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Daily Majors: Monam Hayat, Ashish Munot, Tarush Gupta & Rubin Labroo Champion the Thursday Majors
Thursday’s domestic poker scene was alive with action, as top-tier tournaments unfolded across leading platforms. PokerBaazi’s ₹28 Crores GTD Indian Poker Masters (IPM) remained the main attraction, while Spartan Poker spiced things up with its ₹60 Lakhs GTD Mini Bounty Series.
Monam Hayat, who last clinched the FTS #8 Friday Titan title on March 3, broke his six-week championship drought by winning PokerBaazi’s Masters#95 (7-Max). He bagged a hefty ₹6.51 Lakhs, marking his largest win on PokerBaazi and the third biggest in his MTT career. Hayat smartly negotiated a heads-up deal, enabling Sanjay Khanna to walk away with a personal record win of ₹6.01 Lakhs.
Ashish Munot, the current #2 in the 2023 Player of the Year rankings, added another feather to his cap. Following his Mega Stack win on Tuesday, Munot clinched his second Adda52 Godfather title, securing a significant ₹6.12 Lakhs. Saahib Bawa wasn’t far behind, claiming the second spot and an admirable ₹3.62 Lakhs prize.
The dynamic Tarush Gupta reigned supreme in Spartan Poker’s Ultron, walking away with a splendid ₹3.99 Lakhs. Karan Kapur showcased tenacity, finishing as the runner-up and taking home a noteworthy ₹2.69 Lakhs.
In Pocket52’s Pocket Magnets, Rubin Labroo emerged victorious, collecting a substantial ₹3.27 Lakhs. Nipping at his heels was ‘Assassinato,’ who secured the second position with a praiseworthy ₹2.30 Lakhs.
Meanwhile, at PokerBaazi, long-standing user ‘Jerome,’ after dedicating over five years to the platform, achieved a long-awaited triumph by winning the Masters#97 (7-Max) Turbo, earning ₹3.09 Lakhs. Young Gun Sanat Mehrotra was a whisker away from the title but settled for a robust ₹1.90 Lakhs as the runner-up.
‘sw1612’ (Won Masters#94 PLO-6 for ₹1.60 Lakhs), Avinash Kumar (Won Masters#93 for ₹1.12 Lakhs), and ‘chat94’ (Won Masters#92 for ₹63,180) were the other IPM winners of the day.
Shivam Kumar Dubey reigned supreme in Pocket52’s Thursday Highroller, walking away with an impressive ₹2.61 Lakhs. Hot on his heels was Saurabh Rohila, who secured the runner-up spot and pocketed ₹1.83 Lakhs.
On PokerStars India, Mrinal Manna, fresh from a third-place finish in the Bounty Builder HR, clinched the title in The Colosseum – Ticket Drop Edition, earning ₹1.98 Lakhs. In an intriguing turn of events, a heads-up deal ensured that Kovid Saraswat, despite landing in second place, bagged a heftier ₹2.19 Lakhs.
Over at Spartan Poker, user ‘leafly422’ struck gold, capturing the MBS#4 Terminator title and ₹1.15 Lakhs (₹70,391 in bounties), offsetting their past deficits on the platform. Not far behind, Sahil Nair demonstrated his poker prowess, seizing the second position along with a notable ₹68,440 (₹23,203 in bounties).
‘Vijay cambo’ (Won MBS #1 Kick-off for ₹25,790), ‘Rakeshsainji’ (Won MBS #2 Monster Turbo for ₹16,189), Pranav Khandalkar (Won MBS #5 6-Max for ₹10,677), ‘Dontmuck’ (Won MBS #6 Last Chance for ₹8,301), and Ajit Singh Arora (Won MBS #3 Hyper for ₹3,281) won the other Mini Bounty Series titles on Thursday.
Clinton Tavares, Rajneesh Thakur, Vivek Pal, Anamika Singh, Kamal Punjabi, and Karan Thakker were other players making the Thursday winners list.
Here are the Thursday highlights!
PokerBaazi
Masters#95 (7-Max) – ₹50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹8,250
Entries – 400
Re-entries – 384
Prize Pool – ₹58,80,000
Places Paid – 115
Emerging from a six-week title hiatus, Monam ‘loosingfreak’ Hayat, the distinguished champion of the FTS #8 Friday Titan on March 3, demonstrated his unmatched poker acumen. He conquered PokerBaazi’s Indian Poker Masters’ marquee Thursday showstopper. Competing against a strong field of 784 entrants (400 unique), he triumphed in the ₹50 Lakhs GTD Masters#95 (7-Max) 7:30 PM event, pocketing an impressive ₹6.51 Lakhs. This victory isn’t just a notch on his belt; it stands as his largest payout on PokerBaazi and ranks third in his overall MTT earnings.
Before the final chips settled in his favor, Hayat strategically struck a heads-up deal, ensuring Sanjay ‘sanjaykotak’ Khanna departed with a personal-best win of ₹6.01 Lakhs.
Monam Hayat’s online stats (Spartan Poker and PokerBaazi): Lifetime Winnings: ₹87.78 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #5
Further enriching the evening was Akhilesh ‘Ikka5’ Chauhan, who amassed a commendable ₹2.61 Lakhs from two stellar final table appearances, which include:
> 6th in PokeBaazi’s Masters#95 (7-Max) for ₹2,01,096
> 7th in PokeBaazi’s Masters#97 (7-Max) Turbo for ₹59,734
Akhilesh Chauhan’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.76 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2
The Masters#95 (7-Max) final table was adorned with seasoned players, including Shagun ‘Sogani22’ Jain (4th for ₹3.23 Lakhs), Ankit ‘gabru1410’ Agarwal (5th for ₹2.61 Lakhs), Aman ‘Ab420’ Bhadu (7th for ₹1.50 Lakhs), and the ranked #4 player on the IPM leaderboard standings Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra (8th for ₹1.18 Lakhs).
With an entry buy-in set at ₹8,250, the Masters#95 (7-Max) saw the leading 115 players sharing a considerable ₹58.80 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Monam ‘loosingfreak’ Hayat – ₹6,51,470*
- Sanjay ‘sanjaykotak’ Khanna – ₹6,00,970*
- Kunnuuu – ₹3,86,316
- Shagun ‘Sogani22’ Jain – ₹3,22,812
- Ankit ‘gabru1410’ Agarwal – ₹2,61,072
- Akhilesh ‘Ikka5’ Chauhan – ₹2,01,096
- Aman ‘Ab420’ Bhadu – ₹1,49,940
- Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra – ₹1,17,600
Masters#97 (7-Max) Turbo – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 517
Re-entries – 420
Prize Pool – ₹23,43,000
Places Paid – 115
A long-time PokerBaazi user, ‘Jerome,’ having spent over five years on the platform, finally clinched their debut title yesterday. Launching three attempts in the tournament, they navigated a colossal field of 937 competitors (517 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Masters#97 (7-Max) Turbo, emerging victorious in the 9 PM IPM flagship event and pocketing ₹3.09 Lakhs.
Apart from this significant win, ‘Jerome’ also made a mark in Masters#92 (32nd for ₹2,129). Their PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹12.71 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
In a closely contested finish, Young Gun Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra narrowly missed the top spot but secured a robust second-place payout of ₹1.90 Lakhs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹12.18 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹4.20 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #12 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.73 Crores
Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna, fresh from his Wednesday’s Bounty Madness triumph, notched up four commendable scores on PokerBaazi, aggregating ₹1.71 Lakhs, and ascended to the 10th position in the ₹60 Lakhs GTD IPM Series Leaderboard.
His Thursday finishes include:
> 3rd in PokeBaazi’s Masters#97 (7-Max) Turbo for ₹1,53,902
> 15th in PokeBaazi’s Masters#93 for ₹8,921
> 34th in PokeBaazi’s Masters#94 (PLO-6) for ₹7,560
> 124th in PokeBaazi’s Masters#92 for ₹912
Harsh Bubna’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.07 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.18 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #14 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.73 Crores
Akhilesh ‘Ikka5’ Chauhan, a finalist from Masters#95 (7-Max), also graced the final table of the Masters#97 (7-Max) Turbo, capturing seventh place and a prize of ₹59,734.
The Masters#97, with its accessible ₹2,750 buy-in, amassed an impressive ₹23.43 Lakhs in prize money. This bounty was generously distributed among the top 115 players.
Final Table Results
- Jerome – ₹3,09,210
- Sanat ‘mehro2511’ Mehrotra – ₹1,89,743
- Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹1,53,902
- girafganger – ₹1,28,603
- rajesh1010 – ₹1,04,007
- kaalyogi – ₹80,114
- Akhilesh ‘Ikka5’ Chauhan – ₹59,734
Masters#94 (PLO-6) – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 214
Re-entries – 326
Prize Pool – ₹10,80,000
Places Paid – 70
Maintaining a strong stride, ‘sw1612’, fresh from their Masters#63 win on August 11, clinched another laudable victory during Thursday’s 6 PM showdown on PokerBaazi’s Indian Poker Masters – the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Masters#94 (PLO-6). Demonstrating top-tier gameplay, this enigmatic player outlasted a competitive field of 540 entrants (214 unique). After an intense seven-hour battle, they secured the title and a hefty ₹1.60 Lakhs in prize money, facilitated by a heads-up agreement.
Similarly, the elusive ‘Amitblue727’ entered into the same deal, earning a notable second-place purse of ₹1.13 Lakhs.
Beyond this win, ‘sw1612’ marked another accomplishment, finishing 50th in the Masters#93 and adding ₹3,402 to their earnings. This performance further strengthened their position on the ₹60 Lakhs GTD IPM Series Leaderboard, where they currently rank at a commendable #6, boasting 13,296 points.
Their finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Masters#94 (PLO-6) for ₹1,60,121* (heads-up deal)
> 50th in PokerBaazi’s Masters#93 for ₹3,402
‘sw1612’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹16.93 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹4.92 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3
Vishal ‘karan23’ Kumar made a strong impression, securing the third spot in Masters#94 (PLO-6) and taking home ₹80,568. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.90 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹64.40 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #5
Equally noteworthy, Prabhas ‘prabzter’ Sharma displayed exceptional prowess, accumulating an impressive ₹68,724 from four in-the-money finishes during the IPM events.
His finishes include:
> 5th in PokerBaazi’s Masters#94 (PLO-6) for ₹49,572
> 35th in PokerBaazi’s Masters#97 (7-Max) Turbo for ₹14,055
> 58th in PokerBaazi’s Masters#93 for ₹3,402
> 51st in PokerBaazi’s Masters#92 for ₹1,695
Prabhas Sharma’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹84.99 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3
The Masters#94 (PLO-6), with its ₹2,200 entry fee, generated a significant ₹10.80 Lakhs prize pool. The event’s top 70 players were handsomely rewarded for their efforts.
Final Table Results
- sw1612 – ₹1,60,121*
- Amitblue727 – ₹1,13,227*
- Vishal ‘karan23’ Kumar – ₹80,568
- Acegikmoqsu – ₹61,452
- Prabhas ‘prabzter’ Sharma – ₹49,572
- dk2yadav – ₹37,800
*denotes a heads-up deal
Masters#93 – ₹7 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 267
Re-entries – 237
Prize Pool – ₹7,56,000
Places Paid – 89
Emerging victorious among the 504 participants (267 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹7 Lakhs GTD Masters#93, Avinash ‘I_fart_u_faint’ Kumar clinched the 4:30 PM marquee, pocketing ₹1.12 Lakhs. In a decisive heads-up match, Kumar outplayed yesterday’s Nano Crack Jack finalist, Sahil ‘SEEDHEMAUTT’ Aggarwal, who settled for second place with ₹84,672, marking Kumar’s debut win in the Indian Poker Masters.
In addition to this win, Kumar also made a mark in the Masters#95 (7-Max) (69th for ₹23,520), which brought his total earnings to ₹1.35 Lakhs for the day.
Avinash Kumar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.65 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹18.97 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #9
Venkatesh ‘Psyberius’ Mukundan, leading the ₹60 Lakhs GTD IPM Series Leaderboard, continued his stellar performance by scoring in four more IPM tournaments. With six cash finishes yesterday, Mukundan accumulated ₹1.08 Lakhs in Thursday’s winnings.
Mukundan’s Thursday finishes include:
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s Masters#93 for ₹61,992
> 34th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹16,250
> 30th in PokerBaazi’s Masters#97 (7-Max) Turbo for ₹14,055
> 25th in PokerBaazi’s Masters#94 (PLO-6) for ₹8,100
> 18th in Spartan Poker’s MBS #4 Terminator for ₹5,042
> 41st in PokerBaazi’s Masters#92 for ₹2,129
Venkatesh Mukundan’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.63 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹58.78 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #8 | IPM Titles Won: #2 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.33 Crores | Ranked #1 on the ₹60 Lakhs GTD IPM Leaderboard
Completing the final table, Hemant ‘Hemant0606’ Poddar secured the seventh spot, taking home ₹16,783.
With a buy-in of ₹1,650, the tournament boasted a prize pool of ₹7.56 Lakhs, rewarding the top 89 players.
Final Table Results
- Avinash ‘I_fart_u_faint’ Kumar – ₹1,11,586
- Sahil ‘SEEDHEMAUTT’ Aggarwal – ₹84,672
- Venkatesh ‘Psyberius’ Mukundan – ₹61,992
- elefante – ₹45,436
- yashroy1 – ₹31,676
- sonam1009 – ₹22,075
- Hemant ‘Hemant0606’ Poddar – ₹16,783
Masters#92 4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹550
Entries – 494
Re-entries – 375
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 143
Seasoned online player ‘chat94’ clinched the top spot in PokerBaazi’s ₹4 Lakhs GTD Masters#92. Amidst a robust field of 869 entrants, comprising 494 unique players, ‘chat94’ triumphed, taking home a handsome ₹63,176. In a close chase, ‘Kidwithin’ showcased exceptional skill, landing in the second position and netting a commendable ₹47,230.
Other distinguished participants in the Masters#92 included Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora (3rd for ₹36,064), Tarush ‘Busterr’ Gupta (4th for ₹25,940), Hemant ‘Hemant0606’ Poddar (6th for ₹12,731), Nandan ‘ragemonster’ Pugalia (7th for ₹9,559) and Lourembam Joshima ‘ninjakari’ Devi (8th for ₹6,909).
