WPT Prime Vietnam Event #15 champion Aditya Sushant (85th) and Harsh Dembla (94th).

 

Indian Cashes at WPT Prime Vietnam Main Event

RankPlayerPrize Amount
1st Zarvan Tumboli$131,394 (~ ₹1.02 Crores)
2nd Ashish Munot$87,237 (~ ₹67.65 Lakhs
22ndKunal Patni$4,739 (~3.67 Lakhs)
27thJasven Saigal$4,006 (~₹3.10 Lakhs)
36thGaurav Sood$3,446 (~₹2.67 Lakhs)
54thLaksh Pal Singh$2,628 (~₹2.04 Lakhs)
57thDhaval Mudgal$2,369 (~₹1.84 Lakhs)
85thAditya Sushant$1,852 (~₹1.44 Lakhs)
94thHarsh Dembla$1,745 (~₹1.35 Lakhs)

 

The final table was formed following the elimination of Trung Van Phan (10th for $16,408).

You can watch the FT replay below.

Final Table Chip Counts

  1. Zarvan Tumboli – 6,550,000 (131 BBs)
  2. Minh Quang Nguyen – 3,870,000 (77 BBs)
  3. Trung Van Nguyen – 2,865,000 (57 BBs)
  4. Trung Nam Tran – 2,795,000 (56 BBs)
  5. Do Kwan Nam – 2,365,000 (47 BBs)
  6. Tuan Anh Tran – 1,620,000 (32 BBs)
  7. Denis Pham – 1,615,000 (32 BBs)
  8. Ashish Munot – 1,025,000 (21 BBs)
  9. Tien Van Pham – 545,000 (11 BBs)

 

Final Table Recap

A few hands into the final table, PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish Munot scored a much-needed double-up. In a battle between the blinds, Munot shoved from the small blind and big blind Do Kwan Nam reshoved. Munot showed pocket nines versus Nam’s pocket queens. He was on the verge of being eliminated but hit the two-outer on the flop to score a double-up!

Do Kwan Nam
Do Kwan Nam

 

Around 40 minutes later, Tien Van Pham shoved his 400K tack from UTG+1. The action folded to big blind Minh Quang Nguyen, who called. Pham held ace-five, but Nguyen tabled pocket sevens and rivered a full house, eliminating Pham in ninth place.

Tien Van Pham
Tien Van Pham

 

Tumboli soon scored his first knockout of the day as he sent Trung Nam Tran packing in eighth place. Tran open-jammed for 795K from the hijack with queen-jack, and Tumboli called from the button holding cowboys. Nothing on the board helped Tran.

Trung Nam Tran
Trung Nam Tran

 

Tumboli soon extended his lead by collecting a pot off Do Kwan Nam. The play halted for the first break of the day, and shortly after the action resumed, Nam found his ace-nine cracked by Minh Quang Nguyen’s ace-seven that flopped a pair, busting him in seventh place.

Play continued for over two hours before the final table saw its next knockout. In the meantime, fellow countrymen Ashish Munot and Zarvan Tumboli jostled in a pot where Tumboli raised from the small blind with jack-six and Munot 3-bet holding pocket queens. Tumboli tanked for a while before mucking his cards.

Munot clashed with Trung Van Nguyen – his ace-ten going up against Nguyen’s pocket tens. The board opened a queen-high straight, resulting in a chopped pot.

Munot then scored another double-up through Denis Pham, with his pocket eights besting the latter’s pocket sixes.

The six finalists took a break, and around 20 minutes after the play resumed, Minh Quang Nguyen picked up his third final table victim in Tuan Anh Tran. Tran raised all-in with pocket sixes, and Nguyen, who had pocket tens, called from the small blind. Nguyen was leading, and another ten on the flop ended Tran`s dream run in sixth place.

Minh Quang Nguyen dethroned Tumboli as the chip leader for a brief period, but the Indian pro scored a massive double-up through him to climb back into the lead. In one of the most decisive hands on the FT, Tumboli raised to 325K with from the button. Nguyen 3-bet to 875K from the big blind with . After the flop, Nguyen bet 600K and Tumboli raised to 1.5 Million. It got more heated as Nguyen 3-bet to 3.2K, and Tumboli called. Tumboli hit the nut flush on the turn. Nguyen shoved, and Tumboli snap-called. With the landing on the river, Tumboli scooped the pot and got up from his seat in jubilation. He now held a monster stack of 123 big blinds, crippling Nguyen to only five big blinds!

