Thursday delivered a firecracker lineup of flagship tournaments, and a handful of regs headlined the action!

Akshat Sharma topped the Thursday charts with ₹6.86 Lakhs in total winnings. He made two runner-up finishes in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹3.75 Lakhs and PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹3.11 Lakhs, crossing ₹50 Lakhs in annual winnings.

Adda52 regular ‘Ronima1978’ won the Godfather for a site-best ₹6.20 Lakhs.

The ENDBOSS 2020 runner-up finisher, Young Gun Neel Joshi, took down Spartan Poker’s Trending Thursday for the second time last night for ₹3.88 Lakhs. He collected an additional ₹25,000 in bonus money for topping the ₹50K-added Daily Feature Leaderboard. Not done yet, he came second in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹1.69 Lakhs, adding ₹5.82 Lakhs altogether (including the bonus money).

The Sunday BSS SuperStack champion Siddharth Mundada came out on top in PokerBaazi‘s The Summit, winning the Thursday flagship for the second time for ₹3.55 Lakhs. He struck a three-way deal with last night`s Godfather runner-up Akshat Sharma (2nd for ₹3.11 Lakhs) and Jyotsna Arora (3rd for ₹3.11 Lakhs).

Sahil Mahboobani shipped PokerStars India’s Highroller (On-time Rake Refund) for ₹2.19 Lakhs.

Harsha Dhanani made away with a personal-best ₹1.29 Lakhs in PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) SPRINT, while the three-time NPS gold medalist Shagun Jain won the (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹1.27 Lakhs.

Dinesh Singh, Rahul Jain, Himanshu Gupta, Ankit Saurabh, Ravi Jain, Aniket Jain, Chandan Majumdar, Prince Singh, Juli Kumari, Aniruddha Joshi, and Mukesh Surana were others who made it on the Thursday winners’ list.

Here are the Thursday highlights!

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Spartan Poker

Trending Thursday (₹50K LBD) – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 193

Re-entries – 67

Rebuys – 127

Prize Pool – ₹19,35,000

Places Paid – 39

Young Gun Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi raced ahead of the guarantee-crushing 391-entry field in Spartan Poker`s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Trending Thursday (₹50K LBD) to win ₹3.88 Lakhs – taking down the Thursday headliner for the second time. Akshay ‘TheShowdown’ Capoor collected ₹2.58 Lakhs in second place.

Last night`s win ensured Neel Joshi the #1 position in the ₹50K-added Daily Feature Leaderboard with 757 points, fetching him ₹25,000 in bonus money.

The two-time GGPoker Super Millions finalist, Joshi, almost won two flagship titles yesterday. A few hours before taking down the Trending Thursday, he had finished runner-up in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹1.69 Lakhs. In all, he added ₹5.82 Lakhs (including the bonus money).

His Thursday finishes include:

> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Trending Thursday for ₹3.88 Lakhs

> 2nd in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹1.69 Lakhs

Neel Joshi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.19 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.20 Crores | Annual Winnings: ₹89.39 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #4

Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram FT-ed two tournaments for a collective ₹1.68 Lakhs in total winnings.

> 6th in Spartan Poker’s Trending Thursday for ₹90,365

> 5th in PokerStars India’s Highroller for ₹77,286

Arun Sriram’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.14 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.14 Crores Annual Winnings: ₹1.08 Crores | Ranked #12 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)

Final Table Results

1. Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi – ₹3,87,968
2. Akshay ‘TheShowdown’ Capoor – ₹2,57,936
3. Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – ₹1,88,663
4. SlugaBed – ₹1,52,285
5. Laksh ‘LuckyBhai$’ Pal Singh – ₹1,19,390
6. Arun ‘vazharmorghulis’ Sriram – ₹90,365
7. Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover – ₹66,371
8. Ashwin ‘A116’ Vijay – ₹48,762

Deepstack (₹50K LBD) – ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 203

Re-entries – 70

Rebuys – X

Prize Pool – ₹X

Places Paid – 39

Spartan Poker user ‘Th1rt33n’ took down the ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD Deepstack (₹50K LBD) for a site-best ₹76,591. ‘Minimalist’ secured the runner-up payday worth ₹50,384.