With an entry fee of ₹550, the tournament notably surpassed its guaranteed amount, accumulating a prize pool of ₹4.34 Lakhs. A total of 143 participants were rewarded with well-deserved payouts.
Final Table Results
- chat94 – ₹63,176
- Kidwithin – ₹47,230
- Anish ‘PapaNegreanu’ Arora – ₹36,064
- Tarush ‘Busterr’ Gupta – ₹25,940
- iamluckbox – ₹18,770
- Hemant ‘Hemant0606’ Poddar- ₹12,731
- Nandan ‘ragemonster’ Pugalia – ₹9,559
- Lourembam Joshima ‘ninjakari’ Devi – ₹6,909
Indian Poker Masters Leaderboard Rankings After Day 16
PokerBaazi’s Indian Poker Masters (IPM) series is on a meteoric rise, boasting an unparalleled prize pool soaring over ₹28 Crores GTD. As Day 16 unfolds, the series is brimming with adrenaline-packed showdowns, magnifying the best of online poker talent. While the leaderboard’s upper echelon remains steady for now, the impending series climax sees competitors doubling down to clinch supremacy.
Venkatesh ‘psyberius’ Mukundan has emerged as the series’ luminary, soaring to the pinnacle of the IPM leaderboard and steadfastly retaining his reign for three successive days. Amassing a staggering 15,593 points, Mukundan’s trail is illuminated by 52 cash triumphs. Among his laudable feats are championship titles in Masters#6, Masters#52 (4-Max) Hyper, and Masters#77 (PLO-6) HighRoller. Further solidifying his reign are his sterling runner-up spot in Masters#91 (6-Max) Turbo and a bronze finish in Masters#93.
Having once savored the leaderboard’s zenith on a spectacular Sunday, Pradip ‘Nit2Donk’ Ghosh now commands a robust second position. His score of 13,944 points mirrors his poker artistry, punctuated by stellar finishes in Masters#7 (6-Max) Turbo and Masters#40. Ghosh’s journey is further adorned by five pivotal final table spots, including an esteemed fourth in Masters#65 Highroller and a whisker-close second in Masters#72 Afternoon Value.
Mohak ‘Tiltin’ Kapoor is nipping at Ghosh’s coattails, clinching the third berth with a laudable 13,869 points. Kapoor’s IPM saga showcases an impressive 57 cash conquests, punctuated by his crowning moments in Masters#4 and Masters#8 Bounty.
The IPM leaderboard also beams with luminaries like Vikram ‘Poker_lover’ Mishra garnering 13,821 points, Bhanu ‘Chennaino1’ Prakash KC at 13,757 points, and the indefatigable ‘sw1612‘ securing 13,296 points.
The Indian Poker Masters series is indisputably carving its legacy in the annals of Indian poker. As the grand culmination beckons, the nation’s poker aficionados are on tenterhooks, awaiting the coronation of the definitive Indian Poker Master. The crescendo of exhilaration and elite competition is destined to intensify, spotlighting the leaderboard’s ultimate conquerors.
Rank Player Points
1 Venkatesh 'Psyberius' Mukundan 15,593
2 Pradip 'Nit2Donk' Ghosh 13,944
3 Mohak 'tiltin' Kapoor 13,869
4 Vikram 'Poker_lover' Mishra 13,821
5 Bhanu Prakash 'Chennaino1' KC 13,757
6 sw1612 13,296
7 Rajneesh 'msdhoni' Thakur 12,312
8 Dinesh 'Daddu26' Singh 12,118
9 Shailesh 'MrShailesh' Patel 12,042
10 Harsh 'harsh1327' Bubna 11,871
₹4 Crores GTD Masters#96 Main Event – Qualifier 3
Q3> Entries – 339 | Re-entries – 141 | Survivors – 42 | Chip Leader – Jaideep ‘GoneClubbing’ Sajwan (478,000)
Combined> Entries – 1,486 | Re-entries – 404 | Survivors – 170 (unique) | Overall Chip Leader – Gaurav ‘gaug17’ Sood (564,000)
‘amar9031’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 Boost Monster for ₹55,340), Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD 7-Max Midnight SPRINT for ₹50,780), Vivek ‘viveksnmc10’ Pal (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹41,260), ‘JC1870’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹25,310), and Anamika ‘Bossbaby97’ Singh (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PKO for ₹22,470) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
Pocket52
Pocket Magnets – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹4,400
Entries – 239
Re-entries – 158
Prize Pool – ₹20,00,000
Places Paid – 60
Rubin ‘insanium’ Labroo, a titleholder from Destiny 27.0 in July and a recent finalist in Wednesday’s Destiny, stamped his authority once more, clinching the top spot in Pocket52’s ₹20 Lakhs GTD Pocket Magnets. With finesse and strategy, Labroo bested a strong field of 397 players (239 unique), securing a rewarding ₹3.27 Lakhs for his commendable win.
Besides this stellar victory, Labroo showcased depth and consistency with a deep run in PokerBaazi’s Masters#95 (7-Max) (31st for ₹35,280). He’s also set for Day 2 in PokerBaazi’s Masters#90 Main Event, having advanced through Qualifier 3. His online stats (excluding #Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.82 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.96 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3
Giving Labroo tough competition was the skilled ‘Assassinato,’ who clinched a well-deserved second place, adding ₹2.30 Lakhs to his bankroll.
Amit ‘quark’ Kaushik, who made waves on Tuesday, continued his exceptional form on Thursday. He accumulated a noteworthy ₹2.29 Lakhs across five deep runs, two of which saw him at the final table. Notably, Kaushik carved out a commendable fourth place in the Pocket Magnets, earning ₹1.32 Lakhs.
His top finishes include:
> 4th in Pocket52’s Pocket Magnets for ₹1,31,612
> 6th in PokerStars India’s The Colosseum – Ticket Drop Edition for ₹59,910
> 29th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹16,250
> Made Day 2 in PokerBaazi’s Masters#90 Main Event (through Qualifier 3)
Amit Kaushik’s online stats (excluding Pocket52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.34 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.19 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #9
Other luminaries gracing the Pocket Magnets final table included Vinay ‘Vinay09’ Rajpal (6th for ₹80,416), and NaveenKumar ‘gaddarinsaan’ S (8th for ₹51,474).
With its ₹4,400 entry fee, the tournament faced an overlay of ₹4.12 Lakhs, which was a golden opportunity for the top 60 players who walked away with payouts.
Final Table Results
- Rubin ‘insanium’ Labroo – ₹3,27,190
- Assassinato – ₹2,29,804
- FishingRod – ₹1,72,526
- Amit ‘quark’ Kaushik – ₹1,31,612
- neet – ₹1,02,388
- Vinay ‘Vinay09’ Rajpal – ₹80,416
- Betaaz_badsha – ₹63,894
- NaveenKumar ‘gaddarinsaan’ S – ₹51,474
Thursday Highroller – ₹12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 71
Re-entries – 41
Prize Pool – ₹12,00,000
Places Paid – 20
Renowned online mid-stakes master, Shivam ‘Daddyaddy’ Kumar Dubey, has come back with a bang! After a pause of nearly three weeks, Dubey reclaimed his spot in the winner’s circle with a commendable performance in Pocket52’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD Thursday Highroller. Outclassing a competitive field of 112 players (71 unique), he secured the coveted title and a handsome reward of ₹2.61 Lakhs.
Recently crowned champion of The CashMaker – Triple Chance, Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila, was a hair’s breadth away from capturing the 8 PM flagship title. He settled for the runner-up position, pocketing ₹1.83 Lakhs. Rohila further displayed his prowess with a notable final table stint in Spartan Poker’s Ultron, securing the 7th spot and an additional ₹62,371. Cumulatively, his Thursday ventures yielded a lucrative ₹2.46 Lakhs, propelling him past the ₹2 Crores threshold in tracked lifetime earnings.
The allure of Pocket52 continues to swell, bolstered by its consistent provision of attractive guarantees that lure elite poker aficionados. This was evident in the Thursday Highroller’s final table, which hosted distinguished players like Abhimanyu ‘Holy_Grail’ Mittal (3rd for ₹1.38 Lakhs) and Rishab ‘GOAT’ Malik (6th for ₹64,129).
Although the Thursday Highroller experienced a minor shortfall, missing its target guarantee by ₹80,000, its ₹12 Lakhs prize pool was generously shared among the top 60 contenders, ensuring worthy participants were aptly compensated.
Final Table Results
- Shivam ‘Daddyaddy’ Kumar Dubey– ₹2,60,915
- Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila – ₹1,83,263
- Abhimanyu ‘Holy_Grail’ Mittal – ₹1,37,585
- tanmay19 – ₹1,04,958
- yennefer – ₹81,653
- Rishab ‘GOAT’ Malik – ₹64,129
‘Gulmohar’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Snacks for ₹48,371), ‘PinkCity’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Soda for ₹40,336), and ‘ShoveTime’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Brunch for ₹38,697), and won the other Pocket52 marquees.
Spartan Poker
Ultron – ₹18 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹6,600
Entries – 137
Re-entries – 43
Re-buys – 113
Prize Pool – ₹18,00,000
Places Paid – 27
Ever-ambitious Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta (opted out of our tracking) further burnished his credentials yesterday. Demonstrating formidable skill, he navigated a fierce field of 293 contenders (137 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹18 Lakhs GTD Ultron, ultimately seizing a handsome sum of ₹3.99 Lakhs. Close on his heels was the relentless Karan ‘Junior-KK’ Kapur, who walked away with ₹2.69 Lakhs for his second-place finish.
Karan Kapur’s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.54 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹44.71 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3
The Ultron final table was graced with distinguished pros such as the #3 ranked player of the year, Young Gun Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover (3rd for ₹1.85 Lakhs), Deepankur ‘AngryPitbull’ Gupta (5th for ₹1.20 Lakhs), Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila (7th for ₹62,371), and Hemant ‘$Hamza$’ Gagwana (8th for ₹48,780).
With a ₹6,600 entry fee, the event experienced an overlay of ₹42,000. By the close of the tournament, 27 players found their wallets notably thicker.
Final Table Results
- Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta – ₹3,98,700
- Karan ‘Junior-KK’ Kapur – ₹2,69,100
- Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover – ₹1,85,220
- bear_trap – ₹1,51,020
- Deepankur ‘AngryPitbull’ Gupta – ₹1,20,420
- Whateveh – ₹92,520
- Saurabh ‘darksider’ Rohila – ₹62,371
- Hemant ‘$Hamza$’ Gagwana – ₹48,780
MBS#4 Terminator – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 146
Re-entries – 20
Re-buys – 87
Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,53,000
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹2,53,000
Total Prize Pool – ₹5,06,000
Places Paid – 20
A mysterious Spartan Poker user ‘leafly422,’ during their 48th MTT outing on the platform, exhibited a masterclass in poker strategy. With flair and precision, they triumphed over a competitive field of 253 participants (146 unique) in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD MBS#4 Terminator. Claiming the 8 PM marquee, they walked away with ₹1.15 Lakhs (₹70,391 in bounties), wiping out their previous losses on the site. Meanwhile, Sahil ‘JustHoldForOnce’ Nair showcased his undeniable talent, clinching the runner-up position and a commendable ₹68,440 (₹23,203 in bounties).
leafly422’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: 2.11 Lakhs | Site Profits: 20,639 | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Nair’s poker journey on Thursday didn’t end there. He accumulated a total of ₹1.09 Lakhs from three significant finishes, one of which was yet another appearance at a final table.
His Thursday winnings include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s MBS #4 Terminator for ₹68,440
> 5th in Adda52’s Monster Turbo for ₹31,250
> 61st in PokerBaazi’s Masters#97 (7-Max) Turbo for ₹9,370
Sahil Nair’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.99 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.19 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #6
The final table of MBS #4 Terminator witnessed the expertise of several seasoned players, featuring the likes Tanmaya ‘RTD27’ Gupta (4th for ₹23,034), Mranal ‘MSTHEBOSS’ Sharma (5th for ₹26,397), Dhaval ‘mahakal07’ Solanki (6th for ₹22,942), Shalvin ‘tigress83’ Vohra (7th for ₹11,705), and Ashish ‘oOgway’ Singh (8th for ₹10,630).
Attracting players with its appealing ₹2,200 buy-in, the MBS#4 Terminator generated an impressive prize pool of ₹5.06 Lakhs. This bounty was then distributed among the top 20 contenders.
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
- leafly422 – ₹115,031
- Sahil ‘JustHoldForOnce’ Nair – ₹68,440
- High Stack – ₹32,537
- Tanmaya ‘RTD27’ Gupta – ₹23,034
- Mranal ‘MSTHEBOSS’ Sharma – ₹26,397
- Dhaval ‘mahakal07’ Solanki – ₹22,942
- Shalvin ‘tigress83’ Vohra – ₹11,705
- Ashish ‘oOgway’ Singh – ₹10,630
‘Vijay cambo’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD MBS #1 Kick-off for ₹25,790), ‘Rakeshsainji’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD MBS #2 Monster Turbo for ₹16,189), Pranav ‘R_U_SUAR’ Khandalkar (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD MBS #5 6-Max for ₹10,677), ‘Dontmuck’ (Won ₹75K GTD MBS #6 Last Chance for ₹8,301), and Ajit ‘ace_bob’ Singh Arora (Won ₹50K GTD MBS #3 Hyper for ₹3,281) won the other MBS titles on Thursday.
‘shykko60’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Dark Knight for ₹28,657), ‘wewononceagain’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Night Rider for ₹27,383) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
PokerSaint
Opal – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,500
Total Entries – 241
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 47
During PokerSaint’s premier Thursday event, the Opal, a swarm of 241 participants (inclusive of re-entries) dived into the action, with 47 emerging victorious to share the ₹4 Lakhs GTD prize bounty. Dominating the deck, site reg ‘Razorfish‘ bested the competition, seizing the crown and a noteworthy ₹47,635.
A riveting final table deal witnessed players like ‘AJ_PRO’ (2nd for ₹30,906), ‘BumHunter’ (3rd for ₹30,375), ‘Lakkadhaara’ (4th for ₹29,254), ‘Juwarijoker’ (5th for ₹28,907), site reg ‘AlarmingBell’ (6th for ₹26,689), ‘InTheDark1’ (7th for ₹26,198), and ‘#FaFa#’ (8th for ₹25,530) exiting with sizable rewards.