The evident then happened. Minh Quang Nguyen, who had gone from chip leader to the shortest stack, was soon eliminated by Tumboli in a hand where Tumboli raised to 300K from the button, and Nguyen jammed from the big blind. Tumboli called.

Minh Quang Nguyen
Minh Quang Nguyen

 

Minh Quang Nguyen

Zarvan Tumboli

The rundown brought no help for Nguyen who left to collect the fifth-place payout.

The very next hand, Denis Pham jammed with from the cutoff. Munot looked down at from the big blind and called it off. Munot’s aces kept him ahead through the board, and he climbed up to 43 big blinds, eliminating Pham in fourth place.

Denis Pham
Denis Pham

 

Down to the three-handed play, Munot kept applying pressure on Trung Van Nguyen and a few forced folds left the latter with only five big blinds. Tumboli soon finished the job, eliminating Nguyen in third place with his getting there on the board to dominate Nguyen’s .

Trung Van Nguyen
Trung Van Nguyen

 

With Nguyen’s elimination, it was an all-Indian heads-up with PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish Munot going ‘Mano o Mano’ against fellow countryman Zarvan Tumboli who held a 149 BB stack to Munot’s 37 BBs. The heads-up match began with fireworks as Munot lost an early pot. Tumboli continued his aggression, but Munot soon doubled up before Tumboli won his chips back and extended his lead further.

Ashish Munot
Ashish Munot

 

Soon, Munot, who was down to less than 2.4 Million, jammed the button. Tumboli called from the big blind.

Ashish Munot

Zarvan Tumboli

After the flop, Tumboli asked for a king and got his prayers answered as the landed on the turn. The completed the board, and Tumboli won the pot with a full house of kings and jacks to emerge as the first-ever WPT Prime Vietnam Main Event champion and win his second WPT trophy!

Zarvan Tumboli
Zarvan Tumboli

 

Final Table Results (VND)

  1. Zarvan Tumboli – VND 3,050,000,000
  2. Ashish Munot – VND 2,025,000,000
  3. Trung Van Nguyen – VND 1,500,000,000
  4. Denis Pham – VND 1,115,000,000
  5. Minh Quang Nguyen – VND 1,115,000,000
  6. Tuan anh Tran – VND 640,000,000
  7. Do Kwan Nam – VND 490,000,000
  8. Trung Nam Tran – VND 380,873,700
  9. Tien Van Pham – VND 300,000,000

 

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WPT Prime Vietnam: Zarvan Tumboli Headlines Main Event Final Table, Former WPT India Champion Ashish Munot Also in Contention!

The WPT Prime Vietnam Main Event underway at the Crown Poker Club, Hanoi, has broken new ground for the World Poker Tour in Asia. The VND 25 Million ($1,080) buy-in tournament logged in 777 entries, becoming the most significant open event to be hosted in Vietnam and the biggest one for WPT in Asia.

The FT line-up is set after an exciting Sunday run where 97 Day 2 qualifiers returned for one of nine seats on the final table! And wait, there are not one but two Indian challengers in contention to win the Main Event trophy!

Leading the charge is Zarvan Tumboli (6,550,000), and he holds a significant advantage with a massive 131 BB stack and is the only finalist with an over 100 BB stack.

Tumboli was already in pole position when Day 2 began – he bagged a massive 739,000 on Day 1C, emerging as the chip leader from the flight and carried the top stack from the nine Indians who made it to Day 2.

The Asian felts are familiar ground for the 30-year-old Mumbai resident who holds an MBA degree from the Edinburgh Business School. He has a litany of poker achievements – like the 2015 IPC ₹10K Weekend Kickoff, 2017 APT Macau Opening Event, and the 2017 ACOP Platinum Series XIX Macau won on the Asian soil.

Tumboli won his first WPT trophy in the 2018 WPT Ho Chi Minh Cup. With live poker back on track, he scored an early victory in March by taking down the BPT ₹100K Highroller for a career-best ₹50.03 Lakhs. Tumboli is the frontrunner in his chase for a second WPT title and the whopping VND 3,050,000,000 (~₹1.02 Crores) up-top.

Giving him company on the final table is fellow countryman and the 2018 WPT India Main Event champion, PokerGuru Ambassador Ashish Munot, aka “Kawa.” Munot is one of the shorter stacks on the FT with 1,025,000 (21 BBs). From what we hear of the ongoing final table, Munot is already off to a good start on the final table and has scored an early double-up through Do Kwan Nam, with his pocket nines improving to a set to best Nam’s pocket queens.