‘Th1rt33n’s Deepstack victory helped them grab the #2 spot in the ₹50K-added Daily Feature Leaderboard (660 points), earning the player an additional ₹15,000 in bonus money. ‘Th1rt33n’s Spartan Poker Stats: Site Winnings: ₹8.05 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹3.03 Lakhs

Devashish ‘KABIR13’ Jain posted two FT finishes yesterday for a collective ₹41,618. His ITM finishes include:

> 4^th in Spartan Poker’s Deepstack for ₹30,063

> 7^th in PokerBaazi’s Holdem BOOST for ₹11,555

Final Table Results

1. Th1rt33n – ₹76,591
2. Minimalist – ₹50,384
3. jungle_l10n – ₹36,708
4. Devashish ‘KABIR13’ Jain – ₹30,063
5. PradhanLi – ₹23,569
6. Rahul4444s – ₹17,839
7. Unnikrishnan ‘swimminwdafishies’ Nair – ₹13,103
8. tanmay1818 – ₹9,626

Sundowner (₹50K LBD) – ₹2 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,100

Entries – 131

Re-entries – 18

Rebuys – 80

Prize Pool – ₹2,29,000

Places Paid – 20

Last month`s Destiny winner, Rahul ‘Kya_sceneBro’ Jain, shipped the ₹2 Lakhs GTD Sundowner (₹50K LBD) for ₹54,960, picking up his second title of the year. ‘Skylark77’ settled for a runner-up payday worth ₹37,327.

Rahul Jain also cashed in Deepstack (25^th for ₹3,362) and won an additional ₹10,000 in bonus money for finishing #3 in the ₹50K-added Daily Feature Leaderboard. His Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹58.82 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹18.04 Lakhs

Final Table Results

1. Rahul ‘Kya_sceneBro’ Jain – ₹54,960
2. Skylark77 – ₹37,327
3. Shubham ‘ATCBakchod’ Agarwal – ₹24,618
4. Raghav ‘Mr. Bean’ Ananth – ₹20,335
5. Yogic210813 – ₹16,328
6. Paras ‘Jhukega nahi $ala’ Jain – ₹12,801
7. BULL0666 – ₹9,595
8. Praveen ‘pinawxd’ KR – ₹5,496

‘gaurav_arsh’ (Won Monster Stack ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹48,000), ‘RoshuRen’ (Won Night Rider – DeepStack ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD for ₹42,966), and Mukesh ‘Bhavandar’ Surana (Won Energise ₹30K GTD for ₹9,882) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.

PokerBaazi

The Summit – ₹15 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹8,250

Entries – 138

Re-entries – 119

Prize Pool – ₹19,27,000

Places Paid – 27

This week`s BSS SuperStack champion, Siddharth ‘Sidddhu‘ Mundada pulled out another breakout run on PokerBaazi last night as he took down the ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Summit for ₹3.55 Lakhs! It was his second time winning The Summit title, and he struck a three-way deal with last night‘s Godfather runner-up finisher Akshat ‘takingcuntrol‘ Sharma (2nd for ₹3.11 Lakhs) and Jyotsna ‘mrendboss‘ Arora (3rd for ₹3.11 Lakhs).

Siddharth Mundada‘s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.08 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹61.50 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #2

Akshat Sharma was the Thursday chartbuster with two runner-up finishes and ₹6.86 Lakhs in total winnings that pushed his past ₹71 Lakhs in online profits. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.57 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹71.11 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2022: #3

Final Table Results

1. Siddharth ‘Sidddhu‘ Mundada – ₹3,54,609*
2. Akshat ‘takingcuntrol‘ Sharma – ₹3,11,326*
3. Jyotsna ‘mrendboss‘ Arora – ₹3,10,536*
4. Losserscc – ₹1,51,502
5. Siddharth ‘Siddonuts‘ Pandey – ₹1,13,723
6. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid‘ Ved – ₹90,978
7. Siddhanth ‘Bullzeye‘ Kapoor – ₹75,558

*denotes a three-way deal

(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 226

Re-entries – 203

Prize Pool – ₹6,43,000

Places Paid – 54

Harsha ‘hashtagpo‘ Dhanani was the last player standing in PokerBaazi`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT and pocketed a personal-best ₹1.29 Lakhs! PokerGuru Ambassador Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729‘ Singh collected ₹90,669 in second place.

Final Table Results

1. Harsha ‘hashtagpo‘ Dhanani – ₹1,29,344
2. Vivek ‘Nutpeddling729‘ Singh – ₹90,669
3. Mohit ‘thejoker‘ Mehta – ₹58,301
4. Dishani ‘Dishvish‘ Vijay – ₹43,115
5. Showgun48 – ₹32,368
6. Mukesh ‘Guruuu‘ Surana – ₹25,933
7. beast31 – ₹21,622

(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,200

Entries – 154

Re-entries – 133

Prize Pool – ₹5,74,000

Places Paid – 36

The three-time NPS gold medalist and former The Millionaire champion, Shagun ‘sogani22‘ Jain (opted out of our tracked database), added PokerBaazi`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT title to his glittering resume as he took down the late-night marquee for ₹1.27 Lakhs, Shubham ‘backchod‘ Agarwal came second for ₹88,970.