Additionally, PokerGuru’s very own Naman ‘QQssuckmedry’ Sharma made his mark in the fray, eventually accumulating ₹7,599 for his commendable tenth-place finish.
You can watch his stream below:
Final Table Results
- Razorfish – ₹47,635*
- AJ_PRO – ₹30,906*
- BumHunter – ₹30,375*
- Lakkadhaara – ₹29,254*
- Juwarijoker – ₹28,907*
- AlarmingBell – ₹26,689*
- InTheDark1 – ₹26,198*
- #FaFa# – ₹25,530*
*denotes a FT deal
PokerDangal
Texas Thursday – ₹30k GTD
Buy-in – ₹330
Entries – 60
Re-buys – 47
Prize Pool – ₹30,000
Places Paid – 17
PokerDangal’s ‘mnjain‘ secured an impressive win in the ₹30k GTD Texas Thursday event. Rising above a field of 107 entrants, with 60 unique players, ‘mnjain’ seized the pinnacle, pocketing ₹8,474. Hot on his heels, ‘Pokerking123‘ grabbed the second spot, taking home ₹6,002.
Despite a modest ₹330 buy-in, the tournament amassed a noteworthy ₹35,310 prize pool, exceeding its set guarantee. The distinguished top 17 contenders were rewarded with payouts.
Final Table Results
- mnjain – ₹8,474
- Pokerking123 – ₹6,002
- Magnumopus – ₹4,237
- MacAAA – ₹3,177
- RobMorgan – ₹2,471
- ZAYN14 – ₹1,765
- ShivamSeth – ₹1,324
- Shib – ₹971
- Mr_Ghost – ₹882
PokerStars India
The Colosseum – Ticket Drop Edition – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 58
Re-entries – 38
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 13
Just two days after securing third place in the Bounty Builder HR – Ticket Drop Edition, Mrinal ‘-booy@h-‘ Manna triumphed over a 96-entry field (58 unique) to seize the title in PokerStars India’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Colosseum – Ticket Drop Edition.
Before Manna could clinch the title, he negotiated a heads-up deal with Kovid ‘kovid21’ Saraswat. This agreement allowed Manna to take home ₹1.98 Lakhs for his first-place finish, while Saraswat, despite finishing second, netted the larger prize of ₹2.19 Lakhs.
Furthermore, Saraswat marked another achievement by ranking in Adda52’s Godfather (12th for ₹25,000). This took his overall Thursday earnings to an impressive ₹2.44 Lakhs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings:₹2.22 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹31.36 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #5
The Colosseum’s final table showcased renowned players, including Shravan ‘lukBo$$13’ Chhabria (3rd for ₹1.37 Lakhs), Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj (4th for ₹1.04 Lakhs), Aditya ‘ukid767’ Singh (5th for ₹78,876), last night’s Pocket Magnets finalist Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik (6th for ₹59,910), Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg (7th for ₹45,504) and Wednesday’s Nano DST champion Gopal ‘MrBigSlick139’ Bajaj (8th for ₹34,563).
Although the ₹11,000 buy-in event missed its projected guarantee by four entries, amounting to ₹40,000, it still rewarded the top 13 contenders with notable payouts.
As part of the Ticket Drop promotion, tickets to The Big Bash Mega SAt 15 Seats GTD, worth ₹1,000, were dropped randomly on selected tables.
Final Table Results
- Mrinal ‘-booy@h-‘ Manna – ₹1,98,164*
- Kovid ‘kovid21’ Saraswat – ₹2,18,831*
- Shravan ‘lukBo$$13’ Chhabria – ₹1,36,722
- Vinayak ‘koi.toh.rok.lo’ Bajaj – ₹1,03,846
- Aditya ‘ukid767’ Singh – ₹78,876
- Amit ‘Stu Ungar 7694’ Kaushik – ₹59,910
- Ayush ‘Kyanaamrakhu’ Garg – ₹45,504
- Gopal ‘MrBigSlick139’ Bajaj – ₹34,563
- lebowski287 – ₹29,585
*denotes a heads-up deal
‘erickhawlhring’ (Won ₹1.75 Lakhs GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹38,699), ‘starbuster12’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹14,591) and Kamal ‘kamalpunjabi’ Punjabi (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline 6-Max for ₹10,473) won the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
Godfather – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 220
Re-entries – 216
Prize Pool – ₹25,00,000
Places Paid – 49
Esteemed poker pro Ashish ‘ragspoker’ Munot, fresh from clinching the Mega Stack title on Tuesday, has once again demonstrated his prowess with a second title win this week.
Munot’s standout performance was in Adda52’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD Godfather. He rose above a competitive field of 436 entries (220 unique). After a marathon session lasting over nine hours, Munot clinched his second Godfather title and the top prize of ₹6.12 Lakhs. The runner-up position went to Saahib ‘saahib’ Bawa (opted out of our tracking) who bagged ₹3.62 Lakhs.
In addition, Munot marked a cash finish in PokerBaazi’s Masters#95 (7-Max) (85th for ₹20,580), bringing his day’s total winnings to ₹6.33 Lakhs.
Munot’s Thursday finishes include:
> 1st in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹6,12,500
> 85th in PokerBaazi’s Masters#95 (7-Max) for ₹20,580
Ashish Munot’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.12 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.71 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #13 | Annual Winnings: ₹3.39 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹1.87 Crores | Ranked #2 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes) | Ranked #1 in the Annual Profits
Anmol ‘ace10’ Narang displayed his skill, accumulating a significant ₹2.74 Lakhs across three cash finishes.
His finishes include:
> 3rd in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹2,50,000
> 60th in PokerBaazi’s Masters#95 (7-Max) for ₹23,520
> Made Day 2 of PokerBaazi’s Masters#96 Main Event (from Qualifier 3)
Anmol Narang’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.64 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹31.85 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #5
Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara, the champion of Sunday’s Masters#72 Afternoon Value, garnered ₹97,920 from three cash finishes, which include:
> 7th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹68,750
> 23rd in Spartan Poker’s Ultron for ₹19,800
> 71st in PokerBaazi’s Masters#97 (7-Max) Turbo for ₹9,370
Tanmay Benara’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.94 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.90 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #12 | Annual Winnings: ₹1.88 Crores | Annual Profits: ₹38.25 Lakhs
Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta showcased promising potential, earning ₹2.24 Lakhs from three ITM finishes, including:
> 4th in Adda52’s Godfather for ₹1,87,500
> 19th in PokerBaazi’s Masters#97 (7-Max) Turbo for ₹21,551
> 91st in PokerBaazi’s Masters#95 (7-Max) for ₹14,700
> Made Day 2 of PokerBaazi’s Masters#96 Main Event (from Qualifier 3)
Aishwary ‘boosterx’ Sharma (6th for ₹87,500), Young Gun Devang ‘spark123’ Yadav (5th for ₹1.25 Lakhs), and the 2022 Player of the Year, Young Gun Anuj ‘anuj25395’ Yadav, (8th for ₹56,250) also secured commendable final table spots in the Godfather.
The latest ₹5,500 buy-in Godfather tournament fell short, incurring an overlay of ₹3.20 Lakhs. The top 49 players were rewarded with payouts.
Final Table Results
- Ashish ‘ragspoker’ Munot – ₹6,12,500
- Saahib ‘saahib’ Bawa – ₹3,62,500
- Anmol ‘ace10’ Narang – ₹2,50,000
- Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹1,87,500
- Devang ‘ spark123’ Yadav – ₹1,25,000
- Aishwary ‘boosterx’ Sharma – ₹87,500
- Tanmay ‘PlusEv’ Benara – ₹68,750
- Anuj ‘anuj25395’ Yadav – ₹56,250
₹25 Lakhs GTD Nano Main Event – Day 1B
1B> Entries – 144 | Re-entries – 80 | Survivors – 29 | Chip Leader – Anurag ‘NormanBates’ Srivastava (270,706)
Combined> Entries – 282 | Re-entries – 146 | Survivors – 55 | Overall Chip Leader – Avadh ‘cateyes’ Shah (291,804)
‘Indianaccent’ (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD Monster Turbo for ₹1.39 Lakhs) won the other Adda52 marquee.
Clinton ‘RedArmy07’ Tavares (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Nano DST for ₹46,966), ‘9A2A0A5A0A’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Nano Godfather for ₹45,007), Karan ‘karannthakker’ Thakker (Won ₹90K GTD Nano Siesta for ₹27,775), ‘bullzeye’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Nano Daily Adda for ₹21,442), ‘Mahadevpoker’ (Won ₹70K Nano Crack Jack for ₹14,406), ‘Rohit246468’ (Won ₹30K Nano Battleship for ₹10,489) and ‘Gautam12345666’ (Won ₹25K GTD Nano PLO for ₹7,686) won the other Nano titles on Tuesday.
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Daily Majors: Aditya Kesharwani, Shailesh Patel, Niteen Raj & Aditya Singh Feature Among Monday`s Top Scorers
Despite a quiet Monday on the digital felts and a noticeable lack of crowd presence leading to significant overlay shortfalls, the online poker scene looks to be heading for a significant upswing in June.
The upcoming week promises to be a poker bonanza with India`s biggest online poker festival, Spartan Poker`s ₹47-plus Crores GTD IOPC 15.0, set to commence on Thursday, June 1. Simultaneously, PokerStars India is gearing up to launch its ₹3.60-plus Crores GTD Summer Series on the same day. Furthermore, the micro and small-stakes players have the ongoing IndiaPlays Depositor’s Flight (IDF) tournaments to boost their bankroll.
Leading the way on the Monday scorecard was Vijay Maithani, who made waves with his triumph in Spartan Poker’s The CashMaker – Triple Chance. Maithani’s impressive victory earned him a hefty payday of ₹1.99 Lakhs, his second-best online score to date.
Returning to the spotlight was Aditya Kesharwani, last Tuesday’s Mega Stack (IOPC Bubble) winner, who scored a notable win in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show, pocketing ₹1.51 Lakhs. This triumph followed a heads-up deal with Akhilesh Chauhan, who claimed the runner-up spot for an equally impressive ₹1.50 Lakhs. Additionally, Kesharwani notched a commendable third-place finish in the Daily Value Boost, boosting his total winnings to ₹1.94 Lakhs.
Shailesh Patel, the inaugural PokerGuru Challenge winner, registered his second-largest winnings on Adda52, conquering the Iron Man title for a cool ₹1.64 Lakhs. This followed a three-way deal with ‘prakash4433′ and G Mohan, who finished second and third, respectively. Patel’s Monday tally reached an impressive ₹1.80 Lakhs.
PokerBaazi user ‘Chat.081′ seized the Daily Value Boost title for the second time and a tidy sum of ₹1.28 Lakhs following a heads-up deal with ‘negotiator666,‘ who pocketed ₹1.26 Lakhs as the runner-up.
Aditya Singh, last Friday’s The Elite (6-Max) (IOPC Bubble) champion, continued his winning streak by posting his maiden title victory on PokerStars India this year. He nailed the Eliminator [8-Max], marking his ninth title of the year and a payout of ₹93,626.
Neelakantan Murali, last week’s (7-Max) SPRINT champion, added another feather to his cap by winning PokerBaazi`s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹82,000. Bharath Kumar took second place, bagging ₹62,950.
Madhab Pal dominated the competition in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT, busting an over seven-month-long title drought and walking away with the grand prize of ₹79,886.
Niteen Raj emerged victorious in Pocket52’s Pocket Jack, posting his fourth title victory in the tournament for a winner’s payday worth ₹95,000.
Rounding off the day’s other noteworthy winners were Raghuvinder Singh, Archit Agrawal, Shivam Kumar Dubey, Pranay Thawait, Kishor Bhanushali, Vatsal Gupta, Sanil Raghavan, and Partha Datta.
Here are the Monday highlights!
PokerBaazi
The Big Show – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 184
Re-entries – 170
Prize Pool – ₹10,62,000
Places Paid – 49
Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani, last Tuesday`s Mega Stack (IOPC Bubble) winner, took home the grand prize in PokerBaazi’s 8 PM headliner, the ₹10 Lakhs GTD The Big Show. Outshining a field of 354 contenders (184 unique players), Kesharwani accomplished this feat in under seven hours, walking away with an impressive ₹1.51 Lakhs. Notably, Akhilesh ‘Ikka5’ Chauhan also fought fiercely, almost ending his three-month-long title drought by securing an equally handsome runner-up payday of ₹1.50 Lakhs through a heads-up deal.
Adding to the win, Kesharwani pulled out another podium finish in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost, emerging as one of Monday`s top scorers with ₹1.94 Lakhs in total earnings!
Kesharwani`s Monday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹1,50,644* (heads-up deal)
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹43,451
Aditya Kesharwani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.14 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹81.35 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #6
Not far behind, Akhilesh Chauhan added ₹1.61 Lakhs to his online bankroll from three cash finishes, including:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹1,50,221* (heads-up deal)
> 25th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹5,700
> 22nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹5,235
Akhilesh Chauhan’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.67 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #4
Yash ‘YashPokerGG’ Goel made away with ₹1 Lakhs across two Monday scores, including:
> 3rd in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹93,244
> 19th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹7,200
Yash Goel’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹19.46 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹12.50 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4
The ₹3,300 entry buy-in tournament exceeded its advertised guarantee, generating a ₹10.62 Lakhs prize pool, with 49 players earning payouts.
Final Table Results
- Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani – ₹1,50,644*
- Akhilesh ‘Ikka5’ Chauhan – ₹1,50,221*
- Yash ‘YashPokerGG’ Goel – ₹93,244
- mkpokerbaazi – ₹73,809
- weakerkickhai – ₹61,384
- scafacealy – ₹50,126
- barbaric – ₹39,719
- Venkie – ₹30,267
*denotes a heads-up deal
Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 357
Re-entries – 257
Prize Pool – ₹10,00,000
Places Paid – 107
PokerBaazi user ‘Chat.081,’ the Daily Value Boost winner from February 13, shipped the ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost for the second time last night, outlasting a stacked 614-player field (357 unique) to collect ₹1.28 Lakhs, their fourth-highest payout on the platform this year.
Before claiming the title, ‘Chat.081’ struck a heads-up deal with ‘negotiator666,’ who walked away as the runner-up with a commendable sum of ₹1.26 Lakhs.
‘Chat.081’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹22.90 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹6.53 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2
The Daily Value Boost final table also featured regs like Archit ‘RareAbility’ Saraogi (5th for ₹42,600), Nikhil ‘Nikhilaneja’ Aneja (6th for ₹28,800), and Mukesh ‘Guruuu’ Surana (7th for ₹20,100).