Ashish Munot
Ashish Munot

 

Vietnam’s Minh Quang Nguyen (3,870,000 – 77 BBs) and Trung Van Nguyen (2,865,000 – 57 BBs) are the other two top stacks on the final table.

Zarvan Tumboli
Zarvan Tumboli

 

Final Table Chip Counts

  1. Zarvan Tumboli – 6,550,000 (131 BBs)
  2. Minh Quang Nguyen – 3,870,000 (77 BBs)
  3. Trung Van Nguyen – 2,865,000 (57 BBs)
  4. Trung Nam Tran – 2,795,000 (56 BBs)
  5. Do Kwan Nam – 2,365,000 (47 BBs)
  6. Tuan Anh Tran – 1,620,000 (32 BBs)
  7. Denis Pham – 1,615,000 (32 BBs)
  8. Ashish Munot – 1,025,000 (21 BBs)
  9. Tien Van Pham – 545,000 (11 BBs)

 

All the 97 players who started Day 2 were already in the money for VND 40,500,000 (~ $12,924). The final table was formed following the elimination of Trung Van Phan (10th for $16,408).

Among the other Indian players, former banker Kunal Patni ran deep and made it as far as the last three tables. Patni eventually ran his ace-queen into Tumboli’s pocket nines that further improved to a full house. Patni finished 22nd for approx. ₹3.67 Lakhs.

Jasven Saigal (27th), Young Gun Gaurav Sood (36th), PokerGuru Ambassador Laksh Pal Singh (54th), MPL Poker Pro Dhaval Mudgal (57th), WPT Prime Vietnam Event #15 PLO champion Aditya Sushant (85th) and Harsh Dembla (94th) were the other Indian players who made ITM finishes in the Main Event.

 

Indian Cashes in WPT Prime Vietnam Main Event

RankPlayerPrize Amount
22nd Kunal Patni$4,739 (~₹3.67 Lakhs)
27thJasven Saigal$4,006 (~₹3.10 Lakhs)
36thGaurav Sood$3,446 (~₹2.67 Lakhs)
54thLaksh Pal Singh$2,628 (~₹2.04 Lakhs)
57thDhaval Mudgal$2,369 (~₹1.84 Lakhs)
85thAditya Sushant$1,852 (~₹1.44 Lakhs)
94thHarsh Dembla$1,745 (~₹1.35 Lakhs)

The WPT tweeted about the ongoing Main Event final table.

You can watch the live-streamed FT action below.

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This Week in Poker: April 27 – May 3

In the PokerGuru feature ‘This Week in Poker,’ we bring you the weekly roundup of the most significant online scores by Indian MTT players and the top stories from both the live and online poker circuit. Here are this week’s top stories!

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With the summer heat rising, the action on the virtual felts has also been sizzling! After several weeks of relative quiet, the past week has been quite hectic with Spartan Poker’s (and partner sites BLITZPOKER and PokerHigh) Summer Celebration Series and PokerBaazi’s biggest-ever Indian Micro Poker Series driving up the online MTT action!

This past Sunday was a particularly spectacular one with not one but two ₹1 Crore GTD flagships playing down to a winner! While several players banked massive scores, towering over them all was Saransh Garg. He finished runner-up in PokerBaazi`s #BB6 MoneyMaker for a career-best ₹12.26 Lakhs. The career-defining finish came just a few days after he had won Spartan Poker’s Wednesday Highroller for ₹6.83 Lakhs, followed by a fourth-place finish in the Thursday Highroller the next day for ₹2.17 Lakhs. Garg topped the weekly charts with ₹21.83 Lakhs in total winnings, making him our “PokerGuru Star of the Week!”

This week’s other top scorers were Sumit Sapra, Young Gun Abhinav Iyer, Subhayan Das, and Vinay Rajpal!

If you thought this week’s action was electrifying, then keep an eye out for what’s coming next! PokerBaazi’s brand-new 1100 Texas Hold ’em Championship (THC) will crank up the heat from May 31 to June 19, and dish out ₹10 Crores in guaranteed prizes across 100 tournaments – all of them featuring a fixed buy-in of ₹1,100.

All you cash game lovers, head over to BLITZPOKER to check out the site’s “Marvellous May” promotion has juicy deposit bonus offers running this month.