Final Table Results

1. Shagun ‘sogani22‘ Jain – ₹1,26,797
2. Shubham ‘backchod‘ Agarwal – ₹88,970
3. Akhilesh ‘Ikka5‘ Chauhan – ₹57,228
4. bungakat – ₹42,361
5. imac2000 – ₹31,800
6. royalking7424 – ₹25,428
7. abhi321letsgo – ₹21,123

Dinesh ‘daddu26‘ Singh (Won Holdem BOOST ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹69,360), ‘Ustaad75‘ (Won Afternoon Boost ₹3 Lakhs GTD for ₹58,620), Himanshu ‘set_wet‘ Gupta (Won Daily BOOST ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹53,770), ‘sarinrun‘ (Won Daily Night SPRINT ₹1.50 Lakh GTD for ₹48,070), Ravi ‘rvjn91‘ Jain (Won SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹45,210), Prince ‘Nanki‘ Singh (Won PLO5 BOOST ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹26,300), and ‘deuceseven7‘ (Won Daily Afternoon SPRINT ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹26,170) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.

PokerStars India

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

Buy-in – ₹7,700

Entries – 67

Re-entries – 53

Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000

Places Paid – 15

Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani was among the Thursday heroes! He made three deep runs, most prominently taking down PokerStars India’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Highroller (On-time Rake Refund) for ₹2.19 Lakhs – his third time winning the Thursday Highroller title. His heads-up opponent was none other than last night`s Trending Thursday champion, Young Gun Neel ‘Worm236’ Joshi (2^nd for ₹1.69 Lakhs)

Sahil Mahboobani collectively added ₹3.05 Lakhs across his Thursday night run. His ITM finishes include:

> 1st in PokerStars India’s Highroller (On-time Rake Refund) for ₹2.19 Lakhs

> 7th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹68,750

> 27th in Spartan Poker’s Trending Thursday for ₹17,028

Sahil Mahboobani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹9.68 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.24 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #2 | Annual Winnings: ₹69.18 Lakhs

Persisting with his winning from Wednesday, Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla final tabled both the PokerStars India marquees yesterday, raking in ₹1.37 Lakhs (overall)l. His ITM finishes include:

> 3rd in Highroller (On-time Rake Refund) for ₹1.30 Lakhs

> 8th in Deepstack for ₹7,192

The ₹7,700 buy-in tourney clocked in 120 entries, falling ₹1.60 Lakhs short of the advertised guarantee. The site paid back the ₹700 in rake to everyone who was registered for the event before its 8 PM start time.

Final Table Results

1. Sahil ‘inaboobham’ Mahboobani – ₹2,19,186
2. Neel ‘Worm236’ Joshi – ₹1,68,902
3. Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla – ₹1,30,154
4. Pranay ‘aankhdikhatahai’ Chawla – ₹1,00,295
5. Arun ‘realruny’ Sriram – ₹77,286
6. starbuster12 – ₹59,556
7. NovaSky47 – ₹45,893
8. Sreekanth ‘LaganaHiToHai’ Narayan – ₹35,365
9. Kartik ‘TheInternetKid’ Ved – ₹30,194

Deepstack – ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,375

Entries – 85

Re-entries – 40

Regular Prize Pool – ₹78,125

Bounty Prize Pool – ₹78,125

Total Prize Pool – ₹1,56,250

Places Paid – 15

The ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Deepstack logged in 125 entries, posting a ₹1.56 Lakhs prize pool. The user ‘muttonmm’ championed the event for ₹35,835 (includes ₹18,711 in bounties), while ‘Bashir@321’ came second for ₹27,203 (includes ₹14,023 in bounties).

Final Table Results (Includes Bounties)

1. muttonmm – ₹35,835
2. Bashir@321 – ₹27,203
3. gauravboi – ₹14,753
4. tryasfuck – ₹12,729
5. Rahul ‘andarkiaag’ Thakur – ₹8,626
6. Monkey D. Wolfy – ₹7,163
7. Shobhit ‘Shobz569’ Bhargava – ₹4,575
8. Anmolraj ‘modi chai wala’ Singh Chawla – ₹7,192
9. Areyann ‘paisenikalbc’ Gurbaxani – ₹2,733

‘newfish7’ (Won Ultrasonic ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹30,106), Aniruddha ‘pocketacesaj69’ Joshi (Won Primetime Grind ₹50K GTD for ₹14,176), and ‘MeraDeshMahaan’ (Won Afternoon on Stars ₹50K GTD for ₹14,365) took down the other PokerStars India marquees.