The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament fell ₹79,000 short of its advertised guarantee, and 107 players scored a payday.
Final Table Results
- Chat.081 – ₹1,28,165*
- negotiator666 – ₹1,26,335*
- maxpain – ₹86,200
- Hailey13 – ₹62,000
- Archit ‘RareAbility’ Saraogi – ₹42,600
- Nikhil ‘Nikhilaneja’ Aneja – ₹28,800
- Mukesh ‘Guruuu’ Surana – ₹20,100
- maazu61953 – ₹15,900
*denotes a heads-up deal
(7-Max) Daily SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 126
Re-entries – 94
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 41
Like in The Big Show, PokerBaazi`s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Daily SPRINT also saw a Tuesday champion, last week`s (7-Max) SPRINT winner Neelakantan ‘difsripp007’ Murali stealing the spotlight. The site reg triumphed over a starting field of 220 participants (126 unique) in the 7:15 PM marquee. Murali’s victory earned him a handsome top prize of ₹82,000, denying Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar a second win in the tournament. Kumar secured the runner-up position and a respectable payday of ₹62,950.
Neelakantan Murali’s online stats (PokerBaazi and Spartan Poker): Lifetime Winnings: ₹90.84 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹15.27 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #5
Kumar added ₹73,750 from two cash finishes, which include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Daily SPRINT for ₹62,950
> 21st in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹10,620
Other notables on the (7-max) Daily SPRINT final table included Sunday’s The MoneyMaker 36.0 runner-up Ramu ‘Ramu0550’ Kushwaha (3rd for ₹48,800), Anmolraj Singh ‘PINCIOTTI’ Chawla (4th for ₹37,350), Ravinder ‘Ravikirti’ Singh (5th for ₹27,100), Amit ‘Aryan15’ Malhotra (6th for ₹19,650), and Sumit ‘runrabbitrun’ Advani (7th for ₹15,900).
The ₹2,200 entry buy-in tournament experienced an overlay shortfall of ₹60,000. The top 41 finishers capitalized on the value offered by walking away with their share of the prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Neelakantan ‘difsripp007’ Murali – ₹82,000
- Bharath ‘hzgod’ Kumar – ₹62,950
- Ramu ‘Ramu0550’ Kushwaha – ₹48,800
- Anmolraj Singh ‘PINCIOTTI’ Chawla – ₹37,350
- Ravinder ‘Ravikirti’ Singh – ₹27,100
- Amit ‘Aryan15’ Malhotra – ₹19,650
- Sumit ‘runrabbitrun’ Advani – ₹15,900
(7-Max) SPRINT – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 195
Re-entries – 154
Prize Pool – ₹5,24,000
Places Paid – 65
Madhab ‘madhabpal2017’ Pal took just six hours to come out on top of the guarantee-crushing 349-strong field (195 unique) in PokerBaazi’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT. The victory earned Pal his first title in over seven months and a winner’s payday worth ₹79,886. The user ‘bigusdikus’ finished runner-up for ₹60,045.
Madhab Pal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹95.81 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹23.28 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
The final table of the (7-Max) SPRINT comprised notable regs, including last night’s The Big Show champion Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani (3rd for ₹43,451), Sunday’s BSS runner-up Arjun ‘TheMathematician’ Singh Bhadauriya (4th for ₹33,033), Akshit ‘siddleriddle’ Madan (6th for ₹17,276) and last night’s The CashMaker – Triple Chance finalist Pranav ‘MeenakshiSundareshwar’ Khandalkar (7th for ₹13,663).
The 9 PM marquee event awarded a total prize pool of ₹5.24 Lakhs, which was distributed among the top 65 finishers.
Final Table Results
- Madhab ‘madhabpal2017’ Pal – ₹79,886
- bigusdikus – ₹60,045
- Aditya ‘KesarDa’ Kesharwani – ₹43,451
- Arjun ‘TheMathematician’ Singh Bhadauriya – ₹33,033
- klaus0072 – ₹23,034
- Akshit ‘siddleriddle’ Madan – ₹17,276
- Pranav ‘MeenakshiSundareshwar’ Khandalkar – ₹13,663
‘madhavsingh31’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 Boost for ₹47,000), Archit ‘storm_77’ Agrawal (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD 7-Max Midnight SPRINT for ₹45,200), Shivam ‘daddyaddy’ Kumar Dubey (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹37,870), Kishor ‘greapter’ Bhanushali (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 Boost PKO for ₹30,000), ‘Skywalker0987’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹24,110), ‘akhiluck’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD 7-Max SPRINT for ₹26,470), ‘momina6’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PKO for ₹24,730) and ‘98xxxxxx21’ (Won ₹50K 5-Max Daily Turbo for ₹6,330) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
Spartan Poker
The CashMaker – Triple Chance – ₹9 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 136
Re-entries – 59
Re-buys – 83
Prize Pool – ₹9,00,000
Places Paid – 27
Vijay ‘Abhimanisha’ Maithani, the Monster Stack winner from May 18, secured his second online title of the month last night. He made the victory march in Spartan Poker’s 8 PM Monday headliner, the ₹9 Lakhs GTD The CashMaker – Triple Chance, storming past a 278-strong starting field (136 unique) to seize the title for the day’s single-largest payout worth ₹1.99 Lakhs. This victory is his second-biggest score and marks his fifth title victory of the year. Site reg ‘mansoon’ secured the runner-up score worth ₹1.35 Lakhs.
Vijay Maithani’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹18.97 Lakhs |Titles Won in 2023: #5
The head-up SnG phenom Pranav ‘R_U_SUAR’ Khandalkar accumulated ₹70,917 from four deep runs, including two FT scores:
> 7th in Spartan Poker’s The CashMaker – Triple Chance (IOPC Bubble) for ₹40,829 (from three scores)
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹13,663
> 17th in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹13,275
> 19th in Spartan Poker’s Daily Turbo (6 Max) (IOPC Bubble) for ₹3,150
Pranav Khandalkar’s online stats (including HU SnGs): Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.25 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹87.07 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2
Joining the ranks of notables on The CashMaker – Triple Chance final table were Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish (4th for ₹75,510), Faiz ‘Foldto1BB’ Alam (5th for ₹60,210), Manish ‘khatidragon’ Jangid (6th for ₹46,260), and Vishal ‘sarryu’ Singh (8th for ₹24,390).
The ₹3,300 entry buy-in multi-entry tournament fell ₹66,000 short of its listed guarantee and paid out 27 places.
Final Table Results
- Vijay ‘Abhimanisha’ Maithani – ₹1,99,350
- mansoon – ₹1,34,550
- TwoSmokingBarrels – ₹92,610
- Utkarsh ‘kidpokerNJ’ Vaish – ₹75,510
- Faiz ‘Foldto1BB’ Alam – ₹60,210
- Manish ‘khatidragon’ Jangid – ₹46,260
- Pranav ‘R_U_SUAR’ Khandalkar – ₹33,660
- Vishal ‘sarryu’ Singh – ₹24,390
‘Mohdasim0007’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Turbo 6-Max IOPC Bubble for ₹58,125), ‘Dontmuck’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Night Rider for ₹27,500), Vatsal ‘Valor’ Gupta (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up – Triple Chance for ₹23,916), ‘AWMSHOT’ (Won ₹75K GTD Sundowner – Triple Chance for ₹18,658), ‘srianudeep’ (Won ₹50K GTD Turbo – Triple Chance for ₹11,625) and ‘Picetag’ (Won ₹50K GTD Centurion for ₹11,075) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
First Games Poker
Mega Freeroll – ₹2 Lakhs GTD
Total Entries – 1,641
Prize Pool – ₹2,00,000
Places Paid – 1,641
On Monday, the spotlight was on First Games Poker user ‘Azra Begum’ who seized a glorious victory in the site’s ₹2 Lakhs GTD Mega Freeroll, securing a poker ticket valued at ₹800. Not to be outdone, ‘qcjjg19251,’ achieved an impressive second-place finish and earned a poker ticket worth ₹600.
Final Table Results
- Azra Begum – Poker ticket worth ₹800
- qcjjg19251 – Poker ticket worth ₹600
- Ravi – Poker ticket worth ₹400
- bhagwandas marskole – Poker ticket worth ₹200
- sohit – Poker ticket worth ₹200
- Jay Shree Ram – Poker ticket worth ₹100
Pocket52
Pocket Jacks – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 128
Re-entries – 91
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 34
Niteen ‘niteenplus’ Raj stole the thunder on Pocket52 last night, outplaying a starting field of 219 competitors (128 unique) in the poker network’s ₹5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks. This marked his fourth victory in the 8 PM Monday headliner, garnering him an impressive ₹95,500 in prize money.
The mystery user ‘surprising_len153_25227372’ delivered a stellar performance to secure the runner-up position, earning a notable ₹70,000.
Niteen Raj’s winning streak in Pocket52`s Pocket Jacks includes:
> 1st in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks for ₹95,500 on May 29, 2023
> 1st in the ₹7 Lakhs GTD PPC#33 Pocket Jacks for ₹1,29,500 on December 19, 2022
> 1st in the ₹7 Lakhs GTD PFS#4 Pocket Jacks for ₹63,000 on December 1, 2022
> 1st in the ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks for ₹95,500 on October 11, 2022
Niteen Raj’s online stats (excluding Pocket52 and PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹38.31 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹6.07 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2
The ₹1,650 entry buy-in tournament recorded a landslide ₹1.71 Lakhs in overlays, with the top 34 finishers cashing in on the extra value.
Final Table Results
- Niteen ‘niteenplus’ Raj – ₹95,500
- surprising_len153_25227372 – ₹70,000
- AceBoy – ₹45,000
- Poppat – ₹35,000
- missing_josh104_21698981 – ₹25,000
- Fishy – ₹20,000
- Bujumur – ₹15,000
- gentlemen23 – ₹15,000
PokerSaint
Amethyst – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,500
Entries – 147
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 24
PokerSaint player ‘maneatspants’ impressively sailed past the 147-player starting field in the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Amethyst last night, nailing the Monday primetime tournament for a hefty ₹79,165 payday. In the runner-up spot, ‘BharDunga’ secured a sizeable ₹53,463.
Offering insane value, the ₹1,500 entry buy-in Amethyst filled in a staggering ₹2.01 Lakhs in overlays and compensated the top 24 finishers.
Final Table Results
- maneatspants – ₹79,165
- BharDunga – ₹60,052
- Zero9554 – ₹45,554
- Shivam4 – ₹34,556
- Vavigolu – ₹26,213
- Raccoon – ₹19,884
PokerStars India
Eliminator [8-Max] – ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 74
Re-entries – 50
Regular Prize Pool – ₹2,08,888
Bounty Prize Pool – ₹1,41,112
Total Prize Pool – ₹3,50,000
Places Paid – 13
Aditya ‘ukid767’ Singh (opted out of our tracking), who last won Spartan Poker’s The Elite (6-Max) (IOPC Bubble) on Friday, picked up his maiden title on PokerStars India this year last night! The online MTT beast deftly navigated a field of 124 participants (74 unique) in PokerStars India’s ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD Eliminator [8-Max], nailing the 8 PM flagship for ₹93,626 (₹52,455 in bounties). This remarkable triumph marks his ninth title victory of the year, solidifying his position as an online MTT powerhouse.
Site reg ‘GodPGuru’ scored ₹45,723 (₹4,552 in bounties) for his second-place finish.
The Eliminator [8-Max] final table also had Yash ‘hasyY@$#116’ Shrivastava (4th for ₹25,533) and Manish ‘manish jangid’ Jangid (7th for ₹11,085) in contention!
The ₹2,500 entry buy-in tournament experienced a glaring ₹71,000 overlay shortfall, highlighting the immense value on offer. The top 13 finishers shared the spoils.
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
- Aditya ‘ukid767’ Singh – ₹93,626 (Bounties: ₹52,455)
- GodPGuru – ₹45,723
- Manan_Singh4098 – ₹35,367
- Yash ‘hasyY@$#116’ Shrivastava – ₹25,533
- oi_smoka – ₹23,059
- Algorithm101 – ₹15,593
- Manish ‘manish jangid’ Jangid – ₹11,085
- JOHNNY9440 – ₹15,258
- YKARKI2147 – ₹7,592
Pranay ‘Pranay1245’ Thawait (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹33,785), ‘pokerface0455’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹24,752), ‘smjthane’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO 8-Max for ₹15,345), ‘abhikhan89’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline 6-Max for ₹9,418) and Partha ‘Spidermanindia’ Datta (Won ₹40K GTD Afternoon on Stars PKO for ₹8,656) won the other PokerStars India marquees.
Adda52
Iron Man – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,400
Entries – 173
Re-entries – 126
Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000
Places Paid – 30
The first-ever PokerGuru Challenge winner, Shailesh ‘MrShailesh’ Patel, hit it big last night by blasting through the 299-player starting field (173 unique) in Adda52’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD Iron Man, shipping the Monday flagship for ₹1.64 Lakhs – his second-best score on the site. A three-way deal saw ‘prakash4433’ (2nd for ₹1.32 Lakhs) and G ‘mohan1969’ Mohan (3rd for ₹1.22 Lakhs) collecting the other top payouts.
Shailesh Patel’s memorable Monday session resulted in total earnings of ₹1.80 Lakhs from two cash finishes, which included:
> 1st in Adda52’s Iron Man for ₹1,64,274* (three-way deal)
> 14th in PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹15,930
Shailesh Patel’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹46.86 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹12.24 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4
Pratik ‘manjer24’ Manjrekar made away with ₹73,235 across two deep runs, which include:
> 4th in Adda52’s Iron Man for ₹68,000
> 18th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹5,235
Pratik Manjrekar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.39 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹26.51 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
The ₹2,400 entry buy-in Iron Man registered a significant ₹1.42 Lakhs in overlays, and the top 30 finishers landed in the money zone.