Asia’s largest online poker room, Natural8, is hosting the first-ever Zodiac Festival from May 1 to 8, with a whopping ¥20 Million in guaranteed prizes up for grabs!

While the online action is picking up pace, live tournament poker is not far behind. Less than two weeks from now, the IPC Megastacks will be making its debut run in Jhapa, Nepal, guaranteeing a whopping ₹3.50 Crores in prize money across four tournaments. If you want to win your seat at the upcoming event, check out the Road to IPC promotion presently running on Spartan Poker (and partner sites BLITZPOKER and PokerHigh) for a chance to win all-expenses-paid packages!

In other news, Delta Corp. announced its plans to bring in a new vessel in August-September to replace the Deltin Caravela ship. The new ship is expected to increase the company’s current gaming capacity by 2.5 times.

Meanwhile, the Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted by the GST Council held a meeting on May 2 and reportedly agreed to recommend GST at a flat 28% slab from the existing 18% on real-money online gaming. The GoM is likely to recommend doing away with a separate categorization of “skill” and “chance” gaming while computing GST.

Moving to the international circuit, the 2022 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) kicked off on April 28 at the Casino Monte-Carlo. Spain’s Adrian Mateos is the biggest winner to emerge in the series (so far), as he won the €100,000 Super High Roller for €1,385,430.

Yuri Dzivielevski (Won €25,000 Single-Day High Roller for €448,515), Jean-Noel Thorel (Won €10,200 Mystery Bounty Event for €184,790), Lucas Scafini (Won €1,100 France Poker Series (FPS) Main Event for €250,000) and Pascal Lefrancois (Won €50,000 NLHE for €505,774) were other standout winners.

 

Online Railbird Report

Saransh Garg will remember this past week as one of the most defining moments of his poker career. On Sunday, he came whiskers close to taking down PokerBaazi’s flagship ₹1 Crore GTD #BB6 MoneyMaker, finishing runner-up for a career-best ₹12.26 Lakhs. Four days prior, he had scored a thumping victory in the Wednesday Highroller on Spartan Poker for ₹6.83 Lakhs, followed by a fifth-place finish in the Thursday Highroller the next day. With his scores adding up to a whopping ₹21.83 Lakhs, Garg topped the weekly charts, making him our PokerGuru Star of the Week!”

Saransh Garg
Saransh Garg

 

His top finishes include:

> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s #BB6 MoneyMaker for ₹12.26 Lakhs

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Wednesday Highroller for ₹6.83 Lakhs

> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Thursday Highroller for ₹2.17 Lakhs

Long-time circuit reg Sumit Sapra was another player busy boosting his online bankroll. Sapra took down PokerBaazi`s The Weekly HighRoller and made another smashing run on Sunday, finishing runner-up in the SCS #23 – High – Mega Celebration. Sapra added over ₹19.50 Lakhs through the week, taking the #2 spot in the weekly charts.

Sumit Sapra
Sumit Sapra

 

His top finishes include:

> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s SCS #23 – High – Mega Celebration for ₹10.96 Lakhs

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Weekly HighRoller for ₹4.27 Lakhs

> 4th in Adda52 Millions for ₹2.56 Lakhs

The country’s first solo WSOP bracelet winner, Young Gun Abhinav Iyer, was another player who made heads turn on Sunday when he bested the 872-player field in PokerBaazi’s #BB6 MoneyMaker for ₹17.50 Lakhs. Another FT score in Adda52’s Mega Suits boosted Iyer’s weekly tally to ₹19.10 Lakhs.

Abhinav Iyer
Abhinav Iyer

 

His top finishes include:

> 1st in PokerBaazi’s #BB6 MoneyMaker for ₹17.50 Lakhs

> 5th in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹1.35 Lakhs

The doctor-turned poker pro Subhayan Das scored his sixth title victory of the year in Spartan Poker’s SCS #23 – High – Mega Celebration, pocketing a career-best ₹18.61 Lakhs. The former APT India Online Main Event champion`s weekly total stood at ₹18.80 Lakhs, putting him at #4 in the charts.

Subhayan Das
Subhayan Das

 

The well-known TLB crusher Vinay Rajpal championed two marquee tournaments this week, Spartan Poker`s Destiny and PokerBaazi`s The Big Show. He also made it to the final tables of several Sunday flagships, altogether banking ₹13.85 Lakhs.