Adda52

Godfather – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹5,500

Entries – 230

Re-entries – 186

Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000

Places Paid – 43

Adda52 regular ‘Ronima1978’ championed the biggest guaranteed tournament of the day, ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather, for a site-best ₹6.20 Lakhs. The player decimated the 416-strong field and banked the single-largest score of the day after defeating the former IOPC #66 – Wednesday Prime runner-up Akshat ‘akshat03’ Sharma (2nd for ₹3.75 Lakhs) in the heads-up showdown.

‘Ronima1978’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹35.07 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹12.82 Lakhs

Akshat Sharma made heads turn last night! In addition to his runner-up finish in the Godfather, he made the same second-place finish in PokerBaazi’s The Summit, rounding up ₹6.86 Lakhs overall! Not only was Sharma the day`s top scorer, but his fantastic run also pushed him past the ₹50 Lakhs mark in annual winnings.

His Thursday finishes include:

> 2^nd in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹3.75 Lakhs

> 2^nd in PokerBaazi’s The Summit for ₹3.11 Lakhs

Akshat Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.57 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹71.11 Lakhs | Annual Winnings: ₹53.11 Lakhs

The 8 PM event went on until 4.24 AM today, and the top 43 finishers benefitted from the whopping ₹4.20 Lakhs in overlay value!

Final Table Results

1. Ronima1978 – ₹6,20,000
2. Akshat ‘akshat03’ Sharma – ₹3,75,000
3. Gaurav ‘gauravgoru’ Bhutra – ₹2,62,500
4. nuts280889 – ₹2,00,000
5. Kartik ‘Pegasus1505’ Ved – ₹1,30,000
6. Ujjwal ‘fourteenk’ Narwal – ₹87,500
7. Sahil ‘ImHighIshove’ Mahboobani – ₹68,750
8. nerdguy – ₹56,250

Monster Turbo – ₹5 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹2,500

Entries – 107

Re-entries – 68

Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000

Places Paid – 19

The Adda52 loyalist and Sunday’s Adda52 Millions finalist, ‘Bondo07’, decimated the 175-strong field in Thursday’s Monster Turbo! He won the title for ₹1.39 Lakhs, with Young Gun Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia finishing runner-up for ₹84,000.

‘Bondo07’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹18.12 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹2.48 Lakhs

The ₹2,500 buy-in event couldn`t escape the overlay avalanche and recorded a shortfall of ₹1.06 Lakhs.

Final Table Results

1. Bondo07 – ₹1,38,750
2. Karan ‘Reg_Slayer’ Radia – ₹84,000
3. Dhaval ‘dhavhe’ Heda – ₹63,750
4. Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh – ₹45,000
5. Areyann ‘paisenikalbc’ Gurbaxani – ₹31,250
6. Bhanu Prakash ‘ChennaiNo1’ KC – ₹22,500
7. Mayank ‘AreyBetaRaise’ Maruka – ₹18,750
8. Siddharth ‘gabandheer’ Pandey – ₹13,750

Nano Main Event Day 1B – ₹25 Lakhs GTD

Buy-in – ₹1,650

Entries – 130

Re-entries – 54

Survivors – 26

‘Hanks07’ (306,846) topped the 26-player surviving field from Day 1B of the ₹25 Lakhs GTD Nano Main Event. The second starting flight ran from 8 PM to 11:19 PM, with 184 entries joining the action. ‘sonu166’ (280,585) and ‘amit15893’ (261,802) bagged the other top stacks.

Alongside 131 Day 1A entries, the event has clocked in 315 entries already, with five more flights to go before all qualifying stacks converge for the Finale on Sunday, April 24 (10 PM).

Top 10 Chip Counts at the End of Day 1B

1. Hanks07 – 306,846
2. sonu166 – 280,585
3. amit15893 – 261,802
4. gvt1962 – 205,946
5. mridulpoker – 174,879
6. Shubham ‘NewBackchod’ Agarwal – 136,323
7. blackwidow26 – 107,063
8. Devang ‘spark123’ Yadav – 106,278
9. Adithya ‘Rlox1’ NG – 101,231
10. APDhillon – 93,102

Wednesday’s Maverick champion Ankit ‘starnaruto’ Saurabh continued his winning stride as he took down the ₹3 Lakhs GTD Nano Godfather for ₹53,396.

‘mohan1969’ (Won Nano DST ₹2 Lakh GTD for ₹42,124), Aniket ‘BadKarma93’ Jain (Won Nano Siesta ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹28,000), Chandan ‘chandan741316’ Majumdar (Won Nano Thursday Adda ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹26,500), Juli ‘Lily8’ Kumari (Won Nano Crack Jack ₹70K GTD for ₹14,915), ‘blue_basilisk’ (Won Nano Battleship ₹30K GTD for ₹8,700), and ‘bablurai’ (Won Nano PLO ₹25K GTD for ₹7,250) were the other NPS title winners of the day.

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