Final Table Results
- Shailesh ‘MrShailesh’ Patel – ₹1,64,274*
- prakash4433 – ₹1,32,621*
- G ‘mohan1969’ Mohan – ₹1,21,905*
- Pratik ‘manjer24’ Manjrekar – ₹68,000
- cutiane – ₹46,000
- BigBlackHole – ₹32,000
*denotes a three-way deal
Raghuvinder ‘Murti8’ Singh (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Voyager for ₹69,500), ‘kumarsawan2010’ (Won ₹1.20 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Adda for ₹33,360), ‘Viper17 (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹32,772), ‘sonofmars1’ (Won ₹70K GTD Iron Man Lite for ₹13,505), ‘Ronaldoking’ (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹11,862), Sanil ‘sid1290’ Raghavan (Won ₹50K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹11,800) and ‘sonofmars1’ (Won ₹30K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹10,241) won the other Adda52 marquees.
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Daily Majors: Anand Babu Pallikona Champions The MoneyMaker; Mahesh S, Pavan Kiran B & Vishal Bajaj Reel in Top Scores in the IOPC Flagships
Spartan Poker’s biggest-ever India Online Poker Championship (IOPC) 14.0 is fast approaching the finish line, with only four days left for the guarantee-crushing series to close its run. Adding an extra punch to the high-octane action will be PokerStars India’s first-ever Red Spade Series (RSS) which starts today alongside Pocket52’s FUNtastic February offerings.
Speaking of the Wednesday chartbusters, Anand Babu Pallikona earned the distinction for taking the February edition of PokerBaazi’s ₹1 Crore GTD The MoneyMaker for a career-best ₹12.53 Lakhs – almost 2X his previous best score. ‘1299sanj’ collected ₹7.63 Lakhs in second place.
Mahesh Shyamsundar was another head-turner, netting ₹9.54 Lakhs across four ITM finishes. The IPC Megastacks Kickoff champion most notably nailed Spartan Poker’s IOPC #107 Wednesday High for ₹9 Lakhs (his second IOPC Silver Badge), parlaying a ₹1,250 satellite investment. Tuesday’s The Endeavour champion Vishal Bajaj almost went back-to-back, banking ₹6.10 Lakhs in second place.
Sashank Chakravarthy shipped the day`s top IOPC attraction, Spartan Poker’s ₹50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime, for ₹8.03 Lakhs (won ₹8.15 Lakhs overall), striking a three-way deal with Pavan Kiran B (2nd for ₹7.41 Lakhs) and The MoneyMaker finalist Navaneesha P (3rd for ₹5.66 Lakhs) (won ₹8.91 Lakhs overall).
Last month`s Tuesday HighRoller champion Sagar Soni came out on top in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #108 Wednesday Spotlight, picking up his maiden IOPC title and a site-best ₹3.83 Lakhs. Long-time circuit pro Kanishka Samant finished runner-up for ₹2.30 Lakhs.
Varun Bansal (Won IOPC #109 All Rounder PKO for ₹1.72 Lakhs), Habil Jiruwala (Won IOPC #103 PKO for ₹1.41 Lakhs), last night’s Master Minds champion Arsh Grover (Won IOPC #104 for ₹96,224), Madhav Singh (Won IOPC #102 for ₹63,020), and Prateek Sharma (Won IOPC #105 PLO4 Card for ₹56,872) won the other IOPC marquees on Wednesday.
Saturday’s (7-MAX) Midnight SPRINT champion Sachin Raj took down PokerBaazi’s The Pride for a site-best ₹3.09 Lakhs (his second-best online score). Rajat Mahajan added ₹1.85 Lakhs in second place.
Aishwary Sharma, Aditya Singh, Shravan Suresh, Kshitij Kucheria, Vikrant Dangle, Raghav Ananth, Akhilesh Chauhan, Yuvraj Bhardwaj, Abhinav Menon, Sawan Kumar, Sahil Babbar, Rahul Thakur, Mayank P, and Prateek Tibrewal won the other Wednesday majors!
Here are the Wednesday highlights!
Spartan Poker
IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime – ₹50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 478
Re-entries – 208
Rebuys – 388
Prize Pool – ₹53,70,000
Places Paid – 95
Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarthy was right up there among the Wednesday chartbusters as he ransacked a packed 1,074-player field (478 unique) in the day’s IOPC headliner, Spartan Poker’s ₹50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime, winning his first IOPC title for ₹8.03 Lakhs* (three-way deal) (his second-best online score).
Chakravarthy made another ITM finish in PokerBaazi’s The Pride (55th for ₹11,697), which along with a bounty, fetched him over ₹8.15 Lakhs. He also made Day 2 in IOPC #141 The Crown. His online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.44 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹33.04 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | IOPC Titles Won: #1
Shashank Chakravarthy chopped the IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime title three-way with Pavan ‘Rootahua Machi’ Kiran B (2nd for ₹7.41 Lakhs) and Navaneesha ‘np406’ P (3rd for ₹5.66 Lakhs).
The former FTS Big Game champion Pavan Kiran made another two deep runs last night, netting ₹7.71 Lakhs altogether. His Wednesday finishes include:
> 2nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime for ₹7,41,044 (his best finish in 2023 so far)
> 116th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹18,306
> 70th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹11,697
Pavan Kiran’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.74 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹62.96 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | IOPC Titles Won: #1
The ITM 2.0 Main Event runner-up finisher Navaneesha P raked in a hefty ₹8.91 Lakhs from six deep runs, which include:
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime for ₹5,65,687
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹2,91,879
> 37th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹13,647
> 40th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹9,898
> 49th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #108 Wednesday Spotlight for ₹7,328
> 134th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹2,722
Navaneesha P’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.61 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹58.79 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | IOPC Titles Won: #1
The former IOPC Millionaire Main Event champion Anurag ‘Norman Bates’ Srivastava (4th for ₹3.46 Lakhs), Mitesh ‘mikefrbike’ Gupta (6th for ₹2.14 Lakhs), Young Gun Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi (7th for ₹1.56 Lakhs), and Siddharth ‘FLIPopotamus’ Kadel (8th for ₹1.06 Lakhs) made FT runs in the ₹50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime.
The top 95 finishers got a share from the ₹53.70 Lakhs collected in the prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarthy – ₹8,02,605*
- Pavan ‘Rootahua Machi’ Kiran B – ₹7,41,044*
- Navaneesha ‘np406’ P – ₹5,65,687*
- Anurag ‘Norman Bates’ Srivastava – ₹3,46,365
- ladynorthtower – ₹2,74,407
- Mitesh ‘mikefrbike’ Gupta – ₹2,13,726
- Neel ‘Worm33’ Joshi – ₹1,55,730
- Siddharth ‘FLIPopotamus’ Kadel – ₹1,06,433
*denotes a three-way deal
IOPC #107 Wednesday High (6-Max) – ₹30 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹16,500
Entries – 127
Re-entries – 40
Rebuys – 91
Prize Pool – ₹38,70,000
Places Paid – 23
Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar made a feisty Wednesday run, netting ₹9.54 Lakhs across four ITM finishes, and carried the fourth-largest stack forward through Day 1C of IOPC #141 The Crown.
The IPC Megastacks Kickoff champion made his best finish in Spartan Poker’s ₹30 Lakhs GTD IOPC #107 Wednesday High, taking down a 258-entry field (127 unique) in the 9 PM flagship for ₹9 Lakhs (his second IOPC Silver Badge) after getting in through a ₹1,250 satellite.
His Wednesday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #107 Wednesday High for ₹8,99,775 (his second-best online score)
> 7th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #109 All Rounder for ₹34,101
> 35th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹13,647
> 18th in PokerStars India’s Master Minds for ₹6,252
> Made Day 2 in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #141 The Crown (carried fourth-largest stack forward on Day 1C)
Mahesh Shyamsundar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.11 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹39.46 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | IOPC Titles Won: #3 (2 in the ongoing series)
Tuesday’s The Endeavour champion Vishal ‘SimSlave’ Bajaj almost scored back-to-back wins, falling one place short of bagging his first IOPC silver badge in IOPC #107 Wednesday High (2nd for ₹6.10 Lakhs). With ₹6.38 Lakhs in total winnings last night, the top pro has almost caught up with Gaurav Sood at #4 in the POY rankings.
Vishal Bajaj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.90 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.57 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #6 | Ranked #5 in the 2023 Leaderboard Standings | Finished #12 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
Rishabh ‘radda’ Gupta (3rd for ₹4.06 Lakhs) and Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi (4th for ₹3.33 Lakhs) were other top regs on the IOPC #107 Wednesday High final table.
The 9 PM flagship collected ₹38.70 Lakhs in the prize pool and paid out 23 places.
Final Table Results
- Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar – ₹8,99,775
- Vishal ‘SimSlave’ Bajaj – ₹6,09,525
- Rishabh ‘radda’ Gupta – ₹4,06,350
- Siddarth ‘PeterPunter’ Singhvi – ₹3,32,820
- Whateveh – ₹2,67,030
- Billy_Hargrove – ₹2,07,045
IOPC #108 Wednesday Spotlight – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,200
Entries – 511
Re-entries – 128
Rebuys – 338
Prize Pool – ₹19,54,000
Places Paid – 95
The Tuesday HighRoller champion from January 17, Sagar ‘Sagar97706’ Soni, took a little over nine hours to come out on top of a 977-entry field (511 unique) in Spartan Poker’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD IOPC #108 Wednesday Spotlight, winning his maiden IOPC title for a site-best ₹3.83 Lakhs. Long-time circuit pro Kanishka ‘Wildflower’ Samant finished runner-up for ₹2.30 Lakhs.
Sagar Soni’s Spartan Poker stats: Site Winnings: ₹13.16 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹3 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | IOPC Titles Won: #1
The four-time IOPC leaderboard topper Bhanu ‘MafiaGaming’ Prakash KC ran deep in three IOPC marquees (and collected a bounty), adding ₹1.71 Lakhs in Wednesday winnings, jumping two places to #6 on the ₹1.50 Crore GTD IOPC 14.0 leaderboard.
His Wednesday finishes include:
> 3rd in IOPC #108 Wednesday Spotlight for ₹1,64,527
> 36th in IOPC #109 All Rounder PKO for ₹3,926
> 65th in IOPC #105 PLO4 Card for ₹1,621
Bhanu Prakash KC’s Spartan Poker stats (under the moniker ‘MafiaGaming’): Site Winnings: ₹25.47 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹12 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1 | IOPC Titles: #3
The ₹2,200 entry buy-in IOPC #108 Wednesday Spotlight paid out 95 players a share from the ₹19.54 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Sagar ‘Sagar97706’ Soni – ₹3,72,823
- Kanishka ‘Wildflower’ Samant – ₹2,30,181
- Bhanu ‘MafiaGaming’ Prakash KC – ₹1,64,527
- Gokul ‘Born NinjAA’ Raj – ₹1,26,033
- Dhaval ‘Ace of hearts’ Doshi – ₹99,849
- Raghavendra ‘ThikanaCK’ Hada – ₹77,769
- Tarush ‘Tarush123’ Gupta – ₹56,666
- Mohit ‘thejoker’ Mehta – ₹38,728
IOPC #109 All Rounder PKO – ₹11 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 379
Re-entries – 144
Rebuys – 274
Regular Prize Pool – ₹5,97,500
Knockout Prize Pool – ₹5,97,500
Prize Pool – ₹11,95,500
Places Paid – 71
Varun ‘Varun Bansal’ Bansal raced past the 797-player field (379 unique) in Spartan Poker’s 11 PM marquee, ₹11 Lakhs GTD IOPC #109 All Rounder PKO, picking up his first IOPC silver badge (also his first IOPC title) and a site-best ₹1.72 Lakhs (₹76,072 in bounties) in prize money. ‘Twins_ ACES’ collected a runner-up payday of ₹1.26 Lakhs (₹33,750 in bounties).
Bansal is now the ninth player to advance to the ₹6 Lakhs GTD IOPC #137 All-Rounder SNG (February 5 at 9 PM).
Varun Bansal’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹27.08 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹16.97 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | IOPC Titles Won: #1
Tuesday’s IOPC #97 Triple Chance champion, Clinton ‘ClintonTavaress’ Tavares, pocketed ₹88,764 across his Wednesday run. He most notably finished fourth in Spartan Poker`s IOPC #109 All Rounder PKO for ₹57,319.
Clinton Tavares’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.53 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹43.11 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #6 | IOPC Titles Won: #2
The ₹1,650 entry buy-in IOPC #109 All Rounder PKO posted a ₹11.96 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 71 finishers got paid.
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
- Varun ‘Varun Bansal’ Bansal – ₹1,71,656
- Twins_ ACES – ₹1,26,218
- Noel ‘noelpais1’ Pais – ₹79,298
- Clinton ‘ClintonTavaress’ Tavares – ₹57,319
- Anurag ‘Norman Bates’ Srivastava – ₹42,713
- Siddharth ‘SherRun’ Karia – ₹31,482
- Mahesh ‘mariokart’ Shyamsundar – ₹34,101
- HERMES888 – ₹27,952
IOPC #103 PKO – ₹6.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 210
Re-entries – 78
Rebuys – 177
Regular Prize Pool – ₹3,48,750
Knockout Prize Pool – ₹3,48,750
Prize Pool – ₹6,97,500
Places Paid – 39
Last week’s IOPC #55 Wednesday Spotlight finalist, Habil ‘YourMaje$ty’ Jiruwala, made his IOPC title debut by taking down a 465-entry field (210 unique) in Spartan Poker’s afternoon marquee, ₹6.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #103 PKO, banking a career-best ₹1.41 Lakhs (₹70,939 in bounties) and the IOPC silver badge.
Habil Jiruwala’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹43.33 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹9.26 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2 | IOPC Titles Won: #1
Piyush ‘NoName30’ Nanda finished runner-up for ₹82,178 (₹35,689 in bounties) and filled in ₹97,833 across his Wednesday run. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹87.20 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹29.41 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
The 3 PM tourney generated a ₹6.98 Lakhs prize pool, and 39 players crossed the money line.
Final Table Results (Including Bounties)
- Habil ‘YourMaje$ty’ Jiruwala – ₹1,40,563
- Piyush ‘NoName30’ Nanda – ₹82,178
- SurVival01 – ₹55,612
- Harsh ‘Chiraunjilal Khosla’ Bubna – ₹30,517
- aceking99 – ₹26,299
- Prabhas ‘Baba_Tufaani’ Sharma – ₹20,318
- Gursimrann ‘f00l4u’ Brar – ₹30,630
- Vikas ‘Grabaka_Hitman’ Yadav – ₹13,429
Last night`s Master Minds champion Arsh ‘BigggTymeR’ Grover (Won ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD IOPC #104 for ₹96,224), Madhav ‘badbeat31’ Singh (Won ₹4 Lakhs GTD IOPC #102 for ₹63,020), and Prateek ‘OMGdabangg2’ Sharma (Won ₹4 Lakhs GTD IOPC #105 PLO4 Card for ₹56,872) won the other IOPC marquees on Spartan Poker.