Vinay Rajpal
Vinay Rajpal

 

His top finishes include:

> 2nd in Adda52’s Mega Suits for ₹4.11 Lakhs

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Destiny for ₹3.47 Lakhs

> 3rd in PokerBaaz’s BSS SuperStack for ₹2.94 Lakhs

> 1st in PokerBaaz’s The Big Show for ₹2 Lakhs

Several other MTT regs added seven figures in earnings this past week. The list includes names like Harsh Dembla (Weekly cashes – ₹11.57 Lakhs), Young Guns Arsh Grover (Weekly cashes – ₹11.49 Lakhs), and Siddhanth Kripalani (Weekly cashes – ₹10.39 Lakhs), and Vinay B (Weekly cashes – ₹10.24 Lakhs).

Notable Winners of the Week

PlayerPrize AmountEventPoker Site
Subhayan Das₹18.61 LakhsSCS#23 – High - Mega Celebration Day 2 – ₹1 Crore GTDSpartan Poker
Abhinav Iyer₹17.50 Lakhs#BB6 MoneyMaker ₹1 Crore GTDPokerBaazi
Rahul Singhroha₹7.67 LakhsAdda52 Millions ₹25 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Arsh Grover₹7.58 LakhsSCS#20 – High Sunday Celebration ₹35 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Jasven Saigal₹7.40 LakhsSCS#7 – High Friday Celebration ₹35 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Nishaanth Shanmughasundaram₹6.01 LakhsThe Ballers Adda52
Saransh Garg₹6.83 LakhsWednesday Highroller (6-Max) ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
Ankit Wadhawan
₹6.54 LakhsThursday Highroller (6-Max) ₹25 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Mithun Mahesh₹6.12 LakhsGodfather ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Adda52
Vinay B₹5.19 LakhsMega Suits ₹25 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Anirudh Reddy
₹4.55 LakhsThe Summit ₹15 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
Sumit Sapra₹4.27 LakhsThe Weekly HighRoller ₹12 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Mayank Maruka
₹3.90 LakhsMaverick ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Adda52
Harsh Dembla₹3.64 LakhsTrending Thursday ₹18 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
Vinay Rajpal
₹3.47 LakhsDestiny ₹22 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
Anurag Srivastava₹3.30 LakhsBSS SuperStack ₹20 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Sunil Saraf₹3.49 LakhsThe Mint ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Adda52
Karan Malhotra₹3.42 LakhsThe Endeavour ₹12 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
Siddhanth Kripalani₹3.30 LakhsSCS#37 – High - Tuesday Celebration ₹20 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Shriram Varma₹3.01 LakhsSCS#29 – High - Monday Celebration ₹13 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
Bhavyajeet Singh Rathore₹2.74 LakhsSCS#22 – Mid – Main Event ₹15 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Saurabh Rohila₹2.73 LakhsSunday Special (On-time Rake Refund) ₹15 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Faiz Alam
₹2.66 LakhsThe Pride ₹10 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
Anurag Srivastava₹2.60 LakhsSunday Highroller (On-time Rake Refund) ₹10 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
Vivek Singh₹2.56 LakhsSCS#5 – High ₹12 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Deepesh Raka₹2.47 LakhsBounty Builder (On-Time Rake Refund) – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
PokerStars India
Ujjwal Narwal₹2.18 LakhsSuper Highroller (On-time Rake Refund) – ₹10 Lakhs GTDPokerStars India
“joecsaju”
₹2.10 LakhsIron Man ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Adda52
Vinay Rajpal₹2 LakhsThe Big Show ₹10 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
Ashish Ahuja
₹1.95 LakhsHighroller (On-time Rake Refund) – 10 Lakhs GTD
PokerStars India
“Cera99”
₹1.93 LakhsSCS #31 – High ₹8.50 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
Nadeem Basha₹1.91 LakhsSunday Showdown – 10 Lakhs GTDAdda52
“OfcourseOfcourse”₹1.75 LakhsSCS #39 – High ₹7.75 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
Kunal Yadav₹1.49 LakhsMonster Turbo ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Adda52
Abhay Gupta
₹1.42 LakhsIMPS#16 6-Max ₹6 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
Tanmay Benara₹1.41 LakhsIMPS#24 (6-Max) ₹5 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
Neel Haria₹1.40 LakhsIMPS#5 ₹6 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Raksha Agarwal
₹1.39 LakhsSPRINT (7 Max) ₹5 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
Abhijeet Kumar₹1.34 LakhsIMPS#1 Kickoff Turbo ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Devang Yadav₹1.28 LakhsDaily SPRINT (7-Max) - ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Abhimanyu Mittal₹1.26 Lakhs(7-Max) SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
Guruprasad Gupta₹1.23 LakhsDaily SPRINT (7-Max) ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
“vikri”₹1.13 LakhsDaily SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
“p0kerguru”
₹1.10 LakhsLa Luna ₹4 Lakhs GTDAdda52
Dishani Vijay₹1.08 Lakhs(7-Max) SPRINT ₹5 Lakhs GTDPokerBaazi
Ravindra Arikeri₹1.06 LakhsFriday Bounty ₹4 Lakh GTDAdda52
“kick_axxxs”₹96KSCS#1 – Low ₹5 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
Atishay Samuel₹96KBattle Royale (8-Max) - ₹4 Lakhs GTD
PokerStars India
“pg83”₹91KIMPS#13 ₹4 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
Archit Khandelwal₹90KWednesday Vibes ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Spartan Poker
Ajay Dhayal₹89KVoyager ₹3 Lakhs GTD
Adda52
“Niraj2401”₹87KNight on Stars - ₹5 Lakhs GTD
PokerStars India
“ganu12”
₹83KVoyager ₹3 Lakhs GTDAdda52
“Underground”₹72KSCS#6 – Low – Super Centurion ₹5 Lakhs GTDSpartan Poker
“Chupacabra"₹65KIMPS#23 Daily ₹3 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi
Sagar Kavre
₹64KIMPS#15 Daily ₹3 Lakhs GTD
PokerBaazi