IOPC January 2023 Leaderboard Standings After Day 14
With just four days to go for the 14th edition of the IOPC to wrap up, Sunday’s IOPC Wanderer champion Vinay Rajpal (16,270 points) is still the player to catch in the series’ leaderboard standings. The top reg made deep runs in six IOPC tournaments yesterday, extending his ITM tally in the series to 68, completing his 10th straight day ranked #1 on the leaderboard.
The IOPC June 2021 leaderboard topper Young Gun Anuj Yadav (13,747 points) and ‘p@tience7744’ (12,751 points) continue to trail him at #2 and #3, respectively and will need a few big finishes soon if they hope to catch up.
Rank Player Points
1 Vinay 'vinay0902' Rajpal 16,270
2 Anuj 'br0ckLesnar95' Yadav 13,747
3 p@tience7744 12,751
4 Samay Singh 'Limitless' Modi 11,620
5 Kabir 'KAKAROT98$' Tandon 11,604
6 Bhanu Prakash 'MafiaGaming' KC 11,401
7 Vikram 'GreenSTUFF79' Mishra 11,190
8 Saransh 'TerrorGandhi$' Garg 11,011
9 Parag 'Persie' Shah 10,974
10 Arjanveer 'bazzingaa' Singh Chadha 10,860
Vikrant ‘King Leonidas’ Dangle (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹46,785), ‘Elbulli’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Holdem PKO for ₹23,369), Rahul ‘Thakur615’ Thakur (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up – Triple Chance for ₹21,741), and ‘Aif Dar’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹10,575) won the other Spartan Poker marquees.
PokerBaazi
The MoneyMaker – ₹1 Crore GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 500
Re-entries – 517
Prize Pool – ₹1,02,00,000
Places Paid – 148
Anand Babu ‘flattery’ Pallikona couldn`t have asked for a better tournament to get his title scorecard for the year started as he took down the February edition of PokerBaazi`s ₹1 Crore GTD The MoneyMaker. The circuit regular tamed a guarantee-crushing 1,017-entry field (500 unique) in the country’s longest-running 1 flight ₹1 Crore GTD tournament, winning the title for a career-best ₹12.53 Lakhs – almost 2X his previous best score. ‘1299sanj’ collected ₹7.63 Lakhs in second place.
Pallikona scored another ₹4,973 in Spartan Poker`s IOPC #109 All Rounder (19th), reeling in an impressive ₹12.58 Lakhs across his terrific mid-week run. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.23 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹50.10 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Navaneesha ‘np406’ P fired up a trail of top finishes, crossing the money line in six Wednesday marquees for a take-home worth ₹8.91 Lakhs. He most prominently finished third in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime for ₹5.66 Lakhs and sixth in The MoneyMaker for ₹2.92 Lakhs, boosting his online scorecard to ₹1.61 Crores.
The NPS 2.0 Main Event champion Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha lapped up ₹2.32 Lakhs across four ITM finishes, which include:
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹2,08,485
> 36th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹13,647
> 71st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #108 Wednesday Spotlight for ₹6,546
> 32nd in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #103 PKO for ₹3,906
Chirag Sodha’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹8.47 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.47 Crores
Advait ‘ExploitativeGTO’ Rajguru (3rd for ₹6.10 Lakhs), Kumar ‘23offsuits’ Vatsal (4th for ₹4.91 Lakhs), and Rahul ‘Godfather10’ Purohit (5th for ₹3.90 Lakhs), also FT-ed the February edition of the ₹1 Crore GTD The MoneyMaker.
Avish ‘thehorse7’ Sharma (9th for ₹1.32 Lakhs), Vinayak ‘salmanbhai’ Bajaj (10th for ₹1.32 Lakhs), Varunn ‘Varunn’ Gaala (12th for ₹1.12 Lakhs), Kashish ‘kashish007’ Gupta (13th for ₹1.12 Lakhs), and Rachit ‘baba_ramdev’ Soni (14th for ₹1.12 Lakhs) were others who ran deep in The MoneyMaker.
The ₹11,000 entry buy-in The MoneyMaker generated a guarantee-crushing ₹1.02 Crores prize pool, and the top 148 finishers got paid.
Final Table Results
- Anand Babu ‘flattery’ Pallikona – ₹12,52,944
- 1299sanj – ₹7,62,750
- Advait ‘ExploitativeGTO’ Rajguru – ₹6,10,200
- Kumar ‘23offsuits’ Vatsal – ₹4,91,211
- Rahul ‘Godfather10’ Purohit – ₹3,89,511
- Navaneesha ‘np406’ P – ₹2,91,879
- Chirag ‘miyagi’ Sodha – ₹2,08,485
- destiny1008 – ₹1,52,550
The Pride – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 279
Re-entries – 278
Prize Pool – ₹19,50,000
Places Paid – 70
Saturday’s (7-MAX) Midnight SPRINT champion Sachin ‘browguy26’ Raj kept his heater going by taking down PokerBaazi’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD The Pride for a site-best ₹3.09 Lakhs (his second-best online score). Raj toppled the 557-player field in the 8 PM Wednesday flagship and bested ‘happyfish’ (2nd for ₹1.85 Lakhs) heads-up.
Raj added ₹3.40 Lakhs last night from three deep runs on PokerBaazi, which include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹3,08,801
> 84th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹25,425
> 18th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹5,572
Sachin Raj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹63.61 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹16.41 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #3
Saturday’s Royal Rumble PKO winner, Raghav ‘scambrahm’ Ananth FT-ed two tournaments last night, prominently shipping PokerStars India’s Big Bubble Rush for ₹45,549. He scored better in PokerBaazi’s The Pride (7th for ₹47,763), lapping up ₹1.29 Lakhs across five deep runs.
His top Wednesday finishes include:
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹47,763
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Big Bubble Rush for ₹45,549
> 9th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹23,738
Raghav Ananth’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.99 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹56.64 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4
The Pride eighth-place finisher Anurag ‘13anurag’ Srivastava thrashed out five deep runs, headlined by a fourth-place finish in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime worth ₹3.46 Lakhs, reeling in approximately ₹4.52 Lakhs.
Kovid ‘fzzzyyy’ Saraswat (3rd for ₹1.45 Lakhs), Ritik ‘gargritik’ Garg (4th for ₹1.11 Lakhs), Abhimanyu ‘AbhimanyuMittal’ Mittal (5th for ₹89,482), Young Gun Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta (6th for ₹68,233) were others who FTed the 8-Max The Pride.
The top 70 places got a share from the ₹19.50 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Sachin ‘browguy26’ Raj – ₹3,08,801
- happyfish – ₹1,84,618
- Kovid ‘fzzzyyy’ Saraswat – ₹1,45,433
- Ritik ‘gargritik’ Garg – ₹1,10,927
- Abhimanyu ‘AbhimanyuMittal’ Mittal – ₹89,482
- Anmol ‘anzzzzz’ Mehta – ₹68,233
- Raghav ‘scambrahm’ Ananth – ₹47,763
- Anurag ‘13anurag’ Srivastava – ₹38,990
(7-Max) SPRINT – 12 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – 3,850
Entries – 233
Re-entries – 171
Prize Pool – 14,14,000
Places Paid – 49
Hot on the heels after winning IOPC #100 Tuesday Spotlight the day before, Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh (opted out of tracking) reeled in his second title in two days, shipping PokerBaazi’s ₹12 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹2.41 Lakhs (his third title of 2023). Sunday`s BSS MonsterStack winner Areyann ‘kreishhAA’ Gurbaxani secured the runner-up payday of ₹1.60 Lakhs.
The Galactic Series Main Event champion, Aditya Singh, made another deep run in The Pride, netting ₹2.54 Lakhs from the two finishes alone.
His known Wednesday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹2,40,804
> 30th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹13,650
Areyann Gurbaxani accumulated ₹1.80 Lakhs across four ITM finishes, which include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹1,59,782
> 46th in PokerBaazi’s The Pride for ₹12,672
> 25th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹5,918
> 45th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #103 PKO for ₹1,875
Areyann Gurbaxani’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.73 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹68.23 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #2
The IOPC #111 All Rounder runner-up finisher Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur (3rd for ₹1.24 Lakhs), the recent Blockbuster champion, Karan ‘bozo’ Kapur (4th for ₹98,273), last week’s The Endeavour champion Ankit ‘gabru1410’ Agarwal (5th for ₹81,729), Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo (6th for ₹66,741) and Tuesday`s Turbo Masters [8-Max] winner Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna (7th for ₹52,884) were other regs on the 7-max FT of the ₹12 Lakhs GTD SPRINT.
The top 49 places got a share from the ₹14.14 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Aditya ‘konstantin’ Singh – ₹2,40,804
- Areyann ‘kreishhAA’ Gurbaxani – ₹1,59,782
- Rajneesh ‘msdhoni’ Thakur – ₹1,24,149
- Karan ‘bozo’ Kapur – ₹98,273
- Ankit ‘gabru1410’ Agarwal – ₹81,729
- Rubin ‘kornkid’ Labroo – ₹66,741
- Harsh ‘harsh1327’ Bubna – ₹52,884
Daily Value Boost – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 423
Re-entries – 366
Prize Pool – ₹11,84,000
Places Paid – 137
Shravan ‘Enterthedragon’ Suresh trounced a 789-player field (423 unique) in PokerBaazi`s ₹10 Lakhs GTD Daily Value Boost, winning the 7:30 PM tournament for the third time in three months for ₹1.71 Lakhs. The IOPC January 2022 Super High Roller champion, Akshay ‘CallmeAK’ Kapoor, collected ₹1.33 Lakhs in second place.
While Suresh has good practice in winning the 7.30 PM marquee, the victory got his title scorecard ticking for the year. He crossed the money line in another two tournaments yesterday, boosting his online bankroll by ₹2.05 Lakhs.
His Wednesday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹1,71,371
> 68th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹30,510
> 65th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #190 All Rounder for ₹3,209
Shravan Suresh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹57.66 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹14.38 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Akshay Kapoor posted another deep run in PokerStars India’s Master Minds [8-Max], adding ₹1.43 Lakhs overall. His Wednesday finishes include:
> 2nd in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹1,32,552
> 11th in PokerStars India’s Master Minds [8-Max] for ₹10,100
Akshay Kapoor’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.63 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹68.49 Lakhs
MPL Poker Pro Siddharth ‘schemer’ Karia made three deep runs on PokerBaazi yesterday, rounding up ₹84,647 overall. His Wednesday finishes include:
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Value Boost for ₹31,955
> 6th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #109 All Rounder for ₹31,482
> 12th in PokerBaazi’s (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹21,210
Siddharth Karia’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.20 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.40 Crores
Last weekend’s IOPC #77 Saturday Spotlight runner-up finisher Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani (4th for ₹69,827) and Akshay ‘fsociety’ Dhingra (7th for ₹17,042) were other known players on the Daily Value Boost FT.
The ₹1,650 entry buy-in Daily Value Boost paid out 137 players a share from the ₹11.84 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Shravan ‘Enterthedragon’ Suresh – ₹1,71,371
- Akshay ‘CallmeAK’ Kapoor – ₹1,32,552
- twister – ₹98,822
- Vaibhav ‘vane_shado’ Temani – ₹69,827
- arr86 – ₹47,340
- Siddharth ‘schemer’ Karia – ₹31,955
- misamvasr – ₹22,487
- Akshay ‘fsociety’ Dhingra – ₹17,042
‘blazin666’ (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD Afternoon Boost for ₹96,730), Kshitij ‘kmk1127’ Kucheria (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹48,450), Akhilesh ‘Ikka5’ Chauhan (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 BOOST for ₹38,830), ‘KiddPoker007’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹38,730), Yuvraj ‘Yuvi0069’ Bhardwaj (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Afternoon SPRINT for ₹31,130), ‘spvp23’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Afternoon PLO-5 Boost for ₹30,610), Sahil ‘illuminati777’ Babbar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Evening SPRINT for ₹24,320), ‘Jaigautam’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 BOOST for ₹21,390), and ‘rosyShove659141’ (Won ₹50K GTD (5-Max) Daily for ₹6,330) won the other PokerBaazi marquees.
Pocket52
Pocket Jacks – ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 136
Re-entries – 87
Prize Pool – ₹4,50,000
Places Paid – 34
Pocket52 user ‘user1646580655’ took down the poker network`s ₹4.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks for ₹85,950, besting ‘Mario312’ (2nd for ₹63,000) heads-up.
Final Table Results
- user1646580655 – ₹85,950
- Mario2312 – ₹63,00
- fishyvishy – ₹40,500
- HassiAces – ₹31,500
- Devilfish1 – ₹22,500
- Alak20 – ₹18,000
‘dugdugBHAYYA’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Pocket Lunch for ₹33,000), ‘Babusona1235’ (Won ₹80K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹18,400), ‘Sahabuddeen0786’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Soda for ₹16,500), and ‘Nuso’ (Won ₹60K GTD Pocket Soda for ₹13,272) won the other Pocket52 marquees on Wednesday.
PokerStars India
Master Minds [8-Max] – ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,500
Entries – 110
Re-entries – 79
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 27
Exactly a month after winning his first title of the year in Adda52’s Gravitron, Young Gun Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover returned to the winner’s circle in style. The poker phenom took down Spartan Poker’s IOPC #104 and PokerStars India’s Master Minds [8-Max] in quick succession yesterday, accumulating ₹2.63 Lakhs in Wednesday winnings – crossing ₹6 Crores in online profits.
One of the biggest MTT crushers in the country, Grover, championed IOPC #104 first and, hours later, topped the 189-entry field in PokerStars India’s 8 PM flagship, ₹5 Lakhs GTD Master Minds, banking a cool ₹99,257.