 

PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Crores GTD 1100 Texas Hold’em Championship Runs From May 31 to June 19

Want to become a Millionaire? Well, mark your poker calendar for PokerBaazi’s 1100 Texas Hold ’em Championship (THC), which boasts a colossal ₹10 Crores in guaranteed prizes spread across 100 tournaments, each event priced at only ₹1,100. The series also features Weekly and Series Leaderboard races, with ₹25 Lakhs in additional prizes.

PokerBaazi's 1100 Texas Hold'em Championship
PokerBaazi’s 1100 Texas Hold’em Championship

 

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BLITZPOKER “Marvellous May” Promotion Comes Laden With Deposit Bonuses

Cash game players should check out BLITZPOKER’s Marvellous May promotion! There are numerous deposit bonus offers for players to encash through the month, starting on deposits as little as ₹50 going up all the way to ₹1 Lakh.

Marvellous May
Marvellous May

 

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Natural8’s Week-Long Zodiac Festival Offers ¥20 Million in Guaranteed Prizes

Natural8’s brand-new Zodiac Festival has been up and running since May 1 and continues until May 8. The series features daily Zodiac Main Events with ¥250,000 GTD and the special Sunday-only Zodiac Main Events with ¥500K GTD, offering a combined prize pool guarantee of ¥20 Million. What’s even better, winners can also claim unique animal avatars.

Zodiac Festival
Zodiac Festival

 

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2022 EPT Monte Carlo Updates

PokerStars’ European Poker Tour is back after a three-year hiatus, and it’s making a comeback with a full-blown schedule of events at the Casino Monte-Carlo from April 28 to May 7.

The first €25,000 Single-Day High Roller of the series saw Brazilian star Yuri Dzivielevski outlasting the 74-entry strong field to clinch the PokerStars Spadie trophy and €448,515 in prize money.

Yuri Dzivielevski
Yuri Dzivielevski

 

Claiming his third tournament title (his second PokerStars EPT win), French entrepreneur Jean-Noel Thorel ran past an 83-entry strong field in the €10,200 Mystery Bounty Event to collect €184,790.

Jean-Noel Thorel
Jean-Noel Thorel

 

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Spain’s all-time money leader Adrian Mateos overcame a stacked 42-entry field in the €100,000 Super High Roller to pick up his 20th live tournament title and €1,385,430 in prize money.

Adrian Mateos
Adrian Mateos

 

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Meanwhile, Day 2 of the €5,300 Main Event is currently underway. The tournament recorded 1,049 entries across two starting flights, and 307 among them booked their berth for Day 2. Late registrations are still open, and the Main Event needs another 50 entries to set a new attendance record.

 

With this, we conclude this week’s roundup of the latest news updates and developments from poker. We will return next week with our weekly report. Stay tuned.

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