His top Wednesday finishes:
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Master Minds for ₹99,257
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #104 for ₹91,213
> 26th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime for ₹30,341
> 14th in PokerBaazi’s (7-MAX) SPRINT for ₹21,210
> 120th in PokerBaazi’s The MoneyMaker for ₹18,306
Arsh Grover’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.18 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹6.01 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3 | IOPC Titles Won: #3 | Finished #4 in the 2022 Leaderboard Standings (Total Cashes)
Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar finished runner-up in Master Minds for ₹74,959 and locked in ₹81,629 from three deep runs. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.06 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.60 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2
Notables like Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra (3rd for ₹56,609), Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu (4th for ₹42,751), Bharat ‘MojoJojo2193’ Vasan (5th for ₹32,286), JaiKiran ‘ZEEKE777’ Kumar (6th for ₹24,382) & Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira (7th for ₹18,414) made an FT finish in the ₹5 Lakhs GTD Master Minds.
The ₹2,500 entry buy-in Master Minds had 189 hopefuls vying for a share of the ₹5 Lakhs prize pool (site filled in ₹70,000 in overlays), and the top 27 finishers got paid.
Final Table Results
- Arsh ‘BiggggTymeR’ Grover – ₹99,257
- Siddharth ‘gangnam gangi’ Gangwar – ₹74,959
- Karan ‘gogikaran’ Malhotra – ₹56,609
- Abhishek ‘Addysonu’ Sonu – ₹42,751
- Bharat ‘MojoJojo2193’ Vasan – ₹32,286
- JaiKiran ‘ZEEKE777’ Kumar – ₹24,382
- Myron ‘khAAbib’ Pereira – ₹18,414
- potshots77 – ₹13,906
- ASG 961 – ₹11,851
Raghav ‘scambrahm’ Ananth (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Big Bubble Rush for ₹45,550), Sawan ‘kahkelunga’ Kumar (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹25,235) ‘Garvit01’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO for ₹12,889), and ‘samvil2007p’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline for ₹11,869) shipped the other Wednesday marquees on PokerStars India.
Adda52
Maverick – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 308
Re-entries- 325
Prize Pool – ₹15,82,509
Places Paid – 63
Aishwary ‘boosterx’ Sharma barrelled through the 633-entry field (308 unique) in Adda52’s ₹15 Lakhs GTD Maverick, winning the Wednesday headliner for ₹4.04 Lakhs (his third-best score of the site), closing out an over five-week-long title slump. ‘JimCorbet’ finished runner-up for ₹2.30 Lakhs.
Aishwary Sharma’s online stats (PokerBaazi and Adda52): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.34 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹21.41 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #1
Last week`s IOPC #51 champion Siddharth ‘CARDashian66’ Kadel collected ₹2.23 Lakhs through two FT finishes (and one bounty). His Wednesday finishes include:
> 4th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹1,14,731
> 8th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime for ₹1,06,433
Siddharth Kadel’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.54 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹40.51 Lakhs | Titles Won in 2023: #4 | IOPC Titles Won: #2
Rising Star Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh reeled in ₹1.35 Lakhs from four deep runs, which include:
> 5th in Adda52’s Maverick for ₹79,125
> 4th in Adda52’s La Luna for ₹34,400
> 61st in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #106 Wednesday Prime for ₹13,931
> 55th in Spartan Poker’s IOPC #108 Wednesday Spotlight for ₹7,328
Aman Parakh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹5.76 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.89 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #2
Young Gun Kanchan ‘thandicoke’ Sharma ITM-ed four tournaments, netting ₹1.12 Lakhs, with her biggest score coming in the Maverick (6th for ₹55,388). Her online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹6.93 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.41 Crores
Saturday’s IOPC #79 DST winner, Young Gun Shardul ‘vamos96’ Parthasarathi, is one of a select few players on our tracked database sitting on over ₹50 Lakhs in annual earnings. He added ₹59,863 on the back of four Wednesday finishes (and one bounty) and made his best finish in Maverick (8th for ₹31,650).
Shardul Parthasarathi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.88 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹2.76 Crores | Titles Won in 2023: #3
The ₹2,750 entry buy-in Maverick paid 63 players a share from the ₹15.83 Lakhs prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Aishwary ‘boosterx’ Sharma – ₹4,03,538
- JimCorbet – ₹2,29,463
- Vishal ‘darky012’ Ojha – ₹1,57,459
- Siddharth ‘CARDashian66’ Kadel – ₹1,14,731
- Aman ‘karmapoker’ Parakh – ₹79,125
- Kanchan ‘thandicoke’ Sharma – ₹55,388
- Saiupp1987 – ₹43,519
- Shardul ‘vamos96’ Parthasarathi – ₹31,650
Abhinav ‘Borntogamble’ Menon (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹30,620), Mayank ‘mayankp0985’ P (Won ₹40K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹11,800), ‘harishgujwar’ (Won ₹40K GTD Morning Adda for ₹10,954), and Prateek ‘tibrewalprateek’ Tibrewal (Won ₹30K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹10,270) won the other Adda52 marquees.
Khelo365
Khelo365’s primetime Wednesday fixture, ₹25K GTD 6 Feet Under Deepstack PLO, was taken down by ‘psavms’ for ₹9,250, just as site regular ‘Rise’ (2nd for ₹6,250) fell out as the runner-up.
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Daily Majors: Karan Malhotra, Neeraj Sattawat, Manish Lakhotia & Gokul Raj Trump the Tuesday Flagships
The regs were in full attendance on the domestic felts yesterday, and most of the day’s big-ticket events surpassed their advertised guarantees. Day 2 of PokerBaazi’s 1000X Series 2.0 had five events on the tap, even as we’re looking forward to the fifth edition of PokerStars India’s ₹3+ Crores GTD Winter Series taking off tomorrow, January 5.
Karan Malhotra stormed into the Tuesday headlines on the back of three ITM finishes, rounding out a hefty ₹4.54 Lakhs in cashes. Adding his third title in a week, Malhotra captured Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹3.01 Lakhs. Vivek Singh came in second in the event to collect a ₹2.72 Lakhs payout.
‘Darksider’ (anonymity requested) emerged as the single-biggest scorer on Tuesday, collecting ₹4.42 Lakhs in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller, which they shipped for the second time. Sunday’s Roller Coaster champion, Ankit Wadhawan, finished second for ₹3.05 Lakhs.
The IOPC June 2022 The Crown third-place finisher Neeraj Sattawat drove up the Tuesday action on PokerBaazi, shipping the site’s The Endeavour for a site-best ₹4.21 Lakhs (won ₹4.26 Lakhs overall). Long time reg Vishnu Khandelwal finished runner-up for ₹2.51 Lakhs.
The Darjeeling-based pro, Manish Lakhotia, followed up his last week’s Wednesday High Roller win with another title run, shipping Adda52’s The Mint for ₹3.52 Lakhs, adding to ₹3.97 Lakhs in Tuesday’s winnings.
PokerBaazi user ‘akash33776’ captured the day’s biggest 1000X title, the 1000X#12 Tuesday Prime, for ₹3.06 Lakhs, following a four-way deal with ‘poker_lord’ (2nd for ₹2.25 Lakhs), ‘RockingstarYash’ (3rd for ₹2.50 Lakhs), and ‘Kaikeyi’ (4th for ₹2.16 Lakhs).
Prashant Baghmar (Won the 1000X#11 for ₹1.16 Lakhs), Shadab Siddiqui (Won the 1000X#13 for ₹1.06 Lakhs), and Varun Gulati (Won 1000X#10 for ₹91,000) also bagged the 1000X titles on the site.
Last Thursday’s (7-Max) SPRINT champion Gokul Raj reeled in his second title in a week, taking down PokerStars India’s Turbo Masters (8-Max) for ₹1 Lakh, adding to a Tuesday haul of ₹1.69 Lakhs.
Prem Chand Gope, Samridhi Kapoor, Dayanand Prass, Akhilesh Chauhan, Hemanshu Tomar, Swapnil Patil, Md Asraf Ali, Taliwabang Jamir, Kaptan Ali, and Naresh Kumar won the other Tuesday marquees.
Here are the Tuesday highlights!
PokerBaazi
1000X#12 Tuesday Prime – ₹25 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹2,750
Entries – 640
Re-entries – 661
Prize Pool – ₹32,52,000
Places Paid – 148
PokerBaazi user ‘akash33776’ toppled a field of 1,301 entries in PokerBaazi’s ₹25 Lakhs GTD 1000X#12 Tuesday Prime, eventually cutting a four-way deal to grab the title and the ₹3.06 Lakhs up top. ‘poker_lord’ (2nd for ₹2.25 Lakhs), ‘RockingstarYash’ (3rd for ₹2.50 Lakhs), and ‘Kaikeyi’ (4th for ₹2.16 Lakhs) were the other three finalists in the event.
‘akash33776’s PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹6.77 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹2.64 Lakhs | Titles Won on Site: 14
Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarty lapped up ₹1.33 Lakhs on the back of three ITM finishes, which include:
> 6th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#12 Tuesday Prime for ₹93,347
> 11th in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹30,030
> 31st in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹9,214
Sashank Chakravarty’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.81 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹21.79 Lakhs
The ₹2,750 buy-in event generated a ₹32.52 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 148 spots got paid.
Final Table Results
- akash33776 – ₹3,05,983*
- poker_lord – ₹2,24,667*
- RockingstarYash – ₹2,50,470*
- Kaikeyi – ₹2,15,772*
- Bharat ‘Thinkfloyd’ Vasan – ₹1,24,571
- Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarty – ₹93,347
- li7ardking – ₹66,676
- volat – ₹48,788
*denotes a four-way deal
The Endeavour – ₹20 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹5,500
Entries – 231
Re-entries – 300
Prize Pool – ₹26,55,000
Places Paid – 70
The IOPC June 2022 The Crown third-place finisher Neeraj ‘neerunj’ Sattawat emerged as the Tuesday chartbuster on PokerBaazi, shipping the site’ ₹20 Lakhs GTD The Endeavour. Sattawat overcame the 531-player field in the event to claim the top prize of ₹4.21 Lakhs – his personal-best score on PokerBaazi. Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal settled for a runner-up finish worth ₹2.51 Lakhs.
Neeraj Sattawat cashed another event, making away with a collective ₹4,26,407 on Tuesday. His Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹4,20,552 (Best site score)
> 142nd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#12 Tuesday Prime for ₹5,855
Neeraj Sattawat’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.08 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹34.99 Lakhs
Samyak ‘stonedurrr’ Sethi cashed out four events adding ₹83,920 to his online bankroll. His top Tuesday finishes include:
> 8th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹53,100
> 25th in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹15,101
Samyak Sethi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.07 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹29.67 Lakhs
The ₹5,500 buy-in event crushed the posted guarantee, collecting a prize pool of ₹26.55 Lakhs distributed among the top 70 finishers.
Final Table Results
- Neeraj ‘neerunj’ Sattawat – ₹4,20,552
- Vishnu ‘violator’ Khandelwal – ₹2,51,429
- Himanshu ‘Himanshu0707’ Gupta – ₹1,98,063
- Karan ‘karangogi’ Malhotra – ₹1,51,070
- Parag ‘vix786’ Shah – ₹1,21,865
- IMUNAGI – ₹92,925
- Akshay ‘akdolos’ Joshi – ₹65,048
- Samyak ‘stonedurrr’ Sethi – ₹53,100
1000X#13 – ₹10 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,100
Entries – 656
Re-entries – 604
Prize Pool – ₹12,60,000
Places Paid – 209
PokerBaazi’s ₹10 Lakhs GTD 1000X#13 brought in 1,260 runners, collecting a guarantee-smashing ₹12.60 Lakhs prize pool. The ₹1,100 buy-in tourney eventually went down the wire following a five-way deal. Shadab ‘shadab076’ Siddiqui clinched the title for a personal-best ₹1.06 Lakhs payout.
Shadab Siddiqui’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13.22 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.47 Lakhs
‘alwaysnuts97’ (2nd for ₹1.30 Lakhs), Raghav ‘godspeeed’ Aggarwal (3rd for ₹1.11 Lakhs), Hemant ‘hkm2828’ Meena (4th for ₹88,067), and Netra ‘BoB_Das’ Kumar Das (5th for ₹75,650) were the other four finalists who benefitted from the deal.
Final Table Results
- Shadab ‘shadab076’ Siddiqui – ₹1,05,943*
- alwaysnuts97 – ₹1,29,683*
- Raghav ‘godspeeed’ Aggarwal – ₹1,10,578*
- Hemant ‘hkm2828’ Meena – ₹88,067*
- Netra ‘BoB_Das’ Kumar Das – ₹75,650*
- DogaXII – ₹32,508
- Raghav ‘pokerwolf’ Siddalinga – ₹22,554
- rexxarf – ₹15,750
*denotes a five-way deal
1000X#11 – ₹8 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹880
Entries – 466
Re-entries – 397
Prize Pool – ₹8,00,000
Places Paid – 143
Prashant ‘Morpheus’ Baghmar added a 1000X title to his name on Tuesday, topping the 863-player field in PokerBaazi’s ₹8 Lakhs GTD 1000X#11 to collect the title and the ₹1.16 Lakhs up top. ‘Pankajchauh’ collected ₹86,960 in the second place.
Prashant Baghmar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹19.2 Lakhs
Gokul ‘gokul1210’ Murugesan (3rd for ₹66,400), Neha ‘neha94’ Mehta (4th for ₹47,760), Kunal ‘symbolicchamp’ Agrawal (5th for ₹34,560), and The Mint third-place finisher Dhaval ‘Faizal1506’ Doshi (7th for ₹17,600) were others who FTed the event.
The ₹880 buy-in event filled in an overlay shortfall of ₹1.10 Lakhs and the top 143 finishers got paid.
Final Table Results
- Prashant ‘Morpheus’ Baghmar – ₹1,16,320
- Pankajchauh – ₹86,960
- Gokul ‘gokul1210’ Murugesan – ₹66,400
- Neha ‘neha94’ Mehta – ₹47,760
- Kunal ‘symbolicchamp’ Agrawal – ₹34,560
- Aichtae – ₹23,440
- Dhaval ‘Faizal1506’ Doshi – ₹17,600
- Royalflush84 – ₹12,720
1000X#10 – ₹7 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹770
Entries – 492
Re-entries – 474
Prize Pool – ₹7,00,000
Places Paid – 155
Last month’s APT#51 Main Event champion, Varun ‘Vg_007’ Gulati, raced past the 966-entry field in PokerBaazi’s ₹7 Lakhs GTD 1000X#10, banking ₹91,281 up top, following a heads-up chop with ‘raghv1’ (2nd for ₹81,199).
Gulati also scored in the 1000X#11 (18th for ₹4,800), locking in ₹96,081 in Tuesday winnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.25 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹32.94 Lakhs
Monday’s 1000X#9 finalist, Onni ‘Onimalhotra’ Malhotra, bagged ₹16,800 through three ITM finishes, with his deepest run coming in the 1000X#10 (7th for ₹13,230). His PokerBaazi stats: Site Winnings: ₹23.46 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹3.45 Lakhs
The ₹770 buy-in marquee fell ₹23,800 short of its advertised guarantee, and the top 155 runners grabbed a piece of the prize pool.
Final Table Results
- Varun ‘Vg_007’ Gulati – ₹91,281*
- raghv1 – ₹81,199*
- Jivanu – ₹56,700
- gd1921 – ₹38,500
- Anujsaini.indian – ₹26,600
- volat – ₹18,550
- Onni ‘Onimalhotra’ Malhotra – ₹13,230
- godfather2908 – ₹9,870
*denotes a heads-up deal
Prem Chand ‘lastbluff’ Gope (Won ₹5 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Afternoon Boost for ₹88,907), Samridhi ‘LEGGO’ Kapoor (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD (7-Max) Midnight SPRINT for ₹45,560), Dayanand ‘dayanandprass’ Prass (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Boost for ₹44,220), Akhilesh ‘Ikk@5’ Chauhan (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD PLO-5 BOOST for ₹38,260), Hemanshu ‘papakancha00’ Tomar (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Daily Night SPRINT for ₹35,670), ‘princeofdarkness’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD (7-Max) SPRINT for ₹32,000), and Taliwabang ‘Meverick’ Jamir (Won 1 Lakh GTD PLO-6 BOOST for ₹28,440) also bagged titles on PokerBaazi yesterday.
Spartan Poker
Mega Stack – ₹17 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹4,400
Entries – 229
Re-entries – 62
Rebuys – 138
Prize Pool – ₹17,16,000
Places Paid – 39
A day after his wife Akansha Sehgal took down PokerBaazi’s 1000X#9, Karan ‘Engineerlonda’ Malhotra clinched his first title of 2023 in Spartan Poker’s ₹17 Lakhs GTD Mega Stack, taking home a cool ₹3.01 Lakhs up top. Last Thursday’s Super Stack PKO winner, Malhotra chopped the title with Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh, who banked a runner-up payout worth ₹2.72 Lakhs.
Malhotra picked up two more cashes last night, including an FT finish in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour, collecting ₹4.54 Lakhs overall. His Tuesday cashes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹3,00,568
> 4th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹1,51,070
> 108th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#13 for ₹2,646
Karan Malhotra’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹2.4 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹73.99 Lakhs
The most recent Sunday Superstack runner-up, Vivek Singh, also cashed The Endeavour (46th for ₹17,258), raking in ₹2.90 Lakhs in winnings. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹10.5 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.67 Crores
Yesterday’s PLO-5 BOOST champion, Akhilesh ‘Ikk@5’ Chauhan, took home ₹1.66 Lakhs in cumulative winnings across four deep runs, which include:
> 5th in Spartan Poker’s Mega Stack for ₹1,05,877
> 1st in PokerBaazi’s PLO-5 BOOST for ₹38,261
> 31st in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹18,585
> 79th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#13 for ₹3,024
Akhilesh Chauhan’s online stats (Spartan Poker & PokerBaazi): Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.55 Crores
The 8 PM flagship registered 429 entries, surpassing its listed guarantee by ₹16,000. The top 39 players boarded the money bus.
Final Table Results
- Karan ‘Engineerlonda’ Malhotra – ₹3,00,568*
- Vivek ‘KasolHieghts’ Singh – ₹2,72,233*
- Aman ‘KarrAk’ Kumar Sharma – ₹1,67,310
- Chip Magnet – ₹1,35,049
- Akhilesh ‘Ikk@5’ Chauhan – ₹1,05,877
- Neeraj ‘UnsafeChoice’ Kumar – ₹80,137
- Anant ‘ProMaco’ Purohit – ₹58,859
- Mayur ‘Darthvader30’ Telangi – ₹43,243
*denotes a heads-up deal
Tuesday High Roller (6-Max) – ₹15 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹11,000
Entries – 90
Re-entries – 21
Rebuys – 62
Prize Pool – ₹17,30,000
Places Paid – 15
Last Tuesday’s Mechanical Bull winner, ‘darksider’ (anonymity requested), triumphed over the 173-entry field in Spartan Poker’s 9 PM flagship, the ₹15 Lakhs GTD Tuesday High Roller, claiming the title for the second time, along with the day’s single-biggest payout of ₹4.42 Lakhs. Sunday’s Roller Coaster champion, Ankit ‘d00mtr00per’ Wadhawan, secured the runner-up spot for ₹3.05 Lakhs.
‘darksider’ scored in four events, earning ₹4.57 Lakhs in total winnings. His Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹4,42,015
> 128th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#12 Tuesday Prime for ₹5,855
> 13th in Adda52’s Voyager for ₹4,290
> 44th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#13 for ₹4,410
Young Gun Aayush ‘Eureka226’ Arya ran deep in three events, lapping up ₹2.45 Lakhs in earnings, which include:
> 3rd in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹1,99,815
> 7th in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹38,981
> 89th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#12 Tuesday Prime for ₹6,505
Aayush Arya’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹4.04 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹1.61 Crores
Sunday’s The MoneyMaker finalist, Anmol ‘Dead money’ Narang, collected ₹2.14 Lakhs on the back of three ITM finishes, which include:
> 4th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹1,61,755
> 12th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#12 Tuesday Prime for ₹35,778
> 61st in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for ₹15,930
Anmol Narang’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.74 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹36.56 Lakhs
Laksh ‘b00mTilt23’ Pal Singh ITM-ed three tournaments, banking ₹1.11 Lakhs in Tuesday cashes, which include:
> 6th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹1,02,070
> 123rd in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#12 Tuesday Prime for ₹5,855
> 94th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#13 for ₹3,024
Laksh Pal Singh’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹11.81 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹5.13 Crores
Final Table Results
- darksider – ₹4,42,015
- Ankit ‘d00mtr00per’ Wadhawan – ₹3,04,480
- Aayush ‘Eureka226’ Arya – ₹1,99,815
- Anmol ‘Dead money’ Narang – ₹1,61,755
- Parminder ‘Bounceez’ Randhava – ₹1,30,615
- Laksh ‘b00mTilt23’ Pal Singh – ₹1,02,070
‘Reubenheikru’ (Won ₹3.50 Lakhs GTD The Race for ₹63,457), ‘Laxmanjhula’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Monster Stack for ₹52,546), ‘simsimpola’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Night Rider for ₹39,264), ‘DhakkiTiki’ (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Sundowner Multi-Entry for ₹31,725), ‘constantine’ (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Chip Up for ₹22,951), and ‘Deathstalker’ (Won ₹50K GTD The Centurion for ₹10,025) won the other titles on Spartan Poker.
MPL Poker
Terrific Tuesday – ₹1 Lakh GTD
Buy-in – ₹275
Entries – 474
Prize Pool – ₹1,00,000
Places Paid – 100
Arman ‘expert7374475’ Ansari toppled a 100-player field in MPL Poker’s ₹1 Lakh GTD Terrific Tuesday to collect the title and ₹22,278. Guljari ‘sonusahani777’ Chaudhary finished runner-up for ₹13,035.
Final Table Results
- Arman ‘expert7374475’ Ansari – ₹22,278
- Guljari ‘sonusahani777’ Chaudhary – ₹13,035
- Biju ‘funedge64567124’ Sardar – ₹7,406
- Vedveer ‘gjskzndnxnxjxjf’ Singh – ₹5,332
- Akhil ‘akkiii007’’ Patel – ₹4,147
- Rohit ‘idol2298430’ Gupta – ₹2,962
- Abhishek ‘abhi2345’ Pandey – ₹2,488
- Sukumar ‘king2189795’ Patra – ₹2,133
Pocket52
Pocket Jacks – ₹4 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹1,650
Entries – 126
Re-entries – 68
Prize Pool – ₹4,00,000
Places Paid – 30
Pocket52 network user ‘ktm421’ ran past a 194-entry field in the site’s 8 PM marquee, the ₹4 Lakhs GTD Pocket Jacks, taking home ₹80,000 hard cash! ‘miaddamo’ placed second for ₹57,000.
The winner also championed the Pocket Squares last night, collecting another ₹13,200 paycheque.
Online regular Lavesh ‘lavesh7’ Meena came sixth for ₹16,000.
Final Table Results
- ktm421 – ₹80,000
- miaddamo – ₹57,000
- bhola_FHyfJqkwMI – ₹40,000
- MinishaLamba – ₹28,000
- Mention – ₹21,000
- Lavesh ‘lavesh7’ Meena – ₹16,000
‘elk_carey_10241473’ (Won ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Pocket Brunch for ₹25,000), ‘81##.734##191_4235722’ (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Soda for ₹17,250), Kaptan ‘KaptanAli’ Ali (Won ₹75K GTD Pocket Snacks for ₹15,750) and ‘ktm421’ (Won ₹60K GTD Pocket Squares for ₹13,200) won the other Pocket52 marquees on Thursday.
PokerStars India
Turbo Masters (8-Max) ₹5 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,300
Entries – 99
Re-entries – 65
Prize Pool – ₹5,00,000
Places Paid – 23
After shipping PokerBaazi’s (7-MAX) SPRINT last Thursday, seasoned pro Gokul ‘Haxton Jr’ Raj made the victory march in PokerStars India’s Turbo Masters (8-Max) ₹5 Lakhs GTD and took home ₹1 Lakh up top, with ‘The first women’ placing second for ₹77,362.
Raj reeled in ₹1.69 Lakhs across four deep runs last night, which include:
> 1st in PokerStars India’s Turbo Masters (8-Max) for ₹1,00,669
> 11th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#12 Tuesday Prime for ₹42,283
> 39th in PokerBaazi’s The Endeavour for 18,585
> 11th in Spartan Poker’s The Race for 7,108
Gokul Raj’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹7.84 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.27 Crores | Titles Won in 2022: #1
The ₹3,300 buy-in MTT logged in 164 challengers to leave an overlay of ₹8,000, and the top 23 places got paid.
Final Table Results
- Gokul ‘Haxton Jr’ Raj – ₹1,00,669
- The first women – ₹77,362
- josh1317 – ₹59,451
- smokijoejr – ₹45,687
- Aryaman ‘AryaKnight’ Arora – ₹35,109
- Sashank ‘TheTamizhDurrr’ Chakravarty – ₹26,981
- vjTILTing – ₹20,734
- Pimpstar770 – ₹15,934
- Ashit ‘Cringing’ Sharma – ₹13,122
‘Wanabepro299’ (Won ₹2 Lakhs GTD Uppercut for ₹50,196), Swapnil ‘pokpom1’ Patil (Won ₹1 Lakh GTD Ultrasonic for ₹33,485), ‘ShipIT@MONEY’ (Won ₹50K GTD Bounty Adrenaline [6-Max] for ₹15,215), and ‘gblaze8611’ (Won ₹50K GTD Super Stack PKO [8-Max] for ₹14,259) won the other titles on PokerStars India.
Adda52
The Mint – ₹14 Lakhs GTD
Buy-in – ₹3,850
Entries – 226
Re-entries – 179
Prize Pool – ₹14,17,501
Places Paid – 43
Last week’s Wednesday High Roller champion, Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia, banked ₹3.97 Lakhs across two deep runs, joining an elite league of players who have crossed ₹13 Crores in tracked online winnings. The Darjeeling-based pro picked up his first title of 2023 in Adda52’s 8 PM flagship, the ₹14 Lakhs GTD The Mint, for ₹3.52 Lakhs. ‘VishuChi’ finished runner-up for ₹2.13 Lakhs.
Lakhotia’s Tuesday finishes include:
> 1st in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹3,51,540 (his third time winning the title)
> 9th in Spartan Poker’s Tuesday High Roller for ₹44,980
Manish Lakhotia’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹13 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹3.56 Crores
Dhaval ‘faizal1506’ Doshi netted ₹1.83 Lakhs on the back of five cashes, which include:
> 3rd in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹1,48,838
> 7th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#11 for ₹17,600
> 84th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#12 Tuesday Prime for ₹8,131
> 11th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹5,320
> 116th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#13 for ₹2,646
Dhaval Doshi’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹1.59 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹34.25 Lakhs
Monday’s 1000X#9 fifth-place finisher, Aditya ‘adi2244’ Navalkar, ITM-ed five tournaments, pocketing ₹64,549 overall. His ITM finishes include:
> 6th in Adda52’s The Mint for ₹49,613
> 76th in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#12 Tuesday Prime for ₹8,131
> 101st in PokerBaazi’s 1000X#13 for ₹3,024
> 26th in PokerBaazi’s Daily Boost for ₹2,345
> 41st in PokerBaazi’s Daily Night SPRINT for ₹1,436
Aditya Navalkar’s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹78.99 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹21.56 Lakhs
The ₹3,850 buy-in tourney posted a guarantee-surpassing ₹14.18 Lakhs prize pool, and the top 43 places were paid.
Final Table Results
- Manish ‘newkidpoker’ Lakhotia – ₹3,51,540
- VishuChi – ₹2,12,625
- Dhaval ‘faizal1506’ Doshi – ₹1,48,838
- Malone69 – ₹1,13,400
- captainloura – ₹73,710
- Aditya ‘adi2244’ Navalkar – ₹49,613
- Aayush ‘aayusharya’ Arya – ₹38,981
- XXX2837 – ₹31,894
‘Samimeel’ (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD Voyager for ₹73,216), Md Ashraf ‘Asraf786786’ Ali (Won ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Nighttide DST Adda for ₹30,301), ‘ThePokerProfessor’ (Won ₹40K GTD Freeze Out Adda for ₹10,321), ‘Nasse’ (Won ₹50K GTD Sundown Adda for ₹10,184), Naresh ‘nareshnow’ Kumar (Won ₹60K GTD Bounty Adda for ₹9,793), and ‘kush205’ (Won ₹50K GTD Evening Adda for ₹9,393) won the other titles on Adda52.
Khelo365
Khelo365 regular ‘Amazonking’ took down the ₹10K GTD Sun Downer for ₹3,100, beating ‘CROWNMAGIC’ (2nd for ₹2,100) heads-up.
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